38:54 We're not THAT below the water. It's just a trick because of the camera angle. the water is on the other side of the station on the same ground level as the front. and the big thing is the roof of where the trains come and go. if you look at it on google earth you'll get it.
Maybe you would enjoy a series where you play geoguessr, I know they have a specific "the Netherlands" map. Maybe you could do a little Geography lesson first to get familiar with the city names and stuff, but I think it would be very entertaining to watch for sure!
"Urk" is a very controversial topic the last couple of years. It's actually a village, but they are way different from the rest of the netherlands. It used to be an island, and you can really tell the impact of the fact that they were.
Yeah, I hear a lot about Urk! Controversial indeed! Love it. The people don't give a shit... They got there own government without the real government right?
@@hhdjfkckstig8729 they do not really a government but i think you mean following the rules. As soon as they get pressured into following them they will all just group up and demonstrate against it. Idk how they do it, but it’s very impressive to say the least.
@@hilcekramer doesn't sound far different from the rest of the netherlands, pressured into following the rules they group up and demonstrate. Sounds like the netherlands in General not Urk. They don't realy demonstrate in Urk. they just have their own way of doing things, and they won't demonstrate against it, they might group up and destroy things and be rude to the police, but then again so do people in other cities do.
@@hilcekramer Hehe.. yeah try to translate al the words i see on RUclips about Urk and believe me it's not easy😰 super cool.. I live so close to a city that reminds me of Urk.. why do they speek so poorly about the people? They aren't amish right? I checked but are very friendly and welcoming folkes. Christian people for sure, but so am I. Is there some war going on in Urk?
The water behind Amsterdam central station is actually the same height as the street level. That 'big tall ass dam' that you where talking about is actually not a dam but part of the railway station where the trains go through. The perspective of the shot makes it kinda look like there a dam and that the water is really high up
At 39:10; What you see here is Amsterdam Central Station. The two black horizontal 'lanes' are covered railway tracks, so no dike. The picture is distorted: the water is no higher than the streets you see in front of the Station.
Amsterdam may have the largest King's Day celebration of the Netherlands and many people from around the country and the world go there. What most tourists don't know is that every city has the same type of events on King 's Day. A central open air music festival on a square or in a park, numerous flea markets and street parties. The flea markets and street parties are basically in every neighborhood in the country. When the weather is good, those are crowded as well, but not as extremely crowded as the central locations in Amsterdam. Also, they won't have the type of tourists who think partying is all about extreme drinking and drugs use. Those tend to stick to the main locations in Amsterdam. After a 2 year break due to the pandemic, this year's King's Day is likely to become the biggest street party of all time.
Quick question from an audiophile - what is that microphone you're using? Love from the Netherlands! 1. Also - yes - the Netherlands has alot of management position educated people - so there is alot of jobs that require office work forces - fun fact- watching the Queensday bit on Kingsday today 27 april! 2. We have wolves - but they're no threat since t hey are scarce and they rather steer clear of humans. Lastly : Amazing that you're practicing Dutch - I think all the Dutchies can agree to this that we love it when you rewind to learn some words and take the effort to try and pronounce Dutch words and sentences. Keep it going!
Man such a bummer the ''touristy / english subed'' videos are always so centered around the ''holland'' side of the Netherlands while there is so much more beautiful landscapes to visit. I personally live and love Limburg ruclips.net/video/uOewTIEvYhY/видео.html But there is so much more in Brabant, Friensland, Zeeland ect. We need more touristy videos of these regions! They also all have their own culture and rituals to be explored.
Yes, also with typical Amsterdam narrow mindedness like the rest of the country was still calvinist, which it has never been for a large part, and only in Amsterdam people let their hair down. Nonsense, the Dutch always got out in the weekends, travelled to foreign countries and knew how to party. It's just has become more of an industry every decade.
So, Veluwe is pronounced [VAY-lou-wuh] with the emphasis on the first syllable. :) The joke about Urk (which is a town) is that it's known for being fairly religious, much more strict than most places in the Netherlands. So from Saturday partying in Amsterdam to Sunday church services in Urk. From one extreme to another. :)
If you do actually visit this place someday id love to see a video with your expecations vs the reality of how it was and what surprised you and what didnt, would be very interesting i think!
The sailboat/boating culture is AMAZING here, you can pretty much go anywhere in the country by boat... and its almost free to dock anywhere for 24hours at the time... my sailboat is currently docked at Veere (Zeeland) and i tend to sail "Het Veerse Meer"
Hi Charie, I really enjoy your vlogs. I used to live in Amsterdam and always enjoy watching films about the Netherlands. Just finished watching and noted a couple of things. Had to laugh about the comment about the Dutch being "herd animals" In my opinion, its part of the overall human condition. Since you're learning Dutch; pronouncing Dutch vowels is tricky! Veluwe is pronounced Vay-lew-wah (actually the wah is somewhere between weh and wah... kind of like "Meh!") Its a region in the center of the country that consists of mostly sandy (old dunes?) very low hills covered with forest and heather - that's the purple ground cover you see in the video. FYI, There is an amazing museum of modern art located in the middle of the Veluwe, the Kroller-Muller museum, they have a wonderful sculpture garden. Yes, The netherlands is very flat, but the southern most region, Limburg, is very hilly. I went there and I felt like I was in another country! Trivia: They hid Rembrandt's Night Watch in old mines in Limburg during the 2nd world war. Now they grow mushrooms in those mines! Lastly, What you saw behind the central station at the end of the video isn't a dyke. Those long grew things behind the building are actually the roofs of the train platforms. They were built before electrification of the railway, so are very hight because of the steam and smoke emitted from the trains in those days. I hope you get to visit my "old country". visit the regions to really get an idea of the whole culture, not just Amsterdam! Keep bringing us your vlogs, they're really fun!
Hi Charlie, you have a real dutch last name: Vest. I'm Dutch, living near de Veluwe, in the city of Arnhem. You are very welcom to visit our beautiful country. I love your videos, thank you for your interest in different cultures and people. ❤
It's such a misnomer to say that the Netherlands is "one of the most densely populated countries in the world". Only 11% is developed and about half of that is in the Randstad (roughly Noord-Holland, Zuid-Holland and Utrecht, which covers about 40% of the land mass and holds 60% of the population). But all of that is included in that 11% so there are vast swaths of nothing/nature, farmland in the Randstad as well. In some of the big cities it is indeed densely populated but still very, very green and open compared to the big/mega cities of the world.
It's nice to see you recognize some of the words you've been learning :) One of my favorite ways to practice your skills is by watching subtitled media. Edit: "that purple stuff" you like is the heath in bloom, which is usually in late summer (end of August, early September).
@6:40 I did explain that before; theres hills in the south east but these you see here are around utrecht and veluwe, they are sanddunes pushed up by the last ice-age when the glacial ice-sheet reached till half-way netherlands, it left big stones (of which hunnebedden were build) and also these zand-wallen, they are drifting sands as well, very rare ... generally...holland is flat...the netherlands still is flat on average but theres some height difference, nothing major
Keep playing and trying out with the new equipmnent Charlie. The sound is really good now! It's so fun to see your videos and how fast you learn editing and getting equipment. Compare this video to your first ones. it's a world difference in qualty. Keep going!
Urk is a former island and current municipality in the province of Flevoland in the Netherlands. With 21,847 inhabitants on an area of proximately 11.54 km², Urk is the smallest municipality in this province in terms of surface area.
Hi Charlie, Names of places,streets,parks... are never translated. For example 'URK' its a town in the Netherlands. Same as we do not translate any name places in the US. For example 'New York' stays the same in Dutch. Allthough you could force translating it into 'Nieuwe Plaats'. York comes from the Latin language and is translated as 'Place'. Fun to see your Enthousiasme and drive to learn. Keep em coming.
Dutchman here. At 11:14. I really recognize what the ranger is trying to explain. Me and my wife regularly walk long distances (30 to 50 km (18.5 to 31 miles)) in one day. When we see a lot of people in nature we always say "we are near a parking lot". Usually we see evidence of this within a few minutes. Outside of these "parking bubbles" we see very few people.
26:52: 'Rembrandtplein' is just the proper name of the venue, so in that sense, it was rendered correctly. The _translation_ of 'Rembrandtplein' would yield 'Rembrandt square' . Not sure whether he lived in that exact _area_ or not, but since Rembrandt is probably _the_ foremost Dutch painter of the 17th century (our Golden Age), it makes sense that one of the very most prestigious, central squares is named after him, regardless of the historical details of his life.
Urk is a town in the Flevoland province. It has the reputation for being very conservative; and the movie “Dunkirk” was shot there. Kingsday has become more crowd controlled. Concerts on the Museumplein aren’t allowed anymore, no more carnival on Dam Square and big events/concerts are held outside the city center. Party boats on the canals have become too popular and the canal redidents are trying to get them banned unfortunately.
@38:25 that is just perspective 😉🤣 It’s not a dike. The water just seems to be above the city because if the perspective of the camera 🤣 but thanks for the fun video!! 😁 that’s central station
26:45 Rembrandt was from the town of Leiden. A square close to the house where he grew up was also named Rembrandtplein. The Rembrandtplein in Amsterdam was renamed after Rembrandt in the 19th century a little while after a statue of Rembrandt was placed on the square. The square itself has (as far as I'm concerned) little connection to Rembrandt. Rembrandt lived in Amsterdam for most of his life, but I don't think he lived around Rembrandplein.
Celcius is simple 0 = water freezing, 100 is water boiling, 37 c is blood temperature...at sea level naturally. Normal room temperature should be around 20 or 18 c.
In 2011 i was on my little boat together with some friends to celebrate Queensday. But once in the middle of the huge canal traffic jam, i immediately regretted it. It was 30 degrees Celcius (86F) and we were surrounded with big party boats that provided a constant flow of fresh Diesel exhaust fumes. Life expectancy -10 years
Hi Charlie , talking about the painter Rembrandt van Rijn was a master in painting of people like the night watch in the rijks museum , in 1700 . The purple colour on the Veluwe is heather. ( like your show ).
Old cities like Amsterdam often have this shape, the rings you recognise because of the canals. People would found a city in the Middle Ages and protect it by buildin a city wall around it. The would grow and more houses would be build, but the building would be restricted by the city wall. Eventually the situation cannot be continued and the city wall is broken down and build up again on a larger parimeter. This process repeats itself many times untill the time of the cannons that made city walls obsolete. That's why the streets in these old city are shaped in circles (or semi circles if build at a river or hill). The circle is the most cheap form of the expansive protection of the city wall.
We follow signs almost religiously, they are there for a purpose, that’s why we are so direct and honest, it’s the shortest way to go forward in every aspect of life
There is no problem Charlie.. no1 can do both reading and watching a movie at the same time.. but it get easier when u know the language.. We can only set our minds on 150%.. that's (full movie and half subtitles) or (full subtitles and half movie).. But u are already started with a different language to lurn.. these things take time to complete.. The language, words, meanings, and in what order u can place them.. lots of Dutch words have a different meaning, if u place them in a different order.. but these things u can lurn also in time.. U are doing a great job Charlie, don't worry about it. 😉
8:25 It's true that we don't have any dangerous animals in the Netherlands, but personally I'm not necessarily proud of that. I mean, it basically just reflects the small amount of wildlife we have here ig. That's why I love visiting foreign nature during the holiday.
Amsterdam is old, not 'a couple of hunderd years' old, people lived in the area since 4600 years ago, the dam in the river Amstel to which the city was named was build aroun 1173, and the city was recorded to be there for sure in 1275. So yeah, pretty old. The words ending in 'plein' are squares, so 'Rembrandtplein' =》'Rembrandt square'.
8:20 The main dangers in the Netherlands coming from wildlife are boars and cows protecting their young, ticks as they can transmit Lyme which can cause mild semi-permanent neurological damage and of course anything that can cause anaphylactic shock, where wasps are clearly the most common troublemaker. Ultimately the wasp is the animal that causes the most deaths. 23:30 Can you see across the whole country? This is a bit of a cursed question. It is flat enough, definitely. You can make hypothetical sightlines where elevation doesn't really change much easily. Ultimately this is a question about how many obstacles there are between the far point and if there are none how much air there is between your vantage point and the far point. For the Netherlands assuming it's about 150 km (let's say 100 miles) across down the middle (Noordwijk-Arnhem roughly) you only need to be at about 3km height (9k ft) or so to steer clear of any serious obstacles. You still wouldn't be able to see because there's a 150 km column of rather dense air which is too much, usually at good clarity you can only look through a column of about 30-40 km, less in the Neds as the air pollution is quite high and with the Neds being so low the air density is massive. So in practice you need to be very high to see it, perhaps on a very clear day it's possible at cruising altitude for jets (13 km/35k ft), but I suspect you need to be even higher than that. 26:50 As you learn Dutch you will find that there are often cognates that can help you. Rembrandtplein means Rembrandt Square, but if you think about plein as meaning plane, as in a flat surface, it suddenly makes perfect sense how a plein means a square. 39:00 Those were the roofs over the waiting platforms behind the station, not a giant dam. The water is at exactly 0 m normally (as the water level in Amsterdam defines the water level we use in Western Europe), the land in Amsterdam is generally only a couple feet under the water level.
Nice reaction Charlie! Veluwe is three syllabes, not two. It's Ve-lu-we. The first e pronounced long, the second e pronounced short. A pity I missed the live stream of this one. Urk is the name of a village, formerly island in the Zuiderzee now part of Flevoland.
Veluwe is in the middle east. If you look up Zwolle and Arnhem the Veluwe is basically in between those 2 cities. Its a beautiful place to go cycling or walking. The wolf and i believe the lynx as well (but especially the wolf) is making a come back to the Netherlands (so the Veluwe is one of the places hes been seen) but its not very likely you encounter them.
Hi, first you have a Nice voice to listen to, realy Nice to see you are looking so interested in the things from the Netherlands like the nature etc. Greetz from the Netherlands. I like you're video's.
8:30 Since a few years we actually have a wolf population (again) in the Veluwe. Wolves used to come and visit once in a while from the Black Forest in Germany (guess they were scouts) and now seem to be here to stay. Wolves are a tremendous benefit to the forest helping to cull overpopulation, cleaning cadavers and keeping the herds healthy by taking out sick/injured animals. They are shy by nature so still not a lot to fear as long as long as they have plenty to eat. And with plenty to eat they won't be bothering farmers too... instead they may help the farmers by keeping the wild boar population in check.
We got what kind of beer ?? Belgium? We got Heineken, Amstel, Hertogh Jan .. @38:56 the water is not above the station .. it’s behind.. it’s the angle of perspective The black thing behind the main building.. is the station where the trains come in
wow, they really made a big deal of that blue algea. Nobody keeps that in mind, we always swim and I NEVER got sick, neither my kids and dogs. I never heard of people getting ill. It's not like we drink the water, which is very clean to be honest.
@4:00 ye a decent amount, a good portion of the Economy has to do with ICT services, then a good number of companys have either regional or main offices here , usually due to the good infrastructure and availability of qualified people as well as reasonable possibilitys for workers from elsewhere, and then we have a decent industry of our own mostly aimed at specialized technical work
Hi! I really love your video's, but at 17:18 you said you've never seen so much water and you only saw Lake Michigan, but Lake Michigan is larger than our whole country ;)
And we have wolves in the Netherlands now since a couple years and it is growing. The banned the wolf in the Middle ages. Now they are back again, but they are not dangerous for humans.
For the first time in about 100-200 years there are wolves back (2, I think) in the Netherlands on the Veluwe. No other predators. About the Dutch language. In contrary to Englisch where the emphasis of a word lies mostly on the second syllable in Dutch it's mostly the first. so (VEE-lu-we).
Erm...about The Veluwe... well, have you ever heard the saying "God created the earth, but the Dutch created The Netherlands"? There is some beautiful nature in the Veluwe, but it's hardly natural. Pretty much the entire area has been transformed by humans in some way or another. Parts of the famous sand drifts in the veluwe were caused by intensive farming and grazing in the past, and then large parts of the forests were planted to stop the wind blowing around the sand. That worked so well that nowadays the sandy patches have almost completely disappeared and what little remains needs constant human intervention or it would overgrow. Endemic species of sheep were specifically imported to, once again, graze the area in an attempt to stop nature from reclaiming the sandy patches (i guess we've gone full circle), while the whole park is fenced off to prevent the native wolves from returning and killing the endemic sheep... Bad nature you bad! That is OUR tiny sandy patch now. It's just like "Marker Wadden", the newest Dutch nature reserve, where nature gets to go wild and do whatever it wants... As long as it coincides with what WE want it to do. And stays on the island. That we built specifically for it. In the middle of a former salty sea that we turned into a freshwater lake... *facepalm* No place in this small country has truly escaped human interference over the course of the last few centuries :)
The whole of Europe has mostly been replanted and America is doing this too. If you watch the news and read about all those forest fires it's due to humans creating forests wrong.
We have a deadly snake in the Netherlands. (the viper snake) But it is very rare to see one. Only a couple people went to the hospital in the last decade.
Calvinist in the parts of the Netherlands above the great rivers. The provinces of Limburg and North Brabant have a different mentality; they love live, good food etc. Look at the south of Limburg for hills; beautiful Mergelland. Also the Velüwe and eastward of there, there are hills but lower than in Limburg. Me, as far as possible from the main roads into the forest where you’ll meet almost nobody.; just peace and quietness. No, the curvature of the earth pretends you to look very far. On the web you can find a formula. The higher you stand the farther you can see.
If you like nature, you might want to check out . A movie about Dutch nature that was rather successful in the cinema a couple of years ago. Or the movie , which came out this year and is about the returning of wolves in the Netherlands. Or , a movie about nature on the Veluwe.
O, Charlie.. Can u do a Reaction on (Kleintje Holland), it's a day for our disabled people with an intellectual disability.. not sure it's only held in my town though. But this day we let these people, stand in the spotlights.. mostly by singing in front of at least 100 folks.. and it's lovely to watch, if they are having fun.. 😄
Even in the veluwe it's really, really difficult to get lost in the Netherlands. Just walk for max 30 min. in whatever direction and you'll encounter a paved road or some signage that will guide you to civilization ;)
@@jsb7975 How the hell did you manage that? You saw NO signs of humans anywhere? No roads, no sand path, no signs, no gates, nothing? For more than 30 minutes in one direction? On the Veluwe? yeah, you were walking in circles or lying.
@@AnnekeOosterink it is as said in the video. Once you walk there, there are even multual smaller path's whithout any signs and yes, a lot of forest area for miles. Not EVERY corner whithin miles has a sign. When it went darker we walked and walked, knowing that at one point there should be a sign and knowing we should never be lost for ever , ofcourse. But it took some hours. It's just larger then people are used to in other forestal area's in The Netherlands, though the Peel kan er ook wat van. Or the forest border area crossing over Belgium. Greetings from a wanderer.
Great video. Re celcius to fahrenheit 25C = 77F You can get pretty close if you multiply the celcius number x2 and then add 30. So 25 x 2 + 30 = 80. The answer is not 100% accurate but close enough and easy to calculate quickly. And for F to C you first deduct 30 and then divide by 2. So 80 - 30 = 50 : 2 = 25
On a clear day and if you stand on top of Sint-Maartenskerk (church) of Zaltbommel you can see the Dom toren (church) of Utrecht (44km away) 27.34 mils
23:20 our country is small, but not that small, like imagine looking across from LA to San Diego. but if we were that small, then yes you could because no hills at all. maybe a building in the way
8:24: Not any danger with the animals? I live near the Veluwe and often hike and cycle through those forests. A lot of people from big cities like Amsterdam spend their vacation or weekends here. I have often seen those people feeding wild boars. That can be quite dangerous, especially when they have young ones and you come too close. In addition, by feeding them they lose their fear of humans and sometimes even enter villages, where they look for food in peoples backyards!
60 yo professor in Amsterdam that never stood at the side of a lake, is actually impossible on every level you can think of. I mean he wants to give to back to society now. Has he never gotten anything out of it? Like the most basal experiences.
Urk has the most millionairs per km2 in the Netherlands actually, they all work very, very , hard, most in the fishing industry, if you get in trouble on Urk, sick or something, your neighbours will take care of you, your house, your children. I you do a famine collection at Urk, for instance help to Ethiopia, ...they will all give money, the people on Urk, are very helpful, honest, if you work for them, they are the best boss you can have.. They are the opposite of people from Amsterdam... if some one from Urk is your friend...you have a real friend. they do not reject modern times in any way, their boats are top of the line, as are their cars etc... And yeah they go to Church on Sunday, and the shops are closed than, except for the Chinese restaurant.
0:44 its pronounced "Va-lu-we" Va: as in you sat the letter A as it's pronounced in english alphabet but then with a V in front of it. lu: as in you say "you but replace the Y for a L we: as if you say the word "well" bithout the "ll" Veluwe
About staying together in nature. It all depends maybe where you grew up. From very young I always wandered through the woods and tried to avoid others. But even the Veluwe isn't that big, so you almost always meet people. Best way to avoid them is on a rainy day (and the woods smell fantastic then) Later I worked in nature-conservation in swamplands, not many people there. About the animals; wolfs are being reïntroduced...which makes hiking more interesting 😉
Getting really lost is not possible here. You always get to a road or see/meet people. Everything is organized so you will get back where you need to be.
the most of the nature we have is in the east and the south, i live in the east of the Netherlands some 20 kilometers from the veluwe (High veluwe - hoge veluwe)
Yo Charlie the image in the beginning with the horse. Those are the dunes or dijk how we call them. It's close to the sea, they are natural protection. 👍🌊 Plein is square. So it's Rembrandts square.
I heard that there are 300.000 people at thet place and I live in a city cald Hulst and there live around 10.000 people here. You need to watch a video about zeeuws-vlaanderen.
well... the video is not just about nature, it is about how we spend our free time (or weekends), and yes, that does not only include nature 🙃 by the way: I live in a small village at de Veluwe 😃😃😃
Yea we can def. see all along the shore, i live in Katwijk (somewhere in the middle of the costline) and can see Rotterdam or the otherside to Zandvoort, its the mist or seadamp that makes it hard sometimes to see all along. Ooh and uuh we got wolfs lately XD
yes, most people here have office jobs.. international trade, banking, insurance and IT are big sectors BTW: the slanted video is not very viewer-friendly. Function should always beat design!
To comment on the you're length, i know what u mean... it's keeping us in a strict line, of what we can and can't do.. like a roller coaster, we don't want to lose our heads.. 😂 I'm 193 and a half..
38:54 We're not THAT below the water. It's just a trick because of the camera angle. the water is on the other side of the station on the same ground level as the front. and the big thing is the roof of where the trains come and go. if you look at it on google earth you'll get it.
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Hihi tnx for telling him, made me laugh 😅
Had a laugh, him thinking it was like a huge dam
I also had never seen it like that before, this image surprised me too😂 I had to take a closer look at how it was done😋
Maybe you would enjoy a series where you play geoguessr, I know they have a specific "the Netherlands" map. Maybe you could do a little Geography lesson first to get familiar with the city names and stuff, but I think it would be very entertaining to watch for sure!
"Urk" is a very controversial topic the last couple of years. It's actually a village, but they are way different from the rest of the netherlands. It used to be an island, and you can really tell the impact of the fact that they were.
Yeah, I hear a lot about Urk! Controversial indeed! Love it. The people don't give a shit... They got there own government without the real government right?
@@hhdjfkckstig8729 they do not really a government but i think you mean following the rules. As soon as they get pressured into following them they will all just group up and demonstrate against it. Idk how they do it, but it’s very impressive to say the least.
@@hhdjfkckstig8729 they don't have their own "government"they just got their own ways of doing things. more like a sort of cult.
@@hilcekramer doesn't sound far different from the rest of the netherlands, pressured into following the rules they group up and demonstrate. Sounds like the netherlands in General not Urk. They don't realy demonstrate in Urk. they just have their own way of doing things, and they won't demonstrate against it, they might group up and destroy things and be rude to the police, but then again so do people in other cities do.
@@hilcekramer Hehe.. yeah try to translate al the words i see on RUclips about Urk and believe me it's not easy😰 super cool.. I live so close to a city that reminds me of Urk.. why do they speek so poorly about the people? They aren't amish right? I checked but are very friendly and welcoming folkes. Christian people for sure, but so am I. Is there some war going on in Urk?
The water behind Amsterdam central station is actually the same height as the street level. That 'big tall ass dam' that you where talking about is actually not a dam but part of the railway station where the trains go through. The perspective of the shot makes it kinda look like there a dam and that the water is really high up
yup, but even I had to look closely at how this was done.😅 very nice image, nicely made!
At 13:08: this is Walibi Holland Biddinghuizen, Flevoland. De Efteling is situated in Kaatsheuvel, Noord Brabant...
At 39:10; What you see here is Amsterdam Central Station. The two black horizontal 'lanes' are covered railway tracks, so no dike. The picture is distorted: the water is no higher than the streets you see in front of the Station.
Amsterdam may have the largest King's Day celebration of the Netherlands and many people from around the country and the world go there. What most tourists don't know is that every city has the same type of events on King 's Day. A central open air music festival on a square or in a park, numerous flea markets and street parties. The flea markets and street parties are basically in every neighborhood in the country. When the weather is good, those are crowded as well, but not as extremely crowded as the central locations in Amsterdam. Also, they won't have the type of tourists who think partying is all about extreme drinking and drugs use. Those tend to stick to the main locations in Amsterdam.
After a 2 year break due to the pandemic, this year's King's Day is likely to become the biggest street party of all time.
Oh damn you're right. Hadn't thought about how crazy King's Day might become this year!
Quick question from an audiophile - what is that microphone you're using? Love from the Netherlands!
1. Also - yes - the Netherlands has alot of management position educated people - so there is alot of jobs that require office work forces - fun fact- watching the Queensday bit on Kingsday today 27 april!
2. We have wolves - but they're no threat since t hey are scarce and they rather steer clear of humans.
Lastly : Amazing that you're practicing Dutch - I think all the Dutchies can agree to this that we love it when you rewind to learn some words and take the effort to try and pronounce Dutch words and sentences. Keep it going!
Man such a bummer the ''touristy / english subed'' videos are always so centered around the ''holland'' side of the Netherlands while there is so much more beautiful landscapes to visit.
I personally live and love Limburg ruclips.net/video/uOewTIEvYhY/видео.html But there is so much more in Brabant, Friensland, Zeeland ect. We need more touristy videos of these regions! They also all have their own culture and rituals to be explored.
Yes, also with typical Amsterdam narrow mindedness like the rest of the country was still calvinist, which it has never been for a large part, and only in Amsterdam people let their hair down. Nonsense, the Dutch always got out in the weekends, travelled to foreign countries and knew how to party. It's just has become more of an industry every decade.
So, Veluwe is pronounced [VAY-lou-wuh] with the emphasis on the first syllable. :)
The joke about Urk (which is a town) is that it's known for being fairly religious, much more strict than most places in the Netherlands. So from Saturday partying in Amsterdam to Sunday church services in Urk. From one extreme to another. :)
Saw your channel for the first time just two days ago, and I'm already hooked on it. Love it how you show us our little country through your eyes.
Nice watching you react on this. Since the beginning you have learned a lot about NL. 👍👍
If you do actually visit this place someday id love to see a video with your expecations vs the reality of how it was and what surprised you and what didnt, would be very interesting i think!
The sailboat/boating culture is AMAZING here, you can pretty much go anywhere in the country by boat... and its almost free to dock anywhere for 24hours at the time... my sailboat is currently docked at Veere (Zeeland) and i tend to sail "Het Veerse Meer"
Kings day: usually it all works, no major problems.., and it's country wide, in every city, and village, not just Amsterdam.
Love the quality, but the angle of the screen makes me a bit dizzy. Thanks for another great reaction on our lovely country.
Made me a little dizzy too
Hi Charie, I really enjoy your vlogs. I used to live in Amsterdam and always enjoy watching films about the Netherlands.
Just finished watching and noted a couple of things. Had to laugh about the comment about the Dutch being "herd animals" In my opinion, its part of the overall human condition.
Since you're learning Dutch; pronouncing Dutch vowels is tricky! Veluwe is pronounced Vay-lew-wah (actually the wah is somewhere between weh and wah... kind of like "Meh!") Its a region in the center of the country that consists of mostly sandy (old dunes?) very low hills covered with forest and heather - that's the purple ground cover you see in the video. FYI, There is an amazing museum of modern art located in the middle of the Veluwe, the Kroller-Muller museum, they have a wonderful sculpture garden.
Yes, The netherlands is very flat, but the southern most region, Limburg, is very hilly. I went there and I felt like I was in another country! Trivia: They hid Rembrandt's Night Watch in old mines in Limburg during the 2nd world war. Now they grow mushrooms in those mines!
Lastly, What you saw behind the central station at the end of the video isn't a dyke. Those long grew things behind the building are actually the roofs of the train platforms. They were built before electrification of the railway, so are very hight because of the steam and smoke emitted from the trains in those days.
I hope you get to visit my "old country". visit the regions to really get an idea of the whole culture, not just Amsterdam!
Keep bringing us your vlogs, they're really fun!
Hi Charlie, you have a real dutch last name: Vest. I'm Dutch, living near de Veluwe, in the city of Arnhem. You are very welcom to visit our beautiful country. I love your videos, thank you for your interest in different cultures and people. ❤
It's such a misnomer to say that the Netherlands is "one of the most densely populated countries in the world". Only 11% is developed and about half of that is in the Randstad (roughly Noord-Holland, Zuid-Holland and Utrecht, which covers about 40% of the land mass and holds 60% of the population). But all of that is included in that 11% so there are vast swaths of nothing/nature, farmland in the Randstad as well. In some of the big cities it is indeed densely populated but still very, very green and open compared to the big/mega cities of the world.
It's nice to see you recognize some of the words you've been learning :) One of my favorite ways to practice your skills is by watching subtitled media.
Edit: "that purple stuff" you like is the heath in bloom, which is usually in late summer (end of August, early September).
It's not save in the Woods Charlie, there are Wolves in Netherland.
@6:40 I did explain that before; theres hills in the south east but these you see here are around utrecht and veluwe, they are sanddunes pushed up by the last ice-age when the glacial ice-sheet reached till half-way netherlands, it left big stones (of which hunnebedden were build) and also these zand-wallen, they are drifting sands as well, very rare ... generally...holland is flat...the netherlands still is flat on average but theres some height difference, nothing major
Keep playing and trying out with the new equipmnent Charlie. The sound is really good now! It's so fun to see your videos and how fast you learn editing and getting equipment.
Compare this video to your first ones. it's a world difference in qualty.
Keep going!
Urk is a former island and current municipality in the province of Flevoland in the Netherlands. With 21,847 inhabitants on an area of proximately 11.54 km², Urk is the smallest municipality in this province in terms of surface area.
Hi Charlie, Names of places,streets,parks... are never translated. For example 'URK' its a town in the Netherlands. Same as we do not translate any name places in the US. For example 'New York' stays the same in Dutch. Allthough you could force translating it into 'Nieuwe Plaats'. York comes from the Latin language and is translated as 'Place'. Fun to see your Enthousiasme and drive to learn. Keep em coming.
Dutchman here.
At 11:14. I really recognize what the ranger is trying to explain.
Me and my wife regularly walk long distances (30 to 50 km (18.5 to 31 miles)) in one day. When we see a lot of people in nature we always say "we are near a parking lot". Usually we see evidence of this within a few minutes.
Outside of these "parking bubbles" we see very few people.
26:52: 'Rembrandtplein' is just the proper name of the venue, so in that sense, it was rendered correctly. The _translation_ of 'Rembrandtplein' would yield 'Rembrandt square' . Not sure whether he lived in that exact _area_ or not, but since Rembrandt is probably _the_ foremost Dutch painter of the 17th century (our Golden Age), it makes sense that one of the very most prestigious, central squares is named after him, regardless of the historical details of his life.
@27:00 plein -> plaza / square
Urk is a town in the Flevoland province. It has the reputation for being very conservative; and the movie “Dunkirk” was shot there. Kingsday has become more crowd controlled. Concerts on the Museumplein aren’t allowed anymore, no more carnival on Dam Square and big events/concerts are held outside the city center. Party boats on the canals have become too popular and the canal redidents are trying to get them banned unfortunately.
@38:25 that is just perspective 😉🤣 It’s not a dike. The water just seems to be above the city because if the perspective of the camera 🤣 but thanks for the fun video!! 😁 that’s central station
26:45 Rembrandt was from the town of Leiden. A square close to the house where he grew up was also named Rembrandtplein. The Rembrandtplein in Amsterdam was renamed after Rembrandt in the 19th century a little while after a statue of Rembrandt was placed on the square. The square itself has (as far as I'm concerned) little connection to Rembrandt. Rembrandt lived in Amsterdam for most of his life, but I don't think he lived around Rembrandplein.
Celcius is simple 0 = water freezing, 100 is water boiling, 37 c is blood temperature...at sea level naturally. Normal room temperature should be around 20 or 18 c.
In 2011 i was on my little boat together with some friends to celebrate Queensday. But once in the middle of the huge canal traffic jam, i immediately regretted it. It was 30 degrees Celcius (86F) and we were surrounded with big party boats that provided a constant flow of fresh Diesel exhaust fumes. Life expectancy -10 years
:)
It's great that you are interested in our country and curious what it looks like!
I really like the series on TV right now, verhaal van Nederland. A complete history documentary series of the Netherlands.
Yeah, when you’re on a high point in good weather you can see very far, 60km or so, but no not the whole country, it’s not that small 😉
Hi Charlie , talking about the painter Rembrandt van Rijn was a master in painting of people like the night watch in the rijks museum , in 1700 . The purple colour on the Veluwe is heather. ( like your show ).
Hi, im dutch. Born and raised 😂. If you wanna know something or have questions you can always ask me !
Old cities like Amsterdam often have this shape, the rings you recognise because of the canals. People would found a city in the Middle Ages and protect it by buildin a city wall around it. The would grow and more houses would be build, but the building would be restricted by the city wall. Eventually the situation cannot be continued and the city wall is broken down and build up again on a larger parimeter. This process repeats itself many times untill the time of the cannons that made city walls obsolete. That's why the streets in these old city are shaped in circles (or semi circles if build at a river or hill). The circle is the most cheap form of the expansive protection of the city wall.
We follow signs almost religiously, they are there for a purpose, that’s why we are so direct and honest, it’s the shortest way to go forward in every aspect of life
Hi. That's where I live in the south of the Netherlands. It's so beautiful. You are most welcome. Pack your bags!
There is no problem Charlie.. no1 can do both reading and watching a movie at the same time.. but it get easier when u know the language..
We can only set our minds on 150%.. that's (full movie and half subtitles) or (full subtitles and half movie)..
But u are already started with a different language to lurn.. these things take time to complete..
The language, words, meanings, and in what order u can place them.. lots of Dutch words have a different meaning, if u place them in a different order.. but these things u can lurn also in time..
U are doing a great job Charlie, don't worry about it. 😉
This guy is really chill man. Groeten uit Portugal.
8:25 It's true that we don't have any dangerous animals in the Netherlands, but personally I'm not necessarily proud of that. I mean, it basically just reflects the small amount of wildlife we have here ig. That's why I love visiting foreign nature during the holiday.
Amsterdam is old, not 'a couple of hunderd years' old, people lived in the area since 4600 years ago, the dam in the river Amstel to which the city was named was build aroun 1173, and the city was recorded to be there for sure in 1275. So yeah, pretty old.
The words ending in 'plein' are squares, so 'Rembrandtplein' =》'Rembrandt square'.
Netherlands are Amazing! Thanks for sharing! 🌞🌞🌞 new sub and bell ❤❤❤
8:20 The main dangers in the Netherlands coming from wildlife are boars and cows protecting their young, ticks as they can transmit Lyme which can cause mild semi-permanent neurological damage and of course anything that can cause anaphylactic shock, where wasps are clearly the most common troublemaker. Ultimately the wasp is the animal that causes the most deaths.
23:30 Can you see across the whole country? This is a bit of a cursed question. It is flat enough, definitely. You can make hypothetical sightlines where elevation doesn't really change much easily. Ultimately this is a question about how many obstacles there are between the far point and if there are none how much air there is between your vantage point and the far point. For the Netherlands assuming it's about 150 km (let's say 100 miles) across down the middle (Noordwijk-Arnhem roughly) you only need to be at about 3km height (9k ft) or so to steer clear of any serious obstacles. You still wouldn't be able to see because there's a 150 km column of rather dense air which is too much, usually at good clarity you can only look through a column of about 30-40 km, less in the Neds as the air pollution is quite high and with the Neds being so low the air density is massive. So in practice you need to be very high to see it, perhaps on a very clear day it's possible at cruising altitude for jets (13 km/35k ft), but I suspect you need to be even higher than that.
26:50 As you learn Dutch you will find that there are often cognates that can help you. Rembrandtplein means Rembrandt Square, but if you think about plein as meaning plane, as in a flat surface, it suddenly makes perfect sense how a plein means a square.
39:00 Those were the roofs over the waiting platforms behind the station, not a giant dam. The water is at exactly 0 m normally (as the water level in Amsterdam defines the water level we use in Western Europe), the land in Amsterdam is generally only a couple feet under the water level.
As someone from Limburg. Glad to hear you're interested
Nice reaction Charlie! Veluwe is three syllabes, not two. It's Ve-lu-we. The first e pronounced long, the second e pronounced short.
A pity I missed the live stream of this one.
Urk is the name of a village, formerly island in the Zuiderzee now part of Flevoland.
Veluwe is in the middle east. If you look up Zwolle and Arnhem the Veluwe is basically in between those 2 cities. Its a beautiful place to go cycling or walking. The wolf and i believe the lynx as well (but especially the wolf) is making a come back to the Netherlands (so the Veluwe is one of the places hes been seen) but its not very likely you encounter them.
Plein means square. In Arnhem we have an Audrey Hepburn Plein, because this is where she grew up during WW2.
Hi, first you have a Nice voice to listen to, realy Nice to see you are looking so interested in the things from the Netherlands like the nature etc. Greetz from the Netherlands. I like you're video's.
If you go in a small plane and you fly on a height of 4km you can see the hole Netherlands
@Edwin - and what is your point? That it is an itty bitty country?
@@2zwaantjes i guve a answer on his question in the video
You are talking about ‘that purple stuff’ at 29 minutes (I forgot how much seconds). It is heather while it’s blooming 🤗
8:30 Since a few years we actually have a wolf population (again) in the Veluwe. Wolves used to come and visit once in a while from the Black Forest in Germany (guess they were scouts) and now seem to be here to stay. Wolves are a tremendous benefit to the forest helping to cull overpopulation, cleaning cadavers and keeping the herds healthy by taking out sick/injured animals. They are shy by nature so still not a lot to fear as long as long as they have plenty to eat. And with plenty to eat they won't be bothering farmers too... instead they may help the farmers by keeping the wild boar population in check.
We got what kind of beer ?? Belgium?
We got Heineken, Amstel, Hertogh Jan ..
@38:56 the water is not above the station .. it’s behind.. it’s the angle of perspective
The black thing behind the main building.. is the station where the trains come in
wow, they really made a big deal of that blue algea. Nobody keeps that in mind, we always swim and I NEVER got sick, neither my kids and dogs. I never heard of people getting ill. It's not like we drink the water, which
is very clean to be honest.
@4:00 ye a decent amount, a good portion of the Economy has to do with ICT services, then a good number of companys have either regional or main offices here , usually due to the good infrastructure and availability of qualified people as well as reasonable possibilitys for workers from elsewhere, and then we have a decent industry of our own mostly aimed at specialized technical work
Hi! I really love your video's, but at 17:18 you said you've never seen so much water and you only saw Lake Michigan, but Lake Michigan is larger than our whole country ;)
And we have wolves in the Netherlands now since a couple years and it is growing. The banned the wolf in the Middle ages. Now they are back again, but they are not dangerous for humans.
For the first time in about 100-200 years there are wolves back (2, I think) in the Netherlands on the Veluwe. No other predators. About the Dutch language. In contrary to Englisch where the emphasis of a word lies mostly on the second syllable in Dutch it's mostly the first. so (VEE-lu-we).
😂 looking at the dogs walking their route it looked like there was somebody on a scooter get chased by 2 vicious dogs.
We have a couple of offices, quit a lot, but we as the Netherlands have so much more than that to offer
Erm...about The Veluwe... well, have you ever heard the saying "God created the earth, but the Dutch created The Netherlands"?
There is some beautiful nature in the Veluwe, but it's hardly natural. Pretty much the entire area has been transformed by humans in some way or another.
Parts of the famous sand drifts in the veluwe were caused by intensive farming and grazing in the past, and then large parts of the forests were planted to stop the wind blowing around the sand. That worked so well that nowadays the sandy patches have almost completely disappeared and what little remains needs constant human intervention or it would overgrow. Endemic species of sheep were specifically imported to, once again, graze the area in an attempt to stop nature from reclaiming the sandy patches (i guess we've gone full circle), while the whole park is fenced off to prevent the native wolves from returning and killing the endemic sheep... Bad nature you bad! That is OUR tiny sandy patch now.
It's just like "Marker Wadden", the newest Dutch nature reserve, where nature gets to go wild and do whatever it wants... As long as it coincides with what WE want it to do. And stays on the island. That we built specifically for it. In the middle of a former salty sea that we turned into a freshwater lake... *facepalm*
No place in this small country has truly escaped human interference over the course of the last few centuries :)
Very eloquently put.
The whole of Europe has mostly been replanted and America is doing this too. If you watch the news and read about all those forest fires it's due to humans creating forests wrong.
not the whole country is flat, if you go to the south there are many hills. like the veluwe and limburg.
Ik woon in Geleen (L) en hierna begint de voorloper van de Alpen.
Plein = square in this context. It is named after the painter who painted 'De nachtwacht'.
We have a deadly snake in the Netherlands. (the viper snake) But it is very rare to see one. Only a couple people went to the hospital in the last decade.
I was one of them… lucky me! 😂 I still get teased with it regularly
Calvinist in the parts of the Netherlands above the great rivers. The provinces of Limburg and North Brabant have a different mentality; they love live, good food etc.
Look at the south of Limburg for hills; beautiful Mergelland. Also the Velüwe and eastward of there, there are hills but lower than in Limburg.
Me, as far as possible from the main roads into the forest where you’ll meet almost nobody.; just peace and quietness.
No, the curvature of the earth pretends you to look very far. On the web you can find a formula. The higher you stand the farther you can see.
The amusement park is called Walibi Holland, it's in Flevoland.
If you like nature, you might want to check out . A movie about Dutch nature that was rather successful in the cinema a couple of years ago. Or the movie , which came out this year and is about the returning of wolves in the Netherlands. Or , a movie about nature on the Veluwe.
Lol i lived in Millingen aan de Rijn for 7 Years. That boat is a ferry boat that transports people across the Rijn (Rine)
no we have a lot different work types. Amsterdam south is all offices, but people work in different places and do different jobs ;)
O, Charlie..
Can u do a Reaction on (Kleintje Holland), it's a day for our disabled people with an intellectual disability.. not sure it's only held in my town though.
But this day we let these people, stand in the spotlights.. mostly by singing in front of at least 100 folks.. and it's lovely to watch, if they are having fun.. 😄
Even in the veluwe it's really, really difficult to get lost in the Netherlands. Just walk for max 30 min. in whatever direction and you'll encounter a paved road or some signage that will guide you to civilization ;)
Do not typpically downplay it.
It's just not true what you assume.
@@jsb7975 Can you give an example of where this is not the case. In my experience it's true.
@@Dasypodidae45 my experience is different from yours.
(As stated in the video too)
@@jsb7975 How the hell did you manage that? You saw NO signs of humans anywhere? No roads, no sand path, no signs, no gates, nothing? For more than 30 minutes in one direction? On the Veluwe? yeah, you were walking in circles or lying.
@@AnnekeOosterink it is as said in the video.
Once you walk there,
there are even multual
smaller path's whithout any signs and yes, a lot of forest area for miles.
Not EVERY corner whithin
miles has a sign.
When it went darker we walked and walked, knowing that at one point
there should be a sign and knowing we should
never be lost for ever ,
ofcourse.
But it took some hours.
It's just larger then people
are used to in other forestal area's in The Netherlands, though the Peel kan er ook wat van.
Or the forest border area crossing over Belgium.
Greetings from a wanderer.
Great video.
Re celcius to fahrenheit 25C = 77F
You can get pretty close if you multiply the celcius number x2 and then add 30. So 25 x 2 + 30 = 80. The answer is not 100% accurate but close enough and easy to calculate quickly. And for F to C you first deduct 30 and then divide by 2. So 80 - 30 = 50 : 2 = 25
On a clear day and if you stand on top of Sint-Maartenskerk (church) of Zaltbommel you can see the Dom toren (church) of Utrecht (44km away) 27.34 mils
23:20 our country is small, but not that small, like imagine looking across from LA to San Diego. but if we were that small, then yes you could because no hills at all. maybe a building in the way
Vergeet iedereen nu echt de Utrechtse heuvelrug? Dat is toch echt een verhoging van het landschap midden in het land
Thank you .nice to see my country.
Plein means Square or Plaza, like the Rembrandtsquare, Museumsquare and Leiden's square
8:24: Not any danger with the animals? I live near the Veluwe and often hike and cycle through those forests. A lot of people from big cities like Amsterdam spend their vacation or weekends here. I have often seen those people feeding wild boars. That can be quite dangerous, especially when they have young ones and you come too close. In addition, by feeding them they lose their fear of humans and sometimes even enter villages, where they look for food in peoples backyards!
People can be such fools
60 yo professor in Amsterdam that never stood at the side of a lake, is actually impossible on every level you can think of. I mean he wants to give to back to society now. Has he never gotten anything out of it? Like the most basal experiences.
Angus Young lives also in Aalten the Netherlands did you know that?
Urk has the most millionairs per km2 in the Netherlands actually, they all work very, very , hard, most in the fishing industry, if you get in trouble on Urk, sick or something, your neighbours will take care of you, your house, your children. I you do a famine collection at Urk, for instance help to Ethiopia, ...they will all give money, the people on Urk, are very helpful, honest, if you work for them, they are the best boss you can have.. They are the opposite of people from Amsterdam... if some one from Urk is your friend...you have a real friend. they do not reject modern times in any way, their boats are top of the line, as are their cars etc... And yeah they go to Church on Sunday, and the shops are closed than, except for the Chinese restaurant.
0:44 its pronounced "Va-lu-we"
Va: as in you sat the letter A as it's pronounced in english alphabet but then with a V in front of it.
lu: as in you say "you but replace the Y for a L
we: as if you say the word "well" bithout the "ll"
Veluwe
About staying together in nature. It all depends maybe where you grew up. From very young I always wandered through the woods and tried to avoid others. But even the Veluwe isn't that big, so you almost always meet people. Best way to avoid them is on a rainy day (and the woods smell fantastic then) Later I worked in nature-conservation in swamplands, not many people there. About the animals; wolfs are being reïntroduced...which makes hiking more interesting 😉
Getting really lost is not possible here. You always get to a road or see/meet people. Everything is organized so you will get back where you need to be.
the most of the nature we have is in the east and the south, i live in the east of the Netherlands some 20 kilometers from the veluwe (High veluwe - hoge veluwe)
23:25 No, if it is usually very clear you can see about 20 kilometers
Yo Charlie the image in the beginning with the horse. Those are the dunes or dijk how we call them. It's close to the sea, they are natural protection. 👍🌊
Plein is square. So it's Rembrandts square.
I heard that there are 300.000 people at thet place and I live in a city cald Hulst and there live around 10.000 people here. You need to watch a video about zeeuws-vlaanderen.
Now these days we have 1600 festivs a year🤣
8:30 these people wondering where to go look like NPC's getting lost after you remove the path below them xD
Veluwe is central east of the Netherlands, east of Utrecht.
Urk is a small island in the ijselmeer ( in my time ) now in flevoland.
Plein is very simply just SQUARE.
A town square or just that open place thats it.
Very simple
well... the video is not just about nature, it is about how we spend our free time (or weekends), and yes, that does not only include nature 🙃 by the way: I live in a small village at de Veluwe 😃😃😃
The theme park is Walibi Holland (the biggest theme park of the Netherlands 🇳🇱
Yea we can def. see all along the shore, i live in Katwijk (somewhere in the middle of the costline) and can see Rotterdam or the otherside to Zandvoort, its the mist or seadamp that makes it hard sometimes to see all along. Ooh and uuh we got wolfs lately XD
yes, most people here have office jobs.. international trade, banking, insurance and IT are big sectors
BTW: the slanted video is not very viewer-friendly. Function should always beat design!
To comment on the you're length, i know what u mean... it's keeping us in a strict line, of what we can and can't do.. like a roller coaster, we don't want to lose our heads.. 😂
I'm 193 and a half..