As a German who lived in the Netherlands for >12 years I fully agree with your comments and I would highly recommend the Netherlands (for many reasons)
as a dutch i reccomend Germany !! The Netherlands is full !!! no fun ! wait month for housing , job, pasport, dutch ppl are rude ! cold, no fun at all !
as a Dutchman, if I had to choose then choose is for Germany. Life is cheaper, there is much more space in the country, the people are more friendly, there is much more nature and the houses are cheaper. Buying or renting a house is almost impossible, even for the Dutch themselves it is very difficult to get a house. As a student, it is almost impossible to get a room in the Netherlands.
I've lived in Germany and I now live in The Netherlands, and I much prefer The Netherlands! I love travelling by bike, and all main cities are very easy to reach, if you live in the South-West. The landscape is beautiful, there is a lot of green. People are super friendly and sincere, it is easy to make friends and everyone speaks English! They do eat Hagelslag, but it is a minor inconvenience lol 🇳🇱❤️
I've heard many many people complaining about making friends in the Netherlands. You mean that it's easy to make friends with expats, as they are realtively more than in Germany, no?
I'm a Mech. Eng. from Bulgaria and plan on moving to Germany or the Netherlands in about 3 years(I'm a newly graduate so need to make some experience first). I have relatives both in Germany and the Netherlands but I lean towards Germany more because of my profession and my love for cars. One of my relatives who lived both in Germany and the Netherlands once told me that; If you love bikes, multiculturalism, compactness and don't want to spend your time learning the local language choose the Netherlands; If you love cars, beautiful landscapes, want more job opportunities and don't mind learning German and being proficient to get a good job choose Germany. Plus Germany has a population of 85 mil. people which is really big compared to Netherlands with 17.5 mil. overall German job market is bigger plus if you know German you can always move to Austria or Switzerland too being an EU citizen and speaking German.
Actually I feel in the Netherlands getting a career job without knowing Dutch is very possible. I have been working with many large Dutch companies, and English was often the primary language used. Many of my colleagues came from all over the world, and most of them didn’t speak Dutch. In Germany this is a lot harder, except if you work in IT for example. My neighbor is German and works in Hamburg, and has many English speaking colleagues. So it is not impossible, but a bit harder than here in the Netherlands.
Most things about the NL aren't quite accurate. For example the non-EU tuition fees and this language aspect. But also the bikes above cars law statement is inaccurate.
@@zZSandStormZz The last one i sort of think is correct if a bit bluntly stated. Also what she said about the non EU fees was mostly correct. You are correct that they wheren't quite accurate but as a general rule she did a good job. It was more on the food that i took a bit of exception yes in general its better and cheaper in Germany. But there still is plenty of variaty in the Netherlands you just have to look for it a bit more in the Netherlands and pay a bit more.
Very true, and it is without a single doubt much easier to get by in daily life without speaking dutch in the Netherlands, than it is to get by without speaking German in Germany. Even if your German is perfect, you'll have to accept a certain degree of getting told off in Germany. Like my former boss who had been living in Germany for 18 years and was 100% fluent in German, he sometimes still got a "in Germany we do it like this" including the raised finger (point finger, not middle finger) when for instance ordering at the bakery. Germans can be quite hard to Ausländer, it's something that you need to learn to accept as their shortcoming, not yours. One more line of standard German expressions: "Wenn man das in Deutschland so macht dann wird das schon seine Gründe haben!".
@@CreRay depends on where u are in Germany. In Berlin you cannot just get by with English, but you have also masses of companies where English is the main language, the entire cultural scene is mainly English and you have masses of Bars, Cafes etc. who even dont understand German, only English. But the entire club, bar, event scene is mainly English anyway. Actually only the Gov structures are behind (like always). In Munich many are able to speak English, you also have ppl from all over the world but its like most German cities still rather German spoken driven from the public impression (of course not in every company etc.). One could say that Berlin is a bit different to most other German cities not just in this regard. Many Germans who have less experience with that, because not living in Berlin give often a projection from what they experience and generalize it wrong. In the end you have in general some hotspots in Europe where the everyday mixture is already so high that English took for most parts over while most other cities are in a mix with still more local influence and a bit English (or other languages, but English is the new global native one - by far most English speaker are not from the classic native countries anymore)
As a German who lived in the Netherlands for her university studies, I can second everything. Really spot on! If the Netherlands had mountains, I'd probably move back there but as a hiking enthusiast, Germany wins 😅 I do miss the more international lifestyle in the Netherlands. Even though I speak Dutch, being a foreigner and speaking English always seemed a lot easier than die foreigners in Germany.
@@Momoa786 nono, SHE likes the international lifestyle. She also claims to be polyglot and a language teacher. I'd assume it's also massive bias, as German people typically visit "large" dutch cities. There they get international lifestyle in a relatively small city. Then they compare it to their hometown in Germany and either it is much bigger or less international.
@@ogpratik What region of France? There's quite a difference between various regions of France. Brittanny vs Alsace & Lorraine vs Midi vs Massif Central vs Alps-Rhône vs Bordeaux and Pyrennees or the Île de France, Normandy, Picardy - Pas du Nord.
I live in Germany for over 8 years now and can agree with everything you said about Germany. The things you said about the Netherlands sound also familiar since I have friends in the Netherlands. I've been thinking about moving to the Netherlands since I'm finding social life in Germany a bit difficult. Although I have German friends, but in general social life is not very smooth here and I always hear from my friends in NL that people there are friendlier. While looking for apartments I noticed a HUGE difference between prices here and in NL I hope that salaries there balance the difference though. Fun fact: every time I met a person at a party and felt straight comfortable with them and and I felt like "Oh I can also get along fast with Germans" it then turns out to be that they're Dutch :D
International education in the Netherlands is succumbing to its success. The Netherlands is popular with international students, partly because higher education is taught in English, even for Dutch students. More and more Dutch students, therefore, find their way to Dutch-speaking Belgian universities. Currently, the Netherlands has 120,000 international students. Germany has 400,000 international students. However, in terms of population, Germany is six times larger than the Netherlands. If an international student graduates in the Netherlands, they are given one year to look for a job in the Netherlands. This is relatively easy as proficiency in the English language is sufficient. A requirement to speak Dutch is often if one wants to become a manager or customer contact Dutch customers. In addition, the Netherlands now has the lowest unemployment rate ever in history, although unemployment in Germany is also low. I know many ex-pats or highly educated people who have lived in the Netherlands for years and who do not speak the Dutch language and who often find a job easily. The (local) government also speaks and helps in the English language, or German and French if necessary. The official languages in the Kingdom of the Netherlands are Dutch, Frisian, Papiamentu and English. Papapiamentu and English are the native languages of the islands in the Caribbean Netherlands.
i don't ge tone thing: you compare INTERnational students and then compare the NATIONAL population. how does that relate? shouldn't you comapre it to the international population in both countries?
@@axelplate9080 what are you talking about? ... he just wanted point out that the Netherlands have more international students in relation to the population = an higher percentage of foreign students.
For example, in the last week we had a blizzard on Friday, a quiet overcast weekend, a normal storm on Monday, and then summer on Wednesday. That's just life in the Netherlands :-)
I found your channel back at the beginning of 2022 when preparing for my Erasmus to the Netherlands. Now having lived here for about 6 months as a student, and having gone by train into Germany a couple of times: Germany. The Netherlands is nice but damn I wish I was studying in Germany...
I am from the netherlands andI have been 50 times or more to Germany and i really love the country, nature, People, beer, food etc. But i could never live in Germany. I could never really blend in society, too much difference..
Too much difference? Hahaha as if you're located in America, Germany and the Netherlands are very very close neighbors, Germans and Dutch are the same nation , there are zero differences between them.
@@purgie even Dutch means German which is Deutsch , both in Western Europe, both speak west Germanic language, both have the same mentality and culture, the weather is the same, the same skin color, the only difference Germany is huge the Netherlands is tiny, it's much easier in Nederland to travel from A to Z in Germany the distances are much longer, and that's it, to say you could never blend in the German society is an utter nonsense and exaggeration.
I know so many people who cannot speak or understand German, and 99 of the Germans cannot speak even one word dutch. Even on holiday here at the cost. Germans are much more formel and disciplined, especially in the office. No first names, always herr und frau. We are more liberal. I know a few Germans who live here and they all say the same. And dutch is a word only the english language uses. We say Nederland, the Germans Niederlande, and the french Pays-bas. All means Lowlands
@@VenusEvan_1885 'tell me you're not from the NL or GER without telling you're not from the NL or GER.' bro sorry but they are just not the same. Have you ever visited both Dutch and German cities, or noticed the difference in architecture of the villages in the countryside? Working culture is also much different... Germany is more 'hierarchical' and the Netherlands is more 'equal'. Also, there is much cultural difference between the provinces of the Netherlands. I'd say Flanders is more similar to southern Netherlands than Amsterdam is to the southern Netherlands
I was surprised by the snippets from Koblenz (and Trier and Cologne). I hope you enjoyed your visit (I see you did a whole video on it. Will watch it now). 🙂
Fun issue; Berlin is the best compromise, in a dutchman point of view, but visit Amsterdam as well to find out your preference. Take some time to search out your personal preference, travel between each is quite easy.
For me it is Neither. They both have positives and negatives. Depends on your personality, what you like to do , where you end up living and the people you meet there and the stage of your life you are at. It helps alot to speak the local language fluently or u will never fully integrate and your social circle will be small. After a few years of living in any country you will find that life is basically the same everywhere. Without good friends and family around you, it will kinda suck !
As a Dutch who lived 10 years in Germany I love the country and even more the people. Lots of love to .......no not in a game of Football/soccer...:):) It's a lovely war...
I really want to move to the Netherlands. Sad-but-true it's possible, with quite good life level, but its too expensive(mostly because of tax, tax rate is quite high) and i couldn't get any official work or something for getting some official status like residence permission with posibility to get citizenship, except temporary protection, which is kinda shit. :( Like, right now im in serach of good place for relocation and it is quite hard in general. You need to understand all moments with getting residence permit, understand do you meet the requirements and what you need to do for it. How works tax system, medical system, real estate market, and a lot lot of other things. For example in Poland, you need to stay there for a 9 months if you in Warsaw, only then you can apply to a temporary residence permit. But if you are a B2B contractor, high chance to stay without a permit. And this isn't the end. You couldn't leave Poland untill you not get the decision and all the process can take min 6 month up to few years.
Yeah,.. ain't all that easy after all,.. unfortunately the brakes were put on the influx a bit. Some small business venture or study may be the easiest way in. But it will take time and effort however you do it.
There are no houses left in Netherlands. Its full full full. Wanna be a student? Prepare to stay in hotels or overexpensive tiny rooms or if youre lucky apartments. Its absurd that we still have 30% tax rule for some skilled foreigners when they do the exact job as the Dutch do who do not enjoy such a huge benefit. Guess what 9 out of 10 migrant does after the regulation ends? They leave cuz NL is "too expensive". They may buy a house and then play landlord but ultimately leave, further inflating the housing market. Other than that NL is pretty good... It is just extremely frustrating as the young Dutch have an extreme hard time to find a place of their own.
Ahh i start in Germane and switch over to english if they know it. I can understand Germane very well i just don't speak it often enough to be good at it. Thats ussually perfectly accetable for them.
Non-EU kennismigranten qualify for a 5-year tax cut and only pay 30%. The idea is that these people only stay temporarily in the NL and will not claim benefits such as AOW etc.
I didnt evwn consider that 🤔 i would say germany since it s very big, has a lot of national parks and mountains. While the Netherlands has forests lake and rivers (i think) it's pretty flat though.
@@augth 😂 Did you know that all German forests are man-made, right? They all look alike. The trees are all evenly spaced in the same patterns over and over. Talk about artificial!! Seen one, seen all!
Im born and raised in the Netherlands id say Germany is better, The Netherlands up and went a few years ago, now its unlivable especially Amsterdam, its wayyyyyyyyyyy to crowded like you can barely walk down the street. Everything got expensive
I don’t want to sound rude but there’s so much information wrong in this video. Tax rates and the costs of health insurance is completely wrong for the Netherlands… Do some more research before reading everything as facts
Creditcards in the Netherlands, i,m dutch and never have seen a creditcard in my live debitcards, or pinpas like we call it, yes that is the way here, try to pay with a credit card outside of the big city's is almost impossible.
I think if you are coming because of a study you should def go to Germany. Work? I would choose the netherlands because of all the benefits and it is easier to find work here as a non speaking dutch person. I think more dutch people can speak english than the germans can/do. Having said all that i've never lived in Germany so what the hell do i know..BUT i have been to Germany many times and like the french, al lot of them can't speak english. Not even the young ones. And i feel the dutch do that better.
As someone who is dutch and work with a lot of people from Romania, Lithuania and poland. I have people above me just because they work harder and take the work more seriously. In this country you get what you work for. And a few came from germany but they told me that they dont like to speak english and that they are more racist than over here🤷🏼. A few even bought a house over here. Since a month i worked also with Italian and portugese.
As a Pole-American who lived all over - I definitely prefer the Netherlands. The Dutch are more pragmatic and easy going than Germans. It’s smaller so it’s easier to get around in. The bike culture is out of this world, and their bikes are sooo comfortable! The Dutch language is easier than German for English speakers, and their food is more interesting. Netherlands any day over Germany.
That's one of the reasons I love living in Winterswijk. It's in Holland but it's only a stonethrow away from the German border so I basically can get best of both worlds :)
@@royklein9206 If you don't write precisely, you don't think precisely. If you don't respect the regional differences within countries, you are just being ignorant. And, by the way, America is not the USA.
@@hardyvonwinterstein5445 Being ignorant?! Please, I'm dutch and I can say that it isn't an issue over here in the east!! We are Holland as well as the Netherlands. Don't talk about stuff you dont know and please don't pretend to be smarter than others with your last remark. I will gladly do an IQ comparison with you mister 'america is not the usa'
@@royklein9206 Nee, jij bent een pseudo-Hollander. Stop met het stelen van de Hollandse identiteit. Die is alleen voor mensen uit (delen van) het westen van het land.
I live in Maastricht, I would say local people are neither direct nor punctual, but mostly very friendly. I feel like this video describes just the opposite.
Well Maastricht is very close to Belgium, Luxembourgh germany. the Dutch people over there are different. I live my whole in the Netherlands and I can understand why it feels like the opposite for you. I wouldn't say Maastricht is the typical representation of the Netherlands. But that's one of the reasons why I consider to buy a house in Maastricht. it's still the Netherlands but I like the overal mentality and people over there. If you go up and through out the Netherlands people are very direct and punctual. in the south there is more relaxed atmosphere. And native Maastrichter will probably feel the same about a lotof part of the Netherlands.
Hello Erika! I am writing to you from Argentina. I really liked the video and I saw that several times the train was canceled in Germany, after that it is easy to get to your destination? Or do you lose several hours? Very cute haircut, setting trends! Hugs
Thank u :)) It usually is relatively easy to get to where u want if your train gets cancelled or delayed. The DB app is good at informing you. But if u are traveling long distance you might arrive of 30 minutes (at best) or 2 hours (at very worse) late to your desired destination. But of your delay and cancelations of the trains caused to be late for 1 or 2 hours you can ask for your money back via the app. Hope this helps :D
@@helloerika Thank you very much for the reply. Yes, all your explanation is very useful. Because in my case I am thinking of going to live and work at a distance of 30 or 40 minutes from my office, because I understand that a little outside the central city it is cheaper to rent an apartment. Again thank you very much and I hope you continue to make as good content as always.🖖
@deontay89 because we are trying to conquer the world. Some places in the Patagonia of Argentina, are less Argentinians than people from others parts of the world.
As a Dutchman with German ancestry. Please dont move here. We are struggling with mass immigration and houses. We cant take care of the whole world. People need to build their own countries.
Getting really high in Maastricht, not getting a tobacco indoors fine because I refused to allow my german friends to pollute the joint and then almost getting murdered by crazy orange bike riders is one of my favorite memories.....
I think you did a pretty decent job but it's actually not that hard to find a job where Dutch is not expected to be the primary language. Not only in A'dam but all over the Netherlands. There are lots of "hubs" like, Eindhoven, Wageningen, Delft, Leiden, Maastricht, Breda, Tilburg, Rotterdam, etc. that historically have industry that is international. Depending on what field you are working in you will find the default language to be not Dutch (i.e. it's most likely to be English). As for the Germans, I consider them brethren and sisters. We are the same people but unfortunately we got split up. I don't mind speaking German, I hate speaking French when in south-west Germany though!
True, but there remarkable differences inside the country. Being direct is certainly not the culture in Maastricht for example, just the opposite I would even say, same for punctuality, 15 minutes late in Maastricht is still considered in time by the locals.
@@paulbeaucuse2092 I agree with regards to being "on time". We also have this "Brabant's kwartierke" that is more or less the same thing I guess. And maybe in Maastricht they are less direct than over here in Brabant but I'd still consider them pretty direct. Especially compared to other cultures.
So how do you know this? The south. Of Germany..like covers half of Europe. Type in forith and 10 year rate to euro. The main difference for most immigrants is that a pay check is part of a contract, when you start working..but here the worth i.e. pur cha sing po wer of money doesn t go down. People like this big time. What they do not understand, is that in Hungary or Poland you can swiftly buy a house. Here this will never happen, you ll be stuck in rdam zuid the whole time. And what will you spend your money on?
6:50 Eu ouvi de um empresário que existe uma rua em que vocês bebem todos os finais de semana e ela fica lotada. É verdade? Onde fica ! Qualquer dia eu vou aí. ❤❤❤
That has more to do with short term renting made popular online the past decade and making squatting illegal so speculation is now rife again. Gentrification by removing cheap social housing and recreating only 25% that space for the previous inhabitants of an area has not only destroyed social cohesion in many cities as well as led to this shortage.If you take from the weak, you all end up paying premiums.
It's a problem everywhere in the western world. If you move to Southern Europe you'll see horrible houses which are impossible to rent if you have a salary of, let's say, an engineer. I think politicians should buy less houses and authorize to build more of them
The Netherlands is actually going to accept less foreign students due to the high shortage of housing. If you get accepted, you will pay high rent in the Randstad (area around Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht & Den Haag (The Hague)). I think it is just most important to ask these questions to the University or College you want to attend to, because they normally have their own housing in the city. Wish you good luck getting a spot!
It depends on what you want to study. If Sumerian is your thing Leiden may be a bit small. Maths, astrology, water engineering, economics, logistics those are the better known fields of excellence. But for agriculture and bio engineering Wageningen is the place to go. That doesn't have it's equal worldwide I think. Twente is the uni that has delivered the winners of the solar challenge for solar powered cars for most of the competitions held, year on year. Higher education is mainly in English as that is were to find the largest amount of scientific papers. Too much knowledge and experience has been wasted behind language barriers. No doubt typing in "study in the Netherlands" will inform you a bit more.
Congratulations, Erika, you are the first person in human history who said that 'Germany is very big'. There are rumours going around that in 1768 a tourist from Andorra said the same, but there is no evidence.
4:30 isso prova que o povo é feliz, não estou falando de usar ou não usar. É de não se importar com esse assunto, pois ele é muito polêmico e se discutir quem fuma está errado. Que nem hoje de manhã o cara falou pra mim "Tá maluco olha o que você tá falando..." Eu respondi "já tá doidão de maconha né,?" Ele ficou sem graça e não respondeu. Eu não tenho nada a ver com a vida dele. Se eu começar a falar o que penso pra machucar eu vou machucar ele. Para não fazer isso, eu nunca critiquei ninguém que use ou deixe de usar. A primeira vez que fumei um amigo me perguntou "cara por que não fumou com a gente ?" Porque vocês querem fumar todo dia e falar que é certo. Ele ficou triste.
I often watch your video is not that I want to come to Germany or I'm interested in knowing about it but it's you u r really funny person that's why love it u make me feel good 😂 I found ur channel I don't know one forgot I day I was searching about Germany ww2 and I saw a white lump of pizza dough speaking it was u 😂 I find it funny why I'm I even talking this about oh man I lost it
I’m moving to the neither lands 😂
😂😂
Funny all dutch leave the netherlands have fun😅
Funny you, ain't you?
Omg
Neither lands is nowhere 😂. Now NETHERLANDS is a country.
As a German who lived in the Netherlands for >12 years I fully agree with your comments and I would highly recommend the Netherlands (for many reasons)
as a dutch i reccomend Germany !! The Netherlands is full !!! no fun ! wait month for housing , job, pasport, dutch ppl are rude ! cold, no fun at all !
as a Dutchman, if I had to choose then choose is for Germany. Life is cheaper, there is much more space in the country, the people are more friendly, there is much more nature and the houses are cheaper. Buying or renting a house is almost impossible, even for the Dutch themselves it is very difficult to get a house. As a student, it is almost impossible to get a room in the Netherlands.
@@hansd3295 if a person want to buy a house in holland, in generall, how many years of work is needed？
Hahaha both trying to send people to the other side 😅
I will move to 1
My brother will move to other
That way its fairly spread out for our dominance in mid europe 😂
I like how you look like the flag of the Netherlands, Red on top, white in the middle and the blue shirt. nice subtle touch!
Dude 🤣
I've lived in Germany and I now live in The Netherlands, and I much prefer The Netherlands! I love travelling by bike, and all main cities are very easy to reach, if you live in the South-West. The landscape is beautiful, there is a lot of green. People are super friendly and sincere, it is easy to make friends and everyone speaks English! They do eat Hagelslag, but it is a minor inconvenience lol 🇳🇱❤️
I've heard many many people complaining about making friends in the Netherlands. You mean that it's easy to make friends with expats, as they are realtively more than in Germany, no?
apparently you moved because of the work change as you did not get one in Germany
@@Kni90270 now say this again without crying
@@illidarilemonade ?
@@Momoa786 deutsch is not know to be an easy to learn language tho
YOUR ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION IS SO IMPRESSIVE ❤
I'm a Mech. Eng. from Bulgaria and plan on moving to Germany or the Netherlands in about 3 years(I'm a newly graduate so need to make some experience first). I have relatives both in Germany and the Netherlands but I lean towards Germany more because of my profession and my love for cars. One of my relatives who lived both in Germany and the Netherlands once told me that; If you love bikes, multiculturalism, compactness and don't want to spend your time learning the local language choose the Netherlands; If you love cars, beautiful landscapes, want more job opportunities and don't mind learning German and being proficient to get a good job choose Germany. Plus Germany has a population of 85 mil. people which is really big compared to Netherlands with 17.5 mil. overall German job market is bigger plus if you know German you can always move to Austria or Switzerland too being an EU citizen and speaking German.
Wish you luck at hitting a job in the automobile industry!
@@Momoa786 yess I want to learn both languages and live in both places.
Actually I feel in the Netherlands getting a career job without knowing Dutch is very possible. I have been working with many large Dutch companies, and English was often the primary language used. Many of my colleagues came from all over the world, and most of them didn’t speak Dutch.
In Germany this is a lot harder, except if you work in IT for example. My neighbor is German and works in Hamburg, and has many English speaking colleagues. So it is not impossible, but a bit harder than here in the Netherlands.
Most things about the NL aren't quite accurate. For example the non-EU tuition fees and this language aspect. But also the bikes above cars law statement is inaccurate.
@@zZSandStormZz The last one i sort of think is correct if a bit bluntly stated. Also what she said about the non EU fees was mostly correct. You are correct that they wheren't quite accurate but as a general rule she did a good job.
It was more on the food that i took a bit of exception yes in general its better and cheaper in Germany. But there still is plenty of variaty in the Netherlands you just have to look for it a bit more in the Netherlands and pay a bit more.
Very true, and it is without a single doubt much easier to get by in daily life without speaking dutch in the Netherlands, than it is to get by without speaking German in Germany. Even if your German is perfect, you'll have to accept a certain degree of getting told off in Germany. Like my former boss who had been living in Germany for 18 years and was 100% fluent in German, he sometimes still got a "in Germany we do it like this" including the raised finger (point finger, not middle finger) when for instance ordering at the bakery. Germans can be quite hard to Ausländer, it's something that you need to learn to accept as their shortcoming, not yours. One more line of standard German expressions: "Wenn man das in Deutschland so macht dann wird das schon seine Gründe haben!".
Germans think German is the only good language in the world. They expect you to speak German to them everywhere. They're nuts.
@@CreRay depends on where u are in Germany. In Berlin you cannot just get by with English, but you have also masses of companies where English is the main language, the entire cultural scene is mainly English and you have masses of Bars, Cafes etc. who even dont understand German, only English. But the entire club, bar, event scene is mainly English anyway. Actually only the Gov structures are behind (like always). In Munich many are able to speak English, you also have ppl from all over the world but its like most German cities still rather German spoken driven from the public impression (of course not in every company etc.). One could say that Berlin is a bit different to most other German cities not just in this regard. Many Germans who have less experience with that, because not living in Berlin give often a projection from what they experience and generalize it wrong. In the end you have in general some hotspots in Europe where the everyday mixture is already so high that English took for most parts over while most other cities are in a mix with still more local influence and a bit English (or other languages, but English is the new global native one - by far most English speaker are not from the classic native countries anymore)
As a German who lived in the Netherlands for her university studies, I can second everything. Really spot on!
If the Netherlands had mountains, I'd probably move back there but as a hiking enthusiast, Germany wins 😅
I do miss the more international lifestyle in the Netherlands. Even though I speak Dutch, being a foreigner and speaking English always seemed a lot easier than die foreigners in Germany.
@@Momoa786 cry some more nah zee
lucky us we do not have them .. ))
as a born and raised dutchie.. I quite miss having a mountain..
@@Momoa786 nono, SHE likes the international lifestyle. She also claims to be polyglot and a language teacher. I'd assume it's also massive bias, as German people typically visit "large" dutch cities. There they get international lifestyle in a relatively small city. Then they compare it to their hometown in Germany and either it is much bigger or less international.
True???? Im from holland but love belgie and germany???
I lived in both, overall I prefer Germany, especially nightlife, cool urban subcultures, food, beer, general way of life.
And if someone is comparing the between (the France) ?
@@ogpratik What region of France? There's quite a difference between various regions of France. Brittanny vs Alsace & Lorraine vs Midi vs Massif Central vs Alps-Rhône vs Bordeaux and Pyrennees or the Île de France, Normandy, Picardy - Pas du Nord.
I live in Germany for over 8 years now and can agree with everything you said about Germany. The things you said about the Netherlands sound also familiar since I have friends in the Netherlands.
I've been thinking about moving to the Netherlands since I'm finding social life in Germany a bit difficult. Although I have German friends, but in general social life is not very smooth here and I always hear from my friends in NL that people there are friendlier.
While looking for apartments I noticed a HUGE difference between prices here and in NL I hope that salaries there balance the difference though.
Fun fact: every time I met a person at a party and felt straight comfortable with them and and I felt like "Oh I can also get along fast with Germans" it then turns out to be that they're Dutch :D
International education in the Netherlands is succumbing to its success. The Netherlands is popular with international students, partly because higher education is taught in English, even for Dutch students. More and more Dutch students, therefore, find their way to Dutch-speaking Belgian universities. Currently, the Netherlands has 120,000 international students. Germany has 400,000 international students. However, in terms of population, Germany is six times larger than the Netherlands.
If an international student graduates in the Netherlands, they are given one year to look for a job in the Netherlands. This is relatively easy as proficiency in the English language is sufficient. A requirement to speak Dutch is often if one wants to become a manager or customer contact Dutch customers. In addition, the Netherlands now has the lowest unemployment rate ever in history, although unemployment in Germany is also low.
I know many ex-pats or highly educated people who have lived in the Netherlands for years and who do not speak the Dutch language and who often find a job easily. The (local) government also speaks and helps in the English language, or German and French if necessary.
The official languages in the Kingdom of the Netherlands are Dutch, Frisian, Papiamentu and English. Papapiamentu and English are the native languages of the islands in the Caribbean Netherlands.
i don't ge tone thing: you compare INTERnational students and then compare the NATIONAL population. how does that relate? shouldn't you comapre it to the international population in both countries?
@@axelplate9080 what are you talking about? ... he just wanted point out that the Netherlands have more international students in relation to the population = an higher percentage of foreign students.
Amsterdam is a hugely international place, just like New York , which was.... hmmm.... New Amsterdam!
I am sick. Always pushing english....
For example, in the last week we had a blizzard on Friday, a quiet overcast weekend, a normal storm on Monday, and then summer on Wednesday. That's just life in the Netherlands :-)
I second this! it was a crazy week, but I loved it
Housing is a MASSIVE problem in The Netherlands. Its really really bad
I am a LA native and have had the opportunity to live in both Germany and the Netherlands. Germany is very nice but I so much prefer the Netherlands.
noooo
Well ofcourse you are from LA a woke Liberal City ,the only option for you in Germany would be Berlin.
I will live in The Netherlands but just 2km from German border. It’s perfect. Very well done video. Bedankt
How about the living expenses cost of accommodation?
I found your channel back at the beginning of 2022 when preparing for my Erasmus to the Netherlands. Now having lived here for about 6 months as a student, and having gone by train into Germany a couple of times: Germany. The Netherlands is nice but damn I wish I was studying in Germany...
hey! may I ask why that is?
Very helpful, informative video. Thank you, Erika.
I am from the netherlands andI have been 50 times or more to Germany and i really love the country, nature, People, beer, food etc. But i could never live in Germany. I could never really blend in society, too much difference..
Too much difference? Hahaha as if you're located in America, Germany and the Netherlands are very very close neighbors, Germans and Dutch are the same nation , there are zero differences between them.
@@VenusEvan_1885 zero?
@@purgie even Dutch means German which is Deutsch , both in Western Europe, both speak west Germanic language, both have the same mentality and culture, the weather is the same, the same skin color, the only difference Germany is huge the Netherlands is tiny, it's much easier in Nederland to travel from A to Z in Germany the distances are much longer, and that's it, to say you could never blend in the German society is an utter nonsense and exaggeration.
I know so many people who cannot speak or understand German, and 99 of the Germans cannot speak even one word dutch. Even on holiday here at the cost. Germans are much more formel and disciplined, especially in the office. No first names, always herr und frau. We are more liberal. I know a few Germans who live here and they all say the same. And dutch is a word only the english language uses. We say Nederland, the Germans Niederlande, and the french Pays-bas. All means Lowlands
@@VenusEvan_1885 'tell me you're not from the NL or GER without telling you're not from the NL or GER.'
bro sorry but they are just not the same. Have you ever visited both Dutch and German cities, or noticed the difference in architecture of the villages in the countryside? Working culture is also much different... Germany is more 'hierarchical' and the Netherlands is more 'equal'. Also, there is much cultural difference between the provinces of the Netherlands. I'd say Flanders is more similar to southern Netherlands than Amsterdam is to the southern Netherlands
I was surprised by the snippets from Koblenz (and Trier and Cologne). I hope you enjoyed your visit (I see you did a whole video on it. Will watch it now). 🙂
Fun issue;
Berlin is the best compromise, in a dutchman point of view, but visit Amsterdam as well to find out your preference. Take some time to search out your personal preference, travel between each is quite easy.
amsterdam is NOT The Netherlands ! its just a tourist city like all over the world but with more stupid ppl ...
Brief and useful👌👌. we want a QA video
The things she showed as food for Germany can be quite easily found in the Netherlands too tbh
In general, always The Netherlands! (Greetings to our lovely neighbours
For me it is Neither. They both have positives and negatives. Depends on your personality, what you like to do , where you end up living and the people you meet there and the stage of your life you are at. It helps alot to speak the local language fluently or u will never fully integrate and your social circle will be small. After a few years of living in any country you will find that life is basically the same everywhere. Without good friends and family around you, it will kinda suck !
Wise words! The older I get the more I realize that
As a Dutch who lived 10 years in Germany I love the country and even more the people. Lots of love to .......no not in a game of Football/soccer...:):) It's a lovely war...
Im Dutch, can't complain. I only would love to work under german taxes and laws but thats maybe the only thing.
your eyeliner is so unique !! I love it
I really want to move to the Netherlands. Sad-but-true it's possible, with quite good life level, but its too expensive(mostly because of tax, tax rate is quite high) and i couldn't get any official work or something for getting some official status like residence permission with posibility to get citizenship, except temporary protection, which is kinda shit. :(
Like, right now im in serach of good place for relocation and it is quite hard in general. You need to understand all moments with getting residence permit, understand do you meet the requirements and what you need to do for it. How works tax system, medical system, real estate market, and a lot lot of other things.
For example in Poland, you need to stay there for a 9 months if you in Warsaw, only then you can apply to a temporary residence permit. But if you are a B2B contractor, high chance to stay without a permit. And this isn't the end. You couldn't leave Poland untill you not get the decision and all the process can take min 6 month up to few years.
Yeah,.. ain't all that easy after all,.. unfortunately the brakes were put on the influx a bit. Some small business venture or study may be the easiest way in. But it will take time and effort however you do it.
Thanks, very helpful to a North American!
There are no houses left in Netherlands. Its full full full. Wanna be a student? Prepare to stay in hotels or overexpensive tiny rooms or if youre lucky apartments.
Its absurd that we still have 30% tax rule for some skilled foreigners when they do the exact job as the Dutch do who do not enjoy such a huge benefit. Guess what 9 out of 10 migrant does after the regulation ends? They leave cuz NL is "too expensive". They may buy a house and then play landlord but ultimately leave, further inflating the housing market.
Other than that NL is pretty good...
It is just extremely frustrating as the young Dutch have an extreme hard time to find a place of their own.
Its been slashed to i believe 3 years now from 7 years. and it has to do with housing costs we do want the right people in to power up our econamy.
The Netherlands is overpopulated and there is no housing.
But thats the case everywhere
Great video thanks for the info!
I moved to Germany now I wanna move to the Netherlands
No we don't want you here go back to germany
I am also considering to move from DE to NL
Dafür nehmen neu Migranten aus nahem Osten dein Platz ein. 😅 Deutschland nimmt alle auf und Jobcenter bezahlt alles 😅
@@ifeelsoyy1444 not yet
@@marcor5886 I wish you good luck, the Netherlands has a serious home problem, they are almost unabashed and unaffordable
Both countries have pros and cons, but you will certainly hear, "Du bist in Deutschland, du musst Deutch sprechen!!" in a German bakery.
Ahh i start in Germane and switch over to english if they know it. I can understand Germane very well i just don't speak it often enough to be good at it. Thats ussually perfectly accetable for them.
And in German bakeries you also need to use the right local words. Don't ask for Semmel in Hamburg or for Brötchen in Munich!
@@ronald3836 or Berliner in Berlin 😂
@@meckerhannes9234 Servus! 😁
Ive never heard anyone say that in Germany, although Im sure a lot of people quietly think it.
Yes that's correct are quite similar and denish are quite similar and Swedes
Just discovered your channel :). I was to go to Riga Uni but didn't get to. Nice to see someone from Latvia.
Taxrates at 0:53 are wrong. Netherlands has lowered the taxes to 36,92% up to €73.031 and 49,50% after that
Non-EU kennismigranten qualify for a 5-year tax cut and only pay 30%. The idea is that these people only stay temporarily in the NL and will not claim benefits such as AOW etc.
@@djune286 still she lists old tax brackets
Germany ca 43%
I love both countries but I do prefer Germany but then again I prefer Germany over most countries.
I can’t choose between Germany or Ireland or Netherlands 😅 making friends easily , university and weather is a big factor for me
@@bloomy27Ireland, bur maybe the weather is the worst
@@marcor5886weather is definitely the worst. So is housing.
I echo almost all your statements. I also ended up in the Netherlands.
which has better nature ,I love nature so much
I didnt evwn consider that 🤔 i would say germany since it s very big, has a lot of national parks and mountains. While the Netherlands has forests lake and rivers (i think) it's pretty flat though.
Germany by far, the Netherlands is the most artificialised country in Europe and maybe the world
@@augth 😂 Did you know that all German forests are man-made, right? They all look alike. The trees are all evenly spaced in the same patterns over and over. Talk about artificial!! Seen one, seen all!
Im born and raised in the Netherlands id say Germany is better, The Netherlands up and went a few years ago, now its unlivable especially Amsterdam, its wayyyyyyyyyyy to crowded like you can barely walk down the street. Everything got expensive
I don’t want to sound rude but there’s so much information wrong in this video. Tax rates and the costs of health insurance is completely wrong for the Netherlands… Do some more research before reading everything as facts
I found the older germans and some older poles had good English as well
Creditcards in the Netherlands, i,m dutch and never have seen a creditcard in my live debitcards, or pinpas like we call it, yes that is the way here, try to pay with a credit card outside of the big city's is almost impossible.
髪切ったんですね。似合っています。それと、オランダ移住にとても役立ちます。SAPPOROより。
Come to Austria instead! 😄🇦🇹🏔🌞🐄🌻🌲🦅🌸🚵🏻♀🧗🏾♂
I think if you are coming because of a study you should def go to Germany. Work? I would choose the netherlands because of all the benefits and it is easier to find work here as a non speaking dutch person. I think more dutch people can speak english than the germans can/do. Having said all that i've never lived in Germany so what the hell do i know..BUT i have been to Germany many times and like the french, al lot of them can't speak english. Not even the young ones. And i feel the dutch do that better.
thank you so much
Thanks for the nice video
I wonder what country you chose, looking at the thumbnail i think know which lmao
As someone who is dutch and work with a lot of people from Romania, Lithuania and poland. I have people above me just because they work harder and take the work more seriously. In this country you get what you work for. And a few came from germany but they told me that they dont like to speak english and that they are more racist than over here🤷🏼. A few even bought a house over here. Since a month i worked also with Italian and portugese.
the Netherlands naturally. pretty nice and cool people. and very. open- minded !!!!!
*Not creditcards in NL .... but their bank cards with direct debet ...
Wait.
Are you saying the schools in the Netherland has lower standards than those in Germany?
If you are one of Germanics 🏴🇩🇪🇱🇺 any of these could be your home, if curiosity peaks try it.
5:59 Is it Regensburg?
Be aware that there is a housing crisis in the Netherlands. So that might be a problem.
Yeah but thats everywhere
As a Pole-American who lived all over - I definitely prefer the Netherlands. The Dutch are more pragmatic and easy going than Germans. It’s smaller so it’s easier to get around in. The bike culture is out of this world, and their bikes are sooo comfortable! The Dutch language is easier than German for English speakers, and their food is more interesting. Netherlands any day over Germany.
Disagree on the food, Dutch food is the worst of any country I visited. Even Denmark is better
Thanks for the helpful information
And how cute u are
Netherlands, when you have an average income, but price/quality is better in Germany. When u have a higher salary, Germany benefits you more.
I enjoyed the commonality that they hate being compared to each other.
Germany. We only like you to come to the Netherlands if you’re certain about it.
That's one of the reasons I love living in Winterswijk. It's in Holland but it's only a stonethrow away from the German border so I basically can get best of both worlds :)
Winterswijk is not in Holland.
@@hardyvonwinterstein5445 yes it is.. And please don't start that whole Netherlands/Holland thing. For us the whole countr is also Holland!!!
@@royklein9206 If you don't write precisely, you don't think precisely. If you don't respect the regional differences within countries, you are just being ignorant. And, by the way, America is not the USA.
@@hardyvonwinterstein5445 Being ignorant?! Please, I'm dutch and I can say that it isn't an issue over here in the east!! We are Holland as well as the Netherlands. Don't talk about stuff you dont know and please don't pretend to be smarter than others with your last remark. I will gladly do an IQ comparison with you mister 'america is not the usa'
@@royklein9206 Nee, jij bent een pseudo-Hollander. Stop met het stelen van de Hollandse identiteit. Die is alleen voor mensen uit (delen van) het westen van het land.
Netherlands for sure
Am I the only one who feels that you talk like young sheldon? Especially the head gestures!
I live in Maastricht, I would say local people are neither direct nor punctual, but mostly very friendly. I feel like this video describes just the opposite.
Well Maastricht is very close to Belgium, Luxembourgh germany. the Dutch people over there are different. I live my whole in the Netherlands and I can understand why it feels like the opposite for you. I wouldn't say Maastricht is the typical representation of the Netherlands. But that's one of the reasons why I consider to buy a house in Maastricht. it's still the Netherlands but I like the overal mentality and people over there. If you go up and through out the Netherlands people are very direct and punctual. in the south there is more relaxed atmosphere. And native Maastrichter will probably feel the same about a lotof part of the Netherlands.
Hello Erika! I am writing to you from Argentina. I really liked the video and I saw that several times the train was canceled in Germany, after that it is easy to get to your destination? Or do you lose several hours? Very cute haircut, setting trends! Hugs
Thank u :)) It usually is relatively easy to get to where u want if your train gets cancelled or delayed. The DB app is good at informing you. But if u are traveling long distance you might arrive of 30 minutes (at best) or 2 hours (at very worse) late to your desired destination. But of your delay and cancelations of the trains caused to be late for 1 or 2 hours you can ask for your money back via the app. Hope this helps :D
@@helloerika Thank you very much for the reply. Yes, all your explanation is very useful. Because in my case I am thinking of going to live and work at a distance of 30 or 40 minutes from my office, because I understand that a little outside the central city it is cheaper to rent an apartment. Again thank you very much and I hope you continue to make as good content as always.🖖
@@Momoa786 you're a fu*king racist, you have very bad behavior to foreigners, get lost
@deontay89 because we are trying to conquer the world. Some places in the Patagonia of Argentina, are less Argentinians than people from others parts of the world.
As a Dutchman with German ancestry. Please dont move here. We are struggling with mass immigration and houses. We cant take care of the whole world. People need to build their own countries.
Where is Erika from?
Getting really high in Maastricht, not getting a tobacco indoors fine because I refused to allow my german friends to pollute the joint and then almost getting murdered by crazy orange bike riders is one of my favorite memories.....
Denish are good at English and Norwegians and swedes
I think you did a pretty decent job but it's actually not that hard to find a job where Dutch is not expected to be the primary language. Not only in A'dam but all over the Netherlands. There are lots of "hubs" like, Eindhoven, Wageningen, Delft, Leiden, Maastricht, Breda, Tilburg, Rotterdam, etc. that historically have industry that is international. Depending on what field you are working in you will find the default language to be not Dutch (i.e. it's most likely to be English). As for the Germans, I consider them brethren and sisters. We are the same people but unfortunately we got split up. I don't mind speaking German, I hate speaking French when in south-west Germany though!
True, but there remarkable differences inside the country. Being direct is certainly not the culture in Maastricht for example, just the opposite I would even say, same for punctuality, 15 minutes late in Maastricht is still considered in time by the locals.
@@paulbeaucuse2092 I agree with regards to being "on time". We also have this "Brabant's kwartierke" that is more or less the same thing I guess. And maybe in Maastricht they are less direct than over here in Brabant but I'd still consider them pretty direct. Especially compared to other cultures.
After knowing dutch language what kind of job I get?
I'm now 37...
So how do you know this? The south. Of Germany..like covers half of Europe.
Type in forith and 10 year rate to euro. The main difference for most immigrants is that a pay check is part of a contract, when you start working..but here the worth i.e. pur cha sing po wer of money doesn t go down. People like this big time. What they do not understand, is that in Hungary or Poland you can swiftly buy a house. Here this will never happen, you ll be stuck in rdam zuid the whole time.
And what will you spend your money on?
6:50 Eu ouvi de um empresário que existe uma rua em que vocês bebem todos os finais de semana e ela fica lotada. É verdade? Onde fica ! Qualquer dia eu vou aí. ❤❤❤
Danmark 😂
Even better when you can: Russia
Spain, some parts in USA: Florida, South Dakota, Texas, Thailand, Georgia, Uruguay, ....
we are full
Stop having kids then ✌
Please move to Germany, there are already too many expats in the Netherlands that drive up house prices.
That has more to do with short term renting made popular online the past decade and making squatting illegal so speculation is now rife again. Gentrification by removing cheap social housing and recreating only 25% that space for the previous inhabitants of an area has not only destroyed social cohesion in many cities as well as led to this shortage.If you take from the weak, you all end up paying premiums.
It's a problem everywhere in the western world. If you move to Southern Europe you'll see horrible houses which are impossible to rent if you have a salary of, let's say, an engineer.
I think politicians should buy less houses and authorize to build more of them
4:07 I miss Dordrecht
I am glad i still live in Dordrecht. So much history....
Hello Erika please try make a video about Norway 🇳🇴 COL CULTURE LANGUAGE TAXES AND LEADERSHIP
Please dont come to the netherlands, its full
Is Netherland a good option for higher studies? Is it hard surviving there as a teenager?
The Netherlands is actually going to accept less foreign students due to the high shortage of housing. If you get accepted, you will pay high rent in the Randstad (area around Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht & Den Haag (The Hague)). I think it is just most important to ask these questions to the University or College you want to attend to, because they normally have their own housing in the city. Wish you good luck getting a spot!
@@jgowner6076 thanks!
It depends on what you want to study. If Sumerian is your thing Leiden may be a bit small. Maths, astrology, water engineering, economics, logistics those are the better known fields of excellence.
But for agriculture and bio engineering Wageningen is the place to go. That doesn't have it's equal worldwide I think. Twente is the uni that has delivered the winners of the solar challenge for solar powered cars for most of the competitions held, year on year.
Higher education is mainly in English as that is were to find the largest amount of scientific papers. Too much knowledge and experience has been wasted behind language barriers. No doubt typing in "study in the Netherlands" will inform you a bit more.
Congratulations, Erika, you are the first person in human history who said that 'Germany is very big'. There are rumours going around that in 1768 a tourist from Andorra said the same, but there is no evidence.
Thanks
Great
Please stay at home Ami
4:30 isso prova que o povo é feliz, não estou falando de usar ou não usar. É de não se importar com esse assunto, pois ele é muito polêmico e se discutir quem fuma está errado. Que nem hoje de manhã o cara falou pra mim "Tá maluco olha o que você tá falando..."
Eu respondi "já tá doidão de maconha né,?"
Ele ficou sem graça e não respondeu. Eu não tenho nada a ver com a vida dele. Se eu começar a falar o que penso pra machucar eu vou machucar ele. Para não fazer isso, eu nunca critiquei ninguém que use ou deixe de usar.
A primeira vez que fumei um amigo me perguntou "cara por que não fumou com a gente ?"
Porque vocês querem fumar todo dia e falar que é certo.
Ele ficou triste.
I had this exactly fucking question… need to figure out if I can get a cushy job.
Glückwunsch zu 10.000 Abonnenten (am 5.3.2023) 😀😃😄😃😀
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I often watch your video is not that I want to come to Germany or I'm interested in knowing about it but it's you u r really funny person that's why love it u make me feel good 😂 I found ur channel I don't know one forgot I day I was searching about Germany ww2 and I saw a white lump of pizza dough speaking it was u 😂 I find it funny why I'm I even talking this about oh man I lost it
Netherlands best choice
No way !!!!!!!!!!!!! 😢
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Waren Sie es wirklich, der am 28.02.2023 die aktuelle Wetterlage mitgeteilt hat?😲
amsterdam =/= netherlands
dont move to either, germany balding rate 42% divorce rate 45%, holland balding rate 38% divorce rate 48%
Move to Greece or Ireland, Greece balding rate 30% divorce rate 15%, Ireland balding rate 24% divorce rate 20%
Ga to germany
.... Only of you poor a want to get Money for nothing
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Why am I watching it as if I have a chance to move there HAHAHAHA