Discover The Netherlands: Best Organized Country in the World? | 70 Fascinating Facts

Discover the Netherlands: 70 fascinating facts you probaly didn't know! Is this the best organized country in the world?
Come and join us as we embark on a adventure around the colorful Netherlands, discovering its undiscovered gems, fascinating culture, unusual cultural traditions, disgusting food, great architecture and breathtaking scenery. There is so much more to learn about this beautiful country, even if tulips, bicycles and windmills are frequently the first images that come to mind.
Get ready to be astonished by the fascinating facts of this unique nation that you might not have known about!

[@jpfoto64]

correction, The dutch flag is the oldest tricolour flag in use. all other striped flags are originaly inspired by the dutch flag.

[@theon9575]

A related correction: “Het Wilhelmus” was a poem sung by troubadores etc describing the role of Willem the Silent, Prince of Orange , in leading the Dutch States’ struggle for independence against Spanish colonialism. BUT “Het Wilhelmus” was not adopted as the National Anthem of The Netherlands until 1932 ! So it’s a LONG WAY from being the oldest national anthem in the world, as claimed here 😂

[@conraddaubanton1662]

It's not the words, but the music that is old.

[@theon9575]

@@conraddaubanton1662 No, or at least that's not what I've read. The music was attached about 4 years AFTER the words, which were apparently written by Marnix no later than 1572 . That’s older than The Netherlands! The words are a ballad, sung by wandering minstrels, which was how news spread, with no newspapers at that time. It told of William of Orange, a nobleman from (now) Germany, who rallied Dutch forces to fight the Spanish who occupied the Low Countries as a colony. He and later his offspring, led the successful 80-years War against the Spanish for an independent country to emerge, now The Netherlands. The music was added by Marnix about 4 years after he wrote the words, and it was basically nicked, borrowed or "plagiarised " from a French song about the siege of Chartres Cathedral by the French Huguenot Protestants. Here it is, with a date... kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZiodHSjqaZ1e68si=x5XX8yuoeno0774D Maybe the Dutch Anthem now, has the oldest music in it, but it wasn't then even the national anthem, and had music from a French ballad. As a National Anthem it has existed only 91 years, but as a ballad much longer. Depending on how you count, the Dutch National Anthem is quite young, but the ballad it came from is old, from when it was a French chanson and Netherlands didn't even exist as a country yet . Straight forward it ain't 😱😂🇳🇱👍🏻

[@junipermeisje6300]

And also the statement that the Netherlands had only one official language is not true. Frisian is the official second language. It was apparently hard to get all the facts right.

[@theon9575]

@@junipermeisje6300 Ja! ..Quite right. I missed that 🫢. The poor Friesians get overlooked again! The Friesian language is even a base where both modern English and Dutch grew from. (PS how "hard" is it to read Wikipedia? Both facts are right there.)

[@OuweSyl1947]

The country is the worldsupplier of (electronic) chips production machines. The producer ASML is almost dominating the whole chipsindustry. Without them no mobile phones, tablets, computers, etc.

[@hinderikusbos1370]

I know some of the hystory of chips . Amerika was the First county Who could make transistors and later chips . When the First computers arrived in the netherlands in the 80 s. it was complete New for us . Only later asml invented a machine for smaller nanometers . It is only for the smallest nanometers asml is verry important .

[@AdvdW]

@@hinderikusbos1370 They call it lithography. In an ASML lithography machine, the stage moves two wafer tables simultaneously, each holding a silicon wafer. While one wafer is being exposed, the position of the other wafer is measured by the machine's metrology sensors.

[@hinderikusbos1370]

@@AdvdW thank you

[@suicidalbanananana]

@@AdvdWAww you didn't mention the cool bit that makes the machines so specialized and hard to copy: The wafers get exposed to a special "EUV light" that's created by vaporizing tin with a laser 50.000 times a second, this highly specialized light is required to be able to project such small images ^^

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

@@hinderikusbos1370 ASML Is the leading maker of "wafer steppers" for ALL advanced chips. And the technology they employ is said to be amongst the most complicated and precise there are.

[@Custom88]

As a Dutch guy I'm happy to read so many people like my country. Another thing for those who like it, In an episode from Europe From Above, check the episode of Bourtange. It's another piece of art and historical beauty.

[@bigsmiler5101]

I visited in 1985 and stayed in Dutch hotels, the type rarely visited by Americans. Around the same time, my aunt & uncle visited and stayed in only Americanized hotels. We later got into severe arguments over what the Netherlands is like. I believe he merely saw a relocated America, while I saw more reality.

[@mennobults6464]

I also see a relocated America and I have lived here for 63 years. Some things used to be better but now we are The Madurodam of America.

[@BERSERKR212]

@@mennobults6464 Unfortunately that is happening all over the world. It's called globalisation if I'm not mistaken. But we still have our own basic things here in the Netherlands. If something is becoming to much american for us, we let it die and go to an other. Nobody can live without an income and a lot of american firms have left the Netherlands after they thought that they could run their firm here the same way as in the US. We said, no you don't, you have to comply to our terms only or you can leave, your choice. And most of those firms left. A lot of things look american but absolutely are not!!!

[@mennobults6464]

@@BERSERKR212 Nice to get arguments instead of death-threats. Thank you for that. The Netherlands have changed a lot the last 20 years. Privatizing was the magic word. Education, Healthcare, public transport, the whole lot with dramatic results. I have lived in this fine country for 63 years and I have seen us becoming more and more America. Very prudish as well. It is getting less and less of what it used to be. Mind you, your film is exactly what the Netherlands were 20 years ago. Now The Dutch people are more devided that ever. Politicians who only lie and then forget about it. People are somewhat at war with the Government and with eachother. Dear Berserker, it used to be fantastic. Good to see how great it used to be.

[@Man-in-the-green]

Can you mention ‘Americanized’ hotels for me please. I’ve no clue what you mean by that. Really.

[@MrRobin61]

At least we don't have Trump !@@raudypater7704

[@marcelrenes2435]

Officially we have 3 languages. Dutch, Frisian and Papiamento (a language spoken on our Caribean Islands). But we love to ride bikes. I myself go to work on my bicycle. It's a ride of 21 kilometers and takes me about an hour (because of trafic lights). My record is 43 minutes. All the trafic lights we on green so I could drive straight through to my home. I was 46 at that time. In the fall and winter, I take my car. It's nice to ride a biclycle, but there is a limit. I don't like cold and strong winds.

[@jvaneck8991]

As a builder of electric commuter bicycles in the State of Maine, USA, with my product you could make that run in less than 20 minutes! And P.S. with proper warm clothing, that cold is not a problem. Look at the Finns, they ride all the time all winter long - even in heavy snow! Cheers from America.

[@theon9575]

❓❓. You say that The Netherlands has 3 Official Languages. ??? I wonder where you found your information? Can you let me know, please? 🙏 I've done computerised searches of Dutch Constitution summaries, Dutch Law, and administration guides in Den Haag. Through Google, I've checked Atlases, encyclopaedias and linguistic publications. Every publication or Government info source says the same, THE NETHERLANDS HAS ONLY 1 OFFICIAL LANGUAGE. Sometimes it's mentioned that Friesian is accepted in Friesland - but that's just 1/12 Provinces.

[@marcelrenes2435]

@@jvaneck8991 yeah, but for me that takes the fun out of cycling. I hate electric bikes etc. For me they are not real bikes. But in The Netherlands there is a big market for those!

[@marcelrenes2435]

@@theon9575 Wow! You've really done some research! Great! But just like everyting else, the world keeps changing. Officially we have only one language: Dutch. But in the last two decades or so we've found out that Frisian has more connections to English than Dutch. Therefore we in The Netherlands accept Frisian as a different language. Papiamento is a mix of Dutch, French, Portugees and Spanish. Although it's not an official language, we in The Netherlands regard it as such. For instance, I cant understand Papiamento l. I can understand Frisian. (Thanks to my grandfather).

[@theon9575]

@@marcelrenes2435 Not sound enough because I can't find it. So you discovered I'm a fool. Can you help ? Please just point to some official source where you read it - where can I read this stated officially.

[@EGO0808]

Reading all those Dutch comments, it strikes me the Dutch people seem so humble about their achievements. No self praising, no boasting. Amazing.

[@sickbastard151]

thank you, greetings from the netherlands

[@djjjjj]

Best organised country in the world. Congrats

[@REmcoo36]

Thanks! :-)

[@DunEddyG]

Also WIFI and Bluetooth are Dutch inventions… And ASML is the only company in the world that can produce chip making machines with the most advanced EUV lithography method implemented, that are used by Apple, Intel, Samsung and TSMC to make the most advanced computer chips.

[@mostertpot1]

And HiFi

[@Tomasblake92]

They have the most comfortable cafes would love to go back

[@MofoMan2000]

I believe you have just experienced the Dutch concept of "gezellig".

[@petrabierlee2151]

The Dutch aren't greedy, they donate the most to natural disasters in other countries, but at the same time, they can be frugle.

[@fbabarbe430]

You are Belgian. 😡

[@petrabierlee2151]

@@fbabarbe430 nope, Dutch.

[@theon9575]

I'm Dutch born with 'old-fashioned' strict parents, I had bejng frugal rammed into me as a kid! It is not to be confused with being tight or not-generous with money. Tightness or being mean is a big social No-No in The Netherlands. My dear old father used to make jokes about mean people, that you can see moths fly out of their wallets/purses when they opened them. But frugality is anti-waste and is virtuous: it saves me hard-earned money, and it reduces my impact, my ecological footprint, on the environment because I generate less waste and airborne toxins.

[@theon9575]

@@fbabarbe430😂👍

[@theon9575]

In this video, the idea of going to a restaurant and each person paying their own costs, is called “Dutch treat”in Anglophone countries. But the video says paying own costs is being “greedy”. What? 😂 That’s nonsense. Bull💩! Paying your own way is not called Dutch treat by the Dutch, and it’s not particularly often done by the Dutch. “Dutch treat” was just one of the anti-Dutch expressions that the English coined during the Anglo-Dutch wars, along with “Dutch uncle” “Dutch oven” etc. No basis in fact.. Similarly, the English coined anti-French terms, like “French Leave” for unauthorised absence, or “French Letters” meaning rubber condoms. Like Dutch treat, French leave or letters had no basis in fact , but were/are used by the English to poke fun at the foreigners. Just English xenophobia again, nothing real about The Netherlands or France 😂.

[@rmyikzelf5604]

2:06 Dutch herring (haring) is not raw at all. It's fermented in the enzymes of the fish's own pancreas which is not removed at the initial gutting, and brined. The process is called 'kaken' in Dutch.

[@all-about-europe]

Thanks for your input!

[@harrympower]

that sounds dillicius ;-)

[@Foxglove963]

No, it is not. Kaken is salted fish.

[@JustMe-sh8nd]

They are actually frozen and salted before they get cleaned. It is by law to threat it that way.

[@rmyikzelf5604]

@@Foxglove963 nl.m.wikipedia.org...wiki...Haring_kaken. You can handle the translation yourself.

[@ulrichlachman1216]

There are also Moluccans from Ambon/ Indonesia in the Netherlands, Indonesiabs from indonesia, Arubian from Aruba and other from Curacao, Dutch Caribian in Netherland, part that also just as Suriname was just like Indonesia was part of the Dutch kolonial history. The Dutch Caribean part as Aruba, Bonaire Curacao, St Maarten, St Eustation, Saba are still part of the Netherlands. Therw are also a lot of Chinese in Holland. Just as the Hugonots who were persecuted by France long ago and came to Amsterdam. See also Prins Bernhard and Prins Claus were German. There are also Germans in the Netherlands and many others from Europe countries for a long long time ago. There are also refegees in Netherlands from, boat refegees from Vietnam, former Joegoslavia, Argentina, also from Africa. Suriname people are in the Netherland because Suriname once was a part of the Dutch kolonial history, just as Indonesia, Ambon. That is not the same history as the moslim people from Marroco or Turkey.

[@ulrichlachman1216]

Streetlanguage in the Netherlands

[@all-about-europe]

Thanks for your valuable addition

[@xXTheoLinuxXx]

For a matter of fact, people from the Indonesian area are the largest group compared to others.

[@FrankHeuvelman]

Half bloods are the most beautiful people in the world and that's why our varied gene pool produces so many beautiful, tall and intelligent people. You remember that, all of you xenophobic haters of people who differs from you. *_Diversity rules,_* as we have proved over and over again down here on the seafloor.

[@herbayum76]

And an influx of jews from Iberia and east-Europe

[@johnwax8419]

The Netherlands is one my favourite places on earth. Beautiful place to visit, great art and architecture, great people.

[@all-about-europe]

It truly is! One of my favs as well

[@oldsailor5711]

Try living there it’s a helhole

[@Foxglove963]

@@oldsailor5711 Never trust Dutch females!

[@playonkorg]

​@@oldsailor5711....., then you dont need the heater

[@aheroyaheroyalproductions7631]

​@@oldsailor5711😂

[@michelney2915]

I spent a month and a half in the Netherlands and this is the highlight of my working life.

[@all-about-europe]

What are your favorite cities? Mine are Rotterdam, Den Haag and Maastricht

[@ImranKhan-kr4bu]

Hello good friend how are you

[@all-about-europe]

@@ImranKhan-kr4bu Im fine. How are you?

[@ImranKhan-kr4bu]

@@all-about-europe I'm doing great thank you for asking. Where are you from?

[@ImranKhan-kr4bu]

How are you?

[@mssilva05]

The Netherlands is amazing. I live in Rotterdam since 2014 and absolutly admire the country.

[@theon9575]

Ahhh!! Thnx for the compliment, although it's also sometimes true that our beloved frog-pond is "amazing" for all the wrong reasons. 🤣 But you've only been with us a short-time ... just wait till you learn enough Dutch language to understand what's REALLY going on around you. Then you'll understand that it's a certain "tolerant pig-headedness" together with "studied hypocrisy " that keeps the overcrowded dolls' house from just falling apart in a puddle of mud. "Netjes & Eigenwijs" . Marketed as "Dutch pragmatism". 🤣 MAAR Ik ❤️ Nederland, mijn Vaderland, tot in den Dood! 🍊⬆️

[@i.k.8868]

What do you like most about Rotterdam? The cheap drugs from the port? The fireworks every night? The 'Rotterdamwet', which was implemented to deny people of color access to social housing in the city? The demolition and sale of 40.000 units of social housing in the city within a decade?

[@forestdelawoestijne8645]

@@theon9575

[@irfanmaykan5658]

So beautiful and wonderful land 🇵🇰😍💕✨😱💞😘💐 from Multan city

[@carlajones765]

My parents were both born in the Netherlands but immigrated separately with their families to Canada in the 50s and met in Ontario Canada. I love watching videos about my heritage. This was really good and I was surprised at how much I already knew about this beautiful little country.

[@atfundum]

Have you ever visited the country of your parents and grandparents ? You are very welcome !

[@taunteratwill1787]

The one aspect I like most is that EVERYTHING is clean! It doesn't matter where you go, industrial areas, cities, highways or forest, it's CLEAN! 😎

[@all-about-europe]

so true!! and the infrastructure is undeniably good!

[@Emorphiamusic]

@@all-about-europe well, we pay alot of taxes to maintain the country and keep everything nice, working and clean. but its true. compared to alot of countries, the netherlands is pretty cleaned up. we like to keep everything efficient, a well maintaned road is a benefit to everyone, makes more money (transport) and is time efficient. i guess 99% of everything in the netherlands is based on being as efficient as possible with spent time. (even in speech, brutal directness is honest and time efficient)

[@rmanpojo8485]

tourists tourist

[@RuM4N]

I'd disagree. There are a lot of people here who don't care for the environment or neighborhood, and just throw trash around like it's nothing. It's not as if we live in a landfill. But it could be much cleaner and tidier than what I believe these comments describe.

[@taunteratwill1787]

@@RuM4N Maybe that's why the legend of never ending Dutch complaining isn't a legend. Travel a bit more, fling yourself all over the world it prevents complaining. 🤣

[@alytsybesma3405]

The Netherlands has two official languages, not just one. Dutch and Frisian. Let's not forget that one as this language is older than the Netherlands itself 🙊 although it is only spoken by the people in the province Friesland

[@all-about-europe]

Thank you for letting us know! Did you enjoy the rest of the video? :)

[@alytsybesma3405]

@@all-about-europe I did enjoy it! Very informative and fun to watch, thank you! 😁

[@MartinLeeuwerik1976]

more than two

[@hinderikusbos1370]

@@all-about-europe i live in the netherlands , soms things are still thrue. but most things are outdated , where thrue 30 years ago . The Western word has problems , the netherlands to . Your film is correct but the spoken words are outdated . The netherlands was netherlands , now it is multicultural , many problems and woke and polarisation is killing

[@Thrym]

Three. Dutch, Frysian and Limburgs

[@joostprins3381]

The Dutch flag is the oldest tricolor, older then the French, the French looked at our flag.

[@bartobruintjes7056]

True.

[@EGO0808]

Only a Dutchman would say that.

[@joostprins3381]

@@EGO0808 nope, only a non French would say that. The mindset of the French is they don’t lose a soccer match, they get second. That says it all. And just looking at historical facts the difference between those two flags in age, the French flag is from 15 February 1799, the Dutch flag was named in 1572, but was first painted on 2 December 1775. So there is only a difference of about 220 years that the Dutch flag was earlier, but only a French would deny that.

[@Yoran1993]

Flevoland (the polder reclaimed from the sea) is actually larger than portrait in this video. The maller round mass of land to the north is called 'the Noord Oostpolder' (north east polder) and is also Flevoland. While drunk driving on a bicycle is officially forbidden, the police will most likely turn a blind eye, unless you're a hazard to others. But most of the time, the Dutch people go to parties on a bicycle to make sure than can drink alcoholic beverages. It's possible that if you fly KLM, you get piloted by the Dutch King. Since he has to put in ' fly hours' to keep his pilot license. So once in a while he will fly a KLM plane.

[@all-about-europe]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@user-mp5in2rm7f]

Piloted by Dutch king 😂 ga je sprookjes ergens vertellen waar niemand begrijpt.

[@EllyHensens62]

​@@user-mp5in2rm7f No fairytale, but 100% the truth!

[@DeButeNL]

@@user-mp5in2rm7f Jazeker, ongeveer 2x keer per maand vliegt de koning in een KLM-cityhopper.

[@vinjofin1972]

Klopt helemaal. King Willy moet uren maken en dus vliegt hij af en toe in de burgerluchtvaart.

[@MrAdriancooke]

Despite all those Third World immigrants The Netherlands is one of the world's happiest and most successful countries which makes The Netherlands an even more amazing country

[@armani6229]

Third world immigrant from North Africa and turkey they helped for building after second war .

[@MrAdriancooke]

@@armani6229 What happened here in the UK was that after WW2 there was a labour shortage so a lot of black people came here and settled: the main problem has been not with the original immigrants but with their descendants so many of whom have turned to crime and anti-social behaviour

[@JustMe-sh8nd]

@@armani6229 Yep they did and now they are tearing it down ☹

[@keescolijn3707]

wat een fascist zou zeggen

[@MrAdriancooke]

@@keescolijn3707Maar waar 🤔

[@ss2115oz]

You didn't mention that KLM was the first and oldest passenger airline company in the world.

[@roykliffen9674]

Not the first, but definitely the oldest remaining airline brand. I'm not sure whether it still can be called Dutch after merging with Air France

[@helenooft9664]

KLM was the first passenger airline compagny in the world.@@roykliffen9674

[@larsmeijerink5471]

It isn't the first airline. The first was german in 1909 DELAG, Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft. KLM started 10 years later in oktober 1919

[@bartobruintjes7056]

@@larsmeijerink5471 No, it wasn't.

[@larsmeijerink5471]

@@bartobruintjes7056 if your ralking about panam, they starten later in 1919. You can just look that up yourselves

[@alexhemel9678]

I found two mistakes 1: There are 2 official languages in the Netherlands. The first is Dutch, spoken by the majority of the population, the other one is Frysian which is almost exclusively spoken in the province of Friesland. 2: On April 27 we celebrate King's Day, which is the Birthday of our King

[@jannekevandermolen5462]

Dankjewel, ik zag dit ook inderdaad

[@jvzuuk]

Frysian is an official language only in the province of Friesland.

[@tonymelters9334]

wrong@@jvzuuk

[@jvzuuk]

Prove me wrong. Point me to an authoritative source of information.@@tonymelters9334

[@taand4725]

3 official languages, you forgot Papiamento which is spoken on the Carribean islands within the Kingdom

[@5packplus2]

Missed one. The Netherlands has an average of 220 days of rain each year!

[@narvul]

It's 192 days according to KNMI.

[@5packplus2]

My knowledge is from 40 years ago. We'll blame the difference on global warming and stay with that trend.

[@narvul]

@@5packplus2 40 Years ago it would've been less. Every year is wetter than the last.

[@fietsvriend]

The largest internet hub in Europe is at Amsterdam, it enters the country at Katwijk and that connects North America with Europe.

[@all-about-europe]

didn't know that thanks for sharing!!

[@Man-in-the-green]

@@all-about-europeAmsterdam belongs in the top 5 of tech cities in the world.

[@shturmovik3033]

I lived in Katwijk…great beach town…

[@fietsvriend]

@@shturmovik3033 Katwijk was the fortress at the very tip of the Roman Empire: Brittenburg. There is a Sufi temple, I think Jesus was there in the first occasion, the Romans then decided to bring him over to England, fortress Chester. Because of the revolt of the Batavii. The people of Katwijk strongly believe that there is a connection between God and the Royal House of Orange. More than other people in the Netherlands. Sufi is the only religion that has a twin flame sign, two rings connected. Jesus and Mary Magdalene were twin flames.

[@bartobruintjes7056]

@@Man-in-the-green True

[@nageswararao8244]

Thank you for providing a lot of information about Natherlands . Good job 👍👍

[@all-about-europe]

Glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@heyvriendin6329]

Excellent video about my mother land 🥰

[@all-about-europe]

Thank you!

[@dichi3163]

Cool video, I am from the Netherlands and I learned a few new things today about my own country!

[@all-about-europe]

Thanks for the compliment! Glad you learned some new words

[@computerjantje]

too bad the video has a lot of untruth and overdrijvingen in it. So be careful about "new things" you think you have learned.

[@willmind4296]

It’s true that you are not allowed to ride a bicycle drunk and your police can take your drivers license if you have one. But…they normally don’t. Unless you do insane stuff like go on the highway with bike completely drunk. They rather see you drunk on a bike then a motor vehicle so will not target you.

[@bergie175]

Great to learn more about my home country.

[@all-about-europe]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@petervandervliet640]

Mondriaan and van Gogh are famous painters? What about Vermeer, Rembrant, Hals, Steen, Bosch, Willem de Kooning and many others

[@all-about-europe]

These are famous painters as well but we had to make choices in this video to ensure the video didn't become too long. Second video might follow ;)

[@petervandervliet640]

@@all-about-europe Good because we also have great designers, Rietveld for example is famous and let us not forget MC. Escher. Rem Koolhaas, and I did not remember seeing Anne Frank or Mata Hari in the video (hopefully in part 2). Another great Painter is Mesdag, he made a panorama of the sea village of Scheveningen. It is housed in what is called a cyclorama, 14 meters high, 40 meters in diameter and the painting is 120 meters long 394 feet long. And our inventions also include WIFI, submarine, cassette tape, fire house and speed camera's for police use. I am looking forward to part 2.

[@AbdalaHandsome2024]

It is a country where many flowers grow and are beautiful❤❤❤

[@lambar0]

thanks amazing country and culture

[@shootingsportstransparency7461]

Love bitterballen frikadellen and patat oorlog

[@hansolo2121]

The Dutch flag is actually older than the French flag. Except that originally the red part was orange. The orange was officially replaced red in the 1800s. For practical reasons as the orange colour of the Dutch flags mounted on ships tended to fade over years due to the sun. Because the orange was replaced by red the French claim their flag is older :) But it's actually not. It's Ieasy to see on old Dutch painting that the Dutch flag (with the orange) was there before the French flag. In fact the Dutch flag is one of the oldest national flags in the world (second oldest I believe).

[@joostprins3381]

It’s the oldest official tricolor.

[@hrh2092]

dutch slavery and slave trading is 2nd to none.

[@joostprins3381]

@@hrh2092 yea and we are proud of it, just get that in your ears.

[@hansolo2121]

@@hrh2092 Actually no not even remotely. The biggest and actual '2nd to none' slave traders were the English. And the biggest slave buyers were the English colonisers in the USA. At that time the three bigest countries that were into slave trading were England, Portugal and the Dutch. Basically the three richest countries, biggest colonialists and most powerful navy countries in the world at that time. The Dutch were BY FAR the smallest of the three in terms of slave trade. The Dutch made almost all of their their money in trading spices. Not trading slaves like England.

[@hrh2092]

@@joostprins3381 You're losers. you cannot do it anymore to others, hence your corrupt king is slaving you instead! lol! P.S. I laughed when MH17 went down while working at ASML, also laughed when rutte cried on TV lol! Get that in your kut!

[@klausrain111]

I visited Amsterdam around Christmas back in 1964 with my family. My father's job took our fam to Paris for a year. One of the main things I remember is that it was so cold even in our hotel. It was a beautiful city, that's for sure.

[@samuelkansouwa4350]

beautifull country , good land

[@all-about-europe]

Its indeed a great country! :)

[@ruudkooijman819]

The Netherlands already had the Red White and Blue flag before the French. In the French Revolution, the French adapted to the blue White and Red flag, but it caused mistakes at sea. The French had to turn their flag 90 degrees.

[@jolijndrost2415]

I love there and thats true

[@danphan1894]

Its interesting to known about this, I also realized this same color but did not known why

[@WebGremlin]

Another interesting fact: All plastic bottles regardless of size, beer crates, and since recently also drinking cans, contain "statiegeld". It's a "security deposit" of sorts that you pay when buying any beverage in such a container. Once the containers are empty, you save them up and take them with you the next time you go grocery shopping. You return them to an automated conveyor belt found in every single Dutch supermarket. You then get your statiegeld (or deposit) back which you can use to buy your next set of groceries with. This greatly promotes recycling and reduces public littering.

[@all-about-europe]

Thanks for sharing this unique Dutch concept! They should do the same everywhere else

[@peterhuiskens6548]

@@all-about-europe tbh it is a pita now they also put the deposit on tin cans, but it does keep everything cleaner. One of the things i notice, is , people that are poor are actively cleaning up the environment for those deposit cans and bottles., so if someone litters them, they will get picked up by someone else and returned to the supermarket

[@anouk6644]

@@all-about-europeIt’s not uniquely Dutch. Germany has a similar system (Pfand) and other European, mainly Nordic countries have as well.

[@patriciadawson4164]

​@@anouk6644we have it here in Australia with our local Councils, you get an account for the Recycling Centre here and once the bottles / cans are weighed up, they deposit the money into your Bank account.

[@jaapbruijn1300]

Resembling the French flag????? The Dutch flag is much older than the French flag, so it is the other way around! As a matter of fact, the Dutch flag is the oldest national flag in the world! The colours red, white and blue stand for peace.

[@APOPISXYZ]

Not true the oldest, continuously used national flag is that of Denmark, the flag of the Netherlands is the world's oldest tricolour

[@jaapbruijn1300]

@@APOPISXYZ ok

[@sanjaysuriyamuthu2184]

Impressive - some ideas can be appealing @ global level.

[@all-about-europe]

Such as the dikes and wind turbines?

[@WilliamWyckoff-of2ku]

We came to America from Amsterdam in 1636 our name was Clausen .

[@all-about-europe]

Interesting! Usually Dutch last names start with a K. Was it written with a C or K?

[@100Dwarf]

Clausen refers either to Germany or Denmark. Considering the date i guess it's not a Netherlands name, or your ancesters migrated.

[@ronrots4423]

The oldest-known Clausen in Amsterdam is buried in 1604. The second oldest is marrying in 1640, with the remark that this person also is named: Claesen and Claes. Therefor a bit of further research is needed to confirm or rule things out.

[@fietsvriend]

@@100Dwarf In the 17th century many Germans came to work in the Dutch East India Company. In the Dutch archives I count at least 10 persons with the name Clausen, and the 11th person came from a place called Clausen 🙂

[@Emorphiamusic]

u sure it wasnt : Klaasen ? that is a typical dutch name. clausen sounds more german/scandinavian.

[@janitamantel5333]

Thanks for the nice story of my country, i am proud to be Dutch

[@disklamer]

Opening with my home town(s), nice.

[@Amersfoortpower]

Drive 130 km/h from 19.00 till 06.00 but 100 km/h from 06.00 till 19.00 on the highway is also typically Dutch.

[@Razgriz218]

Which is a gigantic load of BS! That's why I drive 130 every chance I get!

[@ravindramalliav3628]

Wonderful Netherlands - people - landscapes - all beautiful.

[@all-about-europe]

Yes so wonderful! Have you ever been there?

[@REmcoo36]

Thanks! :-)

[@deefdrums]

the lactose in dutch hard cheese changes into lactose acid during the processing of the milk. that is why most lactose intolerant people can still eat cheese

[@patfort7734]

Lovely video thank you for making it yes im dutch its Beutiful.

[@all-about-europe]

You are welcome!

[@parinose6163]

Thx for all this knowledge ... about the Netherlands (formerly Holland).

[@all-about-europe]

you are welcome!

[@bitchwithoutaname]

20. correction -> 2 official languages.. Dutch and Frisian The people of Friesland have their own language, Fries. The language has little resemblance with the Dutch language. In fact, it is said Frisian resembles the Scandinavian and Germanic languages more. Fries is one of the few officially recognized languages in The Netherlands besides the Dutch. Consequently, it is considered the mother language of all Frisian and thus, children will be thought Frisian in school. Dutch is considered the Frisian’s second language.

[@coreyv8150]

Frisian in English, not Fries.. Bûter, brea en griene tsiis, wa't dat net sizze kin is gjin oprjochte Fries

[@OneTheAndOnlyOne]

There's even a place in Germany where they speak Frisian. Also in Scandinavian countries they used to speak Frisian (and other languages). Friesland used to be kinda big (Friesland ran all the way into Scandinavia)

[@alpinisme07]

The kissing-habit is different. We give three kisses, not in the air, but on the cheek. Men usually don't kiss eachother. Women do, sometimes. And men and women, if they are friends or relatives, also do. In formal relationships, like at work, you don't do that. Netherlands is not so well-organised as it was 20 years ago. Health-care, house-market, energy prices, drug policy and agression-related incidents..

[@leonpennings7596]

Plus we have the best theme park in the world: De Efteling! Every Dutch citizen knows it and has been there😊

[@snowholeoutdoors1769]

Nope.

[@JB-gn8yh]

You tripping😂, we dont have a good theme park. Phantasialand beats all of our theme parks.

[@frankie4073]

@@JB-gn8yh Oh yes, as a dutch person I absolutely love going to Phantasia when I am possible to! I love going upside down, but then still my #1 coaster sits in EPCOT: Guardians Of The Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind

[@gerdasiderius385]

Not true i have never been there and i never will

[@bartobruintjes7056]

@@JB-gn8yh No.

[@fietsvriend]

Once upon a time in the WESTenholte hamlet: In the 1860's a railway had to be built between Kampen and Zwolle, the shortest railway in the Netherlands. A farmer's widow refused to have it on her land. So the railway had to be built around it. It has a kink near Westenholte. Exactly 100 years later, Sergio Leone decided to shoot a movie about a widow who refused a railway on her land

[@daytonarol3x]

I moved to the Netherlands from London England a few years ago no country is perfect but I prefer living in the Netherlands to England, fortunately I own property out here( dus het leven in Nederland is heel goed)

[@Kinzarr4ever]

Sure, riding a bike drunk is technically illegal. There's no specific law against it, actually, the law is against operating any kind of vehicle when drunk. How do you think we get home from bars, though :p We weren't just innovators in terms of stock market, we were also (one of) the first with modern insurance. Both got started to spread risk and potential loss in relation to the Dutch East India company, which was founded in 1602, only 2 years after the more famous English version :) Wearing Orange en-masse only really happens during King's Day. As far as gin goes; the story told over here is that during the Anglo-Dutch wars in the 1600's, the English were amazed by the courage of the Dutch soldiers. When they found out the Dutch soldiers were being given hard liquor (the origin of the term 'Dutch courage"), the English tried to duplicate this drink, Jenever, which is where Gin comes from. Gin sounds like an Englishman badly pronouncing the first three letters in Jenever. Or so the story goes :) As far as the narrow buildings; that's true! Back when the old cities of the country were growing rapidly during the so-called Dutch Golden age, properties were taxed based on the width of their facade, hence the narrow but relatively deep buildings along the old canals in many cities such as Amsterdam.

[@nathaan1]

The colour orange comes from the old flag colour, orange-white-blue, but they changed it to red, because it is better to see the colour red at sea.

[@all-about-europe]

thanks for sharing!

[@Thuras]

@@all-about-europe Actually this is not entirely correct (order) th colour orange comes from our royal family (house of orange) our first King was William of orange, the Dutch flag originally was orange white and blue, but red was more visible at sea. It was only in early 1900 that this officially changed to red.

[@joostprins3381]

@@Thurasactually it was only in 1937 decided by Royal degree that the colors were officially red, white and blue. And only in 1958 the colors were described in the NEN 3055.

[@therealdutchidiot]

@@joostprins3381What's important about the colors is that they were defined by royal decree to stop confusing the actual national flag and what's known as the prince's flag, which in heavy use by the NSB.

[@joostprins3381]

@@therealdutchidiot well, I think it’s what I said, and the Royal Degree only stated the colors and not why. The main reason was indeed the misuse of the Orange flag, or at least the discussion about it.

[@samidevendra6857]

Sir country people very good at same time this people's very high in index value clean energy focus about future economy and life values really great great great. Thanks for video

[@toetsenbordridder]

Great vid❤

[@all-about-europe]

Thanks!

[@Chewbacca6334]

The Netherlands has not one but two official languages. Besides the Dutch language there is the Frisian language, spoken in the province Friesland.

[@taand4725]

3 official languages, you forgot Papiamento

[@florianjongejeugd3902]

lactose intolerance is pretty rare in the netherlands

[@joepkortekaas8813]

Of course! Everyone I know and knew drank milk, yoghurt, cream, ate butter etc.!

[@florianjongejeugd3902]

@@joepkortekaas8813 I have 1 cousin who has it but other than him I've never met someone with lactose intolerance

[@superdivemaster]

Excellent Video !!!

[@all-about-europe]

Thanks!❤️

[@fietsvriend]

The culture of flower and fruit parades in the Netherlands is inscribed with the International Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of UNESCO.

[@Ciaran3681]

videos like this make me proud to be dutch!

[@all-about-europe]

Thanks for the compliment!

[@mikedehollander6848]

since the corona lies i hate my government and country

[@JacobBax]

@@mikedehollander6848 Welke leugens?

[@erikaverink8418]

@@mikedehollander6848 welke corona leugens ?

[@bartobruintjes7056]

@@erikaverink8418 Because you were injected unnecessarily. That's what he wanted to say.

[@roggekamp1]

Holland is after the US the second largest food exporter in the world.

[@dlovink6655]

No farmers /No food, buddy 😆

[@YeniTravel]

that was awesome !!

[@all-about-europe]

Thanks a lot!

[@coverhoeven2904]

We know our way with water. Gradually, land was reclaimed and today the Netherlands is twice the size it was 400 years ago.

[@fietsvriend]

With the most private and professional boats per person in the world

[@robmulder9357]

De Nederlandse vlag is de op een na oudste van de thans aanwezige vlaggen. De Franse vlag is van veel recenter datum en net als de Russische gebaseerd op die van Nederland .

[@marceldhofstee]

The Netherlands also invented wifi and bluetouth. If i am right wifi in Eindhoven and bluetooth in Hoogeveen.

[@AnnaNudist]

Really love the canals, it's similar to venice. I can relax there all day.

[@AbdalaHandsome2024]

There are people who love me in Holland and I love them❤❤❤

[@sturejonsson]

I like this video😊👍🏐

[@all-about-europe]

Thank you!

[@Jari-95]

The Netherlands has only 1 national language! Friesland just left the chat

[@rmyikzelf5604]

5:10 the video is misleading here. There are over a 1000 historic windmills in the Netherlands dating back to previous centuries (18th, 19th). They have nought to do with green energy or with the modern wind turbines shown in the footage. I'm sure there are way more than 1000 wind turbines.

[@all-about-europe]

Thanks for your feedback. Hope you liked the rest of the video

[@AbdalaHandsome2024]

Holland takes me to a beautiful country❤❤❤❤

[@danicksomers3822]

finally someone who says Netherlands instead of Holland

[@ravirajug1137]

This country ruled many countries before england.

[@all-about-europe]

it did

[@__.AV.__]

Its mostly all true. Some or a bit more niche. We dont all celebrate kingsday. And sitting in a circle at a party is often one big conversation where sometimes people split off talking to the one next to them. I do think they kept the video family friendly since the red-light district and coffeeshops weren't mentioned while those are amongst the most known.

[@frankie4073]

Hey Americans/English and other people! Let me make it clear that coffee shops here ARE NOT WHAT YOU THINK THEY ARE! Yes for y'all out there you're probably thinking about actual coffee, but in our country it's a complete other meaning, most likely: weed. When you visit The Netherlands, don't ask around where there may be coffee shops, people will actually look at you in complete disgust most likely (Because they'll think you're some addict or something). Just ask for a café where they serve good coffee, etc

[@__.AV.__]

Complete disgust? At most, some people will be annoyed because those foreigners are often drug-tourists and only come here for the weed. But those people usually aren't even addicted but just smoke recreational ones in a while, and they come here because it's illegal in their own country. It's the Dutch themselves that are addicted to it more often than not. Sounds to me like you have something against weed because you have bad experiences with people who smoke it. But the bigger coffeeshops can be pretty fun to go to even if you don't smoke. They actually serve good coffee, and places like the Grass Company even serve extravagant milkshakes, cheesy nachos, and more. And have a ton of board games. Some places have pooltables and foosball, and a lot of them used to rent pinball machines before the pandemic. Just try not to get stoned from secondhand smoke if you're not there to smoke yourself.

[@comdutch]

4:10 Nope …. The Netherlands has 2 official languages… Dutch and West Frisian (only spoken in the province of Friesland and the Wadden islands of Terschelling and Schiermonnikoog)

[@theon9575]

LOL. We don't all celebrate Christmas either, but a visitor here in Christmas week would get the impression that we do. As you say the Amsterdam prostitute area and the 'coffeeshops' here maybe the "most known" for international visitors, especially the young, and also tourism promoters...$$$ 😂 But let me surprise you that the large majority of Dutch citizens NEVER go to these places. I'm a mature-aged Dutchman who has never used a prostitue 😱😂. I have nothing against them, I don't disapprove, but I'm just same as most people here, I'm not interested. As you'd know, for 700+ years we've called that area 'de Wallen' here in Amsterdam - "red-light area" is an anglo-tourist term. More cliché than niche, I reckon. 😉 So this video was quite realistic portrayal of us Dutch, I think. Not just family-friendly 🫶

[@bakhtiyorkuliev5293]

Great video. Professional job.

[@all-about-europe]

Thanks a lot!

[@user-vz7bj5ld1o]

About the flag. A French flag has to be replaced when one stroke disappears. The Dutch flag can be used long time, because, also when its loosing a part, it's will stay red white and blue.

[@fietsvriend]

71: ASML at Veldhoven (Brainport Eindhoven)

[@all-about-europe]

ASML has such a big name worldwide!!

[@atfundum]

What is rarely mentioned in documentaries about the Netherlands is our great pensionsystem. Every person living in The Netherlands of age 67 and older gets a monthly paying from the Government, called AOW ( Algemene Ouderdoms Wet; General Old Age Law ). It is about 980 € per person for a couple and about 1300 € for a single person. During the years you are working for a company ( from about 20-67 years old ) you save money in a pensionfundcompany. They save and invest this money for you. If you are retired they pay you also monthly money ( above the AOW !) . I'm now retired and I even " earn ' more money than I was still working.......that is also because elderly people pay less taxes. Great system in a great country !

[@locointhehouse]

Greets from holland😊

[@peterf1]

Going Dutch is not an example of greed, but rather thriftiness. Big difference.

[@hilodunk]

And social equality: each bears his own “weight” you might say!

[@Emorphiamusic]

we like to share. including the bill. hehe. but you are correct, got nothing to do with greed. more with fairness.

[@Man-in-the-green]

Well ALL saying with the word Dutch in a negative way are invented by the English. The winners always writes the history…

[@mgigelli820]

"Among the top 5 happiest nations in the world"?, that must've been pre-March 2020...

[@AdvdW]

The Keeshond or other named German spike is from Germany. (Source Wikipedia). The dog breed Keeshond is a Dutch name. But the breed itself isn't Dutch.

[@mennobults6464]

We also had the first Stock exchange crisis. It was about the price of tulips. Same shit like in 2008. The cost of a house was about one tulip bulb.

[@hendrikriedstra7857]

I was born there in 1948, the family moved to Australia in 1955 and the country has never been the same. My parents and sister moved back in 1972, i stayed behind. I have visited there a few times, beautiful place but I could not live there, Australia is my home.

[@iamanomas]

I was born there in 46 and left with my parents in 55. I’ve been back many times and totally understand why my mother was always so homesick. I often wish I had the strength to move back after my retirement but knew I couldn’t leave my own family behind.

[@bartobruintjes7056]

So sad for you that you had to move to Australia.

[@piepkwiep4312]

1:50 The Beybash? Philips also caused foam gate.

[@RobsterGamingz]

at fact 39 the first 2 clips are in my home town lol. didn't expect that

[@MyBigKevin]

yes, my country is beautiful 🤩

[@all-about-europe]

It truly is!

[@Erika1965]

The Keeshond is the national dog??? I have never heard of such a thing.

[@AdvdW]

Het ras de Keeshond en/of Duitse spits is afkomstig uit Duitsland, volgens Wikipedia. Ik denk dat ze dit in het filmpje hebben gezegd, vanwege de naam hoe wij dit hondenras noemen. The Keeshond or other named German spike is from Germany. (Source Wikipedia). The dog breed Keeshond is a Dutch name. But the breed itself isn't Dutch.

[@buddy1155]

@@AdvdW Aren't they call keeshond because they are "kutte likkertjes" (aka kezen)

[@kasper2970]

In the English language all sayings were other countries are mentioned like Dutch or France are always in a bad way. This is done during the wars the uk was fighting against France and The Netherlands. These wars were 1 of reasons for France and The Netherlands to support the USA in their independence war.

[@X1em1x]

I’m soo happy that soo many people likes my land❤❤

[@harcovanhees394]

We have a second official language: Frisian, Food is not so cheap anymore, we love surprise visites but have the habit to make an appointment, the Dutch have regulation for euthenesia.

[@taand4725]

3 official languages, you forgot Papiamento

[@RichardRenes]

1:49 I was unaware that the Buizenpark, a former steel products unloading facilty in Rotterdam was a national park... 5:11 The Netherlands is known for it's clean energy initiatives, especially windmills.... No, we are not... We are seriously lagging behind Denmark and Germany for example and anytime someone wants to build a windmill, whole towns will resist due because they fear "horizon pollution". And no, you can not visit these windmills.. You can visit some of the old ones though. 6:45 Sorry but the Dutch flag was here first. The French copied it and turned it clockwise... 8:28 can you at least show a picture of the correct William of Orange please... this one is at least 100 years later than the original one. 11:36 this is factually wrong: you are encouraged to bring your bag, not required. You can still buy bags at the supermarket and they can not hand you one for free but it is not required to bring your bag. 11:44 All trains in the Netherlands operated by the NS are powered by green, renewable sources of energy. The NS no longer has any diesel operated trains. 11:52 The Dutch some of the most lactose intolerant people in the world? Where did you get that from? Statistics I can find say that about 2% of the adult population of the Netherlands is lactose intolerant... Compare that to parts of South America, Africa and Asia where it is at least 80%

[@nalandatendar4212]

Completely agree, only don't know about the Buizenpark. We are not forerunners of windmills, even though there are quite some. Agree also on the flag (many, many countries like Russia and East Europe more or less copied our flag), the bag to the supermarket is indeed not required, there is a good train system and I agree on the non-sense about lactose intolerance (I live in the meantime in France and here I hear more about lactose intolerance). Visiting family and friends in the Netherlands is really a joy.

[@aheroyaheroyalproductions7631]

And Russian flag also.

[@knightwolf200612]

@RichardRenes Totally agree!

[@janschinkel]

Lagging behind at clean energy on Germany? Do you even know how many shit tons of brown coal they are burning?

[@NetherlandsBricks]

​@@nalandatendar4212 They probably mean that with our old wind mills, we were first and thus forerunners, because the modern windmill is kind of based on that.

[@ernstpattynama6361]

"Pedaled powered paradise". . .

[@nahthravan]

The Netherlands is still a world power, our navy just isn't as big anymore

[@hosseinazarmgin2212]

The king working as a pilot for years 👌👏👏👏

[@all-about-europe]

yes its such a fun fact!

[@Emorphiamusic]

that is a big part of the reason we like our royals. they are not pretending to be above us. they have no power in goverment and they are more "like us". its just a very expensive hobby to have a royal family, (alot of tax money goes to royal "allowance" and maintaining the palaces.) but he is like a positive symbol for our country. and well loved (our queen btw is from argentina)

[@jerryevert644]

@@Emorphiamusic Speak for yourself. Not all Dutch people like the monarchy.

[@EGO0808]

‘Working’? He hasn’t worked a single day in his whole life.

[@ndie8075]

Like many germans I adoring the netherlands.....i would say english is the second language....

[@all-about-europe]

Great! Have you ever been to Scheveningen or Zandvoort? Many Germans visit the beach there

[@Emorphiamusic]

@@all-about-europe most of the germans go to zeeland. :)

[@larsmeijerink5471]

​@@Emorphiamusicsadly, that is true. I live there and we (the locals) really hate the holidays bc of the germans. (Nothing personal, its just the way they act. Most think they own the place) gladly more and more places try to make it less attractive for germans to go there😊 we all hope they go to other places in NL soon and leave us alone 😅