How to ANNOY the DUTCH?
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- How to annoy Dutch people?
What are the don'ts... when you're in the Netherlands?
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“ Accept everything but be normal” That last guy really figured us out
hits it right on the head.. hypocrite bastards
Eigenlijk is het niet de goede zin.
Alles is ok als het maar echt is en niet gespeeld .
els van kranenburg ‘be normal to yourself’
Hij slaat de kop op zn spijker inderdaad
I think it has to do with the Dutch social contract. This is such a densely populated country so we HAVE to share space. The contract is that we tolerate/accept what doesn't bother us and actively try to be normal so we don't bother others. At least, that is how I always interpreted it. So what he is saying makes perfect sense. Do not worry about stuff that does not bother you and doesn't harm anybody and you will be left alone as well as long as you do not annoy others.
"Stand on the bicycle path" I mean, that's just being tired of life tbh.
Imao
They think I'm actually braking LOL
Guess why it's called a bicycle path
@@MJ-rv5ri cuz people ride their with their bikes
@@accel_3982 It was a rhetorical question but yeah
me: I'm from the Netherlands
Other: where's that?
Me: Holland
Other: ooooooh Amsterdam!!!
Me: 😒
People who say we all smoke weed just because Amsterdam exists: 🤡
I’m surprised people didn’t bring up Amsterdam
@@nopejustlazy7006 yes and that's on enforcing the wrong laws, much less people would smoke (and overdose) if they set regulated laws, but not forbid the drugs. Anyway, The point is that people who live outside the Netherlands, usually only visit Amsterdam, where smoking is not pushed away. If they visited one of the more rural places, they would get a whole different view on the Netherlands.
wielrenners zijn ook super vervelend
Rob van Barneveld
Vooral als ze op de weg ipv fietspad rijden omdat ze denken dat ze zo snel zijn
Title: contains the word 'dutch'
Dutch people: allow us to introduce ourselves
No “laat ons ons voorstellen”
Ewa fakka niffo
De juiste reactie is:
"G E K O L O N I S E E R D"
@@ravagerraven Specerijen
True
"Being late", "not being clear", "not keeping your word", "squeezing into a queue" - that should be basic behavioural standard in a civilised country, shouldn't it? What kind of people are those?
@Alexandre Fumo And rightfully so.
Americans? 😂
Well for being late there are cultures who just don’t care because they just are that relaxed.. my dad is from the antilles specifically curacao and it’s different there as if you meet up with someone you’ll just see if you make it if not no big deal we’ll meet up another day.. in my own case too with my ADHD it often gets quite hard to be on time because i just plan it out wrong or make a mistake somewhere
Not really. In a lot of countries an appointment is made by approximation, politeness trumps directness and ‘your word’ is dependent on the situation in which it’s given. Like in a work setting it’s non-negotiable for example but privately it can be more loose. So the Netherlands comes across as a very strikt country for a lot of foreigners.
The way I had this explained to me is that in countries where transport is often unreliable, time is an approximation, because some days the train might just not show up, or it will show up an hour late. Seeing that that happens to _everybody_ there, everybody understands that sometimes there's nothing you could do, and so being ''late'' is more often accepted because that is simply how the ball rolls there.
How to annoy a Dutch.
When meeting a dutch person, say: "Oh, you must be a dutch speaker, I love dutch". They're happy you noticed. Before they respond, say: "You must be from Belgium!". At that point they start to be annoyed and will correct you. "No, I from the netherlands." And you respond "Netherlands? Where is that?". A this point nobody can help you anymore.
Do this and you will have successfully declared war
You won't annoy me this way. Ill just straight up start speaking German to you instead.
Or when you're abroad and someone asks you if you're German. That's something that pisses off Dutch big time, lol. Even me and I like Germany and Germans. I speak the language well. But I AM Dutch...
Do this and your country will be colonised
Belgium is the Aliexpress version of the Netherlands
When u say u’re from the Netherlands and their instant reaction is: ah, Amsterdam, Weed. That’s the most annoying thing.
Too true.
Unless you are from amsterdam. Then its accurate. I never have to explain where i live since they already know :D
im from belgium but it's
l o v e l y Brussels here✌
I visited New York with my family when I was 13 years old. A guy on the street started talking to me:
Guy: Where are you from?
Me: The Netherlands
Guy: ????
Me: Holland
Guy: OOOOH AMSTERDAM!!! You got weed?
Me: No
Me in my head: WHO THE F%&# ASKS A KID FOR WEED ON THE STREET???!!
Honestly, I find it really funny when people do that
There was this one time a guy said he visited Spain, Italy, France, Germany and Amsterdam. I was so triggered
Let's be honest, there's not much Dutch about 020, it practically _is_ a country of its own.
It’s possible. Just saying. But I understand.
@@hisss especially now since it's been run by a far left mayor that no one chose.
Why are you triggered?
@@steve00alt70 Probably because it's like saying: Canada, Mexico and Sydney. Like that person visited all of Canada and Mexico but not Australia. It basically saying, ooh I visited Sydney and Sydney is the only place that exists in Australia. It's really weird. Either mention the countries or mention the cities/towns not a combination, unless it is actually true.
AND the biggest reason of them all is: Ig tourist think that Amsterdam is the only place in the Netherlands and they probably have visited other cities, which are in every way shape kind or form not Amsterdam, and still call those cities Amsterdam.
Basically saying ooh I went to New York, though also visiting New Jersey (though it can be worse, like visiting Las Vegas and calling it New York) and not mentioning it. It shows at best a lack of intrest.
Confuse him for a German. He will not be amused.
Why German specifically?
@@appleslover that would take 4 hours to ecplain
@@appleslover they sound a lot like german for non speakers actually
Ehhh, i just continue talking to you in plattdeutsch.
@@appleslover War.....
When they said: standing on the cyclingpath I had a reflex of: why would you do that?!?
Happens more often than you'd think, and it annoys the heck out of me when there's a footpath right next to it.
Haha, when I used to live in Amsterdam that would get me annoyed too. Mainly because the roads are very narrow. And to be honest, it happened so often that my tolerance for that was used up very quickly.
Yea, like, that's not just annoying it's dangerous... Would they still call it 'annoying' if it was a road instead of a cycleway? I don't know what he would expect people to do? "Keep on blocking my (and probably many other's path, because you can't keep to the sidewalk that's literally 2 meters to your right"?
Same here haha
yeeeeessss i am like THE FOOT PATH IS RIGHT THERE just walk 3 steps
a cyclingpath is not for standing but for cycling on
Alternatively the "stoep" - pavement - is not for cyclists. Or parked cars for that matter. It's for pedestrians.
Having to avoid cyclists / cars there annoys me to no end!
@@RedOrm68 Where do you see people cycling or driving on the stoep? which place do you live?
@@shersmk90 are you kidding me? I see this in every city
Peder-Willem Gertsen That is the theory... but in practice, cyclist do what they want, when they want. To bad if someone is walking. Personally I keep stuck to the road, however due to there being a sharp rise in the pavement, the last part of my journey will be on the pavement. Not everyone has a cycle path that end in the front of their house or in their backyard.
In England a pavement should be for WALKING ON so why do cyclists ride on them????????
Know how to annoy Dutch people “be late”
Me everyday: “I’m annoying my fellow dutchies”
Gacha Cookiez i annoy my dutch teacher
Hehehe😅😅😅 I have to agree with that 😅😂😂
Nah Just Let them know ahead of time you're running late. Its not know ing wheter you're close or not.
But in business or formal occassions yeah be ten min. early.
@@djokealtena2538 always say you are more late then you actually are
I've never heard someone say dutchies
I have been traveling over the world for the past years and every time I get asked about where I live and is say ‘The Netherlands’, then people will look confused. If I say ‘Holland’ then suddenly, these people get really excited and be like ‘Oh I have been to Amsterdam once! You can legally smoke weed right?’. Not gonna lie, that makes my blood boil a little. Sure, if one person said this I would just correct them and make clear that Amsterdam is just the capital city ,but I have experienced these conversations to many times
Wat maakt dat nou uit. Holland, Nederland. Who cares. Ga je druk maken om belangrijkere dingen
Ik (Belg) wist ni eens da da geen synoniem was tot sinds vrij kort, ni mijn fout als mensen hun provincies eindigen me ''land'' (ik dacht super lang da Friesland een land apart was wtf)
Mr ik denk dat da hier vooral gezegd wordt wanneer het gaat over taal en ge een onderscheid wilt maken tussen Vlaams Nederlands en Nederlands Nederlands want over het algemeen zeggen wij ook Nederlands, ni Vlaams en dus is "Hollands" het duidelijkst (al ist ni juist).
@@marritmartens1562 Lekker vooroordeelbevestigend weer Mr Belg.
@@grepominer8820 zegt de persoon die er meteen van uitging dat ik ne man was. Plus ik zeg gwn hoe we der hier mee omgaan, vooral taalgewijs denk ni da da iet me vooroordelen te maken heeft
@@marritmartens1562 Heb je daar een Nederlandse vertaling bij?
Something that annoys most Dutch people? Having holidays abroad (as a Dutch person) and to hear other Dutch people. I realized most foreign people get exited when they hear their language, abroad. But Dutch... they tend to create enough space, asap, so they don't have to hear the other Dutch people.
Bruh this is so true. You'll go on holiday, hear one Dutch person and be like "ugh the Dutch are everywhere" while being Dutch yourself haha
🙋🏼♀️ guilty
Not always... also a lot of Dutch people on vacation where A LOT of other Dutchies go, they also will look for the first restaurant or snackbar where they could eat what they would normally eat at home. But, if I'm abroad... yes, I fall in that category of not wanting to meet strange fellow Dutchies.
When you go camping it’s not like that at all everyone’s just talking with each other and sometimes people just randomly have a beer with each other like at campings no one cares
Because most dutch people actually want vacation, and hearing dutch people does give you that feeling of being on vacation.
I had something like that when i went to las vegas, we did a road trip around there. And we went to a lesser known dam (outside high season too and not hoover dam), in arizona. There was almost no one there in the first place, we were basically alone that day. When suddenly behind me i hear dutch words. I turn around and voila parents and 2 kids.
The literal first thing i was thinking was my god, you can't escape it.
Tourists (often from USA in my experience) on the phone in public and saying: "I'm in Amsterdam right now!" while they're not, but actually on the other side of the country.
If I'd call someone saying I'm in Amsterdam rigth now, they'll probably answer with a 'what the hell are you doing there?'
I’d say something along the lines of: Not even remotely true.
The amount of times i've heard this in my 27 year life is still to this day suprising, and the even more funny part about that is that besides amsterdammers (people from amsterdam), not one dutch person will say that. Most dutch people actually hate amsterdam.
What i hate even more is foreigners who tell you they have been to the netherlands and that it was great, you then ask them where they went. So many times i've heard amsterdam. To which upon i ask have you been outside amsterdam, which about 95% says no. The only thing i say is: great you did not see Netherlands at all you saw the rest of the world.
I'd like to add one: any reference to hierarchy.
Try saying "you must do this, because I'm your boss" and wait what happens. :)
Haha dat is zeker waar.
OMG horrible
@@geke3475 haha, I know. Somehow it still works though.
"You can ask that a bit more nicely, or else you can go and do it yourself".
Sander Mol 😀👍
most of the time we aren’t even actually annoyed. we just have asshole humor
Mm zeer waar
Jup
Dat is helemaal waar
Echt hè lol
Jaja dit is zeker de waarheid
Always implying that everything is about money for people in the Netherlands, is also quite annoying...
at least they did not start about cheese, mills, and wooden shoes
But it nearly is 🤷
I am sorry to say but in 90% it is about money. It took me at least 3 months to get used to that people here are anke to buy 2 tomatoes. I meant 2 individual tomatoes.
@@darinakalinova2180 Maybe becouse they only need 2 tomatoes you biggot
@@darinakalinova2180 Never occurred to you we like our tomatoes fresh, not days old or off? We want to eat them, not have to bin them?
“accept everything, but be normal” yeah, actually, that makes sense though.
Since we’re accepting of a lot of personal choices, those things just don’t fall under “normal” to us, but rather are a personal part of a person. “Be normal” is more, in (at least my) understanding, “be a decent, respectful person and don’t bother other people” rather than what I’ve noticed is a trend in other countries: “be a [enter type/religion/etc.] person”.
As long as you just don’t force your perspectives and opinions unto others you can be whoever you want, usually.
THIS
3:53 That. Fake friendliness is really cringy, like those people who are trying to sell you something.
Indeed. Like I hate tv shows from the USA where everyone is perfect and is so overly friendly.
@@pdebie1982 i can assure you that from experience, american diners often have overly friendly waiters which make you feel like you're in a show. It's part of the culture I guess
soooo dutch thing to hate indeed
Yeah, Dutch people just have a great bullshit detector and I love us for that
@@larsjuh22 the customer is ALWAYS right! 😀😃😃😃😃😀😃😃😃😃😃😃😀😀😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃🔫
My Dutch dad used to say "doe maar gewoon dan doe je al gek genoeg!"
We still say that
Is your dad possibly named Sigma?
this is like THE slogan for the dutch
Translation: “do normal than you are already crazy enough.”
OVERWACTH GANG
"Except everything but be normal".
I am Dutch and this guy nailed it.
Indeed: you can be whomever you want to be, you can do whatever you want to do but just do not get in my way and do not interfere with my business.
If you want to be a gay unicorn who rides around on rollerskates shouting that you are pro-abortion .. go ahead but keep in mind that you are not to loud because I want to hear my tv and do not skate over my flowerbed.
That sums the "Dutch way" up.
@Martin vd V. accept trouwens
seems about right
want to talk loudly to your friends about how terrible your period is this month? Fine, just don't rope me into it
The way I did not even one second think that your example was too unreal. I mean, it can just happen. I would notice it but then be like “anywayss”
i indentify as a Blue Whale on Rollerskates so your comment about Rollerskates really triggered me.
Thats so not true. Dutch people are just tolerant to the leftist views not the right. So basically we dutch people are anything but tolerant.
Calling them German
Why?
@@appleslover cause we didnt lose a war.
@@jojojojo4332 well , THEY didn't, soldiers and politicians 75 years ago did.
@@appleslover oh duh
I am pissed right now... no just joking
In my experience Dutch people can interpret overly friendliness as insincere. A good example is with aremicans that say how are you as a greeting and it bugs Dutch people because they are not really interested to hear the answer to that question.
i have the feeling that Dutch people being upset when people break their word is because people don't take "promises" lightly. If you're not sure you're able to do something or be somewhere on time, you need to communicate this directly. "I'm not sure I'll be able to make that in time" is a perfectly acceptable response to an invitation or an assignment. Also things like "I'll arrive around 8 tonight" usually mean "ill be there at 7.50" with Dutch people
True
As a Dutch person I just found another way to annoy me. By coming early! I absolutely hate it when people are early. 8 pm is not 7: 50 pm. At 7: 50 pm I'm busy cutting the cake, making the coffee, letting the cat out, get the newspaper out of the way and a thousand other things. When you come 10 minutes early, I'd rather have you not come at all! Seriously.
You meant 19:50h ofcourse. Don’t make that mistake ever again 😅
Stop nee ik kom altijd te laat op alles😭 iemand zegt 8, ik ben er om kwart na 8 TEN VROEGST
My boyfriend is Dutch, and he always tells me: I hate when you say something and don’t explain 😂😂
Yes! Wie a zegt moet ook b zeggen 😉
Joanne hhhh
ugh that makes me aggressive HAHA
Be direct, come to the point. Want something? Just say it.
@@michielvanerven5638 its not that, were twinflames and he doesnt understand the connection and always trying to run away lol
Me when is say I live in Holland but not in Amsterdam
Americans: Impossible.
Als ze vragen waar ik vandaan kom dan ben ik ze een stap voor. Ik antwoord; Nederland maar niet uit Amsterdam. Zo hoef ik dat domme geklets van hun ook niet aan te horen over Amsterdam dit en dat etc
As a Dutch person, what annoys me, is that if I say "I'm Dutch" they say/think "Oh so you're from Germany!"
And I'm like, no sis
Personally the only thing that annoys me as a Dutch guy, is when people think we speak German in the Netherlands
Yeah, everyone know its Deutsch.
Grep O'miner I hope your kidding
@@niekvanwensen It isn't?
Grep O'miner pls don’t
@@grepominer8820 Hahaha, I like you :) Please don't mind the humorless ones ;)
honestly they arent wrong: as long as you dont get in the way of people everyone is fine with you doing whatever, like being gay or having a different religion. dont put it in peoples faces in a overly dramatic way and you're all good (yes i picked 2 extremes XD)
Take Suriname for example, former colony of the Netherlands. They literally push it into your face that they are gay and that you should care.
@@masonroland6396 Lmao this is the second anti-gay comment of yours i've seen. Got a bit of a problem with gay people?
@@carlijn7385 well, it is pride month.
@@carlijn7385 hes probably not against being gay
just against people trying to push the fact that they are gay in your face like you should give a shit
@@WhoTookQuwhu That's almost the same fucking thing. Straight people shove it into everyone's face all the time (always talking about straight media, sex/relationships/crushes and dressing like a true stereotypical heterosexual), but somehow that's considered okay, but when a gay person expresses themselves the way THEY want to, it becomes a problem? It's fucking bullshit. People aren't "shoving" their gayness in your face, they're expressing who THEY are and there is nothing wrong with that.
IMO you can be enthusiastic or loud or overly happy, as long as its genuine. Don’t come up to me as if I’m your best friend who you’ve not seen in years when we’ve known eachother for a month
I recently met a german, trying to speak dutch. He did his best, saying:
"Goet wehr heh ?" (translated : nais wether eey ?)
I speak german pretty well, so I say : "Es Wird verdammt noch mal zeit, wass ?" (It's about damn time)
That was a pretty big surprise for him; a german speaking dutch, to a dutch, speaking german.
You should have asked for your grandfathers bicycle.
I had this one happen to me too. Was working on a holiday park for the summer, and this German guy comes up to me suddenly speaking nearly fluent Dutch. I was so surprised and proud, this guy was so happy he could speak Dutch
@@Quazima115 A german fluent dutch ?
I am half german, my parents owned 2 hotels, but I never met a german who is fluent.
That's truly amazing.
But I know that many germans love to speak a little bit of dutch.
I wish you would just have used proper grammar on those scentences :P
You missed the point
A dutch top-manager on a American conventions said "I hate you al welcome" That really happened, btw
edit: heet is a dutch word thats sounds like 'hate' but
different meaning; he got it all mixed up.
Geen conventie van paardenfokkerijen, mag ik hopen...
@@Evie-Snel Yep, and that's what he did.
He mixed in a dutch word 'heet'
I should'v explained that in my comment.
I love this story! Thanks for sharing :)
@@wernerboden239 Was leuker zonder uitleg 😈
“Or comparing them to their neighbours, the Belgians” even that sentence triggers dutchies
I got so annoyed watching this video, because it's so true and I hate that
Belgium? You mean the South-Netherlands? ;)
As in, comparison of any kind? If so, how is it annoying?
@@elamiri858 I was making a joke.
@@elamiri858 _"As in, comparison of any kind? If so, how is it annoying?"_
Comparing is fine, but the Dutch jonkingly see Belgium as a lesser part of The Netherlands sometimes. Of course the Dutch do everything a lot better than the Belgiums. Unless they don't :). Soccer for example is huge in The Netherlands and it was really hurtfull to see how the Belgium national team passed the Ducth team a long time ago on the world soccer ranking list.
The last guy said it perfectly. You can do whatever you want, but don't bother other people with it? Just be normal. Doe gewoon ff normaal
Damn, they must tolerate gay people too who act too extra
@@masonroland6396 You must have never heard of our canal parades during Pride 😂
@@Lisapizzza Yeah we tolerate a lot indeed, that pride day is the only day we don't bother with gays being too extra, that's their day, and they can be as over the top gay or whatever someone is as they want but on normal days we prefer them being normal people, we don't care about their beliefs or sexual orientation, just don't try to stand out, we genuinely don't give a shit.
Adress "Zwarte Piet" in a conversation.
dAt Is RaCiStIsCh
"be late"
*Sweats in Jamaican*
and Trini lolol!
😂 relatable
And Surinamese
Yeah if we have a meeting at 13:30, and half of the people still isn't present at 13:30, it annoys the hell out of me. Just be on time.
"When you have something to say, just say it!" Spot on man!
Also a dutch saying: doe maar gewoon normaal, dan ben je al gek genoeg. Just be normal and then you are already crazy enough.
2:00 no! That is very much untrue!! I always loved speaking half-Dutch, half-English with my international classmates, and it made me super proud to see them try to pick up our language!
4:26 we used to get annoyed when you didn’t gave a handshake.... right now we get annoyed when you DO give a handshake 😂😂😂
Ja hah
“How to annoy the dutch”
Proceeds to name things that are just human norms.
Als Nederlander in het buitenland wonend is wat men hier zegt over Nederlandse irritaties erg herkenbaar 😅☺
Someone from another country: Where are you from?
Me: the netherlands
Them: oooh Amsterdaamm
Me: ... no
Them: you smoke lots of weed?
Everything is so true what these people say. And even more, we are also proud of this.
*proud dutch noises*
Dude, were just normal People too 😂
The 'Holland' thing really is true tho
How to annoy a dutch man: say that we are always high
When abroad (in a camping in south Europe for example), ask them which part of Germany they are from.
That should do it....
:-)
sure will.
source: am Dutch
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Make sure your dental insurance is up to date before attempting the above, though...
Actually for me this would be a correct question, as I am a Dutch person living in Germany 😁
@@hisss Nee hoor ... Most of them are pacifist...
But of course, I would not try this with a drunk dutch or with a football fan... I'm not that suicidal!
:-)
Im Dutch, i dont get that ppl in other countries DONT get annoyed by any of these
Ikr like it’s basic manners
Hey, I'm German and I actually GET annoyed by these. I sometimes wish I was a bit more relaxed regarding other's manners though.
Standing on cycle paths equals death.
Idk about Dutch people in general, but for me personally:
When you come to our country (usually by immigration, could be for work or holiday) and demand for *us* to change *our* culture to suit theirs. Like, come on! You're coming to *our* country, not the other way around!
Dit is helaas de standaard in NL. Ik woon in Amsterdam, mijn hele flat spreekt Engels. Metro nemen? Ik ben verbaasd als ik Nederlands hoor. Om gek van te worden. Moet je niet flikken in meeste andere landen...
@@LisaMichelle98 Ik vind Amsterdam wel een beetje een uitzondering, 55% van de mensen die in Amsterdam wonen zijn allochtoon en het is een erg multiculturele stad. Ik heb nog geen andere Nederlandse stad meegemaakt waar het vermogen om Engels te spreken zo nodig is.
@@Lisapizzza alles kost tijd he
Buitenlanders die getriggered raken over iets wat ook maar een klein beetje racistisch is is ook de grootste reden dat Zwarte Piet nu zo'n groot probleem is.
Tis godverdomme _roet_
Ja, het was begonnen met een achtergrond gebaseerd op slavernij, maar waar heel veel mensen totaal geen rekening mee houden is dat Sinterklaas zijn Pieten niet slecht behandelt, en voor zover ik weet is er nooit gezegd dat de Pieten werden gedwongen om Piet te worden, het is allemaal vrijwillig. En bovendien zijn er tig andere tradities in andere landen die net zo erg of zelfs slechter zijn dan wat zoveel mensen denken van de Pieten.
yea defenetly we dont go to your land and demand you all need to change
I'm Dutch, and yeah this is pretty accurate :) To the guy at 1:57: People don't speak English to you to show off, they are just being polite, they want to make it easier for you. Just tell them you would like them to speak Dutch to you instead. "Ik zou liever willen dat je Nederlands tegen me praat." We have a lot of respect for people that learn Dutch. We know it's a difficult language to learn.
Lul dan ook Nederlands tegen 'm joh! :p
Alle gekheid op een stokje (try and google that one!), ik heb ook een knop om moeten zetten om consequent Nederlands te blijven praten met iemand die het duidelijk wil leren, oefening baart immers kunst. De neiging om over te schakelen naar Engels of Duits als die ander een van die talen beter beheerst is inderdaad groot en dat moeten we eigenlijk afleren. Onze taal is prachtig en iets om trots op te zijn en als iemand het wil leren moeten we dat stimuleren!
@Al Za I agree, we have dozens of foreign people at work who have been here for over 5 years, and only a handful of them have managed to learn Dutch. If I were going to work in (for example) Sweden, I would definately learn Swedish. And I would probably even learn it before I went there.
I didn't find difficult to learn at all (I'm British) and I didn't have lessons. Phone a taxi and they would tell me how to pronounce the street name, in the shops people would translate what I said so the next time I would know how to ask in Dutch. Lots of Dutch words are the same as in English but spelt differently. Huis=house, or similar, straat=street etc etc
1:41 well what do you expect with millions of cyclists, you indicate your direction when driving your car too right
lygophile do u mean “us” as in Dutch people or Americans, cause 80% of the Dutch people prefer to cycle without hands on the steer (enough hands to sign your direction)
lygophile Amsterdam
@lygophile if there's someone behind you you do point. I forget it sometimes but most of the time I do it.
Dat dacht ik ook 🤣
My family has been in the States for generations, and yet I still have most of these characteristics. 🇳🇱
We Dutchies like you allready😂. There's a reason why we say: you can take a Dutch person away from the Netherlands but you wil néver be able to remove the 'dutchness" that is inside of them..
Miss Teacup thank you! I do love The Netherlands.
@@toddbonin6926 👍
But do you also complain about the train being late (like 5 mins)? And about the weather? Cause those things are compulsory. Also it’s a good idea if you ever come and visit The Netherlands and you’re short on ‘chatting material’.
Max van den Berg 😁 I have visited your wonderful country. None of my trains were late, and the weather was perfect. I had one day of rain in three weeks, and I was glad. My photos that day were great. But I will remember your advice for my next visit. Thanks
Hahaha I didn't know that it annoyed me until I heard it: standing or walking on bicycle paths! Also because we, the Dutch, cycle very fast, so you cannot rule out an accident.
The raw unfiltered Dutch consciousness 😂😂😂
Me: from the Netherlands
My girlfriend: from amerika
Me: tells my girlfriend i live in the Netherlands
My gf: do you know peter pan!?
Me: no 🤦♀️
I am german, and i seem to be quite similar to the dutch in what annoys me :)
friendly neighbours. what annoys me about germans is asking directions in german... immer grade aus :P: then they'll get annoyed 2 :P
2:14 i have never heard anyone discribe dutch temperment in such a poetic way😂
Als mensen nederland holland noemen word ik wel echt geïrriteerd
Viva Hollandia 😂😂 hup Holland hup!
Jack Spijkerman 😂😑
Precies, ik kom helemaal niet uit Holland.
TV Shows belike: Ik Hou van Holland en The Voice of Holland.
Jos Koeleman Ik ook niet. Ik kom uit Flevoland. Is toch echt niet een van de twee Hollands :)
Being late? Ah that's why I piss off my friends so much.. Also I'm Dutch.
"Everyone should follow the rules"
Yet so many people refuse to wear masks. Definitely spot on, we get annoyed by people who don't follow rules, but only when someone else doesn't follow them. Many Dutchies believe that rules don't apply to themselves.
Ja maar dat zijn gwn karens
Rules have to make sense. You can't say like van Dissel and Hugo did masks don't work. And then a few weeks later say mwa they don't work but lets make them mandatory aniway.
@DUC KI exactly!
"don't under-do, don't over-do.. just do" Brilliant, and so true :D
'Refusing a beer' is 100% accurate
"just be straightforward, if you wanna say it just say it" yes, just say it we dont care if its good or bad
Oh, they DO care and are hurt........people just say those things but when you do they're offended.....even the Dutch :-)
For everyone who is dutch,
''when ur in the way of an *wielrenner* be like"
O god thats hell. Especially if they don't announce it and they're racing past
@@modderbad ikr. Its also with normal bikers.. they expect you to go out the way for them, but they dont even ring their.. (bikebell? Idk) and its SO annoying-
Ikr
I mean just don't walk on the damn cycling lanes and you'll be fine-
(if there's no sidewalk, walk as close to the edge of the lane as possible, preferably on the side where the cyclists are coming towards you, and if you're with more than one person walk behind eachother, not next to eachother)
FIETSUUUR
"not being punctual and you have to plan everything"
Maastricht University: 👁️👄👁️
As a Dutch, I love this criticisms of self-reflextion from other cultures.Thanks!
Omg yes. I hate people who are late. There’s a reason we agreed to be somewhere on a specific time. It’s not that hard to get there on time. And if you think it will be, say so in advance!
No
You can do it local too: If you meet someone from Rotterdam (if you asked them where he lives) and respond with 'Oh I love Ajax'. And when you're in Groningen and a local person is in your neighbourhood just say that you love those Frisian buildings.
Are you trying to get people killed? 😂
@@hisss LOL I do my best :P There are many examples. Another thing not to do is telling Frisians that they have a funny accent :P For people outside the Netherlands, Frisian is a language and not a dialect or accent.
I had a foreign friend who spoke Dutch to me and I spoke English to him. Somehow it made our conversations more fluent. I think it was because he didn't understand all Dutch words, but he still liked practicing his Dutch. It never annoyed me.
I was once speaking with a Dutch guy I know and mentioned that I'd lived in Holland. I could just see how he was getting triggered by that, so I quickly slipped in that I'd lived just outside Rotterdam and all was good then.
I feel like we’re the kind of people that get annoyed, then blow up, get it out of our system, then be like: okay, that’s it, let’s move on: I said my piece, you said yours, now we’ll move on.
Thank you for this one Bart!
Who’s Bart? I know a Dutch Bart.. wtf. Haha
You wanna know what really grinds my gears?
When someone asks me where I am from and I reply well I am Dutch.
And they start speaking German. Hallo leute wie gehst?
And I’m like bro I mean the Netherlands...
As a Dutch man, some of these things seem universal to me.
Like cutting lines, which country doesn't get pissed off from that?!
Aaaa no. Don’t stand on the cycling laneeeeee
Comparing the Dutch to Belgians and Belgians to the Dutch definitely annoys both 😂
Hello person from ZUID NEDERLAND.
@@Blackdeathgaming-yv1kk I'm not from Zuid Netherlands
@@Blackdeathgaming-yv1kk Zuid-Nederland is Noord-Brabant and Limburg. Not Belgium!
@@mariadebake5483 nope, and I know many Flemish that would agree with me. 100% Diets.
@@Blackdeathgaming-yv1kk I am from Noord-Brabant and most of us definitly don't agree with you
referring the Netherlands as "Amsterdam"that just dissapoints us
I don’t mind that people are saying that Belgium is better, there was a time that Belgium was part of the Netherlands so it’s pretty simulair
I want to say something about the statement that the guy makes on 2.04.
We start to talk english because we know dutch is a very diffycult language to speak. Even dutch people struggles with it. So i said it😂😂😂
If you say belgians are better than the dutch. That will really set us off
The only things I'll ever agree the Belgians do better than us is beer, chocolate and TV shows.
@@nachtmaerie and cheese
@@dries9712 Nah
Mayo
@@nachtmaerie same. I'll give 'em that, but nothing else.
Being on time is a sign of respect in my opinion. If we agree to be somewhere at 2 o'clock then I know that the other person made the effort to get there on time. So I also make sure that I make the effort to be on time. To me that is a no-brainer. However, 5 minutes late is usually accepted. More than 5 minutes is indeed annoying if you do not let the other person, who is waiting for you, know that you are late. So if you are expecting to be late more than 5 minutes, just send a message or give a ring to inform that person.
5 minutes late might be accepted, but not forgotten. Try being 5 minutes late 3 times in a row....
1. Not getting to the point is a real annoyance
2. Knowing Dutch yet not bothering to speak it (yes Middle-East and Africa, that is directed mostly towards you haha)
3. Not bothering to learn Dutch at all even if you are in the Netherlands for a long time or visit every year (Yes Germany and France, directed at you)
4a. Making too much noise in a 'stilte coupe' (train), it clearly tells you to be silent, shut up already or move to another train car!
4b. Using your phone or other device and having the sound turned on (even if it's the clicking sounds of buttons) while on public transportation
5. Telling how great your country is and being so much better (Yes America, that's directed at you) (And no, it isn't about comparing so much. It's more making it sound you are so much better)
6. Not being on time
7. Wanting to do something but not having a plan
8. Not keeping to your word
9. Holland isn't the entire country, please stop saying it is. We don't call your country by a single area or city and claim that's the entire country either.
10. Spending money while it clearly not being needed would anger most Dutch people
11. Walking on cycle paths not specifically, but if there is a perfectly fine sidewalk then get your ass over there and don't block the road for cyclists and other road users!
12a. Not getting in line but just cutting the line is a huge no-no. Regardless who you are, you get in the back of the line just like everyone else. If you get the permission to move a spot then feel free to take it. But never cut the line!
12b. Don't hold the line, get your ass moving as soon as you have payed. No one wants to be waiting forever just because you decided to take your sweet time.
13. Speak your mind, don't beat around the bush
14. Be yourself and show the real you, don't try to be overly friendly or show some fake personality. It's a disrespectful thing to do
15. Don't mix up a German and a Dutch person or their languages, you won't like the result
1:07 that women really gets the netherlands 😂
The last thing that dude mentioned: “accept everything but be normal”. I feel like that is SUCH a Dutch thing.
Kinda like: I don’t mind they’re gay but don’t make out in front of me. The amount of times I’ve heard stuff like that..
No not most of the time. I you tell a dutch that you are gay, we are like: ok fine whatever, good for you. But if you are acting like over the top gay (gay-ish) then we are like, yeah we know already that you are gay, can't you act normal?
I mean, sexuality doesn't matter in that case. Just don't be like that in public. You can get down and dirty in the privacy of your own home, other people don't need to see it.
@@iljinjong1650 if someone's personality happens to be a flamboyant gay person, why shouldn't they act like that? They are not doing that for you. They are just being themselves. A person should not have to reign in what makes them special and different to make you feel more normal
@@lidewijcroes1795 And why can't I act the way I do? Because it is not in line with your opinion? To bad for you. I just being myself.
@@iljinjong1650 But then acting "straight" is still the only normal. That's completely bullshit. "yeah being gay is fine, as long as you act as straight as possible"
How to annoy the dutch: think amsterdam is the whole netherlands, think we all smoke weed, call the netherlands holland, think litteraly everything is flat
We're equally accepting of everyone. Whenever somebody stands out, we will tell you exactly how you stand out. No matter age, gender, culture or race.
Me: I'm from the Netherlands
Other person: Oh Amsterdam! I have been there
The Netherlands is sooo much bigger (and better, sorry voor de Amsterdammers) then just Amsterdam
🙈🤣
And expecting that all dutch people do drugs...
Yes , I will correct them , place I used to live is not Amsterdam 😅
Ja, ik ben letterlijk 12 waarom zou ik drugs nemen
@Marijn van Rumph yea agreed
Pffffhahhaha the Netherlands... big??? Hahahha
@@CatyCreating haha well at least bigger then just Amsterdam 😉
The loud phone call in the train. Absolutely annoys me. And most of the time foreigners.
Act, react and speak loud and over emotional.
Stage 1 of annoyance; Ironic raised eyebrows and sarcasm; 'is that so? Really?', etc.
Stage 2; Not replying and fall silent.
Stage 3; Becoming icy and distant.
Stage 4; Telling you in no vague terms, what they think of your attitude
Dutch people are not drama queens....they understand your point but don't like the giant emotion that seems like many other foreigners have when they're angry....to Dutch this is too much, they feel the anger and agression while it isn't THEIR fault in some most cases........and when they are wrong in something; they simply don't like too much emotion since it's distracting from what you're trying to make clear
I would say: Being over friendly is not well seen by dutch, they get annoyed by seeing you too happy and talkative.
Being late annoys them too ( I get that ). Complaining/criticizing the country or how things work here ( like the doctors, schools, supermarkets, etc).
Just dont stand in my way while driving, cycling, walking, doing the groceries. Be on time because and don't use to much time. Be yourself dont be fake, don't act fake. Is just so simple as that. But standing on lane meant for bikes... that's annoyment i felt through the screen.
If you give me “dood bier”, beer without foam..🙄
Absolutely brilliant! Everything precies en in een notendop.
Calling the Netherlands “Holland” doesn’t irritate us. We call it Holland too and you can find those references a lot in football/soccer. Think of “viva Hollandia” or “hup Holland hup” or every single piece of merch
Exactly. Even the Dutch national promotional website is called holland.com.
I am Dutch ... lol this is all true, but I don’t get angry quickly. I can feel annoyed lol, am direct and yes follow the rules 😂
The (in)famous Dutch directness is mostly reserved to the western provinces. The easterners are a lot less direct and will try to maintain harmony more. They will describe things less 'in your face'.
"Don't overdo, Don't underdo, just do"
2:05 I think it's actually a really smart way of comunicating: he understand you because you won't use very difficult words, so easy sentences which are easy to understand.
Same is for you, you understand him easily
In corona time we don't give handshakes anymore
Why should you refer to this?
I get annoyed by that.