B1Month Pack · 50 episodesBaggage & Bananas

Dutch News: New Year and Baggage Chaos

Step into 2026 with a healthy mix of global updates, broken airport belts, and one highly suspicious banana.

2025-12-20 → 2026-01-15

The first 2 episodes are free. Every pack is included in every plan.

Included with €7 a week or any 12, 24 or 48 week pass. A2, B1, the reading method and every news pack, in one place.

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Episodes

1

Dinner Drama Breakthrough

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2

Dutch Activist Released in Turkey

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3

Lena and the Great Panic

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4

Car Hits German Christmas Market

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The Storm Secret Transformation

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6

Digital Drama

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7

The Sarco Capsule in Switzerland

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8

Innocent Belgian Detained in Spain

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9

Vera's Story

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10

Joost's Screen Shock Chronicles

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11

Chinese Spy at the Finance Ministry

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12

Tom's Rush

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13

Migrant Worker Minimum Wage Rises

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14

Roel's Email Escape

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15

Marit and the Great Dinner Drama

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16

Converting CO2 Into Fuel

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17

Dutch Soldier Detained After Syria Fight

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18

Paul and the Ghost Express Mission

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19

The Mystery Assignment

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20

Ukrainian Soldiers Train in the Netherlands

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21

The Drama

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22

Google Launches Gemini 2.0 Flash

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23

Karim and the Mystery

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24

The Australian Prime Minister's Secret Roles

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25

Nadia's Discovery

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26

Australian Prime Minister Loses Job

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27

The Colleague Conspiracy

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28

Car in the Water Near Afsluitdijk

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29

A Dutch Spectacle

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30

Woman Found Dead in Leeuwarden

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31

Menu Mystery With Mila

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32

Ukrainian Soldier Arrested in Hardenberg

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33

The Chill Chaos Chronicles

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34

Microchips for Dogs and Cats

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35

Rosa's Ghost Express

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36

Schiphol Baggage System Breaks Down

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37

Marieke's Screen Shock

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38

Ukrainians Arrested at the Polish Border

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39

Esther and the Rain Mystery

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40

Stricter Checks on Dog Microchips

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41

Bob and the Station Shock

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42

Armed Robbery with a Banana

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43

The Great Spectacle

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44

The Drama Escape

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45

The Danish King on Greenland

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46

Wolf Kills Sheep in Drenthe

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47

Thijs and the Screen Shock Files

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48

Milan and the Mystery Quest

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49

Ukrainian Soldier Requests Asylum

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50

Julia and the Drama Crisis

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