{"id":2108,"date":"2024-11-26T19:21:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T18:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leidsepers.com\/?p=2108"},"modified":"2024-11-26T19:21:39","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T18:21:39","slug":"sinterklaas-events-playgrounds-and-police-spokespeople","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leidsepers.com\/nl\/2024\/11\/26\/sinterklaas-events-playgrounds-and-police-spokespeople\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinterklaas Events, Playgrounds, and Police Spokespeople&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This week, I wrote an article about the Sinterklaas events hosted by playground associations in Leiden. These gatherings are open to everyone and provide a wonderful opportunity to bring together people of all ages. The process was surprisingly simple: one email to the playgrounds, and within no time, the responses came flooding in. A small effort, big reward\u2014and hopefully valuable for the readers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, I attempted to create a similar piece about police campaigns regarding fireworks. That didn\u2019t go as smoothly. Community officers aren\u2019t allowed to speak directly to the press, and the police spokespeople were still busy organizing a media session on fireworks. The result? No article about the arrival of the Mobile Media Lab in Stevenshof tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A big shoutout to the volunteers at the playground associations for showing how easy collaboration can be. As for the police spokespeople, I understand the need for rules, but a little extra flexibility could go a long way. It\u2019s a pity when that doesn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, I wrote an article about the Sinterklaas events hosted by playground associations in Leiden. These gatherings are open to everyone and provide a wonderful opportunity to bring together&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39504927,"featured_media":1953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1410],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leidsepers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/3-sintintocht-kopie.jpg?fit=1300%2C976&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pg7Z1D-y0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2393,"url":"https:\/\/leidsepers.com\/nl\/2025\/01\/18\/stolpersteine-remembering-world-war-ii\/","url_meta":{"origin":2108,"position":0},"title":"Stolpersteine: Remembering World War II","author":"Roeland van Wely","date":"januari 18, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"OEGSTGEEST \u2013 On Monday, January 27, 2025, six new Stolpersteine will be placed in Oegstgeest. 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