With shops boarded up and riot police out in force, it was relatively calm in Dutch cities on Tuesday night after three days of violence during which around 500 people were detained. On Tuesday when the 9 p.m. curfew went into effect, rowdy crowds of youths gathered in Amsterdam and Hilversum, but were broken up without incident. (Reuters)"This was truly a different picture to yesterday," National Police chief Willem Woelders told Dutch public television. But he cautioned that one night of quiet did not mean they could let down their guard. Schools and non-essential shops across the Netherlands have been shut since mid-December.

Source: CBC News January 26, 2021 20:48 UTC