Dutch systems that might just be the best......

Ways where I think The Netherlands is stepping up their game and heading in the right direction. Is The Netherlands the best country? You decide.
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1:21 - Health insurance
4:07 - Kraamzorg
6:20 - Paternity leave
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[@aesluis8584]

You forgot to mention our "Delta plan" or Delta werken. How we managed to stay above water is by far the best system in the world.

[@reiniervanderhorst8099]

That isn't the kind of system she is talking about

[@emilys7834]

I agree, this system is super impressive! To me, it ties also into Dutch engineering and preparation/determination to deal with climate change. And as someone from a city that is increasingly dealing with huge costly floods, I find the Delta Plan really inspiring and something that should inspire more in the world. As another type of infrastructure, the design of cities to encourage biking, walking, and taking public transit is also very cool. I love watching the channel Not Just Bikes for this.

[@ramonschliszka6332]

Funny how people from outside our country always identify “the gouvernement” as a party in our social constructs. Yes the gouvernement does a lot of the coordination but please note the gouvernement does not have any funds of it’s own. We need to be aware continuously that WE are the gouvernement. Making the gouvernement some kind of abstract party with magical powers is dangerous to the existence and continuous succes of our social constructs (not to be mistaken for socialism). So please, money or funds never come from “the gouvernement”. Funds are raised by taxes paid by natural persons and businesses that actually add value to the economy. 👍. Loved your video, looking forward to the next.

[@mlenting1391]

Zo waar 🇳🇱👍🏻👍🏻🇳🇱

[@dutchyjhome]

Yes indeed, this is the case ! The only income of the government is tax, and tax is being paid by every Dutch citizen and Dutch company. So in the end we still pay for it (indirectly though) for the most part ourselves. The only external contribution to this all are the Dutch companies and all their different kinds of taxes which they're paying here. No worries mate, you just can't know this all, I most certainly love your video's and please continue making them ;-)

[@nagranoth_]

You do realize that _every_ government gets it's funds from taxation (maybe some government owned production)? And that _every_ (real) democracy has it's government chosen by it's citizens. Per definition? Everyone understands that when someone says the government pays for something, this money comes from taxation. This does not need explaining. The point was that a part of the money is _directly_ payed to health insurance by people themselves, and a part of the money comes _indirectly_ through taxation. And the part that is paid directly gives people some level of choice.

[@xTycho]

@@nagranoth_ I mean NA education lawl

[@ctrl-del630]

In a democracy a government holds nothing of it's own. It only regulates and controls incomes and expenditure from and towards the people. The Dutch government does this quite well compared to other countries. The bigger picture of how this is done is determined by "the people".

[@reinierhooijman3261]

As of 2023 statiegeld will also be implemented for bevarage cans to reduce litter on the streets and protect nature!

[@kerrermanisNL]

Nice, didn't know about that

[@shrike6259]

@Kees Koolmees cans go into recyle bin already. it's a waste of effort. i bike and walk all the time trough the neighborhoods. never see cans down the road. it's just feel good buzz words.

[@bobosims1848]

Grandioos! Ik had geen idee! Ik zal mijn geplette blikjes opsparen tot die tijd :) (geintje!)

[@dawnmaster68]

@@shrike6259 ever biked up onto an onramp of a highway?

[@GeorgeSaint666]

And about time! Finally the freeways wont be open world trashcans anymore! Lets hope it improofs from idiots throwing stuff out of the window while driving!

[@DeSjeft]

I like these kind of videos. For me it just reaffirms that there is no country in the world where i'd rather live than in the Netherlands.

[@pieterrosing6007]

They making me homesick 😋

[@lordsleepyhead]

"Kraamzorg" is fantastic. It's lead to something Dutch parents call the "Baby Bubbel" and it basically means those blissful 7 to 10 days after the birth of your child where you just stay home and have everything taken care of while you enjoy your little miracle.

[@rolandfrerichs5625]

Absolutely hate that system. Very invasive of my privacy. Will never let them into my house again.

[@steffanaarts-greven1352]

Blissful is not the right word. Maybe for some but for most people those first weeks are the most stressful ever. Mom having full on hormone swings, crying baby you are getting used to, dad having a meltdown. No, that pink cloud needs to get out of our collective minds as that is not the case for 90% of new parents and only adds to the stress of that period.

[@rolandfrerichs5625]

@@steffanaarts-greven1352 True, but for me kraamzorg made it more stressful, not less.

[@isistendam1984]

I love your style of editing!❤️😊

[@allws9683]

In Sweden , the both parents have 480 days (!) of parental leave , with a required minimum of 3 months for the father, while keeping 80% of their salary for maximum a year... That is a lot more than in NL with until recently 3 days for the father and a total 3 months for the mother.. As my cousin who lives in Swe mentioned; We pay a lot of taxes but get a lot of return too..

[@tobiaskoning7878]

Pretty sure Sweden and Norway are better or even in most things we di in NL. Dont think anyone would argue that. I had 5 days paternity leave with 3 days of those unpaid.

[@dpaans2608]

@@tobiaskoning7878 yeah I also think the Scandinavian countries are some steps ahead of us

[@suitknol6604]

Yeah, there's a lot of things that can be improved. But then again, men now get 6? Weeks of paternity leave. And, 480 days of paternity leave is beyond reasonable. Employers suffer from that, and parents really don't need that much time with their kids, however nice it may be...

[@Leispada]

@@suitknol6604 That can be debated, to be honest. edit: i mean the impact on kids. I agree that it makes an employer suffer

[@ctrl-del630]

With every decision a government makes there is an economic impact. If you want it or not. As stated hereunder, having an employee who will probabably leave the company for more than a year may affect the way companies hire personnel. I am not Swedish, I don' t know the system, perhaps there are ways to compensate the costs, however, it must all come from some place. And eventually it comes from the people. So eventually it also hurts the people. Pure economics. I am not saying that economics is everything but I do say there should be a balance. If that balance exists..... Perfect, I keep quiet. So please inform me / us.

[@bubble3771]

Wacht wat?? Kraamzorg is not a normal thing!? Wow Wut Okay That sucks for peeps in other countries lol

[@mlenting1391]

I think other countries must look in to our way of living with kraamzorg and more it makes live muts more fun and easier for everyone. And nobody is stressed out for the Bill . So be like us go Dutch 🇳🇱🇳🇱👍🏻👍🏻🇳🇱🇳🇱💋💋❤️💋💋

[@123loeser]

Yeah crazy right. Never thought we were so different on the simple ideas.

[@vincinoyb9734]

You really make me feel more proud of things I took for granted in my own country.

[@juloedtb1420]

I just love your dutch pronunciation. Your's is even better than some dutch native speakers and you can be proud of it. Can't wait until your next video. 🇳🇱❤🇦🇺

[@bobosims1848]

I so agree! Many native English speakers seem to find the Dutch language neigh impossible to pronounce even remotely properly, but you ace it like you were born here, Casey. Absolutely magnificent! Je doet het echt geweldig. Grote Klasse.

[@gert-janvanderlee5307]

The reason she does a better job is probably because she didn't grow up here, in an area with a dialect.

[@juloedtb1420]

Can you say 888 as in achthonderdenachtentachtig?, this is a test if you are truly perfect in dutch.

[@juloedtb1420]

@@gert-janvanderlee5307 Er zijn hier in nederland ook mensen die abn kunnen spreken, ongeacht uit welke regio ze komen. Het heeft meer te maken met je opvoeding en het onderwijs dat je hebt genoten. Zij heeft een goede leraar gehad en is gewoon erg goed met de nederlandse taal.

[@bobosims1848]

@@juloedtb1420 mbt 888: Als men fatsoenlijk kan zeggen dat men in Duivendrecht, Eindhoven, IJmuiden of Scheveningen woont, dan geloof ik het ook wel, hoor. Dan is hun Nederlands zeker niet beroerd. :) Oh, en tussen haakjes, mijn ABN is niet slecht... Geboren Haarlemmer, dus dan weet je het wel. :)

[@CeliaGercovich]

Such a good video Case!

[@Jaydon05]

Good vid! I subd!

[@mkgriffioen]

Hi Casey, I always enjoy watching your videos. You always appear well-informed. And as a Dutchman, the love for our little country is nice to see. As a Dutchman, I think our country is certainly not perfect, and much is not going well. But when I see it through the eyes of an "outsider" we cannot complain compared to many places in the world.

[@michelfug]

The Dutch ambitions for the Paris Agreement are fine. Actual policy changes are often limited and in practice left for 'the next government' and thus delayed. Still better than nothing I guess, but it is something to be a bit critical about.

[@shrike6259]

No paris agreements are bad. it's all you pay and no gain. mean while obama and EU gave china and india a go ahead they are building new coal plants by the week. but it okay we have to pay for them cos they are 3rd world .. right.. get it. we pay for them. they can build as many as they want for the next 35 years. Then it will be up for review by the EU if we still agreee .! LMAO...

[@atticusosullivan9332]

Very good point Michel

[@harrybruijs2614]

@@shrike6259 when you don’t valuate economically in money a good environment and climate it will always be a cost in stead of a asset. The principle of the polluter pays should be rigourisly aplied, also on imports. Then it will become an asset to produce clean and efficient. Of course if this generation do nothing out of egoism and greed the costs will roll on to the next generation and they will pay.

[@gireaffe3457]

7:40 about that when you are in google maps or earth and you zoom in on south holland you see alot off white/glass building from above most off those are greenhouses

[@reviewerdiogeones5857]

I'd wish the Netherlands would really gear up the initiative to recycle. We have so much complete redundant packaging materials here! Using less packaging would mean less recycling, which is a good thing. Furthermore, I'm an avid supporter of extending statiegeld to many other items such as cigarette boxes, fastfood items, just about anything that is now carelessly thrown away. Last but not least, raise the amount of statiegeld to meaningful fees to ensure all is recycled.

[@caseykilmore]

When you order a book from bol and it comes in something the size of a large shoe box! I hate this!!! and plastic wrapping for things that aren't breakable! I'm a massive yes to extending statiegeld to other items I think it would be a great way to turn around some items that are carelessly thrown away. One o the big reasons we don't get takeaway is because of all the waste that comes with it.

[@nicoledijkstra7168]

I know the Netherlands is bad but much better than majority of the countries because most don't recycle and send it to landfill. I know like only a few countries in Europe do better. We as the entire world should do better with recycling and using less plastic

[@joostvanlinge263]

There is much to be desired about Dutch systems and policies, but, as we say: 'In the land of the blind, one- eye is king.'

[@korenn9381]

Here in Hengelo there's been a big push by the municipality to increase trash separation. It's more expensive to throw away non-separated trash and more things can be thrown into the packaging container. It sounds great on paper. But in practice everything gets burned anyway because it's too expensive and time consuming to separate at the waste management plant. Which topples the whole system -_-

[@SwirlingSoul]

@@nicoledijkstra7168 The Ocean Cleanup is giving it a good go. Boyan Slat is a Dutch guy too. That counts me thinkz ;-)

[@marceljanssens5935]

Anither thing: in the 90s when I had my kids the parental leave was like one hour really. So good this has changed so much for the better.

[@TD-er]

7 years ago, when my daughter was born, I had to show pages from the "wetboek" to get my 2 days as they would deduct it from my own free days. So the amount of time mentioned in the video is already a huge improvement over what it was only a few years ago.

[@samknetsch]

I'm born late 80's but my dad was home for 5 days, but I think it have so something to do with the job he have.

[@Sakura-zu4rz]

Goede middag💖

[@qwertyuiopzxcfgh]

From my experience, the Netherlands is the absolute world leader when it comes to agricultural technology. In greenhouses, plants can now be tested and treated for pests and diseases on an individual level. This does not only increase crop yield, but it also helps protect against pesticide immunity, making a big step towards long term sustainability. Combine that with the incredible level of water management: one kilogram of Dutch tomatoes only requires four litres of water, compared to hundreds of litres when growing them the traditional way. I firmly believe these developments will permanently end world hunger if implemented globally.

[@meeuwtje]

The Dutch University for Agriculture & Fruits and the University for Water management are known as one of the best in the world.

[@marceljanssens5935]

Yeah we ducthies like complaining a lot but I totally agree with you: we are very good off on many fronts. Regarding recycling: I once learned that the seperate collection of glass, paper and plastic waste actually is MORE expensive than seperating it at a central plant. But it's kept in place for public awareness.

[@stefangrobbink7760]

We got where we are by complaining a lot, and will probably not stop doing so anytime soon.

[@GeorgeSaint666]

I'd simply translate "kraamzorg" literally as "cribcare"... as that is exactly what it is: "that care for a baby that is still in its crib."

[@Terrorrai1]

Post-natal care?

[@SwirlingSoul]

The recycling is actually getting to me a little. What is allowed in the plastic bin (orange bin) is not as straightforward as you might think... and indeed, batteries(supermarket or chem take-in) glass (glassbin/supermarket), paper/cardboard (set at street in cardboard box at x date), fabrics (fabric containers mid block), kitchen/garden in the green bin and what's left goes in the grey one. It can be a bit much. But you HAVE to recycle, because if you don't the grey one will be full within a week, and they only empty it once every three weeks here in Emmen. So, I love how well we do with recycling, but the costs are immense, (which is why they now reduce the pickup frequency) and one can get quite annoyed at having to separate the teabag, it's staple, and paper and string. Not everybody does it of course. I like how positive you are about our country. I think you might be interested in jovie's channel. Jovie's Home it's called. And she's a croatian/american/dutch lady. who also loves it here. She also described our taxes system. To just log in online, have it be pre-filled out, and all you have to do is check, and press send. ; ) I was always rather grumpy about my own country, until I realized just how good we have it here. It's overly organized, but you have to, when space is not that much. And, I love that there are sidewalks everywhere. (except maybe in tight spots in Amsterdam, lol) You should definitely visit the rest of the country too, if you want different feels. That is one thing I AM happy with here, we have SO many different TYPES of land (sand, clay, peat, rivers, forest, farmland, delta, dunes, heather, swamp, city, rural, sea, etc..., just within our tiny country. Except mountains, those we don't have. A tiny hill is all. ;-)) Oh, but we DO have some caves. 😜

[@TimBlokdijk1983]

The Dutch bicycle network, and protected intersections. In 2019 I was in Australia for the World Solar Challenge and I saw in the local news that Australia was getting it's first "Dutch style" protected bicycle intersection. And speaking of the World Solar Challenge, the Dutch Lightyear company is busy designing the first production solar cars, it's from the students behind Solar Team Eindhoven who won the "cruiser" class four times.

[@samknetsch]

Netherland wins every years the Solar Challenge, as we have 3 team in it 😁

[@joop558]

Even when you buy a tv, a dishwasher, a washingmachine etc you have to pay some kind of statiegeld, but this is not money you get back but that is used to disassemble the electronic devices to use the materials again.

[@bobosims1848]

Yeah, this is actually more a part of our recycling initiative. With every NEW electrical/electronic device that you buy, the price includes a mandatory fee for its future recycling. And if you buy 'witgoed' (household appliances like washing machines et cetera) online, the salesman often even offers to have the old appliance removed by whoever delivers your new one. At no extra charge! Part of the service. And most electronic stores even have a 'recycling bin' where you can drop off any small devices you discard, broken or otherwise. They also take dead batteries, old 'lightbulbs' et cetera... It's so intuitive, nobody even thinks about it anymore. I even forgot what that mandatory fee is called again...

[@gert-janvanderlee5307]

That's not statiegeld, that is the verwijderingsbijdrage (removal contribution?). Where you pay a small amount for the recycling of electronic appliances and the store you buy your new appliances has to take the old one back and make sure it goes to the right recycling service.

[@Caelo1]

@@bobosims1848 FYI when they deliver a new household appliance to replace an old one they are obligated to take the old one for recycling, for free. There is no choice, so the salesman offering is just smart marketing on his part :-)

[@milenacukic]

Kraamzorg also exists in Serbia. The period of maternal leave is one year. I do not have such a beautiful experience with the Dutch healthcare system, since I had to travel every time when I had a major health issue, despite paying the health insurance. It may be that they are superb in child care and emergency, but in some other areas are far from being the best.

[@Ikreisrond]

Oh, you’ve returned to NL. Welcome back!

[@SojournersPerspective]

I was surprised last time a big online retailer asked me if they could take electrical waste with them as they delivered something new. Now a variation of this has been around for awhile. Buy a fridge we take the old one. But this was a give us whatever you got approach which goes a step further.

[@RetroBudje]

Your Dutch is soo good

[@henkwilts7533]

I think that a lot things you praise us for, can also be found in other countries. The way of separating garbage and recycling is even more extensive in countries like Germany and Austria. Paternityleave was common in the scandinavian countries before the Netherlands. Kraamzorg is available in Belgium as well.

[@rikvlasblom4272]

hehe the pasta, nice one :)

[@elonanuruw684]

maybe you can use the cans for crafts or something,, or see if local artists use them for art pieces

[@Lillith.]

Hey, a list I think the Netherlands does well, but could be improved. The recycling bit especially. We do recycling well, but it's reduce, reuse, recycle. It's good we are experts at point 3, but let's focus on point 1 a bit more.

[@atticusosullivan9332]

Completley agree. It's the endless production of waste that's the problem

[@MartijnPennings]

Totally agree. I think the reason we're so good at recycling is simply: we produce soooo much trash, so we have to do something with it or we're going to drown in trash!! But I get it, it's just so much easier to buy something with plastic packaging than without. Trash is too cheap.

[@LaPingvino]

true, but I'm in the US here at the moment and shopping uses so many plastic bags here for example -- just Dutch biking and the effort to reduce platic bags can only make a huge difference in comparison.

[@nicoledijkstra7168]

I know that for the healthare sistem in the Netherlands they say to take some paracetamol if you only have like a cold or other minor diseases which is better for our body than building up resistance for antibiotics which will be prescribed in some countries

[@nicoledijkstra7168]

@Abel Abel using certain antibiotics on animals when they are not ill or even ill is illegal and can cause a farmer to get a fine in the Netherlands. The antibiotics use on animals are very regulated here

[@nicoledijkstra7168]

@Abel Abel Well the fact humans in some countries get more antibiotics in their lifetime than most cows here is a fact. We as humans can use much more diverse antibiotics than farm animals in the Netherlands. And while most cows here get only antibiotics when they are really sick and a lot of diseases animals can have are not found in humans and vice versa. So if your meat is very regulated or you are vegan/vegetarian than overprescription of antibiotics is a problem. I saw that first hand as my sister was very ill as a kid and was like 2 years on antibiotics so yeah that will make us resistant to it. Not one farm animal getting once antibiotics and then none again. Constant use of antibiotics make us resistance and not all farm animals from every country. (Yes I agree some countries do let some type of animals be on antibiotics constantly so do your research on where your meat is coming from)

[@TLuijpen]

13:40 "things that are super well done here in the Netherlands...., hehehe. You're already back!!! LOL.

[@sanderspeetjens]

I's also a thing in Belgium, but you have to request it and it's up to a maximum of 3 months after the birth

[@bararobberbaron859]

I think a large part of why the health insurance system is so good is because of 'managed competition'. There is a minimum by law that every healthcare provider must offer in their package, this very much limits small print and surprise bills. Some offer more, some less. But I hear healthcare subsidy is like €104 towards a €119 bill? And people that can't work or are long term unemployed can go to the local government and get added to a collective plan, that takes care of the copay. It truly is a good system, because a healthy population can get a lot more done. If people aren't prohibited financially from getting/staying healthy, that takes you most of the way there.

[@codex4046]

Something you didn't (clearly) mention: Kraamzorg is besides a nurse also just a help around the house. They will prepare a lunch (very nice ones if you get the products in house), they will also do some basic cleaning tasks the mother can't really do because of the recovery and it allows the father to be with the child and rest as well. This might depend on the kraamzorg person though, I know my sister had really nice fruit salads and dinners because the kraamzorg person really liked to cook.

[@OP-1000]

I also cook nice fruit salads...

[@michielotsen6317]

And beschuit met muisjes!!

[@steffanaarts-greven1352]

The nurse that provides "kraamzorg" is called a maternity nurse in English.

[@classesanytime]

Maternity leave in the Netherlands is 6 weeks before birth until 10 weeks after birth, so a total of 16 weeks. When you give birth to twins or triplets it's at minimum 20 weeks counted 4 weeks before birth. Paternity leave is the first 4 paid weeks after birth !! Pré-natal care is the first 8 days after birth.

[@classesanytime]

business.gov.nl/regulation/leave-schemes/

[@korenn9381]

I would translate "Kraamzorg" as "Maternity care", similar to how the hospital has a "maternity ward"

[@MrCalls1]

In the uk I’m pretty sure it’s just a standard midwife who visits after birth. If definitely happens, I’m just not sure if the name is midwife or another rename, and I believe the area is called post-natal care. I actually didn’t realise it wasn’t standard

[@korenn9381]

@@MrCalls1 Midwives are also involved, but that's not the maternity care. A midwife is involved during pregnancy, during labour itself, and for some health checkups afterwards (unless it's a case with special requirements, then it's a doctor who does all that). The maternity care is a nurse who helps you out 8 hours a day for the first 5 days after labour, to help out with getting the baby settled in. They teach you how to change the baby, how to tuck it in, how to safely use a thermal jar around a baby, etc etc etc. And make sure the mother gets the rest she needs. Depending on how well things go they can stay on a bit longer, or stop earlier. And the mother can always say she doesn't want the help.

[@MrCalls1]

@@korenn9381 I see. So in addition to midwives, there’s an extra role. A post-maternity-carer is basically a nanny+ and mother trainer, for the first 5days, post birth ?

[@korenn9381]

@@MrCalls1 Yep. But it's a trained nurse so she (or he) can also help with any medical stuff that comes up.

[@naboduari]

ook in Belgie !

[@j.l.boekestein3201]

Well our weather system is pretty bad :D

[@papriikaNL]

❤️❤️

[@liavd2602]

But atleast it's free :D

[@Rob-yj9ew]

our weathersystem is good it gives us the wealth we have. We need the rain and it is changing due to climat change. People always complain that it rains a lot, but it actaully is not.

[@TLuijpen]

Since a year or two we also officially recycle plastics now and i must say that i was completely blown away by the huge amount of it there was going to waste in daily packaging. It is threefold the amount of others like paper. Seeing this really made me realize the global problem concerning plastics ending up in nature.....

[@gert-janvanderlee5307]

Not sure where you live but we've been recycling plastic for a lot longer than two years. More like ten years. Allthough I don't remember exactly when it started.

[@jannetteberends8730]

About the Paris agreement, I think that almost everybody in the Netherlands knows the climate is changing. Especially older people. We know how winters used to be. Not to be able to skate on the pond in the neighborhood in the winter used to be an exception. Now it’s the other way around.

[@elonanuruw684]

As a 25 yo in the Netherlands even I could skate on ice when I was about 7 and even after for a few years - and I think that de Elfstedentocht getting cancelled a few times now (I think?) really shows all generations

[@sandercornelissen5809]

Climate is always changing...... Paris agreement is not going to change that. Brainwashed people "know" the climate is changing because that's the BS they've been fed for years. Ice age will come again. Isn't it funny how it was called global warming, and now it's called climate change. Wake up people! Climate is always changing. It's a nice way to direct your money towards goals that are under control of the people that benefit from fighting that invisible climate change monster.

[@veragodijn6537]

@@sandercornelissen5809 Even if what you say is true, will it not be still the case that we should care more about nature and the earth? That we should stop cutting all the forests and kill or use many so many animals... or animals at all? These are two different things, but people tend to think they are not responsible for their environment if they cannot do anything about climate change. And that, I think, is a mistake.

[@sandercornelissen5809]

@@veragodijn6537 SO much to unpack here, which is just too much for here, but maybe just start with a little bit of nuance. Not so black and white. If you cannot do anything about climate change, does not mean you can't care for- and about the environment you live in. People can still be held accountable for pollution (unless you're a civil servant apparently) see pikmeer arrest for instance. Anyway, I'm sure you mean well, I just have a problem with your reasoning here.

[@veragodijn6537]

@@sandercornelissen5809 That is what I meant and my comment was not a personal remark to you but more in a general sense. So indeed, more black and white. It just seems, from my experience, people who deny the current climate change that has a lot to do with human interference, tend to pull away from all responsibility. I’m glad you are not one of them.

[@miatx6818]

Btw at Albert Heijn aka AH, one of the biggest supermarket chains in Netherlands has a system when if ya collect money stamps at every €10 of grocery’s. Then ya get a stamp for every euro you’ve spend (it must be above €10 otherwise ya won’t get it). If ya collect a whole full book with 490 stamps ya get €52 back

[@henkwilts7533]

More supermarket chains are doing the same thing.

[@helgabruynooghe4306]

a major thing is mobility: bicycles (bicycle lanes) and public transportation. Quite unique in the world

[@robertwemmers8562]

Check out the paternity leave in Canada i think it is a little bit longer than in the Netherlands( months longer)

[@vanomso]

Very nice video! Another good system in The Netherlands is: the infrastructure! And... : De Wegenwacht A kind of insurance in cace your car breaks down on the road. They have over 4 million members and ar the best in Europe...

[@Playforfun1473]

Wel we have this in belgium as wel

[@peet4921]

You forgot to mention that for anything slightly serious our healthcare system presents you a waiting list a mile long, when for the same treatment/operation you can get immediate care in all of the surrounding countries.

[@theburnix]

Great video. Although i dont completely agree on the fact that we dutchies are front runners when it comes to the paris agreement. Yes we're on our way to lower the carbon excretion levels on paper. While in practice its more like we burn imported biomass instead of gas and coal. Which is arguably equally taxing to the klimate. All the other points are a great insight in what we need to look out for that we dont let the government budget out the things that we excel at.

[@janmaghiun2163]

Paternity leave and maternity leave in Romania are 2 years. And you get from the government 80% of your last salary for two years.

[@charlotteconnandevries9460]

We have a similar system to kraamzog in France. A midwife will come to your house a few days after you are back from hospital, and you can ask her to come back several times. I haven't given birth yet but that is what I understood :) I have a 30€/month "mutuelle" (what you can pay on top of compulsory healthcare participation taken from what you earn) and will not have to pay a single cent for anything. Paternity leave will increase to 28 days in July, used to be 14. And of course our healthcare system is great, though it is increasingly underfunded. Frenchies, défendons la sécu !

[@RTomassi]

This was exactly the comment I was looking for. I knew this is more common in (at least, but probably other places) in Europe. I know the English have a similar thing as well.

[@fonkelster]

1:20 Thank you, that is very kind to say. I would like to make an exeption. We suck at climate policies. ~End message.

[@HairyGhostbear]

7:43 The reason why the Netherlands is the second largest exporter of fruits and vegetables is mainly because of Schiphol Airport and the Rotterdam harbour. We import LOADS of stuff and export them to the rest of Europe again. This is not clear from those statistics. It is not all grown here, that would be ridiculous for such a small country.

[@renekuipers4563]

Totaal wrong.story.

[@DoedelStuff]

Haha that would be kinda funny, the Netherlands would just be one big greenhouse😂

[@renekuipers4563]

Export is export ..oke you make a product an need 3 products...but also other countrys do it..univerciy Wageningen.Food valey.. The production numbers are so much ..Ned feed the world..hytec .

[@ColoredWoman]

Casey, what do you think about the lenght of maternity leave? For me it was unplrasant surprise that is so short. Right now i am after maternity leave, and still I didn't recover. Also i think that 3 months old baby is too small to stay away from mother for so many hours. But i have to adjust myslef to it

[@caseykilmore]

The maternity leave is not long enough in my opinion. In australia you can take up to 12 months but not the entire time is paid I think the first 6 months is paid or you can opt to have half pay for the whole year. This changes from pace to place but you only get it if you've been with the company for over 12 months. I had been working my job for 8 weeks when I fell pregnant and was still entitled to have paid time off and the time off while I was sick was also covered. If I had of been in that situation I have no doubts that I would have lost my job and not had any maternity leave because I hadn't been working for them long enough. but you are right 3 months is still too young. before we left I had anxiety about leaving our daughter in care at such a young age so getting stuck in Aus with a bunch of fam around for support was 100% an upside to what happened in 2020 for us.

[@malukulessy4670]

Yes i am happy in Holland my pension dubbel up with the AOW 👍🏽

[@nuuwnhuus]

Alongside both healthcare and farming, the way we use or rather avoid antibiotics is also noteworthy. It's not something that most Dutch people realize is different, yet for some reason it is ingrained in them.

[@annakinskywalker5347]

U bent blijkbaar een fan van Nederland , met de beste sociale zekerheid het enige land waar men Nederlands praat ,vergeet Vlaanderen niet daar spreekt men ook Nederlands en is de sociale zekerheid nog een stuk beter ( daar is geen wachtlijst voor chirurgische ingrepen , waarom denk je dat veel Nederlanders zich laten behandelen in Belgie en dat er zo veel Nederlandse studenten aan onze faculteiten studeren ? ) en wat de landbouw betreft ja ze kweken paprika's -tomaten en andere groenten en bloemen in grote glazen kasten ( serres van hectaren groot ) waar ze tonnen co2 in pompen en tonnen stookolie gebruiken voor verwarming ,begrijp me niet verkeerd Holland is een fijn land om er te zijn , maar om het nu het topland van Europa te noemen vond ik wat ver gaan , de andere buurlanden zijn geen onderontwikkelde derde wereld landen , en dat u een fijne ervaring had in Nederland mooi .

[@Terrorrai1]

If you find kraamzorg surprising, you should look up the verloskundigen (midwife?)system. Half the births happen inside the own home with no adverse effects on health of mother and baby and reduced stress levels during birth.

[@apexpower22]

we do have alot of agriculture (60% of the land is) but the only reason we are the biggest exporter is because of schiphol and rotterdam harbor not all of the food we export is produced here

[@vnesje1981]

Kraam zorg =maternity care! Yes I think it’s great. It’s also the reason why the home birth rate is so high.

[@blafhoest]

I like your translation for kraamzorg but I do think it is a little off. I would go with 'after birth care' for kraamzorg because 'after birth nurse' would be the kraamhulp who provides kraamzorg. I don't mean to nitpick by any means, I used to be a translator and old habits die hard. For what it's worth, when I still did translation work 'maternity care' or 'maternity home care' were the preferred translations for information packages.

[@amnonhoppe]

Regarding the Paris agreement, if the government means business they would uphold the "salderings regeling" for Solar panel owners. There is no real incentive anymore if that no longer flies and at the rate they were rolled out, they would have made a difference.

[@shrike6259]

no it would not have. solar only works during the day. not to mention the really bad mining practices that have to be done to get all the cheap metals/minerals for a panel that only lives for 15 to 20 years then it becomes toxic waste in a land fill. and all the tesla batteries that go with it even a bigger problem as coal or gas induced electrical energy

[@eddejong4792]

the big question is : is it 2400 baud or 9600 ? .. ill go for 2400 baud....

[@Ikreisrond]

Regarding the government social help: yaayyyy! It’s so much fun when you’ve finished your study and can’t find a job right away. Then you’ll receive government help of around € 600 a month while having monthly costs of around € 1400. And this for 6 months straight. It’s really awesome! And no matter what you’ve studied, the government will make sure you’ll work in a factory for an income of around €850 for 3 months. Really awesome as well! It’s so much fun building a proper debt, not being able to pay for necessities. Also working in a factory while seeking government help to find your first job, is really helpful! 👍🏻🤣

[@robertwemmers8562]

They called here in Canada for bottles, and plastic containers deposit or return money.

[@1990Cornetto]

I like it here! Taxes are very high though.

[@Lunavii_Cellest]

Yhea but you get alot fot what you pay like health insurance and the worlds best infrastructure and alot more

[@veragodijn6537]

Imagine: if the Netherlands is that good on so many subjects, and I as a Dutchman find it not nearly enough, we could do SO much better (especially on the environment), how stunningly bad are other countries doing?? That makes me sad, but even more happy that I am so fortunate to live in this country.

[@sachadee.6104]

@L M other countries ARE stunningly bad on the environment. Especially USA and Canada (those I know of). groetjes uit New Brunswick Canada. We only started to separate SOME garbage last year in our province. It may differ from province to province.

[@eleo_b]

My mother absolutely hated kraamzorg. She hated having a stranger in her home running household.

[@joostvanlinge263]

My sister used to clean her house before the cleaning lady came: she didn't want to give the impression that she was a bad housewife... Kraamzorg is not only about caring for the baby and stuff; the kraamzorg nurses will make coffee and cut cake for the guests who come to congratulate. Therefor, it is polite to either visit within a few days when the nurse is still there, or wait until the new mother has recuperated.

[@juliandeleeuw3817]

Not even talking about water management, shame on you ;-)

[@Joey-ct8bm]

Maybe they have great water management in Australia. It's surrounded by water.

[@pim1234]

@@Joey-ct8bm nope, I work at a Dutch watermanagement company. We have engineers at Australia permanently stationed

[@PoiColle]

@@Joey-ct8bm news flash. every island has water around it. besides that water management is only of high importance when ur country is as low or lower than sealevel or has tons of earthquakes, tsunamis and other disasters that cause big waves and stress on the land, like bangladesh, florida, netherlands, etc.

[@Rob-yj9ew]

nope, we are 5 weeks further into 2021 and Australia has shown the world they have not a good watermanagement system and during their yearly fires they show the same......

[@Rob-yj9ew]

Paris climate agreement.... we are not even doing that well, compared with a few other European countries, due to the last gouvernements we had. Another problem is that we produce about 80% of the meat for exporting, but the "shit" stays here so also the polution. We should export 1 kg of NOx/Amonia/CO2 with every kg of meat! They have the cheap meat and we have the polution. This should be compesated by the other EU countries.

[@mar10dg]

Not sure but I think kraamzorg might be translated as natal care. And regarding climatechange, you might want to look up the Urgenda climate case (Urgenda klimaatzaak). In 2015 the Urgenda organisation joined up with concerned/pissed off citizens to take the government to court over it. They won the case but government drove it through appeal after appeal right up to the supreme court. Ultimately the government lost the case but they have been dragging their heels ever since. Recently, last year I think, there was yet another report that they still hadn't even started with complying to the court's orders. Haha, as I compose this and read back to check for errors I realize my internal voice completely adopts your accent. Noticed it before when I speak to relatives living in Australia. Also happens when reading one of my fave books, The last continent by Terry Pratchett. Strewth! Oh well, no worries. LOL Happy you like living here.

[@petermaardananders6803]

The Dutch electric network is overencumbered, we have to cut down on gas stoves etc. and the ""fix"" heating and cooling systems are predominatly electric.. Solar and wind power generators are making the problem bigger by the back supply to the net by private owners and farmers, and such causes allot of issues for the whole network. The supplying industries knew they always do, the government is misinformed by the industrial lobby and that lead to subsidies for obtaining solar and windpower, and that is the nicest scenario I can think of. Just like Electric powered cars don't make things easier either, and yes they are/ were subsidised as well. In the NL we have to hurry up getting our electric network up to demands, f.e. new build businesses are having big troubles getting connected. Not many are aware of this problem currently, and 3 years ago when you posted this even less people knew about this. We might even need to go nuclear for our electric power network system to get back on track with demands in the very near future, gas is not an option neither is coal, and wind/solar is not the fix all because how to store it when enough generated and supplied when needed. Its gotto be solved as soon as possible..

[@BlackoniansAroundTheWorld]

Im still a fan of the NHS even thought it is at breakig point. But kudos the Netherlands, too!

[@Ozymandias1]

Healthcare in the Netherlands is expensive, especially when you have recurring illnesses. You have to pay a deductible like in the American health care system. It's 385 euros per year. No big deal you may think but most people with recurring illnesses have a low income because their illnesses hamper their ability to work and they're often (partially) on benefits. Then 385 euros is a big sum. The healthcare premium is also about 180 euros per month, Young people with no illnesses can get a lower premium and also take a larger deductible but it's always over 100 euro per month. Kids under a certain age are insured for free which benifits young families. Also the insurance doesn't cover all treatments. People with a low income can get a "zorgtoeslag" and if they have kids a "kindgebonden budget (KGB)" from the "Belastingdienst" (sort of like the IRS). But that led to the "toeslagenaffaire" where a lot of parents were seen as frauds by default because of mistakes at the "IRS" meaning that they had to pay back a lot of money back and often got into large debts.

[@sarahroosendans935]

Everything you just said applies also to Belgium. Quite logic, cuz Belgium was a relative long time ago part op the Netherlands.

[@gert-janvanderlee5307]

Healthcare is even beter in België. At least that's what I heard. No experience with it myself. They could do a bit better on roads.

[@sarahroosendans935]

@@gert-janvanderlee5307 It could be better, it's very similar anyway.. and yeah, the roads is a real problem in Belgium

[@christinadn1819]

Sarah Roosendans Mijn tante in België betaalt hooguit €20 per maand zorgverzekering. Mijn moeder in Nederland betaalt € 165 per maand. Krijg je een pensioentje vanuit België, betaal dan ook nog even 5,75% zorgverzekering over dat inkomen. Plus ook nog € 385 eigen risico, €250 eigen bijdrage voor medicijnen. Als de familie dit hoort valt hun mond open van verbazing!!Het is in Nederland gewoon veel duurder....

[@maneskin8097]

@@christinadn1819 Van 10 zaken zijn er in Nederland 8 beter. België is vooral goed in schulden maken daar kan Nederland niet tegen op. Belgen klagen vooral over onbetaalbare energierekening. Als Nederland 10 jaar lang bezig is met de vergrijzing en dus aan het bezuinigen en dus bijvoorbeeld.extra zorgkosten berekend aan haar burgers zijn de Belgen nog 10 jaar aan het discussiëren en aan het schulden maken hetgeen de volgende generatie en straks ook het Europese noodfonds mag betalen.

[@christinadn1819]

Ronald Maneschijn Daar zijn de meningen anders wel verdeeld over. Er wordt nog altijd royaal geleefd in België door die "klagende" burgers. Kinderbijslag al eens vergeleken? De jongeren hebben het ook niet slecht daar. Moeten in de meeste gevallen geen krantenwijken gaan lopen of baantjes bij de supermarkt gaan invullen voor een belachelijk laag loon en kunnen veel langer thuis wonen( zonder kostgeld te betalen!!)Dat 8 van de 10 dingen hier in Nederland beter zouden zijn is wel heel positief ingeschat🤣🤣🤣De Nederlanders die in België gaan wonen heb ik nog nooit horen klagen of zien terugkomen!!Ongetwijfeld zullen er ook wel nadelen zijn maar "klagers" klagen overal!!!

[@mapleleaf978]

yes, an amazing country....ever looked over the border????

[@eronsentertainmentstore6487]

though Kraamzorg was paternity care ?

[@creativedutchess4866]

The great systems also cause the taxes to be very high in the Netherlands. But I think it is worth it!

[@wishart9016]

Cradle care

[@dutchyjhome]

Hey Casey, one rainy and windy paradise it is; The Netherlands, isn't it ;-) About our agriculture, go see this; kzbin.info/www/bejne/pH6bgq1jm999bK8 The voice over constantly talks about Holland, the man obviously means The Netherlands... and after this video a part 2 video is available as well.

[@RealConstructor]

Hoi Casey, ik zou wel willen weten hoever de Nederlandse overheid is met de digitalisering. Ik hoor en lees weleens dat wij daar ver in zijn, maar nog niet zo ver als in Estland. Ik heb een korte tijd in Italië gewoond en daar is digitalisering niet aanwezig. De bejaarden stonden nog in de rij bij het postkantoor om hun pensioen elke maand contant te innen. Ik moet wel zeggen dat dit zo’n 10 jaar terug was, ik weet niet hoe het nu is. In Nederland doen we dit, al zolang als ik mij kan herinneren, giraal. In Nederland doen we ook al jaren belastingaangifte via internet, voor versimpelde aangifte zelfs via de App. Voor ons dus heel gewoon, maar hoe is dat in Australië?

[@cashew1]

In indonesia after birth care is called your mother!

[@L4wyrup]

Usually when I explain statiegeld to english speaking people I call it bottle deposit. This "translation" is imperfect as not all bottles have bottle deposit and it will become imperfect as cans will also get deposit in a few years. But it's the best I know, as I can explain that some bottles have bottle deposit, encouraging people to recoup the deposit by returning large soda bottles and almost all beer bottles to the supermarket.

[@bararobberbaron859]

Deposit does make sense as a term. I just don't know about the bottle part. I knew it as RIC (return incentive cost) but that seems overly complex. So I don't know, I'd probably explain it as 'you buy the drink and the container it's in. Obviously you can't return the drink once it's gone, but you can return the container and get your money back'. Or hybridize the terms and go with 'container deposit'? I know Dutch people think of the garbage can when you hear 'container' though.

[@RealConstructor]

I thought it was called return reimbursement. I thought I read that in other comments YT. But I’m not a native English speaker so I don’t know for sure.

[@L4wyrup]

@@bararobberbaron859 Except you don't really buy the container the drink is in. You can find indications of this. Some labels have actually written on them that the bottle remains property of the brewer/manufacturer. Also, on the receipt the deposit is listed separately. A little over the border, in Germany they call it Flaschenpfand, which does pretty much the same as what statiegeld does in the Netherlands, and literally translates to bottle deposit. Hence the explanation would be slightly altered to "You buy the drink, but not the bottle, you pay a small deposit per bottle wich can be recouped when returning the bottle." The bottle part makes it a bit easier to understand that some bottles have deposit and other don't, whereas cans and stuff do not have a deposit, at least until 2023. Maybe I'll call it container deposit then, that's a nice catch all term. There's one exception already, which is the deposit you pay for crates of beer. Usually 1,50-ish per crate, depending on size.

[@maremwhe]

Bottle deposit or recycle deposit is the most logical to me. In Canada (or at least in Alberta) we have deposits on basically all drinking containers; cans, glass or plastic bottles of all sizes, tetra packs for juice or milk. If it doesn't have a deposit it can probably go in the blue bag recycling with carboard, tin cans, etc. But there are also Bottle Depots all over (places who will give you the money back for each one you bring), in the countryside it may be a longer drive but there's probably one in the same place as a larger grocery store. In the city there are lots and any cans/bottles that people throw on the street are picked up by the homeless for the refund.

[@markjones1500]

Statiegeld=deposit. Simple.

[@ErikS-]

There is actually only one real thing that we in The Netherlands are unique... We have ASML. The most advanced product humanity has ever built.

[@ceryseira]

Being the second largest exporter may sound good on paper, but it boils down to producing an insanely excessive amount of produce which is largely not consumed here. Meaning huge emissions and a lot of our small country being used to this end, which is problematic when it comes to living space. Same goes for the number of cattle raised and the subsidies received for this. It certainly is impressive in a way, but I wouldn't deem it 'good'.

[@jiriwichern]

That depends... If we (I'm Dutch) can do it more economically and with less waste produced despite transportation costs, it's a net win for the world and nice to have 'our economy' profit from. If that's not the case, I agree with you and produce should rather be produced locally. But there is a reason certain countries are good at certain things and before you outright condemn every type of globalism, first look at what harm your actions may cause. For example, China is producing vast quantities of (consumer) goods, and many environmentally conscious people absolutely abhore 'the consumerism' because of it, citing wasteful transportation, horrible environmental impact in China itself... all true. But, would it actually be cleaner and more efficient if we would manufacture all those different goods ourselves, in our own (sometimes puny and wholly inefficient because of economies of scale in small nations) factories? That should be asked first. And if the answer is 'no', for the love of all that's holy, let China keep doing their thing. And maybe try to mediate the environmental impact over there. In other words, either globally or locally produced goods CAN be very wasteful, and they also COULD very well be not. You don't know until you weighed all advantages and disadvantages. Do not focus on just one aspect of it and make sure you're damned right and damend honest when you do claim one or the other is better. Whether it's the one or the other depends on all kinds of both obvious and hidden costs, like clean water squandered (technological solutions for much of that), greenhouse gasses emitted (CO2, methane, etc.) without compensation, energy from dirty sources being used without proper filtering and/or compensation, labour needed to get the job done (it may sound crazy, but by using manual labour, you need to actually have a work force do the job and they have all kinds of hidden costs to the environment compared to simply automate them away... if humans are the largest polluters on the planet, human labour probably is the dirtiest solution to get things done). And all those costs are also dependent on each other, many can be offset with the proper use of various technological innovations (which the Netherlands has for a very long time been very successful in... our globally most known university is an agricultural one, Wageningen) and vary from region to region.

[@spiritualanarchist8162]

France has (had?) very good Kraamzorg,

[@josbtje5953]

I think the best translation for "kraamzorg" is "birth homecare". But I am shocked that this is just for the Dutch and German people 😳

[@jpdj2715]

2nd largest fruits & vegetables - doubt it. 2nd largest agricultural exporter, yes. The distance behind the US is not even big. An Irish expat living in the NL once told me, if the Dutch had lived in Ireland, they could have fed the world, but when the Irish had lived in the NL, they'd all drown. The basis is a notion of collaboration and synergies of variants thereof. Look at Texas in a spell of frost. There is no notion of collective - in God we trust says the dollar, and that means we don't trust each other? Well, deregulation of their energy "market" made it $28 billion more expensive to the collective. And now it took a bunch of lives too.

[@msdenise1234567]

Zorg is hier ook gericht op kwaliteit van leven. Waar zo'n beetje de hele wereld je zo lang mogelijk in leven wilt houden, is onze zorg gericht op hoe goed je leven nog gaat zijn. Ben je stervende? Dan krijg je hulp om nog veel van je naasten te genieten, het liefst thuis, in plaats van lang in het ziekenhuis te liggen tot je sterft (palliatieve zorg). Een belangrijk onderwerp is daarom ook euthanasie - en tijdens de verkiezingen dit jaar de ontwikkeling van de wet ontremd hulp bij zelfdoding.

[@jaysonzenden3280]

I'm from the Netherlands.. We trade? I go to Australia and you come to here

[@teaser6089]

Just wanna add that as a Dutch person the Dutch Government is failing very hard in reaching the climate goal. Oh yes, we are planning to reach those goals, but the government isn't pushing hard enough. And subsidising 3 billion in renewables whilst also subsidising 3 billion for fossil fuels basically cancels the benefits out. It's not that we don't want or can't change quickly, it's just the government not accepting the fact we have to move now and can't push it forward another 4 years and let another cabinet deal with it.

[@joachimveraldi1702]

Probeer het gezondheids systeem in België. Ook zeer goed. Soms zelfs beter dan in Nederland 😉

[@CobisTaba]

About health care, I know in the US you readily get medicines like antibiotics. It's because people pay a lot and expect something in return, plus the doctors get more income too right? This is NOT a good thing... it generally gives you medicine you do not need. It's costly and is horrible in terms of resistances against for antibiotics.. So yeah, I prefer the Dutch doctors who sent you home for rest, if it's not needed to give you something :)

[@FacelessJanus]

Soon there will be statiegeld (let's call it return money) in drinks cans. To reduce roadside trash. Seeing the industry, has not solved that problem. So beer cans, soda cans etc will have it as well.

[@Krzysztof25XD]

Do you have the feeling that Australian federal government is paid by mining industry? I’ve read a lot of bad things are happening in Australia in that regard.

[@caseykilmore]

Well noticed. The fact that the liberal party is in bed with the mining industry doesn't go unnoticed by anyone willing to look. There's massive campaigns everywhere about how reliant our economy is on the mining industry and how many jobs it provides. but when you look at the number and the facts of how many jobs it supplies people would be shocked to see that the wealth brought in by the industry isn't really being shared amongst as many people as they are lead to believe.

[@Krzysztof25XD]

@@caseykilmore It should’ve been the Norwegian way, if there are some profits from natural ressources they need to fund the welfare for all. Moreover, Australia has such an enormous potential in renewables, it’s a crime not to use it.

[@shrike6259]

yah over here govs are payed by similar club. the same mining club that mines all the resources to make solar panels / batteries / cell phones and other rare earth metals/minerals

[@gijsvanlieshout]

Haha how nice that most foreigners view the Dutch healthcare system as 'almost perfect'. We, the Dutch, are always b*tching about it. By the way, many of these 'Dutch' systems can also be found in the Scandinavian countries. Even more extreme in some cases. More in general, it seems that foreigners are more enthusiastic about Dutch policies then we are. But then again, we don't get excited that much.

[@elonanuruw684]

Wait what, they give the funds?!?!

[@Terrorrai1]

Yup, partialy, based on income. Also rent and kids get are subsidised.

[@Needlestitch]

Paris agreement and other EU, WEF, UN sh*t should not be an agreement, because we (populous) have had no say/vote in this. That's why a growing number of Dutch people will either not vote, or vote further to the right at the next election coming up on nov-22-2023.

[@tarquinmidwinter2056]

And you didn't even mention the cycling infrastructure, or did that seem too obvious?