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Utrecht Wins 2025 NK Tegelwippen With 437,467 Tiles Removed

The city says the effort created green space equal to six football fields to boost climate resilience.

Overview

  • The 2025 competition ran from March 21 to October 31 with 328 municipalities participating nationwide.
  • Utrecht’s alderman Susanne Schilderman thanked residents and highlighted benefits for biodiversity and protection against heat and heavy rain.
  • Roosendaal won the Gouden Schep for medium municipalities with 192,482 tiles, with Venlo and Valkenburg aan de Geul topping the large and small categories.
  • Vlaardingen, the 2023 and 2024 overall winner, finished fourth behind Roosendaal, Terneuzen and Zeist despite increasing its total to 116,559 tiles.
  • Organizers reported nearly six million tiles replaced across the Netherlands, a national record that also secured victory over Flanders in the inaugural Derby der Lage Landen.