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No longer the odd duck: Ryanne van Dorst on her disarming programmes

Drinking a beer at 8 o'clock at night, okay, but a nocturnal interview, no, Ryanne van Dorst, presenter of Night Animals and her new programme The Alternative, was not so keen. Since corona, she is actually not much of a night person herself, she says, in the Rotterdam café around her corner. Van Dorst orders a Ginger Gold. 'Just one then,' she says with a broad smile. 'Last weekend I turned 36, and I'm still - what is it today, Wednesday? - recovering from it.

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Drinking a beer at 8 o'clock at night, okay, but a nocturnal interview, no, Ryanne van Dorst, presenter of Night Animals and her new programme The Alternative, was not so keen. Since corona, she is actually not much of a night person herself, she says, in the Rotterdam café around her corner. Van Dorst orders a Ginger Gold. 'Just one then,' she says with a broad smile. 'Last weekend I turned 36, and I'm still - what is it today, Wednesday? - recovering from it.

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