Looking for a Parking Spot in Zandvoort? Sorry, This Street Is Closed, Says Google Maps.

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A group of residents in the Parkbuurt neighborhood in Zandvoort is fed up with the heavy summer traffic. They've cleverly closed their streets to navigation apps. Or they're simply putting up a proper no-traffic sign. "Everyone here is in favor."

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The municipality of Zandvoort is warning road users to turn off their navigation systems on access roads. The municipality has installed several warning signs following a protest by residents of the Parkbuurt neighborhood. They sent so many reports to Google Maps that the navigation app now reports that the streets there are closed.

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Zandvoort. A seaside resort with a train station and trains that run quite frequently and, in good weather, are extra long. Nowhere else in the Netherlands are travelers dropped so comfortably right on the sand. Yet, there are always those boomer-nones in Skoda Enyaq iVs who think on a sunny day, "Come on, let's go to the beach!" Yes, we will! To the chagrin of the Zandvoort residents, who have now devised a way to trick the day-trippers who par…