Weekly themed newsletter for intermediate Dutch learners Listen with transcripts: https://www.dutchfluency.com/transcripts
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13 nov 2026 · 3:53
It's a blazing hot summer day in Scheveningen, and Lisa has dragged her friend Mark to the beach for what she promised would be a relaxing afternoon. Between the wind, the sand,…
9 nov 2026 · 4:42
It's the first warm Saturday of March, and Sanne has convinced her neighbour Daan to join her on a spring bike ride through the dunes. What starts as a cheerful outing quickly…
9 nov 2026 · 0:31
Sunday digest of the past week's themed newsletter (Literature). 3 daily lessons recapped. Transcript, vertaling en quiz van deze aflevering:…
8 nov 2026 · 20:10
De 4 verhalen van deze week in één aflevering. Luister en herhaal. Transcript, vertaling en quiz van deze aflevering:…
6 nov 2026 · 5:55
Sanne and Mark are old friends who meet every Thursday evening at a café in Utrecht for their informal "poetry club", which so far consists mostly of coffee, arguing about what…
4 nov 2026 · 5:21
Three friends meet at a café in Utrecht for their monthly book club. Lotte has chosen the book this time, but not everyone has finished reading it. As they discuss the novel,…
2 nov 2026 · 5:28
Sanne and Mehmet are colleagues at a small independent bookshop in Utrecht. They've organised a literary evening featuring the famous Dutch author Adriaan van Dis, but twenty…
2 nov 2026 · 0:32
Sunday digest of the past week's themed newsletter (Advanced Small Talk). 3 daily lessons recapped. Transcript, vertaling en quiz van deze aflevering:…
30 okt 2026 · 4:47
Two colleagues, Saskia and Mehmet, take their usual coffee break in the stairwell behind the office. When a new neighbour appears in the building, the conversation quickly turns…
28 okt 2026 · 4:36
It's a cold, wet May afternoon in Utrecht. Sanne is waiting at a bus stop after her shift, and her colleague Bram joins her. What starts as a simple complaint about the weather…
26 okt 2026 · 5:27
It's Monday morning at a mid-sized office in Utrecht. Two colleagues, Sanne and Mehmet, meet at the coffee machine, where a casual chat about the weekend quickly turns into a…
26 okt 2026 · 0:45
Sunday digest of the past week's themed newsletter (Humor & Sarcasm). 5 daily lessons recapped. Transcript, vertaling en quiz van deze aflevering:…
25 okt 2026 · 24:53
De 6 verhalen van deze week in één aflevering. Luister en herhaal. Transcript, vertaling en quiz van deze aflevering:…
23 okt 2026 · 5:48
Three colleagues at a Dutch marketing agency are preparing for a team presentation. Their boss has asked them to "keep it light", but when the self-deprecating jokes start…
21 okt 2026 · 5:50
Mark en Lisa zijn collega's bij een marketingbureau in Utrecht. Tijdens de lunchpauze blijkt dat Lisa een weddenschap heeft lopen met een vriendin over het gebruik van…
21 okt 2026 · 5:49
Two colleagues, Sanne and Mehmet, are on their lunch break in the office kitchen. Sanne tries out a new Dutch word joke on Mehmet, which leads to a conversation about the…
19 okt 2026 · 0:35
Mark en Lisa hebben vrienden uitgenodigd voor een barbecue. Mark heeft de hele week de regenradar in de gaten gehouden en is ervan overtuigd dat het droog blijft. Lisa is minder…
19 okt 2026 · 8:05
Three colleagues are in the office kitchen on a Monday morning, discussing the weekend and a mysterious app group message that everyone ignored. The dry humor escalates as they…
19 okt 2026 · 0:37
Sunday digest of the past week's themed newsletter (Volunteering). 4 daily lessons recapped. Transcript, vertaling en quiz van deze aflevering:…
16 okt 2026 · 6:12
Noor has signed up as a volunteer for the neighborhood festival in Utrecht. On her first shift, she discovers that the other volunteers are mostly retirees, the coordinators are…
14 okt 2026 · 8:07
Tom has signed up as a volunteer at the local food bank in Utrecht, expecting to sort cans and pack boxes. Instead, his first shift throws him into a chaotic world of expired…
14 okt 2026 · 6:10
Karim has just moved to a new neighborhood in Utrecht and wants to get to know people by volunteering at the local community center. But on his very first morning, he arrives to…
14 okt 2026 · 6:05
Karin has finally decided to volunteer at the local food bank, but the online registration form turns out to be more complicated than she expected. Her friend Mo, who already…
14 okt 2026 · 0:45
Sunday digest of the past week's themed newsletter (Eldercare). 5 daily lessons recapped. Transcript, vertaling en quiz van deze aflevering:…
11 okt 2026 · 22:29
De 6 verhalen van deze week in één aflevering. Luister en herhaal. Transcript, vertaling en quiz van deze aflevering:…
9 okt 2026 · 5:38
Karin is a district nurse who visits elderly patients at home. Today she visits Meneer Bakker, a widower who has been living alone since his wife passed away. What starts as a…
8 okt 2026 · 5:15
Ellen (48) is worried about her father Willem (79), who lives alone in a drafty apartment in Rotterdam. When he falls in the kitchen and can't get up for two hours, Ellen decides…
7 okt 2026 · 7:19
Mark is on his way to visit his grandmother Riet in the verpleeghuis for the first time since she moved in three weeks ago. He's nervous about how she's settling in and has…
6 okt 2026 · 3:38
Karim is a caregiver who visits elderly people at home. On Monday morning he arrives at Mrs. De Groot's house, but something is wrong: the door is locked, the curtains are still…
5 okt 2026 · 4:18
Karin, 48, has been informally caring for her father Willem (82) for the past two years. Her brother Mark lives an hour away and visits less often than Karin would like. After…
5 okt 2026 · 0:56
Sunday digest of the past week's themed newsletter (Learning & Courses). 7 daily lessons recapped. Transcript, vertaling en quiz van deze aflevering:…
4 okt 2026 · 15:57
De 8 verhalen van deze week in één aflevering. Luister en herhaal. Transcript, vertaling en quiz van deze aflevering:…
3 okt 2026 · 4:52
Mark and Els are a working couple with two children: Tim (11) and Lotte (8). It's Sunday evening, and the weekend is almost over. Mark has been trying to limit the kids' screen…
2 okt 2026 · 4:52
It's the first weekend of December, and the Bakker family is supposed to gather at the kitchen table to finalize their Sinterklaas traditions for this year. But mother Anneke…
1 okt 2026 · 6:59
It's the third Sunday of the month, which means familiedag at Sanne and Mark's house in Utrecht. But this time, Sanne's mother has invited herself, Mark's brother is running late…
30 sep 2026 · 4:08
Sanne and Mark are a young couple in Utrecht trying to arrange childcare for their one-year-old daughter, Lotte, before Sanne returns to work. After months on a waiting list,…
29 sep 2026 · 17:09
De 8 verhalen van deze week in één aflevering. Luister en herhaal. Transcript, vertaling en quiz van deze aflevering:…
29 sep 2026 · 4:25
Mark and Lotte are sitting at the kitchen table with a pile of school brochures. Their daughter Sara is about to start secondary school, and the deadline for registration is…
28 sep 2026 · 4:39
It's a chaotic Wednesday morning in the Van Dijk household. Tom and Lisa are trying to get their two kids, Bram (7) and Sophie (4), ready for school and daycare. But the washing…
28 sep 2026 · 1:19
Sunday digest of the past week's themed newsletter (Travel in NL). 7 daily lessons recapped. Transcript, vertaling en quiz van deze aflevering:…
27 sep 2026 · 5:12
Youssef has just moved to Utrecht for work and has enrolled in an NT2 course at a local language school. On the first evening, he meets his teacher Karin and a fellow student,…
26 sep 2026 · 6:43
Nour is a 28-year-old woman from Morocco who has been living in Utrecht for three years. She has one last chance to pass het inburgeringsexamen, and she is feeling the pressure.…
25 sep 2026 · 3:14
Tom and Nadia are colleagues at a marketing agency in Utrecht. They're both following an evening course in Dutch communication skills, and tomorrow is their big exam. During…
24 sep 2026 · 6:29
Mariana has been a regular at the weekly taalcafé in the Utrecht library for two years, but tonight she has something important to tell the group. Daan, a newer member who…
23 sep 2026 · 5:14
Mark has signed up for an online photography course, but the platform keeps sending him notifications that he never asked for. His friend Sophie comes over to help him figure out…
22 sep 2026 · 4:24
Lisa is nervous about her first day at a new job at a kaaswinkel, but she's also worried about her Dutch. Her friend Emma comes over the night before to help her practice…
21 sep 2026 · 4:58
Karim has been living in the Netherlands for two years and is finally starting his inburgeringstraject. His Dutch colleague Sophie offers to help him prepare for the…
21 sep 2026 · 1:26
Sunday digest of the past week's themed newsletter (Technology). 7 daily lessons recapped. Transcript, vertaling en quiz van deze aflevering:…
20 sep 2026 · 9:25
Two friends, Sanne and Thomas, are on a road trip through Limburg. They've just left Wijlre when Thomas takes a wrong turn, and they end up on a narrow road through the hills.…
19 sep 2026 · 4:05
Lisa and her friend Bram are taking the ferry from Den Helder to Texel for a weekend of cycling and beach walks. Just before boarding, Lisa realizes she's forgotten her phone…
18 sep 2026 · 3:46
Two friends, Joost and Melanie, are trying to plan a day trip to the Veluwe, but their ideas of a perfect "dagje uit" could not be more different. What starts as a friendly chat…
17 sep 2026 · 4:31
Sanne and Youssef, two friends from Amsterdam, decide to spend a Saturday cycling through Flevoland. What starts as a simple day trip quickly turns into a confusing adventure…
16 sep 2026 · 4:33
Two friends, Daan and Lisa, take a day trip to Zeeland to see the famous Delta Works and try the local oysters. What starts as a simple sightseeing trip turns into a deeper…
15 sep 2026 · 4:08
Sanne and Youssef are driving south for a weekend in Limburg, but somewhere past Eindhoven the navigation goes quiet and the signs start pointing in every direction. What was…
14 sep 2026 · 3:48
Sanne and her friend Bram are heading to Vlieland for a weekend away from the city. At the ferry terminal in Harlingen, they discover a problem with their booking that forces…
14 sep 2026 · 1:19
Sunday digest of the past week's themed newsletter (News & Media). 7 daily lessons recapped. Transcript, vertaling en quiz van deze aflevering:…
13 sep 2026 · 7:05
Mark's elderly neighbour, mevrouw De Wit, has asked him to help her with a laptop that she claims is "possessed." What starts as a simple tech support visit reveals a deeper…
12 sep 2026 · 5:02
Mark is a 28-year-old graphic designer living in Utrecht. His father Hans, 63, has just gotten his first smartphone and is struggling with a banking app. What starts as a simple…
11 sep 2026 · 4:46
Mark is helping his mother, Ans, set up her new smartphone. What should be a simple task turns into a battle of wills when an unexpected software update throws everything into…
10 sep 2026 · 3:46
Lisa has just installed a smart doorbell with a camera, but her neighbor Fatima is not happy about being filmed every time she walks past. What starts as a friendly conversation…
9 sep 2026 · 9:47
Mark and his roommate Sophie have just installed a brand-new smart thermostat. Mark is thrilled with the technology, but Sophie is starting to wonder if the house is actually…
8 sep 2026 · 6:23
Mark, a freelance graphic designer, is frantically trying to finish a project before his deadline. His girlfriend, Sanne, is trying to help him book a weekend away, but his…
7 sep 2026 · 7:24
Mark and his girlfriend Lisa are having dinner at their favorite restaurant in Utrecht. Mark keeps checking his phone under the table, and Lisa has finally had enough. What…
7 sep 2026 · 1:22
Sunday digest of the past week's themed newsletter (Neighbours). 7 daily lessons recapped. Transcript, vertaling en quiz van deze aflevering:…
6 sep 2026 · 6:23
On a rainy Saturday morning, Samira (28) is trying to enjoy her coffee and the newspaper at a local café in Utrecht, but her friend Bram (30), who is clearly suffering from a…
5 sep 2026 · 6:57
Maarten and his neighbor Els are both retired and have a daily ritual of watching the eight o'clock news together. But today, Maarten arrives with a pair of scissors and a wild…
4 sep 2026 · 11:08
Mark and his neighbor Sanne are having coffee on a Saturday morning when their neighborhood WhatsApp group explodes with panic about a "news report" claiming that a local park…
3 sep 2026 · 4:35
Julia is a junior producer at a popular Dutch talkshow. Today is chaos: their scheduled guest cancelled last minute, and she has to find a replacement before the live broadcast…
2 sep 2026 · 8:19
Sam and his friend Lisa are about to record the first episode of their new podcast about local news. But of course, nothing goes as planned when technology decides to betray…
1 sep 2026 · 5:36
On a rainy Tuesday morning, Mark and his neighbor Els both grab their newspapers at the local coffee shop. Mark reads the physical paper while Els scrolls on her phone, and they…
31 aug 2026 · 4:40
Mark and his neighbor, Els, are having coffee together. Els is a retired journalist who watches the NOS Journaal religiously every evening. Mark, a busy IT consultant, admits he…
31 aug 2026 · 1:07
Sunday digest of the past week's themed newsletter (Neighbours). 4 daily lessons recapped. Transcript, vertaling en quiz van deze aflevering:…
30 aug 2026 · 8:07
It's the week before the annual street party on the Kerkstraat, and the neighborhood association is getting organized. Samira, the enthusiastic organizer, is trying to convince…
29 aug 2026 · 5:35
It's Friday evening in a typical Dutch residential street. Sanne and her neighbour Mark are in their adjoining backyards when a heated discussion breaks out about a message on…
28 aug 2026 · 4:40
On a rainy Tuesday morning, Samira is struggling with a flat bicycle tire outside her apartment building. Her neighbor, Willem, an older man who's lived in the neighborhood for…
27 aug 2026 · 4:10
It's Sunday morning in a typical Dutch residential street. Sofie, a young teacher, is trying to enjoy a quiet morning with her coffee and book when her upstairs neighbor starts…
26 aug 2026 · 7:00
Mark has just moved into a new apartment in Utrecht. While trying to figure out where to put his boxes, he meets his neighbor, Sanne, who comes by to welcome him. Their…
7 aug 2026 · 1:01
Sunday digest of the past week's themed newsletter (Customer Service). 3 daily lessons recapped. Transcript, vertaling en quiz van deze aflevering:…
7 aug 2026 · 4:18
Mark belt de klantenservice van een bekende elektronicawinkel omdat zijn nieuwe koffiemachine niet aanspringt. Medewerker Sanne probeert het probleem stap voor stap op te lossen,…
7 aug 2026 · 3:12
Lisa recently bought a coffee machine that broke down after three months. She calls the customer service of the electronics store to claim warranty, but there’s a problem with…
28 jul 2026 · 3:56
Naomi has just received a new steam iron she ordered online, but it doesn't work. She calls the customer service hotline of the webshop, where she gets a very helpful but…
28 jul 2026 · 3:58
Sarah, an American expat working in a Dutch office, just finished giving a presentation to her colleagues. She expects standard, polite feedback but instead gets a crash course…
28 jul 2026 · 3:29
Emma has a crucial job interview tomorrow at a large marketing agency in Amsterdam. Her partner, Lars, helps her practice some difficult interview questions, but her nerves are…
28 jul 2026 · 3:00
It's Friday afternoon at the office, and the traditional 'vrijmibo' (Friday afternoon drinks) is about to start. Sander is trying to finish his last email, but his colleagues…
28 jul 2026 · 3:51
Mark is stressed and trying to work through his lunch break to finish a report for his demanding boss, Jeroen. His colleague, Lisa, notices he is overworking himself and insists…
28 jul 2026 · 3:17
It is Monday morning at a digital agency in Amsterdam. Sander, the project manager, calls a meeting with his team members Lieke and Bram to discuss an upcoming deadline. Tension…
28 jul 2026 · 5:04
Sanne arrives for her first day as a copywriter at a bustling marketing agency in Utrecht. Her buddy, Mark, shows her around and introduces her to the team. However, what starts…
27 jul 2026 · 1:13
Sunday digest of the past week's themed newsletter (Email Etiquette). 6 daily lessons recapped. Transcript, vertaling en quiz van deze aflevering:…
24 jul 2026 · 2:47
Mark, a freelance graphic designer, is negotiating his fee for a project with Eva, a manager at a busy marketing agency. The deadline is tight, and both have strong positions,…
23 jul 2026 · 4:02
Mark, a strawberry farmer from Westland, is in a tense meeting with Lena, a buyer from a large supermarket chain. They are negotiating the price for a new exclusive contract, but…
22 jul 2026 · 4:27
Tessa and Bram, two friends who run a small food stall at the Amsterdam market, are arguing about what to serve next season. Tessa wants to go fully vegan, but Bram worries…
21 jul 2026 · 4:30
Mark has received a job offer from a tech company in Utrecht, but the salary is lower than he expected. He meets his friend Lena at a café to discuss the negotiation strategy…
20 jul 2026 · 3:54
Sophie, een junior marketeer, heeft net haar eerste jaar bij een techbedrijf afgerond en wil om een salarisverhoging vragen. Ze bespreekt haar strategie met haar oudere collega…
20 jul 2026 · 1:24
Sunday digest of the past week's themed newsletter (Meetings). 7 daily lessons recapped. Transcript, vertaling en quiz van deze aflevering:…
19 jul 2026 · 3:55
Lies, an office assistant at a small marketing firm, has just received a terse email from a supplier that could affect a big project. She discusses it with her colleague Mark…
19 jul 2026 · 5:51
Lisa, een junior marketeer, krijgt voor het eerst de taak om een belangrijke zakelijke e-mail te schrijven naar een onbekende klant. Ze vraagt haar ervaren collega Tim om advies…
17 jul 2026 · 4:12
Lisa, a junior marketing employee, has just finished writing an important email to a potential client. She asks her experienced colleague Mark to review the closing of her email,…
16 jul 2026 · 3:45
Mark, een junior medewerker bij een klein bedrijf, heeft twee weken geleden een belangrijke factuur naar een klant gestuurd, maar heeft nog geen reactie gehad. Zijn ervaren…
15 jul 2026 · 3:44
Lisa, een junior marketingmedewerker, heeft een belangrijke offerte naar een klant gestuurd, maar vergat de bijlage toe te voegen. Ze belt in paniek haar collega Mark om advies,…
14 jul 2026 · 4:48
Mark, een jonge marketeer, heeft een belangrijke e-mail gestuurd naar zijn baas, maar krijgt een verrassende reactie die hem doet twijfelen aan zijn toon. Hij overlegt met zijn…
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