Best Dutch family series

Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch family shows from Netherlands, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!

  • Poster for Flodder

    Flodder 1993

    The misadventures of the anti-social Flodder family living in a upscale suburban neighborhood.

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  • Poster for De Zevensprong

    De Zevensprong 1982

    Frans, an elementary school teacher gets involved in a conspiracy to save Geert-Jan Grisenstijn from the hands of his uncle, the evil count.

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  • Poster for Chateau Meiland

    Chateau Meiland 2019

    The Meiland family and their good friend Caroline move to France to start a bed and breakfast in an old chateau.

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  • Poster for Het geheime dagboek van Hendrik Groen

    Het geheime dagboek van Hendrik Groen 2017

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  • Poster for Familie Kruys

    Familie Kruys 2015

    Three different, but related families face trials and tribulations in their own uniquely comedic ways.

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  • Poster for Mindfuck

    Mindfuck 2015

    Mindf * ck does away with the classic image of magic glitter curtains and sawn assistants. The viewer gets an insight into underlying psychological principles such as non-verbal communication, deception and influencing the subconscious. Are we in control of our own choices and can we really trust our perception?

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  • Poster for Het Zonnetje in Huis

    Het Zonnetje in Huis 1993

    The story begins at the funeral of Agneta Bovenkerk, the wife of widower Piet Bovenkerk. Afterwards, his son Erik and daughter-in-law Catharina "Cath" come home and receive an unexpected visit from the old Bovenkerk. He wants to move in with them now that his wife is dead. Neither of them are happy about that, especially Cath. Piet is a big whiner who is only a burden to her. She's been trying to get him out of the house from day one. Of course that never works. In addition, the old Piet Bovenkerk causes a lot of misery, misery that is laughable for the viewers at home.

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  • Poster for Jeuk

    Jeuk 2014

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  • Poster for So You Think You Can Dance (NL/BE)

    So You Think You Can Dance (NL/BE) 2008

    In this show the search is started for dance talent. The jury follows the candidates and are extremely critical. The participants give everything and aim for their spot in the spotlights and their ultimate aim: winning this spicy heat and with that the price. The best dancer goes home with a renowned dancing training abroad to his/her choice and with € 20,000 pocket money.

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  • Poster for Bassie & Adriaan

    Bassie & Adriaan 1978

    Bassie & Adriaan are a former Dutch circus duo who starred in their own television series. Bassie is a ginger-haired red-nosed clown who wears a red tartan-jacket and green trousers; he's fond of cream-cakes, and calls himself "stupid, but not smart". Adriaan is an acrobat in a blue (originally purple) 1970s-style shirt; his philosophy is "Whatever happens, keep smiling". They performed together till the mid-2010s and still enjoy a huge popularity in Netherlands and Belgium.

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  • Poster for Zeven Kleine Criminelen

    Zeven Kleine Criminelen 2019

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  • Poster for Petticoat

    Petticoat 2016

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  • Poster for Een huis vol emigreert

    Een huis vol emigreert 2024

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  • Poster for The Voice Kids

    The Voice Kids 2012

    Dutch version of the reality singing competition in which talented young solo singers between the ages of 7 and 14 wow coaches and audiences alike in a bid to become the next big thing!

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  • Poster for Without a Trace

    Without a Trace 2002

    Spoorloos is a television program of the KRO-NCRV in which tracing blood relatives is central. Sometimes family members have lost track of each other, or have never even seen each other. The reasons why contact is broken are diverse. For example, a child who has been abandoned by one of the parents after a broken relationship or a baby who has been given up for adoption. These often concern sensitive matters that require the editors to proceed cautiously. The presentation is in the hands of Derk Bolt. He regularly goes out to track down family members.

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  • Poster for Hein

    Hein 2024

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  • Poster for Een Huis Vol

    Een Huis Vol 2012

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  • Poster for The Spanish Sheep

    The Spanish Sheep 2010

    Lukas has traveled to Spain after his friend Sjon. Lukas and Sjon have started a pension there on the Spanish coast. Kootje had to give Camping 't Vrije Schaep back to nature and became unemployed. Doortje is disappointed that her relationship with Kootje has not led to a real relationship. Lena is pregnant and wants to become the first 'BOM - Conscious Unmarried Mother' in the Netherlands. Grandpa has grown old and flawed. Greet and Huipie are busy with their twins and are walking on their gums. Riek and Arie have inherited from an old aunt, but want to keep this a secret from their friends. On Doortje's birthday Lukas is missing, nobody has heard from Lukas for a long time. the relationship between Sjon and Lukas has ended and the pension is not running smoothly. The Amsterdam friends decide to travel to Spain together to help Lukas back in the saddle. Or maybe they are more on the run from their own problems?

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  • Poster for Real Life in the Zoo

    Real Life in the Zoo 2019

    The animals play the main role in this series. The animals are the real main characters and the supporting roles are for the caretakers or zoo staff. Decisive for the program is the camera technology, which shows the animals' lives everywhere behind the scenes and out of sight of the audience. We experience the 24-hour feeling within the walls of the zoo, just like the animals themselves. The program is recorded at Ouwehands Zoo in Rhenen, the Netherlands.

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  • Poster for Oh, Wat een Jaar!

    Oh, Wat een Jaar! 2017

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  • Poster for Marble Mania

    Marble Mania 2021

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  • Poster for Raveleijn

    Raveleijn 2011

    The family Woudenberg, consisting of father, mother and five children, Thomas, Maurice, Joost and the twins Emma and Lisa, moved from the city to an old inn at the edge of a forest. At the inn the children find, by digging, a mysterious old city gate where a cryptic message appears: "Where Raven will be Riders". Once they step through this gate, the children turn into adult riders and the ravens change into magnificent horses. They stepped into a different world, where an ancient city lies called Raveleijn. Count Olaf Grafhart rules there with an iron fist and is assisted by monstrous beings called 'graffers'. The children discover that in this other world they have special powers and they decide to battle against the count and his monsters. A battle of life or death...

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  • Poster for Bassie en Adriaan: De Geheimzinnige Opdracht

    Bassie en Adriaan: De Geheimzinnige Opdracht 1992

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  • Poster for Remi, Nobody's Boy

    Remi, Nobody's Boy 2016

    Orphan Remi (13) goes on a incredible journey to find his family.

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  • Van Duin op z'n best 2009

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  • Poster for 13 in de Oorlog

    13 in de Oorlog 2009

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  • Sterke Verhalen 2018

    De verhalen die in deze show van Sanne Wallis de Vries voorbijkomen zijn stuk voor stuk onwaarschijnlijk, gênant of lachwekkend. Maar de grote vraag is: zijn ze echt gebeurd of is het gewoon compleet verzonnen? In de nieuwe, komische panelshow Sterke Verhalen van BNNVARA nemen twee teams met vaste teamcaptains Peter Pannekoek en Richard Groenendijk het tegen elkaar op. Door het stellen van slimme en tactische vragen proberen de teams in drie rondes de waarheden van de leugens te onderscheiden. Wie kan er zo goed bluffen dat iedereen zijn of haar verhaal geloofd? En wiens verhaal is zo onwaarschijnlijk, maar toch écht gebeurd?

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  • Geer & Goor: Waarheen, Waarvoor? 2014

    Dutch TV show about older people on a holiday trip. Hosts are Gerard and Gordon.

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  • Poster for Ninja Nanny

    Ninja Nanny 2019

    When awkward pre-teen Hunter and her patch-work family enter into a life of new-found celebrity and move to a posh neighborhood, she is distraught. She hates this snobbish village filled with brats and bullies. To make matters worse, her stepfather hires a nanny, Farah, to look after the kids while Hunter feels lonely and neglected. One day though, things suddenly change. A mysterious ninja saves her from the bullies - turns out that was her nanny. Hunter resolves to become a ninja master herself and discovers that if you really want something, you have to go all the way to achieve it.

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  • Poster for I Can See Your Voice

    I Can See Your Voice 2020

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  • Poster for Bassie & Adriaan

    Bassie & Adriaan 1977

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  • Poster for In de Vlaamsche pot

    In de Vlaamsche pot 1990

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  • Poster for Kerst bij Koosje

    Kerst bij Koosje 2019

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  • Poster for Lampje

    Lampje 2023

    This elaborate and curated fairy tale adventure tells the story of Lampje, the lighthouse keeper's daughter, who has to climb a grand staircase every evening to light the lantern and shrink ships before the rocks. One night, in the midst of an approaching storm, she finds that her matches have run out - disaster strikes and an adventure begins.

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  • Roy Donders: Stylist van het Zuiden 2013

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  • Poster for Ten Towers Deep

    Ten Towers Deep 2010

    Ten Towers Deep is a 2010 Dutch television series directed by Marc Willard, based on the book of the same name by Jacques Vriens.

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  • Poster for André Van Duin op z'n Best

    André Van Duin op z'n Best 2000

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  • Poster for 50 jaar van Duin - 50 jaar TROS

    50 jaar van Duin - 50 jaar TROS 2014

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  • Volgens Robert 2013

    This contemporary tragicomedy shows general practitioner Robert Finkelstein, handling his midlife crisis. He is being kicked out of the house by his wife (also his professional assistent for the past 25 year). Doctor Fink is on his own now. You'll witness the struggle of a man who is expelled from his well organized, protected life and has to rediscover the world. Free, yet uncertain; energetic and hurt, Robert struggles through his identity crisis. A crisis he will never really grow out of, but merely changes each time caused by the meddling of his ex wife, the attention of a young, unpredictable lover, his demanding patients, and last but not least by his psychotherapist, with whom he shares every step in his new life.

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  • Aaf 2013

    Aaf is the head of the ultimate middle class family. The family consisting of mother Aaf, father Ton and pubescent children Marie and Jozefien, and little Bennie. The familiarity of the everyday concerns, the marriage with the corresponding family, eternal battle over the household and the family love that holds everything together, are central in this brand new RTL 4 - series.

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  • Bassie & Adriaan: De Geheimzinnige Opdracht 1992

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  • Poster for Ernst, Bobbie en de rest

    Ernst, Bobbie en de rest 1998

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  • Poster for Briefgeheim

    Briefgeheim 1983

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  • Poster for The 4 from Westwijk

    The 4 from Westwijk 2012

    All Westwijk, a Dutch coastal holiday resort island, is excited about the arrival of cheerful celebrity singer Bo Monti and his haughty manager Franck Fellani.

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  • Taart 2014

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  • Poster for De Flip Fluitketel Show

    De Flip Fluitketel Show 1980

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  • Poster for De Ep Oorklep Show

    De Ep Oorklep Show 1987

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  • Poster for Knofje

    Knofje 2002

    Knofje is a 4 year old kid who lives in a beautiful house with her mom and dad. She plays all day and embarks on small adventures...

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  • Caps Club 2013

    A group of children that all have a physical disability solves mysteries together from their secret tree house.

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  • Poster for Pipo de Clown

    Pipo de Clown 1958

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  • Poster for Het Sinterklaasjournaal

    Het Sinterklaasjournaal 2001

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  • Poster for Bartje

    Bartje 1972

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  • Steven en Jamie Kazàn - Road to Vegas 2023

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  • Poster for Kroongetuige

    Kroongetuige 2017

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  • Welkom in de prehistorie 2023

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  • Poster for Ti-Ta Wizard

    Ti-Ta Wizard 1972

    Ti-Ka lives with her father Ti-Ta a Wizard in a castle in the sky high above the clouds. Her father is a absent-minded wizard, and has a spellbook. He also brews all kinds of his own brews. However, he has one limitation: he cannot turn strawberries into camels, but he can turn them into dromedaries. Ti-Ka also learns magic from her father, but she only partially succeeds because of her father's absent-mindedness. However, if she claps her hands, she can freeze all people on earth like a statue. When she claps her hands again they start moving again and they think they have slept.

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  • Poster for Kerstgezel.nl

    Kerstgezel.nl 2020

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  • Poster for Sinterklaasjournaal

    Sinterklaasjournaal 2000

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  • Poster for Zapp Detective

    Zapp Detective 2020

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  • Poster for Freeks Saturday Night Safari

    Freeks Saturday Night Safari 2023

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  • Poster for De Vloek van Woestewolf

    De Vloek van Woestewolf 1974

    An original series by well known Dutch writer Paul Biegel, later released as a book, A doctor is asked to cure a Duke from his 'Gold Fever' by way of being sent a chest full of gold. Intrigued the doctor finds himself on a journey full of surprises

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  • De Bende van Sjako 2011

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  • Poster for Vreemde Praktijken

    Vreemde Praktijken 1989

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  • Poster for De Daltons

    De Daltons 1999

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  • Poster for Echte Gooische Meisjes

    Echte Gooische Meisjes 2008

    De serie geeft een exclusief kijkje in het leven van vijf meiden uit het Gooi. Riante villa’s, dure auto’s en verre vakanties zijn normale zaken in de levens van Bo, Pauline, Kimberly, Florine en Leslie. De camera volgt het vijftal op de voet tijdens hun gezamenlijke etentjes, de borrels, het winkelen en in de sportschool.

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  • Poster for Pim & Pom

    Pim & Pom 2009

    Pim Pom are two curious cats, every day they search for adventure. They make the floor as an ice rink and they ride horses on the vacuum cleaner. At home there is really much to experience! The animated series is based on the characters of Mies Bouhuys and drawings of Fiep Westendorp.

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