Hoi, ik ben Martijn

Born and raised in the Netherlands, living near Rotterdam. I'm not a schoolteacher, and that's the point. You don't need another grammar lesson. You need someone patient to talk to who won't switch to English.

I talk to a lot of different people in my daily work, and I've noticed that expats often know way more Dutch than they dare to use. Praatpaal is the place to use it.

I speak clear standard Dutch (no heavy accent), and I'm happy to explain the strange stuff too: why we eat hagelslag, why everyone says "lekker" and why you shouldn't take directness personally.

Let's talk