Americans React to "The Netherlands - Geography, Population, Economy, Climate & Amsterdam"

[@markborder906]

I’m currently in the Netherlands, my first ever visit. Great so far (2 days). If it continues like this, it won’t be my last visit I hope.

[@51bikerboy]

Summer temperature is more between 20*C to 28*C

[@janjanssen9629]

More like 4 seasons during the summer 😂 (there was a summer two years ago it was some days colder in August then in December wintertime- but okay, probably global warming to blame)

[@TheJoaveck]

The average may be 18C to 22C but some days are cold and some days are hot. I must say that summer still feel like summers but the winter has become an extension of the fall, followed by 3 more months of fall before we hit summer again😂.

[@Exoticgirl1]

I'm from Limburg. We have regular temperatures in rhe summer of 30°C to 35° C. In 2021 it reached a temperature of 42°C here. It's crazy

[@Exoticgirl1]

I'm from Limburg. We have regular temperatures in rhe summer of 30°C to 35° C. In 2021 it reached a temperature of 42°C here. It's crazy

[@DenUitvreter]

There is a UN prison in Scheveningen, The Hague's beach town, the Yugoslavia tribunal (NATO) suspects were in there too. I think the idea is that they serve their sentence somewhere else but are detained there for trial. The video is not too bad but it's the aggrandization of the VOC again. Thanks to windmills and the invention of modern capitalism with a de facto central bank, the Dutch Republic dominated the far bigger European trade. The whole VOC was peanuts compared to that and only started to return a profit when the Dutch Golden Age was well past it's first half. The English couldn't get toe to toe in the European trade, that's why they had to go outside Europe where their gun ships mattered and the high risk high reward colonial trade didn't need to be that competitive. The Dutch went out to Asia and the Americas to take the war with Spain and Portugal for their independence to their overseas income, they paied sieges of Dutch cities with. The navies went toe to toe, with the Dutch being at a disadvantage because their shallow home waters didn't allow for the heavier gun ships. So the English started the Anglo-Dutch wars because they couldn't compete in trade. Only after the Dutch forced the British to become an ally against Louis XIV's France in 1688 and modernized their politics and economy, the British begun to become competitive in regular trade. The Dutch Republic became lacklustre without it's existence being threatened constantly and full of obscenely rich rentiers, but still it took until about 1800 before the British took over as the world's biggest trader. The cylinder ICE is actually a Dutch 17th century concept, it was supposed to run on gun powder and never got developped. Not a coincidence because they had invented the crank to turn windmills into saw mills to build ships faster and end up with more merchant ships than the rest of Europe combined.

[@7_Cheshire_7]

No worries, it's not always that cold, last summer we had days with 30+ celcius ❤

[@jurgenvoogt1638]

Indeed pure nonsense

[@richardaling5278]

It is always about Amsterdam-Den Haag and Rotterdam. But aslo Eindhoven should be mentioned as pretty importing because ASML is there. And that company is maybe the hottest in the world this moment...

[@h.vermeulen2484]

Or other places, maybe some villages... Always A'dam, R'dam sometimes Haarlem

[@PH61a]

Summers can also be very warm. Highest temperature ever recorded was about 41 degrees Celsius (only about 3 or 4 years ago). Temperatures of 25-30 Celsius are not an exception.

[@merelfalkenberg8348]

There is a snall city calld America in Limburg. It is known for Centerparcs a vacation park for the famille.

[@roodborstkalf9664]

Yes, there is an international prison in Scheveningen. Milošević died there in 2006.

[@spruce381]

My sister in law tried him.

[@KeesBoons]

The International Court of Justice does use the Dutch prison system during the trials. Where convicted criminals go after the trials is totally depending on the final verdict and the involvement of countries around the world.

[@paulenlizet9034]

Nice to hear you have plans to visit our little country! Don’t forget to also visit the beautyfull islands (Waddeneilanden) in the north!! 😊

[@eugenieC50]

You say it had been that at more places in the world that speaks Dutch if it wasn't the English. That is so true. Including the USA. New York or then Nieuw (new) Amsterdam. lost voting to speak Dutch. Your Dollar comes from the Dutch Daalder, Your quater (money) comes from the Dutch kwartje and more. Candy comes from dutch Kandij (means burnt sugar), Cookie comes from dutch word Koekje (oe prounounce as oo in english) and many many many more

[@marjolijnvandenberg273]

Harlem from Haarlem,, Brooklyn from Breukelen.

[@johnweda6537]

Yankee comes from the name jan kees the nickname for the dutch

[@randolf84]

coney island was konijnen eiland

[@spins9296]

We have some pretty hot summers here not gonna lie. There were days with 30+ celsius.

[@emielverschuur8395]

just a tip if you come to visit the Netherlands take your time you cannot discover the entire country in 2 or 3 days there is much more to see and come in the spring or early summer then it is much more beautiful and if you go to Amsterdam and you want to visit museums, check that you have to book tickets in advance for, for example, the Van Gogh museum or the Anne Frank house +/- 6 weeks and Amsterdam is more than soft drugs and the red light zone and don't fall for the tourist traps like on Instagram and so on, it will cost you more

[@arjenvonk7690]

When they talk about the temperature it is the 24 hour avarage, in summer in day time it can get a lot aboven 30C

[@souldecides8931]

Due to the high humidity in the air. 25 celcius can feel more unbareble and same as 35 celcius in countries with lower humidity. Aside from that like others said summer is generally between 20 to 37degrees. And generally there is always one weekend/day in march where the tempertures also reaches above 20 celcius and throughout spring that is a returning trent.

[@randolf84]

at least 3 U.S presidents are from Dutch descent, many places have Dutch names like Vriesland - Friesland, Breda, Harlingen (texas), Zutphen, Zwolle etc

[@margreetanceaux3906]

It all started with making small elevations, for your house and livestock. Then earthen walls, fortified into dykes. Then the technology developed, to not only withstand the sea, or river, but drying a walled-in area - enter the famous windmills.

[@tubularap]

Come and see the Netherlands in person, and enjoy it without the obtrusive soundtrack of this video :-)

[@patricrolsma3361]

There is an international prison, also in The Hague, actually Scheveningen.

[@rmyikzelf5604]

Summers are a bit warmer than stated. 20 to 26 celcius

[@patrickboom4079]

The VOC was the largest company in the world, even compared to current standards. Secondly, international trade and the stock market was invented here. We might be small, but punch way above our belt :-) welcome to visit us of course. Finally, we are one of the european nations which prove that certain things in life are just human rights, such as education, health care, freedom of speech, which are SOCIAL concepts which have nothing to do with communism. Being social is not bad, but a way to provide a safety net for anyone within the country.

[@palantir135]

Summers are mild to warm in the east, mid south and southeast of the country. Coastal regions are cooler. The southeast isn’t flat but very hilly. Amsterdam and surroundings (this video is mainly about that region, as usual) aren’t representative for the Netherlands. Rotterdam wasn’t completely destroyed; the city center was.

[@spruce381]

Our geography teacher used to say if the Irish and the Dutch swapped countries, the Dutch would be the world’s richest and the Irish would drown - that was 40 years ago - Ireland now richer per capita (even leaving out Is wash through money) Third biggest location for data storage after DC region, US and China is Ireland - mad. Put Education and attracting US and Canadians to locate in an English speaking country, in the EU, and lowish tax. Dutch are the tallest n the world. Also huge rates of autism on kids of Phillips engineers, which works for both. Love the reactions lads. ❤️👍🏽👍☘️

[@DenUitvreter]

GDP is an indication of how much money is made off the Irish rather than of their wealth.

[@janjanssen9629]

More than 50% from the Irish GDP comes from Apple, Google and Microsoft - can you imagine 3 companies adding more than 50% to your GDP… and what if they left? Ireland GPD depends on being a tax haven… not much more…

[@r.m.t.veenstra863]

The US is not a state party to the Rome Statute. The US participated in the negotiations that led to the creation of the court. However, in 1998 the US was one of only seven countries - along with China, Iraq, Israel, Libya, Qatar, and Yemen - that voted against the Rome Statute. Something to think about ......😐

[@kellyvandijk3269]

If it ain’t Dutch, it ain’t much 😁✌️🇳🇱

[@djokealtena2538]

I suggest you boys look up the American Cemetery at Margraten, if you don't know it. Highly Combustable reacts did one that explained it more and a Dutchie had supplied subtitles, maybe he still has it.

[@laziojohnny79]

A summer without temperatures getting way above 68F would be considered a very weak and lame summer tho. Can't even recall such a weak summer, sure mostly it's somewhere between 68 and 77F but even the weakest of summers will at least have a few days of 85F or more.

[@patricrolsma3361]

Did you know that if the value calculated today the VOC was worth more than the top 3 of the NY stock exchange put together?

[@thedutchhuman]

Nice movies they show of our country, but the problem that generally occurs is that it always has to be Amsterdam (and surroundings) and never the rest of the Netherlands that is once investigated. The tourists go on vacation and directly to Amsterdam where the airport is also attached, and they hardly go further. So actually they see ..........nothing.

[@CobraChicken101]

1:08 The V.O.C. in the Dutch flag 😂 , .. .

[@7_Cheshire_7]

Texan shit ? Lol New York once was New Amsterdam, you guys have dutch blood 😂

[@axMf3qTI]

We really need to improve our education system. Wat kunnen Nederlanders dom zijn zeg. Net of er geen immigranten Amerika zijn binnen gekomen na 1664. Wel eens van Ellis Island gehoord?

[@laziojohnny79]

Detainees of the International Court of Justice can be held in The Hague itself or send to prisons in countries that acknowledge the ICJ like Mladiç (Serbian war criminal according to ICJ) is held in a prison on the English Isle of Wight. The US not being one of the countries that recognizes the ICJ tho,nor does Israel, Iraq, Syria, Qatar and China too name a few...

[@axMf3qTI]

20⁰ in the summer? that's not right. it really depends on the summer. This year it was between 20⁰ and 29⁰ but we have also summer with multiple heat waves.

[@carolinavanderlande4904]

The average summer temperature they’re mentioning is the average of night and day combined, not the maximum temp. So between about 18 to 20 C is pretty accurate I think.

[@tweebaco]

God created heaven and the earth. The Dutch created The Netherlands!

[@vlinder6329]

Oops 🫣 a little late, I come from the most beautiful village in the Netherlands Volendam. The host of BESTE ZANGERS JAN SMIT lives here, he lives around the corner from me..... Every year millions of tourists from all over the world. Even J.R Ewing (Dallas) and Muhammad Ali 🥊 have been here 🥰 Always nice to see your videos, thank you very much for that ❣️ Bye 🇳🇱👋

[@T.P.B.-NL]

The summers can be hot but mostly for couple of weeks in June and July always following by heavy raining and thunderstorms. We love to complain about the weather. It is always to cold, to wet and even to hot. Typical Dutch 😂

[@hondaryder3779]

People detained by the International Criminal Court (ICC) are held in the ICC's detention centre, which is located within a Dutch prison in Scheveningen, The Hague. Wikipedia

[@brian5154]

What about ASML........

[@Dutch-linux]

so not true we get temps up to 38 to 42 c (100.4 F to 107.6F)

[@Meppeler1971]

There is a quote: “God created the World, the Dutch created The Netherlands “

[@FrankHeuvelman]

There is another quote: "And God observed His Creation and felt sorry for the Dutch for having to create their own land and therefore created Belgium for the Dutch to make fun of."

[@Meppeler1971]

@@FrankHeuvelman die kende ik niet 🤪

[@ari-etta]

You guys have been taken a bit of a dive in to the Netherlands. Perhaps you would be interested in the connections between the States and the Netherlands ? In that case maybe you would like to check out : kzbin.info/www/bejne/apK7mmaihNJ8eas (How the Netherlands helped America gain independence). Or how the Netherlands still show their appreciation towards their liberators for freeing them in the 2e World War: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZWUdHqHaJunirc (Canadian Veterans Celebrated in The Netherlands).

[@alidateijema8161]

Hello. There is a prison in Scheveningen near to Den Haag. That,s where the international prisoners go to. I hope you have a great time in the netherlands . By the way.....i like youre channel. 🎉

[@jooproos6559]

This is wrong!We get also temperatures off 30 degrees or more (Celsius) in the summer.

[@JBKNL]

11:03 dont forget France.

[@qazatqazah]

About the ICC prison: Detained persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty. If convicted of crimes under the jurisdiction of the ICC, they do not serve their sentences at the ICC Detention Centre as it is not a facility made for the purposes of managing a regime of convicted prisoners; they are transferred to a prison outside of The Netherlands to serve their time, subject to an agreement between the ICC and the State of enforcement.

[@FacelessJanus]

In regard to the ICC, I know that at least some who got sentenced were imprisoned here in The Netherlands. I am not sure if they are sent to other countries, though I do hope so, as the criminals that get in front of this court are usually international criminals. (Mainly if I am not much mistaken war criminals.) The thing is, they need to be in a Maximum Security Prison. As the ones tried are not tried for common crimes like B&E ir stuff like that. It is usually Genocide or alike crimes.

[@Hadewijch_]

The video is okay but as usual painting the Netherlands only in a positive light. I absolutely believe that the Netherlands is one of the best countries to live in, but also there is a lot to criticise. In videos like these some serious issues are ignored like the total disregard of nature in favour of farming, and the heavy air, water and soil pollution by the intensity of the livestock farming, pesticide use and industry, super slow pace of moving away from fossil fuels, and the utmost stupid decision to plan hundreds of thousands of new houses in regions that will be lost to the sea creeping underneath the dikes and the river floodings in the coming century. If you want an other positive vid though there is the last 15 minutes of “why the netherlands is europe's most op country” by RealLifeLore that explains why ASML is the most important company in the Netherlands currently.

[@DenUitvreter]

Don't believe everything they say.

[@atropatene3596]

To be completely fair, many of those problematic things are happening in a lot of other countries too.

[@richardaling5278]

Funny they never mention our world leading opium trade by the VOC...;)

[@sahaibparvez]

ok

[@RedbadvanRijn-ft3vv]

It was only1 vote from France against the Dutch international langauge,in favoir of English.

[@cbjmurer]

Van Gogh - udtales - fan gog.

[@spruce381]

⁠ where are you getting those inaccurate figures. If you take out all the wash through money, from those three companies and many more, it takes GDP down by less than 28%. The remainder - GNI has still got a higher per capita than the UK’s.

[@albertkassenaar7735]

Yankee mains Jan / Kees comen names of man in Nederland . Dutch mains Duits from Duitsland (Germany is not a existing country like America is not one any Map)

[@taunteratwill1787]

As a Dutchman I'm happy that the world language didn't became Dutch. English is way easier to learn for everyone therefore a faster spread of the language is possible. 😋

[@janjanssen9629]

Dutch population would decline seriously if there would not be any immigration…

[@RAWDernison1]

The ICJ in The Hague sends its guilty to the USA, where they will feel at home.

[@laziojohnny79]

LOL well seeing the US doesn't recognize the ICJ I'm afraid they won't be open to that idea, although a Mladiç or Charles Taylor wouldn't look too much out of place next to Hilary, Barack or Joe.

[@hideouspatje]

​@@laziojohnny79 while trump is innocent of any foul doing? Lol...give me a break ...and go buy his new coins to set next to your nfts and (totally not cringe worthy) golden sneakers...

[@laziojohnny79]

@@hideouspatje In terms of international justice he is indeed innocent, or do you have more info as the rest of the world? If you do please elaborate on his warcrimes then.

[@hideouspatje]

@@laziojohnny79 he invited the taliban to camp david to "negotiate" the withdrawal from Afghanistan... or was that a good thing in your book?

[@laziojohnny79]

@@hideouspatje Duhhh, of course! Trump at least made a deal with the Taliban; a phased withdrawal of the US armed forces from Afghanistan and in that time the Taliban would not attack US forces. And for 18 months (!) there was no attack against US forces... until Joe took over and the withdrawal was speed up and f-ed up. So yeah Trump actually deserves the Nobel peace Prize for that.... well maybe not, but it would be more justified than the Nobel peace Prize they gave Obama after being only 2 months in office having achieved f**k all.