Practical Dutch for daily life in the Netherlands and Dutch-speaking Belgium, from the Learn Dutch For Expats team. Cafés, housing, the gemeente, bikes, work, and small talk.
Most Dutch apps are built for everyone, everywhere. Here is how to actually learn the Dutch you need when you have just moved to the Netherlands or Flanders.
On 4 May the Netherlands falls silent; on 5 May it celebrates freedom. Here is what Dodenherdenking and Bevrijdingsdag mean and how to take part respectfully.
Dutch cycling has its own road signs, and misreading them means fines or dead ends. Here are the key fietser signs, the 'uitgezonderd' trick, and the vocab.
Two Christmas days, gourmetten at the table and fireworks at midnight: here is how the Dutch do Kerst and oud en nieuw, and the vocabulary to join in.
The Dutch income-tax return runs 1 March to 1 May, online and mostly pre-filled. Here is how aangifte doen works, the deadline, extension, and the vocab.
Booking a manicure in Dutch means knowing gellak from acryl from BIAB, and the salon's cancellation rules. Here is the nagelstudio vocabulary to get the nails you want.
Your textbook Dutch meets its match in Antwerp. The Antwaarps dialect is fast, proud, and full of local words. Here is a survival guide to the slang of Antwerp.
The AOW is the Dutch state pension, and you build it up 2% a year just by living here. Here is how it works, the gap from years abroad, and how to fill it.
Solar panels in the Netherlands lived on the salderingsregeling, which ends in 2027. Here is how net metering worked, what changes, and the vocab to decide.
Lost in a Dutch town? Here are the phrases to ask the way and, just as important, to understand the answer: links, rechts, rechtdoor and the rest.
