Bij mooi weer rennen gillende kinderen door de verfrissende stralen van de speelfontein op het vernieuwde Koopmansplein in hartje Assen. Maar niet alle ouders zijn daar even blij mee. De kinderen moeten kletsnat mee naar huis en daar zitten ouders niet op te wachten. Maar binnenstadorganisatie Vaart in Assen komt met een oplossing: gratis handdoeken om het jonge grut weer mee droog te wrijven.
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Aruba Today) is “Indians,” but the main topics are Aruba’s Arawak and Carib past and the origins of the island’s name.
There are different theories about the origin of the name Aruba. Most probably the name is of Indian origin, two words joined together like ora (shell) and oubao (island), so that would mean Shell Island. Another explanation would be the combination of uru (canoe) and oubao (island), which could be explained by the fact that the Indians used canoes on the sea and that’s how they have populated Aruba.
At this time of year, The New York Times’ Travel desk usually publishes its lavish 52 Places to Go list, a compendium of suggestions for the destinations that are especially worth visiting in the coming year, accompanied by show-stopping photography. But in this pandemic year, creating our usual list was out of the question.