Thuis
Thuis is a Belgian television soap opera, which airs on VRT 1, which is in the hands of VRT, the national broadcasting channel of the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium, Flanders. Until 2023 VRT produced the series but due to general cost savings it was decided in 2022 Eyeworks will take over the series.
Thuis first aired on 23 December 1995, featuring Pol Goossen,,,,,, and the late.
Thuis grew to become Flanders' number one soap, gaining 900,000 viewers, and therefore beating competing for channel vtm's soap operas Familie and former series Wittekerke. Thuis is currently in its 31th season, and has aired 5,894 episodes as of 27 June 2025.
Plot
Season 1
After Jenny Verbeeck discovers that her husband, Frank Bomans, has cheated on her again — this time with Simonne Backx — she and their daughter Bianca move into the mansion of Dr. Walter Dedecker. Walter lives there with his two children: Dr. Ann and Tom, a law student with a reckless lifestyle. Walter also serves as the chairman of the board of an elderly care home. He uncovers that the home's director, Karel Briers, holds shares in a pharmaceutical company owned by Vergucht, which sells overpriced medication to the facility. Even worse: the drugs are being swapped out, turning the residents into unwitting test subjects. Ann is in a relationship with John De Brabander until she learns he is married. Devastated, she attempts suicide and later leaves for Italy indefinitely. Although Walter is still married to Marianne Bastiaens, they live separately. Marianne visits often, and the couple has chosen not to divorce due to inheritance matters. Walter falls for Rosa Verbeeck, but during a trip to Paris, he realizes she is not his true love and begins a brief romance with Jenny. Rosa disapproves of her daughter Peggy's first boyfriend, Bennie De Taeye, a homeless drug addict. Later, Peggy becomes involved with Robbe. Together with Tom and Steven, Robbe launches a student bike rental project. They collaborate with Ingrid Michiels, an advertising designer married to sculptor Harry Moeyaerts. The project never was a success. Amongst others a nearly-failure was after Steven secretly convinces Vergucht to sponsor it. The project ultimately stopped when the owner of the storage facility withdrew. After the sudden death of her partner Pierre, Florke moves in with her son Frank. She is determined to save Frank and Jenny's marriage and get rid of Simonne, but eventually changes her mind. Bianca starts dating Neil Feyaerts, who later rapes her and is imprisoned for drug dealing. She moves to Groningen to continue her studies. Luc Bomans, who runs a sweet shop in New York, returns to Belgium for a two-week visit after disappearing 19 years earlier. He hides the fact that he and his girlfriend have split and that he plans to stay in Belgium. Frank is still bitter about Luc's departure, especially since Luc withdrew 200,000 Belgian Francs from their plumbing business, causing Frank to go bankrupt shortly afterward. Earlier in the series, Frank lost his job due to repeated absences caused by drinking. He was rehired after Simonne spoke with the owner, Robert Vercammen. Later, Frank loses his job again after welding the company's gate shut during a strike. Robert demands over 500,000 Belgian Francs in damages. Simonne then hints to Florke that she slept with Robert to get Frank rehired the first time — and is willing to do so again. Peggy begins searching for her biological father, but Rosa tries to sabotage her efforts. When Rosa discovers her sister is romantically involved with Walter, she suffers a nervous breakdown. Peggy suspects Luc is her father. Luc admits it's possible, but Rosa must confirm. In the season finale, Rosa, overwhelmed by her emotions, reveals that Frank Bomans is actually Peggy's father. Frank learns about Simonne's affair with Robert Vercammen. Although Simonne denies it, Frank strikes Vercammen on the head, leaving him motionless.Season 2
Robert Vercammen is hospitalized with a skull fracture and falls into a coma. News leaks about Peggy's biological father. Several people seek revenge: Luc, who blames Frank for “taking his Leontien,” gives a false statement to the police about what really happened when Frank struck Robert. Leontien, Robert's daughter, is also bitter, as she once had a relationship with Frank, which he ended in favor of Jenny. Jenny, in turn, demands substantial alimony and the buyout of the house. Luc later reconsiders his revenge after discovering that Robert is faking amnesia to extort money from Frank in court. However, this cannot be proven, as Robert dies in a car accident. Frank is sentenced to six months in prison but is released after four weeks due to overcrowding. Ann develops feelings for Lou Sevenants, owner of Ter Smissen — a horse riding school with a hotel brasserie — but discovers he is married to Veronique, a woman diagnosed with schizophrenia. Harry mentors Pieter-Jan, whose family is struggling financially. He trusts the boy until his apartment is ransacked and Pieter-Jan disappears. The stolen goods are later found hidden in the stables of Ter Smissen, and Benny turns out to be Pieter-Jan's accomplice. To destroy the evidence, Pieter-Jan sets the stables on fire but dies after locking himself inside. Benny cooperates with a police investigator to dismantle a drug gang in exchange for acquittal. Although the gang is taken down, the police break their promise and Benny is sent to prison. Tom becomes the manager of singer Rebecca, Benny's sister. In an attempt to boost her fame, he leaks a provocative photo from her past as a stripper to the press. Florke begins a relationship with Roger, a wealthy man. Meanwhile, Harry and Ingrid struggle to conceive. Ingrid blames herself due to a past abortion, until Harry discovers his sperm quality is poor. This revelation causes a crisis in their relationship. Ingrid begins an affair with François Chevalier, a hotel manager, and becomes pregnant. Charles Bastiaens — also known as Carlos — returns from Belize. He is HIV-positive and wants to reconnect with his children Sarah and Frederik. However, his ex-wife Marijke has raised them under the lie that her current husband is their biological father. Tom devises a plan allowing Carlos to see his children before flying back to Belize. Ann decides to join him on vacation. Marianne and Walter go on a romantic weekend to the Belgian coast, where Walter suffers a brain hemorrhage and dies. Rosa inherits his cottage in the Ardennes and a valuable family necklace, sparking a long-standing feud between her and Marianne. Luc returns to the United States to sell his shares in the sweet shop, but once there, he calls Rosa to say he'll stay much longer than planned. Peggy finds a job at Club Med as a horse riding instructor and moves together with Robbe to Barcelona. In the season finale, Neil rapes Bianca again in a room at Ter Smissen. Her screams are heard by Jenny, who rushes upstairs and breaks into the room. Frank — repairing an underground water pipe in the stables — also runs upstairs. Neil is knocked unconscious and lies on the floor with a serious head injury.Season 3
Neil was beaten to death with a blunt object by Jenny. She and Frank burry the body in the trench of the underground water pipe. It turns out that Veronique had psychological issues before she met Lou, and at one point she even stabbed her brother with a knife. A few years earlier, Veronique gave birth to a stillborn child because Lou did not respond properly when she told him she no longer felt the baby moving in her womb. Since then, she has blamed Lou for everything that goes wrong. Her mental condition deteriorates further: she kills a cat and even tries to kill Lou using Haldol. After this last incident, Lou wants a divorce and chooses a life with Ann, and they move abroad. Werner starts working as a cook at Ter Smissen so he can take care of his sister Veronique. Veronique is declared “healthy” after receiving monthly injections, but her condition worsens again when Werner announces a few months later that he is leaving to return to his former job as a cook on a cruise ship.Doctor André Van Goethem - formerly working for Médecins Sans Frontières - starts in the practice of Ann but moves back to Africa after receiving a letter from a befriended woman. This upsets Marianne who got in love with him.
Luc manages to sell his shares for six million Belgian francs, but the money is stolen by Bennie, who disappears. Police officer Fernand struggles to raise his three teenage children: Kristoff was caught during a burglary and takes ecstasy, Joeri had an accident with Frederik’s borrowed moped and the two have been enemies ever since, and Eva is in a relationship with Frederik. After Fernand’s father dies, he sells his houses, including the one Rosa rents for her hair salon. Marianne seizes the opportunity for revenge and buys the property, but due to Belgian law she cannot evict Rosa until the current lease expires. That’s why Marianne starts all kinds of harassment, hoping Rosa will go bankrupt or decide to move out.
Gossip-loving Liliane has feelings for Fernand and starts working as his housekeeper, but he is not interested. Felicienne, Marianne’s not-so-bright housekeeper, buys a worthless painting for 32,000 Belgian francs, but Harry discovers another painting underneath it, and that work appears to be worth some million Belgian francs.
Leontien makes a deal with François in a scheme involving illegal cigarettes. When customs get wind of it, François disappears without a trace. Tom reveals the truth about Frederik's and Sarah’s biological father. Rebecca quits her job as a professional singer and starts working as a prostitute.
Ingrid gives birth to a daughter, Clio, but the child is kidnapped by a mentally ill woman. By coincidence, Veronique discovers the culprit. Harry and Ingrid rekindle their relationship.
When Frank finds out Simonne stopped with anticonception because she wants a child, he sneakily undergoes a vasectomy because he already has two grown-up children. Not much later it turns out Simonne got pregnant inbetween.
Neil’s body is found, and Inspector Tibbex begins an investigation. The case is brought before the Court of Assizes. Peggy and Robbe return as she is a witness. She ends her relationship with Robbe due to amongst others his snobbery. Veronique undergoes hypnosis to remember what's happened on the night of the murder: her version matches. Veronique was in her room, she heard the cries of Bianca, Jenny went up to the stairs, tried to open the door, went downwards, yelled at Frank, went upwards, opened the door, there was stumbling, then all became quite, Frank arrived. Later on the evening, she saw Frank and Jenny carry a heavy sack. It also becomes clear why Veronique abandonded this memory: as child she was abused by her mother physically. Her mother locked herself up after the death of her husband and didn't take care of her children. She was even convinced her husband died of cardiac arrest due to Veronqiue. As an 8-year Veronique found her mother who commited suicide. The evening of the murder, she experienced the events that took place in past. Her testimony is being deleted at the request of the public prosecutor because the hypnosis was not carried out by a forensic doctor and the fact that Veronique mixes up both events. According to the prosecutor, the incident must be treated as premeditated murder: on the night of the killing, only Frank, Jenny, and Bianca were at Hof Ter Smissen. They discovered that Neil had booked a room. Bianca, Jenny, and Frank took the opportunity to kill Neil in his room, bury him in the trench, and destroy all evidence. The defense attorney manages to convince the jury that the prosecutor’s entire story is based on unproven assumptions, and Frank, Jenny, and Bianca are acquitted.