Overview
- Carnival parades went ahead across multiple towns Saturday despite freezing conditions, with Boskoop drawing roughly 18,000 to 20,000 spectators and about a thousand participants along the route.
- Met services forecast nights with light frost and Sunday precipitation moving in from the west as snow or wet snow inland, generally up to 1–2 centimeters before thaw sets in Monday.
- KNMI issued a code yellow for Utrecht on Sunday afternoon and evening for snow and slippery conditions, with a brief snow cover of 1–3 centimeters possible before temperatures rise later.
- Rail traffic remained reduced for much of Saturday between Arnhem and Utrecht, and also via Geldermalsen toward Utrecht, after a damaged overhead line, with ProRail expecting disruptions until around 18:00.
- TenneT’s warning that new grid connections could be halted prompted Gelderland parties to call an urgent debate as officials signal willingness to consider exceptional measures to keep housing and development moving, while police handled weekend incidents including a car driven into crowds in Breda, an arrest and manhunt after a Groningen home invasion, and a serious climbing accident in Nijmegen.