''Zomergasten'' ("Summer guests", an allusion to

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) is a Dutch

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broadcast each summer by public broadcaster

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. The programme was first aired in 1988. Each episode takes up an entire Sunday evening. It consists of an in-depth studio interview, typically three hours long, with a notable

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, Belgian or other Dutch-speaking foreigner, interspersed with cinema or television footage selected by the guest, which is subsequently discussed. Guests include writers, scientists, television personalities, politicians or business people. After the interview is finished, a movie selected by the guest is broadcast on the same channel. ''Zomergasten'' has become one of the signature programmes of Dutch public television. VPRO has organized live public screenings of ''Zomergasten'' in arthouse cinemas. In 2017, several venues in Amsterdam organised public screenings of the ''Zomergasten'' edition featuring Amsterdam mayor Eberhard van der Laan.{{Cite news, url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2017/07/30/zo-dorps-kan-amsterdam-ook-nog-zijn-12307979-a1568428, title=Zo dorps kan Amsterdam ook nog zijn, work=NRC, access-date=2017-09-18, language=nl Guests included:

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(2023),

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(2020), Eberhard van der Laan (2017), Arjen Lubach (2016), Reinbert de Leeuw (2014),

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(2010), Jaap van Zweden (2009),

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(2007),

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(2005),

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(2004),

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(2003), Sonja Barend (1999),

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(1997),

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(1995), Sienie Strikwerda (1988).

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