# The best Dutch-language songs

The Dutch-language songs ranked highest in NPO Radio 2's Top 2000, with Boudewijn de Groot's Avond as the perennial number one.

- 15 votes · 12 items
- Nov 14, 2025 · seasonfinale_little
- https://even.best/en/l/649/the-best-dutch-language-songs

## Top 12

1. **Laat me — Ramses Shaffy** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1978. 'Let me go my own way'; later also with Liesbeth List and Alderliefste.
2. **Zoutelande — BLØF feat. Geike Arnaert** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 2017. A summer hit about the small Zeeland seaside town.
3. **Avond — Boudewijn de Groot** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 1997. The highest Dutch-language song in the Top 2000 (around 9th); voted best song ever in 2005.
4. **Mag ik dan bij jou — Claudia de Breij** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 2011. A love song that became a song of comfort; around 14th.
5. **Over de muur — Klein Orkest** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1984. About East and West Berlin, sung by Harrie Jekkers.
6. **Bloed, zweet en tranen — André Hazes** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2002. The folk singer's life song.
7. **Kom van dat dak af — Peter Koelewijn** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1961. Early Dutch-language rock'n'roll.
8. **Testament — Boudewijn de Groot** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1966. A young singer writes his will; lyrics by Lennaert Nijgh.
9. **Oceaan — Racoon** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2009. A loss at sea; Racoon singing in Dutch.
10. **Brabant — Guus Meeuwis** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1996. The anthem of the south.
11. **Iedereen is van de wereld — The Scene** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1990. Thé Lau's anthem of togetherness.
12. **Het is een nacht — Guus Meeuwis** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1995. His breakthrough, the party song par excellence.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.