Dating by city / Netherlands / Overijssel / Raalte
Looking for a date, something serious or new friends in Raalte? Create a profile and you could be the first local on this page.
Raalte is small enough that you may have friends in common, so start with a relaxed coffee in the centre. If you would rather meet away from familiar faces, Deventer is close by.
Within 50 km of Raalte there are 72 towns and cities — Enschede, Apeldoorn and Zwolle among them — with more than 1.8 million residents in all. In the app you choose the distance yourself: from 10 km to 500 km, or “Any distance”.
Yes. YADate is a free online dating site, in Raalte and everywhere else: profiles, search filters, likes, messages, voice messages and gifts cost nothing, and there is no premium plan. The only limits are daily caps against spam, such as 40 new conversations a day.
YADate never creates fake profiles or writes on behalf of people who don't exist. A moderator checks every photo before it appears, every member confirms an email address, and any profile can be reported. Anyone who asks for money or pushes you to move to another app straight away is worth reporting.
Yes. In the filters you can search around any other city, in the Netherlands or abroad.
Profile & photos
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