6 Things I Can Do In the Netherlands but not in USA

6 Things I Can Do In the Netherlands but not in USA
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Intro (00:00)
You Can Take Your Well Behaved Dog Out To Eat With You At A Restaurant (01:10)
You Can Get A Good Bottle Of European Wine For 5 Euros (02:46)
You Can See The Doctor Without Worrying About The Cost (03:38)
You Can Take a 3-Week Vacation & Still Have a Job To Return To (05:06)
You Can Travel All Around The Netherlands By High Speed Train (06:17)
Graduate University Without Going Into Debt (07:11)
Outro (08:12)
#DutchCulture
#Netherlands
#USAtoNetherlands

[@klarameijer1889]

All dutch people should watch this kind of video’s, that would make them more grateful for living here. Thank you

[@EEEGotomtom]

No we will still complain. But in all honesty I think that is why why got to such levels. If other nations have a less good living, that does not mean we cannot improve ;)

[@okidoki878]

FVD people are not agree to be not agree and iff something is blue they say it is fake because it is red

[@metalvideos1961]

if you are da dutch person you know why dutchmans are not happy anymore to live here. its not about being ungrateful. its just that our own politic fucks us over. we are not ungrateful we are just not happy with how things goes. thats literally it. and thats perfectly normal. US is Capitalist nation cant compare that to a Social Democratic nation as the netherlands. totally different systems.

[@kix1464]

I just saw a reaction video from FOREIGN REACTS and thought I would stop by. You seem to be a very sweet, nice and educated person. I think this whole video is very interesting and informative . And I'm not saying the following to criticise you or to nitpick about this one issue but to let you and others who will read my comment and possibly working in that field know that in the US you can't ask for paper work if you have a service animal. I'm not American but I have a service dog and used to read so many posts in social media platforms of other country's rules about service dogs that I know quite a bit about the rules in the US. The only two questions which are allowed to be asked are "Is your dog a service dog?" and "What tasks has your service dog been trained to perform?" but businesses "cannot require special ID cards for the animal or ask about the person’s disability" (according to the ADA - the Americans with Disabilities Act). However, "A disabled person who has an emotional support animal (ESA) will need to produce a letter from a licensed mental health professional that prescribes the need for the animal when a business asks for it". (

[@Ditto787]

Was just coming to comment about ADA rules for service dogs and I'm glad Kix got there first. A business can eject a customer and/or dog for behaving poorly, but other than that, they're exactly right.

[@_JoyceArt]

Here you’re obligated to take at least 2 weeks consecutive weeks of vacation. For me, 2 weeks is too short, it has to be 3 weeks at least. The reasoning here is that well rested and content employees are better employees. Due to my age, the time I’ve been with the company and not calling in sick, I’ve earned days on top of the standard vacation days. Also some rollover days from last year, I have 8 weeks of vacation, to spend during the year. Depending where you work, the company will hire temps, or colleagues take over some tasks that have to be done. And then those colleagues are very happy that you’re back, because they realize how much you do every day.

[@sbbosch]

The Netherlands has a mandatory 2 weeks (legal) period for "vaste contracten" aka permanent contracted people per year. On average the 'steady' employed 'enjoy' at least 20 days a year vacation days a year (with some old fart union days, state + sick, and contractual days being ignored for simplicity here). Everybody (even on welfare/unemployment/etc) pays at least 8,334% out of their gross pay into vacation pay that they receive (after heavy taxes) in May.

[@MusicJunky3]

And if you are lucky you get a '13th month' salary for the Christmas holidays and not forgetting the various religious holidays :) We are not that religious and very few people remember the reason behind those holidays.

[@janverstraten5730]

I would like to make a correction to a mistake that is often made, also by autochthone people from 'Randstad Holland': if you live outside the Randstad or one of the larger cities, public transportation is utopic. I for example live in Zeeuws Vlaanderen, in the south-west of the Netherlands near the Belgian border, and the nearest Dutch train station is over 50 km away. There are hardly buses, and you actually can't do without a car. This is generally neglected by 'the Hague'.

[@gert-janvanderlee5307]

I don't live that far from a train station but I do live in a small town and even here public transport isn't really an option. My last job was a 20 minute drive by car but if I had taken public transport than it would have been a two hour trip to get to my job and I wouldn't have gotten there in time. And back home it would have been another two hour trip. Public transport is great if you live in a big city. In small towns not so much.

[@oseijler]

Haha … the Dutch are in complaint mode again. Could we please just be proud for a second and enjoy the compliments in the vlog/video? There is always room for improvement but also respect that we watch the video through our Dutch glasses 👓, perhaps we are ok in comparison to many other countries?!

[@Eldalote87]

The sad thing is that by now we have students with huge debts and they'll have to pay till they're 40 or something. They changed it back for the new students. But even in the old system we have lones ranging form a few thousand till 80 thousand. We have to rent rooms and can't live on campus as part of the fee.

[@ronaldus2505]

My goodness, I am so happy to be Dutch. Thank you for waking up all those wacky fellow Dutch who think we are the worst country in the world. One example: doctors will make house calls……… I mean of course they will. Well done and welcome to the Netherlands.

[@nimwey7701]

Not only full time workers have payed vacation, even parttime workers have the same

[@livinglife.digital3399]

WOW! Good to know!

[@_JoyceArt]

@@livinglife.digital3399 the bare minimum requirement for vacation days, is 4 weeks worth of vacation. So if you work 40 hours a week, the bare minimum is 160 vacation hours. If you work half that, it’s 80. But because it’s 20 hours parttime workweek, it’s still 4 weeks.

[@endthisnonsense7202]

@@_JoyceArt And the insane part about this minimal legal amount of days is those days you'll lose over time when you have no opportunity to take them, and your employer is not allowed to pay them out, like they did in the past. It's a big steal this changed approach.

[@Dutchbelg3]

Dear Fie, regarding the trains there are several sorts: The "stoptrain" is a train that will stop at every little train stop, The IC = Intercity will only stop in 2 or 3 stops until final destination (so you can get off or get on in these stops) and still these trains are fairly fast between major cities. And then the fastest option is the real "high speed train" ! Here you have to reserve your seat and these trains operate between countries - major big cities. They usually have names : Thalys goes from Amsterdam to Paris and this train will go up to 300 km/hr ! That is 186 mi/hr ! And this while even feeling comfortable :-) To Germany there are the ICE trains that also reach a similar speed. It's a 3.5 hr ride Amsterdam to Paris station to station ! Beats going by car or plane :)

[@MrRickkramer]

They’re called “sprinters” because that sounds faster than “stop train”. Easier to recognize on the signs because they say “sprinter”.

[@eddys.3524]

The ICE travels at "normal" speeds in the Netherland e.g. max 140 Kmh. Current infrastructure doesn't allow higher speeds.

[@partickdistel6580]

Vergeleken met de Amerikaanse treinen zijn zelfs de sprinters high speed

[@mickeydejong8950]

Not all are high speed trains. You have intercity trains and stop trains. The high speed trains run from Amsterdam to the south and abroad to Belgium and France

[@oseijler]

Great to hear all these compliments! Thanks/bedankt. All you mention is based on high government spending, we pay high taxes over labor, capital and goods but also get a lot in return. The Dutch system is still community oriented vs the individual orientation of many other countries! This is also why people that lose their jobs, for instance, still have a base salary, get many subsidies, lower taxes and the same basic health insurance like anyone else. Paid from the government. A social system typical for Northern European countries (the Netherlands, Germany Denmark and Scandinavia) Keep the video’s coming. Very nice!

[@RoyvanLierop]

One week from now the Floriade is going to open in Almere. It's a giant flower exhibition held once every 10 year. You should definitely visit.

[@livinglife.digital3399]

Thanks for letting me know about this, Roy!

[@RoyvanLierop]

@@livinglife.digital3399 Have fun at the Floriade. You can take the train to Almere and then a €5 boat ride will bring you to the Floriade. It closes in Oktober so you'll have enough time. Also the reason our student debt is very low is because we rent the money from the government directly with ridiculous low interest rates. So even if we lend €50000 then we only have to pay back €50000.

[@jannetteberends8730]

The Floriade is certainly worth visiting.

[@resi3794]

Well as a owner of a wijnstore i can confirm that you can get good wine for good prices here even in the wineshop. 5 weeks vaction is normaal in a year, 3 weeks of that is normal in the summer. Here we think if your happy and reasted when you come back you do you job better. Public transport is free for students. My daughter is going to the uni here she (or rather we) pay her tuittion its 1500 euro's a year inc. de books and license for programmas she needs to become a architekt. She still live at home so i hope she has zero deats when she is done. Nice video i am glad you like it here. Gr. Resi

[@livinglife.digital3399]

Thank you, Resi! What city is your wijnstore in?

[@resi3794]

@@livinglife.digital3399 i live in the South in Landgraaf that is a town near Heerlen.

[@cmo5173]

I think you mean zero debts, not zero deats. Fortunately it is still quite possible to study debt free in the Netherlands, although many students have loans these days...

[@resi3794]

@@cmo5173 yes i do mean debts, sorry for that

[@chaquen81]

I don't know about the prices listed in the doctor's office thing, I have never seen that. Though you might be able to figure that out by looking it up with your insurance. As for vacation, in the EU, full-time employees are required by law to get a minimum of 20 days (4 weeks) paid vacation. Most employers in the Netherlands offer on average around 25, but it can be more. The Netherlands does not currently have it's own highspeed trains, nor are they used for local travel, and they are not operated by the NS, nore are they blue and yellow, those are just the regular trains, so you got that wrong. You can't use a student public transport card on high-speed trains either. High-speed trains are used for international travel only and the operators in the Netherlands are Thalys (headquartered in Belgium), Eurostar (headquartered in the UK) and Intercity Express (headquartered in Germany). While university tuition is cheap in the Netherlands, especially compared to the US (around 2000+ euros for Dutch and EU students), Dutch and EU students get study financing to cover their cost of living and travel, which they do have to pay back eventually. So while you are right about the tuition cost, you are wrong about the debt. Though the Dutch model for paying back is a hundred times better than in the US. You pay back based on what you can afford to pay after they have checked your income, since you are not allowed to drop below the poverty line, though you need to request a means measurement first. So if your income is too low, you pay nothing, if it's normal you pay what you can afford, if it's high you pay more. After paying for the time frame you are required to, what remains gets written off. So if you paid what you can afford to for 15 years, for example, after that, whatever remains of your bill, if there is anything left, get scrapped.

[@maartjewaterman1193]

I take a four weeks vacation each summer and a week or and somtimes even 12 days around Christmas.

[@livinglife.digital3399]

WOW😱

[@only1dutchgirl]

24 days payed vacation by law.

[@maartjewaterman1193]

@@only1dutchgirl 25 and another 6 depending on how old one is.

[@only1dutchgirl]

@@maartjewaterman1193 depends on the company you work for... minimal 24 per year by law.

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

Drink tap water without worries, ride a bike safely, vote every where, and everybody,, and have a choice... 5 € is rather expensive..., 3 € is more normal. Healthcare is way up in the Netherlands, we cannot really afford it any more, but we have to..., and dental care is even worse... We need to nationalize healthcare and take back our healthcare..

[@sanderhoogeland9161]

Yeah, but incredibly, our issues with healthcare are still nothing compared to the horrendous healthcare system in the United States.

[@flower_power]

Jij hebt vast geen herinneringen aan de nationale schooltandarts en de ontzettend lange wachttijden en de klasseverzekering.

[@kaasmeester5903]

@@flower_power I do remember the general suckiness that was our national healthcare back in the day. But... if health insurance is mandatory, and insurers all have to offer basic insurance under the same terms, then why the heck do we need these insurers? Keep the current system but fund it out of taxes. And don't believe for one second that insurance companies do not profit from basic health care plans, they do. There are a million ways to syphon off money from a non-profit.

[@flower_power]

@@kaasmeester5903 i believe the premium would be much higher if their was only one company or state departement. The there is no reason to be efficiënt. Are hoe well our Belastingdienst is functioning #toeslagenaffaire and other things that are not possible, like a no BTW on vegatables

[@kaasmeester5903]

@@flower_power The idea that insurers are competing against each other and have an interest in driving down costs is a misconception. There is very little actual competition in the Dutch insurance market, and the more money that flows in through premiums and out to healthcare, the better for them. A well-run government agency might well do better. Though that is a challenge in itself, our current government finds it “too complex” to even just change the VAT rates.

[@Cl0ckcl0ck]

Something that is different and which I hope you'll never experience close by, drug addiction. In the US it's a crime against society, in the Netherlands (and most of Europe) it's a personal health issue. Young kids/people in the US and Europe will experiment with drugs but in Europe those that mess up will get help while in the US they will get thrown in jail often to only come out worse. And the European way is much much cheaper with better outcomes. Nice videos and thanks for making us better by being here!

[@sbbosch]

Here's your challenge: find 1 person in The Netherlands that is in that situation and find 1 person that has got out of that system better than they got into that system without help from that system (aka government). As a warning: I am from The Netherlands and know these kind of people and the system.

[@Cl0ckcl0ck]

@@sbbosch I know several. You are sadly uninformed about our country and the people in it. I doubt you are familiar with the system. When I mention Trimbos you probably think it's about exercise among the trees.

[@sbbosch]

@@Cl0ckcl0ck Exceptions to the rule. You can presume what you want about me, doesn't mean that you are making a valid point by stating that I'm "uniformed" (ad hominem) or trying to make an appeal to authority "Trimbos Institute in Utrecht" (argumentum ab auctoritate). Don't sweat it, it's just a comment on a dumb KZbin video from a random person with a different viewpoint. Have a good day and god speed.

[@ericburbach632]

how do you clean the plates if you cant bring your dog ?

[@whitneymurray4428]

I'm moving to dordrecht in a few months and trying to prepare myself for the move. This was very informative thank you for your videos. Who knows maybe I will see you around.

[@karinb57]

Dordrecht is a nice smaller city. It has good shopping opportunities in the city center. And it's pretty well situated for traveling to the rest of the country, either by public transport or car. Go visit the windmills at Kinderdijk, that's where I grew up (in Alblasserdam, a small town close to Kinderdijk). It's a major tourist destination. Enjoy your time in the Netherlands.

[@coosterlee756]

Nice video 👍🏻 You're giving good information and it's funny to hear the difference. I didn't know. I am living all my life in The Netherlands so it's always nice to learn. Thank you.

[@gerrygrouwe70]

You can get a personal OV chipkaart that costs 5 euro per month but you get 40% discount by traveling outside piek hour and in the weekend. This card you also dont have to put money on once per month the amount of your train bus metro or tram costs will be written of your bankaccount. So afterwards

[@TTTzzzz]

Wine tip: Albert Heijn 'Contenda White Airen', 1 liter for eu2.99 (or less). It's a Spanish delicious 'easy light' white wine in a carton(!). I have served it to my guests for years and everybody really likes it. Very surprised when I tell them how cheap it is. Best bang for the buck!

[@jeppienl549]

Another thing you can do in the Netherlands but not in the USA: Not tipping in restaurants. Our definition of tipping is: "If the service was outstanding, you can consider a tip usually between €2 and €10". The servants will still be friendly if you are not giving any tip, because their salary is allright. I know a few friends who travelled to America and made this huge mistake. They gave no tip at a restaurant and the servant was getting angry. A mistake you make only 1 time when visiting USA

[@chrislaarman7532]

A US (and maybe more generally Anglo-Saxon) virtue seems to be: being in charge of one's own expenses (here including investments). (I noticed "tipping" mentioned in a comment.) Whereas a continental European virtue seems to be: shouldering burdons by those potentially affected. - Everybody can feel the need to see a doctor, and it's cheaper for society if there is no financial hurdle for individuals to do so. - Public transport does cost considerable money, but it prevents individuals from needing a car (or from transporting their children to and from school, in a more flexible way than a school bus). A likely more typically Dutch addition to public transport is the "OV-fiets", a bicycle that can be affordably rented at many Dutch railway stations. (Renting may require a €0.01/year subscription on one's personal "OV-chipkaart", the card used in all(?) Dutch public transport.) Depending on one's personality, one could see a downside to these arrangements: no excuse for being ill, hardly an excuse for being late. And "no excuse" may be something we Dutch may enjoy invoking. :-|

[@christianayalacruz1095]

Great vid!

[@teotik8071]

Summer vacation I'm staying more or less in northern/middle Europe. Winter vacation I'm travelling Morocco or Egypt. In spring and fall good destinations are Spain, Italy or Greece.

[@Cl0ckcl0ck]

Yeah, probably best to not tell Americans that many of us take two 2-3 weeks vacations a year. :P

[@a.j.haverkamp4023]

July and August are used for vacation for families with children that go to school. The kids have 6 weeks off in the summer. People without school going children take vacation at other times, because it’s cheaper (like the cost for a camping, hotel or vacation house). I have taken 6 weeks off for vacation and still had my job (IT local government). Just like it’s normal for most people to work 36 hours a week, I worked 4 days of 9 hours. A 4 day work week.

[@ottot3221]

In regards to vacation days, extra time can be paid out in money or extra free days and often you can buy extra vacations days. I often had about 8 week a year vacation and went to Florida in the winter. Of course you should always work with your manager for this kind of extended leaves as business has to continue but I almost always was able to get my vacation.

[@sbbosch]

In The Netherlands the taxes are SUPER high and the notion of paying for free time will make you an outcast.

[@MVHens]

There are plenty of trains available. But I would not call them high speed. Most of them go up to 160 km/hour. The real high-speed trains go up to 300 km/hour but only to Paris and maybe some German cities.

[@HaPeter]

Try PAMPAS red wine from DIRK. On sale for 3/ 9 euro .. Cheers! Love your videos! Take care.

[@Lillith.]

My sister's contract was not renewed because she didn't take time off. It was seen as an unhealthy work-life balance. Being fired because you take time off sounds wild. Of course you can't just leave, but if you say you're going on a holiday in two weeks and schedules allow it, nobody's stopping you. In healthcare and education it's probably a bit more difficult.

[@MusicJunky3]

Umm... the size of your coffee cup looks like the vase we put flowers in ! :) I'm a huge coffee drinker as well so you may have the right idea :) Re your train travel ..I just came back from London via the high speed Eurostar train (through the Channel tunnel , under the sea ! ) travel time from the centre of Amsterdam to the centre of London ? about three hours and very affordable, same goes for Paris with another kind of high speed train (but not under the sea of course :) ) Man, don't you just love this country 💝 !

[@dianapinto8350]

Also note a lot of people take vacation in summer because their kids have summer vacation as well and it is not so common to ship your kids to a camp for a month

[@Emphyrio7]

Re: Education Modern economies are knowledge economies. So it is very much in the public interest to make education accessible and affordable.

[@alexsandrasvlog2252]

nice

[@LunaJo67WDHTMJ]

I think going to the doctor is def the most important one. That should also NOT be an issue in the US! And for that last one: you will go into debt if your not from a family that does wel financially. Because if your parents aren't that wealthy you wil have to loan money which you will have to pay back or which will be a debt that you'll have to pay back as soon as you have a job. LJ

[@NinaW1n]

About education, what is also a big difference is that all universities are state universities here, we hardly have private universities and private schools, and they are all considered good universities. There are only 2 private universities, both for economics, and the education there is not better than at the state universities. (But you do pay more, like in the US.) Whats also a difference is that Dutch employers dont really care about at which university you had your degree, they care what study you did but not where. Ofcourse some universities are specialised at specific fields, but there isnt really a ‘top tier’ like in the US: they are all good.

[@TestTest-eb8jr]

Dear Fiona May I suggest you watch (some of) the videos on the "Jovie's Home" and/or "Dutch Americano" and/or "Lulu Lobbes" channel(s) on KZbin.... (both for info and inspiration) [ I just "stumbled" onto your channel and I like it a lot]

[@ralphbuurman4489]

In the US you risk losing custody of your kids if you let them play or go anywhere unsupervised

[@livinglife.digital3399]

So true!

[@robertblokdijk901]

Land of the..... free

[@mariadebake5483]

@@robertblokdijk901 Land of the "free", indeed!

[@mavadelo]

The Dutch railnetwork has just a few real High Speed routes. Even the visiting German ICE and Belgian Thalys can not run their max pseeds here. But the Intercity trains are indeed still pretty fast. If your son likes trains, he might enjoy the channel Cabview Holland kzbin.info) That show not only cabviews but also has some nice footage of old Dutch and German steam engines on their channel.

[@marcusfranconium3392]

Well dogs always have been at the table of nobles . mainly as napkin to whipe their hands on . but also eat the scraps that where falling on the floor. ( see late middle ages) . Wine it self is a poor mansdrink .like beer . There was a law for ships to have atleast several weeks/months suply of wines /beers as they wouldnt spoil as fast as fresh water on the long journeys to the far east. its just grape juice gone of . A general practicionar (Huis arts ) is the first line of healthcare. usualy hes the family doctor in somecases for several generations if you stay in the same town . As hes intimate aquanted with your medical history and often of that of your parrents , grandparents,children , brothers sisters. etc .they got a fair picture of a condition or what to pay extra atention to . If something is realy wrong or needs imediate and specialist attention hes the one that calls the hospital makes the apointment so you can be treated on arival with out waiting, . Well remember , European countries and populations fought and protested long and hard to get rights from the nobles . Charlemagne or Karel de Grote, Karel der grosse the Father of europe., instituted schools for free. as he wanted an educated population , also a healthy population. As he realised a nation /kindom must have inovation trade to survive. Hollidays is part of the contract. Those are negotiated by the unions called CAO collective Labour Agreement ( every branch has its own CAO companies can go above it but its minimum) . Usualy its around 1 hr per 12 hrs worked . +/- 2days a month. Also there is a 8% holliday pay. CAO is something to look up as it is something that involves every thing from pay grades yearly increments. every year or few years there is a new one . to adjust for inflation . The dutch medical universities and hospitals are leading in several areas . Including cancer research .

[@jagboriskogen5061]

Interesting. Please check your audio levels. It is quite much distortion

[@CultureCompassTV]

You can also go grocery shopping on a bicycle.

[@FacelessJanus]

Not that you missed things, but going a bit more in depth for Americans in stuff like Amtrak vs NS, might be useful.

[@livinglife.digital3399]

Noted!

[@eddys.3524]

Rail in the USA is hardly comparable with the situation here in the Netherlands. The vastness of the USA makes most attempts to compare useless. You however could try to compare the situation of the 4 or 5 main corridors in the USA, however comparing them to intercity traffic between major European cities would be more appropriate. The longest traintravel in the Netherlands is about Vlissingen to Rodeschool, some 350 Km's, and Amsterdam - Paris is about 500Km's

[@ed7872]

@@eddys.3524 Well, she could compare the public transport situation on the East coast, let's say between Boston and Washington D.C. It covers quite a lot of densely populated areas. Boston, New York City, Philly, Baltimore and D.C. Not a really bad situation, in my experience, but the much critizised NS would run rings around Amtrak.. Let's hear it from a local.

[@eddys.3524]

Hi, nice to see your video ... I've got to correct you on the issue of trains in the Netherlands. Though there is a high speed line from Amsterdam via Rotterdam to France with speeds in excess of 300Km/h, Dutch railways are not High-speed. Maximum speed there is 140Km/h due to the current securitysystem in place that doesn't allow for higher speeds. Replacement of that system by the new European standard, ERTMS, enabeling higher speeds, will take at least another decade. But as you said, railway coverage in the Netherlands is good and most places are very well accessible by public transport. On vacations.. Well, that's about the same in the whole of Europe with the Netherlands lagging behind with the number of days. Most European countries have more official holidays than the Netherlands does.

[@paul.van.santvoord1232]

I think she was talking on intercity trains.

[@eddys.3524]

@@paul.van.santvoord1232 In railway terms "high speed" is anything over 240 Km/h (or 150 mph), so our "intercities" do not qualify.

[@picobello99]

From an American point of view all trains in the Netherlands are high speed trains. Trains in the US are very slow, about 80-100 km/h from my experience.

[@ddejongh3466]

Public transport outside major towns in the. West is bad....in the rest of the country is horrible. Yes trains to big town work. Now try go Amsterdam to a village in Groningen. Please take your two week vacation. Amsterdam Hypolitushoef by car....any time of day...1 hour. By public transport....2 to 3 hours One way,...If you are Lucky. More calculate 4 hours. And in evening No busses drive so good luck getting back

[@SekeenaJohnson]

Great information. My daughter and I have been living the expat life for a few years but looking to settle in maybe the Netherlands. Where is a good area to live with hood schools for my duaghter?

[@livinglife.digital3399]

Thanks Sekeena! oh my gosh, it all really depends on what you're looking for. Feel free to shoot me an email (my email address is in the description box) with any questions you may and I'll be able to get back to you faster!

[@SekeenaJohnson]

@@livinglife.digital3399 I will. Just touched down inNetherlands. Thank you

[@ddejongh3466]

By Law we have 20 days payed vacation. People with kids take iT during school vacations....ther rest outside of that period because iT cut the cost like 80%. School teachers have round 3 months vacation. Basicly every time the schools are closed They get a payed vacation

[@nicovantol7363]

Now you allso know why foreign people like to live in Holland or in Europe it's care is better then in other countries like US/Brazil or even Australia.

[@paul.van.santvoord1232]

All true, yet we are not the eldorado. Close but not completly

[@marcopolitical7571]

Hihi only six things? Welcome in the country of opportunities and a reasonable quality of life at the same time. Another thing you can not do in the States but can do in The Netherlands is: just walk from your home to your local supermarket or any other store. Or take a bike to any place you want in your place. Welcome and cheers 🍷🍷

[@AnnekeOosterink]

From what people have told me who have service dogs, there is no licence or paperwork to prove that their dog is a service dog. You are legally allowed to ask what service the dog provides, but that's it. So requiring paperwork to prove the dog is a service dog is useless. Service dogs don't have it.

[@arjanpetersen]

Normally you keep your debt for 15y in NL

[@allws9683]

Netherlands high speed trains? I guess you mean the regular (yellow-blue) intercity trains (which ride max 140kmh). Netherlands hardly has high speed trains.

[@driewiel]

And ........you can do the Elfstedentocht in the Netherlands and not in the USA! You only have to wait 40 years or so for the next one.

[@theGoogol]

- Dogs are NOT allowed in most restaurants in the Netherlands. It's an exception (usually when you know the owner). - O, yeah ... you can get wine for 3 euro's (Afrikaans, for example) but Euro wines can be bought from 4 euro's and up. And the cheaper supermarkets often have the best "house wines" - Healthcare compared to US is not fair. US has a fckd up backward healthcare system. But NL practitioners do not subscribe expensive meds for the least of minor illnesses. - Vacation time compared to US is not fair either ... US is work hard, play hard ... NL is play hard so you'll work hard. - Again : public transport you can't compare. One : Bikes, Two : distances (and population density) - Yeah ... student debt (debt in general) is what drives the US economy. They have to compensate low taxes with high interest. I do have a question for you and I hope I can ask it without being judged or sound denigrating because that's truly not my intention but I'm curious : Why do most US women sound so nasal? I know lifestyle can influence your accent so I understand but where does it come from?

[@ANNEM90]

In Amsterdam it is quite normal to have dogs in the restaurants, and also in other bigger cities I see this a lot.

[@00wheelie00]

@@ANNEM90 That's my experience too, but it's not a given. So I definitely advise to check in advance. Also your dog will have to go if it doesnt stay put and quiet.

[@reiniervisser291]

Nice to hear that you are happy to live in the Netherlands. I think the USA is a country full of contradictions .

[@anshardeman3967]

Oh, if I hear you like that, we shouldn't complain here at all...but we will Apparently we are spoiled here compared to America, no wonder you have to work so hard to pay back everything but is it forgotten in America that you are a human being and not a computer that can turn you on and off and that there is also quality time I'm glad I can live in Nederlend

[@ethansalimabean419]

Can we bring well behaved cats too? 😊

[@livinglife.digital3399]

😊 Haven't seen that yet but I wouldn't be surprised if the answer was yes😅

[@murderboytje]

University a couple of hundred euro's a year? Lol not really. Minimum is for sure 1.000 euro at the lower levels (MBO as we call it).

[@blindbrick]

I can bring my dog to a restaurant, but this weekend I found out that I can't bring my dog to a flea market (verzamelaarsjaarbeurs) in the 'Jaarbeurs' Utrecht😂😫

[@MartijnHover]

Who is the "fair labour standards act" fair to in the USA, I wonder?

[@livinglife.digital3399]

😅

[@hendman4083]

Employers. 🤗

[@adhub3971]

Your last point about costs of studying isn't right. My daughter has graduated for two university studies. But she has a debt of €60000 although a part of het studies is paid by the gouvernement.

[@RoyvanLierop]

The interest rates are very low in The Netherlands. In the US you might need to pay back $400.000 for a $60.000 loan in total over 30 years.

[@livinglife.digital3399]

Yes, that is absolutely right, Roy!

[@ddejongh3466]

At this moment...and They try to turn the insane Law around again...the averag student gets out of university with a debt of €15.000 Please read into the current situation and How for years people try to turn the coverment mistake around that turned student into poverty before starting the first job. The €15.000 is average. And that number gets so low because many student who are Born in big towns bring the average nummer waaaaay down.

[@wimbrinkman6995]

Here 2 dangerous things you Can NOT Do In the Netherlands but in the USA: 1 easily buy guns and wear them in public. 2 overtake on the righthand side.

[@richardaling5278]

There are restaurants and there are "places where you can eat something". Oh, and i consider macDonalds not to be one of them, they only sell obese. In a real restaurant dogs shure aren't allowed!

[@jeroenruhl7495]

Wauw thats a big mug

[@carolienkouwenberg716]

Dogs won’t be allowed inside Restaurants when they have an open kitchen. Ofcourse they are welkome at the terras, outside 😉

[@tenij000]

that why doctor bill is mil hi have pay his school bill lolz

[@livinglife.digital3399]

😂

[@cristakampert8740]

Wait, if someone is blind and/or deaf and comes in with his/her dog which clearly helps that person, they have to show paper work everywhere they go? That is so sad....

[@chrislau8332]

You can bycycle to everywhere. Trains dont run alk over the place in certsin Arras busjes taken over OR you need a car

[@erpece]

Dogs can even take their well behaved owner out... 😉

[@catharinaforbes-boeren82]

It’s not right to bring a dog in any place where food is sold in the Netherlands. It’s against the Haccp rules.

[@cohenworrior898]

0:30 that's not how we do 6. 😉

[@Jacob_._Roberts]

I wish I was lucky enough to be born and to grow up in the Netherlands rather than the United States.

[@joopmar6]

you forget or high taxes

[@Georgeth-kb6rg]

6 things mentioned without judgement. 6 for Holland 0 for U.S. ... sorry

[@sanderradder4802]

I'll tell you something else you can do in the Netherlands. In the Netherlands it's quite alright to confess on national television how you sexually abused a woman with a candle 50 years ago. Former soccer player and soccer analyst Johan Derksen did that recently. Him telling that is not the problem per se. Him being guilty of such a fact and getting away with it even after this revelation, that's the problem. Even worse is the fact that some people are standing up for him on social media, due to this some media producers want to put him back on the screen. This way normalizing al the immoral stuff he says. It was not the first time that he made misogynistic jokes and ridiculed gay emancipation. What do we expect from a man who compares a black woman in politics to a "proud monkey" just to offend her in what some people name a "funny" way. What do we expect from a government where out of 150 people 28 have an agenda which dictates fascism! A disgrace to humanity and to democracy! 🔻

[@djehoti]

What is the difference in your income taxes compared to USA? I heard Socialist countries have like 40% - 50% income taxes, is that true?

[@williamgeardener2509]

1. Netherlands is not a socialist country. It's a democratic socialist country which mens that the government can't take your possessions or property from you if they feel like it. Yes, I know about this myth that is kept alive in the USA. 2. Our tax system is progressive. The more you earn the more taxes you pay. It means that you pay about 30% income tax over the first 35 000 Euros you earn. You pay about 27% income tax on income between 35 000 and 68 000 Euros and you pay 31% over income above 68 000 Euros. So someone earning 100 000 Euros per year pays 30% over 35 000 Euros, 27 % over 33 000 and 31% over 37 000 Euros. 3. Despite what may seem exorbitant taxes, European people pay less on taxes compared to US citizens when you take in account that we don't get huge medical bills, that we have a state funded pension and we generally get more out of our tax money. Parents don't have to buy notebooks, pencils and pens for their children when they go to school and the costs of education are much lower. Also our infrastructure is well maintained so we don't have roads with potholes but we do have a functioning and reliable public transport system of buses and trains.

[@djehoti]

@@williamgeardener2509 Thank you for responding

[@how2pick4name]

I'm sorry to inform you that there are no eggs in especially.

[@ddejongh3466]

Please watch the show “ de prijsknaller” on this cheap whine. Please do. Dont drink this stuff

[@ajmavb]

Dogs are allowed in a restaurant in the Netherlands, provided the restaurant does not have a open kitchen. Pets are not allowed in kitchens and lagers, but only in the seated area's. Having said that..........I hate it when dogs are in the same room I have to eat in. It is disgusting!!! .

[@livinglife.digital3399]

Good to know! Thanks, Ajma!

[@lindaraterink6451]

Dog owners would ask first if the restaurant is ok with it too. Some don't want it, some do.

[@ajmavb]

@@lindaraterink6451 That is how it is supposed to work, but the majority of dog owners just take it for granted that their beloved pet is allowed inside.

[@arjanpetersen]

Disgusting….lol

[@_JoyceArt]

@@ajmavb how is a dog in a restaurant disgusting? They’re just hanging out on the floor, not jumping over tables. Unless you like to sit with your plate on the floor… Also, it’s good to note that people usually don’t take their dogs to ‘fancy’ restaurants, mostly during the day for lunch.

[@robertdeuchar6199]

wait until the 5 year tax relieve hits you then you know where the benefits come from. Nothing is free someone pays for it. Speaking from experience first 5 years 26% tax, after that 63.5% tax.

[@jokemmerling4875]

No one in the Netherlands pays 63.5% tax.

[@robertdeuchar6199]

By Tax I mean all taxes, income, car, property, social health (maybe private insurance but lawfully imposed) etc etc.. I have a family member who owns a small business making steel buildings, he has to pay himself a minimum gross salary of 45.000 euro, even if the businessis not making a profit, of this he receives 19540.63 euro on his private bank account after Tax, then he has to pay Car tax 2169 euro, health insurance 1800.35 euro, and he has to pay 21% VAT Value Added Tax (BTW in Dutch) The only people who don't have this Tax burden are this people on minimum income. Before publishing nice storries about how good it is anywhere research the facts, not the smiley theory.

[@markovermeer1394]

@@robertdeuchar6199 Well, your calculation very much depends on how someone lives. For instance, I do not have a car, so do not pay Car tax nor tax on fuel. Income and tax and less important: higher income has higher tax. What counts is: is there enough left to have a good life? What do you have to pay from that remainder; incredible medical bills? (For American readers: 1800€ medical insurance is per year!)

[@williamgeardener2509]

@@robertdeuchar6199 Now start adding up all the taxes that US citizens pay and next write down what they get for their tax money. A state funded pension? No. Accessible affordable healthcare? No. Livable unemployment benefits? No Affordable education? No Well maintained bridges, roads and highways? No Social security? No