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.
Studielink, tentamen, studievereniging, borrel: the Dutch words every international student at the University of Amsterdam needs, explained in plain English.
Afrikaans gives South Africans a huge head start in Dutch, but a set of false friends and habits can trip you up. Here is what to unlearn.
Albert Heijn koopzegels are not coupons, they are a savings scheme paying around 6%. Here is how they work and the Dutch to cash them in.
Amsterdam's housing crunch breeds rental scams on Facebook and Marktplaats. Here are the red flags, the scam slang, and how to check a listing is real.
New to cycling in the Netherlands? Here is the simple fietsenmaker (bike repair) vocabulary tourists and newcomers need to fix a bike and ask the price.
Getting married in the Netherlands does not change your surname. Here is how naamgebruik works, what the stadhuis records, and the Dutch you need to choose.
You can earn a Dutch degree in English. But skipping the language quietly costs you the student life, friendships, and city you came for.
The self-checkout flashed red and called for staff. Here is what the Dutch zelfscan error messages mean and how to clear them without the queue staring.
Funda listings are packed with Dutch terms like k.k., v.o.n., and servicekosten. Here is what the makelaar jargon means and what you are really paying for.
