Embrace Culture without Shock| The Netherlands Edition

[@accidentalgenius8252]

Always fun to see these vids about my country. It amazes me that american kids cant play outside without supervision, I’ve heard this from other americans too.

[@g4l430]

In this respect, it is impossible to compare the Netherlands to America. I'll admit that things have changed since I was born (early 60's) but for the most part that is due to development. When I was a kid we had woods and Orange groves and open areas but raising my kids in the same area most of that had turned into housing. So, while I played in the woods, they played in the neighborhood. With that said, the average person from the Netherlands can not even begin to conceive of the amount of suburban area we have. I suspect if you normalize it, 80% of American kids have more freedom than the kids in the Netherlands. We don't all live in Chicago or NYC. My kids could play anywhere in the neighborhood, walk to school, drive to school and go where ever they wanted. I live in Orlando, Florida. Certainly, they don't have the freedom I had because cell phones did not exist when I was a child. If you compare the Netherlands to the four largest liberal states in the US your comments are right but that leaves 46 more states with far more land/area.

[@accidentalgenius8252]

@@g4l430 its not about land mass/size, its about being able to have kids at the playground without supervision and stuff. Everyone knows u should tell ur kids not to go to the huge forests (or other areas they can get lost easily if they dont have the appropriate age) and what not.

[@g4l430]

@@accidentalgenius8252 So funny. When I was a kid my mom used a cow bell. When it rang, kids who heard it would find me an let me know. More than likely I was out in the woods (I never said huge forest, it was an acre or so of woods). Simply stated, a million people in NYC vs a million people in NY vs a million people in Texas does make a difference in how the children are raised. The point I was making is that when I was raised my playground was a 1 acre wood. For my kids, it was a 1 acre neighborhood. For the people in NYC it was a city block. You totally miss the point. When a parent tells the kids to stay in the neighborhood it really, really can mean something totally different. Don't talk to strangers is the same everywhere. I would agree that dealing with this is more complicated than it use to be but a kid who grows up on a ranch really has different issues that one who grows up in Detroit.

[@accidentalgenius8252]

@@g4l430 i think we agree on what we are saying lol.

[@g4l430]

@@accidentalgenius8252 And I'll agree that the Netherlands are engaged in a great social experiment and are having to deal with the complications of a significant influx of immigrants. They (the Netherlands) have positioned themselves to be the "canary in the coal mine" and they acknowledge this. I praise them for their brave approach and I pray that through wisdom they find a way to represent a better approach. That's a significant challenge that I hope they are successful.

[@tammo100]

The German student nails it. Everything is relative but the bread in Germany is an huge culture shock for Dutchies like me :)

[@Snaakie83]

This is great, I'm happy you all seem to have an overall good experience staying here in the Netherlands. Proud, that even in these turbulent times my fellow dutchies seem to be able to help you all feel a bit more at home. It's ok here to be yourself, don't get scared or offended too soon if my countrymen are too upfront or way too direct. It's our nature. Also, if your Dutch friends make fun of you, tease you...or even if they make (normally) hurtful comments, they're fond of you. (For the German lady, "was man neckt, Das liebt sich" is applicable to us dutchies as well) I wish you all a great stay, whether it's temporary or indefinite. Good luck to you all.

[@gerachterbosch6284]

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[@andrade3010]

Dank je wel broertje!

[@ddejongh3466]

Tapwater in the netherlands is of much better quality then almost All bottled water in the world. So dont buy water in a store...use the tap water.

[@thany3]

Locally produced bottled water, and tap water come from largely the same sources. So it makes perfect sense that tap water healthy, and about 10,000x cheaper than bottled water 😊

[@cactusavian7363]

Is this based on science?

[@thany3]

@@cactusavian7363 Yep. It's absolutely measureable.

[@Crit-Chance]

That's awesome. The Indian girl who said they don't do that back home, yeah, she ain't kidding. That is one of the main advices you give tourists visiting India: only drink bottled water.

[@LaughNDLearn]

Dont trust the sun🤣🤣. I am from Holland amd that sentence makes me laugh so hard

[@sharmintasmiya3531]

Haha, all of us can’t deny about it.

[@bertveldhuizen8699]

Ik ben een Nederlander die naar de VS is verhuist in 1999, woonde 17 jaren in CO waar je gemiddeld 300 dagen zon heb per jaar! Dat was een "shock"! LOL

[@ducttaperd]

@@bertveldhuizen8699 is CO Colorado? Probeer de afkortingen een beetje te leren

[@RH-ro3sg]

I do have a fairly good idea of what to expect, but even that is only, like, 75-80% accurate, and I'm _born_ Dutch

[@aks-core]

Such a great vidd, as an international student in ams I luv watching these and being reminded of how I felt when I just moved here and reminiscing! Keep the vids coming

[@WeasolVonDiesel]

This was a lovely, high quality video! The different experiences everyone has are very interesting. The video was a bit too short for my taste though!

[@sharmintasmiya3531]

Thanks Wesley, I’ll try to keep that noted for other videos

[@s-kee2928]

Sharmin in Netherlands: "Everything is in Dutch" Random person in France: "Everything is in French" real culture shock, i cant believe they actually use their language 🤯

[@aiquesono]

well actually in some countries you can find stuff both written in the local language plus some other foreign language, like for example in Brazil everything is written in Portuguese of course but most of the products at the grocery store come with the Spanish translations right beside it, even though both languages are pretty similar. I guess that's what she meant, maybe she expected stuff written both in Dutch and English since most people there can speak English fluently.

[@pjrt_tv]

Given that everyone spoke English in the Netherlands, I did expect to see more English signage. But yeah, there were none in the supermarkets. We just grabbed stuff and guess what it was 😂

[@ssimms8995]

I can’t wait to move to the Netherlands. I am learning Dutch now so i will be prepared.

[@sharmintasmiya3531]

Knowing the language always helpf

[@maxhaste4968]

As an international student this was very interesting. Great video!

[@sharmintasmiya3531]

Thanks Max :)

[@bailey.in.alignment]

Starting school in the fall and this has definitely got me excited for my move.

[@sharmintasmiya3531]

Good luck with it

[@Snaakie83]

Hope you have a great stay here in the Netherlands Taylor! Good luck!

[@piotrliman9464]

Thank u for making this video. Many interesting info i get

[@guilhermeitalo2299]

Omg I loved that, hehe. I'm really impressed how everybody thought Dutch people were welcoming, as I thought they'd be more like coldish people. That impression we have about Dutch people being cold and non-friendly is very different than you guys said, lol. GJ! :)

[@simianto9957]

That's the Germans for u

[@Tentoooooo]

Don't drive bicycle when you are drunk, held haha!!!!!!!!! But the US-girl, damn, so pickles.....

[@andikadimasprasetyo5758]

Did you got into Wageningen with scholarship?

[@Snowshowslow]

Well done :) I hope you're enjoying your stay as well.

[@sharmintasmiya3531]

So far yes.

[@minigarden4696]

They said: We wish to eat thereof and to be stronger in Faith, and to know that you have indeed told us the truth and that we ourselves be its witnesses.

[@Fluxxxx]

The one girl constantly bothered about the bread🤣

[@computeraddic675]

You dont have to have creditcards!Debetcards is the norm.

[@nilstwestergaup3165]

Cash is the norm, I can't count the number of times I've been denied because of my VISA card.

[@SparklingDiva1111]

@@nilstwestergaup3165 yes, because as Computer Acid said, we don't do credit cards. We have bank cards (debit).

[@christinan.1596]

@@SparklingDiva1111 you know that Visa and MasterCard are DEBIT cards too right?

[@SparklingDiva1111]

@@christinan.1596 They AREN'T debit cards, these companies also have debit cards. Only available to the people with money, meaning few will have them. Everyone can get a bank debit card though :) We have a good banking system, no need for these credit/debit card companies that only cater for the wealthy & rich. Even big companies like Etsy & Amazon incorporated IDEAL for the Dutch customer so we can buy from their sites :) Clearly they understand how the Dutch banking system works and don't want to miss out on millions of potential customers!

[@christinan.1596]

@@SparklingDiva1111 In all the other countries, you get a Visa or a MasterCard debit card when you open your bank account (it has nothing to do with how much money one has), Maestro is outdated and hardly anyone else other than Dutch people use it nowadays (in many countries they hardly consider Maestro trustworthy even) plus if I'm informed correctly till the end of 2023 Maestro will gradually stop existing even in the Netherlands , the government is working on it.

[@MrAno-op2mj]

Wageningen my LOVE!😍

[@minigarden4696]

Never did I say to them aught except what You (Allah) did command me to say: 'Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord.' And I was a witness over them while I dwelt amongst them, but when You took me up, You were the Watcher over them, and You are a Witness to all things. (This is a great admonition and warning to the Christians of the whole world).

[@thedukeofholland3926]

Warm people who are smiling? Where has that girl been?

[@barrydechef7619]

What a nice video,,

[@madiha_riaz]

Finallly!! 😂❤️

[@nilstwestergaup3165]

People can't believe how safe the Netherlands is before they experience it. Leaving kids outside in the stroller was normal before here in Sweden but now children get attacked, robbed etc every other week so people in the big cities follow children everywhere.

[@simdal3088]

There are places like that here in the netherlands, i find it correlates strongly with "diversity" if you know what i mean.

[@nilstwestergaup3165]

@@simdal3088 Yes, it definitely correlates with insane, "globalist", politicians trying to disfigure andsell out the land - and all these new ghettos on "steroids" they've built. But without such a corrupt (and demoralised )police-force; and thousands and thousands of narcos running around like they're rockstars, I actually think it would be a piece of cake to bring back peace and order, within weeks. But it just won't happen, last month 21 people got shot and executed which surely is some kind of sad record over here.

[@simdal3088]

@@nilstwestergaup3165 21 wow.. Did not know it was that bad in Sweden.

[@manojavaprashanth7561]

How much is the tax on cars in NL ?

[@TheDenzel2012]

Way to much 😉

[@sdtok527]

High, and also combined with one of the highest petrol/diesel prices in the world due to extra taxes on that as well.

[@Pollywhop]

Only the rich and political scammers don't have to pay taxes you do and so much that you just keep your head above water

[@davidrocky]

The Brazilian guy said "Tchau", not "CIAO", but it's ok... it has the same meaning.

[@zakariazaki7513]

Thanks for video keep going 🤠 greeting from Morocco

[@zakariazaki7513]

Thanks your welcome from Morocco

[@afza.cs020]

Yayy!❤️

[@muhammadahsan5454]

Nice video

[@ricardomeertens9165]

Why is everyone so surprised everything is in dutch? Its the Netherlands in any other country signs etc are in their language

[@benjik3161]

the bread thing you have to buy the expensive bread

[@pragnamu4953]

Liked , shared, subscribed 😛🥰

[@09conrado]

Am I mistaken or the American girl have the hardest time of all of them? Hope you get over your homesickness soon dear, all the best

[@ChrisTenalach77777]

I don't like American types, but that girl from the US is nice and open-minded. so exceptions really exist😘😍

[@thany3]

I think you'd have to be, when coming from NYC to The Netherlands. It's too different, you simply cannot stuck yourself in NYC culture.

[@peerx7866]

@@thany3 As A Dutch man, living in a small town, I simply cannot imagine living in New York. Different countries, different cities, different cultures and ways of life. My city is 160 km^2 and has 25.000 citizens. NY is 780 km^2 and has 8,5 million citizens.

[@whodis5774]

spectacular, concluding that based on 1 minute of video

[@lemonzest_]

@@whodis5774 He just liked how she looked

[@roman5819]

@@christiaandockers3755 chill out christiaan

[@ApPot]

The girl with the white scarf looks really sad. Cheer up please

[@dutchy1645]

❤️ Wageningen

[@FinalCurse]

you managed your first video to go viral. nice

[@Natogoon]

😎🇳🇱🇳🇱💪🏻💪🏻

[@JustinRM20]

Best advice by the Albanian man, don't ride bicycles drunk lol

[@keeshans5768]

Ofcourse, the Albanians would know :)

[@daanklas776]

Can some one explain how in earth does a German have a culture shock when they are neighbours. Ive been in Germany plenty of times and there isnt anything different from the Netherlands. The only thing that's different is that they eat pumpelnickel bread and in the Netherlands mainly old people eat that. By far the worst bread that exists. Maybe if you go to these outskirts German small villages you may find these old cultures but most of Germany is the same. Same goes for Belgium all other countries do have different cultures

[@roy_for_real2674]

We're quite different from Germany. Or different from many regions in Germany. They almost bike nowhere for example. Only maybe a bit in the north, west and a lot in Berlin.

[@codex4046]

German culture is quite a bit different from Dutch culture, especially when you compare West Netherlands with East Germany. Even within the Netherlands there is a significant cultural difference between West and East, not enough to get culture shock but enough to be flabbergasted by some things once in a while.

[@Serenoj69]

I think there is a very notable difference. First of all: hierarchy. Pretty strict in Germany, opposite in NL. Then there is humor. Then there is the fact that Germans seem to be pretty serious at least at work all the time. Now Denmark or Scandinavia is a lot more similar to us, but Germans while of course not being some sort of alien at all are pretty different. I tend to say they have a central European culture and we have a northern European one.

[@Serenoj69]

@@codex4046 I see it differently. I live in Zeeland and I have a new collegue from Groningen who is still living there. In his experince Zeeland and Groningen are very similar. He loves it over here because it is so similar to where he comes from.

[@minigarden4696]

If You punish them, they are Your slaves, and if You forgive them, verily You, only You are the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.

[@minigarden4696]

(Remember) when Al-Hawariun (the disciples) said: O 'Iesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary)! Can your Lord send down to us a table spread (with food) from heaven? 'Iesa (Jesus) said: Fear Allah, if you are indeed believers.

[@minigarden4696]

On the Day when Allah will gather the Messengers together and say to them: What was the response you received (from men to your teaching)? They will say: We have no knowledge, verily, only You are the All-Knower of all that is hidden (or unseen, etc.).

[@gta1kev]

Dang, that American girl

[@minigarden4696]

And when I (Allah) put in the hearts of Al-Hawarieen (the disciples) [of 'Iesa (Jesus)] to believe in Me and My Messenger, they said: We believe. And bear witness that we are Muslims.

[@hinakauser4640]

Masha Allah

[@sharmintasmiya3531]

Hearts and Hearts.

[@minigarden4696]

And (remember) when Allah will say (on the Day of Resurrection): O 'Iesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary)! Did you say unto men: 'Worship me and my mother as two gods besides Allah?' He will say: Glory be to You! It was not for me to say what I had no right (to say). Had I said such a thing, You would surely have known it. You know what is in my inner-self though I do not know what is in Yours, truly, You, only You, are the All-Knower of all that is hidden and unseen.

[@minigarden4696]

Allah will say: This is a Day on which the truthful will profit from their truth: theirs are Gardens under which rivers flow (in Paradise) - they shall abide therein forever. Allah is pleased with them and they with Him. That is the great success (Paradise).

[@minigarden4696]

Allah said: I am going to send it down unto you, but if any of you after that disbelieves, then I will punish him with a torment such as I have not inflicted on anyone among (all) the 'Alamin (mankind and jinns).

[@minigarden4696]

(Remember) when Allah will say (on the Day of Resurrection). O 'Iesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary)! Remember My Favour to you and to your mother when I supported you with Ruh-ul-Qudus [Jibrael (Gabriel)] so that you spoke to the people in the cradle and in maturity; and when I taught you writing, Al-Hikmah (the power of understanding), the Taurat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel); and when you made out of the clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, by My Permission, and you breathed into it, and it became a bird by My Permission, and you healed those born blind, and the lepers by My Permission, and when you brought forth the dead by My Permission; and when I restrained the Children of Israel from you (when they resolved to kill you) since you came unto them with clear proofs, and the disbelievers among them said: 'This is nothing but evident magic.'

[@minigarden4696]

'Iesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary), said: O Allah, our Lord! Send us from heaven a table spread (with food) that there may be for us - for the first and the last of us - a festival and a sign from You; and provide us sustenance, for You are the Best of sustainers.

[@jsb7975]

Leaving baby's outside as a Dutch thing people do in The Netherlands ????!!! C'mon !

[@forkless]

It's not uncommon for people to leave their baby in a stroller (or toddler on the back of their bicycle) outside of a store.

[@maddoxnous4047]

I'm dutch and I literally have never seen this. Yes, young children play outside a lot and go to places (like school, fiends, or the city) alone on their bikes. But never leaving baby's alone outside.

[@forkless]

@@maddoxnous4047 Ik weet niet waar jij woont, maar dit is echt niet ongewoon. Zeker niet na twee jaar Corona maatregelen. Er zijn genoeg mensen die de kinderwagen voor de ingang van de bakker of de slager laten staan.

[@jsb7975]

@@forkless hou maar lekker vol.

[@maddoxnous4047]

@@forkless jemig met kind?!

[@robertheinrichvonseyfenste267]

groceries: everything was in Dutch..... how strange..... how stupid

[@asphalthedgehog6580]

It's funny you think we Dutch have a culture. Just imagine there is no culture and that you're completely free.

[@simdal3088]

Thats like a fish contemplating what water is, you only notice it when its gone. This universalist mindset that denies people a culture is ridiculous, ofcourse there is dutch culture.

[@asphalthedgehog6580]

@@simdal3088 I see it differently. We have no culture, and now people come into our land having a culture. That's causing troubles, because we don't like cultures.

[@simdal3088]

@@asphalthedgehog6580 Everyone has culture, it is a set of unwritten rules/values. Either you are very ignorant on this subject or you hate dutch culture.

[@iaf1810]

@@asphalthedgehog6580 mmm I disagree the Dutch have their own language and a different way of perceiving life ... I am not a Dutchie but I can spot one of them just right away... Trust me you have an unique culture but maybe you can not see it 'cos you are part of it 🙂🙂

[@asphalthedgehog6580]

@@iaf1810 we're not all wearing orange and 6'3" long wearing wooden shoes and smelling of cheese😶

[@simdal3088]

The dutch taxpayer pays 15k per year for this lot, meanwhile dutch people have to enter a lotery for some educations. 40% of university spots taken and only a marginal % stays after. Complete waste of resources. And thats not even taking the pressure on housing into acount, shamefull realy.

[@chubbymoth5810]

Yes! And most Dutch people are proud of giving such opportunities to others. Maybe we should press out governments to solve the issues for the rest as well? I can't recall it being such a problem previously when the country was quite a bit poorer. Maybe going back to more social care instead of the past decades of minimizing the minima might make even sour oafs like you a bit more cheerful. Whatever resources spent on your education may have been wasted for lack of intellectual talents, that however doesn't imply such things will happen to others.

[@GQ2593]

Well said. The racket of international students is destroying higher education for Dutch kids and killing the housing market. It's a drain on social cohesion too and if you noticed, none of the people interviewed had Dutch friends. They despise Dutch society while profiting from it.

[@basvanderwerff2725]

tax depends on your income you know

[@ludovic2431]

The EU students pay a reasonable price. Those from outside the EU pay a lot more, covering a serious part of the real costs. Education is expensive but essential in making this world a better place.

[@simdal3088]

@@ludovic2431 That is absolute nonsense, it isnt even close. And that not even taking the social costs in account like the housing shortage/rent prices, waiting lists in medical care, limited entry for dutch students etc. The only benificiary is the foreign student. The dutch people can foot the bil.

[@zakariazaki7513]

Thanks for video keep going 🤠 greeting from Morocco