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NLTV2 iPhone App #1 Dutch News App

Hollander — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:51:09 +0000

A couple of days ago our Dutchclasser’s Iphone App went live in the iTunes App store. It is now the #1 Paid for App in the News & Current Affairs section of the Dutch App store having overtaken even the BBC App which is at #3.

NLTV2 is Number One

The first update of this App is already in the works and apparently those of us with iPhones and iPods are supposed to help test it… again. Maybe he will make us a Dutch homework App next so we too can impress when classes start again after the holiday.

Dutch News iPhone App with NOS Journaal

Hollander — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:11:43 +0000

One of our Dutchclassers has now written an iPhone App to aid in learning Dutch and in the spirit of true Dutchness has also placed this app for sale on the Apple App Store. The App is called NLTV2 and it allows the user to watch the latest podcasts of a number of Dutch news and current affairs programmes by streaming them directly to an iPhone or iPod touch. No need to download or sync podcasts, the App just streams the material directly to your iPhone.

NLTV2 can stream both the NOS Journaal and the NOS Jeugdjournaal. The Dutch main news programme and the version of the news for younger watchers. Unsurprisingly the Jeugdjournaal is easier to watch and understand for Dutch learners but a lot of the normal Journaal can be gathered too even if you do get bizarre moments like watching Nigel Farrage being interviewed (in English) with Dutch subtitles.

We are actually rather impressed. Now if only we could understand all of that Dutch.

Before the NOS Journaal is Podcast …

Tulip — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:31:23 +0000

A few months ago DutchClass.co.uk mentioned the availability of Dutch news as NOS Journaal Podcasts. Since then I’ve been watching Dutch news podcasts now and then- not every day, but enough to help me learn a bit more useful and up-to-date Dutch.

Imagine my surprise to receive from a Dutch friend a link to the YouTube clip below:

This is a fun and fascinating (!) insight into preparations for Dutch news broadcasts. Enjoy !

Dutch Crocs

Hollander — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:15:22 +0000

One of the things I try to impress on my English friends is that the Dutch don’t necessarily always conform 100% to the cartoon stereotype. They don’t eat cheese ALL the time, most of them don’t wear clogs and the vast majority of them have never been near a coffee shop that sells dope and they don’t visit the red light district in Amsterdam all the time.

They do however from time to time indulge in orange mania – particularly on or around major football tournaments. The aftermath of Euro 2008 is no different with a plethora of orange products in the sales. Orange radios, shovels, USB hubs, chocolate bars, etc, etc. The one that most caught my eye was orange Crocs sandals though. The model below was for sale in a shop window in Leiden this week.

These sandals have always intrigued me. They are expensive (at least at Millets Farm garden centre), they look like…rubber sandals and as far as I can judge from a quick try they are not particularly comfortable.

At least these orange ones look a little zippier than the mint green and pink models common in Oxfordshire. Perhaps if I got some my friends would think me more trendy. Hmmm…