{"id":7309,"date":"2026-04-23T14:38:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.apeldoorn.nl\/bestuur-organisatie\/college-van-b-en-w\/collegeleden\/burgemeester-ton-heerts\/columns\/voorjaarsavond\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T14:31:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T12:31:04","slug":"voorjaarsavond","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.apeldoorn.nl\/en\/college-van-b-en-w\/collegeleden\/burgemeester-ton-heerts\/columns\/voorjaarsavond","title":{"rendered":"Spring Evening"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-acfblock=\"Tekst\" class=\"section a section--green-lighter e-tekst\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center elementOnTop\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col article-content__content-custom-1220 editor elementOnTop\">\r\n<p>There\u2019s plenty in the world to worry about.<br \/>\nSometimes you can also choose not to do that for a while. Not out of indifference.<br \/>\nBut because you have to find the right balance in life.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, there are quite a few things that make you happy, too.<br \/>\nAnd these might well be things that seem obvious, or quite ordinary.<br \/>\nThe days getting longer again, for example. That said, the switch from winter time to summer time isn\u2019t a cause for celebration for everyone \u2013 for some, it really throws their body clock out of sync.<br \/>\nBut what I really love about it is that you can stay outside a bit longer in the evening \u2013 in your own garden or on the balcony, or at one of the many outdoor caf\u00e9s in Apeldoorn city centre.<br \/>\nI really do enjoy that \u2013 the buzz of voices, the clinking of glasses, a burst of laughter. And then, rising above it all, the song of a blackbird on the roof ridge. The joy of a lovely spring evening.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll admit it: I don\u2019t always take the time and find the peace and quiet to enjoy it in this way. Yet there\u2019s all that commotion in the world, demanding our attention.<br \/>\nBut when it does work out, I count myself lucky to have so much beauty around me. It might be quite ordinary, a spring evening in Apeldoorn town centre. But it\u2019s certainly something to be happy about.<\/p>\n<p>Ton Heerts<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div data-acfblock=\"Afbeeldingen-enkel\" class=\"section editor section--green-lighter\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center editor__wide-image elementOnTop\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"col-12 col-lg-10 editor__image-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apeldoorn.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ton-portret-nieuwer.jpg\" alt=\" \"\/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/picture>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\r\nTon Heerts. Photo: Robin Fotografie\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div data-acfblock=\"Lijstblok-type-1\" class=\"section section--green-lighter\">\r\n  <div class=\"container\">\r\n    <div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\r\n      <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-11 elementOnTop\">\r\n        <div class=\"editor__content-block editor__white-content-block\">\r\n<div class=\"editor\">\r\n<h2>Be sure to read the other columns too<\/h2>\r\n<p>Mayor Ton Heerts writes a regular column. 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