Column Utrecht Tells You to Come, Then Tells You to Leave: A King's Day Masterclass in Bureaucratic Whiplash
A study in how to celebrate a king while the city tries to evict you from his birthday party.
Utrecht Tells You to Come, Then Tells You to Leave: A King's Day Masterclass in Bureaucratic Whiplash • The A12 Seashore: When Activists Decide the Road is Too Hot • The Bureaucratic Ballet of IJsselstein: How a Football Pitch Became a Home • Utrecht Tells You to Come, Then Tells You to Leave: A King's Day Masterclass in Bureaucratic Whiplash • The A12 Seashore: When Activists Decide the Road is Too Hot • The Bureaucratic Ballet of IJsselstein: How a Football Pitch Became a Home •
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Domestic The A12 Seashore: When Activists Decide the Road is Too Hot
A study in how to stop traffic while singing about floods, and why the Minister has exactly zero understanding.
Domestic The Bureaucratic Ballet of IJsselstein: How a Football Pitch Became a Home
When the people who decide things meet the people who actually live there, fireworks are inevitable.
World The Circular Economy of War: How Ukraine Pays Russia to Fight Russia
A masterclass in financial engineering where the borrower pays the lender, who lends from the thief.
Domestic Utrecht Politicians Take a Recess While The Lights Go Out
A study in how to negotiate a city's future while ignoring the fact that it has no power.