7 practical guides about beginners for expats in the Netherlands and Flanders, from Learn Dutch For Expats.
Moved to or from the Netherlands this year? You file the dreaded M-form, not the normal return. Here is what the M-biljet is, why it's different, and the vocab.
Which Dutch banks open an account before you have a BSN, which give a Dutch IBAN, and what each needs: ING, ABN AMRO, Rabobank, bunq, N26 and Revolut compared, with the Dutch for the call and the form.
German is a huge head start in Dutch, until a false friend trips you up. Here are the words that look the same and mean something else entirely.
Dutch and English are close cousins, which makes Dutch one of the easier languages for English speakers. Here is what is familiar, and what still trips you up.
The Dutch 'g' makes English speakers' throats hurt. Here is how to make the sound correctly, which words to practise, and why the south is easier.
The Dutch vowels ui, ou, and eu have no English equivalents. Here is how to make each sound, the words to practise, and how to drill them fast.
A starter set of practical Dutch phrases for daily life in Amsterdam: cafés, shops, transport, and small talk. They work across the Netherlands and Flanders too.