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Ter Apel Numbers Drop to 1,721 as Biddinghuizen Winter Site Opens

The new Biddinghuizen winter facility offers 1,250 portacabin places through March.

Overview

  • COA reports 1,721 people stayed in Ter Apel on Sunday night, the lowest count since January 8.
  • The centre held nearly 2,100 people on Thursday and Friday before transfers began.
  • A winter reception at the Walibi site in Biddinghuizen provides up to 1,250 portacabin places through March.
  • The first roughly 100 people were moved there on Friday, and the site is expected to be full by the end of this week.
  • The Dronten location is temporary and must be cleared for the festival season after March, in what is the municipality’s fourth time facilitating such reception.