Is this the NETHERLANDS? (Geography Now) l Reaction

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[@VT_Linkle]

I am from the Netherlands and i just watch this for a good laugh. Idk i just find it very hilarious when other countries are talking about us or try to pronounce our language and names

[@biekebos58]

Ik ben ook nederlans ❤❤❤

[@mymudbrain]

Ik oookkk

[@MightyMonk_GT]

me too (ik ook)

[@-..an.be..-]

same

[@Pomnhi]

Ik ook

[@rensstokkel8870]

As a Dutchie who studied science, I love that they added Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. I would like to add: Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Christiaan Huygens and Hendrik Lorentz. Who I think were noteworthy Dutchies too

[@OleBlaauw]

As a fellow Dutchie i can say this is true

[@altijdyeetmared]

I agree as a fellow dutchie

[@user-mf9mq7sj9r]

what about rapper sjors or fabiola

[@whoknows8225]

Ruud Gullit!

[@LilyEvans0130]

@@user-mf9mq7sj9r HELP

[@BasilCharged]

In the Netherlands there are 4 elements: Water, Water, Water And Water. All lived in harmony until the Cheese Nation attacked

[@ashleyftcash]

I maybe laughing a bit to much about this 😂 but you nailed it!

[@mariadebake5483]

And strong winds!

[@Nathan_Bookwurm]

And earth bending to build the dikes and the polders

[@Ririi20]

😂

[@jeroenrat6289]

Salt water, sweet water, rain and humidity 😅

[@Wrecker3D]

There is a part two of this, to address mistakes and give additional info There's a lot people don't realize is Dutch, things like wifi and bluetooth, telescopes and microscopes, speed cams (sorry) but we also invented the Olympic Flame (by accident "totally planned" *sweeps signs of mistake under rug Big Brother and The Voice were created here (any program that has "EndeMol productions" or "Talpa Productions" or variation there of has Dutch roots) Actress Femke Jansen (Jean Grey/Phoenix - X-men, Xenia Onatopp - James Bond (GoldenEye)), Actor Rutger Hauer (Frank Warren - Wedlock, Bishop August Schmidt - The Poseidon Adventure (TV Movie from Hallmark)) and directors Jan de Bont and Paul Verhoeven who gave us movies like Robocop, Die Hard, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life , Basic Instinct and Total Recall (original) among others are all Dutch ... yeah it's much to take in Side note: The chips in nearly all devices these days are made by machines from ASML in Eindhoven PS: Did you know our King is a pilot @ KLM? You can be flown by Royalty (if you're really lucky)

[@pandorasbox2582]

We did not invent the Olympic Flame..?

[@Wrecker3D]

@@pandorasbox2582 From what I found: it was supposed to be smoke but due to an error it became a flame "and a tradition was born" (this could be false information though*) But hey that's even pre-war #1 & 2 (1928) the flame estafette was "invented" in Nazi-Germany (1936) *= Of course you don't advertise failures

[@samoverbeek4778]

Alsooooo dry ice

[@tijmen5355]

asml komt uit veldhoven niet eindhoven

[@Wrecker3D]

@@tijmen5355 Same region, they're practically neighbors

[@Bananenschil_]

Fun story about our classic windmills: Like 2 years ago a big river called the Maas flooded due to extreme amounts of rain. Which caused 'polders' (those low-land pieces of land surrounded mostly by water) to flood. We had modern pumpsystems working full speed to drain the land, but not with much succes as it would takes DAYS to fully drain the land. 'Molenaars' (people who operate the windmills) then thought of the idea of using their decade-old systems to help drain. The modern drainsystems couldn't even keep up: The decade-old windmills were 5 times faster!

[@guidodenbroeder935]

In ancient times the river delta actually extended into England, until the land between England, the Netherlands and Norway, known as Doggerland, disappeared under water.

[@MissEssiemee1]

Also, in times of many attacks, The Netherlands used the waters to their advantage by flooding areas to make certain places unreachable. There is even a museum which explains all of that! ^-^ It's in Dutch called Watersnoodmuseum (literal translation being: Water disaster museum) in a place called Ouwerkerk which lies in the province Zeeland. Interestingly, they don't speak in the video about how the drinking water is one of the cleanliest 'cause of the filtering systems. If you go on vacation abroad, you are always advised to watch out when you use tap water, 'cause it is normal here to drink from the tap.

[@xenzis2431]

during the 80 years war this was used to great effect against the spanish. during the siege of Leiden they got boats to the city which relieved it

[@jeroenrat6289]

I could be wrong, but I think you are mixing things up here. Yes, The Netherlands used water to flood areas to make it hard for intruders. But I think the Watersnoodmuseum is mainly about the disaster of 1953, when a "perfect" storm made break the dikes and causing death and destruction. (Look for 'watersnoodramp 1953). After that the Dutch worked hard to build the Delta Works to protect The Netherlands from future storms, floodings and rising sea levels. The maintenance and building new constructions is a ongoing job till this day.

[@robinlambregts]

Het water is hier zo schoon dat ik altijd uit de wc drink 🙃

[@jsb7975]

Microscope, stereoscope, Oort-cloud, Kuiperbelt, Wifi, a.m.s.l. Erasmus of Rotterdam Spinosa, first republic in Europe as a country, many more things left out but nice to see the creativity of this rollercoaster !❤

[@erikabee3498]

Yes Gouda is not pronounced as Gooda , but like the American/ English word pOwer. But never mind, most Dutch people speak English too. So they know what you mean. But if you visit the Netherlands, than suprise us, by speaking it the right way... not important, but it is always nice ! 👍 And our wooden shoes were mostly used by farmers because of Cows and other cattle, standing on their feet. Nobody want a cows on their feet, they are heavy. And many windmills were for watermanagement, but off course for pre production of bread too. If you visit the Netherlands, buy some sliced bread too. I have never heard an American not loving our bread. Yes a big surprise for me too. And Brian, I like your enthousiast reactions. on what you saw.

[@Nathan_Bookwurm]

I liked Jaiselmer too 😂 instead of an ij and ee

[@erikabee3498]

@@Nathan_Bookwurm I would look for the Jaiselmer, near Italy of spain or France. ;)

[@kaasmeester5903]

Actually, swapping Surinam for New York (New Amsterdam) was a great deal for us Dutchies at the time.

[@vangestelwijnen]

And it still is. No need to be a super power with super problems. Surinam was and is cool, great food and people.

[@janemello6539]

Wow...👏👏such a amazing place and history.... Totally new things to me... Really world is huge...

[@BrianLeeSH]

The world is really huge🤯

[@zero_duif4074]

Netherlands not😂🇳🇱✝️ Zonder ons zijn Julie fucked up

[@lloydxavier2300]

@@zero_duif4074banana

[@anthony0536]

you can also visit in *Huis Ten Bosch* Japan. this is a theme park where Amsterdam has been recreated 😉 saves you a few hours of flying

[@Pinkelel874]

Huh? Really … as a Dutch… maaayyyybee I will visit when I visit Japan haha

[@anthony0536]

@@Pinkelel874 highly recommended! I have never seen Amsterdam so quiet and clean

[@JC130676]

Another famous Dutchie: the current singer of Nightwish, Floor Jansen. She normally sings symphonic metal but she's classically trained, and is also a vocal coach herself. She has so much vocal control and is so versatile that I'm not certain if there's any genre she can't sing, should she choose to.

[@MaartenOosterbaan]

with respect to making land...basically any serious project in the world where they create land from sea...will be done by a Dutch company

[@letheas6175]

Thank you for responding Brian! I am from the province of Flevoland, so basically, I'm living almost 5 meter below sea level in a former sea on the largest man-made island in the world. Quite fascinating right:) Edit: nice video as always, I hope you have a wonderful day:3

[@BrianLeeSH]

No problem! I enjoyed watching the video! 5 meters below sea level?! Wow! I can't imagine how that is like😧

[@Uraveragerobloxer]

Hey Im also from the province Flevoland!

[@i_am_real_person]

me too

[@Apollorion]

@@BrianLeeSH " meters below sea level?! Wow! I can't imagine how that is like😧" Do you want some assistance? Well, at most places the dikes surrounding the area you're present and keeping it dry are hardly visible because they're so far away and/or trees and buildings are standing in between. So there's no reference nearby to remind you that you're walking on a flat, former sea floor deeply below sea level.

[@7kaisheba]

​@@Apolloriona lot of grass , windmills, there are or have been good beaches, when I lived there are least, as a kid. Lelystad is beautiful and gezellig or warm cosy, and nice to visit. Maybe too direct for Asian people

[@markdekker5209]

My country! Love to hear that we are a fantastic country.

[@jacksonteller1337]

It isn't Walden islands but Wadden Islands. My family in law came from there. My father in law even worked on the Delta works when he started working in shore.

[@bateyou]

The Zuiderzeewerken, which gave birth to (sweetwater) IJsselmeer, the Afsluitdijk en several big polders are located in south of the Wadden Islands , in the middle of the Netherlands. The Deltaworks are located in the southwest and are much younger. Both projects were in reaction to big floodings.

[@jacksonteller1337]

@@bateyou you don't have to tell me i live there. De Deltawerken is waar mijn schoonvader aan de wal begon met werken. De hele schoonfamilie komt van Schiermonnikoog en ik leef 15 minuten van het IJsselmeer.

[@bateyou]

Sorry, ik had geen Nederlands accent gehoord in je reactie.

[@jacksonteller1337]

@@bateyou ik heb een NATO accent, bijna met pensioen. Fijne avond

[@nomennescio7457]

@bateyou The afsluitdijk was not built to stop flooding but to reclame all the land behind it. Deze drooglegging werd een officieel plan in 1913 onder minister (Ingenieur) Lely.

[@ilsepaans.0184]

The Netherlands was actually neutral during WWII, but German still decided to attack...

[@ray_beautifulworld6363]

2:09 we actually have more, we also have islands like texel, schiermonnikoog, vlieland, terschellingen, and ameland (there is also an artificial islands, but nobody lives there

[@helenlxd]

Seeing your mind being blown is very entertaining ^^

[@BrianLeeSH]

I feel like my mind is always blown😂🤯

[@asphealkindofguy9674]

I am dutch. I learned new things from this video.

[@BramLastname]

Oh yeah the land below sea level is kinda weird. But it's kinda like pumping water from your flooded basement into your garden. the wall between the two should be enough to keep the basement dry, But once there's a leak anywhere (in this case rain), You need to actively move the water elsewhere. It's surprisingly safe especially since a lot of the historic windmill pumps are kept in working condition for display purposes, And thus can be used whenever rainfall get's heavy. As for breaches and breaking dikes, that's only a concern if we ever declare war on another country, At which point we have bigger concerns.

[@nlmod]

The Dutch were also the only western country allowed to trade with Japan back in 1600's after they had a christian Japanese rebellion against the shogunate which the Dutch helped defeat. Also the Dutch Philips and the Japanese Sony worked together to create CD's.

[@nadilametselaar9131]

I hear your confusion but it’s not that hard: Bonaire, Sint-Estatuis and Saba that are overseas municipalities, we call them BES. As municipality’s they are represented by the Dutch government. Aruba Curaçao and Sint-Maarten are equal and independent countries within the Kingdom. Only Aruba, Curaçao and Sint-Maarten have plenipotentiary ministers. I think in English you could call them gouverneurs. Together with Dutch ministers they form The Kingdoms Council of Ministers. They look after the kingdom affairs such as defense, citizenship and the kingdoms law. Aruba Curaçao and Sint-Maarten have their own constitution and legislation. But in defense and refugee laws they legislate together with the Dutch gouvernement. Difference is that BES are municipality’s and therefore represented by the Dutch ministers in Kingdom affairs.

[@Ed19601]

Dude explained the situation in the carribean rather complicated while in essence it is quite simple: there are 3 autonomous countries, Aruba Curaçao St Maarten, all part of the kingdom and the remaining 3 islands Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba are special status municipalities of the etherlands. These municipalities together are called 'Carribean Netherlands'

[@Sarahpslam]

That was fun to watch, holy moly so fast though! It is Wadden and not Walden eilanden (islands) in the North :) And concerning Islam practiced by yes Turks, Indonesian and they didnt mention Maroccan community, also big here. And there are many Chinese people as well and also alot of refugees from Vietnamese to the more recent Ukrainians :) We live in such a small country yet a lot of diversity. Every year I visit the Embassy Festival in September and indulge in all cultures there are melted into the Dutch one

[@Yxnglixie]

1:03 he said it wrong I live there and it’s called Noord-Brabant not noord Holland

[@ziree22]

Did you know that it were dutch ingeneers who helped creating the palm island and world islands in Dubai, because we have done this before... Flevoland 😊

[@jeroenberkenbosch7072]

to bad the emirates had some other plans to make shortcuts ....... so sinking again ! 😁

[@stefankoffeman9868]

With the animal species is one of the main species a wolf because there were wolves in Germany that for some reason went to the Netherlands (i think its because of lack of food in their area).

[@berrieb]

as a dutchie, i can definetly confirm we are, in fact, water benders.

[@juulhap]

So where not talking about the vlag was ones “orange white blue” but on boats you couldend see the orange so the changed it to red

[@GHOST-in-the-MACHINE]

They forgot the part where we ate our prime minister at one point. Good old times.

[@snubflea]

Willem of Orange was a Prince, not a king. So the Netherlands was a republic until Napoleon occupied it in 1795

[@ellmox]

Oh man I love the waLden islands, the waLden islands are so beautiful

[@roelcrafter9850]

I also would like ti saay that there are quite a few lakes in the netherlands that are nice places for scuba divers to either train or hav fun

[@Hamer780]

The part about we not fully forgiving Germany is not true. Only Americans haven't moved on 😅

[@AafkeKastelijn]

I am so confused right now.. at 11:07 Vincent is explaining some stuff. He is actually a friend of mine. It's just super random coming across this channel about the netherlands and seeing someone I know. Great video btw!

[@kkemp221]

Windmills were also used for sawing wood and grinding granes.

[@Drag0nvil]

Hello foreign watchers, Here's a little hack on how to pronounce at least 1 word better then nearly all of your peers! You've seen the our famous stroopwafels above yes, if you ask me what they taste like... they are: So, good! Now, take the O from `so` and use that one to pronounce stroop rather then using the `oo` from good. They still taste great and you now your pronunciation is also a treat :)

[@milowernars2930]

Hahaha walden islands, sorry guys they’re actually called wadden islands

[@skullwolff9442]

the palm island of dubai and the world islend in dubai, are made by the netherlands, in the same manner we made flevoland. they forgot to mention something. dutch are the world leaders in food production and trading. our small nation produces so mutch food, that we have to sell exxess fresh food to other country's. so it is not wasted. and we harvest fresh food 12 times a year in large bulks. all the world best cabbage for exemple, is dutch, just like your carrots.

[@lucasgoat476]

Im from the netherlands so now im going to subscribe

[@majopeters6796]

Thanks as a 62 year old dutchie I also learned somethings

[@user-qo4oq8ld9y]

The islands In the north of the Netherlands are called wadden eilanden. Islands with wadden,this indicates you on walk on sandy and slickery parts of sand at low tide. Annemarie Harmsen.

[@musicmaker1274]

they forgot the limburg languese

[@MRJoMama966]

William the silent never became king. He was assassinated by Balthasar Gérard,

[@66KevVv]

1 minute into this video.. i already heard 2 flaws.. Holland does not excist anymore since 2020. The name has been removed. And when naming all provinces he named the same province twice.. resulting in not naming another.

[@Ashleys-life]

if you go to the Netherlands please visit Arnhem! Its a big city and Nijmegen is also big! much recommends!

[@richierich6389]

The "ou" in Gouda cheese is prenounced the same way as in the word "ouch" 🤣🤣

[@Minecraft_Sheep]

12:37 We are celebrating his birthday on that one day every year❤

[@cornyman]

I am from the Netherlands. i find it very hilarious when other countries are talking about us or try to pronounce our language and names

[@Sol1dYT]

Netherlands be water benders 😂

[@Berber23]

Netherlands Fan 🇳🇱

[@gillianberman6902]

Nice of you to get a Dutch guy in the vid

[@joostprins3381]

For the Yanks, the Pilgrim Fathers came from Leiden, where they lived because they were prosecuted in England for their religion. They left Leiden because they deemed it to liberal for their children to grow up, so America it was. The Netherlands are always been a country where all people and religions were welcome, we would leave you to yourself, but don’t try to push your conviction to us, that means trouble.

[@rebecca-du6ow]

I was born at home in Kinderdijk :)

[@7kaisheba]

I liked the genuine reactions , and yes Gouda is spoken like , for Chinese people, like hoada, de h is written as g , but this is the phonetic sounds. Korean I am still learning a bit, so phonetically I would not be able to help out. The Netherlands are quite beautiful, and I do not need to travel to see beautiful areas. Yet the people in different countries are so beautiful, because of who they are, this makes me like Brian Lee, so open and approachable. Like the character

[@ralkey]

Little facts about the Netherlands that have nothing to do with history and geography: The Netherlands invented Bluetooth. They also invented Wi-Fi alongside Australia and USA, but it has yet to be confirmed which country actually officially invented it. The Netherlands hold a monopoly over modern day computer chips, without us the world would not be able to have computer chips this fast and advanced. We also invented the microscope, Eye Tests, Cassette, CD, DVD and Blu-ray, The Telescope, Blender (the software), Python (the programming language), and many many more which changed the world! And they're still inventing things to this day.

[@gamenmetbritt3491]

Im dutch from province Utrecht im learning korean 🇳🇱❤🇰🇷 were i live was everything long time ago under water i hope never again i will not sit on my roof😅

[@Owen_14742]

I am from the Netherlands 🇳🇱

[@Rubie_Not_Found]

the netherlands population is now 18+million 7 sep 2023

[@altijdyeetmared]

Me as a dutchie still has to leafn stuff abt mah land😅 I'm from zuid-holland and i loved ur reaction! (South-holland)

[@robertvermaat2124]

When naming the provinces he mistakenly says 'North Holland' when he means to say 'North Brabant'. Oopsie.

[@petermaardananders6803]

About Dutch inventions the crankshaft 'might' be the most important, tho its hard to confirm it was a Dutch invention. What is sure about crankshaft that it enabled the Hollanders( the Netherlands did'nt existed yet) to build faster, predominantly the ships for the VOC(united east indies companies) a private organisation that were more criminal as most want to admit. Imperialism and all that golden age stuff, thats a hot potato but imho those arent things to be proud of. Greetings from ~18 ft bellow sea level, at Lelystad on the bottom of the former southern-sea. 😁👍

[@dutch_person6634]

Netherlands got the shortest runway in the world and the third biggest airport in europe

[@Hairytortoise]

if you are going to the netererlands you have to go to de pannenkoeken boot, charly go to charly in wierden

[@zidane8452]

Do Suriname you'll enjoy it

[@BrianLeeSH]

I'll check it out!

[@zidane8452]

@@BrianLeeSH ok

[@jolandaandriessen4092]

I’m from the Netherlands also 😄

[@Fab1an1705]

As a guy that’s lives in the Netherlands I can say DONT COME HERE ITS BORING AS HELL (Here I am tbh)

[@pinkiepoes5926]

Why did he not mention worstenbroodjes(sausage breads) ;-; My poor Brabant heart breaks 🟥⬜️🟥⬜️🟥 ⬜️🟥⬜️🟥⬜️ 🟥⬜️🟥⬜️🟥

[@Lientjuh]

Im from the province Overijssel

[@earthling9771]

EIC!! 🤯 Omg I didn't know that it was such vast company!!

[@BrianLeeSH]

I didn't either🤯

[@roadrage9191]

Well Dutch EIC (VOC) was the biggest fleet at the time. Think in the Dutch golden age the Dutch were more rich than entire europe combined. Fun fact: In 1667 the Dutch sailed on the medway, sunk the entire Briitish fleet, forcing peace on Dutch Terms. The Brittish only became powerfull later on. The stock exchange / capitalism being one of the biggest reason for the wealth. Was more about trade and money, not about colonizing places, so trading posts were all over but did not control everything. The discovered land but only stayed in places that made money. Indonesia was the milking cow as spices were rare and most came from here, nutmeg, cloves, pepper etc. It was the first big evil corpo, willing to enter into the slave trade, commit genocide and start wars. And obviously the Dutch government did not stop them.

[@ceylinvos-9123]

I'm from Netherlands

[@isabellevandenheuvel3619]

As a -half Dutch -half Bonairean person, I myself am very confused as well

[@bkmmmmmmmm]

Brian: i think i learned so much today me (from the netherlands): uh Brian this is common knowledge here😂😂

[@smilingpupp]

Im almost offended how bicycles arent mentioned

[@Greedsmith]

The Netherlands means The Low Lands, because we’re below sea level.

[@nai9365]

Nice First comment + view 💝💓💓🔒🔒

[@BrianLeeSH]

Thanks 🤗

[@NormallyPenguin]

3:53 i was on the location perfectly where the foto was made XD

[@Hwnest]

i'm dutch and i learned quite a bit

[@kpopJoona]

leuke video! Nice vid!

[@Robins-roblox]

when i was i think like 7 i could already speak english btw im dutch but i think thats also cuz i already had a phone when i was 6 and this girl was watching english vids 24\7

[@cathydiary1604]

greetings from Gouda ❤

[@rawr7850]

You need to whatch one about the fireworks

[@palacioladiante2871]

He said twice "North Holland" and didn't said "Noord Brabant".

[@cheese9209]

we also created the Submarine

[@BrokeBitch16]

i learned so much from this vid even though i am a dutchie😂

[@HenkVeenendaal]

WTF, how is Amsterdam the royal residence? The king lives in The Hague, not in a 'Royal palace in Amstedam'

[@Zoulstudio]

I am from the Netherlands and I’m proud to say I love my country but the Netherlands is like only know for tulips, tallest people and windmills.

[@albalexdisy]

Drugs and red district too.

[@Kasparos]

​@albalexdisy That's mainly Amsterdam or Rotterdam, but thinking you've seen all if you've been to Amsterdam is a big mistake.

[@karinboschaart276]

The popularity of the king is going fast down the hill. He’s start called willem the last. So back to the republic. The people dudn’t choise to be a kingdom. France and Germany made it.

[@memelord2510]

Sommige feiten wist ik niet, en ik ben NL lol. Translation: some facts I didn’t even know, and I’m Dutch lol.

[@joasgaming]

Did you know that Flevoland was made in ww2

[@LucAlliot-deSousa]

he forgot they invented wifi and bluetooth

[@bangtansonyeondan1892]

Social science is my favourite subject and i love geography this video helps me in my studies thankyou 😊

[@BrianLeeSH]

My pleasure 😊

[@DuckiesLeDuck]

Als je niet kan zwemmen, moet je maar hopen dat je lang genoeg bent!

[@aaronmeeuwsen5272]

1:02 Grappig dat Vincent 2x "Noord-Holland" noemt i.p.v. "Noord-Brabant".

[@larsvisser9107]

Nederland!!!❤

[@jochemvanhutten4971]

and we have to learn frensh and german and we are great at it

[@bepvangasteren]

The Wadden Islands ( not the Walden Islands)

[@B0K1T0]

9:08 You're seriously surprised Dutch words aren't pronounced in an English way? :P Although a Dutch person would usually call it "Goudse kaas" instead (cheese from Gouda).