Can I take the Dutch driving exam in English?

The theory exam in English

• The CBR’s car theory exam is in Dutch or English.
• In English it costs €57.00 (2026), €6.50 more than in Dutch (€50.50).
• In another language you take it with an interpreter: €118.50 at the CBR (2026), plus the interpreter’s own fee, paid to the agency.
• The interpreter must be an official one from an agency the CBR approves (such as thebigword, ELAN, Mastertolken, Global Talk or Tolk2Go); you arrange it yourself, at least 14 days before the exam.

The practical exam with an interpreter

• The CBR’s pages offer no English-language practical exam. What it allows is an interpreter in the car.
• That is either an official interpreter who speaks Dutch and your language and shows an interpreter pass, or your own driving instructor who speaks both languages and shows their WRM pass.
• Your instructor must tell the CBR about the interpreter when they book your exam.
• The interpreter translates everything the examiner says, and nothing else: not the dashboard symbols, not the sat-nav or the radio. Set the sat-nav to your language before the exam.

How to get ready in English

Learn the Dutch words you will hear anyway: the examiner’s directions (“rechtsaf”, “linksaf”, “bij de rotonde de tweede afslag”) and the names of the rules (voorrang, haaientanden, dode hoek). Voorrah! teaches every rule in English with these Dutch words, and its practice exam gives the directions in Dutch and English.