Het Sinterklaasjournaal is a Dutch children's television series that has been broadcast every year since 2001 during the Sinterklaas period.

[1] In the summer of 2001, Ajé Boschhuizen, who was the editor-in-chief of the Dutch version of Sesame Street, came up with a new children's program for the Sinterklaas period.

The public broadcasters KRO, NPS, TROS, Teleac/NOT and VPRO then decided to jointly produce the program.

However, the broadcasters KRO, TROS, Teleac/NOT and VPRO dropped out, making the NPS the sole producer of the program.

[14] In 2024, it was announced that presenter Dieuwertje Blok would temporarily disappear from public view because her nose had to be amputated due to skin cancer.

Fortunately, at the end of each season, everything turns out fine and the Sinterklaas celebration can still go ahead.

In the program, the steamboat sailed through a rainbow, which meant that half of the Petes were of a different colour.

The first episode reported on the city of Meppel, the place where Sinterklaas arrived that year.

The report featured the character city historian 'Kort van Memorie' who talked about the Drenthe folk legend 'Witte Wieven'.

[21] In 2020, Sinterklaas would arrive in a place called “Kruisigem”, which was interpreted as a corruption of ‘'kruisig hem” (English: crucify him), the cry that, according to the Bible, was shouted at the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

This was found offensive by many Christians, after which broadcaster NTR responded that it was not the intention for people to be hurt by this.

The broadcaster then posted a message in which they promised to “trust that Sinterklaas will find a solution to all problems this time too”.

[23] This turned out to be a private plane, with which Sinterklaas flew to the Netherlands with the packages and his Petes.

At the airport, he was offered a replacement boat with which he could continue the journey to Hellevoetsluis, the place where the arrival was held that year.

[25] In 2013, Het Sinterklaasjournaal won the Gouden Stuiver, the award for the best children's program.