Learn Dutch: Waar rijdt de taxi heen? - Where is the taxi driving to?

In Dutch, to ask "where to", you use waar (where) and heen (to/towards). These two parts are usually split in a sentence. You start the question with waar and place the directional word heen at the very end.

Can I use naartoe instead of heen here?

Yes, absolutely! You can also say Waar rijdt de taxi naartoe? Both heen and naartoe indicate motion towards a destination. In a question starting with Waar, they mean the exact same thing and are interchangeable.

Is it possible to combine the words into waarheen?

Yes, you could say Waarheen rijdt de taxi? When combined into one word, waarheen stays at the beginning of the sentence. However, splitting it up into Waar ... heen is much more natural and common in everyday spoken Dutch.

Why does the verb rijdt come right after waar?

In Dutch questions that start with a question word like waar, the verb must take the second position. This is called inversion, and it pushes the subject (de taxi) to the spot immediately after the verb.