The truth about living in the Netherlands | An American's point of view

The truth about living in the Netherlands | An American's point of view.
American reacts to life in the Netherlands.
A U.S. foreigner's view on living in The Netherlands (Dutch food, culture, lifestyle, language, first impressions, etc.) Living in the Netherlands vs living in the USA.
Comment below things you love about life in the Netherlands (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, Eindhoven, Tilburg, Groningen, Almere Stad, Breda, Nijmegen, etc.)!
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[@Dutch1961]

Worldwide there are 45 million Dutch speakers of which 25 million are native Dutch speakers. Besides that there are about 15 to 24 million speakers of South African which is a language that originated from Dutch. South Africans and Dutch still can communicate with eachother reasonably well.

[@prosmack]

Santaclaus is actually derived from the Dutch "sinterklaas".

[@threshkinta]

No hes not!!!

[@brittrafaella1103]

We actually do celebrate Christmas as well with like the tree and everything! Usually when the kids grow up Christmas becomes the main thing :)

[@thomasplette4105]

Come to Drenthe, its a place No one knows it existst but it is very cool we have hunebedden

[@thomie134]

Hahaha het gat van Nederland

[@suchepicgamer2640]

Iedereen kent dat man

[@TristanPopken]

hahaha das wel een goede beschrijving van Drenthe ja

[@jooztbakker9494]

i do !

[@lottevandervecht520]

Drenthe is the best. Woehoee

[@Joostmhw]

Real life Penny, from rural US to another place to find another life. I'm glad you're so positive about your experience

[@absolutebullcrap7273]

We dont use trees with sinterklaas only woth christmas

[@adrianaadnan7704]

Its amazing.Its where happiness resides.i cannot wait to move there. Since i was a kid.i have always been hypersensitive n i can feel pain of others.it hurts me when i see depressed kids or sad oppressed people. I literally absorb their pain n it makes me physically ill. When the lake or water is polluted or treated badly, when the air is polluted n treated badly ,when animals or humans or kids are treated badly.it makes me suffer n ill. N when i was in the Netherlands. The water is clean, the air was clean, the people are fit happy hardworking creative free n happy.the kids are giggling.the air n grass n water was soooo clean. 1st day i thougt maybe i was mistaken but after a week i realized how blessed that placed was. Everyone was happy n i get full energy. N i was the happiest n the most energetic while i was there.it is by far the most blessed place i have ever visited. These people doesnt just talk .they ACTUALLY do care about the environment n about taking care of earth n humans.n do it on a daily basis even if its not profitable. N i was sooo lucky to have stepped foot there.n i cant wait to move n raise my kids there. What a blessed country the netherland is. The best people i ever met on planet earth.i cant wait !!!!!!!😁😁😁😁😁🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

[@Naelt147]

Christmas is actually based on Sinterklaas. Sinterklaas is mostly celebrated for Children. Christmas is more a social and family celebration.

[@inekemolenaar1695]

No way

[@MarkDDG]

Not 17 but 24 million people speak Dutch, it's not only spoken in the Netherlands and Belgium but also in other places in the world like Suriname. The thing that I think is very interesting about the Netherlands, is that even it's a small country, it has great influences in the whole world, from Indonesia to South Africa to the Caribbean to the USA. Especially in the USA I discovered that a lot of people are not aware of Dutch influences. A lot of traditional things that are from New York for example, originaire from Dutch colture. We not only celebrate 'sinterklaas', but we also celebrate Christmas. We actually have two days of Christmas 'eerste kerstdag' and 'tweede kerstdag' (first and second Christmas day).

[@lucifaze2752]

People are unaware because your country isn't as actually relevant as you think. No one learns about the Dutch, but we learn about Europe.

[@jasperstuut]

love hearing her talking about Nederland

[@enricio]

Nicely put. Luckily I did not have to interview this lady. I'd drown in her eyes. 😳

[@Amphroxia]

im pretty sure most dutch people celebrate Sinterklaas (dec 5th) as well as Christmas (dec 25th/26th), however, Christmas is not really a religious holiday. (at least not for my family). so Sinterklaas is not a substitute for christmas, its an extra holiday.

[@lievevlindertjes.7933]

Why are Americans always so positieve about the Nertherlands?

[@AmericanDreamer]

She looks 💯 like girl from Scary movie!

[@Korporaal1]

Sinterklaas is a Catholic saint: Saint Nicholas of Myra. The protector saint of Amsterdam, Venice and of sailors. But the protestants and non-religious people also celebrate the holiday. He got exported and became the American Santa Claus.

[@janrobertbos]

17 million Dutch, 6 million Flemish and 3 million Afrikaners speak Dutch, though Afrikaans is slightly different, I can understand them well though...

[@vanderdole02]

sprouts, cook them in water, ad a chopped up onion, that will make it NOT smell bad... boil them about 20 minutes..eat them with chili past :)

[@Gabiche]

You are always welcome to come to Belgium as well! :)

[@heleenglazenburg1405]

Sinterklaas is a Saint and a bisschop je wears als mijter .not a hat

[@dr.pepper8154]

She look dutch too. ..blond and big Light eyes. .beauty of A ladie

[@TayyebK]

the background of the thumbnail are houses in Groningen. In the hood called: Reitdiep. I don't live there but friends of me lives there

[@TayyebK]

I also live in Groningen

[@irispostema]

I live there!

[@garytangeman9351]

It sounds to me , You really enjoyed your stay there.

[@rmyikzelf5604]

Dutch is not harder than Chinese. In fact Dutch is pretty close to English.

[@patricktetteroo9950]

She is cute 🥰

[@serialchiller7977]

ur awesome. we should meet when u cone back

[@anoniem9379]

Did you ever try rationality?

[@Dlw-ez9of]

DORDRECHT!!!!😜✌🏻

[@Dlw-ez9of]

Did u live in Papendrecht, Zwijndrecht or Sliedrecht

[@feigekv]

I may have known you in Spokane...

[@EOOGamer]

you dont eat herring with pickels...

[@roykliffen9674]

She's stunning! If you see her, you'll know she's American - even before you hear her speak - simply based on her dress sense and hairdo. Whether you like or dislike the style, her facial features and neckline are gorgeous. And she obviously has a good head on her shoulders which should be a plus in anyone's book.

[@gibbelspublicaffairs361]

Dear Roy, agreed, I love that she made the effort to delve into our culture. But she looks American' is a bit silly. They are most likely (recent) descendants of Dutch, English, Italian, etc. She probably has either Dutch or Scandinavian roots.

[@Koepex]

She is very good.looking. thats the truth.

[@LavroseRovender]

So many views So little comments (only 50

[@tvd7377]

I call that feeling the Twilight zone

[@casek1238]

Als de Nederlandse keuken zo bijzonder en gezond is, wie vreet er dan al dat voer van de zgn. maaltijdkoeriers?

[@dirtybsvarieties4934]

Hot Brady Bunch mom alert!

[@josje26]

Wel sinterklaas nearly extinct unfortunately.

[@carou6114]

Mensen eet aub stroopwafels

[@Koepex]

She should try belgium next time..xD

[@TheLineCutter]

she's too kind. we Dutch do like to talk about our country, because we like to talk about ourselves more than take the time to look at other countries. the older generations anyways. the young people are as international as anywhere else.

[@michel7339]

Looks like Britney Spears haha.

[@aldrixalkemadus]

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[@stevanoutdoor]

You do realize you are very pretty right?

[@iamonarch]

hmz yea parts of it were true... but people being nice? don’t know where you have been thou haha

[@luukipuuk3537]

Miquel Monarch niet in Amsterdam thats for sure

[@teunvdkeur9615]

I don’t know what you are talking about... every one here is nice, unless you aren’t nice to them.

[@whydoievenbothertoputthish2199]

She looks like her eyes are about to pop out xD

[@user-ef6tz5rk1q]

I hate living in The Netherlands forrreal.

[@scott19087]

@Alvin how is the health care system great?

[@AmericanDreamer]

Why don't you move away then? Go to Germany or Luxembourg instead!

[@guuslombarts9004]

Aren't you living in heaven/hell since '97?

[@cajundragon]

Come to Portsmouth, Virginia. You'll love it!

[@teunvdkeur9615]

Alvin true but I disagree with one thing. The summers... last summer we had a lot of days with 40• degrees above Celsius. Every year it is getting 3-5 Celsius hotter, in the summer, the reason is global warming :(.

[@danbro1970]

The reason so few people speak Dutch is why waste that time and effort to speak a dying language (more people speak English in Los Angeles county than all of the Netherlands speak Dutch) when you can learn English - the most favored second language in the world. Ideally, each country should speak their native language and the children be required to learn Esperanto as a second language. Just think - we could all communicate peacefully.

[@nielsdevries5449]

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