Favourites of the Noorderlicht Team
Summer 2026
What is the Noorderlicht team reading, watching, listening to, and playing this summer? We asked everyone to share a favourite book, a good podcast, a film or series, and an album they can’t get enough of.
A list of personal summer recommendations, then. For your holiday, a long train journey, a rainy afternoon, or simply a quiet evening on the sofa. Maybe you’ll discover something new!
Book/essay
- Roosje: Lieke Marsman – De Dichter en de Duivel (2026)
- Hanne: Wes Anderson – The Archives (2025)
- Monika: Elisabeth Tova Bailey – The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating (2010)
- Meli: Yael van der Wouden – The Safekeep (2024)
- Jedidja: Sana Valiulina – Kinderen van Brezjnev (2014) én Caroline Pauwels – Ode aan de verwondering (2019; geïllustreerde editie 2021)
- Yvonne: Anton Jäger – Hyperpolitics (2023)
- Esther: Elif Shafak – Er stromen rivieren in de lucht (2024)
- Dorine: Ester Naomi Perquin – Tot alles in beweging komt (2025)
- Cashmyra: Ocean Vuong – On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (2021)
Album/song
- Roosje: Lieke Marsman – De Dichter en de Duivel (2026)
- Hanne: Wes Anderson – The Archives (2025)
- Monika: Elisabeth Tova Bailey – The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating (2010)
- Meli: Yael van der Wouden – The Safekeep (2024)
- Jedidja: Sana Valiulina – Kinderen van Brezjnev (2014) én Caroline Pauwels – Ode aan de verwondering (2019; geïllustreerde editie 2021)
- Yvonne: Anton Jäger – Hyperpolitics (2023)
- Esther: Elif Shafak – Er stromen rivieren in de lucht (2024)
- Dorine: Ester Naomi Perquin – Tot alles in beweging komt (2025)
- Cashmyra: Ocean Vuong – On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (2021)
Podcast
- Roosje: Krista Tippett – On Being (sinds 2003)
- Meli: Journey to the Centre (aflevering van Dreamy)
- Jedidja: Groene Oren (Staatsbosbeheer, sinds 2020, met o.a. Brigitte Kaandorp)
- Esther: Critical Role (sinds 2015)
- Dorine: Pivot (sinds 2018)
Film/series
- Roosje: Béla Tarr – Werckmeister Harmóniák (2000)
- Hanne: Le chant des forêts (2025)
- Monika: Dogs Don't Wear Pants (2019) of The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989)
- Meli: The Invite (2026)
- Yvonne: Eric Rohmer – Le Rayon Vert (1986)
- Esther: Grace and Frankie (2015–2022)
- Jedidja: Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
- Dorine: The Bear (sinds 2022)
- Cashmyra: Love, Death & Robots (2019–)
