Learn Dutch for your trip
Amsterdam to Flanders: bikes, trams and brown bars, and how to keep going in Dutch when people answer in English.
- 12 modules
- 4 missions
- 532 phrases to search, hear and save
Try it free for 14 days.
A travel guide with First Steps and an Out and about track, and four missions: an evening at a brown café, getting around by tram, train and on foot, buying cheese at a market stall, and getting help at a pharmacy.
Real situations, one at a time.
4 missions, each a situation you will meet on a trip. You practise the key language, then the conversation.
Missions
An evening at a brown café
Get a table at a brown café, order drinks and bitterballen, ask for the bill and pay, all in friendly Dutch.
Get around by tram, train and on foot
Take a tram and a train in the Netherlands: check the vehicle, check in and out, find the platform, follow directions on foot and keep clear of the bikes.
Buy cheese at a market stall
Taste and buy cheese at a Dutch market stall, name your cheese by age and amount, answer the seller's questions and pay.
Get help at a pharmacy and the police
Explain a small health problem to a pharmacist, mention an allergy, report a lost wallet and follow directions to the police.
The Dutch you learn, in order.
It starts with First Steps, the survival language for your first hour, then a travel track for the places you will go.
- 1First StepsHallo! Hello, thank you, and a few words that make Dutch people smile.
- 2Out and aboutFietsen, treinen and markets: getting around and getting help.
- 12
- modules, each in short lessons
- 260
- words and expressions
- 30
- sentence patterns
- 532
- phrases in the phrasebook
Dutch you can use on day one.
These are from the first lessons. In the app each has audio, a note on when to use it, and a way to save it.
Goedemiddag, meneer.
Good afternoon, sir.
Hoeveel kost het?
How much does it cost?
Waar is het station?
Where is the station?
Spreekt u Engels?
Do you speak English?
Kunt u dat herhalen?
Can you repeat that?
Ik wil graag een thee.
I'd like a tea.
Ik begrijp het niet.
I don't understand.
Three things about Dutch for a traveller.
People often answer in English
Many Dutch speakers switch to English when they hear an accent. The guide teaches short ways to keep going in Dutch.
Frisian, Limburgish and Flemish
Frisian is co-official in Friesland, Limburgish is spoken in Limburg, and Flanders has its own words. Dutch works everywhere, and the notes say where you will notice the difference.
A guide, not a full course
Twelve modules and about 50 survival phrases are enough for a first trip.
Places the course has notes on.
Each note is a habit of that place, so you know what to expect where you are going.
Amsterdam & North Holland
Amsterdam, Haarlem, Zaanstreek and Alkmaar: canals, bikes everywhere and the cheese market at Alkmaar
Rotterdam & The Hague
Rotterdam, The Hague, Delft and Leiden: a big port city, the seat of government and old canal towns
Utrecht
Utrecht and Amersfoort: a student city with a canal of its own and the country's busiest railway station
Friesland
Leeuwarden and the Wadden islands. Frisian is co-official there; Dutch works everywhere
Limburg
Maastricht and Valkenburg in the south. Limburgish is spoken locally; Dutch works everywhere
Zeeland
Middelburg, Vlissingen and the Delta coast: sea, dykes and mussels
Elsewhere in the Netherlands
Eindhoven, Groningen, Arnhem, Nijmegen and everywhere else
Flanders (Belgium)
Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges and Leuven: Dutch is the everyday language, with its own Flemish words
The same app plans the trip you are learning Dutch for.
Takes your phrases offline
Download the travel guide on Wi-Fi. The phrasebook, survival and travel packs, local notes and audio then work with no signal.
Plans the trip too
Put places on days, save the TikToks and reels that gave you ideas, see the stops on a map and share the plan.
Keeps your travel map
Colour in the countries you have been to and the ones you want to go to.
About learning Dutch.
Will I need Dutch in the Netherlands?
Most visitors get by in English, and a few Dutch phrases still help. The guide is for people who want to try, with phrases and the notes on when people switch to English.
Does it cover Belgium?
It covers Flanders, the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, including Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges and Leuven.
Can I use it offline?
Yes. Download the travel guide on Wi-Fi and the phrasebook, packs, notes and audio work with no signal.
Going somewhere else?
Say your first Dutch phrase in a few minutes.
Create a free account, pick Dutch, and start with the phrases for your first hour.
Try it free for 14 days.