Kooch
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Where the new city becomes yours.

Kooch is an integration platform designed around the experience of moving to a new country, helping people build community, navigate what comes next, and find trusted support when they need it. From connection to confidence to belonging.

90,000+ members · 50+ events organised
★★★★★ "It's the first place I felt at home."
Know what comes next
Know what comes next
Trusted support
Meet your people
Meet your people
Community Gathering
Feel part of the city
Feel part of the city
Culture & Community
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Sara · Level 3
Utrecht · 12 events attended
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+40 XP · CITY WALK UNLOCKED
Built from community. Growing with purpose.

Small numbers,
huge moments.

We started in 2023 with a podcast and a dinner table. Today, we're a growing community of newcomers and Dutch locals building integration into something joyful together.

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Members & growing
newcomers + locals, side by side
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Events organised
Community, cultural, career, and social experiences
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Nationalities
represented across our community
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People connected in person
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Event rating
out of 5, across all gatherings
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Partner orgs
NGOs, law firms & language schools
🎙️ The Kooch Podcast · Ep. 001
Nazanin, founder
"The podcast that became a community."
Our story

Started with a microphone. Became a community.

Nazanin Mirsharifi had moved countries more than once. She started Kooch as a podcast — honest conversations about starting over, across cultures and generations.

Listeners wrote in from every corner of the Netherlands. They didn't need more information. They needed each other. So Nazanin set a table, and Kooch became a place.

Kooch (کوچ) — not as a crisis, but as a journey, together.

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2023
Podcast launches. Listeners across the Netherlands write in.
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2024
First dinner in Utrecht. 18 guests from 6 countries.
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2025
Lawyer matcher + Dutch language school partnership launch.
The rhythms of Kooch

A calendar of reasons
to show up.

From networking mornings and cultural gatherings to walks, workshops, and community nights, Kooch creates real reasons to meet offline. Some are social, some are practical, and some are simply a good excuse to try something new with people you have not met yet. Events are the front door. The goal is what happens after: familiar faces, stronger networks, and a city that feels a little more yours.

ROUNDUP · MONTHLY DROP
August Events
Amsterdam & Rotterdam
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Wine Night
Wine Night
Fri 14 Aug
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SOCIAL · POP-UP
Pastry & Coffee Crawl
De Pijp · Saturday morning
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SOCIAL · POP-UP
Pastry & Coffee Crawl
De Pijp · Saturday morning
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ARCHIVE · ARCHIVE
Past Events
Browse what you missed
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Nowruz Bazaar
Nowruz Bazaar
Persian New Year, open to all
City Walks
City Walks
Led by locals & newcomers
Iranian Dinner
Iranian Dinner
Persian food, all welcome
When it feels natural
Become part of it
Come back, recognise familiar faces, share what you know, and help make the city feel more welcoming for someone else too.
Real-life connection
Meet people through gatherings designed to make conversation easier and community feel natural.
Open by design
Newcomers, internationals, locals, and long-term residents all have a place in the room.
Trusted support
Find practical guidance and carefully selected professionals for the moments when you need more than a Google search.
Built together
Kooch grows with its community through ideas, collaborations, partnerships, and people who want to contribute.
How it works

Four steps from Connection to belonging.

01

Tell us what matters right now

Looking for new people, practical guidance, career connections, or simply more of a social life? Start with what you need now.

⎯ A FEW MINUTES
02

Discover what fits

Find relevant events, trusted support, and useful next steps based on your goals and where you are in life.

⎯ PERSONALISED OVER TIME
03

Take part

Join a gathering, meet people, learn something useful, or take the next practical step. Belonging grows through participation.

⎯ AT YOUR OWN PACE
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Become part of it

Come back, recognise familiar faces, share what you know, and help make the city feel more welcoming for someone else too.

⎯ WHEN IT FEELS NATURAL
✦ Integration Journey · In development

Integration,
but make it a game.

Bureaucracy is a boss battle. Learning Dutch is a skill tree. Making friends is a co-op mission. Kooch is building the first gamified integration journey — where every small win, from your first BSN to your first gezellig, is earned, celebrated and shared.

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XP for every step
Forms, classes, gatherings
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Unlock badges
Solo or with friends
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Keep your streak
Show up, level up
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Your own roadmap
Your pace, your path
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Sara Aboud
LVL 3
Utrecht · Newcomer since 2024
🔥 12 day streak
378 XPLVL 4 at 600 XP
Your next quests
3 / 6 done
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Come to one Kooch dinner
+40
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Attend a conversation club
+30
✅
Join a city walk
+25
🤝
Bring a friend to singles night
ACTIVE
+25
🎭
RSVP a creative night
+30
🏡
Host your first dinner
+80
Badges earned
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+40 XP just now! 🎉
Partners & friends

Integration works when we
work together.

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Featured partnership

Learn Dutch with a trusted Kooch partner

We’ve partnered with Hi Dutch Classes to connect our community with high-quality Dutch lessons designed to help you feel more confident in everyday life in the Netherlands. Kooch members also receive an exclusive partner benefit when booking their classes.

Claim discount
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Hi Dutch Classes
Language school
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Stampy
Digital partner
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TechMeUp
Tech education
Become a partner
Join Kooch

There's a door for everyone.

Whether you're arriving, welcoming, funding, or partnering — your first step is the same: say hi.

01 · Who you are
02 · What you need
03 · Confirm
What happens next

A human reads this.
Within 48 hours.

Private by default
Your message is read only by a trained coordinator — never shared with authorities.
Core services free
All community events, lawyer intakes, and Dutch conversation clubs are free.
Any language
We respond in EN, NL, FA, AR, UK, FR, DE.
Questions

Things people ask us.

Can't find your answer? Write to us at hello@letskooch.com

Kooch is a community that brings newcomers and locals together through cultural and social events. It's all about connection, belonging, and feeling at home.

No! Kooch is built on the belief that integration goes both ways. About a third of our community are Dutch locals (hosts, language partners, volunteers) who make newcomers feel at home and get as much out of it as they give.

Everyone is welcome! Our gatherings are open to anyone who enjoys meeting new people, discovering cultures, and sharing good vibes. You don't need a visa, papers, or any specific status.

کوچ✦Belonging, by design✦Kooch✦مهاجرت✦Переселення✦Hijra✦हिज़रत✦2,400+ supported✦Starting over is hard✦You are not alone✦