GERMANY VS. NETHERLANDS (by an American)

[@WantedAdventure]

Good morning!! ☀️😃🌸 Already looking forward to going back to Amsterdam again one day...Hopefully another VidCon Europe next year!!!😊 What differences have you noticed between Germany and the Netherlands? 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 And what other parts of the Netherlands should I visit? 😃

[@ro3497]

Wanted Adventure hey dana, you should definitely visit Maastricht the city is a lot smaller then amsterdam and lies in the south of the netherlands but it is very pretty there. you have a lot of great cafes and places to eat :) i've been living there since about a year now and completely fell in love with the city :)

[@gilbertkroes2087]

Wanted Adventure Keukenhof (the tulip garden) is beautiful in spring! The Afsluitdijk north of Amsterdam, protecting the lower regions of The Netherlands from flooding. Fortunately, everything is pretty close, so you can just make a weekend's list of sights to visit.

[@Silverwing28]

Wanted Adventure great video! Other cool places in the Netherlands are (for example): Kinderdijk near Rotterdam, Rotterdam itself if you like boats and the haven, Den Bosch is a beautiful city, so I think is Breda. In Haarlem there is also a lot of history which is pretty cool. If you'd ever come on may the 5th you could witness the liberation day festivals which can be pretty big. I live in Wageningen where the declaration of freedom was signed in 1945, so it really is a thing here. Keukenhof is pretty cool, but coming from that area I would say halfway through april is the best time and it gets crazy busy in the weekends. local tip: combine the keukenhof with a visit to the beach! It is really close there. The lesser known beach Langervelderslag is my favorite. Or near Noordwijk. Other suggestion for the beach is to go to Zeeland. It is a beautiful province with a lot of history. And actually also a common vacation destination to some Germans. Hope this long list inspires you!

[@Sconox]

Wanted Adventure ok let's name the big 🐘 standing across. drugs are legal in holland!

[@LoveDoctorNL]

Wanted Adventure Hi Dana 👋🏼 you should definitely come visit Rotterdam 🇳🇬 and see how a city with such a similar name could be so different. I love the fact that all restaurant accept and indeed some insist on PIN (debit card) now. It's convenient for the customer and it helps speed up payment. Finally even taxis are now all accepting debit, fantastic! Thanks for liking our bread, a lot of Dutch look envious at German bread so just goes to show.

[@doomie21]

You don't know the Dutch by only visiting Amsterdam. That's a fact. :-)

[@Orlilover4]

I know right?! They all think Amsterdam is The Netherland. Getting annoyed by it.

[@mikef1848]

I kinda agree. Also the wooden clogs and weed.. that's not even true. Allright, I'll admit that in Amsterdam they smoke alot of weed, but it's not everywhere, not even by a long shot! The clogs, nobody wears them here in the east of holland. You won't see anyone outside with wooden clogs, maybe someone once in a week at home

[@Orlilover4]

Hhahaah, True.. But atleast Holland has more places to visit than only Amsterdam. :P

[@Dweezeltje1]

earaza groningen is better ;)

[@Orlilover4]

I agree! :D -Groninger hier

[@marien2477]

change the title "germany vs amsterdam"

[@heavybitch6884]

Just no...

[@michelleoorburg]

Marien Bierhuizen exactly

[@Jamie-er1kp]

yea wtf

[@leandroteurer2365]

Ist er dumm

[@Jonathan-kraai]

or even better Munich vs amsterdam. because 95% of germans also dont identify themselves like them

[@haabster]

Amsterdam is'nt the Netherlands and Munich is'nt Germany!

[@dropj3]

Willem Jan Habraken indeed.

[@bo8504]

That's why I moved to Amsterdam! :)

[@soundslikefun]

I wonder if she's even american....

[@maxloskamp7548]

i know right Englesh she said

[@jovitaromanof2818]

Berlin then 😌👏

[@JC130676]

Boy is this shallow. You think Amsterdam is the Netherlands? That's like saying "I've been to Vegas so I've seen the USA." In my opinion, if you really want to get to know a country, you need to get out of the cities or at least visit three or more spread out over the country.

[@Herobox-ju4zd]

With the difference that Vegas is more normal than Amsterdam.

[@florianmeier3186]

Probably this guy is from Rotterdam. This would explain everything. Actually, I would say you can learn a lot about the Netherlands visiting Amsterdam, even if there are certainly big differences to the countryside, the islands and, of course, Rotterdam.

[@sjakierulez]

Amsterdam is more like New York really

[@Djuladu]

Not just cities. The city vs town/village culture is also very different in the Netherlands, as it is probably in every country,

[@2009heyhow]

@@sjakierulez Or like Dubai. The name Amsterdam is like 10 times more famous then the Netherlands. Just like with Dubai many people don't know in what country it is, United Arab Emirates.

[@mordacazir1433]

Amsterdam is really pricey, but in the rest of the Netherlands it's really cheap. We also start learning English when we're 5/6.

[@foodymoody6709]

I learned English at 11 in school lmao

[@foodymoody6709]

@@jimmywaltermi6ciami219 You make no sense

[@grimhavenz]

Judith Smouter | I’m German But I learned English and Deutsch (German) at the same time so I don’t have much of an accent while speaking English

[@grimhavenz]

I didn’t learn English in school only at home

[@datchisan25]

We Dutch just can’t stop watching American YT video’s and that’s why it’s for the current generation it’s almost rare to find someone who doesn’t speak English

[@1951split]

Don't mistake Dutch bluntness for rudeness. We Dutch (and people from Amsterdam even more so) are just very very very straightforward.

[@Traumglanz]

She is used to germans, so that mistake is rather unlikely. :)

[@montanus777]

she is used to people from munich - not germans. so that mistake is rather likely.

[@lenast.9820]

I think there are rude people everywhere. Also, the bad experience Dana made can't conclude the rudeness of that person who was rude to her. It's possible that person was having a bad time or just a bad day. Everyone sometimes acts rude and mostly innocent people suffer from that behaviour. So if Dana would hve gone there another time the waitress or whoever might have been a lot nicer.

[@sayjaibao01188]

Lots of rude Dutch and Frenchman. Where are the friendly people in Europe?

[@ive8939]

Sommige eigenaren zijn echt asociaal. Heb het vaak zat meegemaakt, stond er echt van te kijken.

[@maritk983]

I'm from the Dutch coast, and we see plenty of people wearing helmets. However, this are never Dutch people, it are always German tourists! So it is kind of a running gag in my family that if you are wearing a helmet, you are (pretending to be) German.

[@lalaliesje]

Haha, this is so true!

[@MsPandachen]

Marit Uguiihc I Never wore a helmet (I'm German) until one of my friends started working in the ER as a nurse and she told me about this father who got in a bicycle crash and died it's kind of different when your friend tells you something like that then only hearing it... so since then I were a helmet everytime... My point is that wearing a helmet is no joke

[@dodec8449]

There is a discussion going on in the Netherlands currently if people with e-bikes should have helmets. We see a lot of increase in deaths related to accidents with e-bikes.

[@letsminecraftpeople]

i think it is not needed in the netherlands because of the biking infrastructure

[@pellevandam6814]

rvikkert i think its dangerous if old people go too fast on their bicycle cause they are very likely to get really hurt when they fall however young people might handle a fall better

[@jameslloyd5359]

I moved from Germany to Netherlands and for the most part Dana gets it right. I'd add more casually ignoring road rules if you're not driving a car, lots of brick everywhere... but you also need to be careful taking Amsterdam as indicative of anywhere else in the Netherlands

[@waterdrager93]

Dutch bikers are like Kamikaze pilots.

[@SeikenKato]

+waterdrager93 Oh yeah, they are very reckless. I noticed it multiple times every day in my holiday.

[@thomasabcd2641]

They can be reckless sometimes, but the Netherlands has the fewest deaths on bikes. And that's very good for a country where almost every citizen has a bike!

[@melissabloemen]

I agree, although she pretty on point, biking in Amsterdam is very different than biking anywhere else in the Netherlands. Plus, I think prices are generally higher in Amsterdam because of the many people and tourists...

[@duncandl910]

James Lloyd Banks

[@Lyserg.]

You forgot the most important thing: Vla!

[@Julia-ux6ut]

Lyserg load Can you explain me what it is? wasn't it something like Pudding?

[@mebearcreations]

Julia Graf I'd rather describe it as custard, but I don't think that comes close to what vla is either. It's a product made from milk, thicker than yoghurt and very sweet. It comes in all kinds of added flavours of which I think vanillas is the most popular, but chocolate is the most loved.

[@Julia-ux6ut]

Thanks for your answers! :)

[@ducomolen2675]

Vla is great, it even greater than America.

[@czarzenana5125]

Yeah, I live in Germany, 50 kms from the border with the Netherlands and the Lidl overhere did sell the dutch vla for a few months. Only vanilla and stracciatella. Unfortunately they stopped selling it last year. The German puddings are often far too sweet.

[@interact940]

The most obvious reason for the Dutch bikers not wearing helmets might just be the fact that bike lanes are pretty much always separated from car lanes. Therefore, there are less accidents involving cars and bikes in which a helmet would prove itself the most useful.

[@tomvanaarle2622]

The actual most obvious reason is that the Dutch have a very prominent anarchistic streak. The Dutch simply refused to wear a helmet even when those seperate lanes did not excist yet en masse. Attempts to make helmets mandatory is political suicide, at least in the Netherlands. As far as the Dutch are concerened riding a bycicle is safer than walking a flight of stairs, statisticly that is actually correct. More head injuries even without our excellent Bycicle infrastructure.

[@AnnekeOosterink]

It has to do with the safety, people feel safe enough without a helmet. A whole country of rules and regulations is very much the opposite of anarchistic. The past Tom is talking about is a period when helmets didn't even exist, impossible to make something mandatory if it isn't there.

[@tomvanaarle2622]

Helmets have been available since the seventees at least, not invented yesterday. An anarchistic streak is not the same thing as being anarchists. Regardless of that there is not a single political party in the Netherlands keen to put that particular issue on the agenda, guess why.

[@johansterk8968]

Since I'm over 70 I wear a helmet on certain routes. Especially on the strip in front of Central Station, affectionally called 020-Gaza. Anything can happen there.

[@evo3s75]

And for children the teach them how to bike when they are like 4 and on the primary school they could get an bike exam (they have to drive a route and there will be people on the look out and see how you drive)

[@Stephneechan]

I'm from Belgium (right next to the netherlands) and I do believe what's rude and what's not is up for interpretation though. My boyfriend is from the UK and he often thinks people here are rude in shops and restaurants but for here the way they act is completely normal, while for me the way they are in shops in the UK comes across as nosy as pushy and not so much as the super polite they think they are.

[@williamlucas4656]

Stephneechan people who live in relatively rude or abrupt societies are often suspicious of friendly service as having an ulterior motive. As an American I expect friendly service, but when traveling in the middle east the service is too friendly to me and I think they are going to pick my pocket. If I am in New York service may not be as friendly as ones US home town but would be professional. It's all relative. On the other hand, if service is unexpectedly rude sales can be lost and I don't think the owner is in business to lose money.

[@laurawinter865]

I had the same thing. The service in the USA was a big shock to me. People telling me their name and constantly asking me if I needed anything. I thought they were trying to push me to buy something. After a while I just got used to it.

[@czarzenana5125]

Yeah, I need you to get lost and leave me alone. You are freaking annoying me.

[@zino4030]

Stephneechan ik ben ook belg

[@gammaraygem]

i now lived in portugal for many years (am Dutch) and a really nice thing there is that outside the tourist areas they have no concept at all of what tipping a waiter or waitress is...they simply look confused and will give you back any change. If you insist, they dont know how to react. I really like that.

[@riketvs]

I think we in the Netherlands, especially the Hollands, don't enjoy small talk in a store. I think it's the whole attitude about that you're there to buy stuff, not to feel at home and all cozy inside.

[@Hansdemun]

Rick van Staten And then you visit Breda... Small talk everywhere anytime...

[@johansterk8968]

Except Amsterdam that is...

[@opelfanatic3885]

Hans de Munnik sws 😂

[@meesterss]

Ik denk eerder dat dit met jou persoonlijk te maken heeft

[@mikevanderbruggen4397]

@Gues Who Jij noemt brabanders verraders. Brabanders noemen hollanders bezetters..

[@aryadroettning836]

The bicycle thing... In Germany we see the Netherlands as the land of bikes, cheese, windmills, wooden clogs and tulips. And the reason why so many people ride bikes is, that everything is flat. There are no real hills in the Netherlands or in the north of Germany. The prices for food are 'so high' in comparison to Germany is because in Germany you pay very very little tax on your food (I think it's the lowest taxrate in Europe) to make food, which is obviously essential for life, very affordable.

[@InTeCredo]

Yes, 7% sales tax for food and agricultural products while the rest is taxed at 19%.

[@bartrazin]

What is your defenition of a hill?Is 322 meter not a hill?

[@lyshantia]

i wish the netherlands was as flat as advertised since i only have a bike, but i think its got more to do with the bikepaths here being just amazing and people learn the traffic rules for bikes from a very young age, cars actually respect bikes and dont try to run you over (looking at you hamburg! )

[@maritk983]

I think flatness is overrated, as it does get quite windy, which in my opinion can be as much of a pain in the ass as a (small) hill.

[@Silverwing28]

I think in the Netherlands the sales tax is on foods is around the same, 6-7%. I think Dana was talking about restaurant prices. And yes, in Amsterdam, the Tourism Capital of the Netherlands, the prices are very high. In the rest of the Netherlands, they are much lower even in the restaurants.

[@JD-tm6mx]

Peanut butter (Pindakaas) in the Netherlands is the best of anywhere, even better than most American brands. Germans don't seem to really care for it. The Dutch also put chocolate sprinkles on their toast.

[@derdoktor5202]

i am german and i love pindakaas. in aachen, where i live, we have lots of foots from the netherlands and belgium. we also love vla and belgian pommes frites or 'reisfladen' (i dont know the belgian word).

[@vincenzodigrande2070]

The Belgian (Flemish) wird for it is rijstevlaai.

[@vincenzodigrande2070]

Totally agree on the peanut butter, especially the one with whole peanut chunks in it is scrumpalicious! The brand Jori is the best in my opinion, which is basically just made of crushed peanuts and a hint of seasalt. It needs a good stir though every now and then as the oil will eventually float on top. The most common supermarket brands like Calvé taste good, but like American peanut butter it doesn't contain much of the natural peanut fats and oils, which are then replaced by Palm oil to make them stay more homogenic to the last drop, but are probably less healthy due to more processing.

[@xfar7927]

Jake Dean heheh ik vind pindakaas niet zo lekker, veel te plakkerig😂😂

[@dowed1]

The best, without a doubt, is Calve pindakaas

[@DamianMK98]

The Difference is that you took only Amsterdam in stead of the The Netherlands. A lot of tourists think that Amsterdam is The Netherlands, that is something what is defentily not true! The Netherlands is more than only Amsterdam!

[@rimtism123]

I'm an American and recently started working in a bike shop in Lower Saxony. I have nightmares about repairing Dutch bikes. They're made to be really durable but are difficult to take apart to work on them.

[@bomcabedal]

Yeah, getting something like a back-pedal brake repaired and adjusted is quite tricky.

[@gilbertkroes2087]

Jeff Harper That statement is misleading. The Netherlands regulated legal consumption of Marihuana. This shrunk illegal sales, improved product safety, and increased tax revenue. Other drugs are still as illegal as they were before. Much like the changes in some of the US' federal states.

[@rimtism123]

Uh, what? haha

[@gilbertkroes2087]

Der Boss was a reply to a drug statement further up the thread. Got mixed up in the android display. Oops :-)

[@vincenzodigrande2070]

If you know what you're doing it's not really that hard. I was a bicycle mechanic since I was six years old, and professionally for a couple of years as well, now I even weld my own frames and have a 36" bike too (being almost two meters it's an advantage) But a mistake is easily made, the back pedal brake being a good example, if you turn the anchor plate you risk 'adjusting' the wheel bearing. Also the lacquered cloth chain protectors, these are a specialist job to fit, even quite a specialist job to open and close properly. But given in my hands I can take the whole bike apart and assembled in like half an hour.

[@reneedeboeck6564]

As a Dutch girl who lived in Germany i love watching your videos, because Germany is so similar to the Netherlands in many ways. I definitely noticed the same differences, but i have a few remarks. About the customer service, in Amsterdam they can be rude sometimes because they have enough people going there anyway. When you visit smaller places, or even just not Amsterdam the general quality is in my opinion a lot better. And about the bike helmets, in the Netherlands you pretty much grow up on a bike. i went to school on my bike ever since i was 4(with training wheels and my mother next to me, but no helmet). That's probably why we think we don't need any helmets. Adding that we do literally everything on our bikes and helmets are just unpractical, you can't really leave them anywhere when you are going shopping for example. An example is when I had a severe bike accident with head trauma last year, and even now I don't wear a helmet when riding my bike. Every foreigner thinks i'm crazy but other dutch don't even ask questions about me not wearing a helmet. One more difference i notice is the size, it is pretty easy to travel to any other city in the Netherlands and it won't take you more than 2 hours. while in Germany when you want to go to Berlin from Munich it will take you over 5 hours. which is about the same time i would need to go to Berlin too. this makes it harder to see the entire country and also makes the difference in culture (and language) between places a lot larger.

[@Dweezeltje1]

👏

[@heerb-j2118]

You're totaly right!!! Take a bike for a chanch to go for example, Maastricht,? it will take you a hole week to get there :-D

[@Jo_Kuiper]

That depends from where you leave, from my birthplace (Geleen) not even one hour, from the place I live now (Groningen) it would indeed take a week (or more with my condition). En (een" hole" in het Engels betekend een gat, heel (als in geheel) schrijf je met een "W" als eerste letter, dus: "whole")

[@mamomoleeuwarden8949]

prices are higher in Netherlands ,we pay more taxes than germany, social security and healthcare is much better than germany, Amsterdam is overpriced because people are willing to buy it ,nice report bedankt !

[@spacenudel]

AO Tablet yes, concerning the health care system, that is so true. the Netherlands are much more advanced. I wonder why and how. maybe they r more open-minded. I salute them.

[@Chris1111116]

Healthcare isn't really better at least if you're also talking about the pharmacy market. Your pharmacy market is one of the worst and most corrupt in whole Europe just look at companies like Doc Morris that are currently trying to kill off German pharmacies with the help of the EU court.

[@spitymaeh]

Taxes are even higher? :O I pay almost 40% of my income for income tax and social insurances in Germany. How can it be even higher in the Netherlands? :(

[@funkygawy]

Potato chips are cheaper in the Netherlands :)

[@makkie211175]

Amsterdam is way more expensive then the north of the Netherlands, the rent, the food, insurrance, everything.

[@lalaliesje]

I'm from the Netherlands and I love the 'Alleen pinnen'/no cash lines. Goes soooo much faster!

[@looppooper2306]

I'm from the alleen pinnen/no cash lines and I love the Netherlands! It goes so.much faster!

[@remem95]

I live on the border to the netherlands and the reason we bike alot here is generally because the ground is just so flat that you can get everywhere with a bike (wich is obviously cheaper than using a car). so we do all the short-trips by bike unless you gotta transport a washing machine or something :D

[@ArjanHier]

The bike infrastructure helps a lot as well.

[@Fluffy_Vizier]

E-bikes are slowly changing that though, I'm noticing more and more of them on the dangerous German roads

[@AtlasNL]

Because Amsterdam is very popular for tourists so the restaurants raised the prices a lot! In other parts of Holland the prices are lower.

[@bartrazin]

True!If you want to spend less money on food just avoid the centre of Amsterdam!Or go to a smaller city like Haarlem,Hilversum,Alkmaar,Utrecht,Almere etc. plenty of places there!

[@maritk983]

That's true! a lot of tourist traps there!

[@laurawinter865]

I always go shopping for groceries in Germany if I have the time. Especially products like toothpaste, cosmetics etc. are much cheaper in Germany.

[@czarzenana5125]

And the Germans from that side of the border often come to your side to buy coffee, flowers and diesel. Local price differences are quite low, but Amsterdam is super-expensive, also because the rent is very high.

[@kakgevaarlik7617]

... There is no Holland near the German border.

[@eleo_b]

I'm from Amsterdam, and Amsterdam people are just generally more rude than the rest of the Netherlands. Restaurant servers usually just are uninterested students wanting to earn some extra money. Although, a lot of the time, people might also be messing with you. Amsterdam humour is very particular.

[@eurocristall]

Both German and Dutch stem from the West Germanic language branch. But along centuries in Germany two languages developed, the Low German (spoken in the North, adjective low is due to altitude not latitude) and High German spoken in the South. A reform came, merged both, and adopted the Hannover pronunciation. Dutch that time was basically the same like Low German, yet being more conservative it kept lot of feautures similar to the real original Germanic language and didn't change that much. Now as you probably know, English is a mix of Germanic and Romance language (due to the Norman invasion, Normans actually were from Scandinavia and when they settled in the North of France they adopted the French language spoken that time) Common daily spoken English is mostly Germanic in origin, instead the language used in Science, Politics, Law, Economy, is Romance. Summing up, changes in English and German, created a situation where Dutch is placed exactly in the middle between English and German, therefore for them is rather easy to learn English.

[@bomcabedal]

Eastern Dutch dialects and Northern German dialects are still so similar that someone from, say, Groningen, can understand most of what is being said until well past Berlin. For instance, the Berlin dialect uses "keen" (none) instead of "kein" (Dutch: "geen"), the Dutch/Lower German "nee" (no) instead of the German "nein", and the Dutch "ik" (I) instead of the German "ich".

[@dipearbore9149]

The're not eastern dialects of Dutch. Gronings Drents Sallands Twents Veluws and Achterhoeks are Low German dialects, Mostly referred to as West Low Saxon. Saxon developed into Low Saxon (Low German) and Franconian. Franconian developed into Low, Middle and High Franconian. Low Franconian developed into Dutch. As you can see Low Saxon came in existence before dutch so they can't be dialects of Dutch.

[@kakgevaarlik7617]

What is weird about the Berliner accent is that they say "ick", "nee", and they use "dat" in the same way as the Dutch do. The Berliner accent is in some ways really close to Dutch.

[@dipearbore9149]

+kak gevaarlijk That's because Berlin is part of the Low German region.which is closer related to Dutch than German is to Dutch. If you see my previous comment you can see the relations.

[@deanevo800]

there is 1 thing to add about the english language. Old English was heavily influenced by the Frisian language because of Frisian colonization. This was ages before the Romans, Norwegians and French did. this is why learning English is so much easier for the Dutch than Germans. Although Frisia is a province in The Netherlands, Frisian is a seperate language and it has similarities with Dutch.

[@MThgv]

As a Dutch guy, I love germany. Started to work and earn money, just finished my educations. Got a good job. Searching for a home in Germany. Love you guys!

[@scottnance2200]

I've lived in both (Munich and Amsterdam, actually), and three things jumped out at me. First, Netherlands is even more orderly and organized than Germany, which I didn't think was possible. It's like there is an army of gnomes who come out every night to tidy things up. Second, the people are even taller and blonder, especially in Holland. And while you can now find peanut butter in stores in Munich, people in Netherlands actually eat it a lot. A German grocery store might have two kinds, while a Dutch will have eight or ten. And for an American, that was probably the most important difference of all.

[@femsff7090]

In a lot of "big" cities there actually are cleaners who clean at night, especially during festivals, events, concerts and so on. Kinda rude to call them gnomes though ;) Everyone eats peanut butter! It marketed towards children, because eating peanut butter will make you grow tall and strong.

[@dakotaboy80]

I have a question about your t-shirts. Why does the web site say "Last day to order!" every single day?

[@johansterk8968]

Maybe because it's the first day of the rest of your life??

[@zzarkoo]

German speaking countries tend to be quite conservative in comparison to countries like the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, etc. Especially when it comes to innovations like paying by card, we're rather skeptical about it.

[@imrehundertwasser7094]

Yes, Germans are skeptical about card payments. And for good reason, we did have two dictatorships in the 20th century. Cash is freedom, and not everywhere you go and everything you buy should be recorded digitally. Though I must say the rule of law is slowly going down the drain with the current German government too. It could be a lot worse (just look at the quasi-fascist state which the UK has become), but still.

[@rebbih4719]

zarko pejic Also they could steal your data easily and buy things with your money. My family had our creditcard just for a few months and then thr bank called us and told that if it was us who bought this expensive stuff from an apple store.... it wasn't us. So of course we are very sceptical about using it ever again.

[@Minifutzi_o.O]

Yup unfortunately. But our Data Protection Law is also very strict and they always come up with horror stories. Most people think they collect so much data (well they collect data) but using google, facebook or amazon collect much more data from you (able to create a whole personal profile).

[@imrehundertwasser7094]

@Chris Gebhardt Our Data Protection laws won't be strict much longer with the current government, especially the interior minister who thinks data protection isn't desirable anymore in these times of "big data". And as far as using Google, Facebook or Amazon: Nobody forces you to use them, you ''can'' do without or you can use alternative services. As for the "horror stories": Take a look at Turkey. It's amazing how fast a so-called democracy can turn into a repressive dictatorship.

[@abeedhal6519]

Just because one thing is worse doesn't mean the other is good. Flawed logic.

[@Jacob_Roberts]

I assume that people in Amsterdam speak English, because Amsterdam is a cosmopolitan city and a tourist city. I say assume, because I'm an American who has never been to Europe. Did you travel outside of cosmopolitan areas? If so, did the Dutch speak English there?

[@selewin]

one reason why the prices in the netherlands are higher is because its not a costum to tip. the service tip is calculated in the price sort of. Servers just get paid well and many times the tips that are given are put in a fund for everyone

[@lindakratz4866]

Another big difference between Germany and the Netherlands are the drug store prices! In Germany you can get a Gul shampoo for like 2-3€ but in the Netherlands you have to pay 7-10€ !! I don't know why things like these are soooo expensive! 😂 So guys - if you can, buy your bathroom stuff in Germany hahahah

[@TarikDaniel]

Linda Kratz While reading your comment I first thought you mean real DRUG stores :D

[@lindakratz4866]

Omg hahahah no 😂 but it wouldn't be that unexpected in the Netherlands hahahah

[@ArjanHier]

It's a good thing I don't have to use that much shampoo as a Dutch male 😅

[@pppetra]

Why are the prices often lower in Germany? Minimumwage. In a dutch store you get payed nearly double the amount of money an hour. Taxes, the dutch government gets lots of money out of any sale. Import. Guhl is a german brand. The government in the netherlands makes momey on amything that comes from outside the coumtry. Again import. There a way more people speaking and reading germen than people that are dutch. Small batches for a small country.

[@heerb-j2118]

Huh? I have never paid such prices here in the NL 's in my life.. Are you sure that you went to a normal store? Not a touriststore ?

[@sandral9401]

Well, if you ever visit Münster you will find that this part of Germany is more similar to the Netherlands regarding bikes.

[@Duconi]

Münster is very close to the Netherlands. So that's not surprising that they are similar. And it's difficult to define it as an German thing. I would say the Münsteraner are more Netherlands than other Germans.

[@sandral9401]

Nico Düsing the similarities stop at the bicycles, I think.

[@walterross9057]

Nico Düsing Sie haben wohl einfach eine etwas eingeschränkte Konzeption von ''Deutsch''!

[@Duconi]

Walter Ross es ist nicht ungewöhnlich, dass kulturen über Grenzen hinweg ragen. Bayern und Österreicher haben auch viele Gemeinsamkeiten, die sich von norddeutschen unterscheiden. Aber wenn Sie meinen, dass der Deutsche Ansicht so ein begeisterter Fahrradfahrer ist, wie die Leute in Amsterdam will ich sie auch nicht davon abhalten.

[@heerb-j2118]

The Netherlands emerged by the treaty of Münster....

[@judylin-kalff5445]

I have to say that English is probably more of an Amsterdam thing: where I live, yes, technically, people do speak English and I could probably get by if that's all I could speak, but there is no denying that life became much, much easier once I learned how to speak Dutch. I wasn't aware of the cash thing: whenever we go to Germany we have no problems paying with our PIN passes. But speaking of cards: is Germany on the OV card system (one card, all public transit systems covered, including bike rentals)? We usually drive to Germany but the one time I took the bus there we had to pay cash. If you're ever in Nijmegen or Arnhem let me know; I'd love to show you around the part of the Netherlands that pot-smoking Brits haven't invaded :-)

[@EvaVlaar]

As a Dutch girl from Amsterdam, currently living in Munich this is really fun to watch! I think you hit the nail on the head. The always having to pay with cash thing drives us craaaaaaaazy. I must say though that I find people in customer service here in Munich shockingly unfriendly. But maybe I'm biased.. ;) xx

[@nimmen]

If you see a cyclist with a helmet in the Netherlands and it's not a professional athlete, 100% chance it's a German tourist.

[@sunnylife3847]

Amsterdam is an exceptional city for dutch standards and not completely representative for the netherlands. It's very crowded and because of that people become unfriendly or impatient sometimes as you would also have in London or New York . The germans are more patient and quiet but also more boring. This was my experience in Berlin. it has it's pro's and cons. Foodprice wise: In Berlin it was nice to pay € 2,50 for a sandwich. In Amsterdam it will set you back at least € 3,50.

[@wisamelkafarna1905]

I agree with that too. People in other parts of Netherlands were really astonishing friendly rather than who are in Amsterdam

[@marcbrockhoff]

Agree, Amsterdam people ar not that friendly , living there. But there is one i think!

[@svsv123]

As an Indian, I observed that almost everything is closed in Germany during Sundays. But, many shops in Netherlands are opened. I remember when I and my friends used to travel from Aachen (Germany) to Netherlands just to buy a couple of beers. lol. Moreover, Netherlands has lots of Canals. A small town near Eindhoven even had traffic signal for boats.

[@heerb-j2118]

Siddhant Virani Money is our biggest religion !! ;-D

[@ikyune1665]

It's true!! But I never spend or make money on Sunday due to my religion (I'm Christian)

[@bertg5294]

All canals have traffic lights...

[@annikas550]

This was really funny for me to watch since I'm originally from Germany but moved to the Netherlands two years ago. Totally agree with the differences except the bread. I really miss my German bread hahaha

[@ArjanHier]

Enjoying it here?

[@straystay7606]

@Freedom and Art What kind of question is that?

[@straystay7606]

@Freedom and Art Both countries are civilized so I don't understand what you mean by which one is more civilized? Seems like a rude question. Both NL and Germany have smart civilisations and advanced cities.

[@straystay7606]

So that's why I asked what kind of question that is. Because it seems rude to me. Germany and the Netherlands are both one of the richest and most advanced civilisations in this world.

[@r.v.b.4153]

In the Netherlands, only small children wear biking helmets. The diversity in bikes is common. My grandfather's bike was specifically made for his measurements and contained accessories he wished to have. Biking shops and biking l lanes are basically everywhere in the country. I once decided to cycle 130 km to my student home huehue. Restaurants in the Netherlands are indeed pricey compared to Germany. When I was eating in a restaurant in Kaldenkirchen (Kaldenkerken in Dutch), some other Dutch customers told us about this. They crossed the border for cheap restaurant prices. However, Amsterdam is probably even pricier, because it's a touristic hotspot. As for paying with cash or card, it is indeed more common to pay with card in the Netherlands than it is to pay with cash. I don't know why it's so common in contrast to both Belgium and Germany, but it's just how it is. This is also definitely the case in pubs. My friend talked about this with a Belgian bartender in Tongeren. I do not remember having eaten in a restaurant that refuses cash though. Maybe that's because I do not eat in restaurants that often. The "hier alleen pinnen" lanes in grocery stores are indeed very common, not only in Amsterdam. Many people will still buy their groceries with cash though. The kind of bread you are talking about, is common throughout the country. Half of the people walking around in Amsterdam are tourists, which is why everyone speaks English. Nevertheless, almost everyone in the country has relatively good knowledge and ability of/in the English language, even if they live in some remote town surrounded by forests and farmland.

[@ABC-zo1fi]

A better title would be "my impression of one day in a public place in Amsterdam vs Munich". I'm pretty sure Amsterdam doesn't represent the whole netherlands and Munich is completly different to Hamburg, Berlin or Cologne.

[@basieluxanno7909]

A fun fact about the Netherlands and bycicles: in average we, dutchies have 2 bikes Some explanations: Restaurant prices: Amsterdam is a touristic capital city, that is why it so expensiv. But against Rome or London, Amsterdam is cheap! (exclusiv panecakes, they are always expensiv in Restaurants) How to pay: if restaurants al pay with credit card, a robber won't get any money from that restaurant. That is one of the reasons why you need to pay with credit card, because it is safer. But also easier and faster, like if you need to pay in the shop 18.83€ then you don't need to count the cents. Bread: with raisons = Krentebol/baquettes = pisolet English speaking: in the Netherlands you already learn English as second language in the primary school (and a lot of films are english with dutch subtitle)

[@lol-pk6jj]

basielux anno no on average "dutchies" don't have 2 bikes no for every dutch person there is 2 bikes in the netherlands that would include bikes that are out of use but still parked somewhere bikes repirted as stolen at the bottom of a canal bikes in bike store and from manufacturers

[@lol-pk6jj]

En idd meer dan 90% van Nederlanders spreekt engels als tweede taal

[@origami83]

Well iam a dutchie and i have 3 bikes... so there goes your theorie ;)

[@larsnoom5474]

I got 4 bikes

[@florianmeier3186]

The reason why Germans are still quite cash addicted is based on their history with long dictatorship and cruel secret police and deep economic crises: It was saver to be and pay as anonymous as possible and this is not possible with cards, where you generate always traces and which might fail if banks collaps. In countries with more liberal and peaceful history (also Sweden) people trust their banks and state more and are therefore more careless related to cards for good reason.

[@kadda1212]

If you're interested in the differences, read the book "Auf Heineken könn wir uns eineken".

[@daseteam]

Thank you, Dana. I lived in the Netherlands for years before moving to Germany. Holland is basically an urban environment, hence the bikes - plus it is flat. It is really not worth driving a car just to move through town and pay parking fees. You really should go to another city though, Amsterdam is not typically Dutch, it is a tourist trap. German is also a `big´language, nobody expects somebody to speak Dutch when they go on holiday - this means they sometimes speak 3 or 4 languages.

[@daseteam]

Not quite true. If you want to go shopping or to school or work, you don't always need a workout. I biked all the time in Utrecht, I don't here in Göttingen.

[@daseteam]

Yes, but I said I lived in Utrecht before moving to Germany.

[@daseteam]

True about the facilitation. Cycle paths and priority in traffic (sometimes). The distances also play a part.

[@ikyune1665]

-HOLLAND?!?!?!?!- *TriGgEReD*

[@davedekkers78]

The only American in Amsterdam that didn't notice all the coffee shops.

[@drizer4real]

In the Netherland almost everything is done by consensus. We talk and talk and talk. And then talk some more untill everybody is onboard, in business and socially. We dont see any problem questioning our teamleader or manager or downright refuse to do things if we dont agree. In Germany you just do what your manager tells you to, no questions asked. Overtime doesnt exist, if your boss wants you to stay untill it is finished, you stay. Very hierarchical, they get things done und grundlich, but I do believe workers in the Netherlands are more happy. Different cultures I guess.

[@talijah007]

In my opinion, besides the heavy wind and frequent intermittent rainfall, the Netherlands is the best country in the world. I moved to England 7yrs ago and day doesn't pass by that I don't feel "heimwee" / homesick...

[@gelul12]

"i know the netherlands". Only been to Amsterdam.

[@Skaz32225]

Hi Dana, an other difference is that the Dutch are more laid back concerning manners. The Germans are more formal and in some situations it is an absolute no-go to address your boss/superior with you=du in Germany. In The Netherlands, mostly you may call your chef with 'jij=du' or with their first name instead of Mr./Mrs......Next to that, although the Netherlands are quite small, some regions are influenced by the adjacent neigbouring country. So the Southern regions with Belgium and the Eastern parts with Germany. Some parts in the Eastern regions are also speaking an own dialect (Nedersaksisch-Niedersachsisch) that kinda mixes Dutch and German into their own language. That is why people from the eastern part, let say for example the Twente region, can understand people who are speaking Nedersaksisch as well in parts of Northern Germany.And because of the great influence of Germany with The Netherlands, in some parts the Germans can just speak their own language like in tourist areas at the North Sea or in greater Dutch cities like Enschede, Maastricht etc.And finally, one of the most respected and honored Dutchman, Willem van Oranje was born in Germany and even 2 of our former queens have married Germans. Therefore our present King Willem-Alexander is half German. And in our national anthem we have also a line that says: "Ben ik van Duitschen Bloed, literally translated I am of German Blood" So, next to our differences, we have also some things in common.

[@Frenziefrenz]

Back in the 16th century we still referred to our language as Duits or Nederduits. For example, the first printed Dutch grammar from 1584 was called "Twe-spraack vande Nederduitsche letterkunst". This is the same reason that in English it's called Dutch. For English speakers (as well as Dutch ones who don't know any better), here's a decent introduction to the relevant terminology. Nothing's really changed since the 1950s. www.dbnl.org/tekst/haer001neth01_01/haer001neth01_01_0004.php "Until the 19th century the name ‘Nederduits’ was often given to Netherlandic, Duits (or the dialectal variant Diets) being the old designation of the national language, the ‘language of the people’ as opposed to Latin, the language of culture and scholarship. Nowadays ‘Nederduits’ is applied in linguistic works only to the language spoken in the northern part of Germany; thus it corresponds exactly to the English term ‘Low German’. In this particular case linguistic terminology has been determined by political frontiers, and it cannot be denied that there has been a certain amount of nationalistic feeling involved here, for the frontiers are of comparatively recent date and the dialects on both sides merge without any sharp contrasts. For practical reasons, however, the distinction between ‘Nederlands’ and ‘Nederduits’ is necessary and is accepted by Germanists in Germany and elsewhere." tl;dr It translates to Dutch blood, not German blood. Also see onzetaal.nl/taaladvies/ben-ik-van-dietsen-bloed

[@jipderkman9376]

Skaz32225 thats right, im from the twente region , it has its own dialect but resembles most east- dutch dialects and north western german dialects and also resembles german making it a bit easier for us to understand germans than peopel in the west of holland. (generally)

[@autohmae]

As a Dutch man, I would say: he's not my boss, he's just my employer. ;-)

[@boerenlul1981]

Actually Wilhelmina had a German husband too. Her mother was also German. Basically the current king is15/16 German

[@autohmae]

All royal families in Europe are all interconnected, it's almost like incest. :-)

[@laurensklaassen6869]

restaurant prices in the Netherlands outside of Amsterdam are quite a bit more cheap, but still not as cheap as in germany, especially the drinks are more expensive here in the NL. If I go out to eat at a restaurant in Venlo, where I live (Venlo is on the german border), it's generally €20-25 per person while just across the border it's €15-20 per person. it's also really rare when they just accept credit cards etc. 99% of restaurants also accept regular cash payments.

[@shikkithefirst5393]

If you see someone cycling with a helmet in the netherlands, it's usually a german or austrian tourist!

[@fam.vanveen3026]

The biggest difference is that Germany doesn't have AOW (Algemene OuderdomsWet - State Pension for Senior Citizens). So Germany boasts around of having the biggest economy in Europe, yet there are a lot of elderly people, far over the age of 65, DAILY working to make ends meet. In the Netherlands you see pensioners riding bikes through the landscape and enjoying their Autumn of their lives! In Germany you see 78-year olds working as Putzfrauen being bossed around by the young! "Dudesland? What's Dudesland?" "It's that little country next to the Netherlands where the young enslave the elderly"

[@Landibert]

It's not entirely wrong, I think we do have a pension problem, but I have never seen a 78-year old work... That sounds extremely hyperbolic or a single case blown up to be a regularity.

[@geert1583]

In the Netherlands, movies are subtitled. So if a movie is in English, you will actually hear English. Maybe that makes that Dutch are comfortable with English.

[@ikyune1665]

Geert Omta hmm... not all movies are subtitled tho... a lot are spoken Dutch too. Or for example German with Dutch subtitles.. I mostly just studied very hard to pass English at school..

[@julyxart_]

As a german i'm really interested in moving to the netherlands some day😊

[@vanderquast]

Immer herzlich willkommen 😎l.g. aus Holland 🇳🇱❤️🇩🇪

[@juanfran579]

Versuche, die Sprache zu lernen. Das ist nicht allzu schwer für Deutsche. Es ist immer wichtig, die Sprache des Landes zu kennen. Noch einmal auf Niederländisch ( so gut ich kann ). Du siehst wie ähnlich vieles ist. Verzoek de taal te leren. Het is niet zo moeilijk voor duitse. Het is altijd belangrijk de taal van de land te spreken.

[@douglastoskin3923]

I am an American so I cannot speak to the differences you've experienced. However, I have taken on a "Polyglot Challenge" where I am learning three languages at once- German, Swiss German, and Dutch. Yes there are many similarities. But each is unique and a joy to study. I find that I have learned more by studying three languages at once than when I just concentrated on one. Thanks for sharing your adventures. I learn a lot about culture and "the way things are done" there. Tschuss!

[@MsMenschmeyer]

münster is the german bike capital so if you ever go there in the summer you will be amazed by how many bikes there are! not as much as amsterdam but its crazy to see that in münster

[@dakota8147]

Hi, I want to adventure out into the world doing the thing I love Which is music. I love your videos as I'm from German heritage as well as Irish. I know I'm just American but just learning what my ancestors and possibly people today who are in Germany or Ireland that I'm distantly related to does and how they live is truly amazing

[@weeardguy]

Though the world (especially the KZbin-world) is rather harsh on nationality sometimes, you're not 'just an American'. You're a citizen! It's great to have ancestors from other countries. It was only 14 years ago or so that my brother found out (completely by coincidence) that we had relatives living in Australia and only shortly we found out there is family living in Ireland as well. Though both of them moved from the Netherlands to Australia and Ireland, it does goes to show that families still spread out till this day. If your love for music is also Irish music, I tip my hat to you. I grew up with traditional Irish music because my dad loves it so much and for me there isn't a greater joy than a lively Irish tune. I hope you get to go on an adventure sometime!

[@zwiebeldogs]

I got an ad for the netherlands before this video started lul

[@dsembers8865]

Doggo the Great I got rent a bike ad for the netherlands 😂

[@zwiebeldogs]

dsembers Exactly that one 😂

[@dsembers8865]

Doggo the Great dann bist du wohl deutsch oder?

[@zwiebeldogs]

dsembers Si, Amigo 😉😂

[@SteffieDeJong]

The Netherlands is not only Amsterdam..

[@Beun007]

Exactly dude...

[@freerunner0682]

she knows that dude...

[@cloneboy28]

The reason why we pay with cards rather than cash is because most of the time it's faster and due the fact you can't rob stores from their cash if there isn't any at the store. For example many pharmacies got robbed here as well as bus drivers, that's one of the reasons why some(not all) pharmancies won't accept cash no more as well as all the busses from the bus company GVB(Gemeente Vervoers Bedrijf) which mainly operates in and around Amsterdam.

[@tdh2044]

I’m British and lived in The Netherlands for 5 years all around, I love it and love the people, nearly most Dutch people can speak fluent English

[@ixvii630]

Germany and the netherlands are nothing like eachother. It's like comparing australia and the usa. Stop it pkz

[@freerunner0682]

what a lot of nonsense :D ive lived in both countries and they are like spain and portugal, both get offended when you say they are alike but for every difference between them there are 1000 similarities. ich bin weder deutsch noch niederländisch, aber kenne mich mit beiden länder aus, ik gaa ervan uit jij bent of nederlands of duits, darom zie je de overeenkomsten niet zo duidelijk, maar als en zuid-afrikaan met een perspective van buiten kan je zeggen ze hebben meer met elkaar te maken dan je denkt

[@irismekking3008]

riding bycicles in the netherlands is not a "thing" it is just normal. it's normal here to have a bike. like seriously it is normal for all children to go to school walking or by bike. the're are almost no schoolbusses so we kind of have to haha 😊

[@sjakierulez]

More bicycles than people here

[@Hatypus]

inglesh?

[@Beun007]

LOL! Hoe melig...... hahaha....

[@KingFredII]

I spent most of my youth in Amsterdam. And indeed, growing up in a tourist city caused me to learn my first English words at a very early age. There was a kind of competition among the children in our neighbourhood. I remember my brother being able to count to six (altough his pronunciation was terrible). Then a boy from around the corner beat him by saying he could count to seven. A "no cash" lane is also found in many stores in Belgium, but there is a lot of protest against that. We say: "Big Brother doesn't need to know what we spend our money on." And the "no cash" lanes are often hardly used... or not at all. I can't speak for the whole of Belgium, but where I live this is certainly the case.

[@kemismits6158]

Heyba couple things explained about the us (the dutch: 1. Biking is so easy for us, because everything we need is mostly 5-15 minutes away like primary schools, stores, sports. We don't wear helmets because our bikes are just "normal" bicycles and not racebycicles if you know what I mean? Also our traffic is adjusted to biking. There are many rules for bicycles and cars to make things safe enough. 2. No cash I don't know why this isn't at other countries, but at the Netherlands everyone has a debit card. I mostly don't bring cash to places, because paying with debit is just way easier. (honestly I don't even know how to get cash, except the ATM). Also you barely hear people about creditcards. 4. English At the Netherlands students get learned 4-5 languages, mostly exsisting out of the following: Dutch, English, French and German are the main languages then some schools or levels teach the following: Spanish or Latin. Further more which does makes a good difference believe it or not: Our American/English tv shows or movies get subbed not dubbed. So through hearing it and reading the translation you uknowingly catch some words. Most child shows gets dubbed these days, it used be subbes and I was freaking 6 or 7 and had to watch english programs. 3. Dutch don't do small talk. Please don't consider it rudeness, because it's really not, we just don't know how to. I wouldn't even know what to say to strangers. Like Hey how are you? The stranger will say fine and then whats the point. People don't have time and people don't care. It's even almost considered rude here, because people will think things like why are you so interested in my life, go and take care of your own. It seems really weird at first I get it, but it's just not something we do. Our waiter isn't our friend, (s)he is our waiter. That doesn't mean you can't be nice and friendly. In the other hand, you are not forced for tipping. Like I give a small tip mostly which if the service was nice and friendly. How better the service, how bigger the tip. But small talk? It's just weird in my opinion. I hope you got some things explained :) I was really serious about the small talk tho, really not a small talker here🙋‍♀️

[@dragje]

:) I'm from Amsterdam and your finding sounds pretty accurate. Nice video! Keep up the good work!

[@marcbrockhoff]

Agree! But Amsterdam is a little grazy and i know!

[@dermotbyrne4517]

You smoked too much weed dude

[@eingamer1918]

Same People 🇩🇪❤️🇳🇱

[@Snowwie88]

I say the BIGGEST difference between The Netherland and Germany is, is that The Netherlands lies a BIT closer to the United States. ;-) Well, that's obvious off course. There is simply one thing about Germans that annoys me (as a Dutch) man hugely. When Germans come to The Netherlands, for vacation, they just keep talking German. They don't talk Dutch or English, they keep talking German as if The Netherlands is just another province of their country. While we, as Dutch people DO take the effort of talking German in their country, when we visiting them. And German is quite a difficult language. If I am in Germany and I can't translate that one word, then I say it in English. And then in most cases the German does understand, and says that word in German, so I know it too. But Germans in The Netherlands, you must be very ashamed of your selves, to go to a foreign country and just speak in your own language while you are in a foreign country to foreign people??? The arrogance. If a German approaches me in my country and asks me something in German (and I do understand him, but I don't say it) I just say "Wat zegt u?" (which means "what do you say"). followed by "Wilt u Nederlands praten aub", which means "Would you talk Dutch please". And then the German looks at me with a strange face, and then I say, in English: "Please talk Dutch or English, you are not in Germany.". That is one of the biggest differences between our countries: The level of mentality and arrogance.

[@bertg5294]

Een Nederlander die geen Duits kent? Je Engels is ook al prut...

[@AndreasAntoniusMaria]

Goed genoeg om begrepen te worden

[@froglicker9267]

Snow: I'm from Miami and studying Dutch. 40s now, and plan to go there when I am at lev5. But what I heard about others studying Dutch is that most Dutch show that they don't care if u speak it or not. As if they are clearly unimpressed. Just wondering if you think that is true?

[@Kikkerv11]

@@froglicker9267 I am from Flanders. When I go to Amsterdam, I see that lots of locals respond to Belgians in English. (but not to me, I speak very clearly) Go to ANY other city in the Netherlands or Flanders and you'll say that most (not all) people will be happy to respond in Dutch :)

[@froglicker9267]

ok good to hear, hear Dutch people complaining about Germans Speaking in thier land German, and they hate it. But, seems like it's no big deal to them or like they are unimpressed if some one learns Dutch, from a country where there are no Dutch. For me it feels stuck up. But yea I. going off Amsterdam, and I guess all big cities are like that

[@FlowinEnno]

The Netherlands have a lot more bikelanes, whereas in Germany Bicycles, often have to share the same space as the cars, thus making helmets a lot more useful. Also when it comes to learning english, Dutch TV doesn't usually dub movies in english but rather subtitle them, so that a lot of dutch people pick up the language just by watching TV over the years. In Germany subtitles are a total exception.

[@espoppelaars]

Coming from a Dutch person living in Austria, I couldn't agree more about the bread statement.

[@DasIllu]

The prices in restaurants... Well i guess if a certain type of tourists gets the inevitable munchies, you can charge them any price :-) And yes, the dutch (and most scandinavians) easily outrank us germans when it comes to foreign languages. I never understood how our teacher suck so hard at english.

[@BrownieTheMonster]

DasIllu No, it really is a fact that the restaurants in the west of the Netherlands are more expensive than the average German, no matter if tourist or not. But then again, also groceries are more expensive

[@marks.6480]

That is because English movies and TV shows are dubbed in German but in the Netherlands we use subtitles. So we get immersed in English spoken culture from a very young age. Makes a huge difference

[@finnliam]

She Speaks "Anglesh"

[@jamesedwards1284]

Biggest difference between us and the germans is that our beer is way better (no heineken in not actual beer and therefor not included. We’re talking about real beer; hertog jan, alfa, grolsch, etc.)

[@RobFeldkamp]

yeah but you also have becks...

[@Johan91NL]

Calling Heineken not a real beer but you do include Grolsch as a real beer?? Something going wrong there. Grolsch is rubbish. Hertog Jan by far the number 1 Dutch beer, every single Dutch person i know that knows beers and loves his/her beers always mentions Hertog Jan as being the top (and absolutely not crap like Heineken, Amstel or Grolsch, the watery beers).

[@meticulousgeek]

Agree with the hit-and-miss customer service and the prices in Amsterdam are way up there with the most expensive cities in Europe. People live at home longer because it's usually harder for a starter (someone looking for a place to live for the first time) to find something affordable since the market is so small and demand is pretty high. Also distances are smaller so it's not always necessary to move out to study. Because we're so small we have to learn different languages. And yeah we love our bikes and we try our best at being good at English - glad we succeed somewhat!

[@yasha95]

Germany vs Holland is a bit like US vs Canada. In both cases the smaller country does everything better than the bigger neighbour but gets no credit for it.

[@williamlucas4656]

yasha95 Or at least believes they do.😉

[@kippenkomeetkip6996]

Lekker Nederlands praten. Ik ben een Belg. (dutch)

[@heerb-j2118]

Kippenkomeet Kip Helemaal gelijk! ik ben een reserve belg, (noord brabant)

[@yannick2237]

ik ook:), Tilburg

[@MRStik-px2ye]

Ik zag 2 beren, ..........

[@ikyune1665]

Lekker frys prate

[@marcbrockhoff]

Wablief?

[@markhenley3097]

What about Afrikaners in South Africa?

[@heerb-j2118]

Prins van Oranje They left us 350 years ago?...

[@bigfel3240]

They are in trouble.

[@John.Lemon.]

People in Munich better give those bikes back 😤😤

[@degrasjes5351]

Hi i'm Dutch and I'd like to tell you more About what you said in the video: 1. Bikes: we do use oir bikes mostly for transport. So we all go to school and work by bikes etc. We also have a special cycling exam when we are in 5th grade! 2. English: we learn English in school, we start learning it when we are like 4 years old! And when you go to middle school (age 12) we start learning French and German as well (when you go to a Gymnasium school you will learn Greek, Latin, French and German) (I don't know much about the other subject you were talking about😂)

[@Beun007]

Doe jij ook ff lekker bijdehand joh... Het jammere van jou is gewoon dat we met figuren als jou sloten kunnen dempen! Pannekoek!

[@SeikenKato]

Last week, I (german) made holiday in the netherlands. » bikes: The dutch's definitely drive much more with bikes (without helmets). The streets have bike lanes and often they have a higher priority than cars. And I wondered how many bikes were parked at the Centraal Station in Amsterdam (a long line and a parking house with 3 floors just for bikes). » restaurant prices: Cash still is very present. The once location without cash, which I saw, was the Euromast in Rotterdam (restaurant and souvenir shop). » bread: Oh yeah, it's very fluffy. We had it every day at breakfast in our pension. » english: In TV, nearly every international movie was in english with subtitles. And dutch is like a mix of german and english, so it's more near to english. So it's no wonder that many can speak (better) english. ... other differences: » The speed limits in the netherlands sucks. The Netherlands have limits of 50/80/130 (in town/out of town/highway) while the limits in Germany are 50/100/unlimited (130 recommend). And they have much more speed cameras in the netherlands. That's very annoying. Just the streets are in better condition. » At gas stations, the netherlands mostly have only Super (E5) and Diesel, while in germany you have a wide variety of gasoline/diesel. And in the netherlands, you will find much more gas stations where you can pay just with cards. And the prices for gasoline are much more higher in the netherlands (20-30 cent per liter). » When riding with a train, tram, bus or anything, you always have to check in and out. I never saw this here in germany. » You want to go in an ice cream parlor to get a sundae or just eat some cake in a café? You have to search, because that's very rare. The most time you find just snack bars. » In the netherlands, the letter boxes are orange, while they are yellow in germany.

[@PETJE59721]

Amsterdam is geen nederland

[@freerunner0682]

wat is het dan? spanje?

[@freerunner0682]

nederland is meer dan amsterdam, maar amsterdam is nog steeds nederlands

[@Rutanachan]

Well, Dutch kinda is a mix of English and German, so it's no surprise to me, that more people speak fluently English in the Netherlands ^^ Many also speak fluently German as well :) Both languages are rather easy for them to learn - and in turn, for me it's not that hard to understand or read dutch, despite never learning it - just with my English and German knowledge ^^

[@ikyune1665]

Rutana german is very hard for me to learn/study , I don't know why tho

[@bertg5294]

Dutch is not a mix of German and English. Dutch and German are very much alike as Germanic languages. English is Germanic but raped by French.

[@laure7392]

de taal

[@nienkekaptein362]

The reason many Dutch people speak English is because it is a compulsory subject at school. And in Amsterdam there are a lot of tourists most of them come from English speaking countries. I have been to New York 2 months ago and had a lot of questions about how it is in the Netherlands. If there are any questions that need to be answered. Just ask (I'm Dutch so there will be a lot of answers)

[@ronaldderooij1774]

Amsterdam is not the Netherlands. Don't make the mistake that Amsterdam has much to do with the Netherlands (culturally).

[@Ernoskij]

If you think they ride bikes a lot in Netherlands, you should come to Denmark :) You should come to Denmark anyway ;)

[@niels7304]

alle nederlanders like de comment

[@robinpeepy]

nee

[@trovey02]

Amsterdam is more pricey than the rest of the Netherlands...because of the tourists. Problem of speaking English in Amsterdam is that even when you're Dutch in shops they speak English to you till they find out you're Dutch.

[@tapiooftapiola517]

What this channel needs is a visit to one of the most unknown country/people worldwide: the french. What are they doing, where is their internet, etc. etc. I mean, I meet more north koreans on the internet than french.

[@rukeyburg1084]

As a dutch person who doesn't live in amsterdam I agree that the bicycles doesn't need to look modern. To me it's a bicycle. A bycicle. Something that transport easier than a car. I can see that germany is more carefull about the concept. Then the 'Pinnen hier graag' sign, makes up that it is easier to handle. No 1,2,5,10,20 or 50 cents. I think it feels old-fashioned although I'm not too sure about this. And yes educational english feels like a primary language although it is a secundairy language. Or it is the attention I gave for understanding english youtubers and games. This info may be personalized..

[@gijsbrans2338]

Abouy restaurant prices in Amsterdam, you have to take in consideration that Amsterdam is a big, touristic city. This means that, unless you know where to go, restaurant prices are usually higher. Another thing that might contribute to the higher prices of food in restaurants is that in the Netherlands most people only go out for dinner on special occasions, normally the Dutch tend to cook at home. I don't know how this is in germany but in other (mostly southern) European countries it is much more normal to go to a restaurant every day.

[@kirakiraboshi82]

The big difference between the Dutch and the Germans for me is how formal Germans are compared to us. And then I am talking about work, and companies. So Germany is quite hierarchical, while in the Netherlands people value others from different ranks pretty much the same. I have worked in sales too, and find that its easier to sell something to Germans, compared to the Dutch, who think 10 times before spending a penny. btw im Dutch ;)

[@Creddiam]

Amsterdam is a little different to the rest of the Netherlands. It's basically our own America.

[@bentteriele2127]

yeah, not wearing a helmet in the netherlands is due to all the bike lanes and stuff. I live in the netherlands myself and I went to London just a couple months ago and I saw that bikers could only ride on the heavy trafic roads, where as in the netherlands, there are lanes specificly for bikes what is much more save.

[@hoezo]

Amsterdam does not equal The Netherlands. Or is the whole of America just like NY City???

[@ringracer6203]

The Netherlands is a small country with not so much people. In Germany are very much people and like every series or movie will get translated to German. In the Netherlands are like every movie and series in english. So thats why they can speak very good english. Another point is that they trade since 400 years and when you will trade, you have to speak english.

[@suppuahdoepah]

i live in rotterdam netherlands. an big deffrend between germany and the netherlands is that in germany to spot an deffrend accent you have to drive miles.... in the netherlands evrey 5 to 10 miles there is an deffrend accent and some accents have there own complete language

[@tecumsehhatzenbach4731]

I come from Münster which is in Germany but not far away from the Netherlands. And Münster is known as the German Capital of Bicycles. The city is not sooooo big (a bit more than 300,000 citizens) but there are lots of bicycles (about 650,000). In fact, it feels a bit like in most cities in the Netherlands. And the Dutch also have - for breakfast mostly - sprinkles for their bread. I love chocolate sprinkles most, especially in the combination with peanut butter, but there are several further flavors... :-)

[@lovesakurasan]

random info: We used to have a joke in the Netherlands if you would tell somebody you lost your bike, they would answer back: Have you checked in Germany yet? around WWII and after there was a belief/reality that the Wehrmacht when occupying the Netherlands, stole ALL the bikes of the Dutch civilians for their own bicycle infantry.

[@fritsvanzanten3573]

About the creditcard-cash distinction: the described way of paying (to PIN, Dutch: pinnen) is not a creditcard. In shops PIN is almost always accepted,, where credit-cards most times are not, or with some discussion. PIN ia a different system,. In Amsterda, however, with many tourists, credit-cards are more commonly accepted.