I think the maker is referring to Houten, a town near Utrecht. It is a factual error that motorized vehicles are not allowed, but infrastructure is optimized for bicycles.
0:05 There is no vilage called hougt😮on in the netherlands... There is a city called Houten that, amongst many other cities, has special infrastructure optimized for cyclists and pedestrians, but cars are deffinitely NOT banned!
Agreed. There is very little about the information in this video that is interesting or even factual. I came for the thumbnail, which is probably the best possible thing about the Netherlands. The video itself is perfectly skippable.
@@pinobluevogel6458 "everything is allowed in this country" is wrong and also "the freest country in the world" is wrong because the netherland isn't the freest country.
@@sagittariusa9012 Yes and yes. I agree wholeheartedly. I just like the beautiful picture of the dutch athlete, which I think might be a young Jutte. The video also does include a lot of nonsense and despite it being barely over 3 minutes I couldn't watch more than half of it.
All in all nicely put together. Yes tallest people, no not healthiest, first major company , first stock exchange, tolerate towards soft drugs etc. But we got problems too. Healthiest -not so because we are getting fatter, education is lacking the level dropped significantly on all levels of education, healthcare- shortage of staff, costs are way up high, migration-not so well organised. On politics- the parties at the centre of the political spectrum forgot about the needs and wants of the people in general. Those parties were taken over by nature and climate freaks that implemented policies on measures to decrease the output level of Co2 in our atmosphere. Wolves were re-introduced, giant windmills and solar pannels were set up everywhereas a so called solution for our "energy"problem. This mantra of "being responsable"for our climate was shoved down the throat of every citizen in our little country. People got sick of these dumb and stupid rigid anti-climate change laws!. The concequence was the move to the more extreme right of the political landscape! The rightwing parties promissed to stop the climate nonsens, start building houses wich we are short of, and fix the problem with migration. Now this rightwing cabinet is allmost active , we wait and see what this will bring! The Netherlands; a beautifull well organised country with good infra-structure and happy people in general, from a worldwide perspective!!
A very strong comment with a lot of important points. However, I would like to correct you on the fact that Wilder's party, the PVV is not a right wing part at all. Yes, technically they are strict on immigration, but the rest of their entire party program is very close to that of the SP. (a socialist party) The decline in our country and the lack of acceptable governmental representation and effectiveness stems from the massive divide between the 'ruling class' and the 'working class'. In the Netherlands the citizens are overwhelmingly culturally 'rightwing' and economically 'leftwing', while the government is the exact opposite. Government is investing in culturally 'leftwing' endeavors, which almost nobody wants and is trying to cut costs to everything that is important to us, like healthcare, pensions, housing and public transportation, basically all the things that most people would want a government for if anything. Meanwhile taxes are at an all time high, our finances are in ruin and most importantly the buying power of the average citizen is at an all time low, lower than even at the record low of the earlier 19-20-1930's crisis years. The average salary in those crisis years for an unschooled worker was worth more than twice as much corrected for inflation today. If anything, we need much less government. Massive government spending needs to be cut and directed into the few things that we actually need, the things we have the government for. Lay off about 75% or more of the bureaucrats and hope that most will be able to generate some amount of value and wealth as an actual working human being.
Yes this thumbnail text doesn't make much sense. Even if you're a fan of our government and agree with everything they do, you still have to pay 75% of all you ever make in taxes.
The city of Veenendaal became Bicycle City in both 2000 and 2020. I wonder, which of the council members had to bend over for that. Meanwhile, walkers almost break their ankles with every step they take.
Founding Date: The British East India Company was incorporated by royal charter on December 31, 1600. Two years before the Dutch East India company. The Bingley Arms, a pub in the UK, which was registered in 953 AD
@@SjoukeP Correct, Frisian is in between Dutch and English (aka Anglo-Frisian) in the language tree thus closer to English than Dutch. And you do have a nice Frisian first name. 😉
Christianity was spread here from England and the priests were understood because of the languages were so simulare. English, Dutch and German are all from the same language-family being Germanic.
@@ericheuvel6369 Good point, I always wondered about that. The Frisians killed English speaking Boniface near Dokkum, they may have understood him but clearly did not agree with him. 😇
No motor but motorized vehicles are banned in some inner cities, not the cities altogether. And, by far, The Netherlands is not the freest (if that is even a word) country but one of the most liberal. But not surprised that Americans who get their info, facts and reality from social media and Fox and can't even distinguish left from right, come up with this clickbait crap, having simply no clue about the rest of the word, what they copy and where they come from.
Wow, you are not really the brightest kid on the block, are you? And what the fuck does "freest" mean? That's not even a word. It should be "most free". Our freedom is simply a happy state of mind. An American like you will never be able to fully understand what real freedom is...
The dutch have never retreived gas from the North Sea, and what concerns the gas that was extracted on land, this has been shut down due to earth quakes. Are they any poorer now and need God's help?
If you don't know what you are talking about please keep your mouth shut! If this was true 1. Why aren't countries smaller than the netherlands richer and why are the richer countries all much larger? 2. Biggest exports of the netherlands are flowers, agriculture and technology! (i.e. CD, DVD, WiFi, Bluetooth, ... all are dutch inventions)
There is no village in the Netherlands where motor vehicles are banned.
I thought one of the islands in the wadden see had no cars.
Residents of Schiermonnikoog can apply for an exemption that allows for one car per address. Tourist can't bring their car.
I think the maker is referring to Houten, a town near Utrecht. It is a factual error that motorized vehicles are not allowed, but infrastructure is optimized for bicycles.
@@ronaldderooij1774Old part of Giethoorn does!
@@51bikerboyThat's not because motorvehicles aren't allowed but because there is no street or road. Just water. Cars don't perform well under water.
0:05 There is no vilage called hougt😮on in the netherlands... There is a city called Houten that, amongst many other cities, has special infrastructure optimized for cyclists and pedestrians, but cars are deffinitely NOT banned!
I was wondering... where is this how ten?
@@worfozIt's Houten, Near Utrecht.
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Nice stock collage, facts were provided by a retired toadherder from Easter Island though
Agreed. There is very little about the information in this video that is interesting or even factual. I came for the thumbnail, which is probably the best possible thing about the Netherlands. The video itself is perfectly skippable.
And another video full with half-truths and outright lies. Getting to be annoying.
This is almost like a randomly AI-Generated video. The quality is worse though.
Go to the Netherlands before talking bullshit!!!
This Video is pure BS..... And it already starts with the thumbnail.
The thumbnail is the only good thing about the video, the picture .. not the text.
@@pinobluevogel6458 "everything is allowed in this country" is wrong and also "the freest country in the world" is wrong because the netherland isn't the freest country.
@@sagittariusa9012 Yes and yes. I agree wholeheartedly. I just like the beautiful picture of the dutch athlete, which I think might be a young Jutte. The video also does include a lot of nonsense and despite it being barely over 3 minutes I couldn't watch more than half of it.
All in all nicely put together. Yes tallest people, no not healthiest, first major company , first stock exchange, tolerate towards soft drugs etc.
But we got problems too. Healthiest -not so because we are getting fatter, education is lacking the level dropped significantly on all levels of education, healthcare- shortage of staff, costs are way up high, migration-not so well organised.
On politics- the parties at the centre of the political spectrum forgot about the needs and wants of the people in general. Those parties were taken over by nature and climate freaks that implemented policies on measures to decrease the output level of Co2 in our atmosphere. Wolves were re-introduced, giant windmills and solar pannels were set up everywhereas a so called solution for our "energy"problem. This mantra of "being responsable"for our climate was shoved down the throat of every citizen in our little country. People got sick of these dumb and stupid rigid anti-climate change laws!.
The concequence was the move to the more extreme right of the political landscape! The rightwing parties promissed to stop the climate nonsens, start building houses wich we are short of, and fix the problem with migration. Now this rightwing cabinet is allmost active , we wait and see what this will bring! The Netherlands; a beautifull well organised country with good infra-structure and happy people in general, from a worldwide perspective!!
A very strong comment with a lot of important points. However, I would like to correct you on the fact that Wilder's party, the PVV is not a right wing part at all. Yes, technically they are strict on immigration, but the rest of their entire party program is very close to that of the SP. (a socialist party)
The decline in our country and the lack of acceptable governmental representation and effectiveness stems from the massive divide between the 'ruling class' and the 'working class'. In the Netherlands the citizens are overwhelmingly culturally 'rightwing' and economically 'leftwing', while the government is the exact opposite. Government is investing in culturally 'leftwing' endeavors, which almost nobody wants and is trying to cut costs to everything that is important to us, like healthcare, pensions, housing and public transportation, basically all the things that most people would want a government for if anything.
Meanwhile taxes are at an all time high, our finances are in ruin and most importantly the buying power of the average citizen is at an all time low, lower than even at the record low of the earlier 19-20-1930's crisis years. The average salary in those crisis years for an unschooled worker was worth more than twice as much corrected for inflation today.
If anything, we need much less government. Massive government spending needs to be cut and directed into the few things that we actually need, the things we have the government for. Lay off about 75% or more of the bureaucrats and hope that most will be able to generate some amount of value and wealth as an actual working human being.
"Freest country in the world" Unless you're a Dutch citizen.
Yes this thumbnail text doesn't make much sense. Even if you're a fan of our government and agree with everything they do, you still have to pay 75% of all you ever make in taxes.
AiAiAi... 🤣
The city of Veenendaal became Bicycle City in both 2000 and 2020. I wonder, which of the council members had to bend over for that. Meanwhile, walkers almost break their ankles with every step they take.
Founding Date: The British East India Company was incorporated by royal charter on December 31, 1600.
Two years before the Dutch East India company.
The Bingley Arms, a pub in the UK, which was registered in 953 AD
the oldest company still operating today is Kongo Gumi, a construction company founded in 578 AD in Osaka, Japan
Mostly only Dutch and English as the second language is spoken over there.
Of all languages Dutch is the closest to English.
In my opinion Frysian is closer (I'm not F btw)
@@SjoukeP Correct, Frisian is in between Dutch and English (aka Anglo-Frisian) in the language tree thus closer to English than Dutch. And you do have a nice Frisian first name. 😉
Christianity was spread here from England and the priests were understood because of the languages were so simulare. English, Dutch and German are all from the same language-family being Germanic.
@@ericheuvel6369 Good point, I always wondered about that. The Frisians killed English speaking Boniface near Dokkum, they may have understood him but clearly did not agree with him. 😇
@@ingeborgsvensson4896 … people tend to get a bit angry when a stranger comes by and take down your holy oak!🤗
I have been to Houten, it's not a village and there are cars
Peeked at Houten on Google maps- there are clearly cars & other traffic.
Houten is called Wooden in engolish ok
I own three bikes. 😅
so motor vehicles are banned... so it's NOT the freest country!
No motor but motorized vehicles are banned in some inner cities, not the cities altogether.
And, by far, The Netherlands is not the freest (if that is even a word) country but one of the most liberal.
But not surprised that Americans who get their info, facts and reality from social media and Fox and can't even distinguish left from right, come up with this clickbait crap, having simply no clue about the rest of the word, what they copy and where they come from.
Wow, you are not really the brightest kid on the block, are you?
And what the fuck does "freest" mean? That's not even a word. It should be "most free". Our freedom is simply a happy state of mind. An American like you will never be able to fully understand what real freedom is...
The smaller the country is, the easier is to keep it rich. If the gas in the Northern Sea wasn't there, God help them.
Yeah that’s not true at all. The biggest export product is xtc 😂😂
The dutch have never retreived gas from the North Sea, and what concerns the gas that was extracted on land, this has been shut down due to earth quakes. Are they any poorer now and need God's help?
Your mobile is made because of ASML.
Etc etc etc etc etc
Texas has oil. They have much more inmates per 1000 than the N.L. So it is not the gas.
If you don't know what you are talking about please keep your mouth shut!
If this was true 1. Why aren't countries smaller than the netherlands richer and why are the richer countries all much larger? 2. Biggest exports of the netherlands are flowers, agriculture and technology! (i.e. CD, DVD, WiFi, Bluetooth, ... all are dutch inventions)