WASHANDJE? ... These foreigners have no clue!

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  • Опубликовано: 20 фев 2020
  • It's typical Dutch: een washandje.
    It's the Dutch version of a washcloth...
    ... but these foreigners in the Netherlands have no clue!
    So when we ask them to use their imagination... some hilarious answers come up!
    These are students of the BLC Dutch Summer School.
    More #dutchculture videos with Dutch language students in the following playlist:
    • How do the DUTCH celeb...
    Video produced by:
    Bart de Pau
    (online Dutch teacher and founder of the Dutch Summer School and Dutch Winter School)
    Editing: Nicolas Balbontin, Kim van den Corput, Bart de Pau
    Video was recorded at the BLC Dutch Summer School - 2019 in Amsterdam.
    To know more about our:
    - Dutch Summer School: dutchsummerschool.nl
    - Dutch Winter School: dutchwinterschool.nl
    - Learn Dutch online with Bart de Pau: www.learndutch.org

Комментарии • 1,6 тыс.

  • @marjoleinz9190
    @marjoleinz9190 4 года назад +4858

    So, I was today years old when I found out they do not use a "washandje" everywhere around the world
    And I realized that a "washandje" is multifunctional

    • @Nina_V
      @Nina_V 4 года назад +20

      Haha same here 😅😅

    • @shanadebusschere2137
      @shanadebusschere2137 4 года назад +10

      Exactly same here 😂

    • @casperdewith
      @casperdewith 4 года назад +167

      Seriously. They just gave some twenty new ways to use a ‘washand’. I'm impressed.

    • @Jssi8720
      @Jssi8720 4 года назад +1

      Same

    • @SuAva
      @SuAva 4 года назад +42

      It never even crossed my mind to use a washandje to clean the surface of your kitchen table or something :D Like in the shower, it's way more useful to be able to put your hand in it as opposed to using just a loose cloth.

  • @gwenHVJ
    @gwenHVJ 4 года назад +1352

    The dude who asked if you wash your fruit in there is a genius.

    • @Jamy-dc9kk
      @Jamy-dc9kk 4 года назад +14

      You could....

    • @madelon-5430
      @madelon-5430 4 года назад +5

      New ideas😂

    • @StofStuiver
      @StofStuiver 4 года назад +29

      Im Dutch and ive done that. Its a multi purpose device and pretty was-handy

    • @rafaelesmeijer343
      @rafaelesmeijer343 4 года назад +11

      @@StofStuiver die naam😂😂

    • @StofStuiver
      @StofStuiver 4 года назад +3

      @@rafaelesmeijer343 hehe ;p

  • @mrpetit2
    @mrpetit2 4 года назад +1957

    I never realized that this was something specifically Dutch.
    For sure I'm going to store some chocolate letters in it when the time comes 😂🤣🤪

    • @25athenea
      @25athenea 4 года назад +16

      In Spanje hebben ze het ook.

    • @kyanaverduyckt2707
      @kyanaverduyckt2707 4 года назад +4

      GuidoK yeah but really it So normal for me so whattt

    • @TomWaldgeist
      @TomWaldgeist 4 года назад +15

      In Duitsland hebben vi dat ook :)

    • @lilyvelly2530
      @lilyvelly2530 4 года назад +14

      We also use it in France.

    • @user-hq4tn2hz2c
      @user-hq4tn2hz2c 4 года назад +1

      Those would melt though

  • @Jan_Koopman
    @Jan_Koopman 4 года назад +2870

    Okay, after watching this... I have to ask: How do you non-Dutch peeps even wash yourselves then?!

    • @kinosgarden
      @kinosgarden 4 года назад +128

      with your hands or with just squares you don't put your hand in. my husband thought I was disgusting for not knowing what one was so I'm glad to see other people in the same boat.

    • @TeylaDex
      @TeylaDex 4 года назад +125

      Don't know why the swiss was so confused. I've seen and used those in the whole german speaking part of Europe.

    • @yessir.7937
      @yessir.7937 4 года назад +187

      I'm Dutch and the only way I use a washand is when I clean my face in the morning or maybe my armpits and privates when I didn't have time to take a shower. You can't possible have a hard time understanding using your hands instead of a washandje.

    • @szinga
      @szinga 4 года назад +30

      with loofahs :)

    • @Jan_Koopman
      @Jan_Koopman 4 года назад +270

      @@yessir.7937, washand is zo veel makkelijker en praktischer dan je handen. Dus, jawel, ik vind het moeilijk om te begrijpen dat iemand zich wast met blote handen i.p.v. washand.

  • @BoundInHumanBones
    @BoundInHumanBones 4 года назад +1142

    As a Dutch person, I learned a lot of new uses for my washcloths after seeing this video.

  • @ejidomar
    @ejidomar 4 года назад +1041

    It's not only used in the Netherlands, it's also used in France, Belgium, Germany and a lot of other countries.

    • @General-Gru
      @General-Gru 4 года назад +68

      Thank you, peeps acting like this is 'new' or high-tech 🤣🤣🤣🥇

    • @General-Gru
      @General-Gru 4 года назад +14

      @@genericlozfan9862 Ik heb gewoon n heel aan stereotype dingen en zo, verder stoort de titel me al, washandjes gebruik in Nederland is denk 50-50 was n keer op de radio ook gezegd dat veel mensen t zelfs vies vinden.

    • @Melvin420x12
      @Melvin420x12 4 года назад +31

      General Gru Mensen die een washandje vies vinden? Dan ben je echt niet goed in je boven knikker.

    • @General-Gru
      @General-Gru 4 года назад +7

      @@Melvin420x12 helemaal eens, de discussie "gezicht of kont eerst wassen" 🤣🤣🤣 duh

    • @MlleTatiana96
      @MlleTatiana96 4 года назад +24

      I'm from Belgium and I use this. I didn't know this was a typical think haha.
      My Spanish family in Spain don't use this .. so when we go there we have to take some for there 😂

  • @JBinero
    @JBinero 4 года назад +572

    It's used in Belgium too. Thought it was used everywhere.

    • @ysbrandd
      @ysbrandd 4 года назад +3

      Beglium, you mean vlaanderen or wallonien because it makes a difference tbh.

    • @JBinero
      @JBinero 4 года назад +26

      @@ysbrandd These things don't change in Belgium. Belgium has a shared culture. The border between Flanders and Wallonia was only invented 50 years ago because of the aftermath of the world wars.

    • @ysbrandd
      @ysbrandd 4 года назад +5

      @@JBinero isn't it a border that also has to do with the 80 years war where the south of belgium helped the spanish and the north didn't because the south was catholic and the north protestant. the south is also french speaking and the north dutch speaking? that makes differences not huge differences but it is like saying people from friesland are the same as people from limburg.

    • @JBinero
      @JBinero 4 года назад +12

      @@ysbrandd No. That's the border between Belgium and the Netherlands.

    • @ysbrandd
      @ysbrandd 4 года назад

      @@JBinero so now you're saying that vlaanderen is french speaking...

  • @ElProf
    @ElProf 4 года назад +263

    5:14 haar uitspraak is echt perfect. Klinkt gewoon NL lol

    • @felicia3924
      @felicia3924 4 года назад +11

      Volgens mij is Eline idd van origine van Nederlandse afkomst

    • @joelleweetjewel9948
      @joelleweetjewel9948 4 года назад +10

      Ja, waarschijnlijk enigszins tweetalig opgevoed

    • @LunarSkye7214
      @LunarSkye7214 4 года назад +4

      Haha ik was aan het zoeken naar Nederlandse comment eindelijk gevonden

    • @sinki19841984
      @sinki19841984 4 года назад +16

      Ze ziet er ook typisch Nederlands uit.

    • @GG69BLIN
      @GG69BLIN 4 года назад +1

      Ja inderdaad, haha

  • @marijkevandermolen9164
    @marijkevandermolen9164 4 года назад +568

    The most frustrating thing about het washandje is the fact that, when you go to a hotel in the Netherlands, you have to bring your own. Because they never give you washandjes, only towels. #typicaldutchproblems

    • @tibethatguy
      @tibethatguy 4 года назад +3

      In Belgium, they do! (At least in Novotel Brugge Centrum.)

    • @gardenjoy5223
      @gardenjoy5223 4 года назад +12

      @Moshe Natsarim Don't they have washing machines where you come from? As a B&B owner I assure you, all towels and washcloths are washed on high temperatures.

    • @gardenjoy5223
      @gardenjoy5223 4 года назад +6

      @Moshe Natsarim Well, I guess nobody would be offended if you bring your own stuff. But don't you have the same problem with putting a cloth to your face, that was used on your butt before? Or do you have a system in place of several different kinds or colors of washcloths for different areas? Whatever works for you, is fine.

    • @FeddeBoyGamer
      @FeddeBoyGamer 4 года назад +1

      Haha ja altijd een gemis 😆

    • @jemappellemerci
      @jemappellemerci 4 года назад +8

      Garden Joy I mean I wouldn’t want to wear anyone else’s underwear either, even if it’s been through the washing machine thrice. It’s just the idea of the cloth having been in someone else’s private area

  • @TheEefje1991
    @TheEefje1991 4 года назад +87

    I use a “washandje” (washcloth) every day and have never realized that this was typically Dutch. I always take my own “washandje” (washcloths) with me so I have never realized abroad that it was not there.

    • @Ramon609
      @Ramon609 4 года назад

      Plural for ''washandje'' is ''washandjes'' :P

    • @janetdavies9873
      @janetdavies9873 2 года назад +4

      It isn’t just Dutch. I used to live in the U.K. and we used them there. This video is just stupid

  • @rayuelarcaica
    @rayuelarcaica 4 года назад +298

    My boyfriend is Flemish, I am South American, and I can confirm that, at least that in the dutch speaking part of Belgium, people use these. Quite a useful little gadget.

    • @yannisvh
      @yannisvh 4 года назад +14

      Ja zeker en vast !

    • @szinga
      @szinga 4 года назад +16

      i was mad confused when my boyfriend (who is also flemish) gave it to me when i moved to belgium lol

    • @jonathanmaes4311
      @jonathanmaes4311 4 года назад +8

      I’m Flemish and I grew up with this, but I stopped using it at my 12 y/o or something. Cause I didn’t see the utility of it. I’m the only one in the family who doesn’t use it. They find it weird. I’m glad now that I found out that, globally speaking, I’m on track with the majority haha.

    • @nyx4081
      @nyx4081 4 года назад +8

      Yes I am flemish and I use them. My husband is a foreigner and he never saw them before we moved in together. I like them lol

    • @moonlightlunar44
      @moonlightlunar44 4 года назад

      When I was little I used it, but actually when I was around 8 I stopped usinh it
      (I'm from the netherlands btw)

  • @brianw.7700
    @brianw.7700 4 года назад +329

    "Only old people use washcloths."
    Me: *That face when you use washcloths but your parents don't*

  • @lannydragonlover
    @lannydragonlover 4 года назад +367

    Oh man - de chocolade letter is echt een goeie inval haha! Jammer dat t niet klopt, maar die vind ik wel echt prachtig.

    • @victrwssnk
      @victrwssnk 4 года назад +2

      lannydragonlover ik lachte daar ook al om😅

    • @Milbrandt
      @Milbrandt 4 года назад +3

      Inderdaad, perfecte maat.

    • @xander_wassink
      @xander_wassink 4 года назад

      Victor Wassink ok

    • @pa9030
      @pa9030 4 года назад

      I liked the idea to wash fruits with it more

    • @paulinethebest01
      @paulinethebest01 4 года назад +3

      Nieuwe traditie, wat amerikanen doen met sokken doen wij met het washandje, en dan een chocolade letter erin 😂 dag schoentje hallo washandje

  • @Lena.9
    @Lena.9 4 года назад +486

    I use a 'washandje' not under the shower but instead of a shower. You can wash yourself properly and fast without taking a full shower.

    • @johnvanegmond1812
      @johnvanegmond1812 4 года назад +17

      Also very useful when bathing with a bowl and a bucket of water.

    • @rvdb8876
      @rvdb8876 4 года назад +33

      @@johnvanegmond1812
      Indeed.
      Especially in earlier times when few people had a shower, it was and still is a very useful tool, with which you can soap and rub in better than with the bare hand.
      So you can see how the current generation is spoiled.
      They take a shower for granted.

    • @Maniwasaki
      @Maniwasaki 4 года назад +7

      That's the original use for it

    • @ysbrandd
      @ysbrandd 4 года назад +1

      well it's good as an extra but you can't just skip showering, but another use is if you have a device playing a netflix show and your hands get soapy and so gets your screen use a washandje.

    • @Augsterful
      @Augsterful 4 года назад +2

      And that made me puke

  • @JKlomp-rp5ev
    @JKlomp-rp5ev 4 года назад +79

    Bart de Pau: the reason how every Dutch people learn something is typical Dutch, because before Bart de Pau we wouldn’t know

  • @CaptainMug
    @CaptainMug 4 года назад +251

    ... Wait ... I've used this my whole life, never knew other countries didn't have these... What do they use to wash their face with in the morning?

    • @ChimPlays
      @ChimPlays 4 года назад +12

      Torbax probaby just their hands. Weird to think about it tho almost every dutch person including myself uses it haha

    • @evangeliamintzai6302
      @evangeliamintzai6302 4 года назад +3

      Your hands 👐

    • @wesleyw7908
      @wesleyw7908 4 года назад +4

      A shower?

    • @chiraine1
      @chiraine1 4 года назад +8

      @@evangeliamintzai6302 that doesn't nearly clean it as much as using a mit though.. There's no friction

    • @henriettej.p3828
      @henriettej.p3828 4 года назад +2

      I'm Dutch and don't use it, I take two short showers a day

  • @aerodaan
    @aerodaan 4 года назад +58

    Washing yourself without a washandje takes so much more soap! It's not only a "handy" thing, it also saves money. Clever!

    • @Psilocybism
      @Psilocybism 4 года назад +31

      'it also saves money' and there you have the real reason, Dutch people are using this.

    • @lunatonkens7933
      @lunatonkens7933 4 года назад +1

      @@Psilocybism 😂😂😂

    • @gruisman
      @gruisman 4 года назад +3

      @@Psilocybism Saving money!! We need everything in the aanbieding!!

    • @Psilocybism
      @Psilocybism 4 года назад +2

      @@gruisman there is no happy life without 'aanbieding' XD

    • @Marlilijntjeeh
      @Marlilijntjeeh 4 года назад +2

      @@Psilocybism hamstereeeeeen

  • @uplinkx1126
    @uplinkx1126 4 года назад +139

    Think archeologists trying to determine the use of an object... kinda makes you wonder.

    • @cheristina
      @cheristina 4 года назад +11

      Yeah, makes me wonder what we interpreted the wrong way.

    • @Widdekuu91
      @Widdekuu91 4 года назад +4

      @@cheristina
      Pretty sure those arrows were never used for hunting, just fashionable earrings for the stylish Neanderthal.

    • @brambozer1
      @brambozer1 3 года назад

      In 400 years the appelboor is meants for cutting holes in cheese and sell them to the Swiss 😅 (another Bart the Pau vid)

  • @pandabeaarr
    @pandabeaarr 4 года назад +114

    We call it in Indonesia waslap.. And I'm surprised the Indonesian guy didnt know it.. 😯

    • @imke7976
      @imke7976 4 года назад +9

      In belgium we call it also a waslap

    • @royjansen93
      @royjansen93 4 года назад +9

      My mom used to call it waslap. I am from the east of the Netherlands.

    • @ChristainNL
      @ChristainNL 4 года назад +2

      Yes, I am Indonesian and my mom always use it for me during bath when I was baby

    • @lindaraterink6451
      @lindaraterink6451 4 года назад +1

      They say it like that in the north of netherlands too.

    • @4t0m5k
      @4t0m5k 4 года назад +1

      @@imke7976 Perhaps in some region, never heard it in central Limburg. Klinkt eerder Oost/West Vlaams, mocht ik gokken?

  • @d3bb320
    @d3bb320 4 года назад +52

    as a dutch person, i realised just today that my precious *washandje* does not get used everywhere around the world

  • @MM-ht2cr
    @MM-ht2cr 4 года назад +3

    Not only we have the same thing in Iran, but we went a bit further and have them in different materials. So you have the soft ones for kids, the normal ones for grown ups and there’s another kind that’s a bit tough and you use it for scrubbing. But you don’t do that one very often. So for me as an Iranian who lives in the Netherlands it was never a question or confusion! But I’m really surprised that no one on the video had a clue! 😄

  • @mmneander1316
    @mmneander1316 4 года назад +133

    They also sell this everywhere in Germany, in every shop that sells towels. The German name is "Waschhandschuh". So not so very specific to the NL only.

    • @Ayoub-fj9zu
      @Ayoub-fj9zu 4 года назад +11

      Ok, you got Hitler. We have washandjes.

    • @mmneander1316
      @mmneander1316 4 года назад +5

      @@Ayoub-fj9zu I don't understand your comment. I am actually a Dutch national (living currently in Germany). In what way "have I got Hitler" ?

    • @Ayoub-fj9zu
      @Ayoub-fj9zu 4 года назад +12

      @@mmneander1316 ik probeer gewoon grappig te zijn, laat me

    • @Ayoub-fj9zu
      @Ayoub-fj9zu 4 года назад +8

      @Douwe Bloot did you just assume my religion? En het antwoord is nee. Ik snap niet precies wat dat ermee te maken zou hebben

    • @BenitoCarmela
      @BenitoCarmela 4 года назад +4

      We also have "washandjes" in Spain, called "manoplas".

  • @GiveupforJesus
    @GiveupforJesus 4 года назад +19

    How do they wash people in the hospital, when they don't have this?

  • @mizuneko4201
    @mizuneko4201 4 года назад +9

    5:15 that was so smooth! Damn, she almost sounds dutch XD

  • @fadwasabani8764
    @fadwasabani8764 4 года назад +36

    In morocco we use the rough ones to exfoliate and the soft ones for shower gels, I can't believe people don't use them, they make your skin baby soft.

    • @litchtheshinigami8936
      @litchtheshinigami8936 4 года назад +1

      Fedoua Frikel i also find it easier to wash with one than without.. because without you lose at least half of your shower gel trough your fingers without one

    • @fadwasabani8764
      @fadwasabani8764 4 года назад +4

      @@litchtheshinigami8936 I didn't even know people use shower gels with their hands, the thought of it is disturbing and scary.

    • @johnvanegmond1812
      @johnvanegmond1812 4 года назад

      @@fadwasabani8764 You frighten easily at the thought of wasting shower gel. :)

    • @fadwasabani8764
      @fadwasabani8764 4 года назад +1

      @@johnvanegmond1812 lol not wasting it but applying it alone won't make the foam is what scares me hehe.

    • @litchtheshinigami8936
      @litchtheshinigami8936 4 года назад +2

      @@fadwasabani8764 i've tried because i had moments where there were no washandjes so i would have to make do.. but half of the shower gel just slips trough your fingers and half of it is wasted.. and i just don't like the way it feels to use your fingers to wash yourself.. it just feels wrong i guess

  • @jhcfight
    @jhcfight 4 года назад +37

    When I was a kid, children would ask their mother for an old one to take their marbles in it to school.

    • @johnvanegmond1812
      @johnvanegmond1812 4 года назад +3

      I didn't. Maybe that is why I have lost my marbles. ;)

    • @jhcfight
      @jhcfight 4 года назад

      @@johnvanegmond1812 LOL

    • @lindaraterink6451
      @lindaraterink6451 4 года назад +3

      I never did that. I asked my mom to sow a bag for it, Two pieces of scrapfabric about the same size as a washandje maybe a little bit bigger and a shoelace through a tunnel on the top to pull it tight.

    • @Widdekuu91
      @Widdekuu91 4 года назад +1

      @Gerard Rietdijk
      My pepernoten and easter-eggs were usually gathered in washandjes untill my mom sewed my personalized tiny pepernoten-bag. Slightly smaller than a washandje xD

  • @chiv2090
    @chiv2090 4 года назад +62

    Do you know how this is called in the Netherlands?
    Indian guy: “Handdruk”
    Goud 🤣👌

    • @chiv2090
      @chiv2090 4 года назад +2

      “Handklootje”

  • @gardenjoy5223
    @gardenjoy5223 4 года назад +12

    Just learned a dozen new ways of using them! Thank you, guys. I'm inspired. Am going to try some of those.

  • @femmert6408
    @femmert6408 4 года назад +8

    5:15 that was a really good Dutch accent :O

  • @thierry-yonathanmeyer5976
    @thierry-yonathanmeyer5976 4 года назад +30

    The French and Swiss guys should have known 🙄
    In fact I'm surprised that the other ones don't know what it is lol

  • @youraverageweirdkid
    @youraverageweirdkid 4 года назад +13

    I can confirm that they are used in Belgium aswell.

  • @alwind
    @alwind 4 года назад +52

    Zoveel hints en dan nog... Haha, hij “was” weer vermakelijk! Nog een kleine opmerking voor degene achter de camera: probeer wat meer toelichting/uitleg te geven, over het waarom, hoe, wat en waar. Iets meer context aan het eind laat wellicht het kwartje beter vallen. Soms laat je mensen nog met een groot vraagteken achter.

  • @mkgriffioen
    @mkgriffioen 4 года назад +34

    Haha dit filmpje is ook weer erg leuk. Er is een tijdje een discussie geweest wat is nou de Nederlandse identiteit, of wie is een echte Nederlander. Die moeten dit kanaal bekijken. Allemaal zo herkenbaar 😁

  • @rpldcedits4196
    @rpldcedits4196 4 года назад +8

    5:15 wow this girl pronounced it REALLY good!

    • @gadenhertog
      @gadenhertog 4 года назад +1

      Canadian, so probably quite a bit of Dutch blood flowing through her veins. She looks very Dutch too.

  • @ronaldderooij1774
    @ronaldderooij1774 4 года назад +124

    I don't think this is typically Dutch. I don't know why these people did not know it.

    • @kikahb67
      @kikahb67 4 года назад +5

      Now I believe all these clips are scripted.

    • @johnvanegmond1812
      @johnvanegmond1812 4 года назад +11

      I grew up in Iowa, USA. My parents were from the Netherlands. We used this in my home but I have never seen one in another home. I am 55 years old.

    • @MissyWatson
      @MissyWatson 4 года назад +4

      Ze kennen ook geen washandjes in Engeland. Hier heb je kleine vierkanten doekjes maar geen washandje te bekennen.

    • @Nina_V
      @Nina_V 4 года назад +8

      I'm from Belgium and we use it too

    • @barbaraleenen4157
      @barbaraleenen4157 4 года назад +2

      @@MissyWatson heb engelse vrienden en dat lijkt me zo onhandig! Vooral omdat ik als verpleegkundige patiënten moet wassen in bed of aan wasbak, denk ik dan: hoe doe je dat fatsoenlijk met zo een doekje?? Dat

  • @chiraine1
    @chiraine1 4 года назад +37

    How is this just a Dutch thing xd. I can't even imagine life without my washandje.

    • @whocaresudo
      @whocaresudo 4 года назад +2

      Life without my washandje 😂😂😂

    • @StofStuiver
      @StofStuiver 4 года назад

      @@whocaresudo hehe
      dirty man ;p

  • @xhelene441
    @xhelene441 4 года назад +9

    A whole video of people being confused about washandjes...
    Love it
    (Ps in Belgium we use it to)

  • @FLA270309
    @FLA270309 4 года назад +4

    I'm Belgian, so little neighbour of the Netherlands 😉 I remember traveling to different places & having to use such a inpractical mini-towel to wash myself, going from face all the way down2the feet.
    It was ok, but I must admit I can't travel anymore without having at least 6 washcloths with me, so I can wash the first 2 after use, drying, then up2next 2😄 cause I mean COMMON it is so much móre practical than a mini-towel that falls out of your hand & just "flies allóver the place"😅. The washcloth (washandje) stáys on your hand + when you've done a lót of work, sport, activities & what have u, u sée how dirty light grey the water is when u rince the washandje.
    I don't understand how maybe some people can't understand that it's súch a great natural (cotton) way 2gently expoliate your skin. I believe every1 needs at least a few washandjes!😄😉
    CAN YOU FÉEL THE ...
    [No, not the 'bern' or burn...ouch😅]
    ... CLEAN BODYYYYY
    ALREADYYYYYY...?!😂
    (I'm sérious though)🙂
    Have a great scrubdown y'all! EUH...I mean... lockdown 😕🤷🏼‍♀️
    A clean1!😉

  • @hannahybanez8016
    @hannahybanez8016 4 года назад +6

    I've used this in Belgium and it was so funny coz at first I heard them calling it "wastansha". 😆 after a few months, I realized it's washandje. 😆😆😆

  • @annabiezen
    @annabiezen Год назад

    they are so creative with a washandje! Especially for Christmas, putting chocolate in it or to wash vegetables. I love it

  • @ristasitinurawaliyah1251
    @ristasitinurawaliyah1251 4 года назад +32

    I’m Indonesian and we Still use that stuff especially for baby. And we called it “waslap”.

    • @ChristainNL
      @ChristainNL 4 года назад

      Trueee

    • @mimispookkatje4070
      @mimispookkatje4070 4 года назад +1

      Hahaha i,m a dutchie but at our house we say al the time waslap😂😂
      And I use them for my kids when they where little.
      My mom in law ask me hé is there a different between washandje or waslap.
      Nope hahaha only the name.
      And the ones that iused for the babies where from a other fabric.

    • @fabiandezeeuw6110
      @fabiandezeeuw6110 4 года назад +2

      Im going to call it waslap now 😂👌🏻

    • @mimispookkatje4070
      @mimispookkatje4070 4 года назад +2

      @@fabiandezeeuw6110 😂🤣😂
      Sounds more fancy then washandje😋

    • @josenieboer6248
      @josenieboer6248 4 года назад +4

      Hello, my family also calls it 'waslap'. Especially my grandmother. She is 82 years old. I think it is old-Dutch. I almost only hear the word 'waslap' from older people. Somewhere in her age.
      Greetings from The Netherlands.
      🙋

  • @mayayulita7126
    @mayayulita7126 4 года назад +7

    I recognize this as “waslap”. My parents used this to bathe my baby brothers but also to “bathe” me when I was sick and couldn’t make it to the bathroom.
    Maybe the concept came from the Dutch as well since I live in Indonesia and the Dutch inherited some stuffs here 😁

  • @forkless
    @forkless 4 года назад +27

    Exfoliating properties aside, it saves heaps of soap when you want to lather up. #frugal

    • @ZwaEli
      @ZwaEli 4 года назад +5

      Right?! Before I lived on my own, I never wanted to use one at my parents' house. Don't know why, maybey because my father and brothers also used them and had parts I didn't have and I didn't like the idea ;). But living on my own also meant buying my own shower supplies. Buying washclothes was in the end so much cheaper than all the soap I had been buying!

  • @arnomeesters1
    @arnomeesters1 4 года назад +3

    ik heb weer genoten, veel gelachen hahaha

  • @HMOCreations1807
    @HMOCreations1807 4 года назад +10

    Fantastisch! 😂😂 En dan het antwoord "wasklootje"! 😂😂 Nieuwe creatieve manieren voor het gebruik van het washandje!!

    • @aerodaan
      @aerodaan 4 года назад +2

      Om je kloten mee te wassen natuurlijk! 😂

    • @christinadn1819
      @christinadn1819 4 года назад

      Oooh ik kom niet meer bij van het lachen!!!

  • @kyravanmeijl731
    @kyravanmeijl731 4 года назад +7

    We always bring our own washandjes when we travel, because we are so used to it haha

  • @Leto85
    @Leto85 Год назад

    Toweltje.
    I love the mixture of English and Dutch here. Very creative. 😁

  • @nataliiaa2832
    @nataliiaa2832 4 года назад +11

    In Belgium as well 😉

  • @stefanreichenberger5091
    @stefanreichenberger5091 4 года назад +8

    Also in Germany this is used, mainly for the face.

  • @marjolein5011
    @marjolein5011 3 года назад +3

    I’m living in the U.K. and my “washandjes” were getting old.. so I needed to buy new ones, but couldn’t find them anywhere! I was so confused. How do British people even wash themselves? Then I worked in a residential home for a while and saw all these people use “flannels” for this. which are tiny square towels. They’re really similar but just not as practical, because can’t stick your hand in it 😂. Nothing beats washandjes

    • @HermanWillems
      @HermanWillems Год назад

      Yeah but British like inconvenient stuff, as long as they themselves have invented it.

  • @KimchiYeo
    @KimchiYeo 2 года назад +1

    I actually liked the concept of a washandje because it is ribbed so you can clean your deadskin off better than just regular hand that has no ribs on it.
    pretty genius who invented this little handje.

  • @sophiediepgrond
    @sophiediepgrond 4 года назад +6

    Holy hahah! I am from holland and I use a "washandje" everyday!! I tought they would know it everywere!
    It actually cleans way better than only using your hands!!

    • @JBinero
      @JBinero 4 года назад +1

      It's pretty widespread in Europe. It's also used in Belgium, France, Germany, etc. It is apperantly a Belgian thing that spread to the Netherlands.

    • @wilsonhuber
      @wilsonhuber 3 года назад

      @@JBinero Isn't Belgium, France and Germany - Europe too?

  • @Paul-ng3xn
    @Paul-ng3xn 4 года назад +4

    It is very handy when you wash yourself on the sink. There was a time people only took a bath once a week, but still cleaned themselves on the sink daily. It saves water and makes sure the whole area at the sink is not flooded.
    Still remember my mom washing me as a kid with it. And getting my face scrubbed.

    • @johnvanegmond1812
      @johnvanegmond1812 4 года назад +1

      And what a good face scrubbing it was! I'm 55 and can still feel my face getting pushed in all directions. :)

    • @rvdb8876
      @rvdb8876 4 года назад

      @@johnvanegmond1812
      I'm 66 and still scrub my face with it.
      That's how I got used to it, LOL.
      By the way, I am Belgian and my parents and grandparents also used it, so it doesn't seem to be that typical Dutch.

    • @deHaanA
      @deHaanA 4 года назад +1

      Very “handy” indeed 😉

    • @Paul-ng3xn
      @Paul-ng3xn 4 года назад +1

      @@rvdb8876 to be honest, I always thought it was a very common appliance. Kinda amazed that the people in the clip did not know about it.

  • @sjoerdv22
    @sjoerdv22 4 года назад +3

    Soap adverts are used universally aired, it was always weird that they never just pulled out a washandje and washed themselves with it:3

  • @aha0327
    @aha0327 4 года назад +1

    I don't know why the indonesian guy had no idea about it. I'm Indonesian and I am very familiar with that thing, my family always have it in home. We called it "waslap" and only use it with hot water, when you feel too sick or unwell to take a bath with cold water... And also by this video I was surprised that it is originally a Dutch heritage.

    • @DuffyMink
      @DuffyMink Год назад

      yaas. indo here, i recognize it as "waslap" too. I think younger generation never use waslap anymore,hence they don't know

  • @Awesomemomy
    @Awesomemomy 4 года назад +2

    "Wash gloves" are also known in Germany ...
    Funny for kids in the bathtub ... you fill it with soapy water, keep it closed, and when you crush it, foam comes out.
    A bit like a hamam (Turkish bathhouse) ... only in small!

  • @benjaminjansen4448
    @benjaminjansen4448 4 года назад +7

    5:13 lol handklootje

  • @jusufagung
    @jusufagung 4 года назад +12

    Washandje? That is "waslap" in Indonesia! That's for bathing, especially for babies. I used it often myself.

  • @mycomment1862
    @mycomment1862 4 года назад +1

    You can also put Rummikub pieces in it to blindly grab a new piece when you have to pass the turn.

  • @tenetennba6529
    @tenetennba6529 2 года назад

    So many super smart ideas to use it for! Especially the fruit

  • @meriembaleghaouadi5441
    @meriembaleghaouadi5441 4 года назад +14

    Wij gebruiken het ook veel in Tunesië 🇹🇳🇹🇳😜😜

    • @verogroenewoud9681
      @verogroenewoud9681 4 года назад

      Meriem Balegh Aouadi spreken ze in Tunesië Nederlands of heb je Nederlandse ouders?

    • @meriembaleghaouadi5441
      @meriembaleghaouadi5441 4 года назад +1

      @@verogroenewoud9681 in Tunesië spreken we Arabisch maar ik woon in Nederland

  • @Tijn-NL
    @Tijn-NL 4 года назад +14

    5:32 MAASKANTJE!

    • @Roman_Terrariums
      @Roman_Terrariums 4 года назад +2

      Hahaha ik wou net gaan zeggen XD

    • @aerodaan
      @aerodaan 4 года назад +2

      KUT!

    • @ElProf
      @ElProf 4 года назад +2

      @@aerodaan WOENSEL!!
      Zat echt te scrollen zoekend naar de Maaskantje refs 😂

    • @kiekieenyordy
      @kiekieenyordy 4 года назад +1

      Hey Paul jonge kut gooi die turbo er eens in dan

  • @darkjannn
    @darkjannn 3 года назад +1

    Seriously, rest of the world, get on board with this. Washandjes are amazing and you're missing out.

  • @someonessomeone8545
    @someonessomeone8545 4 года назад +2

    I'm from germany and tbh, I never expected them to be so clueless about about such a easy thing 😂

  • @matthewvanvught4129
    @matthewvanvught4129 4 года назад +4

    In belgie gebruiken ze dat ook hoor /in belgium we does also always use it

  • @LeonKerkdijk
    @LeonKerkdijk 4 года назад +4

    Seriously? We're the only country in the world that:
    - knows what a flessenlikker is
    - knows what a roe is
    - knows what gourmetten is
    - likes raw herring
    - likes salty liquorice (If you don't like it, your taste buds are just underdeveloped)
    - knows about koekhappen
    - knows how to make a Frikandel Speciaal
    - knows what spijkerpoepen is
    - eats hagelslag on bread
    And now you're telling me that we're the only country in the world that uses this type of washcloths? Man...

    • @barbaraleenen4157
      @barbaraleenen4157 4 года назад

      Nee hoor, althans niet voor de zoute drop ( alhoewel ik waarschijnlijk de enige vlaming ben die ze lekker vindt), de roe, het gourmetten, de maatjes, de frikandel speciaal (alleen noemen wij die curryworst speciaal) en de hagelslag.
      Maar wat is in godsnaam een flessenlikker en spijkerpoepen??

    • @barbaraleenen4157
      @barbaraleenen4157 4 года назад

      Ps: en wij belgen hebben washandjes!

    • @LeonKerkdijk
      @LeonKerkdijk 4 года назад

      @@barbaraleenen4157 Spijkerpoepen is naast koekhappen één van de oudste Nederlandse spellen die er bestaan, en wordt gespeeld met een stuk touw, een spijker en een glazen fles. De spijker wordt aan het touw vastgebonden, waarna het touw aan de broek van de speler wordt vastgemaakt. Het doel van het spel is de spijker in de fles te krijgen, zonder gebruik te maken van iets anders dan heup-, middel- en bovenbeenbewegingen. En een flessenlikker is een langwerpig stuk keukengerei waarmee je de laatste resten van een dikke vloeistof, zoals yoghurt, vla of Heinz Tomatenketchup uit een fles kunt krijgen. De halfronde kant is bedoeld voor ronde flessen en de platte kant voor kartonnen pakken. Dit kanaal heeft ook al een video gemaakt over de flessenlikker. Ze verzinnen de meest gestoorde dingen, maar waar die daadwerkelijk voor bedoeld is, kunnen ze niet op komen.

    • @barbaraleenen4157
      @barbaraleenen4157 4 года назад

      @@LeonKerkdijk aha! Flessenlikker noemen wij een pannenlikker 😊 van dat spel had ik inderdaad nog niet gehoord.

    • @LeonKerkdijk
      @LeonKerkdijk 4 года назад +1

      @@barbaraleenen4157 Echt een keer proberen, is hartstikke lachen!

  • @ladyDB7
    @ladyDB7 2 года назад

    Geweldig!!!

  • @TheAdelaide9
    @TheAdelaide9 4 года назад +2

    ‘Yeah.. for in the shower.. for.. the mirror.’
    SO CLOSE 😂

  • @sandravisserrealtorofexpre8777
    @sandravisserrealtorofexpre8777 4 года назад +3

    I grew up calling that a doekje, Or klein doekje as they were smaller. Father was Indonesian born- Dutch.

    • @johnvanegmond1812
      @johnvanegmond1812 4 года назад

      I never new the spelling. We called it the same in my house. Iowa, USA, both parents from the Netherlands.

  • @marcelschurgers8164
    @marcelschurgers8164 4 года назад +6

    Handklootje had me rolling 😂

  • @TayyebK
    @TayyebK 4 года назад +1

    Eerlijk is eerlijk, de dingen die ze zeggen zijn oprecht goede ideeën

  • @jessicaknoester1437
    @jessicaknoester1437 4 года назад

    dit is zo grappig om te zien : )

  • @LadyMissCoppertone
    @LadyMissCoppertone 4 года назад +3

    I knew right away. It's a shower mit.

  • @daphne2434
    @daphne2434 4 года назад +3

    As a dutch person i laughed so hard

  • @christyd369
    @christyd369 4 года назад

    Now i know why i was raised how i was after watching these.. i was told its just the way we are.. the no bday party i never understood till watching these videos.. thanks for sharing..

  • @vinceoldenhof7117
    @vinceoldenhof7117 4 года назад +2

    5:13 she said it perfectly without any accent

  • @21ruevictorhugo
    @21ruevictorhugo 4 года назад +24

    You find them in France as well.

  • @koengixxer
    @koengixxer 4 года назад +10

    Why?
    Because it's very soapy and stays soapy a long time when u shower..
    And u don't need as mutch soap then with the hands, just a little drop is enough. Try it😉✌️

  • @PretzlCosplay
    @PretzlCosplay 2 года назад

    Ik had geen idee dat een washandje zo typisch Nederlands was XD Haha wat leuk!

  • @rightuppercut1426
    @rightuppercut1426 4 года назад

    This one was very funny. 😄

  • @MarijnvdSterre
    @MarijnvdSterre 4 года назад +3

    Chocolade letter was geweldig idee (zou echt iets nederlands zijn dan ^^) En de opmerking: "Who knows what they do!" (2:11) xD

  • @nizidafabie
    @nizidafabie 4 года назад +5

    I really thought this was a universal thing but no apperantly only we use it

  • @holo6883
    @holo6883 4 года назад +2

    Them noobs don't know them because only people who have STROOPWAFEL BLOED flowing through their veins are worthy of knowing the art of the Washandje

  • @rainbowcloudss_
    @rainbowcloudss_ Год назад

    I like those 2 who were just laughing and having fun hahah

  • @OP-1000
    @OP-1000 4 года назад +3

    If you make your “washandje” soapy and then blow in it, you can make bubbles 😀

  • @Sjaan_Banaan
    @Sjaan_Banaan 4 года назад +11

    Nooit geweten dat een washandje 'typisch Nederlands' is.
    Weer iets geleerd!

    • @TeylaDex
      @TeylaDex 4 года назад +5

      It's not. Germans, Austrians, Belgians and northern French use it as well.

    • @Sjaan_Banaan
      @Sjaan_Banaan 4 года назад

      @@TeylaDex
      Ah, oke, thanks 👍🏻

    • @barbaraleenen4157
      @barbaraleenen4157 4 года назад

      Belg hier. Washandjes zijn heel gewoon bij ons. Ik werk als verpleegkundige en als ik buitenlandse series of films zie waarin ze iemand een bedbad geven met zo een doekje.... zo onhandig!

  • @saharyoussoufi6740
    @saharyoussoufi6740 4 года назад +1

    We use this in morocco (and other north african countries) too, but the fabric is more coarse so you can really scrub your skin.

  • @isaiassaibene777
    @isaiassaibene777 3 года назад

    great video, very funny

  • @NathanHaaren
    @NathanHaaren 4 года назад +4

    We also use it in Belgium
    Personally I use it at the sink for washing some parts really quickly without having to get in the shower (like my armpits for example, just wash em quickly without getting everything wet)
    In the shower I usually just use my hands unless I am dirty from working, in which case it will help scrub the dirt off (works better than just your hands with soap)
    Honestly you can go days without showering if u use this correctly

  • @originalmix2546
    @originalmix2546 4 года назад +5

    These guys actually just gave us some smart ideas how else to use it!!!! 👍✅ I might keep apart a pair for pot holding 😎 haha but for real - why not use your hands for washing??!;

    • @johnvanegmond1812
      @johnvanegmond1812 4 года назад

      Kind of along the same why people will use a loofa. Get it all sudsy and give yourself a good scrubbing. Feels great!

  • @DeniseKroes
    @DeniseKroes 4 года назад

    Dit is geweldig hahaha

  • @meepenjaap7999
    @meepenjaap7999 2 года назад

    The Hema brand Hydrophilic ones are great too and they don't get moldy smelling

  • @jos9072
    @jos9072 4 года назад +23

    How do they wash them self, with their hands?

    • @norine3409
      @norine3409 4 года назад +10

      Ik heb letterlijk nooit een washandje gebruikt het douchen...

    • @vanessarijnders5448
      @vanessarijnders5448 4 года назад +5

      I am Dutch and i have never used a washandje🤷🏽‍♀️. Yes, i use my hands

    • @Benjorunner
      @Benjorunner 4 года назад

      @@vanessarijnders5448 spons is meer van deze tijd

    • @barbaraleenen4157
      @barbaraleenen4157 4 года назад

      @@norine3409 maar wat als je niet doucht? Was je nooit snel je oksels aan de wasbak? Om op te frissen?

    • @vanessarijnders5448
      @vanessarijnders5448 4 года назад

      Ben Bakker ook dat gebruik ik niet. Mijn handen werken prima! 😁

  • @nothinghere8357
    @nothinghere8357 4 года назад +24

    How are you gonna wash yourself properly without using a “washandje” ?? With your hands you can’t get dead skin off sooo...?

    • @ceydaemilymens7401
      @ceydaemilymens7401 4 года назад

      Hands 😃

    • @rikvanderbruggen988
      @rikvanderbruggen988 4 года назад +1

      Use scrub for dead skin 😝

    • @ChimPlays
      @ChimPlays 4 года назад +1

      Rik van der Bruggen ye but thats just more expensive than soap with a washandje. Its way better

  • @flumenx
    @flumenx 4 года назад +4

    I never released that a washandje isn't "normal" everywhere

  • @mauddescamps7572
    @mauddescamps7572 4 года назад

    it exists too in other countries... We have them in Belgium too... I saw some in France (north but also in the south).

  • @anileaatje
    @anileaatje 4 года назад +5

    They also use "washandjes" in Belgium.

    • @teresita1320
      @teresita1320 4 года назад

      And also in Suriname

    • @teresita1320
      @teresita1320 4 года назад

      There are also disposable washandjes. useful for when you travel

  • @mrchopsap528
    @mrchopsap528 4 года назад +3

    oh ik zeg altijd een waslapje

    • @terpentoon
      @terpentoon 4 года назад +1

      Nee, waswantje ! :)

  • @DesmitskesUnplugged
    @DesmitskesUnplugged Год назад +1

    I never realized it wasn't a universal thing, until we moved to Portugal and I couldn't find them anywhere. I literally have them shipped over! They're so much handier than any other kind of washing tool. I can't imagine that others don't use this. I mean... Come on!

  • @WickedGamerCollector
    @WickedGamerCollector 4 года назад

    This is so funny... 🤣