​Steeds meer festivalgangers willen liever een luxe glamping dan met een simpel tentje op een groot veld. Dat blijkt uit een grote rondgang onder festivals. Een festival in Brabant biedt daarom vanaf nu op de glamping ook villa’s met zwembad, oprijlaan en helikopterlandplaats aan.

“Ja, het is mijn manier van festival vieren ook niet. Maar je springt in op wat mensen willen, hè”, zegt een woordvoerder van het festival. “Daarom hebben we nu grote villa’s, die wel van tentdoek zijn, maar voorzien zijn van alle luxe. Denk aan een zwembad, sauna, een oprijlaan, maar ook een helikopterstandplaats. Daarnaast heeft elke slaapcabine ook zijn eigen bioscoop en is er een fitness beneden.”

Het is een bijzondere trend, omdat er ook klachten zijn over de stijgende prijzen van festivaltickets. Dat ziet ook festivalexpert Bert Bokhoven: “Maar blijkbaar kiezen mensen er nu gewoon voor om er even een keer goed uit te gaan met een groepje vrienden. Waar je vroeger nog naar twee of drie weekenders ging, gaan ze nu luxer en naar één.”

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HEERENVEEN (ANP) - Schaatser Janno Botman heeft zich als nationaal kampioen geplaatst voor het WK sprint van volgende week in Heerenveen. Hij hield na vier afstanden Tim Prins en Kayo Vos achter zich.

Botman zette op de afsluitende 1000 meter van het NK sprint de tweede tijd neer met 1.08,39. Prins won de 1000 meter in 1.07,80.

De winnaar van het NK sprint plaatst zich voor het WK sprint. Dat vindt op 5 en 6 maart plaats in Thialf. De KNSB gaf eerder al aanwijsplekken aan Jenning de Boo en Joep Wennemars.

SCHIPHOL (ANP) - KLM vliegt tot en met donderdag 5 maart niet op Dubai, Riyad en Dammam vanwege de aanvallen op Iran en vergeldingsacties van dat land. Daardoor blijven veel reizigers voorlopig dus vastzitten in het Midden-Oosten. Volgens KLM heeft veiligheid de hoogste prioriteit. Voorlopig betaalt KLM de hotelkosten van de gedupeerde passagiers, laat de maatschappij zondag weten.

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The mystery of its arrival ever present, the celestial gift of hundreds of Moogs, Farfisas, Rhodes, and the like was recovered from the ship's containers and distributed across the nation to areas with electricity, forever changing the future of Cabo Verdean music. [Whole album on Bandcamp or YouTube playlist] (Previously 1 2 3 4)