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Grade 8 students on their school choice: ‘I felt at home immediately, the building is beautiful and the atmosphere open’

Grade 8 students on their school choice: ‘I felt at home immediately, the building is beautiful and the atmosphere open’

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Bent steel, loose bricks and charred roofing material. Daniël (23) watched as his business in Zwaanshoek went up in flames: 'I've lost everything'

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Chris (80) prefers painting the maritime world and enjoying a coffee at the harbor. 'I used to see those men on that bench. Now I sit there'

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