Podcasts are an excellent way to learn languages by listening. Wherever you are, improve your Dutch skills with these podcasts.
Hear news fragments read slowly and head over to the ‘Say it in Dutch‘ podcast. Ideal for advanced beginners to intermediate students. In each episode of around 30 minutes, someone reads a news story in Dutch, but very slowly. To get the PDFs with the transcripts you’ll have to pay though.
Duration: 30 minutes, level: A2-B1, transcripts: paid
In een beetje Nederlands – a bit of Dutch – you’ll learn in each episode about Dutch culture and many other topics in slow Dutch. The website is entirely for free.
Duration 10-20 minutes, level: A2-B1, transcripts: free.
DutchPod101.com is a Dutch learning platform. Except over 1000 podcasts for all levels, there are video lessons, exercises, transcripts and vocabulary lists. Making an account is necessary, and some of the features are paid.
Duration: variable, level: A1-B2, transcripts: account/paid
Learn basic phrases with LinguaBoost, you can listen to the podcast here. However, you’ll have to pay to get the transcripts.
Duration 5-10 minutes, level: A1-A2, transcripts: paid via this link.
Interested in simple, everyday stories of about 5 minutes? That’s what Dutch teacher Caroline makes with her podcast 5 minuten Nederlands. It’s intended for intermediate students, transcripts can be asked via her email address in the link.
Duration: 5 minutes, level: B1+, transcripts: on demand
The Dutch Online Academy features podcasts for advanced beginners and intermediate learners. A simple text is read about a specific topic is read slowly. Occasionally it focuses on a grammar topic, but no explanations are given in the Podcast. Transcripts are available for free.
Duration: 3-10 minutes, level: mostly A2-B1, transcripts: free
One of the few podcasts also using English are the ones from Dutch Grammar. They focus on a topic per podcast, with useful phrases. It’s one of the older podcasts, but you can find the transcripts and their translations via the link.
Duration: 1-6 minutes, level: A2-B1, transcripts: free
However, there are many other podcasts unrelated to language learning. There is a huge selection of podcasts from Belgium you can find on Vlaamsepodcasts.be. If you prefer podcasts from the Netherlands, go to Podcast Luisteren. Need some help to choose one? Read my other article.
Spotted another one? Let me know in the comments!