im an American and i feel that the dutch are the best people on earth :), they are sooo genuine ....i love ya dutchy !! my brother from another mother :)
theflyingdutchman167 lol, thank you, one of my best friends is from Hoorn, i have learned so much from him, and one of the things i have seen for my self is the genuine nature of the Dutch people,And the responsability they show for their lives, i feel like they are miles ahead of most nations, and im talking about the citizens, im still learning about the government , so i cant really comment on that aspect , but i have not met or seen a dutch person that was rude, or arrogant , or loud. you know for me (an american) it says alot about a people whose teens can drink beer at the age of 16 , but they are not really interested in doing so, at least not to get drunk,i think that shows a level of class the rest of the world can learn from.
i really love Netherlands! and thanks for the language influence and chocolate confetti that you brought to Indonesia. Meses (yep, we called that choco confetti as meses. I believe, it came from dutch language), is the best thing God and you ever give to us. :))))
+Paulina Tjandra Oh lol i thought most Indonesians hated the Dutch because of what they did there. Atleast i have met some that didn't like me cause i'm dutch. Think its stupid to blame me for what the people then did to your country.. I think Indonesians are great :)
Joran Rosier thx! Yep i find it's stupid to blame people blindly. And neither dutch nor japanese nor other countries have faults now. Look, even because of the colonialsm, people got civilised in sort of way. The science, architecture, language, food, culture, etc influences... Why we must always blame or point out the negative side if we can look and take the positive sides out from something? :)) P.S: now that i start to learn Dutch, and how funny to find that I can easily recognised most of the words! (thanks for being Indonesian whose language has many Dutch Influence). I think Dutch is easier than German in sort of way... Although the pronunciation is a little bit hard with so many throat-spelling... :"")
Paulina Tjandra Oh you really are learning dutch? are you planning on moving here or? :) yeah i don't know if its easier than German. It could be but i don't really have a hard time learning german cause Dutch is alot like German. :P And same goes for the influence of Indonesia here, you have alot of Indonesian food here and its really good^^ And i could totally understand why prenouncing Dutch words is hard cause alot of GGGGG. xD Like almost no other countries from Europe can pronounce it right.
Joran Rosier maybe I'll move to Netherlands someday in my life... XD But now I'm just move in to Germany to study here... But, when I'm on holiday and saving enough money, I'll definitely visit Netherlands.... Cause, I heard that there're quite a variety of Indonesian or even Dutch-East-Indies foods there....(in other words, it's kinda like a remedy for homesick :"")) Argghh I'm craving some Indonesian foods right now (.__.)
+Paulina Tjandra hahaha thats true we have a lot of indonesian people and you can buy the food everywhere and when you do visit the netherlands one day than I hope you will enjoy it!!
Just came back from Maastricht and any towns around......I discovered a wonderful country. Love this country full of a green environment and polite people. Best appreciations from Italy
Been living my life for others for 33 years. .after this its gna be me in the Netherlands. Free to speak n be who i am.finally.cant wait!!!!!!😁😁😁😁😁🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️
My brother Eric lives in Diepenveen. He was our foreign exchange student in 1979 and even though we weren't his host family he adopted us, and we him. We were a poor but tight Southern California family and Eric brought a lot to our MexicanAmerican lives that we otherwise would have never experienced. My fondest memory of Eric is him just strolling into our home one day and asking, "Mama, what's for dinner"? From that day on he was part of our family. All our love to you Eric.
Well, i have seen it right now, 8 years after it got uploaded. And i must say, it required a mayor update. First 'Sinterklaas' (Saint Nicolas) is about to banned real soon, thanks to tinted skinned activists, that apparently does not know anything about 'Sinterklaas' and 'Zwarte Piet' (Black Pete). They call the Black Pete's being an insult, and reffered it to the slavery back in the time of 1600 or earlier. Koninginnendag (Queens Day) has become koningsdag (Kings Day). Most Dutch families don't have 2 working parents. I guess this item is a fifty-fifty situation. Due to financial issues, we HAVE TO work both. Work is not available everywhere. The latest years work was only be found in the industrial area near Rotterdam, Amsterdam etcetra. Oh man, this video requires a mayor update.
Most Dutch familys do not eat breakfast toghether, women have a job and most parents leave earlier than the kids, we have to go to school until we are 18 and most people go to the "Hoge school" after they went to the "Middelbare school" chocolate confetti is called "Hagelslag" and Sinterklaas leaves the country on the 6th of December, he comes in november and stays like a month or something. We also celebrate "Sint Maarten" that is like Halloween for Dutch people. On "Koningsdag" we celebrate the birthday of the king, we used to celebrate "Koninginnedag" but that was not the birthday of Beatrix, is was the birthday of Juliana, Beatrix' mother. There are some farmers who eat hot meal around 13.00, this was what every Dutch person did like a 100 years ago.
Ik denk dat jij in een streek woont waar dat gevierd wordt. Het is niet een feest voor heel Nederland. Ik heb er nog nooit van gehoord en woon in Zuid-West Nederland.
oh Ariesmonique ik dacht dat sint Maarten overal in Nederland gevierd werd. Het is hier in Noord-Holland ook pas een groot ding op 11 November om 17.00 uur, dat is een uur voordat je begint met lopen.
What I like most about Nederlanders is their zest for life. All the people I've ever met from there are genuinely nice. They have a brilliant sense of humour too! Also, the way they share the incomparable Andre Rieu with the world is amazing!!
Fat Lip People who have used cannabis USA:40,3% NL:22,6%. Homocide rate per 100000 USA:5,6 NL:1,2. Drug-related deaths per 1000000 USA:38! NL:2,4. Are you convinced you made a mistake?
I love living here, and it's absolutely amazing when it's warm. Unfortunately it's cold most of the time. I live about 20 minutes from Rotterdam, if I go there, I go by train.
English: 7:12 nobody reacts like that in the Netherlands when they open their lunchboxes😂😂 and this video was made when the last dinosaur died Nederlands: 7:12 niemand reageert zo in Nederland als ze hun broodtrommel open maken😂😂 en deze video is gemaakt toen de laatste dinosaurus stierf
Just a little heads-up to all of the people who want to visit the Netherlands for Queensday in order to prevent disappointment.... We now have a king, so we celebrate Kingsday. Which is not on the 30th of april but on the 27th of april.(his birthday) The festivities are the same, but it is on the 27th of april instead ;)
I've been to the Netherlands a couple of times, once in June (great time to visit...endless days), and once at Christmas time. Having grown up with the image of Holland portray in Hans Brinker , I was hoping to go skating a canal. No luck. Great place to visit. Very gay friendly, by the way.
Ik ben Amerikaan. Ik lere om Nederlands te spreken omdat ik zou Nederland willen bezoeken. Ik zou het standbeeld van Michiel de Ruyter.... en de grachten...en de boten.. :):)
I hate it when everybody says: Holland = windmills and clogs. That's not true, most people live in houses and most people wear shoes, not clogs, like me, I've never even touched clogs and have never been in a windmill
Niels Ruitenbeek I don't wear clogs, don't live in a mill, don't have tullips in the garden en for sure I do NOT live in Holland ... I live in the Netherlands. Holland is the part on the west coast. There are 10 other provincies.
Niels Ruitenbeek I was born and grow up in Zutphen. So, I'm Gelders too. Now I already live for many years in Fryslân, but Gelderland is my Home Ground.
Bombardon Has not thing to do with of being a Commie, what I'm not. It has to do in wich Province (state) of the Netherlands you live. It is like saying to every American the he is an Texan.
A sweet idealized view that you will find in tourist folders. And again the only part shown is the 50km wide stretch allongside the west coast, and the other parts of the country with different landscapes, architecture and culture is not shown. Its even not all flat, in the center there are forests and moors covering sand dunes, with stretches exposed sand. In some places rivers have formed shallow valleys, and the south eastern part (the tip of the tail) raises up to almost 1000ft/330m above sea level, here you can see little streams that cutted out valleys. Old cities in the sout east of the country have a complete different look from these like in the west, and there is a lot of industry there as well (not only in the west like the narrator tells you), the south east was actually the first part of the Netherlands (not Holland, that's just a province, acually 2 provinces, north and south holland that form the west coast) which was industrialized because of the pressence of coal, limestone, silver sand and gravel in this part of the country, coal being mined as early as the 16th century, and from the 19th century ceramic, glass and textile industry really took off, from the start of the 20th century coal mining went on to produce some of the largest and most modern deep coal mines on the world (some boasted over 800km/500miles of underground tunnels). From the middle 60's coal mines were closed, and other forms of industry replaced them partially, like car industry (currently producing the Mini Countryman) and chemical industry (plastics, medicine, food additives, fertilizer, and the strongest synthetic fiber, Dyneema, was invented here) Also worldwide known, the Phillips lighting and electronics company, is based in the South east (Eindhoven), they invented the compact disc, and Eindhoven still is the silicon valley of the Netherlands.
well let me see. I am Guatemaltecan. and i think i really really love Holland.! I have a crush with that wonderful country...! some day i will go and be happy :D
Oh My God! You so witty! I am really blown away by your witty and smart reply. Yeah. I got nothing to counter that with. You clearly showed your superior intellect with such a remark. How could I ever fail to notice how brilliant your first and then following remarks were by such a truly brilliant remark. Seriously! I am -blown away- by the incredible intellect that is showing behind this remark! How eloquently succinct you are. Truly amazing.
im aussie but parents a dutch going there for a second time in august and i love the place, been to some very nice places outside of amsterdam, cant wait to vist giethoorn
I have see a lot of videos about the dutch culture but this is the only one that is true very good video nice to see and yes I am dutch so I know what I say this video shows perfectly the dutch culture
Who is behind this silly film, with its infantile mouse and a British narrator talking in the 'we' form. Who is prepared to pay a lot of money to portray the country as a harmonious, middle-class paradise, full of virtuous, hardworking, blond people. The style reminds me of Bert Haanstra's documentaries of the early 60's. Thats is not a compliment. I am not saying the countries is a dump or something. It is wel organised and by most standards affluent, but, just like every other country, it has some very rough edges. And those define a country as much as the pretty bits.
And he comes back with an even MORE brilliant remark! My god. Just look at how logically this question follows from what we talked about before! You Sir/Madam, I bow to your superior intellict. With such well founded arguments, not a fallacy in sight. I take my hat off and prostrate myself before your obviously superior mind and intellect. Especially the caps and the way how you misspelled the word 'you'. And all dutch people must bow down to that clearly superior intellect.
Is Salvia Divinorum legal over there? I mean will I be able to buy a few live Salvia plants to grow in my room? Also are the police likely to give me any hassle, for psychedelic things I grow or order and consume myself? (Psychedelic painter, planning to move to the Netherlands in the next month or two)
Voor ik hier naar Nederland kwam, had ik geen idee om wanneer welke woord te gebruiken. Wat nederlandse accenten zijn erg moeilijk om te luisteren, btw. In Amsterdam, spreken ze duidelijk, maar hierin deze stad spreken mensen erg snel en onduidelijk. Ik moet hier Engels voornamelijk spreken. Wat zielig...
I’m Dutch myself and I can say this is correct except the sinterklaas one he comes usually on 25 November and we celebrate sinterklaas for 2 weeks until 5 December than we have pakjesavond where we get a lot of presents the days before that depends per family how many times but you put your shoe by the chimney and sing special sinterklaas songs and that night sinterklaas and his helpers (also called pieten) put a present in your shoe
I am Dutch and studied among foreign students and agree with Voluntario. He probably doesn't mean that the Dutch are unfriendly, it is just hard to make real friends, which i hear a lot from foreign students. I think this is best explained by the Dutch having a close group of friends, sometimes from a young age. So even though most people are open and friendly, really getting into someones intimate sphere of good friends can be a bit more challenging.
oh thanks a lot!! nice to read that.! and yes i can take tipical food from Guatemala...! i will go next year to Belgum and i am expecting to visit the wonderful Holland as well. (because i really think i love your country) thank you.!
I have lived in many countries throughout Europa, and have friends from different nationalities. Actually, I studied a MA in The Hague, and most of my foreigners classmates thought alike.
im an American and i feel that the dutch are the best people on earth :), they are sooo genuine ....i love ya dutchy !! my brother from another mother :)
Thanks i come from the netherlands
*blushes*
theflyingdutchman167 :)
Lady Gray i can't say i like all you americans, but the people like you are a great adition to the human race
theflyingdutchman167 lol, thank you, one of my best friends is from Hoorn, i have learned so much from him, and one of the things i have seen for my self is the genuine nature of the Dutch people,And the responsability they show for their lives, i feel like they are miles ahead of most nations, and im talking about the citizens, im still learning about the government , so i cant really comment on that aspect , but i have not met or seen a dutch person that was rude, or arrogant , or loud. you know for me (an american) it says alot about a people whose teens can drink beer at the age of 16 , but they are not really interested in doing so, at least not to get drunk,i think that shows a level of class the rest of the world can learn from.
I simply adore The Netherlands, it's all so natural and cool over there. Greetings from Argentina! :D
greetings back!
greetings from The Netherlands back!
did you know our queen is from Argentina 2? :)
she is, we all love her ;)
Cristal, nice compliments. The best to you, relatives and friends in Argentina!!
Ik miss Nederland.
I'm dutch by myself, gotta say its a quite old video and they are still being a little bit too stereotypical.. but still pretty accurate:)
What a great country! Industrious, hard working , smart people. Regards from Brazil
No Dutch culture sucks
i love holland
i really love Netherlands! and thanks for the language influence and chocolate confetti that you brought to Indonesia. Meses (yep, we called that choco confetti as meses. I believe, it came from dutch language), is the best thing God and you ever give to us. :))))
+Paulina Tjandra Oh lol i thought most Indonesians hated the Dutch because of what they did there. Atleast i have met some that didn't like me cause i'm dutch. Think its stupid to blame me for what the people then did to your country.. I think Indonesians are great :)
Joran Rosier thx!
Yep i find it's stupid to blame people blindly. And neither dutch nor japanese nor other countries have faults now. Look, even because of the colonialsm, people got civilised in sort of way. The science, architecture, language, food, culture, etc influences... Why we must always blame or point out the negative side if we can look and take the positive sides out from something? :))
P.S: now that i start to learn Dutch, and how funny to find that I can easily recognised most of the words! (thanks for being Indonesian whose language has many Dutch Influence). I think Dutch is easier than German in sort of way... Although the pronunciation is a little bit hard with so many throat-spelling... :"")
Paulina Tjandra Oh you really are learning dutch? are you planning on moving here or? :) yeah i don't know if its easier than German. It could be but i don't really have a hard time learning german cause Dutch is alot like German. :P And same goes for the influence of Indonesia here, you have alot of Indonesian food here and its really good^^ And i could totally understand why prenouncing Dutch words is hard cause alot of GGGGG. xD Like almost no other countries from Europe can pronounce it right.
Joran Rosier maybe I'll move to Netherlands someday in my life... XD
But now I'm just move in to Germany to study here... But, when I'm on holiday and saving enough money, I'll definitely visit Netherlands.... Cause, I heard that there're quite a variety of Indonesian or even Dutch-East-Indies foods there....(in other words, it's kinda like a remedy for homesick :""))
Argghh I'm craving some Indonesian foods right now (.__.)
+Paulina Tjandra hahaha thats true we have a lot of indonesian people and you can buy the food everywhere and when you do visit the netherlands one day than I hope you will enjoy it!!
Just came back from Maastricht and any towns around......I discovered a wonderful country. Love this country full of a green environment and polite people. Best appreciations from Italy
If I would guess this film I made somewhere in the 90s, ah.. the good old days!
lijkt meer op 2004/ 2006
i love you netherlands !
We houden ook van jou!
gaston cortes we love you to
Been living my life for others for 33 years. .after this its gna be me in the Netherlands. Free to speak n be who i am.finally.cant wait!!!!!!😁😁😁😁😁🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️
If someone started watching at 1:21 they would very likely get the wrong idea.
Dit was leuk om naar te kijken,THANKS
It's old but kinda true. I'm from Holland and love my culture. Never want to leave my quiet country.
My brother Eric lives in Diepenveen. He was our foreign exchange student in 1979 and even though we weren't his host family he adopted us, and we him. We were a poor but tight Southern California family and Eric brought a lot to our MexicanAmerican lives that we otherwise would have never experienced. My fondest memory of Eric is him just strolling into our home one day and asking, "Mama, what's for dinner"? From that day on he was part of our family. All our love to you Eric.
my dream place is Netherlands... I love flowers
you also have van gogh and doutzen kroes and oliebollen and oliebollenkraams i love holland
Weather is shit here but is best country ever :)
yes, it is a cool place to live, (I ame dutch(ik ben nederlands))
trust me don't go there it's hell on earth. As soon as I finish my school I'm out of there
Je bent niet wijs. Je komt er nog wel achter hoe goed je het hier hebt.
I like the way u present its very entertaining, not boring..thumbs up!
I bet mostly dutch people watch this video.
ArianWorks to laugh About such stupid stereotype video's 😹
Well, i have seen it right now, 8 years after it got uploaded.
And i must say, it required a mayor update.
First 'Sinterklaas' (Saint Nicolas) is about to banned real soon, thanks to tinted skinned activists, that apparently does not know anything about 'Sinterklaas' and 'Zwarte Piet' (Black Pete).
They call the Black Pete's being an insult, and reffered it to the slavery back in the time of 1600 or earlier.
Koninginnendag (Queens Day) has become koningsdag (Kings Day).
Most Dutch families don't have 2 working parents.
I guess this item is a fifty-fifty situation.
Due to financial issues, we HAVE TO work both.
Work is not available everywhere.
The latest years work was only be found in the industrial area near Rotterdam, Amsterdam etcetra.
Oh man, this video requires a mayor update.
TheUnTrustable0 lets make one!
can't wait :)
ArianWorks yes
No, we have 18,5 million people in Holland. I'm dutch, its really fun to watch this video though its from 10 years ago or so. I love my country (:
Most Dutch familys do not eat breakfast toghether, women have a job and most parents leave earlier than the kids, we have to go to school until we are 18 and most people go to the "Hoge school" after they went to the "Middelbare school" chocolate confetti is called "Hagelslag" and Sinterklaas leaves the country on the 6th of December, he comes in november and stays like a month or something. We also celebrate "Sint Maarten" that is like Halloween for Dutch people. On "Koningsdag" we celebrate the birthday of the king, we used to celebrate "Koninginnedag" but that was not the birthday of Beatrix, is was the birthday of Juliana, Beatrix' mother. There are some farmers who eat hot meal around 13.00, this was what every Dutch person did like a 100 years ago.
Vergeet niet alstublieft over Zwarte Piet!!! :):)
I live in the Netherlands too but never heard of Sint Maarten?
Hoe dan? Ariesmonique
Ik denk dat jij in een streek woont waar dat gevierd wordt. Het is niet een feest voor heel Nederland. Ik heb er nog nooit van gehoord en woon in Zuid-West Nederland.
oh Ariesmonique ik dacht dat sint Maarten overal in Nederland gevierd werd. Het is hier in Noord-Holland ook pas een groot ding op 11 November om 17.00 uur, dat is een uur voordat je begint met lopen.
What I like most about Nederlanders is their zest for life. All the people I've ever met from there are genuinely nice. They have a brilliant sense of humour too! Also, the way they share the incomparable Andre Rieu with the world is amazing!!
Ik kom uit Engelend, maar mij verloofte kom uit Zeeland, en Ik probeer to leven [?] netherlands voor haar!
Engeland, verloofde, "Nederlands te leren voor haar"
Jothamvw
Dankje :) I'm still pretty bad with Dutch but I'm trying to get better.
Ach, het is voor mij net zoiets als Nederlanders corrigeren op hun Engels.
That is for me something all Dutchies corrupted? O.o up something English
Well, Dutch people usually talk English to people whose native language is English.
30th of April isn't the queen's birthday although we call it Queensday. It was the Queen-mum's birthday. Beatrix was born on the 31st of January.
I just feel bad for the mouse.
Cheese???? they mean smiling dude, weed, hookers, scum in the river all over the walls and sh1t
Fat Lip What are you talking about?
they smoke tons of cheese, you dont know i guess you never been to amsterdam
Fat Lip People who have used cannabis USA:40,3% NL:22,6%. Homocide rate per 100000 USA:5,6 NL:1,2. Drug-related deaths per 1000000 USA:38! NL:2,4. Are you convinced you made a mistake?
Fat Lip Amsterdam is a place in the Netherlands, The Netherlands is not a place in Amsterdam like all the americans think
i've been to the Holland 10 years ago, for two weeks. great people, i really liked the mentality, friendly and cool. i simply adore Holland. :)
Interesting that when showing sports bicycles were not shown. Bicycles are not a sport for most Dutch, they are a way of getting around.
Wow, good to know.
I am Canadian and I've been to the Netherlands twice, but only for a plane exchange. I wish I could go there again to visit. I love the dutch culture.
i will go to Netherlands,riding a bicycle :D
Like a real Nederlander
Yeah
not every Nederlander berijd een fiets
Kipzilla waarom praat je Nederlands en Engels door enlkaar?
Elkaar*
Danke !!! I do enjoy watching your video ;) hope to visit Holland someday
Black face aside, it was a good introduction to Dutch culture😅🙏🏾
I love living here, and it's absolutely amazing when it's warm. Unfortunately it's cold most of the time. I live about 20 minutes from Rotterdam, if I go there, I go by train.
English: 7:12 nobody reacts like that in the Netherlands when they open their lunchboxes😂😂 and this video was made when the last dinosaur died
Nederlands: 7:12 niemand reageert zo in Nederland als ze hun broodtrommel open maken😂😂 en deze video is gemaakt toen de laatste dinosaurus stierf
Every time I see vids like these I feel so proud to be Dutch I get goose bumps ...
And nowadays we suck with sports esspecially soccer...... Thank you danny
geen problem .. Totaal Voetball terugkomt naar het Nederland :):)
skankhunter42 what's wrong with you are you a sad sad man?
Just a little heads-up to all of the people who want to visit the Netherlands for Queensday in order to prevent disappointment.... We now have a king, so we celebrate Kingsday. Which is not on the 30th of april but on the 27th of april.(his birthday) The festivities are the same, but it is on the 27th of april instead ;)
I've been to the Netherlands a couple of times, once in June (great time to visit...endless days), and once at Christmas time. Having grown up with the image of Holland portray in Hans Brinker , I was hoping to go skating a canal. No luck. Great place to visit. Very gay friendly, by the way.
Stephen hahaaha gay friendly, thats cool to hear
there is a greater chance of frozen canals a bit later. December is still pretty early. i would say febuary is the best time to try!
Hans Brinker isn't even Dutch. It's an American story.
The dutch people are the best and the nicest in the world :-) i'am portuguese and i love the Netherlands like i love my country Portugal. God bless u
I'm Dutch😂
+Irisa H me too :)
+Irisa H Me four
Ik ben Amerikaan. Ik lere om Nederlands te spreken omdat ik zou Nederland willen bezoeken. Ik zou het standbeeld van Michiel de Ruyter.... en de grachten...en de boten.. :):)
cool!
close enough ;)
Beautiful country and people
Greetings from Brazil
I hate it when everybody says: Holland = windmills and clogs. That's not true, most people live in houses and most people wear shoes, not clogs, like me, I've never even touched clogs and have never been in a windmill
And I live in The Netherlands offcourse
Niels Ruitenbeek I don't wear clogs, don't live in a mill, don't have tullips in the garden en for sure I do NOT live in Holland ... I live in the Netherlands. Holland is the part on the west coast. There are 10 other provincies.
John T Yeah sorry, I live in The Netherlands in Gelderland
Niels Ruitenbeek I was born and grow up in Zutphen. So, I'm Gelders too. Now I already live for many years in Fryslân, but Gelderland is my Home Ground.
Bombardon Has not thing to do with of being a Commie, what I'm not. It has to do in wich Province (state) of the Netherlands you live. It is like saying to every American the he is an Texan.
A sweet idealized view that you will find in tourist folders.
And again the only part shown is the 50km wide stretch allongside the west coast, and the other parts of the country with different landscapes, architecture and culture is not shown.
Its even not all flat, in the center there are forests and moors covering sand dunes, with stretches exposed sand.
In some places rivers have formed shallow valleys, and the south eastern part (the tip of the tail) raises up to almost 1000ft/330m above sea level, here you can see little streams that cutted out valleys.
Old cities in the sout east of the country have a complete different look from these like in the west, and there is a lot of industry there as well (not only in the west like the narrator tells you), the south east was actually the first part of the Netherlands (not Holland, that's just a province, acually 2 provinces, north and south holland that form the west coast) which was industrialized because of the pressence of coal, limestone, silver sand and gravel in this part of the country, coal being mined as early as the 16th century, and from the 19th century ceramic, glass and textile industry really took off, from the start of the 20th century coal mining went on to produce some of the largest and most modern deep coal mines on the world (some boasted over 800km/500miles of underground tunnels).
From the middle 60's coal mines were closed, and other forms of industry replaced them partially, like car industry (currently producing the Mini Countryman) and chemical industry (plastics, medicine, food additives, fertilizer, and the strongest synthetic fiber, Dyneema, was invented here)
Also worldwide known, the Phillips lighting and electronics company, is based in the South east (Eindhoven), they invented the compact disc, and Eindhoven still is the silicon valley of the Netherlands.
waar is de frikandelen tent
Does anybody know the name of that mouse? Its so cute! i wanna watch more episodes with him in it!
he's forgetting the duth way of eating our food. smashing everything with your fork
oh. I thought it was just the germans who did that....
We Hollanders are not doing that!
+Mdj nee wat is stampot dan?
esther hulst we houden van stampen we zijn beetje agressief met eten
well let me see. I am Guatemaltecan. and i think i really really love Holland.! I have a crush with that wonderful country...! some day i will go and be happy :D
Like als je Nederlands bent
Rosa van den Oever like als je dit soort kutcomments nooit meer wilt zien.
Waar woon je? Dan zet ik daar de gemalen uit.
Picobyte dan bouw ik er omheen
Ja 100%!!!
Oh My God!
You so witty!
I am really blown away by your witty and smart reply.
Yeah. I got nothing to counter that with.
You clearly showed your superior intellect with such a remark.
How could I ever fail to notice how brilliant your first and then following remarks were by such a truly brilliant remark.
Seriously! I am -blown away- by the incredible intellect that is showing behind this remark!
How eloquently succinct you are. Truly amazing.
Von een Amerikaan.. ik zou in Nederland willen gaan en een kanaal jacht. :):)
Well youre welcome...
Speuler.... Bent u uit het Nederland? Als ja... Kunt u me in Nederlands spreken? Ik lere om Nederlands spreken. :):) Bedankt voor uw hulp!!! :):)
Its Nice to see That you want to learn dutch :) i can help you with That if you want
'ik neuk je moeder' means: goodmorning
Sorry Pablo.. ik weet genoeg Nederlands te weten dat goede morgen betekent "Good Morning"
im aussie but parents a dutch going there for a second time in august and i love the place, been to some very nice places outside of amsterdam, cant wait to vist giethoorn
dit is wel hele oude content
Agraiangem ja, maar tot nu toe is dit nog een vd meest accutate en informatieve filmpjes over nl
great
The good old days, when the Netherlands still had is own, wonderful traditions without all the immigrants who complain
funny yet educational and informative.
zo te zien hoort Limburg niet meer echt bij Nederland..
+1bobbes1 gelukkig maar
woootttt
+LilyPrice rot op man Limburg is gwn leuk hoor
Ik als Amsterdammer, ben erg trots op Limburg. Zo fijn dat het bij ons land hoort.
zuid limburg limburg is belgie
I'm dutch, and last time I checked I'm not racist.
Assuming someone is the way they are because of race or origin, that's racist!!
Look at all those weedfields.. So proud :')
There is no weed feelds in this vid
*****
Bitch please.
Ash The Mohican stereotypical yeah.
I have see a lot of videos about the dutch culture but this is the only one that is true
very good video nice to see and yes I am dutch so I know what I say this video shows perfectly the dutch culture
I´m from the Netherlands and i HATE Dutch culture XD
haha!
Je kunt ook verhuizen naar een ander land
Try riding a bike in America sometime. You'll need a helmet, a reflective vest and a rosary.
Ach je hebt altijd je poppen nog.
Even cheese? :(
jarmolopy123 ik ook
I wish they made a new video, this one is pretty old! And I don't have a rug on the table :P too oldfashion for me. But I'm Dutch though :)
Who is behind this silly film, with its infantile mouse and a British narrator talking in the 'we' form. Who is prepared to pay a lot of money to portray the country as a harmonious, middle-class paradise, full of virtuous, hardworking, blond people. The style reminds me of Bert Haanstra's documentaries of the early 60's. Thats is not a compliment. I am not saying the countries is a dump or something. It is wel organised and by most standards affluent, but, just like every other country, it has some very rough edges. And those define a country as much as the pretty bits.
+Peter Hendriks I think this is a child program.
+Peter Hendriks m
+Wo Cheiron sorry, slip of the keyboard finger....
It's for kids. Generally we leave off the stuff about junkies and ethnoreligious tension when we talk to kids.
I love this country. I've been 1 month ago and I start to love it. Best appreciation from Italy
That was cheesy
Oh man I hope they don´t show things like this anymore about The Netherlands.
It is so outdated, that it´s a bit embarrassing, lol.
And he comes back with an even MORE brilliant remark!
My god. Just look at how logically this question follows from what we talked about before! You Sir/Madam, I bow to your superior intellict. With such well founded arguments, not a fallacy in sight. I take my hat off and prostrate myself before your obviously superior mind and intellect.
Especially the caps and the way how you misspelled the word 'you'. And all dutch people must bow down to that clearly superior intellect.
Lol en nu mogen zelfs de pietjes niet meer zwart zijn XD
The Netherlands is really beautiful.
To spend your holiday here, you dont regret, I am sure.
Proud to be part Dutch
I'm a Filipino ,, and i want to go there,, I love that place..
Is Salvia Divinorum legal over there? I mean will I be able to buy a few live Salvia plants to grow in my room? Also are the police likely to give me any hassle, for psychedelic things I grow or order and consume myself?
(Psychedelic painter, planning to move to the Netherlands in the next month or two)
haha we look so nerdy!!! O and they forgot to mention our music festivals starting from March till September!
Bernard Oattes' amazing music has caused me to want to visit that wonderful little cheese country.
You are right. There are different cultures in the Netherlands (Frisians/Limburgers/Gelderlanders etc). And they have nice places to visit too.
back in the days that nobody bitched about zwarte piet. i miss those days
Yeah, we'll have a little weekend city trip next week, a less than 2 hours drive from Luxemburg!
De wereld moet gewoon de wereld blijven, en mensen moeten niet denken dat ze recht hebben op het stukje grond waar ze toevallig geboren zijn.
I tried to explain why NederSaks called it Holland, not my words..
is this just a portion of the whole video? where can i see the rest?
I loved this video! So cute! They should have shown more Dutch men, though!!
Thanks, I'll try all of those. I also must remember to bring back plenty of stroupwaffles when I go, they're really good with ice cream!
Very nice.Unheimlich good.Geweldig.
amazing...
indonesia here
My brother Paul and I are part Dutch on our mom's side of the family! My mom's maiden name was Daniels
Love the Low Lands.
Voor ik hier naar Nederland kwam, had ik geen idee om wanneer welke woord te gebruiken. Wat nederlandse accenten zijn erg moeilijk om te luisteren, btw. In Amsterdam, spreken ze duidelijk, maar hierin deze stad spreken mensen erg snel en onduidelijk. Ik moet hier Engels voornamelijk spreken. Wat zielig...
I’m Dutch myself and I can say this is correct except the sinterklaas one he comes usually on 25 November and we celebrate sinterklaas for 2 weeks until 5 December than we have pakjesavond where we get a lot of presents the days before that depends per family how many times but you put your shoe by the chimney and sing special sinterklaas songs and that night sinterklaas and his helpers (also called pieten) put a present in your shoe
Where is it from, what is the reason it was made? And from which year? My guess would be around 96-98 or so.
Holland, the best country to live... where I live in the north of Holland here... No locked my door at night. Friendly village.
I´m falling in love with this country.
I can't wait to visit the Netherlands again. It's a great country. 🙂
Great Promotional Movie about the Dutch and our great country.
aaw best video i've seen about the netherlands so far!!
love that country :) ♥
hope one day i'm gonna live there.
I wanna go to Netherlands, it's so awesome and Indy lives there.
6:37 did he say xanne or sanne? My name is Xanne.
I am Dutch and studied among foreign students and agree with Voluntario. He probably doesn't mean that the Dutch are unfriendly, it is just hard to make real friends, which i hear a lot from foreign students. I think this is best explained by the Dutch having a close group of friends, sometimes from a young age. So even though most people are open and friendly, really getting into someones intimate sphere of good friends can be a bit more challenging.
love the video. There is more to Holland than shown here. But overall great.
Love this!! Great job
oh thanks a lot!! nice to read that.! and yes i can take tipical food from Guatemala...! i will go next year to Belgum and i am expecting to visit the wonderful Holland as well. (because i really think i love your country) thank you.!
Are there any more nation profiles like this on youtube?
You haven't got a video like this for australia by any chance???? desperately need it before the 16t May 2012.
Hah- the good old days when living in Holland was still the best and totally not complicated. I miss it!
I have lived in many countries throughout Europa, and have friends from different nationalities. Actually, I studied a MA in The Hague, and most of my foreigners classmates thought alike.