Nieuwe Buren: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Karen Damen and James Cooke say goodbye to their luxury life for a month. The best friends have it well together: they enjoy luxury, a beautiful house, a nice car and trendy clothes. In this TV program, however, they move together to a social rented house, where they have to live on a minimum wage and have to do voluntary work in various retirement homes. They have to manage for 30 days with €768, with which they experience what is the harsh, daily reality for more than 100,000 Belgians. A month-long life with limited resources and without a mobile phone and social media takes some getting used to for Karen, who has earned well in her K3 period.

Series details

• Title: Nieuwe Buren
• Format: Reality
• Language: Dutch
• Premiere date: 2016-08-31
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-11-02
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Play Fictie
• Network country: Belgium
• Typical episode runtime: 55 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 20156
• TVDB ID: 401230

Cast and credited roles

• Karen Damen — Karen Damen
• James Cooke — James Cooke

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-08-31; final listed air date 2016-11-02; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

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