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the Dutch engineers actually work all over the world where water brings trouble also in the US. like new Orleans and more recent in new york
@@frankvandenbosch6527 first of all i'm not full of myself, im full of the craftsmanship of these engineers. And Maybe Saba had no money to finance such a project
@J Rising sealevels or retreating sandshore?... because waterlevels here haven't rizen significantly and sea levels are globally i should think, are they not?...
@J And when in fact there is nothing tóó counter. Globally was a a hint that if here isn't an increase in waterlevels then that emplies probably there also is none in JackoffaCarta ... or anywhere for that means....
@J Venice got billions from their national government but the money disappeared suddenly, typical italian i guess?
fun fact, the netherlands is also close with japan because: The trade between the two countries started in 1609, when the Dutch East India Company established a post at Hirado. During the Shimabara Uprising of 1637, Christian Japanese revolted against the Tokugawa Shogunate. They were assisted by the Dutch during this uprising. Nevertheless, unlike the Portuguese, the Dutch were not interested in spreading Christianity. Portuguese traders who were exiled to the artificial island of Dejima after 1634 for closer surveillance were expelled from the country in 1639. The VOC was admittedly the only Western representation in Japan from 1639, but in 1641 the Dutch were forced to take up residence at Dejima if they wanted to continue trading relations with the Shogun. Dejima remained a Dutch trading post until 1859. And they even adopted a new word "Rangaku". Rangaku is the Japanese word for 'Dutch studies'. The Japanese learned new knowledge and techniques from the Netherlands and Europe through Dutch books. This eventually helped Japan modernize quickly.
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Fun extra, if you visit the Himaji castle in Osaka, they actually have a Dutch newclipping of the fall of the castle from that time.
@Tyme Talstra hear hear.. we still call m by their derogitory name from the war, same like we do the jerrys.. the Dutch had uncles and family members in camps and resistance...we shall never forget
goed verhaal maar we hadden het over water huishouding
@@jimmymiata Nee, jij had het over waterhuishouding. Dit is een heel nieuwe thread. Blijven opletten, vriend.
Netherlands is not a Scandinavian country. Stop it!
yes it is
@@budgetking2591 no we aren't, we are more west germanic
@@budgetking2591 we are a WESTERN EUROPEAN nation and our language is WEST GERMANIC
@@budgetking2591 helemaal niet domme
The only official four Scandinavian countries are Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark.
Heineken is back to being nr 1 now nobody drinking corona anymore 😂
Ik heb een bavaria nodig hoor
@@nillis6516 Grolsch bedoel je ;) Paardenpis is niet goed voor je!
@@pepin8277 haha hilarisch
@@nillis6516 piswater bier
@@nillis6516 neee jong, Hertog Jan 👌
"How do they know there's a bridge for them?" GPS! hahaha But no.. Wild animals always choose the path of least resistance. Once they figure out there's a wildlife bridge they'll use that instead of crossing the big & scary road Nowadays it's a very active bridge
Since when do animals take the road of least resistance!? Ever seen a cat in front of your car? Many times i've seen those animals run back the way they came while being almost on the other side of the road.... And how do animals in general know that there is a bridge somewhere on some raod , they can't talk about it to eachother i would think? Ánd they don't have internet and socialmedia... soo posting it isn't an option.... i think..
@@pintvdkint2515 Point 1 cats only get driven over when they have an injury, sickness or in danger point 2 Animals can communicate
@@sniebrnadlambregts4508 @Siebrand Lambregts Nouja nadat de auto de kat aantikte issie wel verwond jah... en specifiek dat er een brug overgang verderop is ... dat kunnen ze communiceren.... ? Nou de beesten die ik wel ken , die houden et voornamelijk bij eten! en; deur open!... haha :P
It is not that the animals need to know where the crossings are; the crossings are at the location where most animals used to travel. And there are fences bordering the highways near the crossings so the wildlife is kept away from the traffic. Most of these fences are at a 20-50 meter distance from the road and at an angle so the animals are steered to the crossing. There are also tunnels under streets and highways for the creeping migrating animals like toads.
11:50 When I lived in the USA many years ago, someone asked me on what side of the road we Dutchies drive. I said: The same as the Germans, French, British and other Europeans: *On the top side*
British people drive on the left side
boberina de bouwer I shall now r/whoooosh you
Edwin, mallerd! 😎
We drive on the right side, because who would want to drive on the wrong side ? ;-)
Also, if you’re going to visit our country, please don’t just stay in Amsterdam, but to go other places like Utrecht, Den Haag, Volendam, etc, so you get a better impression of the country. The only people who like Amsterdam are the people living there 🤷🏽♀️😂
Amsterdam is a city with a small town mentality. They will complain about crowds for example. Its like hello you live in the capital city why not move to a nice small town so you don't have to deal with crowds ? And there is a incestuous elitist clique as well that looks down on everyone else in the country. Surrounds itself with foreigners because they like feeling different from everyone else.
Breda :)
Ga ook naar Hilversum
Delft. The hometown of the painter Vermeer and burial place of the royals till this day. Beautiful city centre. Located between Rotterdam and The Hague. Almost forgot : Delft Blue pottery
@@rolandxor179 Well, my guess is that most of Amsterdam's citizens are not from Amsterdam but from other provinces and from abroad. They're right to complain because of getting overcrowded by too many tourists and the multitude of AirBnB's. No normal citizen likes their town to be overrun by millions of tourists, while half of them are types that come for the beer, the drugs and the red light district. Because of Covid-19 most cities today are more relaxed and most citizens like it that way...
5:59 actually you have had Dutch specialists coming to the US and playing an advisory role. Still one other difference the US has with the Netherlands is that the Dutch are not scared of paying taxes, in order for the government to invest in collectively funded water works and measures to handle the incoming water by the many rivers that make up our river delta. Yes, the sea is only half of our problem. Our water works cost a lot, to build and to maintain, but what you get In return is a system that protects you from from flooding with a once in 10.000 years chance. As far as I know private insurance against flooding isn’t a thing in the Netherlands.
Yup. The waterboards that are responsible for management of the water are actually quite interesting. They are a very old form of government.
Braindead take on taxes, lmao.
Cute... but i would say the VOC story is more interesting than the tulip mania
VOC?
@@ReactToTheWorld the most valuable company in history if i'm not wrong
@@budisoemantri2303 Yep corrected for inflation the richest company of all time, The Dutch east india company (verenigde oostindische compagnie) = VOC The first stock exchange was basically this company, the first public traded company. It made the Netherlands the richest country in Europe. Basically Spain ruled the seas, 80 years war which we won and the Dutch ruled the seas after that England took over. And because people were rich because of it and had to show it off, hence get rare tulips in the garden. Enter Tulip Mania. The first big bubble.
@@budisoemantri2303 Indeed, this image gives a good impression of how big it was www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dutch-east-india-share.jpg This company literally had its own navy to protect their ships.
@Peter Ang You make it sound like the Netherlands were first. Slavery is much much older than that. Even the bible talks on slavery, romans had slaves too. Also in Africa the slave trade was booming before the VOC came in, tribes selling conquered other tribes so to say. The VOC was the first public traded company, however the Spanish were already known for the slave trade. However Portugal started it all in 1441 (for western European countries).
i am proud of my small country, proud to be Dutch :).
Hier nog 1
Same here
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Nederland ftw
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7:55 that's Wadden islands not Walden.
Something REALY special about the relationship between the Dutch and the US of A EVERYONE should know: The United States was recognized for the first time by a Dutch governor. And the Dutch supported the USA with huge amounts of gunpowder and massive loans from “Amsterdamse Bankiers” during that essential period of time. Furthermore the Dutch founded New York (New Amsterdam). And what about this: The authors of the Declaration Of Independence used the Dutch Plakkaat van Verlatinge as a model. And there’s a LOT more! (Wallstreet, Broadway, Harlem, etc., etc., all from Dutch origin). And thus The Netherlands will always be 1st! Any idea what would have become of America without the Dutch? Me neither. But it’s worth thinking about.
Ever held a tulip? It's about the bulb, and those don't die (if you know how to not kill plants)
The Wolf reappeared in the Netherlands as well...Flowers are still a big part of the average household in the Netherlands....It is quite normal to have a bouquet standing on your dinning table
Clogs are still worn widely by farmers. It is even regarded as safety shoe, tests have been conducted and steel toe shoes were weaker than the wooden clog.
probably because steel "dents" and wood just splits up. So in steel your toes still can get crushed, whereas in wood it would split and you can still try and get your toes out in time. And if you have good clogs (customized for your feet) they can be quite comfy (with thick socks anyway)
Oh man, literally the two things I hoped to be in the video weren't there at all: the unique relationship in history with Japan, and Dutch agricultural technologies being 'exported'/taught all over the world. (I literally talked to an Australian dairy farmer from Australia in the train who just came here to follow a two week course on dairy farming)
We actually get taught French and German as well. And if you get a certain level in your education you can learn Latin, Greek and Italian as well❤️😅👍
Some schools even Spanish or Chinese
Fun fact: the tulip is NOT indigenous from the Netherlands. The tulip originally comes from TURKEY.
The Himalayas-> Turkey -> the Netherlands.
OP 1000 now that's a fun fact
Tulips cannot be grown in a warm climate.
@@AudieHolland Who said anything about a warm climate? Turkey isn't just warm but has cooler areas as well. Duh.
@@peterkeijsers489 I know tulips are from Turkey. I just found it interesting that they require a cold winter before they can blossom.
Wait, 6’1 isn’t normal?! I tough everyone would be around 6 feet! Some people in my family are 6’6 and one is 6’7! The really need to keep there heads down in doorways!
That’s actually one of the reasons why we now use doors 7’7” standard in new built houses in The Netherlands
I know
Airplanes are discriminatory to the Dutch imho
14:16 That is NOT a picture of Willem-Alexander (WA) & Queen Maxima, it is a picture however of WA and his mother, the former Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. When she abdicated (stepped down from the throne) on april 30 2013 WA took over as king and she became (again) known as Princess Beatrix. Just to get some facts straigt.
Funny story with klogs: I knew this old man who would always walk on them for fun. But literally all day. He even walked massive marathons on the age of 70 with those things on. Everybody around here knew him. Sad that he passed away.
Willem van Oranje was not the first King. In fact, the country was a republic in his time (end of the 16th century). Only in 1814/1815 after the French (Napoleon) were defeated across Europe (eg. at Waterloo) The Netherlands became a monarchy. And another Willem (van Oranje-Nassau) became King Willem I. Almost 3 centuries after the Willem van Oranje (William the Silent) who led the Dutch revolt against the Spanish king at the end of the 16th century.
It always surprises me that the most prominent thing every foreigner notices when coming here is not mentioned: The BIKE. 25% of the traffic is done by bike on the safest roads of the world. The road infrastructure is the biggest secret behind that. It's unique and should be an example to the world.
also IT being 25% of our economy making us one of if not the world leader
Fun fact; our king is a pilot, too
Those bridges for animals are actually used a lot and it decreased the amount of animals that get killed by traffic. I live in the netherlands its an amazing solution.
It was not so much tulips, but the bulbs. Those bulbs produce flowers year after year. The tulip rally and subsequent crash was the first example of a investment bubble.
Weed is not legal, but it is tolerated.
J . Where do you get this nonsense from?
J . Then you should know better.
@J then they are stupid. It's not legal and never will be. And yes I am Dutch as well
The only reason that it's not legal is to keep the money rolling. Otherwise it gets equally priced as boerenkool.
Its good that barby mentions our Green roads... all wildlife areas are connected by one or another method
That was the plan at least...
What you Guy’s should react to is How the Dutch organise cycle lanes to make iT saver for kids and adults to cycle. Alot of world cities...specialy american cities come here to study What we do and try take iT home
Yeah I heard Cambridge (where Harvard is near Boston) took inspiration of the cycle lanes in the Netherlands. And now they do have those cycle lanes
Channel: "Not just bikes"
They take the bike lanes home? No, please! We need them here...
The war against Spain was a war of a disorganized set of seven min-provinces against the reigning world superpower. Like the delta of Mekong river would revolt against the USA in the 1960's. And like the Vietnamese won against all odds, the Dutch won against all odds, too.
Main difference: Spain was broke and couldnt pay the soldiers.
Broke, in conflict with like the rest of Europe, we didn't even want independence at first but less regulations. Like freedom of religion and stuff. It was a 80 year war, mostly dragged on because Spain didn't use it's full force. Still a really impressive feature and something to be proud of. More impressive is "het rampjaar" in 1672 when we were attacked by France, "germany" and England at the same time. Everything went downhill but we managed to turn things around and defeat/force a peace treaty. Btw that was our third or fourth war with England. That was an amazing feature, also we would die instantly now if France, Germany and England invaded us
It's kinda funny. The Tulip bulbs that grow the tulips were sold for the price of a ship at some point, whereas at another point in history (the great Dutch famine during WW2), they were eaten because it was the only edible thing available.
Good comments of both of you! Nice video.
The highest valued tulip during "Tulipmania" was a two-tone tulip with its peddles being whiteish with flamelike streaks of red or brown .... too bad its actually the result of a disease within the tulip.
BTW that picture with 'our king' isn't depicted with his wife; Maxima. But his mommy; Beatrix... (Former queen)
Just want to give you feedback on the video. You made reference to the tulip situation and its value in histiry. If you know how to grow and look after tulips yeah, the flower does welt and seemingly die but it actually grows from a bulb which allows it to grow back every year into a new tulip. So knowing how to take care of the bulb the tulip never dies.
Giethoorn does have roads and not only canals. This video has a lot of little faults..
Fun fact, clogs, the wooden shoes, still have the legal status of "protecting shoe wear" like the industrial shoes with steel toecap and sole. If you are in a factory where protective shoes are required you may also wear clogs.
It used to be Hardcore Gabber 'dance/house music' that was the prime stream of style. But i didn't know that that EDA of something was dominating the scene. I've been somewhere on that terrain (as shown in the segment) but then it was called ' Pandemonium ' organized by Cyndium (hard)Dance Events .. i almost forgot... even though they repeatedly mention it during the sjizz... Maybe Cyndium is a daughter-company of EDA... i don't know...
I am from Holland (born in the Den Haag (south Holland). And a proud Dutchman living in Canada, so i enjoy the comments from different people of different country 's how misinformed they are.
There are actually several types of windmills. As mentioned, the water pump mills, then the grinding mills for production of flour, and sawmills. The latter were actually the reason the Dutch could produce commercial ships and warships faster than others. Quite handy for a naval world power, which the Netherlands really were then.
Quick tip, as you always tend to look each other, and the camera which is in the center, if you exchange you airpods we will see them less. It is not a big deal but it is a uncommon practice that catch the attention.
There are many short videos explaining Tulipmania. But I recommend the "What Was the Biggest Company in History?" by ColdFusion. That one was pretty interesting, as it goes more in Depth on the VoC, Dutch East India company.
Fun little fact. For Canada's 150th birthday the Dutch developed a special white with red streaks tulip as a continuing thank you for Canadian troops liberating them in the second world war. And yes, they really butchered a lot of those names.
Walden eilanden and Jieselmeer 😄
Our royal house was hiding in canada as nazis invaded the country.
@@jennyhendriks474 Queen Wilhelmina stayed in England. Princess Juliana and her children were sent to Canada. Princess Margriet was born in Canada, where the hospital room was made Dutch territory for the time she was in it so that she would be born Dutch. I think if the royal family had stayed in the Netherlands you would not have had the resistance against the nazi's that was there because they knew the royal house was safe.
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Actually, you can dig up the tulip bulbs after they flower, store them dry over a few months and plant them again in fresh soil! As long as you dont get any diseases tulips bulbs can keep producing flowers year after year. Intell from a dutch gardener
I live in the east and you'd be surprised how many people here still wear wooden shoes. Even in the supermarket, lol.
@J yes its rural, its even custom for some factories to hand out clogs as their worker outfit. They have leather on them tho so they at least don't rip your feet up completely...
I live in Drenthe And I see never people wearing wooden Shoes
@@metalvideos1961 living in groningen, see them everywhere.
@@martinos9334 i come often in groningen never see people wearing them
@@metalvideos1961 Well i grew up there and im not talking about the city.
Tulips don’t really die. They’re bulbs. The flowers grow from the bulb and bloom in spring and die, but the bulb is harvested back from the soil and dried, to be replanted the next wintertime. So the bulbs were traded and worths a fortune. Not the flowers.
Walden islands? WALDEN islands? WADDEN islands. Because you can reach them over the 'wad' if you walk fast enough (the pieces of land that fall dry during low tide) People walking the wad: i.pinimg.com/originals/40/6d/57/406d572c80fc7d4fef71ab78f8f821da.jpg Map of the wads during low tide (better get out of there before it gets high tide though, then its all sea!) www.wadgids.nl/maps/waddennl.jpg
One more thing about Canada. The north of the country was liberated by Canadian troops at the end of WWII, and this will never be forgotten. On Liberation Day every year you will probably see more Canadian flags flying here than anywhere else in the world outside of Canada itself. Lots of streets named after Canadian soldiers etc.
By the way, Willem van Oranje did NOT lead the Dutch revolt. He didn't even want to participate at the start. His name was just used as a figurehead and when he was killed, it spearheaded a large part of the war.
😂 😂 Even i as a dutch guy learned something new! Good job! (we have to be tall in case the water comes)
Carrots were yellow originally, you can still find yellow carrots in Dutch nature actually. These were a lot smaller and thinner. The orange carrot that we know today is indeed created to honor the Dutch king back in the day. The color was changed and it was also changed to be bigger then before. Even creating a super sized carrot that would be about 40 cm in length (in some cases even 50 cm) and as thick as your wrist. These are called 'winterpeen' or 'winter wortel' (winter carrot). These are usually used for winter dishes only as it would allow any household to have a lot of carrot during the winter as carrots don't rot as easily as apples for example. You would find these huge carrots often in stews and soups. Weed isn't legal, the police will just allow it if you have 5 grams or less on you. I own clogs, I do wear them but mostly for within the garden or if it isn't too far to walk. If anyone wants to try it out, go to a clog shop and ask them to help you getting the right ones for your feet. There are not just only male and female versions but also different style clogs. The male variant is the most well known, the female variant is usually smaller due to the female feet being smaller. Also they are narrower then male clogs. Mills are not just to pump out water, they were used for a wide range of things. Milling grain, saw mills for wood to name just 2 things. EDM started in the Netherlands, this might be why the Dutch DJ's are the best in the world. Friesland, or rather the Frisii, were vikings in their own right. A detail that was intentionally wiped out of the minds of the people. Only recently hard proof was shown that they were indeed one of the viking groups in the world. Even in original Beowulf saga's the Frisii are mentioned. The Frisii were just as dangerous as their Danish and Norwegian counterparts but rather used trading instead. It were the Frisii that stood up against the Romans and managed to beat them getting more and more people on their side. They just were not as hungry for land as later vikings that are more well known. All they wanted is their lands back and the Romans out. Tulips are originally from Turkey, however the Dutch loved them so much that they started to care more for them and breed a lot of variations. Tulip fields are still a thing in the Netherlands but they are more and more shifted to areas where tourists won't disturb the fields. Tourists are known to get on the fields, pluck the flowers and try to make selfies which on turn destroys the harvests.
You should make a follow up video! Love your factoids!
@@ReactToTheWorld I was thinking about doing something along those lines indeed. However with me having asthma and coughing pretty much 24/7 and all year round it may proof to be a difficult task. I do need to wait until I moved to a new house as well. I got more things I'd like to do, but we will have to see what the future brings
Regarding the Tulip economy; It wasn't so much about the flower itself, but the tuber instead.
Prince William of Orange-Nassau wasn’t our first king. Actually our first king was Louis Napoleon (Kingdom of Holland 1806-1810).
william actually did a damn tho, thats why we consider him the first king, and also a major reason why the royal family is loved to such a massive extent:)
He was our only real King as well.
@@oniedahn I don't. He is a fraud. Our whole monarchy is based on lies
@@metalvideos1961 if you say so, but i do wonder what your sources are:D
@@oniedahn why should i need evidence. its just a well known fact. we dont have a monarchy. you know how willem the first becamse king? you just stood up one day and said. well from this day on i will be the new king of the netherlands. nobody said anything about it and so he became king. that went on till willem the 3rd. willem the 3rd did not had kids so generally speaking the time line of the monarchy was here by over. Then we also had ww2 where our queen decided to pussy out and go to england to live her life there. the rules of a monarchy are is that if a king or queen leaf their country for what ever reason the monarchy will be ended. so with that said we didnt had a monarchy after that as wel. but ofc it still happened. then we have clause who was a nazi. and i can go on. and now we have willem alexander who got literally NOTHING to do with the monarchy what so ever. and his wife is not even dutch. but a full blooded argentinian with a father who is a murderer. committed genocide on the argentinian people when he was minister of architecture in Argentina. point is our monarchy is fake it didnt exist. it literally never existed. the only real king we had was the brother of napoleon. and thats literally it. infect you can find all this information yourself as well. but i am sure you wont do that anyway so i am not going to border to put evidence in this comment as well
14:15 a important thing to know is that the woman to the right is the kings mother Beatrix. They chose the wrong picture xD
Why not pay 1 million dollars for a tulip, when you expect to fetch 2 million next year for it (remember they are bulb flowers, they come back). That is what caused Tulip mania. It was a means to earn money by speculation. And of course as we know now, that bubble will always implode. People in the 17th century did not know that. It was the first time it happened.
You land in Amsterdam, stay there 3 day, firt 2 rest, 2 days to walk around, go to Roterdam 3 days, then 'S-hertogenbosch (or Den Bosch), then Utrecht 2days, then Groningen 2 days...
I still know people who wear clogs and swear by them, although theirs are usually a BIT more advanced than the traditional fully wooden ones. If you want to learn more about the best things of the netherlands, I suggest watching a video on the "afsluitdijk", and one on the "Deltawerken", along with what happened in 1953 that incentivize the creation of the later. There is also a great channel called "notjustbikes" where a man from toronto gushes about all the things that we take for granted in the Netherlands that are actually absolute luxuries when compared to other countries like the US. Especially our infrastructure is top notch. Something I personally notice whenever I cross the border with Belgium and hear the quality of the roads decrease.
If you wanna know more about the tulip mania, check out this video of; The History Guy - when a tulip bulb cost as much as a house: The Tulip Mania of 1637
16:32 and Symphonic Metal..Well before Evanescanse... Epica, Stream of Passion, Areyon, The Gathering, Delian, Within Temptation, Floor Jansen, Diannne van Giersbergen, Anneke van Giersbergen to name a few...
Nothing about the Dutch act of abjuration and declaration of independence. The Dutch basically wrote declaration of independence.
Funny how those clogs look uncomfortable, but they're actually pretty comfy. The shape is perfect and even though they're made of wood, If you wear some wool socks, they're sooooo nice to wear.
Original clogs were custim made to your own feet, the ones you buy in souvenir shops are not as comfirtable as the original clogs.
@@66bertus exactly, I have custom ones at home, they're awesome
Cycle lanes!! Bikes! Smart traffic lights! Good infrastructure!
the tulip was the first bitcoin
It is Wadden islands, not walden islands. These islands in the north of the Netherlands are bordered big the Waddensea and the north sea!!
16.40 because electronic house music always a big thing in the netherlands ...when people in the US in the 90s listen to rock and hip hop people here listen to house music
Just in case people haven't figured it out: you build the wild life bridges where wild life typically crosses; they don't try to teach the wildlife to... or they'd teach them to press the call button on the traffic lights. Oh, and I should really object to William of Orange being called the first king as he wasn't; the Netherlands is one of the oldest modern republics, but after Napoleon the European super powers imposed a king.
at 7.56 you say, walden islands, it is actually wadden islands
0:37 Within Temptation, Delain, Epica, The Gathering, Areyon, Stream of Passion, Floor Jansen, Anneke van Giersbergen, Dianne van Giersbergen, MaYaN After Forever... best Symphonic Metal in the world
Clogs walk comfortable, but you have to wear them for 1 or 2 weeks before the get comfortable
Yeah, I really like geography now and your reactions to my country.
Yeah. We have been all over the world, for colonising, selling slaves and just basically rule the seas. 'Apartheid' is a Dutch word and we were at the top of the slavetrading business, and the VOC was the first world multinational company, robbing countries and murdering their population across the world. The trading business made Amsterdam the central trading city of the world and the country extremely rich in the 17th century. This is what we call 'the golden age' in our history books, but not really mentioning the way we got all those things as I wrote earlier. As a Dutch man I am proud of things like Dutch painters, inventions and water systems, and also that we beat the entire British fleet on their own soil. The fact that we are in the top 5 of export countries in the world is quite spectacular as well. However, the dark side of our history needs more attention in our society.
Well Clueless_Lulu, usually barriers (preferably natural, but sometimes plain old fences) are used to guide the animals towards these 'ecoducts'. Though depending on the type of wildlife this isn't always needed. Most animals are aware of how dangerous roads are, but roads cut up their natural habitat. Meaning less space, food, mates etc. so when a safe passage like an ecoduct is build much of the wildlife will find it after a while. Still even simple fences cut roadkill accidents by ~50% so even if it's less pretty/'natural' it's preferred to guide animals to the ducts to prevent unnecessary loss of life.
14:15 is not Queen Maxima, but Princess Beatrix, the mother of King Willem-Alexander. Nice photo though :)
Funny, the kardashians actually model themselves after European royalty, not the other way around...
Weed, and other drugs, are not legal in the Netherlands. It's just... Allowed. Technically we donot enforce parts of our own laws regarding drugs. But be aware that if you do come over. You can still be apprehended for it. Depending on the amount of drugs you are carrying, and where you are using it. E.g. if you're standing infront of an elementary school, you will get in trouble when cops come around, as a simple example. And regarding clogs, the wooden shoes, you're actually supposed to wear them over your shoes to keep your shoes safe and dry in the muddy ground when you're a farmer working in the field. Or... That's what they used to be used for. So the uncomfortable part isn't that bad.
Go look up Thunderdome 1996 live and you know why EDM is big in NL. This was mainstream music from the mid-90's.
This Dutch one grew up on clogs. They are comfortable and as a kid I could even run in them, after which I learned I could slide in them and then they even became fun to wear. Xd
tulips from amsterdam , originate from turkey and cultivated in a beauty contest concept between the Turks and Holland in the so called golden ages.
0:33 Epica, Stream of Passion, Areyon, The Gathering, Delian, Within Temptation, Floor Jansen, Diannne van Giersbergen, Anneke van Giersbergen to name a few...
If our royal family would wake up one day with JUST the money and influence of the Cardashians, they would consider their lives a failure.
Well the law to weed is acteully you can have two plants for own usage and you can buy it at a coffee shop but you cant get out of the shop with it because thats illegal
Beginning of '90's , house music evolved from Techno. Underground hardcore parties became mainstream, evolving in hardstyle. Sadly currently our famous dj's are actually LP's. Since they only use laptops,and ready music.They don't use records. Still there are many, many houseparties, with harder beats....and real dj's. What I mean to say, is many grew up with EDM,past 30 years. That's why it's so huge.
THIS VIDEO IS G E K O L O N I S E E R D BY THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Giethoorn does have roads haha
It was about developing a Black tulip!
Walden Islands? 🤣 It is the Wadden Islands in front of the coast of The Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.
Watvch the video's on the channel named Dutch Americano. It's about someone who moved to the Netherlands.
It is not the walden islands but the wadden islands
4:23 as a dutch I can confirm thats actually kind of the reason why its called that loool
It's true.. The English forced us to trade New Amsterdam (New York) for Suriname and Run (Indonesia). If we could have kept New Amsterdam, the U.S. would probably be bilingual today.. :-/
Probably not, they could wage war for new amsterdam and take it by force. The dutch came there to trade, not to fight
I dont know if they know BUT NYC was first New Amsterdam
"Yelsulmer" That pronounciation actually hit me right in the feels. :(
correct pronounciation is close to "Aye-Sul-Mere" where "mere" sounds like "near" except with an M
They should update it and put Floor Jansen in it 😂 I’ve been loving your reactions!
And we have zondag met lubach
I think an important cultural aspect you didn’t mention are the bicycles. Check out Not Just Bikes here on KZhead for some great insights.
i can explain how we got so many good Dj's... in the end of the 80's and early 90's there was a music scene house that originated in the netherlands...it evolved into hardcore (music with over 800beats per min) And than techno/trans music became world wide populair in the early 2000's so a lut of Dutch Dj's went hardcore to techno/trans becuase its more populair but also more easy to make. And they had a 20 year headstart
If you wanna know more about the idea behind tulip mania you should watch the Michael Douglas movie "Wallstreet" !! The real Wallstreet was created by the Dutch btw 😉😊
9:57 Life, uh, finds a way