@@elsafralves When you're 'going Dutch', you're actually doing both of them : You're being generous for not letting the other one pay the whole bill, and you're also sharing that experience with that same person. But more importantly, 'going Dutch' and not buying stupid expensive shit you probably don't need anyway, proves you to be kinda smart, for you're left with more money to spend on more important issues, which might include helping out others. Any which way you look at it, there are no downsides to the Dutch mentality. I should know for i'm 100% Dutch and have been all my life (i'm grinning now)
@@peet4921 I understand. I live in Denmark and Danes go Dutch too but as a Portuguese/Southern European I just find it stingy and poor-spirited in all honestly. :)
@@elsafralves And that's only because you don't fully comprehend the overall spirit in which we apply and experience the 'process' some percieve as being cheap or lacking generosity, for just like becoming real friends with us, you can forget about only having a nice smile and patience for 2 weeks. Like i said, overall we're really good people, but far from stupid. And once you become a friend, escaping us is futile.
Sipho AstralMan Look, look, don’t buy (In countries like Turkey, sellers actually yell it at us after they noticed we’re Dutch. I guess we don’t like to buy junk but love to look at it haha)
I spent a lot of time in the Netherlands and I've never in my life thought that Dutch people come off as rude :D It's a weird stereotype I never understood. I think Americans (no offense) find most Europeans rude, simply because we are not so straightforward and extroverted with strangers as Americans or Australians. Dutch people are one of the sweetest, friendliest people I've ever met. They're also very accepting and welcoming to foreigners (at least from my experience). Love the Netherlands
It all depents on the person and where you live in the big city's they dont care about alot but in the less populated city's they more likely to bounce to rhe borderline racist people🤣🤣
Dear peolpe of the netherlands, thank you for being who you are and how you are. I love you and your beautiful country. You are the best neighbour one can have. Greetings from Germany.
I love it how so many Germans go to the Netherlands for vacaction, but also at the same time the german Autobahn is full of Caravans from the Netherlands. 😁❤
I think the dutch caravans go to Switzerland and Norway, because the dutch people have heard about this mythical thing called "mountains", and they want to check out if they really exist.
@@Tjalve70 there just sleeping giants, the reason why they don't sleep in the Netherlands is because they feel competition against the tall dutchies XD
It's true.... On the other hand, there is a famous saying: if you don't want to get killed, don't bike like the Dutch. We Dutch are so confident that we know what we are doing, that we think the rules don't apply to us. Or, at least..... Amsterdammers (like me) definitely are. But I would not at all be surprised if the rest of the Netherlands does exactly the same. It's essentially a "Do as we say, not as we do" message to the tourists.
Honestly, I find Dutch bikers more relaxed than Germans. With the German ones, when you hear the bell it's already too late. Just jump and pray you don't jump into them. In the Netherlands, till now I've always had to to look where they come from before deciding on where to dodge to lol
So true. As a tourist, don't even think about hiring a bike in Amsterdam. In other towns, keep an eye on your watch and get the fuck off the road at the time when the schools come out, because you will be massacred. The rest of the time it's not so bad, but you still need to have eyes like a wasp to see in all directions at once.
Even though I bike almost every day, I always found that there's some kind of etiquete or unritten code about all the do's and don'ts of biking like a dutch, and I still know I stand out biking in the netherlands (owning a mountain bike in a flat country is properly a tell) XD
I love dutch people and the netherlands! Ive spent 2 years of my life living there n it was a life changing experience! And yes, the tall bit is so true... ou silly joke was... dutch people are really tall cause they are below sea level so they need to keep their heads out of the water in case the dams collapse ahahaha
Ik geloof dat je dit alleen zegt om aandacht, maar niet dat je het daadwerkelijk doet .. Ga aandacht bij je ouders vragen, please.. Er is nog hoop in je, anders moet je maar naar een psycholoog gaan!
GhostEye31 I live in the north of the Netherlands so I don’t know how it is in Amsterdam, but we just know our bikes Really well and know When we can cross the Road or pass someone.
@@JYKDutchYT people that walk on bike lanes are asking to get hit by a bike. I've been hit many times by bikes in Amsterdam but that's because of my own stupidity.
True story : Guy says "Where are you from ?" Me :"From the Netherlands" the guys says "Oh I've been to the Netherlands, I thought Copenhagen was so cool, must be awesome to live there"
Ik heb ook jaren lang geloofd dat mn familie uit denemarken kwam en toen kwam ik er achter dat denemarken en drenthe niet de zelfde waren. (maar laten we 10 jarige ik niet jugen.)
Lol ik ook zoiets, was in Frankrijk op een camping aan het afwassen en ik begin te praten met een Franse vrouw. Dus ze vraagt waar ik vandaan kom dus ik zeg: Im Dutch. Later ze zegt iets tegen dr man die vervolgens rustig met mij Duits gaat praten
I am 5 ft 11. I went to Singapore once and on the subway everybody was looking up at me because I was a head taller than everybody and that felt strange. Later I went to Sweden and Netherlands and had the opposite experience. And that was strange. The world is funny.
Dutch are not "Cheap" per se, but here's how it works: in the US you brag about how expensive your phone is. In the Netherlands you brag about how good of a deal you got on your phone.
Loved the Netherlands when I stayed there for a bit doing an internship in Haarlem. Would move back in a heartbeat if the opportunity came along. Yes they are direct, but for me it never came off as rude. Oddly, it was a welcome relief from being used to seeing people smile in your face one minute & then say the opposite the moment you leave the room. In fact, out of all the European countries I've been to so far, the Dutch were the most welcoming followed by Icelanders.
They are great, aren't they? As a German, there had been so much tension between us, but why nowadays? I absolutely adore my dutch neighbours. Netherlands, we love you!!!!!!!!!!
Also: I was amazed at the times I've been to Holland, almost all the people speak perfect English, even the older people. If you compare it to for example Germany or Austria or France, their English is amazing. And all the Dutch people I've met are super super nice, and they love a good party where they can dance. (and they can dance)
French people think French is far superior to English, so not everyone bothers to study it. It's just that centuries-old bickering from the Brits and the French. Even in Spain, not a lot who speak fluent English. Basically, the triumvirates of the colonisers has an aversion to each other's languages.
@@tania6113 nope, well Spanish is my main language, we say Holanda, and I have dutch friends who also say Holland, and no I know there's more to the country than just Amsterdam, I've been three times to several places, Nijmegen, Venlo, The Hague, Breda, Rotterdam, Utrecht, and Amsterdam and in all those places the people were super nice.
@@rebecamunoz6721 I am native spanish speaker and The Netherlands in Spanish is Paises Bajos and Holanda (Holland) is not a country is a province, North Holland and South Holland. Amsterdam is the city of the province of North Holland that is in the Netherlands in Spanish Paises Bajos.
I visit the Netherlands almost every year. I've got my little local haunts. The Dutch people are blunt and honest, and as someone from New Jersey, I find that talking to them reminds me of home.
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I have been working in multinational environment for 10 years. During this time I spent a lot of time with many kind of people (Americans, a lots of Scandinavians, South and East Europeians, people from Middle-Asia) and I have to admit most of the stereotypes are true...I also have to admit that I always loved the most the Dutch people. Very straight forward, no unecessary politeness when we have to solve a problem. I had the most efficient meetings with Dutch co-workers. I really like the way how they handle the everyday situations.
I studied Dutch language for a year in university and once tried to strike up a simple conversation with a Dutch person who told me "Yeah ok, let's just do this for only a moment and then switch back to English so that we can continue having an intelligible conversation." ... it wasn't just the statement, but the way it was said... with such disdain. It really conveyed that they did not like the idea of someone attempting to speak their language. Felt real bad.
No mate, we're tall so we have a better chance of surviving floodings. ;) At least that would explain why the people in the north and west tend to be taller than those in the east and the south of the country. XD
As an Iranian tourist who has traveled to more than 15 countries, Dutch people are one of the nicest people in the world, and lots of them indeed speak english very well. Love from Iran ♥️
That’s so sweet! As a Dutch tourist who’s travelled a lot, Iran is one of my fave countries. Great food, kindest people and amazing architecture and history. Can’t wait to go back.
steeeefie It is kind of you. I hope Iran gets rid of its corrupt government. So people around the world come to Iran, and we can be better hosts and serve them delicious kebab koobideh :))
I know a couple of dutch people, and I find em impossible to not become friends. They don't go around, good sense of humor, with their feet on the ground. Cool people.
I wanna say hi to Indonesian girl's father, and i wanna say that similarities vocabulary between Dutch and Indonesian (and Javanese) are about 3000 words i think? Cmiiw.
@@jasmijn6285 i'm sorry maybe we have miscommunication? I said between Dutch and Indonesian have +- 3000 similarities vocabulary, and maybe i was wrong please correct me. How can you say "VOC mentaliteit" for me?
Indonesian has adopted 3000 Dutch words some are obvious some are not. Kulkas, kalkun ,kamar less obvious is senapan which comes from snaphaan the Indonesian word means rifle. Snaphaan is Snaphaunch or flintlock in English. Common history goes back further than that. Satem and centum languages comes from Sanskrit and Latin for hundred the early navigators discovered that some Asian languages were not difficult to learn.
@@r.v.b.4153 i mean our average is 5 cm taller then the next country after us so we are tall. Not all people in dutch are tall but if you look at averages we are.
I'm Indonesian woman, and I personally think that what people call "rude" is actually good. Dating in my own country... I'm still dreaming to meet such an honest man, besides.. some people often judge me for being direct.. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate my country and my people but I think at the end.. honestly and being real is the most thing we need in a relationship
one of my dearest friends live in Amsterdam and also I meet so many good people there, so true and kind I just can’t understand this “rude” stereotype, okay, they’re very straight to point but I’m very passionate with them, can’t wait to go back to that wonderful country! 🤍
NYer here and by far, Dutch people are my fav to interact w/ in my travels in Europe. Coming from a country w/ fake niceness (USA), it's refreshing to interact w/ such kind and direct people. No beating around the bush, just straight to the point. As an introvert, I struggle w/ anything else. Great culture of cycling, festivals and minimalism. And yes, like Peter Parker said... they speak English so well. 🙂
We belgians are the complete opposite. If someone would open an app to see who has to pay half a euro more, I take out my wallet and pay the bill. It is really embarrassing. In Holland Casino you see belgians in the high rollers area and there are no dutch men, literally zero. Why do you all sit on your money like that? I’m not saying throwing it out of the window like most belgians do is better. It’s just so weird that we live so closeby. But we are very different. But when it comes to saying what you think, we could learn a thing or two.
If you mix a Norwegian person and a Danish person, you would get a person that a Swede would find ideally lagom, and a role model. But this person already exists and is called a Dutch.
I think I really agree with the Amsterdam complaint. It is pretty much the same for the USA. It's like people forget that there more to the country than NY and LA.
Very true, as a brit it took me a while to get used their direct manner its nothing personal but seems it at first. And as a 5ft6 or 167cm male also true I look up to most of the women here!
I am Dutch and agree with some of the points. But others don’t make sense to me, this might be because everyone in this video has lived abroad in western countries. To me there are a lot of things which are very differently viewed in the east.
It's the same here in Denmark regarding bikes. Most children learn to ride a bike at age 3-4 years old and especially Copenhagen is full of people on bikes.
My so much beloved dutch neighbours. I live right on the border between Germany and the Netherlands. I experienced the detachment between the dutch and the germans in my childhood and I'm so happy that we've grown together. There are so many similarities between us and the other europeans. I adore all our neighbours. Let's stay a united Europe!!! But this video is really funny to be honest....
I like yall Dutch people.Yall are very direct nice folks.just got back from the dutch side of the Caribbean.It is the difference between night and day.The dutch have the cleanest city in the Caribbean.You pay 10 dollars to use the restroom.Im like dam.That restroom was sparkling clean.Hi to all the dutch people.
I'm Canadian, but my fathers parents (My opa and oma) are from the netherlands. I've inherited the dutch height (193 cm/6"4) blond hair, blue eyes. I'm cheap and okay with it, and struggle making friends because of my honesty. I'm still very proud though!
Ad Lockhorst Wij hebben nu bij ons op school twee uitwisselingsstudenten een meisje uit Japan en een meisje uit Mexico. Ze volgend allebei half 4vwo en half 5vwo en in beide jaren worden ze gewoon goed opgenomen door iedereen. Als er iets is wil iedereen altijd wel helpen en als ze het niet begrijpen schakelen we gewoon over naar het Engels. Iedereen is gewoon aardig en zegt niks geks. Misschien komt dit ook wel omdat ze vwo doen hoor, maar het is ook maar een voorbeeld
As a Copenhagener, I absolutely can relate to the tourists on bikes. They are a hazard, when they go around not following the bike traffic.. Many bike rental places hand out pamplets of how to properly give signals, but those tourists on sightseeing keeping left on the bike lane are just the worst..
@Radek OM from 2010 till 2012 I've lived in Germany. I found it accurate that they are direct to the point they may be rude. I don't know any Dutch or lived in the Netherlands, so I have no clue. I visited there, but they seemed nice. Nicer than the Germans. But again, I had no deeper contact. So I can't comment. I'm brazilian, plus I'm highly sensitive. You can imagine what I had to been through in my 2 years time in Germany. Ahahahah
@Radek OM I know all of that. It was a though job for me to obtain that information from the German, by only empirical observation and no real German friend. Now to answer your question (I'm trying to be a bit German. Ahahahah ) I'm highly, extremely and almost obsessed with going deeper on social and personal profiles. I got a lot of pleasure when I figure out things like that and why. The same goes to music. I dig deep until I find the magma. I'm not included on the stereotype you mentioned. Q:))) but I do get upset and even pissed off when a massive amount of highly "educated", "intelligent" and "open minded" people shoot veiled "prejudice/prejudgment/Bias", daily in almost all daily situations against someone (me), without even getting to know him. Only because, he Looks 99,9% Arab. Ahahahah that's though. And to make it even more funny, the Arabs I had contact , of course, didn't recognize me as one of them, and ignored me. Q:)
Ive was buming around the Netherlands for a month last summer. Dutch are pretty generous if you like engage with them. Even if you ask for help they can give you 10,20 euros easy. And they are direct. When say sorry i have a card, or sorry i need it they mean it so I never felt shunned. I would have stayed but I had massive problems with my room mates so i had to leave.
badtrapify Tikkie. You can send people a message on whatsapp for example and they can click on it and pay you the amount you want. Its Made by one of our banks so its completely safe
I have been there twice. The first time when I was 15. I did a 3-week cycling /camping tour around the country with other people my own age. Our guide recommended we sew Canadian Flags on our rucksacks, as this would be well received by the Dutch. The kids in our Québécois group wanted to sew on a Québec flag instead. They did not know that almost nobody in the world knows what that flag is, LOL. Great infrastructure in the Netherlands for cycling and camping. The second time I was 21. I stayed in a floating motel in Amsterdam. I was only there for a couple of days since my flight was KLM and landed in Amsterdam. I was off to Berlin for a summer internship.
I once got a Tikkie for 26 cents for my half of a printing project. Another time, I went on a first date with a boy and after the meal I suggested going dutch. He later sent me a Tikkie for half his bus-fare.
There are at least 2 in the video that are not really Dutch. I think if you want to answer videos about stereotypical dutch things, then you should select stereotypical Dutch, aka Ethnic dutch , and not foreign ancestry or mixed ancestry.
My question for the many Netherlanders I've met - "How many languages do you speak?" It seems like they all speak an average of 5 languages. I'm very impressed with the Dutch people. They are intelligent and easy to converse with.
You are right but 5 as an average is pretty high. Most of us will speak Dutch and English, and then one other foreign language (often German or French because they were required classes in high school).
@@jellybeanSUZAN Greetings and much respect from this American. Yes, you are right that 5 languages is a high average. I can only think of my experience travelling where the Dutch people seem to converse in the local language everywhere I went in Europe. Better than Germans, French, British or Americans. But then this is only a tiny example.
Planet Nine that does seem pretty accurate. When it comes to people speaking languages fluently, it is probably 3 on average. But most people do indeed speak little bits of other languages but don’t master it.
not really all speak but i can talk with people who speak. Danish, german, english, vlaams, (dutch ofc.) ,Frisian (witch is a languige in the netherlands but its not really dutch. and im trying to learn swedish and noors.
Lived 2 years in NL and love their straightforward attitude, it's just practical. They are very practical about most things... And also love their weed...
If they claim every Dutch has tried weed at least once in their lifetime, they shouldn’t be wondering why they get asked this question a lot. I don’t know anyone in my life who smokes weed, I didn’t even know that’s a thing.
I am South African Expat who has stayed in the Netherlands and worked a lot with Dutch people on projects in West Africa. What I found was: Dutch people are very direct with you, but can not take it back! Dutch people are very friendly but not very helpfull (Germany was the other way round, unfriendly but helpfull Germans) There are some very tall Dutch people, when I stayed in Zoetermeer I was blown away by these truely massive "Giants" I really enjoyed the Dutch food, it is great. The Dutch work ethic was quite relaxed but still very proffesional (When I stayed in Germany it was very formal all the time) Rotterdam Harbour is a must for anyone involved in Engineering to see, no matter how many times I went there I was always amazed.
I don't know if honesty and being direct is also a German thing. But my German friend is like that and I love it. We are 100% direct to each other and there is no harsh feelings because we're just being honest. In Brazil, this wouldn't end up well.
I remember 1993 when we had an international meeting in Eindhoven, kinda "Youth of the Europe against the nationalism". It was my first trip to the Western Europe and after we (our student group) had lived in Koln for a week (with all those German discipline and regulation and don't-go-on-the-red-passing-the-streets-or-you-to-prison things) and when we came to Eindhoven I felt like "F, i"m finally home!". It was amazing, people were very open-minded, could have drunk beer at 9 am after a party that ended at 7 am (Russian style) instead of German aspirin ). One strange thing for me was a Dutch student who spent a LOT of money for beer for a few nights (much more than we, poor eastern-Europeans at that time) was looking for me for 2 days just to exchange my last 20 us dollars to guldens (he was about to go to the Southern Asia). Finally we concluded this monetary deal and I was astonished how punctually and careful he was with those coins. ) After he declared that each of us had made a good economy. (quarter of gulden, I guess )). In my anarcho-chaotic non-materialistic Slavic mind I was thinking - "what the hell is going on here??" But I kept smiling politely. After he bought 6 Heinekens and we celebrated. )
@@PuzzleQodec Yeah well, those cities are in two completely different countries, so the fact they are so different isn't that weird. As a Dutch person, I always consider German people to be more tidy: I always thought German cities looked more clean compared to Dutch ones.
Haha ;) Can't relate Köln to be that bad back then, but maybe the relatively short time after The Wall fell made police crack down on Eastern-European people, don't know. I can relate to your money-exchange story ;) When I visited Kyiv in 2018, I was dumbstruck about going by plane and hotels and such, so did not have a credit-card... So the (female, I might add) friend that invited me over to Ukraine paid for my hotel with her card and said that if I took enough cash (in Euros) with me to pay for the hotel, she would exchange it for Grivna's: I didn't understand what the advantage was because I had seen rates of 30 to 32 Grivna/Euro at exchange windows, but she expained that she could pay her rent and companies can get an even better deal on large sums of money. So she got a good deal when she would pay her rent in Euro's and I got a better deal then when I would have exchanged Euros for Grivna's myself. It was weird though to get my wallet out and hand her my 500 Euro's in a McDonalds... I asked her to be extremely carefull, but she didn't seem to be to bothered about walking around with something like 16000 Grivna at hand. Greetings, Aleksander Frolov ;) (I still try to keep up with my knowledge of Cyrillic)
Couldn't agree more with the responses!! Another point to add: most Dutch men are not very gentelmen like, when compered with men from some other countries. But then again, Dutch ladies seem to prefer that
I just can't stand when people say I'm going to Holland... Its The Netherlands (Nederland) Holland is a name for 2 provinces, North-Holland and South-Holland I'm Dutch btw
Haha the place were many Dutch people live for some weird reason XD Like me, I mean I was born in NZ but want to go back to a place that feels more like home than NZ
From a Spaniard: Netherlands might be a very rich, organized, straightforward and open-minded country to live in but there is one thing you definitely cant do anything about: your weather is shit and depressing all year round!! Also half the population of your big cities are basically immigrants or offspring of immigrants. XD
i am a blonde, blue eyed, 6.2 ft woman, very direct and I think about my money but definitely not cheap. the most un-Dutch thing: i got my drivers driver's license when I was 18 and never touched a bike again. so thats 22 years without a bike. yes, that is something unheard of here.
@@jpoodle Lots of people in various places act fake. They bite their tongue, and pretend they're ok with something when they aren't. Or they say things in a very vague, indirect way. In many places, people are expected to adopt a people-pleasing, agreeable attitude. The Japanese are famous for this. In their case, they say they do it because group harmony is more important than the individual. So I would say honesty is not practiced by alot of people.
I've always heard that the Dutch always brag about being too straightforward but when it goes the other way around they're not that comfortable with it. How ironic, lol
Yeah typical dutch they only want to insult people or generally have it their way! If someone dare to say rules exist for them too then all hell gets loose
@Robda no being rude and inconsiderate it is not a thing.. it shows just low moral caracter and egoism. Also the french surrender ? The dutch did not last even 2 weeks in ww2 while the french 6 weeks and the greeks like a year lolllllll and the russians won the war for europeans. Learn history u self centered dutch trying to find excuses for the dutch behavior while u are the personification of it.
@Robda nice way prooving what everyone here says about the dutch is correct. Instead using real arguments u go to rude personnal attacks.. well the dutch surrendered much more many times than the french who were after the middle ages the superpower of continental europe. When u say the french surrender state the incidences. As for me i write history articles in history magazines and get payed for it. Idk if that makes me mentally ill as u say in your rude monologue. How about u since u wanna take it to the personnal level
We're not cheap, we're just not stupid.
Yes but the best things in life come from generosity and sharing.
@@elsafralves When you're 'going Dutch', you're actually doing both of them : You're being generous for not letting the other one pay the whole bill, and you're also sharing that experience with that same person.
But more importantly, 'going Dutch' and not buying stupid expensive shit you probably don't need anyway, proves you to be kinda smart, for you're left with more money to spend on more important issues, which might include helping out others.
Any which way you look at it, there are no downsides to the Dutch mentality.
I should know for i'm 100% Dutch and have been all my life (i'm grinning now)
@@elsafralves We're pennywise so we can be poundfoolish with the people we love.
@@peet4921 I understand. I live in Denmark and Danes go Dutch too but as a Portuguese/Southern European I just find it stingy and poor-spirited in all honestly. :)
@@elsafralves And that's only because you don't fully comprehend the overall spirit in which we apply and experience the 'process' some percieve as being cheap or lacking generosity, for just like becoming real friends with us, you can forget about only having a nice smile and patience for 2 weeks.
Like i said, overall we're really good people, but far from stupid.
And once you become a friend, escaping us is futile.
There is an old dutch saying "kijken, kijken, niet kopen". I think that's beautiful.
What does it mean please translate...👍👍
Sipho AstralMan Look, look, don’t buy (In countries like Turkey, sellers actually yell it at us after they noticed we’re Dutch. I guess we don’t like to buy junk but love to look at it haha)
@@SiphoSy it's a dutch jolen
Sipho AstralMan it means: look, look, but do not buy
Hahahahaa
I lived in the US and my kids got asked in (high) school: "are your parents always stoned?". Hilarious.
Ron Arts brrrchacha?
hehehehe
And the answer is....
And in the US kids go to HIGH school .....
Lucas Nederlandse Patriot lol he said that people aked his kids 🤦♀️
I spent a lot of time in the Netherlands and I've never in my life thought that Dutch people come off as rude :D It's a weird stereotype I never understood. I think Americans (no offense) find most Europeans rude, simply because we are not so straightforward and extroverted with strangers as Americans or Australians. Dutch people are one of the sweetest, friendliest people I've ever met. They're also very accepting and welcoming to foreigners (at least from my experience). Love the Netherlands
Hhmm, the last part isn't always true.
@@Capt.Galenhad as I said, that's my experience
@@Daniellinne Fair enough :)
It all depents on the person and where you live in the big city's they dont care about alot but in the less populated city's they more likely to bounce to rhe borderline racist people🤣🤣
Thank you so much 😊! I'm Dutch 😁
Actually, Dutch people are born on bikes.
Newborn:
boy
Agpar score = 12, 10 for boy and 2 for BMX.
I’m dutch but i can’t cycle
@@romasterxd7059 You're a psychopath. Maar echt hoe kom jij door het leven?
@joris de bruin wrm ben ik een psychopaat alleen als ik niet kan fietsen
@joris de bruin wat heeft niet kunnen fietsen met psychopaten te maken
Dear peolpe of the netherlands, thank you for being who you are and how you are. I love you and your beautiful country. You are the best neighbour one can have.
Greetings from Germany.
I think Germans are the best. No kidding
I love going to Germany, it's so pretty and the people are cool! (I'm Dutch)
Everyone gangsta till germany invades Nijmegen
I love it how so many Germans go to the Netherlands for vacaction, but also at the same time the german Autobahn is full of Caravans from the Netherlands. 😁❤
i am kinda living in the netherlands and german
The camping thing is true. The Dutch caravans are everywhere in the summer.
Regards from Switzerland
Hup Holland
I think the dutch caravans go to Switzerland and Norway, because the dutch people have heard about this mythical thing called "mountains", and they want to check out if they really exist.
@@Tjalve70 😂😂😂😂😂
@@Tjalve70
The bombastic song Dutch mountains,from the Nits,was a lot higher,then our biggist hil.
@@Tjalve70 everybody knows mountains are a myth why would you need to go to another country to discover that?
@@Tjalve70 there just sleeping giants, the reason why they don't sleep in the Netherlands is because they feel competition against the tall dutchies XD
“The tourists on bikes are dangerous”
SO TRUE LIKE THEY DO ALL TYPES OF STUFF WHICH ARE NOT ALLOWED LMAO
It's true....
On the other hand, there is a famous saying: if you don't want to get killed, don't bike like the Dutch. We Dutch are so confident that we know what we are doing, that we think the rules don't apply to us. Or, at least..... Amsterdammers (like me) definitely are. But I would not at all be surprised if the rest of the Netherlands does exactly the same.
It's essentially a "Do as we say, not as we do" message to the tourists.
Ahsim Nreiziev , ahhah ja oke dat is ook zeer waar
Honestly, I find Dutch bikers more relaxed than Germans. With the German ones, when you hear the bell it's already too late. Just jump and pray you don't jump into them. In the Netherlands, till now I've always had to to look where they come from before deciding on where to dodge to lol
So true. As a tourist, don't even think about hiring a bike in Amsterdam. In other towns, keep an eye on your watch and get the fuck off the road at the time when the schools come out, because you will be massacred. The rest of the time it's not so bad, but you still need to have eyes like a wasp to see in all directions at once.
Even though I bike almost every day, I always found that there's some kind of etiquete or unritten code about all the do's and don'ts of biking like a dutch, and I still know I stand out biking in the netherlands (owning a mountain bike in a flat country is properly a tell) XD
we think we're cheap, yet everybody goes to Albert Heijn lol
Exactly come to Jumbo :)
Snowfloks except the brugklassertjes
Haaaa lol inderdaad appie frikandelbroodjes
de skeere skanks lol
Snowfloks waarom is dit zo waar
I love dutch people and the netherlands! Ive spent 2 years of my life living there n it was a life changing experience! And yes, the tall bit is so true... ou silly joke was... dutch people are really tall cause they are below sea level so they need to keep their heads out of the water in case the dams collapse ahahaha
Janaina Ricci 😂😂
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Janaina Ricci thats hilarious 😂
I'm Dutch but I'm short so guess I'm going to drown! :'D
I always say the same thing 😂.
Hehe I'm Dutch and stoned right now. Every country has its stoners, we just don't get arrested for it.
My man! Stoned aswell:)
😏😏😂
Holdup, eerst ff een jonko roken
@@U-Trance ja toch! Dikke jonko klappen.
Ik geloof dat je dit alleen zegt om aandacht, maar niet dat je het daadwerkelijk doet .. Ga aandacht bij je ouders vragen, please.. Er is nog hoop in je, anders moet je maar naar een psycholoog gaan!
Dude the amount of bikes in Amsterdam are just nuts..and forget the tourists..the Dutch that live in Amsterdam are mental on those things!
Not just in Amsterdam it's everywhere and yes we also hate cyclists sometimes.
the only people that get into accidents are the ones that fear it
GhostEye31 I live in the north of the Netherlands so I don’t know how it is in Amsterdam, but we just know our bikes Really well and know When we can cross the Road or pass someone.
@@JYKDutchYT people that walk on bike lanes are asking to get hit by a bike. I've been hit many times by bikes in Amsterdam but that's because of my own stupidity.
I live in Amsterdam and what i've learned is that you just have to fly over the Streets otherwise you're never going to get to your destination XD
True story : Guy says "Where are you from ?" Me :"From the Netherlands" the guys says "Oh I've been to the Netherlands, I thought Copenhagen was so cool, must be awesome to live there"
Ik heb ook jaren lang geloofd dat mn familie uit denemarken kwam en toen kwam ik er achter dat denemarken en drenthe niet de zelfde waren. (maar laten we 10 jarige ik niet jugen.)
Lol ik ook zoiets, was in Frankrijk op een camping aan het afwassen en ik begin te praten met een Franse vrouw. Dus ze vraagt waar ik vandaan kom dus ik zeg: Im Dutch. Later ze zegt iets tegen dr man die vervolgens rustig met mij Duits gaat praten
I am 5 ft 11. I went to Singapore once and on the subway everybody was looking up at me because I was a head taller than everybody and that felt strange.
Later I went to Sweden and Netherlands and had the opposite experience. And that was strange.
The world is funny.
@Prem Varun Wah lah waaaayyy ah? 😛
😂😂😂
@Prem Varun Hehe yes probably, I never saw the spelling I just remember people saying it a lot :)
you just 5'11...Pretty tall...
@Rod OB what country you living in?Netherlands?
Prime example of dutch directness at the very end of this video where the girl says "that's so stupid!" to her partner's attempt at advertisement.
tikkie voor de frikandelbroodjes
Woensdag, 2 voor 1,50
@@casparbosch5615 nice heb dan een tussenuur
@@Nachtpyro wel bij de plus tho.🤷♂️
Ik kreeg een keer een tikkie voor twee lidl donuts, fucking lidl donuts. Die zijn verrekes goedkoop
@@Kwebbel05 ja wij halen voor 1 euro 4 donuts, ik stuur iedereen 25 cent tikkie wat denk je k ben niet rijk fzo.
imma just say it,
G E K O L O N I S E E R D
Tabee makkers, op naar de volgende.
Wat is je probleem man?
Gekoloniseerd is echt een ruk meme.
@@aapjesdansenlelijk3665 jou maagdelijkheid zal nooit G E K O L O N I S E E R T worden door het ander geslacht
@@jonathancorwin5133 G E K O L O N I S E E R D
@@aliciavancan Angelsaksisch gebabbel
If theres one thing the dutch hate, JA DAAR BEN IK WEER, EN JE HEBT ME VAKER GEZIEN. DAT BETEKEND DAT GOOGLE DENKTR DDAT JE EEN ONDERNEMER BENTR
Ik word echt dood moe van die loempia.
Hahahahahhahaa hier ben ik het zwaar mee eens gvd hij laat me niet met rus
Jongens zo zagen, jullie zijn die mensen die naar de film gaan een popcorn bestellen en net als dz film begint vertrekken. 😂😂
Hier moest ik door m'n neusgaten door bladen
YO VROEGER HAD IK ALS DOEL EEN ROLEX HALENN
Dutch are not "Cheap" per se, but here's how it works: in the US you brag about how expensive your phone is. In the Netherlands you brag about how good of a deal you got on your phone.
Loved the Netherlands when I stayed there for a bit doing an internship in Haarlem. Would move back in a heartbeat if the opportunity came along. Yes they are direct, but for me it never came off as rude. Oddly, it was a welcome relief from being used to seeing people smile in your face one minute & then say the opposite the moment you leave the room. In fact, out of all the European countries I've been to so far, the Dutch were the most welcoming followed by Icelanders.
They are great, aren't they?
As a German, there had been so much tension between us, but why nowadays? I absolutely adore my dutch neighbours. Netherlands, we love you!!!!!!!!!!
Also: I was amazed at the times I've been to Holland, almost all the people speak perfect English, even the older people. If you compare it to for example Germany or Austria or France, their English is amazing. And all the Dutch people I've met are super super nice, and they love a good party where they can dance. (and they can dance)
French people think French is far superior to English, so not everyone bothers to study it. It's just that centuries-old bickering from the Brits and the French. Even in Spain, not a lot who speak fluent English. Basically, the triumvirates of the colonisers has an aversion to each other's languages.
😱😱😱 you said Holland..
With Holland you mean The Netherlands? And with Holland you mean Amsterdam?
@@tania6113 nope, well Spanish is my main language, we say Holanda, and I have dutch friends who also say Holland, and no I know there's more to the country than just Amsterdam, I've been three times to several places, Nijmegen, Venlo, The Hague, Breda, Rotterdam, Utrecht, and Amsterdam and in all those places the people were super nice.
@@rebecamunoz6721 I am native spanish speaker and The Netherlands in Spanish is Paises Bajos and Holanda (Holland) is not a country is a province, North Holland and South Holland. Amsterdam is the city of the province of North Holland that is in the Netherlands in Spanish Paises Bajos.
The direct thing is so real !! I was so surprised at first but I LOVE IT. No playing games, honest communication 🥰
Dutch being cheap ? Here's and old joke "How was copperwire invented ? ...... "A Dutch guy and a Scotsman fighting over a penny"
Lol,the bloke from Yorkshire would have stolen it,where there's muck there's brass.
I visit the Netherlands almost every year. I've got my little local haunts.
The Dutch people are blunt and honest, and as someone from New Jersey, I find that talking to them reminds me of home.
So sorry for such a late upload everyone! We ran into some technical difficulties this time around and had to post a day later than usual. Better late than never I hope. Enjoy and if you wanna more see behind the scenes, bloopers, ask me questions, get dating tips etc go to our Patreon page: www.patreon.com/datingbeyondborders and support. Would mean the world! Many, many hugs -- Marina
It was worth the wait. :)
¿No subtitulan en castellano?
You did great, Marina!
Thank you!
No need to apologize beautiful, it's worth the wait 😘
Afrikaans spoken in South Africa is a form of Dutch
Ja , klopt
Sister language of dutch. It's still the most spoken language in South Africa
Leander Herman and... A lot of countries was founded through colonisation.
@@gabriesupra5287 Founded...? I really hate this word and how people use it!
@@metalvideos1961 It's actually the third most spoken language in South Africa. Zulu is still the first!
I have been working in multinational environment for 10 years. During this time I spent a lot of time with many kind of people (Americans, a lots of Scandinavians, South and East Europeians, people from Middle-Asia) and I have to admit most of the stereotypes are true...I also have to admit that I always loved the most the Dutch people. Very straight forward, no unecessary politeness when we have to solve a problem. I had the most efficient meetings with Dutch co-workers. I really like the way how they handle the everyday situations.
I studied Dutch language for a year in university and once tried to strike up a simple conversation with a Dutch person who told me "Yeah ok, let's just do this for only a moment and then switch back to English so that we can continue having an intelligible conversation." ... it wasn't just the statement, but the way it was said... with such disdain. It really conveyed that they did not like the idea of someone attempting to speak their language. Felt real bad.
It’s not that we don’t like it... it’s just easier in english the conversation is quicker and less tiring
G E K O L O N I S E E R D
niet de eerste keer voor ons Nederlanders..
*VOC flashbacks*
M E M E R I J E N
T S J O N G E J O N G E Z E G
K O K O S N O T E N
Wat is je probleem ook?
We're tall because we want to be high.
No mate, we're tall so we have a better chance of surviving floodings. ;) At least that would explain why the people in the north and west tend to be taller than those in the east and the south of the country. XD
@@jdjphotographynl
*Tsunami appears*
*Dutch* - Are you challenging my authority?
Can you really not get a DUI on a bike there?
@@jellopuddingful Technically you can, but I don't know of a case where it was enforced.
@@jdjphotographynl lol that joke was awesome, in all my time i never thought of that one, thanks dude
As an Iranian tourist who has traveled to more than 15 countries, Dutch people are one of the nicest people in the world, and lots of them indeed speak english very well. Love from Iran ♥️
That’s so sweet! As a Dutch tourist who’s travelled a lot, Iran is one of my fave countries. Great food, kindest people and amazing architecture and history. Can’t wait to go back.
steeeefie I said Dutch people are very nice. It is clear that you are one of them :)
steeeefie It is kind of you. I hope Iran gets rid of its corrupt government. So people around the world come to Iran, and we can be better hosts and serve them delicious kebab koobideh :))
@@CaptainAHK I’d love to try that dish. I ate khoresh Fesenjan and Ghormeh Sabzi wherever I could. So delicious.
And yes, I hope one day (sooner than later) Iran can benefit from a more openminded government :)
My grandmother is Dutch and she specifically goes to Costco for the deals. She buys anything cheap there lol it’s 1hr away from her home
The Dutch are great people and their country is so beautiful. I adore their towns and villages.
I know a couple of dutch people, and I find em impossible to not become friends. They don't go around, good sense of humor, with their feet on the ground. Cool people.
I wanna say hi to Indonesian girl's father, and i wanna say that similarities vocabulary between Dutch and Indonesian (and Javanese) are about 3000 words i think? Cmiiw.
how could that be??? lol voc mentaliteit
@@jasmijn6285 excuse me???
@@jasmijn6285 i'm sorry maybe we have miscommunication? I said between Dutch and Indonesian have +- 3000 similarities vocabulary, and maybe i was wrong please correct me. How can you say "VOC mentaliteit" for me?
Indonesian has adopted 3000 Dutch words some are obvious some are not. Kulkas, kalkun ,kamar less obvious is senapan which comes from snaphaan the Indonesian word means rifle. Snaphaan is Snaphaunch or flintlock in English. Common history goes back further than that. Satem and centum languages comes from Sanskrit and Latin for hundred the early navigators discovered that some Asian languages were not difficult to learn.
Ghezlyvhask i didn’t mean it in that way. it is the reason why there are so many similar words. not your mentality
Yes we are tall, but we don't necessarily have blonde hair and blue eyes
@Charley van der Salm exactly. My husband is Dutch and he's tall (1.94m), but he's got brown hair and green eyes.
and we are not necessarily tall...
@@r.v.b.4153 i mean our average is 5 cm taller then the next country after us so we are tall. Not all people in dutch are tall but if you look at averages we are.
They're confusing us with scandinavians
@@jennsunrise Dat is cute
I'm Indonesian woman, and I personally think that what people call "rude" is actually good. Dating in my own country... I'm still dreaming to meet such an honest man, besides.. some people often judge me for being direct.. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate my country and my people but I think at the end.. honestly and being real is the most thing we need in a relationship
Agreed
one of my dearest friends live in Amsterdam and also I meet so many good people there, so true and kind I just can’t understand this “rude” stereotype, okay, they’re very straight to point but I’m very passionate with them, can’t wait to go back to that wonderful country! 🤍
NYer here and by far, Dutch people are my fav to interact w/ in my travels in Europe. Coming from a country w/ fake niceness (USA), it's refreshing to interact w/ such kind and direct people. No beating around the bush, just straight to the point. As an introvert, I struggle w/ anything else.
Great culture of cycling, festivals and minimalism. And yes, like Peter Parker said... they speak English so well. 🙂
Yes the ‘tikkies’ or ‘wie betaalt wat’. Everyone pays for themselves and definitely not more 🤣
I'm the total oposite. Idc sharing beer when i buy it for myself. Who cares about 10 cents i really don't.
We belgians are the complete opposite. If someone would open an app to see who has to pay half a euro more, I take out my wallet and pay the bill. It is really embarrassing. In Holland Casino you see belgians in the high rollers area and there are no dutch men, literally zero. Why do you all sit on your money like that? I’m not saying throwing it out of the window like most belgians do is better. It’s just so weird that we live so closeby. But we are very different. But when it comes to saying what you think, we could learn a thing or two.
If you mix a Norwegian person and a Danish person, you would get a person that a Swede would find ideally lagom, and a role model. But this person already exists and is called a Dutch.
bedankt voor het strelen van ons ego. thanks for feeding our self love.
Dutch are not cheap...I generally see that they tip more generously than German and Spanish friends I know
I live in France and in the summer there are Dutch camper vans covered in bicycles everywhere.
I think I really agree with the Amsterdam complaint. It is pretty much the same for the USA. It's like people forget that there more to the country than NY and LA.
Very true, as a brit it took me a while to get used their direct manner its nothing personal but seems it at first. And as a 5ft6 or 167cm male also true I look up to most of the women here!
Do you have a woman tho?
I have dutch friends here in Medellin Colombia, I get along with them well. They are some of the most real people I know.
I am Dutch and agree with some of the points. But others don’t make sense to me, this might be because everyone in this video has lived abroad in western countries.
To me there are a lot of things which are very differently viewed in the east.
It's the same here in Denmark regarding bikes. Most children learn to ride a bike at age 3-4 years old and especially Copenhagen is full of people on bikes.
yea, amsterdam has really gotten out of hand though. Cant even walk around properly
My so much beloved dutch neighbours. I live right on the border between Germany and the Netherlands. I experienced the detachment between the dutch and the germans in my childhood and I'm so happy that we've grown together. There are so many similarities between us and the other europeans. I adore all our neighbours. Let's stay a united Europe!!!
But this video is really funny to be honest....
I like yall Dutch people.Yall are very direct nice folks.just got back from the dutch side of the Caribbean.It is the difference between night and day.The dutch have the cleanest city in the Caribbean.You pay 10 dollars to use the restroom.Im like dam.That restroom was sparkling clean.Hi to all the dutch people.
Dutch people go to the mountains indeed lol, but I love dutch people, so it's no problem. Greetings from Germany
Were happy to be your neighbours.
I'm Canadian, but my fathers parents (My opa and oma) are from the netherlands. I've inherited the dutch height (193 cm/6"4) blond hair, blue eyes. I'm cheap and okay with it, and struggle making friends because of my honesty. I'm still very proud though!
Dutch are fun, friendly and tall.
I met 3 Dutch before and they all fun and friendly
Ad Lockhorst
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Do i need to go Holland to discover more?
I wish i could 😭
Ad Lockhorst What do you mean?
Ad Lockhorst
Despite of Mathematical reasoning, did you have experiences on life table 🧐 !
Ad Lockhorst Nou nou dat is nou ook weer erg overdreven. Natuurlijk zitten er een paar azijnpissers bij maar de rest valt mee hoor
Ad Lockhorst Wij hebben nu bij ons op school twee uitwisselingsstudenten een meisje uit Japan en een meisje uit Mexico. Ze volgend allebei half 4vwo en half 5vwo en in beide jaren worden ze gewoon goed opgenomen door iedereen. Als er iets is wil iedereen altijd wel helpen en als ze het niet begrijpen schakelen we gewoon over naar het Engels. Iedereen is gewoon aardig en zegt niks geks. Misschien komt dit ook wel omdat ze vwo doen hoor, maar het is ook maar een voorbeeld
Am Dutch, never tried weed
wat voor nederlander ben jij dan
Ik heb et ook nog nooit gedaan en ik ben 22
@@Jean-rd4oq Ik heb er gewoon geen interesse in. Het boeit mij gewoon echt niet
@@KittyLove93 Ik ook niet hoor. Wij zijn gewoon netjes opgevoed, niet zoals Ruben ;)
Mason dus wiet roken maakt je niet netjes? wat een onzin 😂
As a Copenhagener, I absolutely can relate to the tourists on bikes. They are a hazard, when they go around not following the bike traffic.. Many bike rental places hand out pamplets of how to properly give signals, but those tourists on sightseeing keeping left on the bike lane are just the worst..
which people are the most direct of them all? Germans? dutch? norwegian?sweden? danish? finnish?
@Radek OMwhat about the Norwegians?!?
@Radek OM from 2010 till 2012 I've lived in Germany. I found it accurate that they are direct to the point they may be rude. I don't know any Dutch or lived in the Netherlands, so I have no clue. I visited there, but they seemed nice. Nicer than the Germans. But again, I had no deeper contact. So I can't comment. I'm brazilian, plus I'm highly sensitive. You can imagine what I had to been through in my 2 years time in Germany. Ahahahah
I'll flip the question : why should I don't (care)?! Q: x
@Radek OM I know all of that. It was a though job for me to obtain that information from the German, by only empirical observation and no real German friend. Now to answer your question (I'm trying to be a bit German. Ahahahah ) I'm highly, extremely and almost obsessed with going deeper on social and personal profiles. I got a lot of pleasure when I figure out things like that and why. The same goes to music. I dig deep until I find the magma. I'm not included on the stereotype you mentioned. Q:))) but I do get upset and even pissed off when a massive amount of highly "educated", "intelligent" and "open minded" people shoot veiled "prejudice/prejudgment/Bias", daily in almost all daily situations against someone (me), without even getting to know him. Only because, he Looks 99,9% Arab. Ahahahah that's though. And to make it even more funny, the Arabs I had contact , of course, didn't recognize me as one of them, and ignored me. Q:)
@@wfd666 come to Canada, you'll feel more comfortable here. Specially in the french province of Quebec.
I showed a British friend a 'fietsenrek' at a big bus station. His mind was blown
I'm short and I have brown hair with green/brown hair and I'm fully Dutch😂
Ive was buming around the Netherlands for a month last summer. Dutch are pretty generous if you like engage with them. Even if you ask for help they can give you 10,20 euros easy. And they are direct. When say sorry i have a card, or sorry i need it they mean it so I never felt shunned. I would have stayed but I had massive problems with my room mates so i had to leave.
So, you Dutch appreciate honesty, do you? Here's some German honesty for you: I fricking love the Dutch! :-)
Ich liebe Deutschland
4:12 Dude. You know there are 1,6 bikes per person in the whole country of the Netherlands? Not only Amsterdam....
As a german, living next to the border to Netherlands, i have to ask: What was the app mentioned in the "go dutch" point? 😅
badtrapify tikkie
Tikkie
When you go Dutch you split the bill
badtrapify Tikkie. You can send people a message on whatsapp for example and they can click on it and pay you the amount you want. Its Made by one of our banks so its completely safe
It's an app where you can send other people a request to send you money they owe you.
I have been there twice. The first time when I was 15. I did a 3-week cycling /camping tour around the country with other people my own age. Our guide recommended we sew Canadian Flags on our rucksacks, as this would be well received by the Dutch. The kids in our Québécois group wanted to sew on a Québec flag instead. They did not know that almost nobody in the world knows what that flag is, LOL. Great infrastructure in the Netherlands for cycling and camping.
The second time I was 21. I stayed in a floating motel in Amsterdam. I was only there for a couple of days since my flight was KLM and landed in Amsterdam. I was off to Berlin for a summer internship.
I once got a Tikkie for 26 cents for my half of a printing project. Another time, I went on a first date with a boy and after the meal I suggested going dutch. He later sent me a Tikkie for half his bus-fare.
There are at least 2 in the video that are not really Dutch. I think if you want to answer videos about stereotypical dutch things, then you should select stereotypical Dutch, aka Ethnic dutch , and not foreign ancestry or mixed ancestry.
They do that with all their videos focusing on Europe. But they would never show non-indians or non-japanese in a video focusing on them.
My question for the many Netherlanders I've met - "How many languages do you speak?" It seems like they all speak an average of 5 languages. I'm very impressed with the Dutch people. They are intelligent and easy to converse with.
In middel school we got English, German and French as a mandatory subject.
You are right but 5 as an average is pretty high. Most of us will speak Dutch and English, and then one other foreign language (often German or French because they were required classes in high school).
@@jellybeanSUZAN Greetings and much respect from this American. Yes, you are right that 5 languages is a high average. I can only think of my experience travelling where the Dutch people seem to converse in the local language everywhere I went in Europe. Better than Germans, French, British or Americans. But then this is only a tiny example.
Planet Nine that does seem pretty accurate. When it comes to people speaking languages fluently, it is probably 3 on average. But most people do indeed speak little bits of other languages but don’t master it.
not really all speak but i can talk with people who speak.
Danish, german, english, vlaams, (dutch ofc.) ,Frisian (witch is a languige in the netherlands but its not really dutch. and im trying to learn swedish and noors.
Lived 2 years in NL and love their straightforward attitude, it's just practical. They are very practical about most things... And also love their weed...
Isn't this now the point we should now get the "answer" video for Belgium? xD
If they claim every Dutch has tried weed at least once in their lifetime, they shouldn’t be wondering why they get asked this question a lot. I don’t know anyone in my life who smokes weed, I didn’t even know that’s a thing.
Love Netherlands and people form there! From Argentina :)
I am South African Expat who has stayed in the Netherlands and worked a lot with Dutch people on projects in West Africa.
What I found was:
Dutch people are very direct with you, but can not take it back!
Dutch people are very friendly but not very helpfull (Germany was the other way round, unfriendly but helpfull Germans)
There are some very tall Dutch people, when I stayed in Zoetermeer I was blown away by these truely massive "Giants"
I really enjoyed the Dutch food, it is great.
The Dutch work ethic was quite relaxed but still very proffesional (When I stayed in Germany it was very formal all the time)
Rotterdam Harbour is a must for anyone involved in Engineering to see, no matter how many times I went there I was always amazed.
I don't know if honesty and being direct is also a German thing. But my German friend is like that and I love it. We are 100% direct to each other and there is no harsh feelings because we're just being honest. In Brazil, this wouldn't end up well.
And they are "Know -it-alls"...well my husband thinks he knows it all. Oh and yes, he's so cheap. And also, he rains on your parade.
I remember 1993 when we had an international meeting in Eindhoven, kinda "Youth of the Europe against the nationalism". It was my first trip to the Western Europe and after we (our student group) had lived in Koln for a week (with all those German discipline and regulation and don't-go-on-the-red-passing-the-streets-or-you-to-prison things) and when we came to Eindhoven I felt like "F, i"m finally home!". It was amazing, people were very open-minded, could have drunk beer at 9 am after a party that ended at 7 am (Russian style) instead of German aspirin ). One strange thing for me was a Dutch student who spent a LOT of money for beer for a few nights (much more than we, poor eastern-Europeans at that time) was looking for me for 2 days just to exchange my last 20 us dollars to guldens (he was about to go to the Southern Asia). Finally we concluded this monetary deal and I was astonished how punctually and careful he was with those coins. ) After he declared that each of us had made a good economy. (quarter of gulden, I guess )). In my anarcho-chaotic non-materialistic Slavic mind I was thinking - "what the hell is going on here??" But I kept smiling politely. After he bought 6 Heinekens and we celebrated. )
I never expected Eindhoven and Köln to be so different. They're only 100 km apart or something.
@@PuzzleQodec Yeah well, those cities are in two completely different countries, so the fact they are so different isn't that weird. As a Dutch person, I always consider German people to be more tidy: I always thought German cities looked more clean compared to Dutch ones.
Haha ;) Can't relate Köln to be that bad back then, but maybe the relatively short time after The Wall fell made police crack down on Eastern-European people, don't know.
I can relate to your money-exchange story ;) When I visited Kyiv in 2018, I was dumbstruck about going by plane and hotels and such, so did not have a credit-card... So the (female, I might add) friend that invited me over to Ukraine paid for my hotel with her card and said that if I took enough cash (in Euros) with me to pay for the hotel, she would exchange it for Grivna's: I didn't understand what the advantage was because I had seen rates of 30 to 32 Grivna/Euro at exchange windows, but she expained that she could pay her rent and companies can get an even better deal on large sums of money. So she got a good deal when she would pay her rent in Euro's and I got a better deal then when I would have exchanged Euros for Grivna's myself.
It was weird though to get my wallet out and hand her my 500 Euro's in a McDonalds... I asked her to be extremely carefull, but she didn't seem to be to bothered about walking around with something like 16000 Grivna at hand.
Greetings, Aleksander Frolov ;) (I still try to keep up with my knowledge of Cyrillic)
@@weeardguy )) New experience always makes us emotionally richer at least )
3:58 The first lesson of my Dutch language course had the word "Fietsen".
He's not stupid. The guy at the end is a great salesman. I'm sold. I want to go on your road trip!
You can just feel the weed-vibes coming off the music 😂
I love the netherlands.
Currently learning german , dutch and have a plan to visit both countries in november!
Love from korea♥
Wow, it’s been 300 years since my last Dutch ancestor came to New Netherlands and it’s amazing how relevant these are
The dutch person I know is friendly and sweet. Also I don't find him rude by being honest or maybe because I'm personally straight-forward idk
Couldn't agree more with the responses!! Another point to add: most Dutch men are not very gentelmen like, when compered with men from some other countries. But then again, Dutch ladies seem to prefer that
And then dutch men run to other countries looking for a girl!not all...but many
3:14 the guy on the right is already stoned af
My family is Dutch-Canadian, I wish they taught me to speak dutch, I think I would fit in well in the Netherlands
It's never too late
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Dutch engineers are some of the best in the world.
I just can't stand when people say I'm going to Holland...
Its The Netherlands (Nederland) Holland is a name for 2 provinces, North-Holland and South-Holland
I'm Dutch btw
2 of these people aren't Dutch... Can I call myself Asian if I'm not?
Sophia has such a laid back, funny and attractive personality. It is very refreshing :)
I just made a new friend and she’s Dutch and live in the Netherlands so this was good to know
Do you have a video about how is dating a dominican 🇩🇴 man?? If not please do it!
The guy with a beard in the light brown shirt 😍😍
i like Dutch, they are confident and optimistic people and they are very good in Football.
Optimistic? Hahaha some serious bullshit
@@FLSHSANT yes they arw
two of the tallest people i ever met were Dutch.
If you like Old Zeeland you're gonna love New Zealand!
Haha the place were many Dutch people live for some weird reason XD Like me, I mean I was born in NZ but want to go back to a place that feels more like home than NZ
From a Spaniard: Netherlands might be a very rich, organized, straightforward and open-minded country to live in but there is one thing you definitely cant do anything about: your weather is shit and depressing all year round!! Also half the population of your big cities are basically immigrants or offspring of immigrants. XD
i have lived here for 17 years and still can't manage it, you guys are wayyyyy tooooo blunt - like, cruel.
i am a blonde, blue eyed, 6.2 ft woman, very direct and I think about my money but definitely not cheap.
the most un-Dutch thing: i got my drivers driver's license when I was 18 and never touched a bike again. so thats 22 years without a bike. yes, that is something unheard of here.
Whhhhaaaaat??? I didn't even think that could happen
I actually love this honesty thing, i would love to be around honest people all the time
That I did not understand. Is there a culture out there that promotes lying? Feel honesty applies everywhere and isn't a Netherlands policy.
@@jpoodle Lots of people in various places act fake. They bite their tongue, and pretend they're ok with something when they aren't. Or they say things in a very vague, indirect way. In many places, people are expected to adopt a people-pleasing, agreeable attitude. The Japanese are famous for this. In their case, they say they do it because group harmony is more important than the individual. So I would say honesty is not practiced by alot of people.
@@LittleLulubee oh understood. I understand it now. 👍
I've always heard that the Dutch always brag about being too straightforward but when it goes the other way around they're not that comfortable with it. How ironic, lol
So true
@@Bijou020 Pure hypocrisy on their side then.
Yeah typical dutch they only want to insult people or generally have it their way! If someone dare to say rules exist for them too then all hell gets loose
@Robda no being rude and inconsiderate it is not a thing.. it shows just low moral caracter and egoism. Also the french surrender ? The dutch did not last even 2 weeks in ww2 while the french 6 weeks and the greeks like a year lolllllll and the russians won the war for europeans. Learn history u self centered dutch trying to find excuses for the dutch behavior while u are the personification of it.
@Robda nice way prooving what everyone here says about the dutch is correct. Instead using real arguments u go to rude personnal attacks.. well the dutch surrendered much more many times than the french who were after the middle ages the superpower of continental europe. When u say the french surrender state the incidences. As for me i write history articles in history magazines and get payed for it. Idk if that makes me mentally ill as u say in your rude monologue. How about u since u wanna take it to the personnal level
I think the most stereotypical is party and djs
"I lost some friends while living abroad"
Me: Thats the truth