American Reacts to This is Friesland | THE NETHERLANDS

[@niek5526]

It's a poem by Henk Nijp, it works in frisian, kinda works in English i guess? when i cant come up with melodies eyes groping in the dark tinnitus affects the eardrums do you want to be my tambour-mêtre? then we walk with high knees on the beat on the inner paths of Methuselah take me down the fairways where we fished, swam the sun scorched our backs where we robbed duck nests in the reeds wet socks slapped against the fence. startled cattle in the pasture from heavy weather in the near evenings the crackling copper from the flash then the dark thump of the drum a few seconds of fear, slowly approaching the next morning, nests were blown into the shore the light tone of snail tracks on the concrete you step like a stoic rooster again correctly indicate the measure throw the wand up high so that he shines in the sun I tap the tingles on the triangle as if we were walking on the taptoe

[@ItsCharlieVest]

thanks for the translation!

[@KeesBoons]

Thank you. I could read/interpret a lot of it, but not all.

[@sipkestorm4050]

@@KeesBoons I had the same problem

[@hendrikbuijs2641]

The Oldehove tower has once a year a metalfest, "Into the grave"

[@miran4471]

And then the " Friesian horse breeding" . I adore the Friesian horse .They are so beautiful . Watch the channel: Friesian horses . My favorite video: Trail ride on the beautiful island Terschelling .Dunes Sea Beach and forest with Friesian horses . Terschelling is a Fries Wadden island . Have fun

[@lesasawahata4652]

friesland is beautiful. my ex was Fries, his mother still speaks frisian with her family. sneek rules!

[@petermaardananders6803]

I as an Amsterdammer lived in Lelystad for most of my life, but lived in Leeuwarden/ Friesland for about 7 years. The funny thing is most Leeuwarders quite commonly claim: ""Leeuwarden isn't Friesland, Friesland was built around Leeuwarden"". I've hiked through Friesland so much and it is a beautiful province, I can understand the Fryssian language quite well for a "Hollander"". Reading is much harder, and the few things I can't understand from the context I just ask what they mean, but that leads to them no longer being able to speak Frysian for much longer. Yeah, it is true I have dared them so often to speak Frysian with me and they just automatically go speak Dutch very soon. If you are interested in Friesland a little more, look into two typically Frysian sports, Fierljeppen and Kaatsen. Friesland is beautiful and has a very special place in my heart, but Franeker in particular.

[@maool6683]

I've been there many times and I can confirm that this tower is indeed leaning much more than the tower of Pisa. And when you stand in front of it, it's actually quite bizar how far it's leaning, definately impressive. Leeuwarden is a stunningly beautiful place and one of my favourite cities in Netherlands.

[@fransgeers7400]

Looked it up and Pisa is 3.9 degrees (but 55 m high) and Oldehove/Leeuwarden is 4.2 degrees.

[@Dutchman626]

The church tower in Bedum (NL) is at an angle of 4.17 degrees and the one in Suurhusen (Germany) at an angle of 5.19 degrees.

[@selmavansligtenhorst]

Im am a proud Frisian! My family can be traced hundreds of years back. There are some really good videos on KZbin explaining the history of the landscape ( really interesting with the Terpen and such) and the history of the Frisian people ( lots of Viking stuff for instance) The language is also interesting. Its totally different from Dutch. I actually grew up bilingual, and most of the schools in Friesland teach Frisian as well as Dutch. This video doesnt represent Friesland very well in my opinion, it just gave a very small glimpse, but that is probably my Frisian pride speaking 😆

[@DannyDierickx]

Love the quote in the ground @ 7:05 , translate to : "Praised be the man who does not offend anyone and gives me attention and a beer" 😁 (can't read who wrote it)

[@ItsCharlieVest]

😄

[@erikgraaft]

Shells are used as semi-paving for the paths. This is cheaper than gravel or stones and of course better than clay or sand (dirty feet when wet)

[@jancvdweide6646]

the poop is from sheep that roam freely over and behind the dike, and yes they are called sausages "dry sausages sometimes only dried sometimes also smoked or sometimes just fresh", and we use shells a lot in the north to pave walking and cycling paths because it is cheaper than paving or gravel

[@jeffreyscholte4737]

I have been many times in Friesland, but the one that i do remember a lot is in 2018 with the big giants that walks by humans! That was amazing and it was on that square there at the tower

[@TheTekknician]

I'm from Fryslân, Ljouwert in fact :) This is nice to see, haha

[@Mar6008]

Samee

[@joyl7842]

13:22 the seashell footpath is a choice by whoever designed the path. It works well and doesn't pollute. My parents use it for their garden-paths and to insulate the floor of their house.

[@j.vanderson6239]

Friesland is stunning You can be proud of your Frisian heritage !

[@theheinzification]

I've been to the Netherlands twice in the 1990s. One day we took a guided tour bus in and around Amsterdam. I can remember, that the guide showed us and told us about some more architectonic oddities in the Netherlands. What I can recall (hopefully correctly) is a tower of a church (or something) with a pointy roof. The tower was straight, but the roof was strangely slanted due to bad workmanship. And than there was a pretty big bridge over a really tiny stream. That was because the bridge was planned according to an old map, were said little stream was big and was used for transporting goods and people with actual sizable boats. Nobody checked if that's still the case and obviously nobody cared during the construction of the bridge.

[@jancvdweide6646]

the oldehove sank during construction because there is no normal foundation underneath, but it is built on cowhides, during construction they saw that it was already sinking and tried to compensate for that by going straight up from that point, which is why there is a small bend in it just below halfway up the tower, but when they reached its current height they stopped building and brought it to this height, tens of years later they made a wooden construction on the roof that would give the shape and height of the point that would come on it , officially a ship (church body) was also to be built on the tower, but due to the high costs this never happened (although the shape of the ship that was to come can be seen in the current paving in colored stones), which is why they turned it into a cemetery at the time, which later continued to exist under the paving of the parking lot that was built on it (which unfortunately had to make way for an underground parking garage). a nice story is "in WW2 the Nazis did not dare to remove the bells from the tower because they were made to believe that the tower would fall over" as told to me by my grandfather, a true Leeuwarden resident

[@boerde6202]

Fun fact: That Albert Heijn XL is the first shop that is open on you're way walking from jail to the central station in the morning😁. (And no, I am not a regular visitor.. It happened only once.)

[@margrietvollema9936]

I’m from Leeuwarden. A very nice city, not too big. Left 28 years ago but coming back every year and have an appartment in Leeuwarden. The Albert Heijn XL is a minute away. Can’t wait to do the shopping again in the Netherlands. My brother still lives their and friends. ❤ from Abu Dhabi

[@BrentMeirmans]

I grew up in the Haarlemmermeer Polder. About average 13 feet below sea level. Got tought about the Haalemmermeerpolder at its 100 and twentyfive year old historry. I was 8 years old at the time. But the footage of the waddenzee, lauwersmeer and so forth, brings more recent memories. it is a very beautiful area. You can find a lot of old small churches an old towns there. Vere old villages and loving memories about the bike tours i made there. And if you get the chance visit my aunt in Morra!

[@jemeritte]

live next to the Haarlemmermeer,in Heemstede

[@enr6781]

7:14 The "Orgelwagen": plays: Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel

[@Monique.1709]

Lauwersoog is a seaside village and harbour in the province of Groningen not Friesland,

[@michelleoorburg]

Exactly ❤

[@jancvdweide6646]

beter luisteren ze waren in het lauwersmeer gebied en niet in lauwersoog , en het lauwermee en het lauwermeer gebied licht geheel in friesland , want Moddergat en Peazens liggen in het lauwermeer gebied die zich bijna uitstrekt tot aan Nes , Eesternijtsjerk , Mitslawier , Moara , Eenjum aan de west kant van het meer en in het oosterlijke deel van het meer (officieel een zee slenk) ligt de grens van Groningen en Friesland ze zijn dus helemaal niet in Lauwersoog geweest

[@Monique.1709]

@@jancvdweide6646 7:59 "our next stop is Lauwersoog, national park" en dat ligt toch echt in de provincie Groningen. Adres: Nationaal Park Lauwersmeer, Lauwersoog 9976 VT, De Rug 1, 9976 VT Lauwersoog

[@xXTheoLinuxXx]

Charlie if you ever been stubborn, you can blame it on the Frisian blood of your ancestors. My grandmother was Frisian, so I share the same habbit :) I love the north, it has a few cities for the city kind of things, but you don't have to travel that far to be in a complete different world with lots of nature. BTW the first city with 'stadsrechten' ('cityrights, which were mandatory to call yourself a city) was Stavoren in Friesland. Oh and besides cows there are some other specific animals from Frisia. There are Frisian horses, but they also have very rare dogbreeds, the Frisian Stabyhoun and the Wetterhound.

[@michelleoorburg]

I have a stabyhound

[@xXTheoLinuxXx]

@@michelleoorburg I have 2 :)

[@BaukeC]

The towe was filmed from the front, if you stood on the left or right side, you'll see the leaning!

[@Mar6008]

Yess the Oldehoven in Leeuwarden ❤ its where i live

[@Mar6008]

Funny how frysian is closer to old English than to dutch😅, i can understand frysian fluently and speak it a bit and read it a bit

[@FrankDijkstra]

5:00 those are indeed hard sausages. Really good

[@remcohoman1011]

St Walfriduskerk in Bedum is insane, it leans so much that militairy didn't dare to grapple up and down..

[@arjgro]

The Poem translated: With the Music Along when melodies no longer come to mind eyes keep searching in the dark tinnitus torments the eardrums will you be my drum major then so we march high-kneed in step along the hidden paths of Methuselah take me down by the canals where we fished, swam the sun burned our backs unaware where we raided duck nests in the reeds wet socks slapped against the fence startled by stamping cattle in the meadow by heavy weather on gloomy evenings the crackling brass of the lightning then the deep rumble of the drum so many beats of fear, slowly drawing near by morning, scattered nests along the bank the light tone of snail trails on concrete step again like a strutting rooster set the measure with firm resolve throw the baton high once more so it sparkles in the sun I'll tap the jingles on the triangle as if we were marching the tattoo Original: Mei it muzyk mei as melodyen langer net tebinnensjitte eagen almar taaste yn it tsjuster tinnitus trommelfluezen teistert wolsto dan myn tamboer-mêtre wêze dan rinne wy mei hege knibbels op 'e pas oer de binnenpaden fan Metusalim nim my by de fearten del dêr't wy fisken, swommen sinne sûnder erch ús rêgen skroeide dêr't wy einenêsten rôven yn'e reiden wiete sokken tsjin 'e hikke kletsten skrokken fan stampfee yn 'e greide fan swierwaar op neare jûnen it knetterjende koper fan de flits dêrnei it donkere dreunen fan 'e trom safolle tellen eangst, stadich tichter by oaremoarns ferwaaide nêsten yn 'e wâl de lichte toan fan slakkespoaren op beton stap do wer as in stoaterske hoanne jou kordaat de mjitte oan smyt de stêf nochris heechop sadat er skitteret yn 'e sinne tikje ik de tingels op 'e triangel as soene wy de taptoe rinne

[@marcovL1970]

Glad you show more about other area,s this time Friesland go on with it nice.

[@lordsjaak]

05:03 yes it is Friese worsten in different taste. it is really good on sandwich or dish for drinks board. but it is good, i get most time on good butcher 06:06 in mine province is small town have also leaning curch tower but less leaning than in that tower

[@thedutchhuman]

From what I hear, she might come from the province of Brabant or Limburg.

[@woutersplinter4981]

yeah definitely Limburg

[@KeesBoons]

Don't think it's Noord Brabant. Sounds more like Limburg to me. I'm from Noord Brabant myself.

[@OneTheAndOnlyOne]

12:30 and we have the world famous Friesian Horses, one of the most beautifull horses (I'm not into horses but they are something special, they are HUGE and beautifull). I live in Friesland, but I can't read Friesian that well, and can't speak it at all, I understand it quite well though. My ex-wife is Friesian speaking, couldn't understand a rats @ss when her family talked (it was some sort of special Friesian, it's from near by Groningen, it sounds waaaaaay different from other Friesian).

[@TheTekknician]

Buitenpost probably ^^

[@tiemeiscool123]

I'm from Fryslân myself aswell.

[@joyl7842]

Friesland used to be a completely separate nation, which explains the very unique flag and language.

[@Single-Pringle]

I was born in Amsterdam, in a family living in Amsterdam for at least 300 years (from what I researched). Traditionally they never travelled outside of Amsterdam and therefor knew very little about birds. So, the old traditional Amsterdammers had 3 kinds of birds: duiven (pigeons) and two kind of other birds. sijsies (siskins) and drijfsijsies. - floating siskins. ducks, swans and all other birds swimming in the canals are drijfsijsies. flying birds like sparrows are just sijsies :) Of course, that's humor to make up for not knowing the different kinds of birds. Very silly humor, but hey - it's related to the video and not typically Dutch, but only applicable to the old traditional Amsterdam people :D

[@jemeritte]

😂

[@BaukeC]

The poop is from the sheep...

[@dutchnintendo94]

I see the "oldehove"( the leaning tower) in the thumbnail. I....have to watch this.... (Leeuwarden is my hometown)

[@woutersplinter4981]

058!

[@Dutchman626]

Lauwersoog itself is of course located in the province of Groningen.

[@ceesvanderschoot9799]

Fryslan boppeh finaly you see my province.

[@JacobBax]

Tower of Pisa had an angel of 5,5 degrees but after 2001 it is now 3,9 degrees. Tower of Oldehove has an angel of 4,2 degrees. Tower of Miedum (also in Friesland) has an angel of 4,7 degrees

[@gerdawoudstra7068]

yes, very beautifull there. I live in Fryslân :D

[@annemariedusselaar9862]

They missed the see Eagles in National Park the alde feanen (translation;the old fens)

[@Desilbel]

The Tower of Friesland 😂 (pIII-sAAA) the "I" and "A" at least sounds similar 🤭 Oké... en doooorrrr.

[@hoosful]

That tower is like that rapper joe song lean back lol if you stand infront of it .

[@daphnelovesL]

And they understand each other.

[@daphnelovesL]

It's a safe link: Dumpert.

[@320jamie]

Kinda fun to see my home town in the video

[@emjazzle]

The story why de Oldehove leans over: allegedly , four righteous men placed the cornerstones, but one of them wasn’t that righteous 😅

[@Javesterman]

thnx again.

[@jacovanderschaaf3044]

do check out history on friesland video too, then you know more about landscape.

[@paulwassenaar8351]

13:30 Google Translate will translate Fries (more or less correct)

[@jancvdweide6646]

not realy

[@paulwassenaar8351]

@jancvdweide6646 English: So you think Google translates accurately? Well, I have to disappoint you. No translation machine can do that and even an interpreter will make mistakes. That's why I wrote "more or less". Frysk (Google): Dat jo tinke dat Google krekt oerset? Dan moat ik dy teloarstelle. Gjin oersetmasine kin dat en sels in tolk makket flaters. Dêrom skreau ik "min of mear" En ik heb basisonderwijs in Friesland genoten maar nooit Fries hoeven leren. Fries was/is in die streek een spraakgebrek.😁

[@jancvdweide6646]

@ misschien moe je eens leren lezen wat ik zeg toch dat google translate het Fries niet goed vertaald , helemaal niet goed zelfs, de meest simpele woorden vertaald het niet of maakt er iets van wat nergens opslaat, en waar jij het geleerd hebt kan mij niet boeien, ik ben nu in de 60 en woon mijn hele leven in Friesland en ben met de Friesche taal groot gebracht , en echt de sokken zakken mij af als ik de vertalingen lees

[@paulwassenaar8351]

​​@@jancvdweide6646 Als ik schrijf dat de vertaling "min of meer" is en jij reageert daarop met "niet echt" dan zeg je dus "niet echt + min of meer =....." en dat moet je opvatten als een dubbele ontkenning. Nooit niet = altijd. Daar is geen woord Spaans bij toch? Groeten van een andere 60 jarige. PS Voor alle duidelijkheid:Ik heb dezelfde ervaring. Compleet met afzakkende sokken. Maar meestal begrijp ik het wel...min of meer.😁

[@320jamie]

If the sea was standing in land most houses will be under water A lot is lower then 5 meter below the water line

[@wietseterpstra8295]

The Oldehove leans more than the one in Pisa, from another angle more from the side is a better vieuw, the poo on the sea dike is from sheep they wander around there, Fryslân, the frisian name, has woods, grasland, even a kind of desert and a lot of lakes, even a cliff, for suchs a small plot of land the variety is great, and dont forget all the ancient villages and city's the oldest part of the church in my village is from the 13th century. Droge worst, dried sausages are a big thing in the north every province has it's own variety, it is almost impossible to find artisanal dried sausages in the rest of the Netherlands, here every butcher makes them even some in supermarkets. Btw i wonder how late they breakfast, because the fishmonger in front of the Albert Hein opens at 10:00am, they were already in Leeuwarden they didnt need to drive anymore why they edited that way baffles me.

[@woutersplinter4981]

I was wondering about the same thing, first you see the AH XL at the Tijnjedyk, and after it the shots of driving toward the city, strange editing indeed....

[@Kami69247]

Yeah but it's actually called choice paralysis Charlie. 3:45

[@henkhessel3651]

Oldehove looks like leaning backwards. Pisa is leaning sideways.

[@21don06]

2/3rd of the Netherlands is belowe sea level💪

[@EricvonDorp191]

Yeah, my ground Friesland Boppe.

[@Peter_Scheen]

Het Nederlands van Anna heeft een zachte g. Dat geeft aan dat ze uit het zuiden van Nederland komt, Noord Brabant of Limburg. ze zou zelfs Belgisch kunnen zijn.

[@KeesBoons]

My bet would be Limburg (Dutch Limburg that is ;o) ).

[@johans7420]

Open your curtains Charlie. Why are there closed? Its Light outside.

[@ItsCharlieVest]

The sun glares on the camera alot depending on time of day

[@fredklein9005]

13:25 min: use Google translate. It translates Frisian as well.

[@qualitytraders5333]

Try Beerenburg bitter.

[@mariadamen7886]

Really funny that all tourists seem to go shopping at AH. I, a real Dutchy never go there.

[@janottens6755]

For leaning over , your looking at the wrong side 🥸👍👍

[@Realjulius184]

My hometown with the leaning Tower. 👍

[@ItsCharlieVest]

nice

[@ceesvanderschoot9799]

You dont have to be strong to Row a boat like that , my mom did rowing for atleast 10 years , they got female teams .

[@tommarsdon5644]

Ah, yes, the leenyer tower of Leeuwarden.

[@Kami69247]

My ancestors are from Friesland as well. But really, the mitochondrial DNA we have all traces back to one woman, Eve.

[@ItsCharlieVest]

true

[@JackyOlala2023]

Fryslân boppuuuuuu

[@estherbos6820]

Fryslân boppe although i dont think this clip is doing the province justice. There are much better clips than this one ❤

[@niek5526]

Fryslân boppe!

[@KeesBoons]

Didn't hear that since the last "elfsteden" :o).

[@OneTheAndOnlyOne]

For those who don't understand what that means. It means "Friesland on top" or "Friesland above" , because Friesland is "on the top of the Netherlands" (The North) :P

[@FrankDijkstra]

Bah kuh rye

[@remcohoman1011]

3:29 in Groningen we call it aanstellen.. being pathetic

[@ronaldderooij1774]

Also in the rest of the Netherlands, by the way.

[@jurgenvoogt1638]

Friesland is actually quite boring 😂