The Netherlands is no exception to the rise of radical right political parties with a nativist ideology at their core: two successful cases are the PVV and FVD. In this article, the central point of departure is that the literature on nativism, as far as the aspect of time is discussed, has a one-sided focus on nostalgia and the past. We argue that this leads to a disregard of the role that the future plays in nativist narratives. This analysis of nativist discourses of these two Dutch radical right parties shows that their nativism does in fact contain a future orientation. Past, present, and future are entangled in what we can call a ‘temporality’. What links past and future together, we suggest, is a discursive allusion to a Dutch spirit, woven through temporal conceptions like a common thread. References to the past are most often ambiguous because either the period or the suggested characteristic attributed to the past remains unelaborated or under-elaborated. Nonetheless, an ‘essence’ to Dutchness is believed to have persisted and to be maintained throughout time. It depends on the temporal context how this purported Dutch spirit is realised in people’s narratives. It seems, then, that the goal of Dutch radical right parties is to reawaken a ‘Dutch spirit’, of which the manifestations are temporally specific. ; Les Pays-Bas n’échappent pas à la montée des partis politiques de la droite radicale ayant pour noyau une idéologie nativiste : le PVV et le FVD en sont deux exemples probants. Dans cet article, nous montrons que la littérature sur le nativisme et sa dimension temporelle se concentre de manière unilatérale sur la nostalgie et le passé. Or, cela conduit à une méconnaissance du rôle que joue le futur dans les récits nativistes. Cette analyse des discours nativistes de ces deux partis de la droite radicale aux Pays-Bas montre que leur nativisme contient en fait une orientation vers l'avenir. Passé, présent et avenir sont ainsi entremêlés dans une « temporalité ». Ce qui relie le passé et l'avenir, ...