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The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland [ˈneːdərlɑnt] (About this soundlisten)), informally Holland, is a country located in Western Europe with territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. In Europe, the Netherlands consists of twelve provinces, bordering Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, and the North Sea to the northwest, with maritime borders in the North Sea with those countries and the United Kingdom. In the Caribbean, it consists of three special municipalities: the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. The country's official language is Dutch, with West Frisian as a secondary official language in the province of Friesland, and English and Papiamento as secondary official languages in the Caribbean Netherlands. Dutch Low Saxon and Limburgish are recognised regional languages (spoken in the east and southeast respectively), while Dutch Sign Language, Sinte Romani, and Yiddish are recognised non-territorial languages.
The four largest cities in the Netherlands are Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, and Utrecht. Amsterdam is the country's most populous city and nominal capital, while The Hague holds the seat of the States General, Cabinet and Supreme Court. The Port of Rotterdam is the busiest seaport in Europe, and the busiest in any country outside East Asia and Southeast Asia, behind only China and Singapore. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is the busiest airport in the Netherlands, and the third busiest in Europe. The country is a founding member of the European Union, Eurozone, G10, NATO, OECD, and WTO, as well as a part of the Schengen Area and the trilateral Benelux Union. It hosts several intergovernmental organisations and international courts, many of which are centred in The Hague, which is consequently dubbed 'the world's legal capital'.
Netherlands literally means "lower countries" in reference to its low elevation and flat topography, with only about 50% of its land exceeding 1 m (3.3 ft) above sea level, and nearly 26% falling below sea level. Most of the areas below sea level, known as polders, are the result of land reclamation that began in the 14th century. Colloquially or informally the Netherlands is occasionally referred to by the pars pro toto Holland. With a population of 17.5 million people, all living within a total area of roughly 41,800 km2 (16,100 sq mi)-of which the land area is 33,500 km2 (12,900 sq mi)-the Netherlands is the 16th most densely populated country in the world and the second-most densely populated country in the European Union, with a density of 523 people per square kilometre (1,350 people/sq mi). Nevertheless, it is the world's second-largest exporter of food and agricultural products by value, owing to its fertile soil, mild climate, intensive agriculture, and inventiveness.
The Netherlands has been a parliamentary constitutional monarchy with a unitary structure since 1848. The country has a tradition of pillarization and a long record of social tolerance, having legalized abortion, prostitution and human euthanasia, along with maintaining a liberal drug policy. The Netherlands abolished the death penalty in Civil Law in 1870, though it was not completely removed until a new constitution was approved in 1983.
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[@Be-Es---___]

Swearing is done with words that are taboo. In the US that's sex. In a densely populated country as the Netherlands it's diseases.

[@Suztvfan]

Yeah, sex isn't really taboo in the Netherlands.

[@laladieladada]

@@Suztvfan it is becoming a taboo somehow tho. at least it's getting harder and harder to find any, people are not as open about sex as they used to be.

[@laziojohnny79]

@Gad Headhunter no she's right, conservatism is uprising, mostly due to import of not too tolerant religious people...

[@laziojohnny79]

@Gad Headhunter You sure need a lot of words to make your point, as far as you made one. I was evasive due to the p.c. cowards who report everything they are offended by. The import of people with a conservative mindset however does indeed include muslims, but definitely not soley. Seeing somewhere near 300.000 people arrive and settle in the NLs each year of which most are rather Orthodox and conservative, my point was a valid one.

[@AudieHolland]

Godverdomme

[@strijkspray4753]

yes, 6,4 is noticeable in the Netherlands, I am 6,2 so little taller then the average. First time i actually noticed my height, was when i stepped into a metro in Tokyo Japan, with 5 Dutch dudes. The looks we got was a mix of aw and terror XD.

[@dutchman7623]

With my 1.78, I am always happy abroad, I can look around, instead of only seeing T-shirts. Even in the US! And no problem reaching products on the top shelves. But the beds are wide and short.

[@TD-er]

Had some similar experience when I went to Taiwan and (South)Korea in 2007. We were a group of 25 students + 2 teachers. I'm 6ft4 myself (1m90) and there were 11 who were taller than me. So you would never get lost in the subway in Asia for example as the guys were taller than the rest of the crowd and the girls didn't have black hair :) Especially the people in the northern provinces of the Netherland are quite tall. The people in the south are noticably shorter. I have been to a wedding years ago, which was in NoordBrabant (the south) and I was by far the tallest of everyone present at that wedding. Still a part of those present were my own family, so I doubt that body length is only an evolutionary effect. Here in Groningen, I'm of "average" length. Over 2m05 is still rather exceptional, but I know over 5 people among my fellow students at university who are taller than 2m05 so it is for sure not a "fluke".

[@AwoudeX]

Went for a long weekend in Madrid some years back and had a hilarious moment there. I noticed the people were shorter, but an old lady crossed my path and only at the last moment she noticed my 187cm giant stature. She was tiny, like 150cm or smaller and when she looked up, she saw something quite un-Spanish: pale skin, a head full of blonde curls and all that towering far above her. Her mouth dropped open in awe and i could not help but laugh out loud.

[@barrymantz6026]

@@TD-er You're not 6,4ft if you are 190cm! I'm 194cm and that is 6'4.38ft. You are 6'2ft probably.

[@barrybianca]

with my 194 cm im the smalles in our family even my younger brother is 196 so is most my nephews some go up to 204 and evrey other country i go im always the tallest there than if im not with family

[@nilsosinga495]

Loved your look at the explanation of "cancer tasty". Keep in mind that while swearing with diseases, it's still mostly frowned upon by dutch people in the larger scheme of things, especially when it concerns cancer. But it's not really that strange that the most offensive expletive turned into a general one. It happened to "fuck" in the english language where "Fuck you" has a negative connotation while you can also say something is "Fucking tasty" which is a positive thing.

[@Breinschade]

i hate it man, i prefer saying fuckin tasty instead...

[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

The g is pronounced at the back at the mouth, not the throat... and it's not that rough as he says, he's exadurating. And hald of the country pronounces it the german soft way.

[@Amalunatic]

Exaggerating. But yeah, that kinda annoyed me too.

[@Judith_Remkes]

Came to the comments to say this. Wow, that was a pretty harsh accent, even for me, from the east of the country.

[@werewolf3949]

I'm from the north and we have a very harsh sch and G around here

[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

@@werewolf3949 same but I disagree that it's like this video

[@werewolf3949]

@@-gemberkoekje-5547 yeah, that was more like an ork trying to speak Dutch

[@cuberznl]

His Dutch is so bad that he makes the language sound even more harsh

[@Roozyj]

Yeah, he has some weird accent I can't quite recognise

[@tkteun]

@@Roozyj US?

[@Roozyj]

@@tkteun Probably, but there's something else. Maybe he's just trying very hard without really knowing how to xD

[@cuberznl]

I just don't think people that don't speak dutch can say what a word sounds like cuz it always sounds bad cuz our language is super hard to learn let alone speak properly

[@tkteun]

@@cuberznl Yeah, but I can also recognise different accents from towns 5 miles from me. There is no right way, just different.

[@arnoudbeuting8813]

about the African country with tall people. I believe their tall people are taller then the tall Dutch people, but the average height of in the country is lower. edit: also the saying "doe normaal" or act normal in english, does indeed partially mean act like the status quo. but that is not completely correct, there is a longer version that shows this a bit better "doe normaal, dan doe je al gek genoeg" which roughly translates to act normal, then you already act weird/crazy enough. which shows the dual meaning of "doe normaal" which is act like yourself, don't try to be someone else.

[@laladieladada]

there is a tribe where they are all taller. but it is just a tribe and only a small portion of the country.

[@dutchman7623]

@@laladieladada The Kenian tribe of the Massai is taller, but the average in entire Kenia is less.

[@51bikerboy]

Australia was first called New Holland befor the British took over.

[@lolalilolily]

And New Zealand is named after Zeeland, another province of The Netherlands

[@arietrouwborst3304]

We Dutch guys are all tall because the short ones drown. It's just natural selection in our country ;P

[@manouplinck]

In some Dutch accents, mostly in the south we actually use very soft G’s

[@Spyrobeamer]

@@Drew-do9wx *you made 17+ million people very proud*

[@kevartje1295]

2:55 I don't know what kind of dutch that is but it seems like they intentionally made Dutch sound like a struggle and made the german part a bit more soft.

[@deuzige8860]

Australia was discovered by the Dutch but was explored by the English and claimed by the English, who used it as a penal colony for a long time. One part of Australia is called Arnhemland though, Arnhem being a Dutch city, which is a reminder of the first explorers to reach Australia. (after the aboriginals ofcourse)

[@gijsbertuslaurensvandevooren]

Abel Tasman was Dutch too.

[@markdebruyn1212]

@@gijsbertuslaurensvandevooren Yeah, Tasmania was named after him

[@eelcowijnsma]

True, but the Dutch only discovered the Western and Northern coasts of Australia which did not make settling Australia appealing. When Captain James Cook arrived near Australia he found Sydney's Botany Bay on the East Coast which gave far better prospects for long term settlement.

[@blafhoest]

"Doe normaal" is a good expression but the extended version "Doe maar normaal, dat is al gek genoeg" is better. It basically translates to "Just act normal, that's crazy enough." As far as the conformity goes, there are plenty of people who stand out from the crowd but in general we don't appreciate people showing off in a dramatic, flashy or bragging manner. Being rich or extremely talented at something doesn't mean you're more important than the rest of us, it just means you're rich or extremely talented. I hope that made sense, hah.

[@flipmanonline]

Watching your videos makes me a proud Dutch man. Haha.

[@hugootje3972]

Ik heb het zelfde!

[@MarijnvdSterre]

1:31 "That is crazy" Video resumes: "it is" lolol, perfect timing, the video confirmed it! :D

[@theweeb7050]

Fun fact whe owned NewYork but sold it it was called New Amsterdam

[@johanvandenbroek9874]

The saying goes... act normal, thats crazy enough

[@Pasunsoprano]

Lots of Dutch hate using cancer in swears. The diseases used are usually old ones that don't exist in our country anymore. Like "colerelijer" (or klerelijer) which means cholera sufferer.

[@kevartje1295]

The blue sprinkles on the beschuit are not hagelslag, they're called "muisjes" meaning "mice". They get their name because they are little colored sugar balls with a "tail". The tail is a part of the anise seed in the middle of the little sugar ball. The "muisjes" are not made of chocolate but we do sprinkle them on bread too.

[@dawatcherz]

i remember in the eighties almost everybody said something anti-german on a regular basis. there were also typical things to say to a german, like telling them you want your grandfathers bike back (nazis liked to confiscate bikes). nowadays it makes no sense to hate germans as practically nobody alive in germany today was an adult during ww2, the people that were teenagers then are now in their ninetees and it's hard to blame them for anything either as most of them would not have memory of a germany that was not under nazi control, they were indoctrinated from birth. also most of the younger people now didn't have a parent or grandparent telling them first hand stories about the war while growing up so they simply don't know what it was like. for me this reality makes it very difficult to take people seriously that want someone alive today to apologize for things that happened long before they were alive.

[@farkstein1213]

The "scientific" natural selection explanation is wrong.. it's diet and medicine. Just look at average heights in South korea over the last 50 years. That is not natural selection. An exerpt from an article: --- According to a 2014 survey, Korean men have grown about 15 cm (5.9 in) and Korean women have grown about 20 cm (7.8 in) over the past 100 years. Isn't it a HUGE change? In fact, it is said that Koreans have grown the most in the world over the past 100 years. Even within the family, you can notice a difference in height from generations. --- ^^ this is not natural selection, its diet and healthcare. I'm not sure why these informational channels keep spouting this oft-repeated non-scientific thing..

[@speerboom]

Also, why would natural selection have such a great impact on the Dutch but much less on other nations? That doesn’t make sense to me.

[@MarcoCattchum]

From 0:01 to 0:25 these windmills are beside my village! What cool to see! And the 2nd windmill is a museum. and from 2:53 ! The camera is on the bridge ro the museum!

[@yvkon]

First off, just want to say I enjoy your reactions very much. It's always fun to watch someone discover things that are not so special to a native anymore. This being said, I came across this vid today. She just posted it and I think it's just up your alley. It's about Dutch inventions: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3TIgoSKgaeMgK8

[@WolfkingSybren]

Hahaha I love to swear here in the Netherlands...when a friend and I are suggesting to take a smoke, we usually say "It's time to smoke a cancer-stick" It sounds awfull, but in a way it is very honest ( and funny)

[@hiehaho]

Kanker goeie

[@amyfijma376]

Haha ik doe dat ook altijd, of wanneer je klikt: ja sorry hoor k pak effe m'n longkanker kit erbij

[@thesaucegamer8215]

We doen dat niet zo veel als de United States ( we dont swear that much as the u.s.a

[@WolfkingSybren]

@@thesaucegamer8215 je hebt wel gelijk dat we niet woorden aan elkaar rijgen met -fuck- ervoor en ertussen...tenminste zo heftig praat ik tenminste niet

[@alrikdewaardt]

Funny fact is that we are known to be slave traders. However, we where only responsible for just a mere 8% of the slave trading in total.

[@mariadebake5483]

Yes, from the other countries it's conveniently forgotten/overlooked, but not from our country.

[@GLITCHED1]

Fun fact about Geert Wilders some people (I think particularly in Amsterdam and around that Amsterdam area) often refer to him as "Blondehaatpruik" or roughly translated "Blonde hatewig" because his hair is ofter portraied so perfect that is looks like a wig and the hating of Islam being the biggest part of his personality. I heard my friend (who is dutch) talk to his brother after hearing one of Geert's famous speeches calling him by this name and it stuck with me since.

[@moonheems3558]

Dutch food (especially in autumn and winter) hutspot. A stew made of potato puree with boiled carrots and onions mashed together. Delicious with a stewed beef.

[@quivercat6911]

Then you also have andijviestamppot and erwtensoep, and hutspot gotta Go With jus.

[@elunedlaine8661]

Britain transported over 150,000 convicts to Australia between 1788 and 1868. Britain also transportrd convicts to America. About 52,000 were shipped there between the early 1600s and 1776

[@quintdegourd6342]

In the Golden Century (1575-1672) and its aftermath that lasted a century more, the Dutch did not have enough sailors or soldiers. They hired mainly Germans to do the sailing and fighting for them as these were strong and not drunk all of the time.

[@melaniepeters6152]

love watching this. as a dutchie I lived in the USA for a while, and one thing that chocked me while living there, was how little Americans seemed to know about the world outside of America. The Netherlands are so much more than just tulips, windmills, wooden shoes, prostitution and drugs. european history goes back thousands of years in stead a few hundred. It shoud be tought in schools in America, because it goes back further than American history. but then again history lessons teach us, gouvernments don't learn from history they keep making the same mistakes, they probably make a living out of it, or they would have changed it......

[@mariadebake5483]

@@ItsCharlieVest And you're making a good job of it Charlie, your reactions are always interesting to watch!

[@dutchman7623]

The Dutch explorers did map the outline of Australia and New Zealand, but there was little trade possible. They valued a small artificial island in the harbor of Nagasaki for more because there they could trade with Japan. In exchange for European, Chinese and Indonesian products they could get Japanese products unique in the world and of very high trade value. Musea in both countries still have those items in exhibition. But World War II put an end to that good relation as well.

[@mrpddnos]

184cm😂😂 I’m 193, which is about 6.33 feet. The guy in the video over pronounces G sound. Is the G clearly and separately pronounced? Yes. But not as completely insane as in the video. Hagelslag on bread or beschuit is amazing!! You haven’t experienced The Netherlands if you haven’t tried this! Yep, in 1863 the slave trade was abolished. In 1864 “zwarte piet” was first introduced… Now tell me again how “zwarte Piet” isn’t rooted in racism. It wasn’t till 1899 that “zwarte Piet” became the wholesome assistant to Sinterklaas it is today. Zwarte piet was first an accident prone, dumb character.

[@michajanssen6889]

On your statement on the Australian creation, Yes it did start out as a island for criminals as a rehibilitation or just survival from the fitest depending on where they were stationed lol!

[@cindyhageman9427]

We also learn mostly of the time more languages like 2 or 3 or even more in school

[@MartijnvanGene]

Actually, the use of the word "kanker" is very much frowned upon nowadays. The example of "kankerlekker" (cancer nice *taste) is not valid for the greater part of the Netherlands. It might still be slang in the city of The Hague but I can neither confirm or reject that.

[@Lilian_Verseveld]

I can confirm it is still used often in The Hague. i live there, and i hear it on a daily base, and even caught myself using "kanker" in my profanity. But i have also a strong accent. (Haags).

[@IkBenHetLekkerNiet]

@@Lilian_Verseveld True. But it is not as widely accepted for instance as tering or tyfus

[@vredeling]

'Doing normal' is something Protestant, so called Calvinism. People in the southern part of the Netherlands are Catholic though. They're cultural more similar to Flemish Belgians. Way different then sober protestants. Religion differences between Dutch Protestants and Catholics also played a very important role leading up to the 80 years war with the Catholic Spanish. For example, Catholic people (who live 'under the rivers' , like Dutch people say) celebrate carnaval every year. Which is a 5 day feast of everything but doing normal.

[@Jonboyx55]

The height thing comes from the Dutch young people were given free milk from the 1950s onwards, strengthening & lengthening their bones!

[@robertheinrichvonseyfenste267]

Dutch grow in lenght, Americans in width...

[@hugootje3972]

Jaa hup Nederland, wij zijn de baas!! 🇳🇱

[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

When I was a kid we jokingly used the slur Mof, as to refer to Germans, meaning something like filthy Nazi or something like that. And I grew up in the 2000s, very far after the war.

[@paragon1361]

It's like in English they call them Jerries, like the Jerrycan (moffenkan in Dutch)

[@laziojohnny79]

If you grew up in the Netherlands in the 00's and still used the slur Mof for Germans, you were pretty much the only one to still do so. I grew up in the 80's and after '88 it became quite lame to refer to Germans as Moffen. Pathetic even.

[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

@@laziojohnny79 What province are you from?

[@laziojohnny79]

@@-gemberkoekje-5547 Not that it matters, but Brabant.

[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

@@laziojohnny79 I live on the other side of the country lol

[@demienslittlebrother1540]

I'm Dutch and I eat Hagelslag everyday in a week but they also have Hagelslag in the Dutch part off Belgium which is in flanders

[@jurgenolivieira1878]

Those baby blue sprinkles on the biscuit are not hagelslag. Je call them "muisjes" ("mice")... they are anise seeds covered is a sugar coating and because the little stick of the seed sticks out we call them mice. It's most often used for gender reveals where these are served (on "beschuit", a very light biscuit) as work for example or at school after the baby is born. Nowadays your have them in a bunch of colors.

[@hilliebruinsma8420]

I live in the provence of Friesland and live in the city Leeuwarden and the language is Frisian it is older then the Dutch language

[@Paul888100]

No it's not. If you start in 4th century in most part of the Netherlands (Belgium and the northern Netherlands) people spoke Old Dutch, or Old Low Franconian. In Holland and the northern parts they spoke in these days North Sea Germanic which develloped into Old Frisian in the 8th century.

[@hilliebruinsma8420]

@@Paul888100 do not agree with you

[@Anna-fw7lm]

A few years ago, Sardinians were the ones who grew in height quicker than everyone else in the world and, from scientific studies, that's due to the improvement of their diet (they're italians but they have always been a little separated than the rest of Italy, they have also a different genetics). Decreasing life quality has multiple consequences...and we have to take in account the exceptional amount of grow hormones in your food that's counterbalancing the effects of poor nutricion.

[@espfan9841]

We also have an expression like "Act normal, you're already crazy enough". Refering to the to the the human tendency to act abnormal. Of course this is a relativation on the development of the human psyche. Also friesland existed before it became the netherlands. (yes the whole old region of the netherlands). So they are the first 'neterlanders'.

[@EyesOfGehenna]

You can also get a southern accent where the G is a LOT softer than the harsh G of the North and West

[@nielsbrekelmans4449]

Most of the people don’t have a hard G I’m from the Netherlands my self and I live in noord-Brabant and nobody speaks like that

[@mariadebake5483]

Yeah me too!

[@basbeestKT]

About #3, the slave trade... think about who sold the slaves to them, it was other Africans....

[@Voltabulous]

Hagelslag does not translate to 'blow of hail'. As the narrator is American I assume the word 'slag' was translated from another meaning in Dutch which is like 'battle' or 'blow', but in the case of hagelslag it takes meaning from the Dutch word 'neerslag', meaning 'precipitation' or 'rainfall', referring to making it rain chocolate on your sandwich. Also, the Dutch and German language comparison was such a bad example, because overall German sounds a lot harsher than Dutch, as Dutch also borrows from English (living right in between them), making it softer in general. In the example given the narrator uses his softest German voice and then for the same sentence in Dutch really exaggerates the accent people have here in the west of the country, which is the accent tourists and expats pick up in Amsterdam (the hard 'g' and 'r') thinking that is how everyone speaks in the Netherlands, but most people actually do not. He also pronounces 'geschiendenis' very weirdly. He is not teaching it correctly. You are not supposed to talk like you are clearing your throat, ever. So a tip for anyone trying to speak proper civilized Dutch, learn a soft 'g' and 'r' and you won't spit on people so much or terrorize their ears.

[@marcolampie]

Im 5.9 ft 1.80 meter. In the Netherlands I see myself as a below average length men. Abroad I’m most of the times the tallest guy in the building.

[@theGoogol]

A very good history reaction video would also be Jeremy Calkson - Greatest Raid of All Time and The Victoria Cross (There's only two, I think and I believe you can find 'm back to back on KZbin).

[@markschattefor6997]

Jeremy Clarkson ; kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zmi9lWOFrp19r7M&ab_channel=NorthOne

[@hughcalder6156]

I am 6FT 4inch.. and I am NOT tall in Holland. DUTCH slavery was abolished 55 years after the Britain = Apartheid was a dutch construct.

[@Anna_winters26]

heyyy american guy im from the netherlands myself i have seen a lot of your videos about the netherlands i really love them a lot you should come here sometimes yourself

[@mellchiril]

Actually, a lot of Dutch aren't very fond of using diseases as curse words. Or at least, the ones I converse with hate using them. Around where I live we perceive people who taunt with diseases as 'asociaal', so antisocial, rude, usually people who can't quite think of any better insults. Wishing diseases upon someone is, in my opinion, absolutely disgusting. I wouldn't wish cancer on my worst enemy, or any of those other diseases. If people taunt with those things I usually tell them to pick up a dictionary to become more verbally adapt and come up with better insults. Also, on the topic of WWII... our generations today have not participated in the war. Neither the Dutch nor the Germans who are alive today had anything to do with the occupation of our country, or the mass murderings of the Jewish population. A lot of us (probably not everyone) also learned to distinguish between Germans and nazis. The first are the inhabitants of the country known as Germany, the second was a group consisting of Germans, and people from other countries as well, who followed the man with the creepy mustache. Not all Germans were bad, not all Dutch were good, either. I don't see any reason to hate people from Germany, definitely not those who are alive today. They're simply people like the rest of us.

[@herauthon]

Natural Selection ? or change of food, health, conditions, money...?

[@Alyssav-90]

I recommend you to check out Bart de Pau's channel, us Dutchies react to foreigners which have moved to the Netherlands. The Dutch people give out a lot of information which might be useful to you :)

[@jeanetteb2347]

Yes, the Dutch stranded on North australia while being on their way to the east indies.

[@JohnDoe-xz1mw]

the grammar is very simmilar to english, the pronounciation and alot of words are simmilar to german, i dont speak a word of dutch, but i speak english and german which results in me understanding about 70% of what dutch people are saying....i can READ 3% though but as soon as it comes as sound, i almost always get at least the gist of it

[@mariadebake5483]

The grammar is more similar to German

[@notmyrealnameify]

Cursing with diseases is really frowned upon by most groups in the Netherlands. A majority dislikes using cancer to curse and many will get upset and mad if you do. In most areas it's more accepted to swear with god or sex than with disease.

[@boxie001]

the average went down recently due to immigration and changing bad food habits. but still the tallest. edit: I was raised learning to hate Germans, I remember it changing after 1988 when we beat Germany in the European Cup(football). I think our overreaction to that victory made us look at ourselves.

[@iemand2612]

I was born in 2002 and still very much learned to hate the Germans... I do think my family has a bigger hatred for them than some other families though. (obviously the hatred isn't actual hatred, but if Germans do stupid stuff it's because they're German haha)

[@boxie001]

@@iemand2612 I just stopped talking to my family around the '90s :P too much stupidity against strangers I did not want to be a part of it.

[@jonesy_b]

i hate they say the dutch g is so harsh, here in teh south of netherlends we all have a soft g that sounds imo way better anyways lol

[@mariadebake5483]

Yes I agree our soft g has a much nicer sound to it

[@jonesy_b]

@@mariadebake5483 yes thanks

[@masterrap6081]

Holland are the 2 provinces on the left side on the map. Called: Noord-Holland and zuid-Holland

[@JonnyCisero]

Yep, I live in Amsterdam....North-Holland.👍

[@tonlit4640]

A few weeks ago I learned from a British (BBC) documentary that the Frisian language is the source of the English language, because a number of Frisians moved to England and became the most important language there. Before this they spoke Keltish in England, but the Keltish tribes were chased away.and thus came what linguists called Anglo-Frisian.

[@timetraveler43]

The Frisians moved across the channel with the Anglo Saxons, Jutes and a mixture of other Germanic tribes. Re the Dutch G- a large majority pronounce it very much like the softer Spanish J. Only certain dialects say it harsher.

[@Roozyj]

Holland are the two provinces in the west, not in the north :) (and Zeeland is the third western province, in the south west)

[@hieonkd9572]

alot of things in these video aren't correct like how the language sounds, he made dutch sound harsher and german way softer. also hagelslag isn't isn't the same as muisjes. muisjes are made of anice and hagelslag of chocolate also the structure is way different

[@noudtheunissen4634]

I'm dutch and i have to say nowadays all teens always say cancer but it's not normal to say the only reason that dutch teens say things with cancer is to be cool

[@AudieHolland]

Mind, they're talking about *average height.* So you'll see a lot of women around 5'5 feet and a few women that are over 6 feet tall. Then there's some men who may reach 6'6 feet and who have to mind their head when walking through doorways.

[@nikkiross128b]

Did you know that the people in the North are taller than in the South? The height is in my opinion not caused by natural selection but by the food - we produce a LOT of meat and milk and in particular these are full of added growth hormones… And “doe normaal” also applies to not displaying your wealth. If you are rich don’t drive in a Maserati but drive a normal car. However, this is changing. The real rich are driving Maserati’s anyway, all over the world. It’s also taboo to show that you stand out in other respects, except maybe in sports or music. Further, we are descendants of slave traders but many people are not aware of that. Only recently this received more attention due to descendants of slaves raising awareness to it… and also a lot of immigrants being shocked by the form of the traditional Sinterklaas festivity (Black Pete). That is also changing currently, more awareness. Last, we even have a swearing word combining 2 diseases “kankermongool”. This is extra insulting.

[@hankmiller990]

You probably mean the Massai as the longest people in the world.

[@mariadebake5483]

True. They are the tallest people, but as they don't have a nation of their own they are not the tallest nation

[@AudieHolland]

Should you wish to learn a bit about how Australia was founded, check out the tv-series "Against the wind (1978)". And no, England was not too full, the aristocracy and wealthy upper middle class at the time just thought it more convenient to transport petty criminals to the colonies, since very few regular citizens wished to emigrate there. Before the British started transporting petty criminals to their colonies, they would simply hang shoplifters, pick pockets, and other petty criminals who were regularly in their early teens or even younger.

[@nidhijanssen7612]

I love how he looks high in every video

[@Beun007]

You better watch a debate in the Second Chamber to judge Geert Wilders right!

[@RH-ro3sg]

Relations with the Germans (or with peoples we would call German these days) haven't 'always' been bad , that's mostly just been a WW2 (and perhaps WW1 as well) legacy. Before that era, relations generally weren't too bad, and I'm glad to see they are returning to that now.

[@lynxmardy9864]

I would say the dutch people are on average taller than the national dutch average would indicate. Since the national average takes the average height off all dutch citizens even those with different heritage. For example an asian family moves to the netherlands and they then have kids that are born in the netherlands, those kids when they are adults would be included into the national average since they would be dutch citizens. Considering that about half the dutch population aren't native dutch people but immigrants from former colonies and the surge of guest workers that happened in the 1960's. An argument could be made that the dutch people with the actual multiple generations of dutch natives are on average taller. When i went there for a business trip, the majority the (native) dutch guys between 18-28 years old where easily above 190cm or 6'3". Though ofc that's just my perspective on things so it could be wrong, but to me at least this makes sense.

[@yuriatsugi3696]

We're just tall to make sure at least our heads are above sea level XD

[@jokami1051]

The blue and pink sprinkles are not hagelslag but "muisjes" totally different...

[@ceesvanderschoot9799]

Fryslan boppe !!!! Yes we got our own language , i am from Harlingen (the Netherlands ) Friesland , not Harlingen texas

[@morristerpstra4726]

As a Dutch man, we are indeed the tallest in the world, but still almost everyone is complaining about they are too short and stuff

[@pspence9569]

Hagelslag is Fairy Bread in Australia.

[@appief1racepuch646]

I am a real Dutchman I understand and speak some languages of our country

[@Ronny_van_Gerwen]

If you are really interested in our country, come over and visit.

[@StrangerThings_YT]

Im from the netherlands so i definitly know it

[@DuckiesLeDuck]

Me who knew most of them: *I'm four parallel universes ahead of you*

[@jve89]

Does anyone know the title of the classical song at around number 5? It's beautiful!

[@anniek4681]

you mean the Massai, i thought that too. I am a dutch girl (woman) i am 1.75 cm.

[@sjaandehaan1]

Yeah, never call us Germans. One of the biggest insults!

[@midget4581]

If you don't speak dutch don't use German for how hard our language is..I speak both and germanis so harder but great people

[@PaxV]

I'm 6'8". So there are taller dutchies. That 6' was average height. And I'm pretty old guess minimally double your age... I need to look up more often, nowadays.... So be aware. 1m94 is not al that tall. My brother is 1m96 or 6'5" and he's my little brother :)

[@johnmaletic898]

The tribe you were looking for are the Masai.

[@Sarah-do9my]

are you watching this now with some blow in your hands?? I am and laughing my ass of!! Great I discovered you today! Happy days!!

[@tjh111]

This Guy called Groningen and Drenthe Holland

[@bloem5991]

Isn’t stamppot also Dutch or not😂

[@thesaucegamer8215]

Yes

[@thesaucegamer8215]

Im dutch

[@bloem5991]

@@thesaucegamer8215 ik

[@bloem5991]

Ook

[@mariadebake5483]

Jazeker

[@anniek4681]

Sorry, but the person who is "presenting" the video doesnt know what he is talking about. The pronountiation of the dutch words are terrible. He is correct that we have "beschuit met muisjes" (the white/pink or white blue sprinkles) when a baby is born. The thing is: muisjes are NOT hagelslag. The "muisjes" are an anise based sprinkle. While Hagelslag is chocolate. He makes it sound like they are interchangeble and the only difference is the colour. That's absolutly wrong. We have also fruithagel, which is sugarbased. Non of them are alike what so ever. Also the swearing with diseases part is only in Noord-Holland and Zuid-Holland popular. So only 2 of the 12 provinces. The hard G is only a part of the Netherlands again mostly in the coastal provinces Noord-Holland and Zuid-Holland. The southern and east provinces have more the soft G. I dont hear him say anything about Limburg who have seperate dialects which aare conected to Kleverlands or Middelfrankische Ripuarisch dialects and these are only a few of the seperate language families the Limburgs-dialect is drawing from. If you wanted to educate yourself....that was the wrong video to do it with.

[@manthings914]

i think i know why dutch are the tallest average people ,i think because the gravitational force of the earth is lower because and most people live below sea level than on the other parts of the world

[@linlin87]

For real this is funny 😅

[@dennislans9084]

I'm sure you were thinking of certain body parts when mentioning the African country having the biggest 'people' ;-)

[@FacelessJanus]

Australia became the UK's prison camp, due to colonial exchange. They took over Australia from the Dutch, and crime being high it was easiest to sent prisoners away as it was cheaper as building more prisons, specially for tax payers.

[@biondakersemakers4016]

The thing with the G is not a complete explanation cuz in the middle and the south of the country we have a soft G, very soft. Just so you know. Its a pity they only name Friesland as being different but the same goes for the south east the province of Limburg and most importantly my hometown Maastricht. We also speak dialect which is a mix of like 50% German, 30% Dutch and 20% French and along with that also our way of life in the south. The South has never been properly recognized so therefore this remark.

[@mariadebake5483]

I as a Brabander totally agree with you. We don't seem very important to the northern Dutch. While we are Dutch too, just like they are.

[@femkedirkzwager8109]

Im dutch, and the only curse i dont use is Cancer bc family died Because of it😔

[@GlitterWolves_]

if a prince or prinses is born, then there is a special hagelslag...i think

[@mariadebake5483]

Yes then we have orange muisjes. But not orange hagelslag as far as I know

[@justanacount2156]

Funny stories. I really ask my self is this someone who knows what really is going on. funny to see someone telling the story who is not Dutch. Funny