Marco took a lovely picture of the leaves changing color in Utrecht the other day.
I love the hint of red on most of the trees!
In other news – it is November, so Het Sinterklaasjournaal has started again. Het Sinterklaasjournaal is a nightly children’s TV show that airs in the weeks leading up to December 5th, styled like an evening news broadcast covering the preparations for Sinterklaas’s arrival. While kids are captivated by the dramatic, last-minute “crises”—like lost presents, sinking steamboats, or missing horses—adults tune in for the deadpan newsroom delivery, clever wordplay, and subtle satirical nods to real-world Dutch politics and current events.
This year, the actor who played Sinterklaas for the last 15 years announced that he would be stepping down, so a new Sinterklaas needed to be found. And of course, in tonight’s first episode of 2026, he has gone missing! So adult viewers don’t know (yet) who is playing the role.
Sinterklaasjournaal houdt het spannend, opvolger van De Walle nog onduidelijk at nos.nl
