Fire on the Tracks: Suspected Sabotage Halts Rotterdam–Delft Trains

Someone cut open a door at a Rotterdam rail bridge with a grinder and set the cables inside on fire, and trains between Rotterdam and Delft stay stopped until at least tonight. On the same Saturday, a power failure cut Schiphol off by rail and a KPN outage left hospitals hard to reach by phone. Plus record petrol prices, Trump's Russian diesel deal, the Netherlands' first woman bishop, and the TV troll who scared a generation of Dutch kids.

Sunday, 11 October 2026 · 15 min