What was your BIGGEST SURPRISE... on arriving in the NETHERLANDS?
2024 ж. 27 Сәу.
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On arriving in the Netherlands: what was the biggest surprise?
That's the question we asked foreigners in the Netherlands (students who are learning Dutch at the Dutch Summer School)
Video made by online Dutch teacher Bart de Pau.
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Video produced by:
Bart de Pau
(online Dutch teacher and founder of the Dutch Summer School)
Editing: Nicolas Balbontin, Claudia Macchiavello, Kim van den Corput
Music used under license: EITAN-EP, 8THMODEMUSIC
Video was recorded at the BLC Dutch Summer School in Drenthe.
To know more about our:
- Dutch Summer School: dutchsummerschool.nl
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"Everybody is friendly" Do I live in the wrong Netherlands?
JA ECHT HE 😂😂😂
Yes, fuck off.
Lol yes same, and the one that said that came from the UK... OMG :P
That or maybe we are all natural born actors :P
Ik vraag me af hoe onvriendelijk de rest van de wereld dan moet zijn...
Its funny how americans think we are very polite and asian people think we are direct and kinda rude, imagine the culture shock between the two then
ewb we’re a happy medium
I have an American friend who's a journalist and travels all over the world. She always says she loves The Netherlands and in her opinion it's one of the most civilized countries in the world. She always says she wants to live here. Lol. Oh well.
@@Saartje05 yeah I kinda get that. I mean, this country is a trash fire but at least we all acknowledge it. In america the right thinks the country is perfect and the left wants change. Here, everyone just knows shit needs to change, we just disagree on the direction.
@@sooof1839 gap... niks is verneukt hier.. oke bepaalde shit kan beter maar boeie, is gwn een topland dus gooi geen haat maar liefde :)
I think those those two aren't necesairily opposites, you can be direct and polite at the same time
“More people in England smoke weed than in the Netherlands” So you never been to a VMBO school?
ze zijn wss alleen maar naar boeren steden geweest ofz
Blijkbaar niet😂🤣
@John i wonder if their is a dutch version of chavs lol
VMBO school* schijnbaar zit je er zelf..
Haha hier is wiet iets voor kids, de meeste stoppen rond hun 21e weer, in Usa heb je nog steeds van die skire 40 jarige die jonko's paffen en er stoer mee doen.
7:22 "You're standing at the bus stop and it says bus in 1 minute and it comes" I must be living in the wrong Netherlands
🤣🤣😝😝
yup denk het ook ov is 90% van de gevallen optijd (gelderland)
Ja bij mij komt alles altijd op tijd, vond ik ook raar toen ik naar andere landen ging. Ga ik naar Italië zeggen ze dat bus over een half uur er is en stond ik 50 minuten te wachten. Niet normaal, was ook nog eens supervol en heet. We propte ons er zelf in, dan begrijp dat mensen openbaar vervoer haten ja...
i was like: isnt that what is supposed to do? isn't it supposed to come at the time when it says it'll arrive?
Het grappige is natuurlijk dat die aankomsttijden aangepast worden. Het kan makkelijk langer dan een minuut duren tussen bv. "nog 3 minuten" en "nog 2 minuten".
*been to amsterdam once* Tourists: "yeah i know that whole country"
brian zandt 😂 true asff
TASF
I think the ones saying: “they are so polite and friendly and say hi to everyone”, were probably somewhere else than Amsterdam though
🤣
Lmao so true
The Indian guy talking about paracetamol is so true. You're dying, and your doctor would be like, "Have you tried some paracetamol?"
Whilst in India they will gladly give you a box of antibiotics if you sneeze twice.
By money they do all. Holland is diff
In meanwhile is my ass allergic to paracetamol
@@learningkeyboard most of the doctors have asked if you are alergic to annything if not feel free to bring it up the dutch are not suprised if you do
I'm from Belgium, and the situation is basically the same here
that old lady being surprised at the fact that the bus actually arrives on time is my new reason to live
So do I. I haven't lost hope yet😂
dutch busses don't arrive on time ever (except when you measure with NS standards.)
the fact that you say she is an old lady makes me quite sad
@@schneiderdoom2960 They are 99 percent of the time within 2 minutes of the time that it said. I don't know where you live bro.
@@schneiderdoom2960 if you don't know what you're talking about. it's usually common to keep your filthy trap shut.
“Calm and well behaved”, yea until Feyenoord loses
In a match with Ajax
🤣
Hahahaha
Shut the fuck up😂
Of als Ajax verliest haha
“They’re not afraid to run you over” *facts* 😂😂
Vooral die omaatjes en opaatjes op electrische fietsen moet je voor oppassen
Harry Haring klopt man
@@amadeusbrandenburg6439 e bikes zijn echt gevaarlijk. Oude mensen op een ebike die makkelijk 25 kunenn halen is gevaarlijk
@@amadeusbrandenburg6439 En scootmobielen!!!
Dutch Bandit vergeet helemaal in de ochtend wanneer iedereen naar school fietst pas als het al 10sec rod is stoppen we pas. We dont fcking care
Yeah we give out our bank account numbers, because we have an actual working payment system
Yup.
Ideallll, tikki!
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I found it really weird that an American thought it was weird, considering they give out their social security number to anyone who asks. Which we never do, because you can defraud someone with that 0_o
Stuur ff een tikkie
They are very direct Now I think of it... That's true... Were not like: oh the weather is a bit bad today We just say: wat een kutweer
Cursed Wither kut weer echt geen godverdomme zin in vandaag.
haha true
Hahaa
Yup dat is waar
Maar het is ook echt k**nker kut weer
I'm Dutch and what blows my mind is why you would think they would allow you in the store after the closing time. I mean if its closed its closed you know 😂
In other countries they don't close this early : )
Some countries seem to take 'customer is king' to bizar levels and let you stay for like an hour after closing-time if you pretend to still be browsing. Which is bad for the staff as they can't start their end-of-day cleaning. In the Netherlands it was more normal in the past, my greatgrandmother loved doing it (she was a huge Karen): showing up juuuust before closing and trying to hold out as long as she could.
@@sd-ch2cq In the past everything was closed at 6 PM!And i mean EVERYTHING!Now a lot off stores are closing at about seven..Or even eight PM.
@@computeraddic675 or even 22:00 like some AH's and Jumbo's
@@sd-ch2cq someone calling their grandmother a Karen and calling themself Dutch. The horrors. Cant we please keep that crap in the US were it belongs?
Dutch people: I live in The Netherlands but not in Amsterdam Every American: bro wtf ( how)
Hahahahaha
Hetzelfde alsof iedere Amerikaan uit New York komt
@@kabouterniek is toch ook zo?
I live in south Nederland
Rotterdam bestaat ook nog😂
The guy talking about the narrow but tall houses bit very narrow steps has obviously never left amsterdam.
Well have you ever left Amsterdam? Because almost every old Dutch city have those narrow houses in the city centre, including the nice artistic roofs and canals.
@@brendag6148 Naturally i have left amsterdam, i live on the complete other side of the country, And exactly like you say it, They have those things in OLD cities. But the majority of dutch cities isn't old. So if you traveled a bit, you'd know that the narrow stairs Isn't a typical dutch thing, it's just old.
@@brendag6148 We don't have those in old cities, you're actually wrong there. I live in the oldest city in the Netherlands (Nijmegen) and i have yet to come across a house similar to the ones he described. You can use Google maps to take a view around the city, it really doesnt have those types of houses, neither do most of the cities. I think he was referring to so called "Grachtenhuizen", and since Amsterdam is one of the only cities with grachten it will also be one of the only cities with those types of houses.
@@ProjectXAgario and alkmaar has those
Yesss, that's what I was thinking l. Like he's just talking as if there are no farms or bigger houses here but than he has just been to Amsterdam or another city that's like kinda full and shit, BCUZ theres more than just small houses🤣🤣
3:48 I am dutch and that alarm is every first 12 hour of the first monday in a month, it is becuse they are cheking if the alarm still works
Justin de Lepper was t niet 1 uur smiddags?
@@denise8148 nee denk het niet, hoezo?
@@denise8148 oh ja, nee het is 12 uur
They also do it in Austria :-D I was shocked the first time I heard it. They do it at the weekend.
xd
The weather is a huge conversation starter, the amount of times I’ve started a conversation with ‘wat een klote weer he?’ (What shitty weather, huh?). They’re talking about public transport being on time... *laughs in NS* Also I loved how that woman mentioned carnaval, it’s a hugee thing in the south 😂
NS is over 98% on time by my estimate. They've got room to improve, but thats not bad. You're just so used to bus and tram accuracy of over 99.5% that you've gotten unrealistic expactations :D
the Irish woman: I really like how organized it is if the buss says it comes in 1 minute it is there in 1 minute" Dutch people "Where the hell is my train it should have been here 10 minutes ago"
That is exactly how it fucking goes XD
Bussen zijn 9 van de 10 keer optijd maar treinen zijn zowat altijd telaat
more like: ''Where the hell is my train it should've been here 2 hours ago''
NL is wel heel erg georganiseerd vergeleken bij Ierland. Ierland is een chaos.
Trains are 94% on time in Holland (less than 5 min delay), which is the 3rd highest worldwide ranking, only after Japan and Switzerland, who spent about 5 times more per head on public transport (government decisions...) . So yes, Dutch ppl really need to experience public transport for a few months anywhere else (not just on a holiday where they can relax), and than will appreciate how well everything is organised here. And how frequent trains and busses are driving. Even in France or UK many trainlines only have a couple of trains per day. Here 4 to 6 per hour is very normal, and at least 2.
Fun fact: there are more bikes in the netherlands than people in the country itself
There are also more cars, more cellphones, more tv's than people. Who cares
Most of them are stolen not mine
@@scentOfish22 door marokkanen natuurlijk
Another fun fact is drunk bikes go together with Dutch gay agenda fun fun fun
Jojo Gamesss It could be called Fietsland! hahaha
"The dutch are so nice" "The dutch are so happy" Dan zijn ze godverdomme nog niet in Staphorst geweest 🤣
XD
Of Tiel...
Urk
De hele provincie Friesland.
Niek Esselbrugge Dwingeloo is mooier
03:26 In the Netherlands we say: Je ruikt je eigen bovenlip :) XX
I think foreigners have seen more windmills on average than me
Wss niet, je let er gwn niet op omdat je er aan gewend bent
Serieus 2x een windmolen gezien in m'n leven.. En ik bedoel niet er langs rijden of ergens in de verte, maar echt daar in de buurt staan
Zie er een vanuit mijn raam :D
Olivier G windmills are ancient Persians inventions!
@@Gruntyi nou misschien woon je gwn in slecht gedeelte van nl. Ik woon 15 km van kinderdijk... zou moeilijk zijn
As a Belgian... How smooth your roads are. I’m so jealous
I noticed this immediately when I had to go to Antwerpen. As soon as you cross the border, the roads look completely different. It's definitely something we often take for granted. But then again, the government spends quite a lot of money on our roads, so good quality should be expected hahaha
I’ve had people from third world countries say their roads are better Our roads are a joke ngl
@@froufroudeluxe I find this comment very funny. Everytime we went across the border there were so much holes in the road :")
So true lol
I've been to Belgium for a vacation in the Ardennen and boy those roads there were deteriorated to the point where i considered them to become dangerous. We, the Dutch, have been investing in the roads heavily since the seventies for a couple of reasons: -as a trade nation, having good infrastructure is paramount -separating different types of traffic according to relative speed makes all the users safer, so since the 70's we've been improving to no end to make it safe -oil crisis in the 70's caused people to bike even more, so roads needed adaptations, aswell as alot of intersections etc. We're still adapting to this day. In short, when you as a country don't commit to such things, you get Belgians that are jealous :)
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I am Dutch and the “hello” thing is very accurate 😂 But it’s pretty much just a normal thing now
I think most of the views are from dutch people :P Erg leuk om naar te kijken.
I'm from Spain😆 I was living in Vleuten(Utrecht) and The netherlands is amazing👌🏼
Hoi bram 🤣😂
Maakt me aan t lachen dat ze schrok van t luchtalarm 🤣
Kiki V. Heijnsbergen ik was 4,5e maand in het buitenland en ook ik schrok van het luchtalarm toen ik terug kwam 😂
bram me
Coming from the UK I spent 2 weeks in Nederlands(no not Amsterdam).No they do not say hi that often, yes they are friendly,but definitely not over polite...Compared to the English dutch people are saints when they drink. Some things they didn't mention They love to recycle The tap water tastes amazing I found most places very clean Highway and roads are amazingly smooth The amount of sweet shops everywhere 😆 People do not hesitate to switch to English when they saw me struggling with Dutch. I Had a wonderful time there.
what city you went in the netherlands
In Amsterdam no one says hello. If you move over to the nearest village (instead of a city), EVERYBODY says hello if you make eyecontact. I remember once saying hello to an old lady in a city because I am from a village and used to it. She actually got scared, quickly gave me a shocked look, then ignored me and started walking a lot faster. Cityfolk are just not used to it I suppose. 😄
@@Gallienkrueger1 jaa precies echt he
@@lopez4059 I went to Urk,Amserfoort,Ultrect, Den Hague,Dan Helder,Amerongen,Zandam,Wagening,Amsterdam been many times before.
@@1990Cornetto unfortunately you were not in Eindhoven (a southern city in NL, where I live) it is a really nice city. but the hague and utrecht are also great
I really miss the Netherlands. I grew up there until I was a teenager and they were one of the best memories of my live.
its a great country!
When he said “coffee shop” I already was like: oh no
Zet dutch in de video en heel Nederland kijkt😂🇳🇱
Romi Lindeman is zo
Zo waar😂
XD
Haha zo waar
Jij bent zo correct
"The drug culture is very small" have they met vmbo'ers
*WQHHQHHAHHAH* IK Bn er zelf een
HAHAHAHAHA JONKO KLAPPEEEEEUUUUU
@@aalliahphilips8502 mate, same :(
@@cuteassyougotthere8782 ELK TUSSENUUR KETTINGJONKO SMOKEN
@@floortjea95 JAAA MANN 😂🤟
7:27 how is it a big shock to you that after closing time you cant buy anything?
The shock is that places, even bars and nightclubs, close so early, not that you can't buy anything after closing time. How is that not obvious? On the other hand, Amsterdam, at least, is sufficiently swinging that, if you're not set for the night by nine o''clock, something must be wrong with you.
Maybe in some countries, technically if they are still in the store (closings) they can/ will also let someone in still. Because here you can get fined if you’re open after closing time, unless it’s a rare case in which there is an emergency. I am guessing that is maybe what the person meant at least...
I am impressed by Dutch infrastructure even though I am from China. Great train network, good roads, good cycling path and manicured lawns everywhere.
I think the woman that says the smell of the country..it's just some times the farmers fermentize the grounds using poop and it will stink miles and miles away for a day or 2..
TheScatterPirate squarepants Bedoel je 'fertilise'/'fertilize'? (-ise of -ize is overigens Britse vs Amerikaanse spelling, voordat er weer iemand daarover begint...)
Its no different in American Midwest. I guess for people who have only ever lived in the big city which also has its own bad smells.
Kris Matsumoto well here even in the cities you smell it 😂 though i suppose as a dutch person you actually learn to like the smell.. not because it’s poop but because it means it’s gonna get warmer soon
Litch The Shinigami Excellent point 😂
Litch The Shinigami You can smell it in the American midwestern cities too 😂
Nederlanders zijn "over-polite" Is dit leugens over Nederlanders?? 🤣
''De bus komt optijd'' wat een grap :^)
Mijn Amerikaanse vriend vind ook dat Nederlanders over polite zijn. Wij merken dat blijkbaar niet, maar zij reist heel de wereld over als journalist en vind NL één van de meest ontwikkelde en beleefde landen. Er is nog hoop.
@@paladin3703 volgens mij begrijp je niet zo goed dat er nog veel landen zijn waar de infrastructuur niet zo goed is. Wij nederlanders zijn erg verwend als het gaat om openbaar vervoer(en nog veel meer tho). Als de bus 1 min te laat is, is iedereen al gelijk geïrriteerd. Terwijl in heel veel landen je naar het busstation gaat en maar wacht tot er een keer een bus aankomt(als er überhaupt na een lange tijd een bus komt). Heeft er ook mee te maken dat nl een klein, vlak en vrij ver door ontwikkelt land is. Daarom zien deze mensen een kleine vertraging echt als een luxe probleem
In mijn straat worden gevechten gehouden en vingers afgebeten dus ehh
"De trein komt zo" *Is al vertrokken* Well shit....
I am from Belgium myself and I like how organised everything is. Especially public transport. It's not stiffling in any way for me, it's dependable. You can count on people. They will make an "appointment" for when they have time to grab a drink, but when that time comes, they'll be there. Why? Because they know your time is as precious as theirs and you could do so much more productive things instead of having to wait on someone who may or may not come. They hate that, I hate that too. When the train comes in one minute, it comes in one minute. If there is a delay, it is communicated almost directly. Good luck trying to catch a train in Belgium. Is the train late? Is it delayed? Has it passed already, are they on strike? When will it come? Will it come at all? Who the f*** knows? There are more and more signboards popping up in Belgium, but they do not always work correctly yet or aren't always fully up to date everywhere at all times. Belgium, and especially the government is a flying mess and a source of frustration for a lot of people.
I love how when the alarm goes, my first reaction is wondering if its the first Monday of the month and not panicking
4:54 I think that's because waiters get paid way better here (NL) and they don't rely on tips, instead just get paid well, by the hour, so they don't have any reason to rush you or be pushy
I think that the customer in the Netherlands also prefer quality time with their companions without being interrupted.
@@Vincrand That's the most likely reason. Also the reason you have to ask for the bill. If you don't, you'll be waiting around until closing time. My American friends were surprised about this, but being served with a bill while you're still enjoying your after-meal conversation would be incredibly rude to me - and I definitely wouldn't go back to a restaurant like that.
It also means that sometimes you have to wait a long time to be served.
Duch people generaly don't like pushy people. So if you come to my table every 5 minutes to ask if I'm ok or if I need something I would get up and go somewhere else. If a Dutchie needs help he'll ask you, otherwise don't bother him.
There's no reason for them to be indifferent and snotty either, yet they are.
"Then you start talking about the weather" yep those are Dutch XD
The only thing to say: rain. Rain everywhere.
Tbf Brits talk about the weather an awful lot too.
It’s kinda sad they think it only rains here tho.. I’m just saying but 41° 😌
Always raining
Why the Dutch always talk about the weather? Because they are closed people and keep their private shit to themselves. ALWAYS. They'll never show it non-verbally either. Try touching on a private matter and you'll see they close up, and will start to reject you. For Dutch people it is taboo to talk about anything that falls under private business, except when indoors in their own home. Nothing else to talk about but weather then, isn't there?! Like americans, when in NL you ask "How are you?" it is just a greeting, not an actual question. And in case an answer is given, it is ALWAYS "good."
“O my gosh, I steped in somting” Netherlands: “godverdomme weer in de schijt gestapt”
I just love this kind of vids. Makes me proud to be Dutch!
Agree!
I'm Dutch and I live in Spain now, the people have a lot of dogs here... but no one will walk up to a dog and pet them or acknowledge the presence of the dogs. In the Netherlands I can just ask an owner if I could pet the dog, often it's allowed. In Spain I feel it's weird to look at other people's dogs and smile, I miss this a lot 😅
Michaela van der Goot Makes me curious, what's their motivation?
Michaela van der Goot we do this in spain too and the owners will mostly agree for you to pet their dog!!
Ik ben ook Nederlands
Ew spanje lang keven portugal
@@Katethebush00 Maybe Zaragoza is a little different to the place you live, or at least is seems to me. But i am happy to try next time :)
"how the public transport is always on time" me: AHAHAHAHAHAHA. No its not.
Are they sure this is not a video about Japan?
@Lisje xox praat nl HAHAH
@Lisje xox had tegen die andere die zei: are they...
Shows you don't know how lucky you are.
Well compared to other places around the world we have one of the best public transport which is almost always on time. The NS (A public train transport company) does suck though
I laughed cause of the lady who speaks about the national alarm testing. Each first monday of the month at 12o Clock the alarm goes off haha
Same in most of Europe.
We love being on time so much we have a national alarm-clock.
My biggest surprises was how steep the steps are inside the homes, how early businesses close, how tall the Dutch are and how friendly everyone is. Lovely country and people though. Overall I had an amazing experience.
The innocence of that guy it broke me. She hit him with her purse.......I died....a coffee shop..lol that was the best one.
Hes a jackass. Who asks an old lady coming out of church where to get weed? Its like asking a cop where to get coke? Hes a moron.
j blah you really don’t get it do you, coffee shop in Dutch means “koffieshop” which means weed shop.
That was just straight up bullshit what he said.
r/thathappened
@Táim an práta Ceol, an cáca bándearg, le do thoil. that's obvious
In the Netherlands we often go with the bike to school instead of taking the bus or walking (most schools here dont have a school bus we just take te bike)
Gabriel Dankers schoolbus is gewoon raar en totaal overbodig! Zelfs voor Amerika
@@bodigames School buses are not rare, small cities and bike-distance villages around it are rare. There are school buses in every big city in the world, and The Netherlands simply doesn't have big cities.
@@sanbilge The Netherlands does have big cities. We just want our people to be healthy, instead of lazy cucks who get fat. Witness the USA.
@@sanbilge lots of my friends cycle about 45 minutes to school, that would be around 15 minutes by car here. so saying we dont have big distances to travel is incorrect
@@jonathancorwin5133 45 minutes cycling is less than 15 kilometers, that's hardly a big distance. In Istanbul I traveled about 25-30 km for high school and 35 km for the university, and it's not even a big city in size. Metropolitans work differently in that sense, and that's all I'm saying. Long story short, school buses are not only in America, and not only in geographically huge cities. About the NL having big cities...just no. There are cities in the world larger than your whole country's population and size. Amsterdam is not even a million, and size-wise, it's as big as a district in a big city.
5:23 'You get paracetamol' 🤣 this is so true!
01:15 truck driver trying to say to a car to get out of the way because he has a big turn radius...
makes way more sense :d
Canadian guy Calvin won an award for being the best lecturer of the Netherlands in 2018. Use the information as you please.
Calvin is a hero! He teaches at my faculty, and I can tell you; the award is well deserved!
@@Romasyd What subject?
Shut up I know more than you I have allies such as Bob Citystrolls! Beware and be scared
Now Im gonna learn dutch😆 want dat kan ik nog niet
@Bro. Matthew - [PvtMadnage] True, hope that I become as brave as you to just blurt this stuff out to random people ;) Preferably before the last days....I'm not quite there yet.
I wonder which part of the Netherlands they've been to. Here people don't really greet you at every corner of the street.
just go to a random village, just outside amsterdam here, and if you walk to the shops every person will say hi, or atleast give you a nod
i’m from the north of the netherlands and literally everyone says hi lmao
Video was recorded in Drenthe
Ah, yeah. If you go to a random village people often greet you. Though, in the city I found that nobody really did.
Haha living in Amsterdam and I was so confused about his...
I love being organised it sorts out every thing and help prevent problems and no need to rush life isn't a rush
Dit is geweldig 😍 zoveel liefde voor de nederlands
2:04 bankaccounts work differently in the netherlands so you can't take any money from the account with only your cardnumber
Besides that people in the USA most of the time use a credticard, they are not known with our system.
@@0gmo he thinks its the creditcard number, that completely different than banknumber
Just like your government with the biggest dept known to man and you fools are molded to be equally stupid. Good luck living on credit god bless you all
sws zijn we allemaal nederlands, wrm praten we engels
Bart GWN Zodat de Engelstaligen kunnen lezen hoe ver ze ernaast zitten betreft ons land 🙃 Toeristen en blijkbaar ook studenten worden ver afgeschermd van hoe het werkelijk aan toe gaat hier 😇 🇳🇱 Beter dat ze in een studentenhuis of motel in een achterstandswijk gaan zitten zijn ze zo genezen 😅
my favorite part was when te guy said some old lady yelled at him and smacked him with her purse for asking where the nearest coffee shop was
What moron ask an old lady coming out of church where to get weed? People think the whole country is all about party and drugs. LMAO
@@Jblah he didnt want weed idiit
Mine too! Of course I believe what he tells is true, but I can't really imagine such an episode. Very funny after all.
r/thathappened
@@user-ef3vu8jy7c Me neither. I don't believe a word of his funny tale.
I love the infrastructure, how the details for pedestrians and cyclists are perfect, interconnected and horizontal
dat waren wel hele leuke humoristiche opmerkingen.leuke mensen om te zien.puntje gaaf.
In Nigeria, if a random person says "hi" get ready to be begged for money.
Nwabueze Ozuzu 😂😂 in holland you can expect a 2 minute talk about the weather
Im Dutch and Nigerian 😂
😂😂😂😂
5:30 this is actually the reason why the resistence levels of bacteria towards antibiotics is one of the lowest compared to other countries. We are careful with prescriptions.
Jonathan Ebbers ... And this is a good thing! Antibiotic resistance could cause strands of illnesses we’ve kept at bay for decades evolving and becoming incurable because of doctors prescribing too many antibiotics. Good for Dutch doctors!
We actually had a Dutch comedy serie (translated/adjusted from an English one) called "dokter Tinus". That house doctor always complained about the previous house doctor in the village, was prescribing too many too easily. (Patients often reacted with "the old doctor just gave me..." and he'd say something like "that is because he was dumb/stupid")
The thing is...the whole culture puts so much importance to organization bc it is efficient and orderly, but it puts so much pressure on you to KEEP WORKING. The Hussle is intimidating
thank you for helping to remember the Netherlands. I loved it as a teenager and then I thought I was exaggerating but this is how I remember it.
We, Dutch people, don't even know how good we have it here
Maybe they are paid to tell positive things, in Netherlands people dont greet much
@@rolandw3868jawel, in dorpen echt elk persoon waar je langs loopt
@@Jochem-lo2it tja, maar de helft van de bevolking leeft in steden (of steden zonder stadsrechten)
@@ls200076 das wel zo ja
Untill you see the tax bills and the stastistics of how many people have burn outs or depressions due to the high pressures of work, study, or actually everything.
How about the... bricks?? Streets and sidewalks made solely from bricks, the houses and buildings also out of bricks. Suddenly you're walking in a 3D brick experience! That was my first impression of The Netherlands. Bricks, bricks everywhere!
we don't have flimsy wooden houses here! i think it looks prettier overall
Aurora Madariaga 'Bricks, bricks everywhere.' Matchday in a nutshell 😆
My father makes those roads and I knew the time they didn't have a machine and did it by hand. It was awesome to watch him do that so fast and focused and cutting the bricks by hand so they fit. Great childhood memories.
we don't have mountains nearby so to build our houses so we started baking the clay from our rivers, since we have that a lot
I’ve never realised sole countries use other materials for houses and roads. Must leave quite an impression.
I've been in 25 countries and Holland is my favorite.
Leuk om te horen dat ik groot en aardig ben😊
Where do you find these nice dutch people lol? Zie ze nergens
Nee iedereen die ik tegenkom kijkt me boos aan
We zien dat niet omdat we Nederland gewent zijn, wss is nog erger in een ander land waardoor het bij hun goed lijkt ik Nederland
In de Bijlmer. Lol
Bijlmer is aardig opgeknapt de laatste jaren
I only see them tokkies
I really liked the part where she said, they are not afraid to run you over😂😂😂😂 #teamholland
As a cyclist you often come across tourists relaxing, standing in the middle of a bike path, just not minding the traffic around them at all, which is quite annoying and dangerous, especially when they decide to cross the bike path all of a sudden right in front of your wheel! Tourists are very welcome here, but please mind the traffic!
je ben een nederlander en je zegt holland? weet je nou nog steeds niet dat het geen woord is voor nederland?
That was one of our first lessons as a group of students. Some bike paths have gray pavers just like the sidewalks. We didn't know there was a difference.
3:57 the siren is to remind people what it sounds like, just in case something happens like air raids, something in the sky you really don't want to breathe in ect because a lot of people forgot what that siren sounds like
For the alarm, it is used as a way to alarm people of a regional emergency situation. It is tested on the first monday of a month at 12.00 to see if it still works
'They're not afraid to run you over' 😂i mean i live in the netherlands and even though im used to the bicycles i almost get run over every week😂
Maby you shouldnt walk on the road genius lol
@@Jblah i don't walk on the road genuis but there are people that ignore traffic lights
Same here ik loop op de stoep en word bijna aangereden (zowel fietsen als autos)
Ik word hier dagelijks bekant van m'n flikker gereden door bestelbusjes terwijl ik op de rotonde het ZEBRAPAD over ga.
j blah you always almost get hit
We emigrated from The Netherlands to Australia when I was very young. In my fifties now, but, watching this, I'm surprised to find out just how Dutch I still am. Makes me happy :-)
Ahh thats nice
Cool to hear 😁
I have lived in Australia for over forty year and love travelling to the Netherlands as almost everyone speaks English are friendly but are sometimes blunt and if you like that, then you will love the open nature of the people. Most thing you are English on holiday and are genuinely surprised when you tell them where you come from and really want to impress you. All the comments are true as nothing will ever surprise me when visiting. Especially I had to laugh about the coffee shop story, as my wife had to also stop me from walking into one, even though I knew what they were. P.S. Look up your extended family back there as I'm sure they would be happy for a visit. NSW in Oz
Ahh thats so nice. I hope u are doing ok down under! When I lived in France I found out what being Dutch actually means and how much Dutch I am. And that we can be proud in being direct and down to earth etc. Good luck to you and take care🍀
1:17 Nah that means that you can go first. He is basically saying go on I will wait for you to pass
I totally agree with the opening hours of stores that was amazing when I was abroad. Doing shopping after work until 20h or even get to the doctor in the evening or weekends!
We can go to a GP or other doctor during evening & weekends too. And dentist if there's a problem. I think we have one of the best healthcare systems in the world still.
@@SparklingDiva1111 its not common to go outside office hours. Only for emergencies. So for that said, its much better cared for in other countries
3:20 “you can feel the smell of the cows or the sheep”. Impressive!
she forgot to mention the pungent stench of chicken and porks manure...
Yeeeee the netherlands smells like shit what a Nice compliment
Just to be clear here these people are mostly talking about very specific places and moments so dont think its always like how they say it is.
In Amsterdam people on the bike don't say Hoi to tourists... they want you to go out of the way xD
I agree . During the day most are friendly / non agressive but there are always asholes like on monday mornings , while you are on a bike they drive like they don't have a break in there car. And im dutch and i dissagree on most of the over posetive view of these people xD im overal very polite but not everyone is
Well, this is a general impression, there are always exceptions but most of it is pretty acurate in comparison with other countries.
this video was recoreded in drenthe
Never knew what a coffee shop was before I came to the Netherlands "dude, do you even know which country you're at?" Its like saying "I'm in Paris but I never knew what Eiffel tower was before I came to Paris!"
Hebben wij geen cafés of zo? Ik snap niet wat er met ‘coffee shops’ verkeerd is?? Wat zijn dat dan???
@@lplayz605 coffeeshop is een winkel waar je drugs kan kopen.
@@monke1295 ooooooooooohhhhhhhh Ok thx
als iemand aan mij vraagt waar een coffeeshop zit dan vraag ik eerst koffie om te drinken of ??? zelf weet ik namelijk alleen maar de shop`s om lekker koffie te halen. als ze de ander bedoelen dan kan ik ze nooit verder helpen.
Je heb het goed gedaan!...Thanks for sharing!
The Japanese guy talks about having respect for others. And that's a lot different here. We don't, or most of us I guess, find people have to GET respect immediately. They have to earn it. And respect also doesn't mean you can't have a normal conversation with the other person, or even drink a beer together. Respect has to come from both sides, imo. I can respect someone immensely and still have a drink with that person.
Saartje05 In fact, I *only* drink with people I respect. Very much agree with respect needing to be earned instead of freely given.
Yes, Age doesn't earn you respect, character does
@@hisss When i said that to the principal at school is how i got kicked out LMAO
UR MAKING little sense lol. Ur saying if you respect someone u normally wouldnt drink with them. LMAO If i dont respect you i couldnt even look you in the face without wanting to puke. Lol
I give respect immediately, but when i find that they dont give any respect to me or other people, they will lose mine. So basically they'll get a free trial of respect
I really recognize the friendliness from where I grew up. Less so in Amsterdam.
Maybe in Amsterdam are to many foreigners for that
@Cr usty Dat is alleen in het centrum. In de andere stadsdelen is het overigens over het algemeen een erg relaxde sfeer, sommige buurten zijn net dorpen.
🤣Absolutely brilliant .. I agree with everything they said and it's delightful.🌹
I swear, videos about my country and people are the most enjoyable hours before sleep hahaha
Im very happy that they (almost) all have positive reactions
Ah the brazilian lady has just never been anywhere but the rich part of Brazil. The smell in the slums of Rio de Janeiro is way, way worse. Plus, we don't have an entire rainforest to philter out the smells
I'm from the Netherlands and people never say hi to me or any stranger
maybe they do when you start doing it. I recently moved from Amstelveen to Delft and discovered that nobody says hi in my neighbourhood so I just started doing it. A lot more people say hi now than in the beginning.
esther h Lived in smaller towns; nobody said hi unless they know you. In the larger cities like Groningen it does happen more often.
@@royhoeksema5720 it does happen a lot in Friesland (where I live).😊 Might be the region, I don't know.
-Gemberkoekje- It does happen in the Hengelo. It probably depends where you live.
They do it quite a lot compared to northern Italy. At least in Arnhem/Nijmegen area. Very friendly and polite people
Nice to hear this as dutchie 😊
wat een compliment voor ons Thx
“Overly polite and friendly” - where have u been lmao
3:42 thats to test if the alarm is still working😂 they test it every first monday of the month on on 12 o'clock
Ja precies om 12 our lmao
And eventually you just don't pay any attention to it anymore because you're so used to it. The alarm could go off at, say, the third wednesday of the month at midnight when it's pitch dark, and I'd think "Oh, it's monday and it's the middle of the day".
I was searching for this comment so I dont have to comment it.. yeah
Bedoel je niet: De eerste maandag van de maand om 12 uu? xD lol
@@DanielFuhres ja maar ik wist niet hoe je dat moet zeggen in engels😂
Do you realize how funny it is for me as a dutch guy to see this clip? Sort appreciate my own country - which I normally take for granted.
And you should! I miss the Dutch mentality, I live in Norway, living here for years, and sometimes it's still a huge culture shock being here... good to have at least some Dutch decency ;) Norwegians hardly greet @peter k
Amsterdam is magical in winter! Best transportation ever!!!! 😇🙏❄️
I live in The Netherlands for almost 10 years now and I absolutely love this country. It’s the place where I want to raise my children one day!
It's very different in the randstad. I had a huge culture shock as well went I went to Arnhem. People who walked by said hello, I was very confused at first. It's pretty cool
Time stands still outside the big city. So people actually care about enjoying their life instead of trying to get home on time for the football game.
I live in Rotterdam and everyone in the neighborhood says Hi. You say hi in the elevator also.. outside of residential areas it is less
Yes I had the same experiences in Eindhoven, I was pleasantly surprised, here in the Hague the only people who really say hi are (some) neighbours or people you see frequently
@@681m4m Yeah I knew a girl from the Rottterdam region who also had a culture shock when she visited me in Eindhoven because people kept saying hi to her
Had the opposite when we moved from Eindhoven to the Randstad when I was 5... I kept saying "hi!" to people in the street and they reacted so bewildered, I just couldn't figure it out why as a kid.
I love Holland nice friendly people looking forward to working g there again soon
Ik ben Nederlands I am Netherlands Het is erg leuk om te zien om feedback op je eigen pand
None of these people went to Rotterdam. I'm very sure 🤣🤣🤣
Cat Walker de bijlmer
@@Michelle-mf3is haha ja
Rotterdam is ook een kut stad hoor. Sowieso is de hele Randstad gewoon kut.
wejt jy ook woht idiäl is aan rottördam? dat jy gewoon eyn pan baami naar beneide kan flikkere, hæee nou, dat ziet er vreemd uit om rotterdams op te schrijven
@@puffcatco t lijkt wel Afrikaans als je t zo opschrijft 😆
Ik vind het oprecht heel lief wat ze zeiden😍 en met sommige irritaties ben ik het wel mee eens zoals de regen bijvoorbeeld😂😂
@@TheSaintArmando heb je hersenschade opgelopen bij de geboorte?
Joey G Duidelijk, die malloot denkt ook dat hier Sharia heerst 😂
Meijer Nelly Haha
Strangely though, it doesn't rain much in The Netherlands. In fact, UK, Belgium, France, and even most of Germany score a lot higher in mm of rainfall per year per square km. It may *seem* that way, because when your view is wider (i.e. flat country), you get to see more of the rain when it does rain? Or maybe it's because the type of rain is less condensed, so more drizzle versus monsoon-like rains.. I have no idea where that prejudice comes from. NL is definitely NOT a rainy country. www.knmi.nl/nederland-nu/klimatologie/geografische-overzichten/neerslagoverschot
Meowbay well it rains a lot in our country. Maby not the most raining country of the world but by us it rains very often
The alarm mentioned at +/- 3:55 is a Civil Defense Siren. Every first Monday of the month at noon exactly the siren is tested. The municipalities test the sirens to check whether the equipment still works properly and to ensure that everyone recognizes the siren in the event of a disaster or major accident. . When the siren goes off at a different time, everyone is required to go inside and close doors and windows, to switch on the radio or TV on the regional emergency channel.
Woke up to that siren on my first day and a nearby church was ringing it's bell. Had no idea what was happening until I could find someone to ask.
Was jetlagged from my first international flight.
6:59 Love this one, I sometimes watch these programs of home construction in Australia, and I've always wondered how they'd view places where you have to live so compact like in The Netherlands
“And then they start talking about the weather” yup, that’s how we are😂
Emma Gerarts probably in the trend like: Het weer is weer kut vandaag hè?
Wat een teringweer is het vandaag weer heh?
Same as British ppl !
7:00 this guy has obviously only seen Amsterdam
Most of them.
@@RoloHolland That doesn't explain the hi saying. I think I still have to meet the first person in Adam that says hi on the street.
Is it about the steps? I live in Hague but the airbnb steps i stayed in is so steep and lack of space 😂
“Everybody says hi to eachother” Tot je marrokaan bent
Ja man
*tenzij
Klopt
I am Moroccan and i say hi sometimes to people, they do not always greet back and they give me a nasty look mostly because i wear a headscarf... so your statement about moroccans isnt true. Maybe some bad people are like that but not all of them!!!
@@ilhamberberlady7417 I think he meant Moroccan people are ignored by many Dutch people, because of cowardice combined with racist beliefs. By the way, headscarfs can be such a fun and beautiful way for (young) ladies to express themselves through fashion. I always love it when I see a woman who obviously picked her scarf with care, matching her outfit or just a lovely fabric. (And I'm someone who tends to dress very practically with little sense of fashion, but it's nice to see people make an effort!)
Hehe a Hungarian guy in a video about the Netherlands, this makes me happy (I'm a half Hungarian/Dutch kid)