What you probably don't understand yet, we tend to work in order to live, whereas Americans tend to live for work. It is a completely different mindset.
Rule 1: I think in the Netherland you can basicly do what you like, so long as you take in consideration that you are not the only person in the world. Rule 2: In addition if your enjoying some peace and silence, and someone is making a lot of noise, we tend to tolerate that for a set amount of time. (see rule 1)
Gezellig is a typical Dutch word it's different with gozy , gozy is in dutch - KNUS and KNUS is not the same as GEZELLIG gozy is like we call it sitting together keep it small and little, most time we use KNUS-GOZY sitting with children, wathcing tv or like that. GEZELLIG = more we go out to a bar a festival together to the bios,theater hang out somewhere . gezellig is more a big wide word to do something in holland we use the word GEZELLIG-enjoyable than the word KNUS-gozy
If you like canals and old Dutch architecture, you should try de Dieze in 's-Hertogenbosch. A big part of it is underground, they build the city over it. Also a rich history with a lot of old fortifications restored in a nice way.
First of all, welcome in the Netherlands, funny to see how much you appreciate living in Holland. Do you live in Utrecht, the town I spent my entire youth? Looking at te chaos in your country, you must be extremily happy to live here!
Hi Eva, have you been to Giethoorn? If not, you need to. It’s so nice, there are no streets (for cars), only waterways. You move around on boats😁. Rent a “bootje” bring a “kleedje” with some cheese, lovely bread an rose....and enjoy.
Hi Eva, love your videos and dutch words!! Someone with a canalfetish like yours should def visit Giethoorn. It's an entire village where al the streets are canals😊👍
I miss an option to say how much I appreciate your candid, informative and positive chats. Also very nice to see you are were you want to be, and appreciate our customs and country. Wishing you a very nice continued stay! ❤️
If you have the time you should go to Amsterdam and visit Park Frankendael, it's to find at the Middenweg. You really can see there a swamp, trees in the water but no crocodiles. You make a hell of advertising for the Netherlands. Thank you. I think you also should go to Delft, a very nice old city near Leiden and The Hague, you can meet there very nice people and great small café's.
In other videos you've told how we, the Dutch, love our bread. You've also said that we put our bread in the freezer to keep it fresh longer. But do you know what we do with bread that somehow still has gone stale? Especially if you're older or have young children, you take your old bread (to the park!) and feed it to the ducks. Those ducks? They don't see terrifying omnivores, they see free food dispensers.
Those parks are more a big city thing I think, because in the smaller cities people do no go to parks that often. In the rural area's people will sit in their backyards.
You can drink outside but you cannot be drunk in public in the netherlands, you will be arrested. Its called: "openbare dronkenschap" if you are arrested for public drunk you will be spending a night in jail till you are sober again. Love your videos. Gezellig!
@@c128stuff I am quite certain that her speech patterns are caused by several factors. She has lived in several cities around the USA, all with their own vocal characteristics. Plus she has been living in the Netherlands and practicing speaking Dutch for four years which undoubtedly has influenced her speech as well.
@@FritigernGothly sure, but I can pick out many English and American accents, and mixes of various of those accents, as well as those from various former and current Brittish colonies. ;-) I've lived in the USA myself, spent a lot of time in English speaking countries, and have a lot of originally native English friends in the Netherlands. But I'm specifically paying attention to things most English speakers don't entirely manage even after having lived in the Netherlands for decades and having used Dutch for most of that time. Some pointed out 'koffie company', but also 'grachten' etc.
Here in Amsterdam there are a lot of NON drinking zones... For example... The red light area is declared a non drinking zone.. Also you cant just sit with a can of beer on Dam square or something... You can recognize the zones because there a NON drinking signs. But there are many spaces where you can chill .. In parks or on boats for example as long youre not going to be annoying to others it will be tolerated. . I have to say though that we have to blame the tourists for that cause they act like idiots when theyre drunk... 20 years ago we did not have this alcohol restrictions in certain areas..
Yeah, while there are exceptions I think most Dutch people drink to be tipsy, not to become totally drunk. For some "indrinken" is a thing, drinking at home cheaply so you don't have to pay 4-10 times as much later. But even then the goal is not to become wasted asap. I don't get why anyone would ever do shots (except for social pressure). Waste of money and a waste of opportunity to have a tasty drink! p.s. it's an old spanish thing, but ever tried red wine with cola? You can mix in various ratio, I like 1 wine : 2 cola. so have a bottle of each (.75 and 1.5 L) and an empty bottle to mix in. It's so good if you think wine isn't sweet enough and pure cola is too sweet or boring. You don't get drunk as fast as other mixes (with rum or so) and it's cheap as hell (only 4-5€)!
@@ThirstyTunaTaco wow, you are one sharp guy, especially for someone from Amsterdam. The only good things from Amsterdam are AJAX, the original Andre Hazes and all trains out of Amsterdam...
Hier in Rotterdam hebben we iets wat Opzoomeren heet. De bewoners van je straat komen met een idee om de straat mooier of gezelliger te maken. Dit jaar hebben we geveltuintjes aangelegd. Gewoon een aantal tegels uit de stoep voor je gevel halen, deze rechtop zetten zodat ze een soort van bak vormen, vullen met compost en dan plantjes erin zetten. De gemeente Rotterdam leverde alles wat nodig was, gereedschap, compost, kruiwagen, plantjes en zelfs een tafel met koffie en koekjes. Die dag was super gezellig om met alle buren uit de straat aan die tuintjes te werken, elkaar te helpen en beter te leren kennen. En met al die leuke geveltuintjes ziet de straat er heel gezellig net als hoe wij met elkaar omgaan als buren, gezellig!
I love your videos, they give a lovely perspective on all the weird stuff we do, say and just don't think about 😂 I have family in the US, and they have visited the Netherlands in the past, they must have been flabbergasted seeing all our quirks...
You are allowed to drink outside yes but you are not allowed to be drunk outside. Mostly police does not care as long as you don't bother anyone and are on your way home or if it is Koningsdag.
I bumped into ur channel by accident and I learned something 2day that I didn't know was a thing "dunglish" I mean I use English words in my sentences all the time,but I never knew it was a thing like spanglish.. u learn something everyday xD
Chris Alexander wrote "A pattern language" half a century ago. And while I don't buy into the whole thing, it's a great work about why certain places are great while others are not.
While not exactly a canal we did have harbor in the tiny town (Oudenbosch) of about 10k inhabitants and just about any city that approaches city size there's a good chance that they'll have something like that.
Did you visit Groningen yet? It's one of the oldest Dutch cities, has canals, and the biggest population of young people in the Netherlands. Almost 1 out of 4 is a student and the bigfest concentration of cafés in the country . Can you imagine the vibe in that city? 😉
Gesellige is also an afrikaans word. The short English way to explain it, would be pro-social and pleasant. Like if you eould see yourself in your mind's eye in your favourite spot in the sun(I'm seeing a very snuggly corner couch for some reason), sipping tea your grandma made you (my grandma has passed... but she made the best tea) and chatting with your bestest, most favourite bestie-person in the world. That is the vibe. Very happy, very comfy, very home. Pleasant. Connected. But with the freedom to be yourself. ❤
I love how you keep the emphasis on the word gezellig it's kinda funny but also cute :) I do know what your friends need to give you for your birthday, your own canal :P xD
You might have missed it, but Dutch society is very capitalistic, in fact, we were capitalists before the word was invented. We just never forgot that making money is a means to an end, and that's where the cafe's and so on come in. It's all about living well.
When I was in Portland and in small towns of California, I found quite a lot of small businesses, coffee places with home baked goods... Not terrasjes, but still, really nice and homey.... So, not at all bad!
You love the canal's and boats so much but do you know you can go throu most of Holland from city to city even to Belgium or Germany by boat. My sister had a pleasure jaght (small 11meter) and they spend allot of there vacations cruising throu Holland and the canals.. Love you're positive channel.keep up the good work it cheer's me up when iWatch you're videos.
The swarming into park on a nice day thing is kind of regional. In Amsterdam it's common. But in the city I live in you only see kids playing and maybe a few people strolling along the paths. It seems to vary wildly from city to city.
I really like you're comments on Dutch society, the company I work for is has a branch in the US, and have lots to do with that branch. And also notice that you are using words like "terrasje" i am blindly translating into "terrace" now I know why they think I am weird :P
First of all, I like it a lot that you prefer our country above the USA. It's a no brainer for us but nice you feel the same way. Secondly it's funny that you paint a picture of our country from the present looking at the past infrastructure. You make it sound like we still build small houses, and have canals built just for fun and 'gezelligheid'. It would be best to state that we've found a practical use forr the old infrastructure. Canals used to be the best way to transport stuff in a city. All the warehouses were built at the canals, it was practical to do it like that....before we had cars. Did you know that many canals have been filled with soil to convert them into roads? Drinking in public is only allowed because we can control ourselves (well most of us) and not get drunk in public, which is not allowed. Apparently in the US they just don't trust people to be like that. Still, it's nice to hear that people from the USA who actually know where it is on a map appreciate it like you do. Go ahead....enjoy The Netherlands....just like we do!
Your pronounciation of Dutch words is so good! 👍🏻 Btw i an not sure if drinking outside is officially allowed🤔 or just ‘ tolerated’. I thought it was not allowed to walk around with a beer in your hand. But I might be wrong, don’t drink any alcohol myself.
The canals in Utrecht are unique in the world. Because the ground water level is so low, we have this second level below street level. This can’t be found anywhere else. As you know we have our bars, restaurants and ‘terrassen’ below street level along the Oudegracht, which is awesomely beautiful and gezellig. Not in Amsterdam or Leiden. No!
@@GeePeeSterRace 😂😂😂 Also, has ANYONE ever received a ticket in that scenario? I've never heard of that happening, ever. And this is slightly different but, I remember being 17 years old, waiting on the bus with my friend after the super gezellige after party, so we were still drinking our beers we took walking away from there. And the policewoman that came by explained to me that what we were doing was actually illegal and she COULD write us a ticket if she wanted to... but of course she didn't. I guess she saw our honest to god perplexed faces because we wouldn't have known in a million years that we weren't actually allowed to drink a beer in public 😅
Nah. This one time I was proper sloshed and riding a bike with, of course, no lights. I saw this police car, didn't want a ticket, so hit the brakes as hard as I could. But, as I said, I was drunk, my man, *drunk*, so I forgot to put my foot on the floor. This is what the officer must've seen: * Somebody approaches on his bike without lights. * He comes to an abrupt full stop. * He is slowly falling to the side. No, he's not doing anything to stop himself from falling. * He and his bike with no lights are now lying on the ground. This is what he asked, rolling down his window: "Alles goed?" * And this is what he heard me say, absolutely convinced of myself as I said it, even though I was lying on the ground in the middle of the fietspad, "Dikke prima!" "Mooi zo," said the cop, and he drove off. * Cop: "Everything ok?" Me, hundred percent convinced it was so, but wrong: "Top of the world!" Cop: "Wonderful." And no tickets were written.
@@pramakers Formally it's not allowed and they could give you a breath test and then a formal test at the station and then write you a ticket and technically could even take away your drivers license if you happen to have one, but many minor offences don't get you a ticket immediately but you will get a warning not to do so again. Though when the police officer needs to make his quota of tickets written that month he may give you a ticket in such a situation, though even then it's less work for the police officer to just write tickets to pedestrians or bikers going through a red traffic light. Most police officers realize that when driving drunk on a bike, you probably won't be killing someone even if attempted to do so contrary to driving a motorized vehicle when drunk. Also, if so drunk you can't stay on your bicycle, you can use the bicycle to lean on when walking home.
Imagine how cozy it would be with american way of service - at least for me is nothing cozy in bringing the check right away. For me it's like "pay and get out". I think this is also part of chill atmosphere for Americans.
It is actually. There's certain cities that have a no drinking in public policy in certain area's but in the whole there's no national law preventing you to drink alcohol in public. There's a law about being drunk in public and causing distress but that's not the gezellig she's talking about.
Go to some of the cafes in the centre of Amsterdam, and you will see A LOT of people doing that, "working from home" can be done anywhere, and why not from a cafeteria, and it will not be explicitly expats doing this. [Edit] Well, during non-corona-times probably.
@@zeevogel Oh, I agree 100%, but I was referring to the fact she mentioned cafes were not by design catered towards laptop users and that it's uncommon in The Netherlands to see someone with a laptop in a cafetaria.
Officialy drinking outside is only legal on a terras. Cops usually just look the otherway. Anyway it's a pretty recent development. 30 years ago it was just not done. Public innebriation is also prohibited by law. (Openbare dronkenschap) and if you are drunk and are misbehaving the cops can and will take action based on that legislation.
You know what saddens me? Dutchies turning into Americans, more and more, due to politics :( Hope you'll not live long enough to see America's greed take over our beautiful country.
After living in the NL for 49 years (coming 3rd of July) ... I use your channel to feel a little bit better about the country I live in. Hope you understand. I would love to meet you and invite you to The Hague, just to talk and exchange experience (although I have to admit ... given my life experiences, I am NOT gezellig although I'll try) Thanks for helping me believe in my country again in these difficult times!
1 tip for the next video: use a mic. The sound is very soft. Another tip: go outside of Amsterdam and u will see Amsterdam doesnt represent The Netherlands.
I hate to break it to you but you are absolutely not allowed to drink in public not even in the park but we just do it anyway but you could get fined €95
Finally! I was looking for this comment. Technically, police could stand at the door of a bar and ticket anyone coming out. You can't be drunk in public, and as such you can't drink in public.
I don’t know where you live, but I’ve never seen anybody fined for drinking in public in my live (I’m 51), unless they were really drunk and/or bothering other people. The same goes for drinking and biking. The police does not routinely check if you’ve been drinking, like they do with cars, unless your exibiting dangerous behaviour. So it may be illegal but it’s condoned to a point.
Netherlands...land of the free.... Gedogen is a big thing... You are not allowed by law to drink in public, use weed, use your bike when drunk, defy a red light or "jaywalk", use a boat while drinking, it is punishable by law.... BUTT.... Most of it is "seen through the fingers" by the cops, just because they know why we like to do it.... Sort of...
first off, what a cute vid! having said that, what a lot of misinformation :D drinking in public carries a fine of 95 per person, it is illegal to do thatto make it even nuttier with laws, it is illegal to be drunk in public .. what? .. yes! lol okay usually if people are drunk and not bothering anyone, if they are on their way home, no problem, however, if yo you are causing problems you will be fined for even just being drunk ontop of whatever other problems you were causing
Not true, see: www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/rijbewijs/vraag-en-antwoord/raak-ik-mijn-rijbewijs-kwijt-als-ik-dronken-op-de-fiets-word-aangehouden-door-de-politie
While according to the law it is illegal to drink in public, in a lot of cities this law will not be enforced. In general you can drink in public as long as you do not cause any trouble.
Typical case of bending the rules so far that we have started to make you believe it... Drinking in Public is not allowed! But cops or BOA's (sort of public order figures) most likely will warn you once if your acting out in the parc and make you empty your beer or wine bottle. Talk back to them and only then you will get the fine but if they are having a bad day they could give it to you on first sight. (don't scream/get to drunk and you'll be OK 90% of the time)
It has to do with the official "opportunity principle". There are a lot of rules on the book that are not enforced because most people don't believe in them or can live with breaking them. This is how coffee shops came about after a series of pragmatic trade-offs and decisions. It is called "gedogen" a word like "tolerate" but only used in this context. In Germany, on the other hand, there is no opportunity principle: a law has to be enforced or cancelled. Different legal cultures.
Show me the national law that says drinking in public is not allowed. There's none. Being drunk and hindering traffic or causing distress is not allowed but the drinking itself is allowed also in public spaces.
@@StevanOutdoor Liquerlicense if for serving drinks in the bar/pub additional for the terrace that is why you will be asked not to leave the terrace with your drinks. Watch a show like "Handhavers" you will see they can't give you a fine carrying closed beercans/bottles to your home but they will make people empty their drink even when just sitting on a bence and not behaving bad. Same difficult rule like smoking weed IN a coffeeshop but not 6 yards next to one. For drinking the rules are bend more often but last i know they are still in affect.
@@karelvandegraaf62 Of course terraces of a pub don't want you to walk away with their glass in your hand. And liquor licence is for serving, not the drinking. And the worst people are 'handhavers'. They have no ff ing clue what they are talking about. So unless you can show me the national law that says you can't drink in public spaces you're full of it also. People have picnics in the parks or on the beach drinking alcohol. And no nazi handhaver has anything to say about it.
Well officially it is forbidden to drink in public in the netherlands, but there are places where it isnt. Some parks ant other places it is allowed but most places it is forbidden. On the other side most police officers just dont want to be assholes and give you a ticket for public drinking, that makes it look like it is allowed but it is not
Not true. You can eat a sandwich and drink a beer in a train. Not on the platforms maybe but in the train yes. I do it whenever I take the train for a longer distance.
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What you probably don't understand yet, we tend to work in order to live, whereas Americans tend to live for work. It is a completely different mindset.
hardly any foreigner pronounces dutch as good as you do ten points for that
Anyone else giggled when she said "the fondlepark"?
That super loud dog bark at 3:57 scared the s*** out of me!! 😱😬😖😂
lol me too
Your pronunciation and accent when saying "Koffie kompanie" (written here in phonetic Dutch) were fluent and spot-on Dutch. Love it :)
Rule 1: I think in the Netherland you can basicly do what you like, so long as you take in consideration that you are not the only person in the world.
Rule 2: In addition if your enjoying some peace and silence, and someone is making a lot of noise, we tend to tolerate that for a set amount of time. (see rule 1)
The world: fight water!
The Dutch: let it flow.
The world: but we're drowning.
The Dutch: Swim and keep it gezellig.
"But I can't swim"!!! Maar het is wel gezellig :-))
Hahaha pretty onpoint xD
But then again, we saved several parts of the world ass from the water ...
Gezellig is a typical Dutch word it's different with gozy , gozy is in dutch - KNUS and KNUS is not the same as GEZELLIG
gozy is like we call it sitting together keep it small and little, most time we use KNUS-GOZY sitting with children, wathcing tv or like that.
GEZELLIG = more we go out to a bar a festival together to the bios,theater hang out somewhere .
gezellig is more a big wide word to do something
in holland we use the word GEZELLIG-enjoyable than the word KNUS-gozy
@@Ps29Adam cozy ?
If you like canals and old Dutch architecture, you should try de Dieze in 's-Hertogenbosch. A big part of it is underground, they build the city over it. Also a rich history with a lot of old fortifications restored in a nice way.
Absoluut correct! Een zeer goede tip die ik zelf ook wilde geven!
First of all, welcome in the Netherlands, funny to see how much you appreciate living in Holland. Do you live in Utrecht, the town I spent my entire youth? Looking at te chaos in your country, you must be extremily happy to live here!
Hi Eva, have you been to Giethoorn? If not, you need to. It’s so nice, there are no streets (for cars), only waterways. You move around on boats😁. Rent a “bootje” bring a “kleedje” with some cheese, lovely bread an rose....and enjoy.
Hi Eva, love your videos and dutch words!! Someone with a canalfetish like yours should def visit Giethoorn. It's an entire village where al the streets are canals😊👍
Well it's being nicknamed Hollands Venetië. Venice of the North :) And I love the place. It's about 5 minutes driving from here :)
I miss an option to say how much I appreciate your candid, informative and positive chats. Also very nice to see you are were you want to be, and appreciate our customs and country. Wishing you a very nice continued stay! ❤️
I am even start liking my country again cause of you ..
Funny .. and intelligent.. good job ..
harry wissink 😆👍
As a canallover you should visit Den Haag and rent a kayak for a couple of hours and enjoy the city and canals.
If you have the time you should go to Amsterdam and visit Park Frankendael, it's to find at the Middenweg. You really can see there a swamp, trees in the water but no crocodiles. You make a hell of advertising for the Netherlands. Thank you. I think you also should go to Delft, a very nice old city near Leiden and The Hague, you can meet there very nice people and great small café's.
In other videos you've told how we, the Dutch, love our bread. You've also said that we put our bread in the freezer to keep it fresh longer.
But do you know what we do with bread that somehow still has gone stale?
Especially if you're older or have young children, you take your old bread (to the park!) and feed it to the ducks.
Those ducks? They don't see terrifying omnivores, they see free food dispensers.
Or we make 'wentelteefjes' or 'soldaatjes'. In cases there is no park with ducks nearby.
Love hearing about your perspective on things that are so normal and obvious for me as a person born and raised in The Netherlands :)
Girl, your Dutch accent is great.👍
Thank you!
Those parks are more a big city thing I think, because in the smaller cities people do no go to parks that often. In the rural area's people will sit in their backyards.
Love the honesty in your videos. Keep that as you grow your channel.
I have seen a lot of vlogs like this, but your channel is my new favorite by far! And yes, I am Dutch
You can drink outside but you cannot be drunk in public in the netherlands, you will be arrested. Its called: "openbare dronkenschap" if you are arrested for public drunk you will be spending a night in jail till you are sober again. Love your videos. Gezellig!
Can you please do a video on the language? Its so funny and cute when you speak dutch😂😂😂
I second that. I am a Dutch expat in the US (WA state) and love hearing native English speakers pronounce Dutch!
@@FritigernGothly at times I wonder if Eva is fooling us because her pronounciation of Dutch words and phrases is.. quite Dutch.
@@c128stuff I am quite certain that her speech patterns are caused by several factors. She has lived in several cities around the USA, all with their own vocal characteristics. Plus she has been living in the Netherlands and practicing speaking Dutch for four years which undoubtedly has influenced her speech as well.
@@FritigernGothly sure, but I can pick out many English and American accents, and mixes of various of those accents, as well as those from various former and current Brittish colonies. ;-)
I've lived in the USA myself, spent a lot of time in English speaking countries, and have a lot of originally native English friends in the Netherlands.
But I'm specifically paying attention to things most English speakers don't entirely manage even after having lived in the Netherlands for decades and having used Dutch for most of that time. Some pointed out 'koffie company', but also 'grachten' etc.
Here in Amsterdam there are a lot of NON drinking zones... For example... The red light area is declared a non drinking zone.. Also you cant just sit with a can of beer on Dam square or something... You can recognize the zones because there a NON drinking signs. But there are many spaces where you can chill .. In parks or on boats for example as long youre not going to be annoying to others it will be tolerated. . I have to say though that we have to blame the tourists for that cause they act like idiots when theyre drunk... 20 years ago we did not have this alcohol restrictions in certain areas..
Yeah, while there are exceptions I think most Dutch people drink to be tipsy, not to become totally drunk. For some "indrinken" is a thing, drinking at home cheaply so you don't have to pay 4-10 times as much later. But even then the goal is not to become wasted asap. I don't get why anyone would ever do shots (except for social pressure). Waste of money and a waste of opportunity to have a tasty drink!
p.s. it's an old spanish thing, but ever tried red wine with cola? You can mix in various ratio, I like 1 wine : 2 cola. so have a bottle of each (.75 and 1.5 L) and an empty bottle to mix in. It's so good if you think wine isn't sweet enough and pure cola is too sweet or boring. You don't get drunk as fast as other mixes (with rum or so) and it's cheap as hell (only 4-5€)!
This chabbel is about The Netherlands, Amsterdam has nothing to do with The Netherlands ...
@@pim1234 neem nog een borrel mr chabbel
@@ThirstyTunaTaco wow, you are one sharp guy, especially for someone from Amsterdam.
The only good things from Amsterdam are AJAX, the original Andre Hazes and all trains out of Amsterdam...
@@pim1234 Zijn er nog meer dingen die mr Pim dwars zitten? Gooi t er maar uit of doe een therapietje is mijn advies.
So sweet and positive! Sooo enormously heart-warming…
This was certainly a gezellige video and 'gezellig' is definitely the word of the day (or probably of the whole month) for me now. 😁 🍻
Aw, thanks!
O no, thank you!
Be careful not to mispronounce it as "griezelig."
It is so interesting to learn about the differences between US and the Netherlands while living in Russia) Dank je!)
You can do a lot of things here in the Netherlands, as long as you keep it gezellig for everyone :)
Hier in Rotterdam hebben we iets wat Opzoomeren heet. De bewoners van je straat komen met een idee om de straat mooier of gezelliger te maken. Dit jaar hebben we geveltuintjes aangelegd. Gewoon een aantal tegels uit de stoep voor je gevel halen, deze rechtop zetten zodat ze een soort van bak vormen, vullen met compost en dan plantjes erin zetten. De gemeente Rotterdam leverde alles wat nodig was, gereedschap, compost, kruiwagen, plantjes en zelfs een tafel met koffie en koekjes. Die dag was super gezellig om met alle buren uit de straat aan die tuintjes te werken, elkaar te helpen en beter te leren kennen. En met al die leuke geveltuintjes ziet de straat er heel gezellig net als hoe wij met elkaar omgaan als buren, gezellig!
I love your videos, they give a lovely perspective on all the weird stuff we do, say and just don't think about 😂
I have family in the US, and they have visited the Netherlands in the past, they must have been flabbergasted seeing all our quirks...
Yo Ava… have you checked out our heated seats (cushens) on the ‘terrasjes’? I can already see you promote them in your funny way… 😂😂😂
I suppose 'with a nice vibe' is probably the best translation of 'gezellig'.
You are allowed to drink outside yes but you are not allowed to be drunk outside. Mostly police does not care as long as you don't bother anyone and are on your way home or if it is Koningsdag.
I set an “over/under wager” on how many times you would say ‘gezelligheid’ in this video. You were over! Goed gedaan!
I bumped into ur channel by accident and I learned something 2day that I didn't know was a thing "dunglish" I mean I use English words in my sentences all the time,but I never knew it was a thing like spanglish.. u learn something everyday xD
That thing where you start denken in twee talen at the same tijd. 😆
Chris Alexander wrote "A pattern language" half a century ago. And while I don't buy into the whole thing, it's a great work about why certain places are great while others are not.
While not exactly a canal we did have harbor in the tiny town (Oudenbosch) of about 10k inhabitants and just about any city that approaches city size there's a good chance that they'll have something like that.
Did you visit Groningen yet? It's one of the oldest Dutch cities, has canals, and the biggest population of young people in the Netherlands. Almost 1 out of 4 is a student and the bigfest concentration of cafés in the country . Can you imagine the vibe in that city? 😉
Gesellige is also an afrikaans word. The short English way to explain it, would be pro-social and pleasant. Like if you eould see yourself in your mind's eye in your favourite spot in the sun(I'm seeing a very snuggly corner couch for some reason), sipping tea your grandma made you (my grandma has passed... but she made the best tea) and chatting with your bestest, most favourite bestie-person in the world. That is the vibe. Very happy, very comfy, very home. Pleasant. Connected. But with the freedom to be yourself. ❤
Cafe used to be a (small) bar, gezellig he!
If you haven't, gone yet, visit Delf.. It has soo much more history compared to Amsterdam and it is way prettier. And has pretty canals too.
Good work and good luck👍🏻
I love how you keep the emphasis on the word gezellig it's kinda funny but also cute :)
I do know what your friends need to give you for your birthday, your own canal :P xD
You might have missed it, but Dutch society is very capitalistic, in fact, we were capitalists before the word was invented. We just never forgot that making money is a means to an end, and that's where the cafe's and so on come in. It's all about living well.
I love how you fully adopted the concept of gezelligheid, haha! Ik heb geabboneerd. Heel leuk om te zien hoe positief je bent over ons cultuurtje!
Love your videos! How did your family/friends from the US react when you went to the Netherlands and did you change their opinion in the last years?
I think I've succeeded in changing some opinions, but I often tell them, you have to visit to see what I really mean!
When I was in Portland and in small towns of California, I found quite a lot of small businesses, coffee places with home baked goods... Not terrasjes, but still, really nice and homey....
So, not at all bad!
I was a bit disappointed that when you professed your love for the Dutch canals, you missed the opportunity to mention the annual canal pride parade!
I had to crank up the sound since your voice volume is low but the sound effects caught me off guard!
Thank you for the video's it is fun watching them.
grachten were defence lines and later shipping transport and in the winter skating to school🤣
Nice video, btw we do have snow (most of the winters) but it's not that much.
De Utrechtse grachten zijn een van de mooiste, met hun gezellige werfkelders
Love your videos Ava!
You love the canal's and boats so much but do you know you can go throu most of Holland from city to city even to Belgium or Germany by boat. My sister had a pleasure jaght (small 11meter) and they spend allot of there vacations cruising throu Holland and the canals..
Love you're positive channel.keep up the good work it cheer's me up when iWatch you're videos.
Love your hair!❤
The swarming into park on a nice day thing is kind of regional. In Amsterdam it's common. But in the city I live in you only see kids playing and maybe a few people strolling along the paths. It seems to vary wildly from city to city.
Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the canal.
;-)
Drivers are not allowed to drink, the one cycling is considered a driver, same goes for a boat captain!
I really like you're comments on Dutch society, the company I work for is has a branch in the US, and have lots to do with that branch. And also notice that you are using words like "terrasje" i am blindly translating into "terrace" now I know why they think I am weird :P
If you like the canals, go to Giethoorn 😉
First of all, I like it a lot that you prefer our country above the USA. It's a no brainer for us but nice you feel the same way.
Secondly it's funny that you paint a picture of our country from the present looking at the past infrastructure. You make it sound like we still build small houses, and have canals built just for fun and 'gezelligheid'. It would be best to state that we've found a practical use forr the old infrastructure. Canals used to be the best way to transport stuff in a city. All the warehouses were built at the canals, it was practical to do it like that....before we had cars. Did you know that many canals have been filled with soil to convert them into roads?
Drinking in public is only allowed because we can control ourselves (well most of us) and not get drunk in public, which is not allowed. Apparently in the US they just don't trust people to be like that.
Still, it's nice to hear that people from the USA who actually know where it is on a map appreciate it like you do. Go ahead....enjoy The Netherlands....just like we do!
I would love to see a series on canals
Have you bin to Delft and it's beautifull canals ?
Holland and for example Limburg are very different.
But also zeer gezellig'' !
Your pronounciation of Dutch words is so good! 👍🏻
Btw i an not sure if drinking outside is officially allowed🤔 or just ‘ tolerated’. I thought it was not allowed to walk around with a beer in your hand. But I might be wrong, don’t drink any alcohol myself.
The canals in Utrecht are unique in the world. Because the ground water level is so low, we have this second level below street level. This can’t be found anywhere else. As you know we have our bars, restaurants and ‘terrassen’ below street level along the Oudegracht, which is awesomely beautiful and gezellig. Not in Amsterdam or Leiden. No!
You can't be drunk and ride your bike....I mean you can, but you still can get a ticket from the police.
you would simply be bending the rules ;)
@@GeePeeSterRace 😂😂😂 Also, has ANYONE ever received a ticket in that scenario? I've never heard of that happening, ever. And this is slightly different but, I remember being 17 years old, waiting on the bus with my friend after the super gezellige after party, so we were still drinking our beers we took walking away from there. And the policewoman that came by explained to me that what we were doing was actually illegal and she COULD write us a ticket if she wanted to... but of course she didn't. I guess she saw our honest to god perplexed faces because we wouldn't have known in a million years that we weren't actually allowed to drink a beer in public 😅
Nah. This one time I was proper sloshed and riding a bike with, of course, no lights. I saw this police car, didn't want a ticket, so hit the brakes as hard as I could. But, as I said, I was drunk, my man, *drunk*, so I forgot to put my foot on the floor.
This is what the officer must've seen:
* Somebody approaches on his bike without lights.
* He comes to an abrupt full stop.
* He is slowly falling to the side. No, he's not doing anything to stop himself from falling.
* He and his bike with no lights are now lying on the ground.
This is what he asked, rolling down his window: "Alles goed?" *
And this is what he heard me say, absolutely convinced of myself as I said it, even though I was lying on the ground in the middle of the fietspad, "Dikke prima!"
"Mooi zo," said the cop, and he drove off.
* Cop: "Everything ok?"
Me, hundred percent convinced it was so, but wrong: "Top of the world!"
Cop: "Wonderful."
And no tickets were written.
@@pramakers
Formally it's not allowed and they could give you a breath test and then a formal test at the station and then write you a ticket and technically could even take away your drivers license if you happen to have one, but many minor offences don't get you a ticket immediately but you will get a warning not to do so again. Though when the police officer needs to make his quota of tickets written that month he may give you a ticket in such a situation, though even then it's less work for the police officer to just write tickets to pedestrians or bikers going through a red traffic light. Most police officers realize that when driving drunk on a bike, you probably won't be killing someone even if attempted to do so contrary to driving a motorized vehicle when drunk.
Also, if so drunk you can't stay on your bicycle, you can use the bicycle to lean on when walking home.
Put your kleedje in your zakje and go to a parkje and make it gezellig with stroopwafels and radler.
We don't call them canals. Gracht means moat, not canal. They were moats around the city for defense.
Luns: i fok horses, JFK: i Marilyn Monroe.
public drinking is officially not allowed within the singel boundaries in Utrecht ;) but the police does close an eye or two if you behave
Imagine how cozy it would be with american way of service - at least for me is nothing cozy in bringing the check right away. For me it's like "pay and get out". I think this is also part of chill atmosphere for Americans.
missing the fox.... :-)
You're lovely. And gezellig.
The Dutch understand the difference beteen use and abuse of drugs
Notice that drinking in public is allowed, but that being drunk in public is an offence. So gezellig is oké, but it isn't limitless.
Drinking in public is not allowed in the Netherlands...its another example of bending the rules ;)
Being drunk is not allowed but consuming an alcoholic beverage is allowed unless it is in a non-alcohol zone (like red light district in Amsterdam)
It is actually. There's certain cities that have a no drinking in public policy in certain area's but in the whole there's no national law preventing you to drink alcohol in public. There's a law about being drunk in public and causing distress but that's not the gezellig she's talking about.
Well we Dutch excel at bending the rules ;)
Why would you take a laptop to a café?! That's just not what a café is for.
Guess it's the American way :)
Go to some of the cafes in the centre of Amsterdam, and you will see A LOT of people doing that, "working from home" can be done anywhere, and why not from a cafeteria, and it will not be explicitly expats doing this.
[Edit] Well, during non-corona-times probably.
@@Dutch3DMaster Amsterdam is hardly exemplary for the whole of the Netherlands.
@@zeevogel Oh, I agree 100%, but I was referring to the fact she mentioned cafes were not by design catered towards laptop users and that it's uncommon in The Netherlands to see someone with a laptop in a cafetaria.
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How do you know Danish hygge .
Officialy drinking outside is only legal on a terras. Cops usually just look the otherway. Anyway it's a pretty recent development. 30 years ago it was just not done.
Public innebriation is also prohibited by law. (Openbare dronkenschap) and if you are drunk and are misbehaving the cops can and will take action based on that legislation.
Wow ... timing is everything, right!?
You know what saddens me? Dutchies turning into Americans, more and more, due to politics :(
Hope you'll not live long enough to see America's greed take over our beautiful country.
After living in the NL for 49 years (coming 3rd of July) ... I use your channel to feel a little bit better about the country I live in.
Hope you understand.
I would love to meet you and invite you to The Hague, just to talk and exchange experience (although I have to admit ... given my life experiences, I am NOT gezellig although I'll try)
Thanks for helping me believe in my country again in these difficult times!
@@theGoogol proficiat met je verjaardag :)
1 tip for the next video: use a mic. The sound is very soft.
Another tip: go outside of Amsterdam and u will see Amsterdam doesnt represent The Netherlands.
I hate to break it to you but you are absolutely not allowed to drink in public not even in the park but we just do it anyway but you could get fined €95
Finally! I was looking for this comment. Technically, police could stand at the door of a bar and ticket anyone coming out. You can't be drunk in public, and as such you can't drink in public.
Drinking in public is not fine in most of the Netherlands though :) Maybe Amsterdam is a little bit of a difference but in most cities you get fined.
I don’t know where you live, but I’ve never seen anybody fined for drinking in public in my live (I’m 51), unless they were really drunk and/or bothering other people. The same goes for drinking and biking. The police does not routinely check if you’ve been drinking, like they do with cars, unless your exibiting dangerous behaviour. So it may be illegal but it’s condoned to a point.
In grote delen van de wereld hebben cafe´s nog een sociale functie, hoor. Dat is zeker niet typisch Nederlands.
im really curious about the girl you fell in love with.. she has got good taste...
3:57 🤪 what da?
Sounds like a dog!🐶
My cat just aged a year in half a second..
Netherlands...land of the free.... Gedogen is a big thing... You are not allowed by law to drink in public, use weed, use your bike when drunk, defy a red light or "jaywalk", use a boat while drinking, it is punishable by law.... BUTT.... Most of it is "seen through the fingers" by the cops, just because they know why we like to do it.... Sort of...
first off, what a cute vid! having said that, what a lot of misinformation :D drinking in public carries a fine of 95 per person, it is illegal to do thatto make it even nuttier with laws, it is illegal to be drunk in public .. what? .. yes! lol okay usually if people are drunk and not bothering anyone, if they are on their way home, no problem, however, if yo you are causing problems you will be fined for even just being drunk ontop of whatever other problems you were causing
Its actually not legal whatsoever to drink in public. Ive had to pay a fine before.
jup AMERICAN capatalism stomps over small local business. Dutch capatalism is different in that
KOFFIEKOMPANIE xD
It is not allowed to drink in most parks and on the streets. And we don't say gezellig all the time. Please check the facts
You can have your driving license revoked if you drive drunk on your bycicle. Or your boat licence for that matter.
Not true, see: www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/rijbewijs/vraag-en-antwoord/raak-ik-mijn-rijbewijs-kwijt-als-ik-dronken-op-de-fiets-word-aangehouden-door-de-politie
in most cities, villages, etc. it is NOT allowed to consume alcohol in public! Do some research
While according to the law it is illegal to drink in public, in a lot of cities this law will not be enforced. In general you can drink in public as long as you do not cause any trouble.
Typical case of bending the rules so far that we have started to make you believe it... Drinking in Public is not allowed! But cops or BOA's (sort of public order figures) most likely will warn you once if your acting out in the parc and make you empty your beer or wine bottle. Talk back to them and only then you will get the fine but if they are having a bad day they could give it to you on first sight. (don't scream/get to drunk and you'll be OK 90% of the time)
Haha, good to know!
It has to do with the official "opportunity principle". There are a lot of rules on the book that are not enforced because most people don't believe in them or can live with breaking them. This is how coffee shops came about after a series of pragmatic trade-offs and decisions. It is called "gedogen" a word like "tolerate" but only used in this context. In Germany, on the other hand, there is no opportunity principle: a law has to be enforced or cancelled. Different legal cultures.
Show me the national law that says drinking in public is not allowed. There's none. Being drunk and hindering traffic or causing distress is not allowed but the drinking itself is allowed also in public spaces.
@@StevanOutdoor Liquerlicense if for serving drinks in the bar/pub additional for the terrace that is why you will be asked not to leave the terrace with your drinks. Watch a show like "Handhavers" you will see they can't give you a fine carrying closed beercans/bottles to your home but they will make people empty their drink even when just sitting on a bence and not behaving bad. Same difficult rule like smoking weed IN a coffeeshop but not 6 yards next to one. For drinking the rules are bend more often but last i know they are still in affect.
@@karelvandegraaf62 Of course terraces of a pub don't want you to walk away with their glass in your hand. And liquor licence is for serving, not the drinking. And the worst people are 'handhavers'. They have no ff ing clue what they are talking about. So unless you can show me the national law that says you can't drink in public spaces you're full of it also. People have picnics in the parks or on the beach drinking alcohol. And no nazi handhaver has anything to say about it.
Fondlepark on the other hand is a pretty terrible place x.x
And it is forbidden to drink or eat anything at all, inside public transport.
You mean trams and busses, I'm not sure about trains.
Well officially it is forbidden to drink in public in the netherlands, but there are places where it isnt. Some parks ant other places it is allowed but most places it is forbidden. On the other side most police officers just dont want to be assholes and give you a ticket for public drinking, that makes it look like it is allowed but it is not
Eating or bbqing in public is allowed, so 50% of this is correct, but maybe this isnt for all of the netherlands
There actually is catering on longer distance trains including drinks.
Not true. You can eat a sandwich and drink a beer in a train. Not on the platforms maybe but in the train yes. I do it whenever I take the train for a longer distance.