Amersfoort, The Netherlands - Visiting Europe's "City of the Year"

[@Mr.Bomboclaatius]

That is my cat, no kidding 😂 !!! Haha this is amazing. As a ‘home grown Amersfoorter’ this was amazing to see. You guys have not seen nearly enough of the city though! U are welcome to enjoy our city again next year, and thanks for visiting!

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

What?!! That’s so fun! Awesome cat, so pretty! We need to come Back for sure… so much more… Thanks for finding us!

[@raatroc]

De "Amerfoortse kei" is not just a boulder. It originates in Scandinavia and was pushed to here by the ice during the ice age about 150,000 years ago! During the ice age the whole north of Europe was covered in ice that pushed also a lot of gravel and sand in front of it. The ice cap ended around Amersfoort where still sand dunes can be found that date back to this period.

[@DeesWigm]

Katrina “complaining” about the sun makes her so Dutch 😂😂😂 Thanks for the vlog. Loved it. Amersfoort is one of my favorite.

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Ha ha... that's what I keep telling her. ; - ) Thanks!

[@valentinobanani2534]

Love it how these two spent so much time in my country and sharing their experiences, keep up the good work American couple, lovely coverage!

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Awww... thanks! Very nice of you! We are having a great time exploring here!

[@luukzuidema7031]

I live very close to Amersfoort and come there every day, makes it very cool to see all kinds of places that I personally know. Seeing the comments it feels like this video is only being recommended to people living in the area 😅. Love your videos, keep making them

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Much appreciated!

[@moon313]

About to move there from my adjecent town! First vlog I've ever seen of you guys, but love the energy. Thank you for appreciating this city, can't wait to call it home. 😊

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Looks like a great place to live! Thanks for watching the video!

[@andersoncpu]

Another great city tour. Thanks and keep them coming.

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Thanks, we appreciate the kinds words! More to come... ; -)

[@renevaanhold]

Very nice video again. We lived in Leusden, an attached town to Amersfoort. We often visited the market. Now we live in Curaçao and we really mis those Dutch markets..... But we love the weather over here. 😊

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Thanks! We are jealous of your weather!

[@whocaresanyway69420]

I toured last week and my guide let me play the practice carillon. It was super fun.

[@carlijnvandervegt4332]

Our city ❤ love it!

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Seems like a great place to be! Thanks for watching!

[@0PinkSwoon0]

Really nice to see amersfoort through your eyes. I live nearby the “onze lieve vrouw.”

[@DrushNL]

Got this video recommended as born and raised Amersfoorter. Great video, thanks for your visit

[@woutersplinter4981]

Great video, I grew up at 20 minutes cycling from Amersfoort. And we grew up learning about Mondriaan. We even had a Mondriaan themed month once in primary school. And coincidentally I ended up living in the Mondriaanstraat in Leeuwarden.

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

That's fun! I just noticed I have a photo app that has a setting that is clearly "Mondriaan" inspired!

[@jelroenor]

As a citizen of Amersfoort, I admit you did a pretty nice tour. Showing the city as it is. (Historical, not too big, not too small and indeed... not too much touristie-things to do). Just a cute city centre. You just missed out on a nice stroll around the old city centre (through the "park") But yeah, pretty much Amersfoort (the historical centre) as it is. Side note 1. Amersfoort was also awarded greenest (as in vegetation) Town of Europe a few years back. Side note 2. for fans of modern architecture, check out "Kattenbroek" A part of Amersfoort where architects were allowed to play 😉

[@Luco03325]

and museum fleite also fun to go to

[@jelroenor]

@@Luco03325 personally I haven't been there since the 80's. So I trust your opinion on that. By the way, you forgot an 'h' in there 😉

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Thanks! We had a longer list of places to see, but time was not on our side. We will be back someday for sure!

[@Claudiaatje212]

Not sure whether you already visited the Kunstmuseum in The Hague, but if not, and you want to see more Mondriaan, they have the largest collection of his work. They often have interesting temporary exhibits as well (e.g. in the past they had Mark Rothco, Art Nouveau, various fashion designers, Escher etc). It's one of my favourite museums in NL 🙂

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

That is literally at the top of our "Museumkaart" list! We will get there soon! Thanks for stopping by!

[@Patatteke1]

Gemeentemuseum!

[@miatx6818]

Amersfoort is my favourite city in the whole of Netherlands. Its the only city that i’ve visited multiple times living in my country and still not done exploring. Compared with other big cities like Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Den Haag and Utrecht. Amersfoort is a smaller city and you can visit everything you want see historic in one day.

[@MartinWebNatures]

Kateina is getting more Dutch then she realizes: complaining the weather 😂

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

It's so true... ; -)

[@rolandboerhof9391]

Thanks for getting to know my country

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

We love getting out and seeing as much as we can! We are really fortunate to have this opportunity. We appreciate you watching!

[@ruudvanwuyckhuise6519]

Well done again. Thanx

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Much appreciated!

[@pear7869]

mind blown. never realised you could look that far away from (relatively not) so high up.. Amsterdam is 40km away :O fun vid :)

[@hylke45]

It's Utrecht you can see, not Amsterdam. Direction is west-southwest. They're looking over the sint jorisplein (Saint George square), if you'd be looking in the direction of Amsterdam you'd be looking at eemplein, west-northwest.

[@pear7869]

@@hylke45 25 or 35km, for me same ballpark ;) was thinking 10km-ish was as far as we could spot.. but seeing flocks of birds from 40km away getting scared/flying up.. longer view lines than I thought we had

[@captainchaos3667]

It was specifically the greatest European city for urbanism (city design).

[@JohnHoffman-mw2fh]

The music while you climbed the tower - I see what you did there. Bravo.

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

You get us. ; -)

[@peterjanssen2105]

Very good and "tasty "video again, thanks to you both, kind regards from Limburg

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Thanks Peter! We gotta get ourselves back down south sooner than later!

[@OMGitsJelle]

hi, born and raised amersfoorter here. Another thing about the boulder, if youre born in Amersfoort you are often called a bolder-puller (keientrekker). Also the boulder was forgotten for many years as i laid buried underneath the varkensmarkt (pigsmarket) but was found when they redesigned it somewhere in the 80s to make the city more bicycle and pedestrian friendly.

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Love it, that’s fun!

[@robinroberts3335]

Hello guys it’s Robin . Well that place looks very lnteresting 👍🏻😎 And more food 😂 yummy great times 😎👍🏻 buy for Now 👍🏻. Robin out .

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Thanks Robin! Always appreciate your kind words!

[@BR81-iv6lt]

My hometown 😄

[@taratara841]

Mine

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Nice place to be from!

[@BR81-iv6lt]

@@nateandkatrinadotheworld yess👍

[@joop558]

A beautiful citi!!!

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Agreed!

[@tvaandering]

Nice made, enjoyed watching. What you missed is the house of Johan van Oldebarneveld (google knows more), the Belgian monument (google again) and the Russian war cemetery. Worth a visit. Maybe next time?

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

We knew we would miss some things! Definitely worth another trip! Thank you for watching!

[@nickson010]

So funny to see my city in a tourist video its amazing

[@andrekamsteeg4567]

It was not only voted because of the old city. Being voted based on urbanism it also had to do with making the whole of Amersfoort (including "Suburbs") better and greener for the population. Better to walk and cycle and also what the counsel is doing to improve things.

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Makes total sense! Thanks for checking the video out!

[@johnvandezilver1388]

I couldt watch u guys all day. Visit Breda and Den Bosch. Also Brugge in Belgium for Mideaval experianse.

[@maevajesse]

Den Bosch is meh 🫤

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Thanks so much! De Bosch and this crazy Bossche bol are very much at the top of our "to do" list... We must have one, and we won't try one until we are actually in 's‑Hertogenbosch!!! We went to Brugge Christmas markets a few years ago... and would love to spend a warmer day there at some point!

[@DenUitvreter]

Quite a few towns and villages have a bolder. The Netherlands doesn't really have rock, they were left behind by gletschers from Scandinavia during some ice age. So they were a bit more special to people back then than to people living among rock.

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

It's a point we hadn't thought of... but yeah... not a lot of rocks! We appreciate you watching and commenting!

[@listeningtothevoid]

Nice guys, my birth and hometown.

[@Bduh2]

Ah! Ah-murs-fort. That's like over 50 years I've been there to visit family, they now moved to Den Helder. Another city you should visit if they still have the Navy Days there.

[@TheEvertw]

The Marinedagen (navy days) have been cancelled for 2024 and 2025, the ships are too busy with actual missions.

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Add it to the list!

[@TheEvertw]

@@nateandkatrinadotheworld Den Helder has some excellent forts from the Napoleonic era surrounding it. Like Fort Kijkduin. Well worth the visit.

[@nickson010]

Its my favourit slager im going there every week

[@HelenGill2222]

The Mondrian museum is excellent.

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

We really enjoyed learning about him!

[@RobJorg]

My home town.

[@Dutch3men]

At 3:06 that's not Amsterdam, that's the city Utrecht that you see 😀

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

How did we mess that up?! We had video of both... Blame the editor! (Nate is the editor)

[@DJ_CJ_NL]

as an Amersfoorter i can tell you, you went to the right place to get some meat ;)

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Nice! It was excellent!

[@Dutchbelg3]

Nice vlog guys! You both have grown on me ;-) Wonder where you will take us next! You guys drive a car right? There are some destinations that are not covered by all other channels because not so easily accessable by public transport. Would you be interested in such destinations ? (These are within The Netherlands)

[@TheEvertw]

The reason, the ONLY reason (😂) why our tower isn't the tallest in the country is because the Bishop of Utrecht told us that the tower MUST be lower than theirs (the Domtoren). And because Amersfoort was part of their jurisdiction, we -complained- complied.

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Awww man! 😆

[@Breakwater2024]

Beautytyfull vlog thx

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Thanks!

[@henkvisscher4379]

Perhaps the next time the two of you visit Escher in the Palast in The Hague

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

YEEEEAAAASSSSSS . This is a great idea.

[@henkvisscher4379]

And for most people nowadays Amersfoort is the city of Femke Bol. Mondriaan, who the boogie woogie was Mondriaan 😎

[@ArticSpy]

Agreed, best city ever (import Amersfoort person here ;) )

[@Femmigje112]

Maaaan this video makes me so sad. I was born there and it’s too expensive to stay. I don’t want to be forced out of my home city. When it was announced Amersfoort would be City of the Year I instantly got worried it’ll only become more expensive, pricing out even more Amersfoorters

[@JuliusvanWegen09]

Haha, I live there!

[@ikke5212]

😊😊

[@peteduch2151]

No better way to see amesfoort then with a fun girl like katerine

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

That's right! ; -)

[@vinylsolution2522]

How about a Tour the Dutch Pinball Factory ??

[@JOEPIE11]

Living for so long in the Netherlands now you should know not to say Emmersfort. It is AAAAmersfoooort

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Our bad.. that's what we are saying in our heads... just not what actually come out.

[@mckroket5779]

The middelpoint off the Netherlands is in Lunteren, not Amersfoort

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Geographical vs cadastral.

[@hansdevriesvonmengden3639]

sure, Amersfoort is nice, but best city in Europe? How?

[@regntonne]

Let's all go to the lobby.....

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

haha... ; -)

[@tarquinmidwinter2056]

Ah, the pissing polar bear has been moved from Amersfoort to Groningen. Now you'll have to go to Groningen to see it. Never mind, Groningen is nicer than Amersfoort anyway.

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

We’ve seen that bear: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3qUiXWqmNWagbc

[@tarquinmidwinter2056]

@@nateandkatrinadotheworld Guess I missed that one. Glad you've seen the bear and also Groningen, one of my favourite Dutch cities.

[@janvanleeuwen2535]

Yep, Katrina. You are officially turning into a Dutchy. Complaining about the weather. 😅 I'm 61 years old and STILL don't like the weather of the Netherlands

[@kubrabenelli9117]

Is there a church tower in dutchieland you guys haven't climbed?! i think not!

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

If there is... can you please not let Katrina know... ; -)

[@Mrevolva]

Hi

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

[@kappeuter]

No dinner in Amersfoort?

[@Michel-r6m]

Friet speciaal met kroket 😅

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Had to get back to our old man doggo! Next time! You have a good recommendation?

[@kappeuter]

​@@nateandkatrinadotheworldDoggo comes first! 🐕‍🦺Unfortunately I don't have a recommendation, I never had dinner in Amersfoort. 🐕‍🦺🐕‍🦺

[@spoonwinnipeg2021]

I enjoy your dedication to "butt".

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Will not stop. ; -)

[@wouterschijf47]

Haarlem is much nicer

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

We love Haarlem!

[@wouterschijf47]

@@nateandkatrinadotheworld when I was young I walked from Haarlem-Noord to the cinema on a sunday and on my way back I had a cup of thee at my aunts house at the Rijksstraatweg, they had a shop! I still can remember much things I did , I lived inn Haarlem from my birth to my 13th year, we moved to the eastern part of the Netherlands, to Enschede, later I went back. When I was in june in New York I went a day to Harlem, I asked people in the streets if they know whre the name Harlem comes from, they did not know, I was disappointed not many Americans knows their history, the writer Rusell Shorto wrote books about the New Netherlands, New Amsterdam period. Salut de Gwada, Wouter

[@ericfoxprime]

Born and raised in Amersfoort! But it has changed A LOT A LOT over the past 15-20 years.

[@ericfoxprime]

That wasn't Amsterdam you saw, that was Utrecht 😀

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

I messed up the footage… they pointed out both cities and i pulled the wrong clip…🫣

[@henkhemming6674]

wanna visit a real Dutch city? Holambra in Brazil

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Just looked it up... look at all those flowers!

[@leonelshout1964]

No should be Almelo, NL

[@moon313]

Almere maybe

[@leonelshout1964]

@@moon313 No not Almere, thats a colony of amsterdam

[@M3adnoes]

I am born and live in Amersfoort honestly its boring and a small city

[@Niek.Broekema]

Amersfoort stole our delicious Eierbal from Groningen and named it Keierbal 😡 Don't touch our balls!

[@jolandafrijlink6103]

😂😂😂😂

[@tmdragonslayer-silentdeath]

but its not even form groningen it actualy form england so you guys stole it and we copy

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

Fighting over balls!!! ; -)

[@Paul_C]

Can't be a Dutch vote! So maybe it might actually be true, that would be a real shocker, right? 😂😂😂😂 PS What is up with all the comments with plenty of spelling mistakes? Is your comments section being invaded by bots?

[@nateandkatrinadotheworld]

I think it's just people typing out of there native language. You should see us type in Dutch... it's not pretty! ; -)

[@klaasvanbeek5985]

These Dutch cities al look the same.

[@PropagandasaurusRex]

Agree. Old stuff is boring. Dutch cities need more modern concrete and parking lots.

[@Dutchman626]

Unfortunately, not everyone has any sense of history. That's why so many cities were completely destroyed in the 1980s.