Mayor Halsema Wants to Further Limit King's Day Celebrations: Current Situation 'Untenable'

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Mayor Femke Halsema of Amsterdam wants to further restrict the celebration of King's Day. In an interview with AT5 she says that 'we have to think about more robust measures, because it is becoming untenable'.

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The number of emergency calls received in Amsterdam on King's Day was at times unmanageable. This is stated in an internal report by the Amsterdam ambulance service. According to the organization, the call from the municipality of Amsterdam not to come to the city center on King's Day had "no effect whatsoever" on the provision of emergency services. At times, dozens of emergency calls were waiting to be connected to an available ambulance. Mayo…

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Mayor Femke Halsema of Amsterdam wants to further limit the celebration of King's Day. In an interview with AT5, she says that “we need to start thinking about stronger measures because it will be unsustainable”.

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Mayor Femke Halsema thinks that more robust measures are needed to keep the King's Day celebrations manageable in the city. She says this in Het Gesprek met de Burgemeester, in which she responds to the internal report of the Amsterdam Ambulance Service. In that report - which is in the possession of AT5 - the emergency service states that last King's Day was unmanageable for the ambulance service and that the measures taken so far are insuffici…