As a german i would love to live in the Netherlands. This country is way more developed in a lot of big points. The urban planning alone is decades ahead! Most of the people are very nice, open minded and down to earth. I would suggest to come to germany and the Netherlands for some time before you move to europe. Take a look at all the not so nice things and places, wich are not shown on youtube.
Erika is Latvian and originally from Riga, she moved to the Netherlands to study, before moving to Germany. Hence her content focusing both on the Netherlands and on Germany.
It's better that you get info from americans who's living in the Netherlands at this moment. They know what you can expect . Buncharted (Alex and Michelle), soul to soul travels (Eric and Tammy), exploring the foreign (Sam).
What I noticed as a Dutchman when I worked in Germany as a truck driver but still lived in the Netherlands is the bureaucracy in Germany. Everything, absolutely everything, you have to arrange at an office where you have to register, such as the health insurance fund, which was difficult where in the Netherlands it was arranged in one day, even with the help of my German employer it was difficult. Everything had to be in German (which wasn't difficult for me anyway) and they weren't really 'friendly' with what I was used to in the Netherlands. Of course, Germany also has its advantages, but if you get sick leave, you have a problem, and that's what I experienced. I couldn't work at all and after a few months I received less and less sickness benefit, and no, you are not paid 70% like in the Netherlands after a certain time, but I was BELOW the social assistance level (something like 800 euros) and that went well too far for me and I called in the Dutch health insurance fund.....but as I indicated in the beginning, that was a very bureaucratic hassle and I later also told myself that I will not work in Germany again, just because of the payments and the extremely slow processing of documents, etc....and the Netherlands is more concerned with technology than Germany, where they are lagging behind........and that is what Germany is known for. As you know, I live on the border with Germany And what I think is important for where to live is to go where you feel good, can afford everything, good health care, etc. rather than just looking at food and amusement parks. and there is more than just Amsterdam.....we have more than just the commercial stuff that is offered on the internet😁
German sickness payment for a health condition that will make you go past 6 weeks of being sick, will pay you 70% of your gross income *but* will not exceed more than 90% of your net income after these 6 weeks. So usually the 90% net income limit is what you will get. If you got only 800 Euro per month implies, that your net income was only 900EUR? The problem is, that this is calculated based on your last 12 months of work. If you only worked for let's say 6 months, than your calculated net income is of course drastically lower. Maybe that's what happened to you?
@@dnocturn84 I worked there for 6 YEARS, it's been a while but I was able to prove everything I got deposited into the account and the rest of the paperwork. And the salary was more than 900 euros of course. the AOK was also a mess at that time as they hardly responded to emails, normal mail only arrived a month later and the finger was pointed at me while the problem lay with the AOK. Everything HAD to be done on paper and I was not allowed to hand over scanned papers by email as they did not want sensitive data to be hacked... and that caused a lot of delays. I also sent an email to the manager at the time, and he called me about it. something wasn't right, which got me into trouble, and the person who ''helped'' very nonchalantly didn't arrange the papers properly, probably because I wasn't German and thought she could get away with it. It took me a year to get back to work after the operation and that whole year I was also busy keeping an eye on the AOK, plus I ended up in guardianship because everything went into financial trouble due to the lax behavior of at least one of the AOK employees.
I absolutely agree. I live and work now 15 years in Germany. I have my reason for that. Working in a big international company and living in a big city would be pretty much okay. But outside of the company, for example, getting to know your neighbours or your neighbourhood better, that's a challenge. You better speak almost perfect German, because only a few speak English. Even at the town hall, for example. Paperwork is in German, and television is in German, g.p.'s speak only German.
@@janvanleeuwen2535 Well German is the only official language in Germany. English isn't. If people want to stay there, they better learn German at some point. That's not an extremist opinion, that's simply how it is. It's an illusion, when people manage to get by without it. At some point in time, they will desperately need it. I pray for them, it's not in an emergency situation. Pretty sure that most countries out there work like this. But limited "adventures" (for a couple of years or so) are possible without learning it. Official German (in official letters or official forms) are an entirely different beast. German authorities use a strange version of our language, which reads like legal paragraphs in their most complicated form, that even many Germans don't understand. This is only meant to be understood by lawyers or experts, or so it seems. It's annoying for Germans too.
@@janzzen9095 Maybe a gun "problem". The gun ain't the problem you know, it's just lying there. btw name a state or big bleu city who has not the same problem. I was talking about lower taxes, there are some other states aswell. The Netherlands is not the most profitable. You can be a youtuber ANYWHERE, in the Netherlands ,Germany, or is he going to work in a big firm topjob ? (also i don't 'assume' somebody's gun preference)
In the Netherlands most people don't carry credit cards, I think she meant debit cards. Credits cards aren't accepted in most stores or restaurants I think, but I could be wrong because I never used one myself. Edit: people pointed out that credit cards are more common nowadays and are accepted in many stores.Thank you for correcting me.
I'm sorry to say, but you are inaccurate. I can pay with my credit card pretty much everywhere except for small (convenient) stores. Even Albert Heijn does now accept it, as the last one of the bigger supermarket chains :)
I work at Schiphol airport Amsterdam, speaking English is a necessity. A lot of people there don't speak dutch. I work mostly with Americans since i guard High Risk flights from and to the US. But i'm not surprised when i work with someone from Latvia, Poland, Ukraine, Bulgaria or Germany. Working at the airport will keep your language skills in shape. Fun channel guys, thanks for sharing😃
At least the netherlands and northern germany are quite similiar. Not so the south, what is of course what 99% of all USAians think germany looks like all the way.
@@beldin2987 Funny thing is: Americans might want to compare Southern Germany with the Netherlands, due to their stereotypes; but when your read the comments, most European people (mostly Dutch), compare Northern Germany (or western Germany) with the Netherlands. Which isn't really the same thing...
@@dnocturn84 I am from northern germany, born in Niedersachsen now live in Bremen, and for i think the Netherlands are even more similiar to my culture than Bavaria. I mean, quite a lot people here even say : Bavaria is not Germany 😂 And meanwhile it makes me already a bit angry when i all the time hear just these stupid bavarian stereotypes when USAians talk about Germany. I mean, its the same as if we would constantly say that ever USAian runs around with a stetson on his head, has a belt with 2 holsters and 2 colts around its waist and rides a horse of course 🙄
@@beldin2987 Agreed. But this makes videos like this (I'm refering the source video) almost usless. Germany itself is so different between its own states and regions, that you're pretty brave when you try to compare the whole thing with a neighbor country, which itself may consist of very different regions too (like the Netherlands in this case). Some generalizations and simplifications might still be true or somewhat true, but some things like climate/weather are impossible to be compared like this.
@@dnocturn84 Weather is also always funny when USAians do that because it seems most of them also only know the weather from Florida, California or maybe Texas but never heared of maybe Indiana, Illinois or even Alaska. And then there is this oh so annoying story with "putting shoes (not) off inside the house" which you can really hear from both directions because either the USAians are "shocked" they have to do it in Germany, or they are "shocked" they don't have to do it. But in the end the weather thing at least doesn't annoy me as much since here in the north the weather isn't really that great most of the time, mostly grey sky and a lot rain and all that stuff .. but for sure nobody here wears damned Lederhosen and Dirndls and we also don't drink beer from 1 liter "steins" and eat "pretzels" all day. For the source video here however, i think there wasn't really that much bullshit in it.
The Netherlands and Germany in reality compare very well to each other, there are differences of course but they're not that big and they cancel each other out most of the time. We even share the same virtually untranslatable words "gezellig" and "gemütlich" 😄 I would have a hard time choosing one country over the other ... But then, I don't have to; there are excellent road, rail and air connections. I can be in Frankfurt, Berlin, München in just a few hours. I also love the more natural environments though, the Eifel, the Harz and the Schwarzwald are among my favourites. The woman in the video (definitely not Dutch nor German) is right on most things but on the food comment I don't agree, the availability of food in the Netherlands is much more diverse than in Germany thanks to the multitude of immigrants from countries all over the world (colonial past). Maybe our traditional cuisine is regarded as not very sophisticated (but I seriously oppose that, you should taste my varieties of stamppot, hachee, vlaai or haagsche bluf), all you can have in Germany, you can have over here and a lot more ... And by the way, schnitzel, pretzel, bratwurst and many other dishes considered German are not exclusively German, they're common in all of Central Europe.
Cuisine I totally agree. Depending on where you go in Germany (big international cities) you can have that variety. But in the Netherlands it doesn’t have to be Amsterdam to get a great variety of cuisine. I love our „traditional“ german cuisine, but firstly it’s not that different from other Central European places, like you said. Also, dutch cuisine is amazing, too. Not a pro or con for either of the countries. Landscape wise I gotta say, I love Germany a lot. But, being German and living in southern Europe atm, if I ever went back north, I’d go back to the Netherlands (Groningen). If I want to see mountains I hop on a train. But quality of live in 2 years in the Netherlands easily beat 25 years in Germany.
Not completely true. In the Netherlands children under 18 need to be insured, their parents have an insurance which includes their children and this insurance is more expensive than an insurance for an adult without children. So children have no free health insurance, their parents pay for it.
Choose for the best of both countries and live in the east of the Netherlands or the west of Germany. Doesn’t matter which side of the border. You have the best of both worlds. I live in the Achterhoek near the German border. We can bike in 10 minutes to Germany. You can work on both sides of the border, shop on both sides.
Really good idea. If you move to the NRW area in Germany, you’re close to the Dutch, Luxembourg and French border. (And technically Belgian, cause it’s just a hop through a piece of the Netherlands). A bit more up north it’s fewer borders close by, but a nicer area, when it comes to my very personal preference of Dutch states. But I don’t want to shit on Limburg, it’s beautiful there, too :‘)
In The Netherlands, you still get the same healthcare if you cannot afford it, but the government gives you a subsidy to help you afford the payment for your insurance.
@@Linda-hs1lk This "sub-thread" was not about getting Health insurance but about getting "Zorgkostentoeslag".. As others have stated they probably would NOT immediately get Zorgkostentoeslag so they'd be paying full price for their health insurance (if they get it at all the first few years, which is not even certain) and if you have kids to feed, rent to pay and a house to furnish from probably not the highest paying jobs (no offence!)...That will be a very difficult situation! And with the toeslagenaffaire still unresolved while there's still no government, it's very likely that IF they find a house they probably would not get Huurtoeslag either. At least not immediately. Let me switch to Dutch for a bit: Beste mede-Nederlanders, doe nou alsjeblieft wat rustiger met aanmoedigen naar Nederland te komen! Zó makkelijk is dat écht niet! Als Nederlanders weten we toch hoe belachelijk hoog de huren zijn en hoe waanzinnig moeilijk een woning te vinden. Dan moeten ze óók nog de hele Nederlandse burocratie door, zónder Nederlands te spreken! Denk nou alsjeblieft wat beter na over dat; "Kom gewoon naar Nederland! het is hier een Paradijs en iedereen krijgt gratis geld!... GEWOON EVEN NAAR NEDERLAND VERHUIZEN MET DE HELE FAMILIE IS ÉCHT NIET ZO MAKKELIJK ALS VEEL MENSEN HIER HET DOEN SCHIJNEN voor mensen die niét ERG rijk zijn!" sorry, ik word daar een beetje boos om en erg verdrietig van.
You can't decide living in a country based on youtube videos. You really have to come and have a look for yourself. For a longer period. Videos only show the nicest parts of a country. . It's the same everywhere in the world.The more money you have, the nicer the neighborhood you can afford. That's life ;)
@@vorcanvorcan9032true, but it's hard to live outside society because every inch on this planet 'belongs to someone '. So sadly we can't choose not to play along, and pretend money is a social construct so We don't accept it'without ending up homeless ;).
@@spiritualanarchist8162 As an individual, I agree that is where we find ourselves. But that's only as an individual. You and I are more than just our individual selves. I also don't think it would be very responsible to [live outside of society] even if it were an easy thing to do. After all, that basically amounts to running away from the other side of our existence and any responsibilities that come with it.
@@vorcanvorcan9032 Yes I agree with you . But that's not really the point I was trying to make . When I say ' Money buys the neighborhood. ' , I 'm just saying , no matter what ideology or perspective one has, people should me careful deciding'what country to live in based on these random videos with picturesque images, because they might end up very disappointed.
@@spiritualanarchist8162 Yeah no, I understood what you said. 😅 I just wasn't responding to the point of your first comment specifically because I understand it and within the context of our self-made reality, I agree with it. (like how I would agree with the notion that you have to commit virtual murder to gain money in a video game like gta.) Our self-made reality isn't actual reality however, and since most people don't seem to properly understand this, that's the angle I took when responding. (since I don't know you personally, I have to assume you're like any other person out there when you say those things.) And well... In the end what you're talking about can be anything we want it to be. 🤷 For example; if I were the undisputed master of the human race, I would be able to make everybody eat their own shit before they are allowed to leave their house. And then it would just be a [law] like any other. And then, people will make the misguided interpretation of reality where they think "it makes sense to eat your own shit because otherwise you can't go out to buy actual food." Like, yeah, that is what we're dealing with as long as you confine your views within that little box that I (we) made. But it's not actually as "real" as we make it out to be. In reality, it is an utterly ridiculous notion that people need to eat their own shit before being allowed to leave their house. But if humanity accepted such a rule, then that would become a part of our "reality" (the subjective kind, not the objective kind.) And then you'd be talking about how it makes sense to eat your own shit basically. 🤷 That's why I'm not directly responding to those ideas, because in a way, they're not [real]. And it seemed more important to bring attention to that rather than engage your original point.
@Charlie&Amy! Hi! (again) I've not followed your plans to move to Europe the last year or so. I think it was in the beginning of Charlie's videos that I tried to tell him that he's underestimating the housing shortage in The Netherlands, that it's extremely difficult to find a decent place to live here, even for Dutch people (who have to be on waiting lists for many years)... It's nearly impossible to find a decent place for a family here unless you have good jobs and/or lots of cash. Situation will not get better soon with possibly even more refugees also needing a place to live. My advice: Stop thinking you can just move to The Netherlands without having a place to stay or lots of cash... Especially with the current political climate where it is likely that immigration will be even more restricted (even for white americans). The Netherlands is not just another US state where you can just drive and relocate to whenever you feel like it (unless you have lots of cash and/or higher paying jobs). Which is another thing I think you're underestimating; actually migrating to Europe! Have you really considered that you won't just have to find a house/apartment, you'll also have to furnish it... Find schools, jobs, lots of paperwork, etc, etc etc.... You can't just land at Schiphol and expect to arrange everything on site in a week or two. Where will you stay? What will you live of? I've actually moved to and lived in 2 other countries myself but that was within the EU and I'm single so that was relatively easy... It would be very different for me if I wanted to do the opposite and move from EU to US, and I speak English... You won't just have to speak to people here, you'll also have a lot of paperwork (in Dutch or German) Again; I think you've been underestimating how difficult and complex your plans really will turn out to be when you decide to "go for it"... ---my post got a little messed up, sory, I hope it still makes some sense at least--
Told him the same months ago( not in so many words )He is so focust on Amsterdam, liberal on drugs bicycles (stolen every two day's) the language barrier he finds oke, it an't London, i believe he don't get it (nice videos canal fronts, bridges, old big houses but priceless, the Korean visitors tour) all is free!! You have to work!! He probably end up in the Bijlmer (no offence)Born and raised in the USA, the EU might surprise them.
So true, Charlie and Amy are eager to move to NED/GER, but not preparing themselves for it. There are so many things to arrange, before even thinking about a date to move. And they will encounter a lot of issues before they can make the switch. I await videos of them where they address such topics.
@@PeterWillems-s5q definitely at the very least a huge culture shock! The same thing happened to me the first time I visited the US (a very long time ago) when I thought I knew what the USA was like because I'd seen so much of it on TV and in the cinema. It turned out to be a romanticized fantasy that existed only in my mind. The grass is always greener on the other side, especially if you want it to be.
The most corrupt next to Italy (for some)bad roads ,the biggest taxes in the world and some hidden taxes, a clown government, public transp.to late , strikes airplaines in vacation time, everything has being sold even the energy (dependend), slow justice, some stupid laws, bias police, i can go on, try to live on chocolat, beer and fries all you get is obese.
I live in Spakenburg, Netherlands. That is in the center of the Netherlands, just below the province of Flevoland. And holiday park "de Eemhof." from Center Parks. 1 hour drive from Germany. Sorry, but I smoke. I have a colleague who lives 10 minutes from the German border. And let him bring rolling tobacco from Germany. Or €11 or €24 in the Netherlands. Per pack. The best thing is if you live in the border area. Most things are cheaper in Germany. But they also come to the Netherlands for certain things. Then you have the best of 2 countries. I also have German colleagues who live in Germany and work in Spakenburg all week. And on Friday afternoon we go back to Germany for the weekend. And on Monday morning they will be back for another week. Because the salary here is a little higher.
Just come and live in my part of the world (de Achterhoek NL or Vreden/North Rhine Westphalia DE) . Doesn't matter if you're on the Dutch or the German side. You'll get the best of both worlds.
Hi Charly, i am a Dutchy (53) and live in the provence called Zeeland. The choice you guys are making is a hard one. The first thing what would for me the most important would be work. How much income would i have? Then searching for housing, fitting to your budget and not to far from work. In the Netherlands housing is more expensive in the bigger cities. Just look what your family needs, do you love a more busy environment or more slower (like in smaller villages).. Also keep the public transportation in mind when you choose where to live. I have also been in Germany and that 's also a beautiful country but everything is further away (when you live in villages) and going to the movies is so annoying there..... everything dubbed to German. The Netherlands have fantastic beaches to go to.....even the Germans come massively in their weekends and holidays to our province. The Germans have beautiful woods where you have nice trails etc. O and 1 thing is different in The Netherlands..... gezelligheid.....the terrasjes at the cafe's and beach bars. Good luck with making your choice. Hopefully my comment will help a bit. Keep up your nice channel 👍 i love to watch it. I just add a link of T and T (Americans who moved to the Netherlands). This gives you also good info and experience. ruclips.net/video/h7O4oMrMH2g/видео.htmlsi=GXA9fB92weaogHJE Greetings Jan
As a dutch guy living in northern limburg, i would say i’m perfectly situated, i do my groceries, and fill up my cars fuel tank in germany, while still enjoying the benefits of living in the Netherlands. But i’m biased ofcourse, being born and raised here. Anywhere in the eastern provinces will do i guess, but i favor limburg because it’s a more playful landscape, we have hills, or rather slopes, which is fun for biking, some nice forests, and we are culturally somewhat different, for instance we are not as direct as the rest of the netherlands, although i may be an exception to that lol My 2 favorite provinces are limburg and noord brabant, the soft g territory, nothing beats vlaai or worstenbroodjes 😂
Hello to the USA from Germany! Germany and the Netherlands share a Border and If you live near the Border it is No Problem to travel to one country or the other ! Both countries are worth living in ! Germany IS significantly larger and has more opportunities to have a good Life! But Holland also has ist beautiful Sides! As a German ,I would of course choose a home! Greetings and I Hope you visit both countries once ,then you can decide for yourself which IS better for you👍 O
I live in a border town (Nijmegen, Gelderland) where we get a lot of Germans shopping and a lot of locals go shopping in Germany. The Germans come here for clothes and shoes and weed, except now they've legalised it more than we have. The Dutch go there for cheaper food, gasoline and beer. A lot of formerly Nijmegen people live across the border for some tax reasons. I, being from the east, grew up with German from a young age, which is a related language anyway. But now I notice that the cashiers here don't want to speak German, but yeah they want to speak English. And all the young Germans speak English. And yes, you pronounced Efteling (we always say de Efteling though) right. Lol at how we don't have Turkish food. It's true we have a lazyness at cutting food.
13:54 happened to me a lot in supermarkets and all. In the beginning I switched back to English as well. At some point after months, they’d switch to English and I stubbornly proceeded asking questions or directions in my broken dutch to practice - but the Dutch person would still reply in English, to accommodate me or get it over with quicker idk 😂 bless their hearts
They have to learn French ( atleast a bit) and he don't look he is getting a job in the UN, NAVO, EURO OR RELATED they are not going on retirement ( also a mistake over here) so small pay, big taxes, and only English =fail. By the way howmany times do you take the tgv to London ,Amsterdam (for your weed) Cologne ( to hear it thunder) Belgium is not the promist land.
If you do this together use one camera please. Why not go live in the border region? You have most of both advantages. The girl isn’t Dutch nor German. I think she is from the baltics. In The Netherlands a lot of companies offer you a healthcare package. You will need to pay the basic healthcare but the company will often pay for extra packages. Greetings Dave
As a Dutch person that lived in both lands and has alot of friends in both. I advice that if you have kids and don't earn above average: go to Germany. If you have high appraised jobs and are two Yups (youngh upward people) Go to the Netherlands. Germany is in Average about 20% cheaper then the Netherlands. This contains is housing, cars, food ensurances. But! Germany has many more tax favours for child support. The dutch also have childsupport but less favourable then Germany, still much more better then the US. The language barriers is since the 90s not that big anymore, most people both in Germany and the Netherlands have a basic understanding of English.
I'm sorry, but I disagree about the language. A friend of mine is from Bosnia and speaks English and no German at all. She is having daily difficulties. She is now looking for a job in the Netherlands.
@@janvanleeuwen2535 german people dont like it when you move to germany and dont care for the language...if you try to learn german the germans are very helpful if you show you only here because its better as your homecountry and not care for the germans at all then germans will show you this and refuse to help you and "nobody" can speak english anymore ^^
English is related to german. Old English comes from Lower Saxony in northern Germany. The Angles and Saxons brought the language to southern England (Anglo-Saxon country) as settlers. Dutch comes from the frankish language in germany (rhine east side , westphalia). and the north dutch language come from the frisian and low Saxons in north germany . Netherlands is actually just German people from the holy Roman German empire. A part in the northeast speaks Frisian just like in East Frisia Germany, which is a separate Germanic language made up of Saxon and Frisian. Old Low German is closer to Old English than Dutch. The Hanseatic language (Low German/German Low Saxon) was also an international maritime language in England, etc.
''Low German is related to English.'' You said so yourself, English came from Germanic languages, So it's English that is related to German, not the other way around.
Incorrect. Dutch comes from Frankish and is the largest Frankish language spoken today. Low Saxon and Dutch have a lot of shared history and in language, but the origin is different. Calling Dutch people German is clear historical revisionism that only survives in the minds of ethic nationalists in Germany.
7:45 gotta give my mustard here (German idiom for giving unsolicited info/advice) So in Germany, if You’re employed, your health insurance is partially covered by your employer and the other part is deducted from your your salary. But usually that’s also state / public insurance that’s being paid for. And it’s true that you can’t choose freely, however, there’s not too big or a difference between the insurances. And most importantly, with the public insurance, it doesn’t work like in the us, that you might end up at a doctors office or in a hospital, where your insurance plan doesn’t cover the costs. (Dental and eyes often isn’t included without limit, but that also goes for private insurance) We’ve got state (/public) and private health insurance. Private is, ironically, for state workers, e.g. police and teachers, and if you’re self employed. (Or you’re employed but just want to spend a ton of money, you can do that, too). Private costs a lot per month and also you have to pay at the doctor’s up front, then get reimbursed by the insurance. With public, you just show your card at the doctor’s and insurance covers it. With private there’s a difference in the sense that there’s doctors that either don’t or only work with private insurance, most do both public and private. But it would never happen like in the us, that you go to the ER, for instance, and realise that your insurance plan doesn’t apply there. Then, if you fall below a certain salary or you receive unemployment money, this public health insurance is paid for you (so to speak) by social security, as well as a certain amount of rent, and you receive a monthly „allowance“ on top to pay for groceries and everything else. Thanks for coming to my ted talk :) PS: one insurance to keep in mind in case you go to Germany is „Haftpflicht“. Basically an insurance in case you break something of someone else. Can be bumping into their car, accidentally breaking someone’s headphones, etc. A lot of landlords ask for proof of this insurance when you want to rent a place.
That is very nice. Tell that to my youngest son who is born and raised in Canada, as is his brother. He is not bad speaking Dutch. But you guys don't give him a chance. Every time he opens his mouth you guys switch to English. So after a while he said F it. And never tried anymore
@@leendersc That's dumb, and like explained in the video, when someone's Dutch isn't so good, it's much easier that we switch to English, so we can have a 'normal' discussion.
If you guys don't mind living in a small town, i could reccomend 's-Heerenberg. Quaint place on the dutch side of the dutch/german border. Lots of nature, some really nice old architecture. Pretty nice people, reasonably priced food and actually somewhat affordable housing! (not common over here.) If you need some more people around, Arnhem still has trains that will cross into Germany within 15 minutes of departure. Gelderland province pretty much borders the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, which has a number of large german cities, like Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen, Duisburg, Bochum, Wuppertal and Bonn. And it's still central enough that a train will get you from Arnhem to Amsterdam within an hour. (I believe most of this goes for the neighbouring city of Nijmegen as well)
benefits are almost the same Germany just has cheaper housing and food, people in the netherland that live on the border will mostly shop in germany. If your disabled germany is the better option if you hate bureaucracy Netherlands is the better option but its still 3x worse than usa. If your rich and have a few million on the bank Belgium is the better option
"I`m a 193cm" - that's an odd way of telling your hight in metric - using centimeters is usually used for something small (smaller than a meter) In your case that would actually be 1.93m - or usually spelled: "1 meter 93".
Neither Dutch nor German. The statutory health insurances in Germany differ a bit from institution to institution, but no matter which employer you have, the insurance company will cost the same at every employer and you can take the insurance with you, when you change the job. As well you are still isured, in case you loose the job and you are unemployed. If you are self employed or earn really much money and decide to take private insurance, that would also cost the same, no matter where you are employed, but the companies and the offers differ very much, so the privateinsurance plans theirself differ a lot.
Hello! i came across this channel today and was hooked straight away. I live in the Netherlands (Eastern side) and on the border of Germany, both countries have positive and negative sides and hard to compare. Both have the hard vocal words but quite simular, so if you want to learn on you can pick up the other language a little bit more easily. Netherlands have a very good healthcare and Education system, not sure how that is in Germany. If you ever coming over to the Netherlands near the border of Germany I can do some recomendations where to stay. Thank you for this nice video
Never lived in Germany, but have been to. Lived in the Netherlands for almost 2 years. I would NEVER go to live in Germany. The Netherlands without a doubt!!
As a norwegian who can only speak my native language in other Scandi countries, but travelles alot around Europe. We speak English and i feel it’s getting easier and easier all over the continent (minus France 😂). We live close to each other and there are so many different languages, so English is our common language.
As a dutch guy i Will say.... go for Germany. Or go to the north of the netherlands where the houses are cheaper for hire. We pay for a family home with 3 bedrooms, one shower room, one toiletroom and a attic for about 5 till 600 euro's p.m. and if you have a payment from for example UWV then you get some money off and you pay a little less then 300 euro's for an family home like mine. Germany is cheaper
Germany is cheaper yes, rural!!Be logic,the mentallity for and American in the rural life style(G)= fail.Just be honest in a smal German rural village there lost. And a big city to expencive without a big job.Let them move to rural Tennessee no ( or less taxes)
Doubters can use this one simple trick: Live within a 5 to 10 min drive of the border on either side and spend the time where you'd like it most. There aren't even border crossings so you won't even notice walking, cycling, or driving across the border.
I mean, I live in a small village in the netherlands and recently a new store opened (well it moved to the other side of the street but is way bigger now) and theres a cashier who only speaks English so it might not be a problem if you only speak english. My village has 16.6k people in it and is not a really touristy place (its in the middle of brabant) so...
17:43 now it is thursday.. mondy I wanted to go to work, had to scrape ice of my windscreen, at 5.30 am..8 am there was sun and could smoke a cigarette outside worksite wearing a t-shirt.. in the time to smoke a cigarette it went to rain and hail...and temp. dropped 6 or more degrees..
About learning the language, I had the EXACT same problem in France, everybody started speaking English to me right away. I think the's from Eastern Europe
as a dutch person who moved to germany, digitalization? it doesn't exist in germany, it's one of the more frustrating things actually. and yes, in the netherland, you just use your card for everything, in germany, half the time, they won't even take card, only cash. as for the weather, I think it's just because of the way europe is shaped, and situated, so, especially in the north sea region, you'll have all 4 seasons, in a single morning. as for the amusement parks, pronouncing efteling like that, nope, but europark in germany, she pronounced the dutch way. (the eu sound, no german can say it, I've tried it with many of them, they all make it sound like oi) so indeed, she's neither :)
I would advise you to come to Germany. As far as I know, it's the easiest country to immigrate to now. As an American, you can stay for 90 days as a tourist without a visa, and 180 days with a visa for job seekers. During this time you can look for a job - anything full-time will do, even frying burgers. The minimum wage is enough to live a decent life. Full healthcare for the whole family from the first day of full-time work. Residency is granted every year ad infinitum, no questions asked, as long as you have a job (don't worry, _any_ job, not necessarily in the same company, you can change jobs and don't become a slave to your boss). After five years, dual citizenship. After that, the EU is your playground, you can move to any EU country and work there.
Maybe it's the easy way ,but with the Blue Card Work visa, I would consider other countries , too. Germany can be an other Tr+++.2 with the. AfD ...I don't know the political status of the Netherlands, but there are other countries, too, like Denmark or so. It depends on how someone like the vibes.
@@biankakoettlitz6979 I'm sorry to disappoint you, but there are also far-right parties in the Netherlands and Denmark, and have been for much longer and with higher voter shares ...
The accents in English do differ a bit between the Dutch and Germans. Most of the times I hear an accent, I listen to the L's, which seem to be (like I would call it) 'thicker' when Germans use it, especially at the end of a word. That doesn't mean every German speaks like that, but I would still hear the difference. I also tend to think that Germans are more Brittish English speakers, while the Dutch are a bit more attracted to American English, also due to the fact that movies and series for the adults are not dubbed, but subtitled instead. And also the usage of the internet and social media is more American English related. The woman in the video could be Dutch while living in Germany or vice versa. I believe the latter is more common. But ever thought of that?
20:42 where I did reply to a comment stating the Netherlands offers a more diverse cuisine, and I don’t want to negate that. And I know this is a cliche. But bread. Bread! People BREAD 🥲 I don’t even care about pastries, but just for the bread German bakeries win. When I lived in the Netherlands I had friends and family being bread when they visited and even after defrosting my stash it was better than the Dutch bread. No hate, would always choose the Netherlands over Germany. But would always shop bread across the border or bake myself.
Germany was so disappointing to me, like going back in time. I would recommend the Netherlands for the initial language problem, you cant watch anything on tv or amazon in Germany, it's only in german. In the Netherlands it is all in English with subtitles. The paperwork and cash in Germany is cute and funny at first, but so annoying in the end.
@@1010skyI tried that on AP, Netflix and Disney etc...didnt work for 90% of the movies and series, just German. Only VPN and foreign account works. And don't get me wrong, i love Germany as a country, the people are ok and i would have stayed there if it wasn't for the Bürokratie and slow... everything.
The dutch health ensurence system is more convenient if you have flexjobs,fired or become unable to work. It doesnt change every time you switch jobs, i think
I live in the Netherlands and I am not complaining, but if I would be from the US, I would move to Germany if I have to chose. The Netherlands is an overcrowded country and it is difficult to find housing and space. In Germany is more space and it is less difficult to blend in. If the two of you cannot chose, Germany and the Netherlands are neighbor countries. I lived near the border when I was young and visited Germany regularly to buy food and gasoline for example. Having a car in the Netherlands is expensive, it is cheaper in Germany.
If Netherlands or Germany (Northern Germany) it really makes no difference the culture and the people are basically the same (saying that as someone who is neither Dutch nor German but got to know both) even the local dialects do have certain similarities but Southern Germany would be different though in behalf of culture and spoken dialects. My suggestion for both of you is to settle in the border area so you have basically both worlds at your doorstep..there are even I think 7 places/towns which are half Dutch and the other half is German where the open border goes right through those places
I'm german and HATE paperwork. Most of us does. But you got around with time. You should try contact some who moved to the Netherlands or Germany. They can exactly tell what you can expect in each country as US citizen
I love my neighbors but the Netherlands are more expensive than Germany. I stay in German-Limburg or Niederrhein 😎 I switch always to English too 😂 You will feel at home on both sides of the border because this is Europe's tornado alley. Efteling is known by us germans also Bobbejaanland and Walibi but nothing beats Phantasialand in Brühl. I love dutch food but i would get diabetes there 😂 vla, stroopwaffels, vla, suiker waffels, vla, chokomel dark, vla, tompus, vla, vla, vla!
22:36 In your case I'd move to Netherlands, east bound... close to awesome Germany, but coming "home"easier to speak English f not yet ready confident to speak Dutch or German. .yes I love my Netherlands, but if I ever would emigrate... Germany.. hands down..
20:24 Turkish food.. so does the Netherlands, and Italian, Surinamese, Indonesian, Japanese, Vietnamese, Chinese, Egyptian, Kosjer and Halal...biased comparision from a Latvian living in Germany..
I find it really funny how most Dutch commentators try to put their home country in a good light and Germany in a bad light. :) Of course there are also ones that are more objective. No country in this world has only good or bad sides and it always depends on personal experience. If you visit a neighboring country for a trip and then meet someone there who is having a bad day and isn't exactly friendly, you've already formed an opinion. ;) As a small example: I was in the Netherlands many years ago and parked as a wheelchair user in a public disabled parking space. Of course, I have clearly affixed my parking permit, which is valid throughout the EU, on the windshield. Still, I had a ticket under my windshield wiper when I returned. Not very nice...
I'm from the Netherlands but personally I think the nature in Germany is much more beautiful in big parts of Germany with mountains and castles. Beautiful cities and the hospitality is great. But Neo Nazism is a big problem and the safety net in the Netherlands is better. But Ultra right is also upcoming in the Netherlands, sad enough Overal, it is just what culture you like best.
Not all the info was correct. Yes the Netherlands is way more digitized than German. And we pay more with our debit card (not a credit card) than cash. Dutch people prefer not to pay with a credit card. Paying with a credit card is a kind of debt. Having a debt to a bank does not contribute to the independence that Dutch people like.
Strange that you limit the choices to the Netherlands and Germany. I live in Belgium. Houses are cheaper, beer is better. You should definitely come to europe on holiday before deciding.
Hi Charlie and mss, if y'all want to do this, ( go to work or welfaire?) start in the US (ambassy of NL)all the paperwork it might be a disapointment for you, (still pay tax for the US) and before that maybe look at the videos of Amsterdam (not the North Korean tourist tour guide and expats that doing real well, married or asilum, naturalisation) but the money, tax and the costs, it's not all about healthcare, the dark side, the scams, the most dangerous, the worst, all the mistakes, where not to live, the beautiful city centre buildings are for the rich, the outside traffic (yes they do have cars) it's not all stroopwafels and bicycles, rush hour is real fun, why is nobody telling you this? btw the efteling is for children 7-8 years old.
Are you kidding? The efteling is for 7 to 8 year olds? Insulting!! Try telling that to the people from the US and the UK who love it there... ridiculous comment..😂
@@Lilygirl283 I know it's not polite to ask a woman for her age, but are you stuck in dreamland? Childhood fantasy?Delusional? The tourist, short on time, if they know better, there are other things to do, US people, hey i fly to Europe to visit the park, just madness, howmany times you go vistit it 5-6 times a year? Than get some help.
He/ He / He Amigo !!!! spot on ! Charlie, HAMMER ON THE NAIL !!!!!!!!!!!!!! EFTELING is not preoncionated like that way ! your gut is right ! Greetz Poeloe
Hello you two. Whether you live in the Netherlands or Germany, you stay where you like it best and see the best opportunities for yourself. Americans are always surprised and put off by the fact that we pay more taxes here than we do here. But is it really true that we pay more here? Because we get a lot of money back here that Americans have to pay out of their own pockets. If you then add up all the costs, you will realize that the American citizen is paying a lot more. I would like to recommend a very interesting video about this from the Black Forest Family now Type Ashton ruclips.net/video/DWJja2U7oCw/видео.html SALARIES, TAXES, & SOCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS I can only recommend this video, highly researched and to the point.
It seems that most if not all of the countries you focus on are European. Have you ever thought of Asia or South/Central America? Millions of expats live there and love it. I've traveled to 116 countries and have lived in seven countries. I currently live in Thailand, which is most likely my final spot. I've totally invested here so.... Just a thought you may consider - Thailand is filled to the brim with Dutch and German and other European expats who are sick and tired of living in Europe, for many of the reasons you are sick of the USA (and you are correct to be sick of the USA!). On the island I call home (Lanta) there are hundreds of European expats who do not plan on going back. Now Thailand is not for everyone but I discovered it 40 years ago when I was a punk backpacker....and now here I am. I have only been back to the USA once in 20 years. I only miss my family, some friends and the national parks and spaces. NOT most of the American people and especially conservative R Americans who made my move out of the USA a no brainer! I have spent a lot of time in Central and South America too and I would easily say living there would be as good as Thailand. Give it some thought! If you want to chat more - find me on Facebook - "Alexander Coke Smith" - a pic me holding a pangolin on the moniker. I enjoy your show! Keep up the good work!
Right now i would pick Germany. We got a Trump like guy in the Netherlands with the most seats and housing is the worst in Europe. You could live very close to the border of the Netherlands. Compromise! Groceries are also way cheaper in Germany. It's like 40% less. Gas is also cheaper. Free education in Germany too, even if you aren't from Europe. Young Germans speak very good English. Overall Germany is cheaper for sure. Weed is also legal in Germany now. That 30% cut for expats in the Netherlands is up in the air right now, because we're forming a government. All of immigration is up in the air. Nothing is certain yet, we still could end up in a leftwing coalition or new new elections. I'm from the Netherlands. The top part of Belgium is also a choice.
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Erika is from Latvias capital city Riga but moved.
As a german i would love to live in the Netherlands. This country is way more developed in a lot of big points. The urban planning alone is decades ahead! Most of the people are very nice, open minded and down to earth.
I would suggest to come to germany and the Netherlands for some time before you move to europe. Take a look at all the not so nice things and places, wich are not shown on youtube.
Erika is Latvian and originally from Riga, she moved to the Netherlands to study, before moving to Germany. Hence her content focusing both on the Netherlands and on Germany.
It's better that you get info from americans who's living in the Netherlands at this moment. They know what you can expect . Buncharted (Alex and Michelle), soul to soul travels (Eric and Tammy), exploring the foreign (Sam).
What I noticed as a Dutchman when I worked in Germany as a truck driver but still lived in the Netherlands is the bureaucracy in Germany. Everything, absolutely everything, you have to arrange at an office where you have to register, such as the health insurance fund, which was difficult where in the Netherlands it was arranged in one day, even with the help of my German employer it was difficult. Everything had to be in German (which wasn't difficult for me anyway) and they weren't really 'friendly' with what I was used to in the Netherlands. Of course, Germany also has its advantages, but if you get sick leave, you have a problem, and that's what I experienced. I couldn't work at all and after a few months I received less and less sickness benefit, and no, you are not paid 70% like in the Netherlands after a certain time, but I was BELOW the social assistance level (something like 800 euros) and that went well too far for me and I called in the Dutch health insurance fund.....but as I indicated in the beginning, that was a very bureaucratic hassle and I later also told myself that I will not work in Germany again, just because of the payments and the extremely slow processing of documents, etc....and the Netherlands is more concerned with technology than Germany, where they are lagging behind........and that is what Germany is known for. As you know, I live on the border with Germany
And what I think is important for where to live is to go where you feel good, can afford everything, good health care, etc. rather than just looking at food and amusement parks. and there is more than just Amsterdam.....we have more than just the commercial stuff that is offered on the internet😁
German sickness payment for a health condition that will make you go past 6 weeks of being sick, will pay you 70% of your gross income *but* will not exceed more than 90% of your net income after these 6 weeks. So usually the 90% net income limit is what you will get. If you got only 800 Euro per month implies, that your net income was only 900EUR?
The problem is, that this is calculated based on your last 12 months of work. If you only worked for let's say 6 months, than your calculated net income is of course drastically lower. Maybe that's what happened to you?
@@dnocturn84 I worked there for 6 YEARS, it's been a while but I was able to prove everything I got deposited into the account and the rest of the paperwork. And the salary was more than 900 euros of course. the AOK was also a mess at that time as they hardly responded to emails, normal mail only arrived a month later and the finger was pointed at me while the problem lay with the AOK.
Everything HAD to be done on paper and I was not allowed to hand over scanned papers by email as they did not want sensitive data to be hacked... and that caused a lot of delays.
I also sent an email to the manager at the time, and he called me about it. something wasn't right, which got me into trouble, and the person who ''helped'' very nonchalantly didn't arrange the papers properly, probably because I wasn't German and thought she could get away with it. It took me a year to get back to work after the operation and that whole year I was also busy keeping an eye on the AOK, plus I ended up in guardianship because everything went into financial trouble due to the lax behavior of at least one of the AOK employees.
I absolutely agree. I live and work now 15 years in Germany. I have my reason for that. Working in a big international company and living in a big city would be pretty much okay. But outside of the company, for example, getting to know your neighbours or your neighbourhood better, that's a challenge. You better speak almost perfect German, because only a few speak English. Even at the town hall, for example. Paperwork is in German, and television is in German, g.p.'s speak only German.
Interesting the papers slow stuff was years ago like that in Italy Im surprised they are that wY in Germany
@@janvanleeuwen2535 Well German is the only official language in Germany. English isn't. If people want to stay there, they better learn German at some point. That's not an extremist opinion, that's simply how it is. It's an illusion, when people manage to get by without it. At some point in time, they will desperately need it. I pray for them, it's not in an emergency situation. Pretty sure that most countries out there work like this. But limited "adventures" (for a couple of years or so) are possible without learning it. Official German (in official letters or official forms) are an entirely different beast. German authorities use a strange version of our language, which reads like legal paragraphs in their most complicated form, that even many Germans don't understand. This is only meant to be understood by lawyers or experts, or so it seems. It's annoying for Germans too.
It doesn't matter Netherlands or Germany, it's definitely better than the USA
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Exept Tennessee, for the taxes.(no need to learn a different language)
@@PeterWillems-s5q
Tennessee has a hughe gun problem.
Anyone who is not into guns should stay away from Tennessee as far as possible.
@@janzzen9095 Maybe a gun "problem". The gun ain't the problem you know, it's just lying there. btw name a state or big bleu city who has not the same problem. I was talking about lower taxes, there are some other states aswell. The Netherlands is not the most profitable. You can be a youtuber ANYWHERE, in the Netherlands ,Germany, or is he going to work in a big firm topjob ? (also i don't 'assume' somebody's gun preference)
@@PeterWillems-s5q You get nothing for your taxes in Tennessee.
In the Netherlands most people don't carry credit cards, I think she meant debit cards.
Credits cards aren't accepted in most stores or restaurants I think, but I could be wrong because I never used one myself.
Edit: people pointed out that credit cards are more common nowadays and are accepted in many stores.Thank you for correcting me.
I'm sorry to say, but you are inaccurate. I can pay with my credit card pretty much everywhere except for small (convenient) stores. Even Albert Heijn does now accept it, as the last one of the bigger supermarket chains :)
There is a shift in this type of payment and is becoming more common. Not suire if we should be happy with it though. Guess it has pro's and cons.
I work at Schiphol airport Amsterdam, speaking English is a necessity. A lot of people there don't speak dutch. I work mostly with Americans since i guard High Risk flights from and to the US. But i'm not surprised when i work with someone from Latvia, Poland, Ukraine, Bulgaria or Germany. Working at the airport will keep your language skills in shape. Fun channel guys, thanks for sharing😃
Both contries are great, as an Dutchie and having kids living in Germany I know its allmost the same :)
At least the netherlands and northern germany are quite similiar. Not so the south, what is of course what 99% of all USAians think germany looks like all the way.
@@beldin2987 Funny thing is: Americans might want to compare Southern Germany with the Netherlands, due to their stereotypes; but when your read the comments, most European people (mostly Dutch), compare Northern Germany (or western Germany) with the Netherlands. Which isn't really the same thing...
@@dnocturn84 I am from northern germany, born in Niedersachsen now live in Bremen, and for i think the Netherlands are even more similiar to my culture than Bavaria. I mean, quite a lot people here even say : Bavaria is not Germany 😂
And meanwhile it makes me already a bit angry when i all the time hear just these stupid bavarian stereotypes when USAians talk about Germany. I mean, its the same as if we would constantly say that ever USAian runs around with a stetson on his head, has a belt with 2 holsters and 2 colts around its waist and rides a horse of course 🙄
@@beldin2987 Agreed. But this makes videos like this (I'm refering the source video) almost usless. Germany itself is so different between its own states and regions, that you're pretty brave when you try to compare the whole thing with a neighbor country, which itself may consist of very different regions too (like the Netherlands in this case). Some generalizations and simplifications might still be true or somewhat true, but some things like climate/weather are impossible to be compared like this.
@@dnocturn84 Weather is also always funny when USAians do that because it seems most of them also only know the weather from Florida, California or maybe Texas but never heared of maybe Indiana, Illinois or even Alaska.
And then there is this oh so annoying story with "putting shoes (not) off inside the house" which you can really hear from both directions because either the USAians are "shocked" they have to do it in Germany, or they are "shocked" they don't have to do it.
But in the end the weather thing at least doesn't annoy me as much since here in the north the weather isn't really that great most of the time, mostly grey sky and a lot rain and all that stuff .. but for sure nobody here wears damned Lederhosen and Dirndls and we also don't drink beer from 1 liter "steins" and eat "pretzels" all day.
For the source video here however, i think there wasn't really that much bullshit in it.
The Netherlands and Germany in reality compare very well to each other, there are differences of course but they're not that big and they cancel each other out most of the time. We even share the same virtually untranslatable words "gezellig" and "gemütlich" 😄 I would have a hard time choosing one country over the other ... But then, I don't have to; there are excellent road, rail and air connections. I can be in Frankfurt, Berlin, München in just a few hours. I also love the more natural environments though, the Eifel, the Harz and the Schwarzwald are among my favourites.
The woman in the video (definitely not Dutch nor German) is right on most things but on the food comment I don't agree, the availability of food in the Netherlands is much more diverse than in Germany thanks to the multitude of immigrants from countries all over the world (colonial past). Maybe our traditional cuisine is regarded as not very sophisticated (but I seriously oppose that, you should taste my varieties of stamppot, hachee, vlaai or haagsche bluf), all you can have in Germany, you can have over here and a lot more ... And by the way, schnitzel, pretzel, bratwurst and many other dishes considered German are not exclusively German, they're common in all of Central Europe.
Cuisine I totally agree. Depending on where you go in Germany (big international cities) you can have that variety. But in the Netherlands it doesn’t have to be Amsterdam to get a great variety of cuisine. I love our „traditional“ german cuisine, but firstly it’s not that different from other Central European places, like you said. Also, dutch cuisine is amazing, too. Not a pro or con for either of the countries.
Landscape wise I gotta say, I love Germany a lot. But, being German and living in southern Europe atm, if I ever went back north, I’d go back to the Netherlands (Groningen). If I want to see mountains I hop on a train. But quality of live in 2 years in the Netherlands easily beat 25 years in Germany.
In the Netherlands, children up to the age of 18 are insured for FREE. But I think that is also the case in Germany.
Yes, same in Germany.
Not completely true. In the Netherlands children under 18 need to be insured, their parents have an insurance which includes their children and this insurance is more expensive than an insurance for an adult without children. So children have no free health insurance, their parents pay for it.
Its depending but possible till 25 in Germany
Choose for the best of both countries and live in the east of the Netherlands or the west of Germany. Doesn’t matter which side of the border. You have the best of both worlds. I live in the Achterhoek near the German border. We can bike in 10 minutes to Germany. You can work on both sides of the border, shop on both sides.
Yes best of both
No matter what you decide, try moving to the border region. So you can enjoy both countries easily!
Really good idea. If you move to the NRW area in Germany, you’re close to the Dutch, Luxembourg and French border. (And technically Belgian, cause it’s just a hop through a piece of the Netherlands).
A bit more up north it’s fewer borders close by, but a nicer area, when it comes to my very personal preference of Dutch states. But I don’t want to shit on Limburg, it’s beautiful there, too :‘)
In The Netherlands, you still get the same healthcare if you cannot afford it, but the government gives you a subsidy to help you afford the payment for your insurance.
That's only for Dutch citizens or after you worked on a contract for years. Not for Americans who just decide to live here.
Same in Germany.
@@spiritualanarchist8162 I seriously doubt that. If you have a residence permit you can get an healthcare insurance.
@@Linda-hs1lk This "sub-thread" was not about getting Health insurance but about getting "Zorgkostentoeslag".. As others have stated they probably would NOT immediately get Zorgkostentoeslag so they'd be paying full price for their health insurance (if they get it at all the first few years, which is not even certain) and if you have kids to feed, rent to pay and a house to furnish from probably not the highest paying jobs (no offence!)...That will be a very difficult situation! And with the toeslagenaffaire still unresolved while there's still no government, it's very likely that IF they find a house they probably would not get Huurtoeslag either. At least not immediately. Let me switch to Dutch for a bit: Beste mede-Nederlanders, doe nou alsjeblieft wat rustiger met aanmoedigen naar Nederland te komen! Zó makkelijk is dat écht niet! Als Nederlanders weten we toch hoe belachelijk hoog de huren zijn en hoe waanzinnig moeilijk een woning te vinden. Dan moeten ze óók nog de hele Nederlandse burocratie door, zónder Nederlands te spreken! Denk nou alsjeblieft wat beter na over dat; "Kom gewoon naar Nederland! het is hier een Paradijs en iedereen krijgt gratis geld!... GEWOON EVEN NAAR NEDERLAND VERHUIZEN MET DE HELE FAMILIE IS ÉCHT NIET ZO MAKKELIJK ALS VEEL MENSEN HIER HET DOEN SCHIJNEN voor mensen die niét ERG rijk zijn!" sorry, ik word daar een beetje boos om en erg verdrietig van.
You can't decide living in a country based on youtube videos. You really have to come and have a look for yourself. For a longer period. Videos only show the nicest parts of a country. . It's the same everywhere in the world.The more money you have, the nicer the neighborhood you can afford. That's life ;)
Or the worst parts, depending on the video.
And also, not life but society.
Naturally speaking, life doesn't have such mechanics, we made them up. 🤷
@@vorcanvorcan9032true, but it's hard to live outside society because every inch on this planet 'belongs to someone '. So sadly we can't choose not to play along, and pretend money is a social construct so We don't accept it'without ending up homeless ;).
@@spiritualanarchist8162
As an individual, I agree that is where we find ourselves. But that's only as an individual. You and I are more than just our individual selves.
I also don't think it would be very responsible to [live outside of society] even if it were an easy thing to do. After all, that basically amounts to running away from the other side of our existence and any responsibilities that come with it.
@@vorcanvorcan9032 Yes I agree with you . But that's not really the point I was trying to make . When I say ' Money buys the neighborhood. ' , I 'm just saying , no matter what ideology or perspective one has, people should me careful deciding'what country to live in based on these random videos with picturesque images, because they might end up very disappointed.
@@spiritualanarchist8162
Yeah no, I understood what you said. 😅
I just wasn't responding to the point of your first comment specifically because I understand it and within the context of our self-made reality, I agree with it. (like how I would agree with the notion that you have to commit virtual murder to gain money in a video game like gta.)
Our self-made reality isn't actual reality however, and since most people don't seem to properly understand this, that's the angle I took when responding. (since I don't know you personally, I have to assume you're like any other person out there when you say those things.)
And well... In the end what you're talking about can be anything we want it to be. 🤷
For example; if I were the undisputed master of the human race, I would be able to make everybody eat their own shit before they are allowed to leave their house. And then it would just be a [law] like any other. And then, people will make the misguided interpretation of reality where they think "it makes sense to eat your own shit because otherwise you can't go out to buy actual food."
Like, yeah, that is what we're dealing with as long as you confine your views within that little box that I (we) made. But it's not actually as "real" as we make it out to be.
In reality, it is an utterly ridiculous notion that people need to eat their own shit before being allowed to leave their house. But if humanity accepted such a rule, then that would become a part of our "reality" (the subjective kind, not the objective kind.)
And then you'd be talking about how it makes sense to eat your own shit basically. 🤷
That's why I'm not directly responding to those ideas, because in a way, they're not [real]. And it seemed more important to bring attention to that rather than engage your original point.
@Charlie&Amy! Hi! (again) I've not followed your plans to move to Europe the last year or so. I think it was in the beginning of Charlie's videos that I tried to tell him that he's underestimating the housing shortage in The Netherlands, that it's extremely difficult to find a decent place to live here, even for Dutch people (who have to be on waiting lists for many years)... It's nearly impossible to find a decent place for a family here unless you have good jobs and/or lots of cash. Situation will not get better soon with possibly even more refugees also needing a place to live. My advice: Stop thinking you can just move to The Netherlands without having a place to stay or lots of cash... Especially with the current political climate where it is likely that immigration will be even more restricted (even for white americans). The Netherlands is not just another US state where you can just drive and relocate to whenever you feel like it (unless you have lots of cash and/or higher paying jobs). Which is another thing I think you're underestimating; actually migrating to Europe! Have you really considered that you won't just have to find a house/apartment, you'll also have to furnish it... Find schools, jobs, lots of paperwork, etc, etc etc.... You can't just land at Schiphol and expect to arrange everything on site in a week or two. Where will you stay? What will you live of? I've actually moved to and lived in 2 other countries myself but that was within the EU and I'm single so that was relatively easy... It would be very different for me if I wanted to do the opposite and move from EU to US, and I speak English... You won't just have to speak to people here, you'll also have a lot of paperwork (in Dutch or German) Again; I think you've been underestimating how difficult and complex your plans really will turn out to be when you decide to "go for it"... ---my post got a little messed up, sory, I hope it still makes some sense at least--
Told him the same months ago( not in so many words )He is so focust on Amsterdam, liberal on drugs bicycles (stolen every two day's) the language barrier he finds oke, it an't London, i believe he don't get it (nice videos canal fronts, bridges, old big houses but priceless, the Korean visitors tour) all is free!! You have to work!! He probably end up in the Bijlmer (no offence)Born and raised in the USA, the EU might surprise them.
So true, Charlie and Amy are eager to move to NED/GER, but not preparing themselves for it. There are so many things to arrange, before even thinking about a date to move. And they will encounter a lot of issues before they can make the switch. I await videos of them where they address such topics.
@@PeterWillems-s5q definitely at the very least a huge culture shock! The same thing happened to me the first time I visited the US (a very long time ago) when I thought I knew what the USA was like because I'd seen so much of it on TV and in the cinema. It turned out to be a romanticized fantasy that existed only in my mind. The grass is always greener on the other side, especially if you want it to be.
I think a lot of Charlies subscribers will be happy to help hij/
them...
Move to Belgium, land of chocolate, fries and beer
And bad roads. 🤓
@@peterg.1940 they have bad roads in every country 😅Ive seen bad roads in Germany, the Netherlands, France, Italy
It's universal
@@winandylen3863 Sure. it was a joke.
😜
The most corrupt next to Italy (for some)bad roads ,the biggest taxes in the world and some hidden taxes, a clown government, public transp.to late , strikes airplaines in vacation time, everything has being sold even the energy (dependend), slow justice, some stupid laws, bias police, i can go on, try to live on chocolat, beer and fries all you get is obese.
Try Australia, or the us, potholes everywhere@@winandylen3863
I live in Spakenburg, Netherlands. That is in the center of the Netherlands, just below the province of Flevoland. And holiday park "de Eemhof." from Center Parks. 1 hour drive from Germany. Sorry, but I smoke. I have a colleague who lives 10 minutes from the German border. And let him bring rolling tobacco from Germany. Or €11 or €24 in the Netherlands. Per pack. The best thing is if you live in the border area. Most things are cheaper in Germany. But they also come to the Netherlands for certain things. Then you have the best of 2 countries. I also have German colleagues who live in Germany and work in Spakenburg all week. And on Friday afternoon we go back to Germany for the weekend. And on Monday morning they will be back for another week. Because the salary here is a little higher.
Just come and live in my part of the world (de Achterhoek NL or Vreden/North Rhine Westphalia DE) . Doesn't matter if you're on the Dutch or the German side. You'll get the best of both worlds.
she is neither dutch or german !!!
That's right, Erika is from Riga (Latvia). This probably also makes her less biased. What I get from her channel is she travelled quite a bit.
come to Belgium it´s next to Netherlands and Germany
Not for a American who thinks he get arround just speaking English (for a vacation yes sure why not!!!) living here =problems.
Ook goed 😊
Best country! "Is er leven op Pluto?"
Hi Charly, i am a Dutchy (53) and live in the provence called Zeeland. The choice you guys are making is a hard one. The first thing what would for me the most important would be work.
How much income would i have?
Then searching for housing, fitting to your budget and not to far from work. In the Netherlands housing is more expensive in the bigger cities. Just look what your family needs, do you love a more busy environment or more slower (like in smaller villages)..
Also keep the public transportation in mind when you choose where to live.
I have also been in Germany and that 's also a beautiful country but everything is further away (when you live in villages) and going to the movies is so annoying there..... everything dubbed to German.
The Netherlands have fantastic beaches to go to.....even the Germans come massively in their weekends and holidays to our province.
The Germans have beautiful woods where you have nice trails etc.
O and 1 thing is different in The Netherlands..... gezelligheid.....the terrasjes at the cafe's and beach bars.
Good luck with making your choice.
Hopefully my comment will help a bit.
Keep up your nice channel 👍 i love to watch it.
I just add a link of T and T (Americans who moved to the Netherlands).
This gives you also good info and experience. ruclips.net/video/h7O4oMrMH2g/видео.htmlsi=GXA9fB92weaogHJE
Greetings Jan
If you never been there don't move at all.
Usually these kind of vids are based on assumptions.
The first comment witch have some sense, moving to a country you think you know by youtube is a big disappointment,disaster.
As a dutch guy living in northern limburg, i would say i’m perfectly situated, i do my groceries, and fill up my cars fuel tank in germany, while still enjoying the benefits of living in the Netherlands. But i’m biased ofcourse, being born and raised here.
Anywhere in the eastern provinces will do i guess, but i favor limburg because it’s a more playful landscape, we have hills, or rather slopes, which is fun for biking, some nice forests, and we are culturally somewhat different, for instance we are not as direct as the rest of the netherlands, although i may be an exception to that lol
My 2 favorite provinces are limburg and noord brabant, the soft g territory, nothing beats vlaai or worstenbroodjes 😂
Hello to the USA from Germany! Germany and the Netherlands share a Border and If you live near the Border it is No Problem to travel to one country or the other ! Both countries are worth living in ! Germany IS significantly larger and has more opportunities to have a good Life! But Holland also has ist beautiful Sides! As a German ,I would of course choose a home! Greetings and I Hope you visit both countries once ,then you can decide for yourself which IS better for you👍
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Go to Dinxperlo/ Suderwick 😂 one street and on one side Holland and the other side Germany.
Kerkrade/Herzogenrath
I live in a border town (Nijmegen, Gelderland) where we get a lot of Germans shopping and a lot of locals go shopping in Germany. The Germans come here for clothes and shoes and weed, except now they've legalised it more than we have. The Dutch go there for cheaper food, gasoline and beer. A lot of formerly Nijmegen people live across the border for some tax reasons. I, being from the east, grew up with German from a young age, which is a related language anyway. But now I notice that the cashiers here don't want to speak German, but yeah they want to speak English. And all the young Germans speak English.
And yes, you pronounced Efteling (we always say de Efteling though) right.
Lol at how we don't have Turkish food. It's true we have a lazyness at cutting food.
13:54 happened to me a lot in supermarkets and all. In the beginning I switched back to English as well. At some point after months, they’d switch to English and I stubbornly proceeded asking questions or directions in my broken dutch to practice - but the Dutch person would still reply in English, to accommodate me or get it over with quicker idk 😂 bless their hearts
The pre- cut stuff in the Netherlands are expensive, often 3x the amount of what regular stuff will cost!
Move to Brussels, center of the world. 1h20 Paris, 2h00 Amsterdam, 2h00 Cologne, 3h00 London. By fast trains.
Belgium is OK but please not Brussels 🇧🇪🇳🇱🇩🇪
They have to learn French ( atleast a bit) and he don't look he is getting a job in the UN, NAVO, EURO OR RELATED they are not going on retirement ( also a mistake over here) so small pay, big taxes, and only English =fail. By the way howmany times do you take the tgv to London ,Amsterdam (for your weed) Cologne ( to hear it thunder) Belgium is not the promist land.
If you do this together use one camera please.
Why not go live in the border region? You have most of both advantages.
The girl isn’t Dutch nor German. I think she is from the baltics.
In The Netherlands a lot of companies offer you a healthcare package. You will need to pay the basic healthcare but the company will often pay for extra packages.
Greetings Dave
As a Dutch person that lived in both lands and has alot of friends in both. I advice that if you have kids and don't earn above average: go to Germany. If you have high appraised jobs and are two Yups (youngh upward people) Go to the Netherlands. Germany is in Average about 20% cheaper then the Netherlands. This contains is housing, cars, food ensurances. But! Germany has many more tax favours for child support. The dutch also have childsupport but less favourable then Germany, still much more better then the US. The language barriers is since the 90s not that big anymore, most people both in Germany and the Netherlands have a basic understanding of English.
I'm sorry, but I disagree about the language. A friend of mine is from Bosnia and speaks English and no German at all. She is having daily difficulties. She is now looking for a job in the Netherlands.
@@janvanleeuwen2535 german people dont like it when you move to germany and dont care for the language...if you try to learn german the germans are very helpful if you show you only here because its better as your homecountry and not care for the germans at all then germans will show you this and refuse to help you and "nobody" can speak english anymore ^^
English is related to german. Old English comes from Lower Saxony in northern Germany. The Angles and Saxons brought the language to southern England (Anglo-Saxon country) as settlers. Dutch comes from the frankish language in germany (rhine east side , westphalia).
and the north dutch language come from the frisian and low Saxons in north germany . Netherlands is actually just German people from the holy Roman German empire. A part in the northeast speaks Frisian just like in East Frisia Germany, which is a separate Germanic language made up of Saxon and Frisian. Old Low German is closer to Old English than Dutch. The Hanseatic language (Low German/German Low Saxon) was also an international maritime language in England, etc.
''Low German is related to English.''
You said so yourself, English came from Germanic languages, So it's English that is related to German, not the other way around.
Incorrect. Dutch comes from Frankish and is the largest Frankish language spoken today. Low Saxon and Dutch have a lot of shared history and in language, but the origin is different.
Calling Dutch people German is clear historical revisionism that only survives in the minds of ethic nationalists in Germany.
"Heb doesn't want to be wrong" that was exactly what I was thinking😂😂😂
7:45 gotta give my mustard here (German idiom for giving unsolicited info/advice)
So in Germany, if You’re employed, your health insurance is partially covered by your employer and the other part is deducted from your your salary. But usually that’s also state / public insurance that’s being paid for. And it’s true that you can’t choose freely, however, there’s not too big or a difference between the insurances. And most importantly, with the public insurance, it doesn’t work like in the us, that you might end up at a doctors office or in a hospital, where your insurance plan doesn’t cover the costs. (Dental and eyes often isn’t included without limit, but that also goes for private insurance)
We’ve got state (/public) and private health insurance. Private is, ironically, for state workers, e.g. police and teachers, and if you’re self employed. (Or you’re employed but just want to spend a ton of money, you can do that, too).
Private costs a lot per month and also you have to pay at the doctor’s up front, then get reimbursed by the insurance. With public, you just show your card at the doctor’s and insurance covers it.
With private there’s a difference in the sense that there’s doctors that either don’t or only work with private insurance, most do both public and private. But it would never happen like in the us, that you go to the ER, for instance, and realise that your insurance plan doesn’t apply there.
Then, if you fall below a certain salary or you receive unemployment money, this public health insurance is paid for you (so to speak) by social security, as well as a certain amount of rent, and you receive a monthly „allowance“ on top to pay for groceries and everything else.
Thanks for coming to my ted talk :)
PS: one insurance to keep in mind in case you go to Germany is „Haftpflicht“. Basically an insurance in case you break something of someone else. Can be bumping into their car, accidentally breaking someone’s headphones, etc. A lot of landlords ask for proof of this insurance when you want to rent a place.
Bureaucracy in Germany is a pain compared to the Netherlands
Easy in Germany you need to speak German. In the Netherlands it is nice if you speak Dutch but you not a necessary
Unless you come from Farawayistan, and don't speak anything relatable.
Yes, I agree
Regardless of what country you move to, if you want to integrate, you should try to learn the language
That is very nice. Tell that to my youngest son who is born and raised in Canada, as is his brother. He is not bad speaking Dutch. But you guys don't give him a chance. Every time he opens his mouth you guys switch to English. So after a while he said F it. And never tried anymore
@@leendersc That's dumb, and like explained in the video, when someone's Dutch isn't so good, it's much easier that we switch to English, so we can have a 'normal' discussion.
me as a Belgian. I would choose the Netherlands instead of you
If you guys don't mind living in a small town, i could reccomend 's-Heerenberg.
Quaint place on the dutch side of the dutch/german border. Lots of nature, some really nice old architecture. Pretty nice people, reasonably priced food and actually somewhat affordable housing! (not common over here.)
If you need some more people around, Arnhem still has trains that will cross into Germany within 15 minutes of departure.
Gelderland province pretty much borders the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, which has a number of large german cities, like Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen, Duisburg, Bochum, Wuppertal and Bonn.
And it's still central enough that a train will get you from Arnhem to Amsterdam within an hour.
(I believe most of this goes for the neighbouring city of Nijmegen as well)
I give a short answer 😂 I prefer the Netherlands for a lot reasons😅
She is neither Dutch nor German. As a Dutchman, I suspect her accent to be Nordic/Baltic or maybe Finnish or Ukrainian
benefits are almost the same Germany just has cheaper housing and food, people in the netherland that live on the border will mostly shop in germany.
If your disabled germany is the better option if you hate bureaucracy Netherlands is the better option but its still 3x worse than usa. If your rich and have a few million on the bank Belgium is the better option
My mother is 71. And speaks English, German, French and Portuguese. And I. English, Italian and a little (Kos) Greek, and a little German.
I don't speak much german but when someone speaks fully german I can mostly understand it bc it sounds pretty similar to dutch
"I`m a 193cm" - that's an odd way of telling your hight in metric - using centimeters is usually used for something small (smaller than a meter)
In your case that would actually be 1.93m - or usually spelled: "1 meter 93".
Neither Dutch nor German.
The statutory health insurances in Germany differ a bit from institution to institution, but no matter which employer you have, the insurance company will cost the same at every employer and you can take the insurance with you, when you change the job.
As well you are still isured, in case you loose the job and you are unemployed.
If you are self employed or earn really much money and decide to take private insurance, that would also cost the same, no matter where you are employed, but the companies and the offers differ very much, so the privateinsurance plans theirself differ a lot.
We do have houses, that have the dutch/german border literally running trough your living room 😅 so problem solved if you ask me. 😂
Hello! i came across this channel today and was hooked straight away. I live in the Netherlands (Eastern side) and on the border of Germany, both countries have positive and negative sides and hard to compare.
Both have the hard vocal words but quite simular, so if you want to learn on you can pick up the other language a little bit more easily.
Netherlands have a very good healthcare and Education system, not sure how that is in Germany.
If you ever coming over to the Netherlands near the border of Germany I can do some recomendations where to stay.
Thank you for this nice video
Never lived in Germany, but have been to. Lived in the Netherlands for almost 2 years.
I would NEVER go to live in Germany. The Netherlands without a doubt!!
😂 you have no idea so 🤫
As a norwegian who can only speak my native language in other Scandi countries, but travelles alot around Europe. We speak English and i feel it’s getting easier and easier all over the continent (minus France 😂). We live close to each other and there are so many different languages, so English is our common language.
Yes, the Dutch speak very good "steenkolen engels".
As a dutch guy i Will say.... go for Germany. Or go to the north of the netherlands where the houses are cheaper for hire. We pay for a family home with 3 bedrooms, one shower room, one toiletroom and a attic for about 5 till 600 euro's p.m. and if you have a payment from for example UWV then you get some money off and you pay a little less then 300 euro's for an family home like mine. Germany is cheaper
Germany is cheaper yes, rural!!Be logic,the mentallity for and American in the rural life style(G)= fail.Just be honest in a smal German rural village there lost. And a big city to expencive without a big job.Let them move to rural Tennessee no ( or less taxes)
Doubters can use this one simple trick:
Live within a 5 to 10 min drive of the border on either side and spend the time where you'd like it most.
There aren't even border crossings so you won't even notice walking, cycling, or driving across the border.
I mean, I live in a small village in the netherlands and recently a new store opened (well it moved to the other side of the street but is way bigger now) and theres a cashier who only speaks English so it might not be a problem if you only speak english. My village has 16.6k people in it and is not a really touristy place (its in the middle of brabant) so...
17:43 now it is thursday.. mondy I wanted to go to work, had to scrape ice of my windscreen, at 5.30 am..8 am there was sun and could smoke a cigarette outside worksite wearing a t-shirt.. in the time to smoke a cigarette it went to rain and hail...and temp. dropped 6 or more degrees..
About learning the language, I had the EXACT same problem in France, everybody started speaking English to me right away.
I think the's from Eastern Europe
You are spot on about 'the Efteling'...the moment you said it, I was thinking the same.😂
as a dutch person who moved to germany, digitalization? it doesn't exist in germany, it's one of the more frustrating things actually.
and yes, in the netherland, you just use your card for everything, in germany, half the time, they won't even take card, only cash.
as for the weather, I think it's just because of the way europe is shaped, and situated, so, especially in the north sea region, you'll have all 4 seasons, in a single morning.
as for the amusement parks, pronouncing efteling like that, nope, but europark in germany, she pronounced the dutch way. (the eu sound, no german can say it, I've tried it with many of them, they all make it sound like oi)
so indeed, she's neither :)
CHARLIE!!!! You pronounced the Efteling RIGHT!!!!!!! KUDOS!!!!!!
when was your last trip to the "famous" efteling ? a schooltrip when you where 7 or 8 Seen it once oke thats it. It ain't Disneyworld.
@@PeterWillems-s5q it is not supposed to resemble the Disney thing.
@@PeterWillems-s5qnasty, the Efteling is better than crappy Disney..😂
I would advise you to come to Germany. As far as I know, it's the easiest country to immigrate to now. As an American, you can stay for 90 days as a tourist without a visa, and 180 days with a visa for job seekers. During this time you can look for a job - anything full-time will do, even frying burgers. The minimum wage is enough to live a decent life. Full healthcare for the whole family from the first day of full-time work. Residency is granted every year ad infinitum, no questions asked, as long as you have a job (don't worry, _any_ job, not necessarily in the same company, you can change jobs and don't become a slave to your boss). After five years, dual citizenship. After that, the EU is your playground, you can move to any EU country and work there.
Maybe it's the easy way ,but with the Blue Card Work visa, I would consider other countries , too. Germany can be an other Tr+++.2 with the. AfD ...I don't know the political status of the Netherlands, but there are other countries, too, like Denmark or so. It depends on how someone like the vibes.
@@biankakoettlitz6979 I'm sorry to disappoint you, but there are also far-right parties in the Netherlands and Denmark, and have been for much longer and with higher voter shares ...
The accents in English do differ a bit between the Dutch and Germans. Most of the times I hear an accent, I listen to the L's, which seem to be (like I would call it) 'thicker' when Germans use it, especially at the end of a word. That doesn't mean every German speaks like that, but I would still hear the difference. I also tend to think that Germans are more Brittish English speakers, while the Dutch are a bit more attracted to American English, also due to the fact that movies and series for the adults are not dubbed, but subtitled instead. And also the usage of the internet and social media is more American English related.
The woman in the video could be Dutch while living in Germany or vice versa. I believe the latter is more common. But ever thought of that?
20:42 where I did reply to a comment stating the Netherlands offers a more diverse cuisine, and I don’t want to negate that. And I know this is a cliche. But bread. Bread! People BREAD 🥲 I don’t even care about pastries, but just for the bread German bakeries win. When I lived in the Netherlands I had friends and family being bread when they visited and even after defrosting my stash it was better than the Dutch bread. No hate, would always choose the Netherlands over Germany. But would always shop bread across the border or bake myself.
Germany was so disappointing to me, like going back in time. I would recommend the Netherlands for the initial language problem, you cant watch anything on tv or amazon in Germany, it's only in german. In the Netherlands it is all in English with subtitles. The paperwork and cash in Germany is cute and funny at first, but so annoying in the end.
You know there is a button to switch the language, right? Greetings from the last century
Good luck trying that on AP and Netflix, you get maybe 8% of the programs.
@@1010skyI tried that on AP, Netflix and Disney etc...didnt work for 90% of the movies and series, just German. Only VPN and foreign account works.
And don't get me wrong, i love Germany as a country, the people are ok and i would have stayed there if it wasn't for the Bürokratie and slow... everything.
The dutch health ensurence system is more convenient if you have flexjobs,fired or become unable to work. It doesnt change every time you switch jobs, i think
Flexjobs is what is killing The Netherlands.
I live in the Netherlands and I am not complaining, but if I would be from the US, I would move to Germany if I have to chose. The Netherlands is an overcrowded country and it is difficult to find housing and space. In Germany is more space and it is less difficult to blend in. If the two of you cannot chose, Germany and the Netherlands are neighbor countries. I lived near the border when I was young and visited Germany regularly to buy food and gasoline for example. Having a car in the Netherlands is expensive, it is cheaper in Germany.
If Netherlands or Germany (Northern Germany) it really makes no difference the culture and the people are basically the same (saying that as someone who is neither Dutch nor German but got to know both) even the local dialects do have certain similarities but Southern Germany would be different though in behalf of culture and spoken dialects.
My suggestion for both of you is to settle in the border area so you have basically both worlds at your doorstep..there are even I think 7 places/towns which are half Dutch and the other half is German where the open border goes right through those places
I'm german and HATE paperwork. Most of us does.
But you got around with time.
You should try contact some who moved to the Netherlands or Germany.
They can exactly tell what you can expect in each country as US citizen
I love my neighbors but the Netherlands are more expensive than Germany. I stay in German-Limburg or Niederrhein 😎
I switch always to English too 😂
You will feel at home on both sides of the border because this is Europe's tornado alley.
Efteling is known by us germans also Bobbejaanland and Walibi but nothing beats Phantasialand in Brühl.
I love dutch food but i would get diabetes there 😂 vla, stroopwaffels, vla, suiker waffels, vla, chokomel dark, vla, tompus, vla, vla, vla!
Hi Amy and Charlie have a great weekend ✌️🇳🇱
22:36 In your case I'd move to Netherlands, east bound... close to awesome Germany, but coming "home"easier to speak English f not yet ready confident to speak Dutch or German. .yes I love my Netherlands, but if I ever would emigrate... Germany.. hands down..
Yes , you pay it out of your paycheck. And you can have a family bundle
20:24 Turkish food.. so does the Netherlands, and Italian, Surinamese, Indonesian, Japanese, Vietnamese, Chinese, Egyptian, Kosjer and Halal...biased comparision from a Latvian living in Germany..
I find it really funny how most Dutch commentators try to put their home country in a good light and Germany in a bad light. :) Of course there are also ones that are more objective.
No country in this world has only good or bad sides and it always depends on personal experience. If you visit a neighboring country for a trip and then meet someone there who is having a bad day and isn't exactly friendly, you've already formed an opinion. ;)
As a small example: I was in the Netherlands many years ago and parked as a wheelchair user in a public disabled parking space. Of course, I have clearly affixed my parking permit, which is valid throughout the EU, on the windshield. Still, I had a ticket under my windshield wiper when I returned. Not very nice...
No, i think she's Czech . She said it once but i forgot. Hi from Germany/ Stuttgart 🇩🇪
She is from Latvia
Lets change the question a bit, which kind of people would you like to see removed from Germany and the Netherlands, and the rest of Europe??????
Charlie & familia // love to get together when you're here !
I live in Roermond few miles from Germany and Belgium. Best place to live!!
If you're not certain, move to the border area and enjoy both countries.
I'm from the Netherlands but personally I think the nature in Germany is much more beautiful in big parts of Germany with mountains and castles. Beautiful cities and the hospitality is great. But Neo Nazism is a big problem and the safety net in the Netherlands is better. But Ultra right is also upcoming in the Netherlands, sad enough Overal, it is just what culture you like best.
In General The Netherlands is A Excepensive country to go arround !!!!!
Not all the info was correct. Yes the Netherlands is way more digitized than German. And we pay more with our debit card (not a credit card) than cash. Dutch people prefer not to pay with a credit card. Paying with a credit card is a kind of debt. Having a debt to a bank does not contribute to the independence that Dutch people like.
Netherlands all the way we are better then germany 😊
'than' with best wishes from Germany.
@@teotik8071 I moved from Germany for 20 years ago😁
@@biankakoettlitz6979 Hope you found what you were looking for.
that girl is neither german nor dutch. And by the way: dutch is way harsher and does have lots of throat sounds
Strange that you limit the choices to the Netherlands and Germany. I live in Belgium. Houses are cheaper, beer is better. You should definitely come to europe on holiday before deciding.
Hi Charlie and mss, if y'all want to do this, ( go to work or welfaire?) start in the US (ambassy of NL)all the paperwork it might be a disapointment for you, (still pay tax for the US) and before that maybe look at the videos of Amsterdam (not the North Korean tourist tour guide and expats that doing real well, married or asilum, naturalisation) but the money, tax and the costs, it's not all about healthcare, the dark side, the scams, the most dangerous, the worst, all the mistakes, where not to live, the beautiful city centre buildings are for the rich, the outside traffic (yes they do have cars) it's not all stroopwafels and bicycles, rush hour is real fun, why is nobody telling you this? btw the efteling is for children 7-8 years old.
Are you kidding? The efteling is for 7 to 8 year olds? Insulting!! Try telling that to the people from the US and the UK who love it there... ridiculous comment..😂
@@Lilygirl283 I know it's not polite to ask a woman for her age, but are you stuck in dreamland? Childhood fantasy?Delusional? The tourist, short on time, if they know better, there are other things to do, US people, hey i fly to Europe to visit the park, just madness, howmany times you go vistit it 5-6 times a year? Than get some help.
He/ He / He Amigo !!!! spot on ! Charlie, HAMMER ON THE NAIL !!!!!!!!!!!!!! EFTELING is not preoncionated like that way ! your gut is right ! Greetz Poeloe
Hello you two. Whether you live in the Netherlands or Germany, you stay where you like it best and see the best opportunities for yourself.
Americans are always surprised and put off by the fact that we pay more taxes here than we do here. But is it really true that we pay more here? Because we get a lot of money back here that Americans have to pay out of their own pockets.
If you then add up all the costs, you will realize that the American citizen is paying a lot more.
I would like to recommend a very interesting video about this from the Black Forest Family now Type Ashton
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SALARIES, TAXES, & SOCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS
I can only recommend this video, highly researched and to the point.
Check out Limburg its South Holland and 10 a 15min from Germany best off both 😊
It seems that most if not all of the countries you focus on are European. Have you ever thought of Asia or South/Central America? Millions of expats live there and love it. I've traveled to 116 countries and have lived in seven countries. I currently live in Thailand, which is most likely my final spot. I've totally invested here so.... Just a thought you may consider - Thailand is filled to the brim with Dutch and German and other European expats who are sick and tired of living in Europe, for many of the reasons you are sick of the USA (and you are correct to be sick of the USA!). On the island I call home (Lanta) there are hundreds of European expats who do not plan on going back. Now Thailand is not for everyone but I discovered it 40 years ago when I was a punk backpacker....and now here I am. I have only been back to the USA once in 20 years. I only miss my family, some friends and the national parks and spaces. NOT most of the American people and especially conservative R Americans who made my move out of the USA a no brainer! I have spent a lot of time in Central and South America too and I would easily say living there would be as good as Thailand. Give it some thought! If you want to chat more - find me on Facebook - "Alexander Coke Smith" - a pic me holding a pangolin on the moniker. I enjoy your show! Keep up the good work!
Nice chemistry together 😊
11:18 It’s your aureola 😇 😂
Having been to both personally i would live in the Netherlands , not a slight on Germany its a stunning place also , I just prefered the Netherlands
The "prolem" with your skintones has to do with the colour balance of your camera's.
Just compares your backgrounds.
They have different colours.
Right now i would pick Germany. We got a Trump like guy in the Netherlands with the most seats and housing is the worst in Europe. You could live very close to the border of the Netherlands. Compromise! Groceries are also way cheaper in Germany. It's like 40% less. Gas is also cheaper. Free education in Germany too, even if you aren't from Europe. Young Germans speak very good English. Overall Germany is cheaper for sure. Weed is also legal in Germany now. That 30% cut for expats in the Netherlands is up in the air right now, because we're forming a government. All of immigration is up in the air. Nothing is certain yet, we still could end up in a leftwing coalition or new new elections.
I'm from the Netherlands.
The top part of Belgium is also a choice.
Great! When will you leave?
No, we are not the same
😂😂😂DH
Your water tap is leaking
American girl can forget Germany, two against one, 1 one with a Holland hat and 1 of 1 meter 93!😁
Erika states in her channel information that she is German.
She is from Latvia
She’s from Riga, Latvia but currently lives in Germany.
I think for the housing you can better go to Germany. At the moment Germany is cheaper
193 cm tall ? Damn dude, no one will know you're foreign.
Hehehe