"Merck toch hoe sterck" - Dutch Patriotic War Song

[@TheGreatLiberator1209]

When a Spaniard touches your spices

[@yoboyfargoth1208]

G E K O L O N I S E E R D

[@aeiou6766]

igual fuimos 100 veces más importantes que esos herejes holandeses

[@simonguiri9628]

@@aeiou6766 FUImOs uN iMpERiO

[@aeiou6766]

@@simonguiri9628 un imperio como dije, más importante que estos herejes y más

[@simonguiri9628]

@@aeiou6766 Pues los países bajos y Bélgica tuvieron sus colonias un siglo más que España. Creo que la importancia de tiempos pasados es irrelevante si quieres hacer algún juicio sobre la situación actual. ¿Y qué dices de herejes? Si Hispania ha cambiado un montón de veces la religión y según los ortodoxos sigue siendo hereje

[@frank1800]

Played this in Belgium, now its Zuid-Nederland

[@magical5181]

😂😂 👏

[@jatorresh]

VALONIA ESPAÑOLA *

[@virtualwarp]

As it should be.

[@DeGeneraal289]

Liever niet makker

[@incrediman25]

Not really, most fraternities already sing this on their cantus. It's pretty common

[@LuísJarles]

A choir and an organ, here's a powerful combination.

[@Sergio-gu5in]

Yeah boy 😎

[@turperper]

have you heard of church

[@servantofaeie1569]

@@turperper I was thinking it sounded like a church song

[@louwpost6082]

Go to reformed church in holland and u hear this combination every sunday.

[@louwpost6082]

Also there are some great manchoirs in holland, specially from the small town Urk: they are called: 'urker mannenkoren'. If you love the combination of a choit and an organ, you gonna love these manchoirs.

[@Dutch_Dame68]

Imagine being a soldier from the warm and sunny land of Spain, and you are now in the cold, dark, and swampy lands of Holland. And then you hear this song.

[@kameradkrieg8480]

Cantaremos Que viva españa!

[@GigaChadlovesandcares]

@@kameradkrieg8480 You wish

[@kameradkrieg8480]

@@GigaChadlovesandcares Man it's the XXI Century, it's a joke...

[@GigaChadlovesandcares]

@@kameradkrieg8480 Many Spanish mean it, which is why i replied that way lol

[@alejandrocastillo9819]

@@GigaChadlovesandcares We do! Spain kicked your asses you dutch. Flandes will always be Spanish.

[@Trein05]

Historical fact: After the fall of the Netherlands to the Germans, the government and the Queen escaped to the UK, where they formed "Radio Orange/Oranje", which was a radio station which had contact with the Dutch Resistance. In the first broadcast, this song was played, followed by a speech from the Queen.

[@mcj2219]

Abandoning your country and its people: bilderberger grindset

[@mcj2219]

@@c.g.d1899 Well not very populistic though... I understand her children fled, but she should've stayed because King/Queen is a symbol of the people. I don't think she would've gotten killed though since German leadership admired other countries leaders not fleeing

[@GigaChadlovesandcares]

@@mcj2219 They would’ve been used for propaganda purposes, they were right to flee. We should’ve just flooded the place as we have always done, we were weak and therefor they managed to occupy us.

[@mcj2219]

@@GigaChadlovesandcares My point is that a King or Queen should always stay with their people (het volk). Also flooding the Netherlands wouldn't have been profitable since the Netherlands was losing anyways

[@boazkn8049]

@@GigaChadlovesandcares well a bunch of the political ppl from other countries like belgium were executed or used for the nazi propoganda machine. The queen fuelled the dutch resistance till the end of the with this broadcast. She also provided real information to the people to effectively cripple nazi propaganda in the Netherlands.

[@Fabian-1908]

As a Dutchman, my heart glows by seeing the map

[@Potjenjks2988]

te weinig kales en duinkerken

[@Gyrosmeister]

​@@Potjenjks2988 Dietsland wordt groot

[@HeeftGedaanHD]

Inderdaad, geen Flevoland.

[@1302VL]

En als Vlaming bloedt mijn hart voor het verlies van onze eenheid. 😔

[@Fabian-1908]

@@1302VL Dat van mij ook, mijn vriend

[@bebobism]

Wow . . . I'm Dutch and this gave me chills. I can imagine this beeing sung before battle by the troops , raising spirits before the real chance of giving the ultimate sacrifice. Beautiful.

[@footballnick2]

Then now the Netherlands just preaches degenerate culture and imports third worlders. How the mighty have fallen.

[@bebobism]

@@footballnick2 You mean evolved.

[@misterwhalrus7334]

@@bebobism sounds like devolving to me Like Rome before it, it has let the barbarians in

[@andreas2610]

De Spaanse Nederlanden, jammer dat de geuzen de zuidelijke delen niet konden verdedigen :(

[@rynomeiring6682]

Even me as a Afrikaner from South-Africa, this gives me chills trough my back.

[@joepaddy7239]

This song is turning me into a Dutch nationalist, even though I’m polish.

[@Imperial_stroopwafel]

Love to Poland from the Netherlands 🇳🇱❤️🇵🇱🦅

[@dienham8056]

Thank jou verry mutch...jou maid me emotional..thank jou..dobre viche..sorry for wrong spelling..

[@dienham8056]

Greetings polski

[@joepaddy7239]

@@dienham8056 it’s okay, god bless Nederland 🤝🏻

[@powersource1988]

Polish people always welcome in NL ❤

[@al-x_psy]

This song is so badass, you can hear the actual determination of Dutch to fulfill the duty for De Zeven Provinciën of maintaining its independence. Respect and greetings from Poland 🇳🇱🤝🇵🇱 EDIT: Thank you all for so many likes, my friends! 🙂

[@MiguelJW]

Long before leftwing politics was founded! Back then it was a real country full of men with balls the size of a coconut!

[@GigaChadlovesandcares]

@@MiguelJW we still got it, and we got taller too

[@Kruiwagenchauffeur]

Now it's Polands turn to remain independent from EU tyranny.

[@denisevanmeeuwen394]

Hey im dutch and its so good to hear other people like this since they make jokes about dutch and its the worst country,but my brothers here like it🤚🏼🤲🤝🏼🇳🇱

[@al-x_psy]

It is hard to make jokes of people, who were pioneers of colonization, were master sailors, once had enormous territories on all the world, and their Dutch East Indies Company was once one of the most powerful organisations worldwide. And from my point of view who crewed Polish Navy's sailboat and defeated Swedish Navy in Battle of Oliwa in 1627.

[@scottleary8468]

Many do not realize how the Dutch army of the Eighty Years War in the 16th and 17th centuries influenced military tactics and organization to this very day. Maurice of Nassau made the Dutch army professional and won many victories against the Spanish. He invented the Battalion and many military leaders of the Thirty Years War and English Civil War learned their trade in his army. The Dutch military system influenced the Army of Louis XIV. Marshal Turenne, one of Louis XIV's best generals, was himself Dutch, and started his military career in the Dutch army.

[@alejandrocastillo9819]

Flandes was Spanish and you lost many battles against us. You could only win because all Europe was against Spain and we had to maintain the whole empire.

[@scottleary8468]

@@alejandrocastillo9819 All of Europe was not against Spain. The Hapsburgs controlled the entire Spanish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire (at least part of it). And the Hapsburgs had the aid of the Papacy and many Roman Catholic states. Plus they supposedly had the best army in Europe. The problem was that the Hapsburgs were trying to hold on to the old Medieval world and the Protestants were moving on towards a new Modern world. Trying to hold on to the past is a very difficult thing to do. Not a good strategy.

[@gino0717]

​@@alejandrocastillo9819 tell me you're Spanish without telling you're Spanish

[@bobhuisbaas4808]

@@alejandrocastillo9819 we owned spain back then and we will own them now.😏🤣

[@Pretosama]

@@scottleary8468 I can say this and I am Spanish, we fought a war which was only about Habsburg supremacy in Europe and against Spanish interests in many ways, Spanish soldiers died far from home to defend a land which was never attached to Spain. Even with that in mind we fought well and heroically in many cases but we lost because the Dutch changed and the military conceptions of the time as you pointed out, we Spanish had the best army in Europe yes, but in that moment was when Spain stopped being the hegemon of Europe, no need of petty nationalism, is just truth and History that we rose and fall as a great power as everyone.

[@Ifoundnohappinesshere]

That map is like an alternative ending where the Netherlands kicked Spain out of the Benelux completely

[@eastprussiaproductions]

All 17 provinces United

[@sreedevisodanapalli1010]

And stopped fighting with the sea

[@halorecon95]

What a victory at Kallo in 1638 could have given us...

[@Ifoundnohappinesshere]

@@eastprussiaproductions *Stronk Ogenblik*

[@Raadpensionaris]

@@halorecon95 The Dutch could have conquerd more of the Spanish Netherlands if they wanted to but in the end Amsterdam didn't want Antwerp as a competer again and others didn't want a border with France. The Spanish Netherlands became a buffer

[@KRackHoofd]

As someone who moved to the Netherlands and has studied this language more then my native language.... I felt this divine connection with the soil beneath me. Voor de Republiek, mijn Nederlanderse broeders!

[@SpanishDio]

Much Respect from Spain, what a bloody and long war we fought, if you actually read bout it was almost like a "mini" WW1 with all those sieges and trench warfare... And one last thing, you were way better and more honourable rival/enemies than those pesky englishmen. 🇪🇸❤️🇳🇱

[@jatorresh]

ERES TU XD

[@erwin887]

It was a war aginst the pesky habsburgs, they got their little austrian sausages in every pie. The dutch revolution was the beginning of their downfall.

[@tigrex3622]

I apprecciate it as a spanish lad,you honor my ancesstors with your kind words

[@doomie21]

Yes like the siege of Breda. Long siege with trenches.

[@TheOdysable]

Spaansch uitschot verwijdert u!

[@neithi8886]

I'm spanish but, i'm not gonna lie, this sounds SO FUCKING GOOD.

[@kmd_hnnsn8199]

This is supposed to scare Spanish troops

[@koosmotormuis]

Hey Gparlos, i agree! It's powerfull!

[@leonrothier6638]

Ey man the original Frente al Cabos de Palos song is about the Spanish sinking Anglo-Dutch fleet and its pretty good :)

[@abandonedflower]

@@kmd_hnnsn8199 nah we'd be vibin' with the dutch lol

[@Partyaap050]

I mean historically we don't hold a grudge against Spain. Hell, in the Dutch national anthem we even pledge loyalty to the Spanish king. The war was against the occupying Spanish army, and only against those specific Spaniards.

[@casper6405]

As a dutchman this puts a smile on my face

[@zikrim.p.608]

lmao, greetings from batavia comrade

[@f804.de.ruyter]

i smile in dutch

[@sulfur1661]

Voor mij ook

[@rubencrone5765]

Ja same

[@thekarnyx]

As a Spaniard I'm scared shitless

[@Mystery-Moon]

I am Dutch and I want this to be our new National Anthem 💪

[@DutchTunisian]

Same

[@TymenH]

@Grote Scheiße ik ook gek

[@hks2.3stroker6]

Fok Wilhelmus

[@DutchTunisian]

@@hks2.3stroker6 nou nou niet zo schelden mi jong

[@janstolk486]

It's hardly new though !

[@filipjezercic9735]

So interesting that a song can sound angry yet so proud and patriotic. Big love to Ze zeven provinces from Croatia.

[@bjarniyt1402]

The good old days. Unity makes strength! 🇳🇱❤️🇧🇪❤️🇱🇺

[@rick7424]

Belgium succeded for a reason. The days weren't so good.

[@alexisrousseaux1067]

it make stenght when the southern part of the country isn't oppressed for being different

[@bjarniyt1402]

@@alexisrousseaux1067 and when was that?

[@alexisrousseaux1067]

@@bjarniyt1402 Between 1815 and 1830

[@stevenwier1783]

@@alexisrousseaux1067 there's being different and then there's being België. That's a whole nother level.

[@jodofe4879]

When the strongest empire in the world tries and fails to squash your rebellion for 80 years so you just seize some of those sweet Spanish treasure fleets, spices and colonies and become the richest country in the world

[@qwarea2784]

in the dutch we whould say: GEKOLONISEERD

[@maartensmies5128]

@Gnome Enjoyer we only surrendered because a huge part of Rotterdam got levelled to the ground and they threaten to do the same to other big cities

[@ouden9445]

@Gnome Enjoyer hahahaha you are way out of context

[@ouden9445]

@Gnome Enjoyer why should i be mad 🤔

[@ouden9445]

@Gnome Enjoyer i dont name 3 reasons that should be easy if you have so many

[@Daastar]

Really powerful song! Makes my eyes wet, I don't know why. Im glad I found it randomly :) Greetings from Estonia! Dank U well!

[@britannicgeneral7460]

Much better flag actually including the orange in which is literally the Netherlands famous colour...

[@idonhaveanyideawhattocallm1472]

I get why they got rid of it since they were no longer rules by the house of Orange but it just looked so much better with it

[@zouteranja4041]

yeah, the darker blue gets me too!

[@halorecon95]

@@idonhaveanyideawhattocallm1472 The House of Orange-Nassau still rules over the Netherlands to this day and orange is still part of the national colors because of that. The reason why they initially went to red was because the orange would fade too much while at sea. While there was some debate about the flag's colors in the late 1800s and early 1900s, the fact that the Dutch National Socialist Movement used the Orange-White-Blue "Prinsenvlag" as their flag kinda tarnished its reputation.

[@britannicgeneral7460]

@@halorecon95 So it's not used because a single group of unpopular people used it for a small amount of time...what a truly politically correct world we live in.

[@tmbrabantia6365]

@@britannicgeneral7460 well, it's still used by the far right these days, from the literal fascist NVU to the ultranationalists of the PVV and the FvD. another reason it was replaced besides orange fading quickly is that red dye is waaaaaaayyyy cheaper. Orange dye was quite expensive. in the 30s it was Queen Wilhelmina of the House of Orange-Nassau who by decree announced that the flag was red white blue, not orange white blue.

[@dominikpatrioticchannel9050]

This is one of my favourite historical songs. It sounds very powerful to me. Regards from Poland 🇵🇱.

[@juliusdegroot83]

dzien dobry from the Netherland 🇳🇱❤️🇵🇱

[@ibahasj7510]

🇵🇱🇳🇱

[@qopiqq3629]

My favorite historical song is Hej Sokoły (the version on this channel) guess we dutchies and poles just have the best songs ;) 🇳🇱🇵🇱

[@dominikpatrioticchannel9050]

@TheWeeaboo Yes. That's true.

[@ShacolateClown]

@TheWeeaboo willhelmus is a traitors song

[@sentientham]

TFW you fought for eighty years against the strongest empire of its time and won:

[@mickel1634]

but not entirely, the south stayed spannish...

[@sentientham]

@@Yes-ct1md imagine paying thousands of dollars for currency that you can't even touch THIS POST WAS MADE BY TULIPMANIA GANG

[@vistagreat9994]

Ming

[@danielwoods3896]

America did it in 18 years

[@vistagreat9994]

Qing vs Ming

[@LUFKK0L]

This song makes me proud to be dutch *_and im indonesian_*

[@glennhadiwitanto2]

Ada lagi yang Indo ternyata

[@dominicguye8058]

ok now that is a big deal

[@busterscruggs8834]

Ironic

[@onlyrandomvids2907]

​@@busterscruggs8834not really

[@onlyrandomvids2907]

​@@glennhadiwitanto2indo hadir

[@jonaw.2153]

I'm Flemish and could hardly understand what was being sung without the subtitles lol. But that's got to do with the way the song is sung, the video is really good! No loss of audio-quality, good translations and a pretty accurate map of the Seventeen Provinces.

[@Veriox22]

This is the case because this dutch is bery old

[@jrd0058]

Im Dutch and i dont even understand

[@fidus868]

I understand it only when I read it.

[@lisztygames6352]

Zelfde bij mij

[@farriebever8985]

@@Veriox22 yeah, a lot of s' should be z's, ck's are k's now, and ae are aa's now.

[@alphabravocharlie8625]

Respect Dutch ancestry who sacrificed their lives for their country. This music is glorious

[@petervinylpeterterhorst5236]

thats what i mean. They were so brave, although they had no choice...i fell much pitty for them

[@RuudJH]

Dutch here. We learned this at middle school aged 10 or so, singing in the class room. A melody with lyrics that you could actually feel the meaning of, as a young child. You knew it was about the struggle for freedom 350 or so years earlier, but it made you part of a country. Don't know if kids today still learn it. I suspect yes, but not everywhere in Netherlands anymore. I'm glad this got posted on this channel . thx.

[@cornelisvreeswijk186]

What's funny is that this song uses the "La Folia" chord progression, a very popular musical theme in Baroque music used by composers of the era to evoke Spain and more generally Iberia. This chord progression basically sounded distinctly Spanish to them. So although the lyrics of the song are pretty anti-Spanish, the musical structure of the song is very much Spanish. It's a parody of sorts!

[@lucyfrye5365]

Waerlyck eenen ziecken tune. Onmiddenlyck op myn IPhoon geplaaetscht.

[@helmer1991]

Bekoorlyck gebaer, mijn heer. Ick hope dat U vele gelucken op uwe weg vinde, mijne here! Wat is trouwens ene IPhoon? Een gansch nieuwe bijbel?

[@timdg4]

@@helmer1991sorry maer ik ging bekoorlyck stuck om dese reakctie

[@Javerr]

Den Nederlandsche Volk Zalt Den Spanjaarden met de Stercken Stand des onses Hant met Swaerd en Gewaer laten sien

[@Alcyone1974]

🤣

[@gerben19801]

Edoch, Deesch ende vrolijcken noot, maeckt mij ende innerlycken mensch thans groothenlycks het lachen ende naby.

[@Woeringen]

It's good to see the united Netherlands like that.

[@jannes3290]

Van waar bent u?

[@Woeringen]

@@jannes3290 Van Brussel.

[@Woeringen]

@@herbertherbertic6223 Although I would much prefer the Netherlands to be unified, I do not think that Belgium is 'fake'. It has a real historical and cultural background.

[@herbertherbertic6223]

@@Woeringen It has 2 separate groups that hate each other. It's artificial at best.

[@Woeringen]

@@herbertherbertic6223 Wrong. Belgium isn't composed of "Flemish" on one side and "Walloons" on the other side. There are also people from Brabant, Luxembourg, Hainaut, Limburg, etc. And they don't hate each other that's ridiculous. In fact, the majority of the people, both french speakers and dutch speakers aren't separatists and want the federal state to have more powers. You believe in the lies of the separatist political class who are nothing else than dirty opportunists.

[@alexmasic]

As a Serbian...this is masterpiece!!! I feel proud and strong just by listening to this! 🤗

[@dutchafrikaner1204]

We do recognize Kosovo y'know, maybe you feel less proud now.

[@alexmasic]

@@dutchafrikaner1204 Soon ,you will unrecognize it and you too are gonna feel proud again like I do now as a Serb. Cheers!

[@jessefifa]

Dont mind him he is a troll

[@Kai_075]

@@alexmasic 🇳🇱🇷🇸💪❤️

[@evolad2463]

@@dutchafrikaner1204 kosovo je srbia!

[@L_back]

The old version of Dutch sounds so interesting when heard by a modern native speaker. Love to Nederland from Nederland!

[@Potjenjks2988]

Een vorm van taal om naar terug te streven.

[@L_back]

@@Potjenjks2988 absoluut!

[@Wotansfogal]

Sounds closer to modern flemish than dutch

[@andrewjennings7306]

What's the difference between it and modern Dutch?

[@Potjenjks2988]

@@andrewjennings7306 a lack of anglicization can be seen in the old version. Modern dutch is all about english which, for some reason is seen as better by a good portion of the population.

[@eskaban_edits_beats_and_more]

as a dutch guy i love how fancy and honorable old fashioned dutch sounded.

[@左アリ]

It sounds like something from Warhammer universe but much cooler. Dutch have a great history, I even started to learn the language (I understand the most of it as it is a relative with German).

[@kimashitawa8113]

​@@左アリ Nice to see someone show interest in our humble language and history👍

[@eskaban_edits_beats_and_more]

@@左アリ i love germans too! theyre masters of finance and engineering and they are capabel of being a world power. also the language is so funny

[@sparkaqz5469]

Do you have trouble understanding the old dutch or is it still perfectly understandable?

[@HYDROCARBON_XD]

@@sparkaqz5469this is not old Dutch,this is early modern Dutch,old Dutch was spoke in the early Middle Ages and it is way,WAY different from modern Dutch,just like how old English or old Norse is very different from English or danish respectively

[@mohammadzaid1221]

When the Ice caps melt but your country gets even bigger.

[@harmbeelen8463]

Lmfao

[@fullmetaltheorist]

Open the flood gates

[@oniemployee3437]

We are the IRL water benders, for as far as I'm concerned. Not masters, but compatriots.

[@dennisbergkamp4290]

You really believe that bs? It melts some place, but we dont mention other places where it grows even harder.

[@mohammadzaid1221]

@@dennisbergkamp4290 bro there was a flood in my city 2 weeks ago , it Never floods in my city and you are telling me that climate change isn't happening

[@benflokstra5609]

Zou cool zijn als dit ons volkslied zou zijn. Zeker als je dan tegen Spanje komt bij sportwedstrijden hahah.

[@Tycho]

wk 2022 finale spanje - nederland en nederland wint 4-2

[@mr.soundguy968]

@@Tycho Lol! Ik ga er niet vanuit dat ook maar 1 van beide landen de finale haalt

[@matthiaswisman3027]

Lol, ken je ons eigen volkslied wel? En de coupletten? Allemaal geschreven in dezelfde tijd

[@br4m417]

Het volkslied gaat ook over spanje

[@elanandringa122]

Is al het volkslied van Bergen op Zoom

[@Jeroen_stam]

As a Dutch person, I can understand nearly everything said in this song. Truely powerful and inspiring. Makes me proud of my forefathers.

[@willemhaifetz-chen1588]

Now act - together as one -everyday in honor of their legacy !

[@bembs0256]

Played this in Jakarta, Indonesia Now it’s Batavia, Dutch East Indies Beautiful song. Eendracht maakt macht! 🇳🇱💪

[@zavierong888]

Played this in the Philippines. Now it's the Dutch East Indies

[@joricj57]

Aah, Eendracht maakt Macht - L'union fait la Force - Einigkeit macht Stark; I see the Benelux is still strong with this one :)

[@edis0088]

Dutch is a beautiful language, thats why im learning it. Love from denmark 🇩🇰 🇳🇱

[@draupnir9748]

It were you the Danes who came to our lands in the early middle ages.. we are related. 🇳🇱 🇩🇰😁

[@chunkykong1976]

and historicaly we’ve been each others best ally you guy’s helping us against the british and we helping you with the swedes 🇳🇱🤝🇩🇰

[@HYDROCARBON_XD]

@@draupnir9748well,even before the Danes came to Netherlands the Dutch (or frisians) were germanic like the Norse people,not only linguistically but also genetically and culturally

[@daveyhester3973]

Don’t learn from this video it’s really old Dutch and we spell everything different now

[@pe-peron8441]

Probably the worst languages in Europe. Undoubtedly a match made in heaven

[@daxmarsman5189]

Een Vlaamse traan want wij broeders horen bij elkaar. Nu op het volgende WK letten op onze Belgische uitshirts. Zit een VlaamsBrabands knipoog in. Walen hebben het gelukkig niet door

[@plolsteg7705]

As a dutchman that map puts a smile on my face

[@harmbeelen8463]

This sure does put a smile on my facr

[@weisman-xu6kv]

ty to all Netherlandish friends from Russia, u did awesome aid to make us one of the strongest nations in the world, same as u ^^ I recently started studying the history of this small but glorious country, and I dont regret it a bit. Keep and be proud of your great history and culture and dont let them get lost!! Glorie aan Nederland Слава России 🌹

[@GJ-xt3mx]

As a Dutchmen I absolutely love this song! Sounds so strong and powerful 🇳🇱

[@haody_makes_things]

"what was below is now above" Man that's a powerful line to refer to the de Lage Landen

[@MadMatt168]

You could also see it more literally where the cannon fire literally upturned the soil

[@1LiterSpaWater]

It refers to the shifting circumstances during the battle and sieges, where the balance of power between the besieged and the besiegers constantly fluctuated. It has nothing to do with Lage Landen or soil

[@danielkucera5916]

Amazing music, love it! Greetings from Czech Republic...

[@Kujuvahetaja]

Much respect to my dutch ancestors Much love from Canada! 🇨🇦 ❤ 🇳🇱

[@mikiochan7422]

may those who died in the war rest in peace 🕊❤

[@thijsdegit5910]

Thanks for freeing us in ww2 ❤

[@jdnrotterdam2150]

Love for Canada. Thanks for your service

[@jasonlebrun2045]

I’m just thinking of an epic scenario. A lonely group of Spanish soldiers are walking through a misty dutch landscape, the only thing they can see are some trees and some giants windmills towering over them. It’s a very quiet day until they hear chants in the distance, it’s keep getting louder and eventually they can hear music too. After a while they see something horrifying for them, they see big sticks with flags emerging from the mist and later they start seeing soldiers. They giant wall of soldiers completely fills in their vision, eventually all they can see are thousands of soldiers marching and chanting towards them while loud music plays and the soldiers singing to it. Then they realize that the revolution is getting started. All the Spanish soldiers can do is stay still horrified while listing to their patriotic song.

[@PotenzaZ]

Hahah let’s make a movie

[@abc-xn7db]

@@PotenzaZ windmills werent as big as the modern ones lol maybe like 20-25 meters. But still epic scenario

[@PotenzaZ]

@@abc-xn7db Yeahh you can make a sick flat battlefield..

[@h.r.c.jansen4159]

@@abc-xn7db Imagine in that time every structure higher than 20 meters would be impressive for people who where used to smal ground level houses. different times, different ways of looking at things.

[@dismian7]

The mills were used to drain the land, but could also be used as a defense by flooding these lands rapidly. We either could trap an army, keep it out, or split it in two. The biggest part of army was our fleet though.

[@chosonminhang]

I'm getting so much goosebumps while listening to this What a great and epic masterpiece

[@vargfreitas5131]

I'm Spanish but I can't stop listening to this unironically :(

[@moonagaming6068]

respect from your old colony 🇮🇩♥️🇳🇱

[@GERBERTH-r8y]

Respect from the netherlands 🇮🇩❤🇳🇱.

[@sayanchatterjee8622]

Respected from🇮🇳❤🇳🇱

[@harry5326]

🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@juliusdegroot83]

@Louis Biebuyck bruh wtf

[@zetos4440]

Dutchman here with indonesian heritage much love back to you guys

[@IIgaiaII]

Bedankt gaf me gelijk een krachtig gevoel , iets wat vandaag de dag goed zouden kunnen gebruiken. In tijden zoals deze. Thank you this gives a powerful feeling , something we could use these days. In times our country struggles the most to find its way.

[@martinp3166]

You really get the sense/feeling of the scene that portrays a brave underdog standing up against formidable odds

[@Falgen]

Flanders is literally South Netherlands and Wallonia is indisputably North France.

[@Katafrakt_]

Nahh. Flanders, Wallonia, and the Netherlands is North Spain, which in turn is West Austria, which in turn is South Germany.

[@Zidan07166]

Bruh 😂

[@Monkeyamingus777]

​@@Katafrakt_ how could it be North Spain if its in a different European region

[@Katafrakt_]

@@Monkeyamingus777 Spain used to control it.

[@Monkeyamingus777]

@@Katafrakt_ it was a Gift from the habsurgs But it was just a Area they ruled over and governed It's like having a Colony It's not like it's apart of your country Because that wouldn't really be possible or make much sense considering that the Benelux region are Germanic and it was a shit ton of kilometers away from the Spanish kingdom

[@Razgriz218]

Why isn't this our national anthem?! Sounds so much more powerful then what we have today...

[@PotenzaZ]

Ik moet je gelijk geven, deze is 10x krachtiger.. Was echt mooier geweest

[@Raadpensionaris]

Het Wilhelmus heeft zijn eigen charme. Het beschrijft de struggles van de Vader des Vaderlands

[@smokeynagata25]

@@Raadpensionaris inderdaad , het geeft het gevoel en dubio van willem 2 in die tijd feilloos aan. Hij stond tussen 2 vuren, zn vaderland of de spaanse koning. Zalig mooi lied

[@rubencrone5765]

Ja prc dat

[@FMZ101]

Wauw! Ja!

[@jq4t49f3]

Die mees roerende strydslied wat ek nog ooit gehoor het! Bravo!

[@mrmemeking1yearago437]

Afrikaans?

[@jq4t49f3]

@@mrmemeking1yearago437 Ja!

[@BetjeWolff-v2s]

Wij leerden op in Nederland op school " Bobbejaan klim die berg, so haastig en zo lustig ' Dat was een strijdlied van de Boeren oorlog neem ik aan ?

[@jq4t49f3]

Dit is slegs 'n lighartige volksliedjie niks te doen met oorlog nie. Meer satiries as veglustig! @@BetjeWolff-v2s

[@nunaalsoknownasohare6388]

Damn, they really went above and beyond when they were composing this! Much love to the Netherlands from America 🇺🇸❤🇳🇱

[@dutchafrikaner1204]

Did you know that the American Declaration of Independence was based on the Dutch Akte van Verlaethinghe? Our spirit of liberty, freedom, that continued in the United States. We Dutch might have had a bigger impact on the USA then the French.

[@Jeroenhermanjan]

Yes and it also really old 1626.. it’s nice

[@Hi_how_r_u_]

As a Native Dutch speaker, thank god for those English subtitles

[@femkevanwageningen6068]

I came here to get in toch with my roots and am verry touched bij seeing all these mesagese from places my country has a past with, i'm getting emotional here. Thank you!

[@therailwayinn684]

Respect to our brothers in the Netherlands 🇳🇱🤝🇬🇧

[@arthurwellesley1stdukeofwe890]

Long live the Anglo-Dutch alliance. 🇬🇧 🇳🇱

[@pwkh763]

You know how many englishman died hearing this song

[@arthurwellesley1stdukeofwe890]

@@pwkh763 This song was used against the Spanish, not the English.

[@Raadpensionaris]

@@arthurwellesley1stdukeofwe890 I don't think that there are many countries that have fought together in so many wars and battles. The guy in your pf fought with the Prince or Orange while the guy in my of fought with the Duke of Marlborough

[@arthurwellesley1stdukeofwe890]

@@Raadpensionaris You mean the Duke of Wellington sire.

[@hansmuller3924]

Fantastic Song! Greetings from Germany!🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱❤🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪

[@lor9748]

Never war between spain and Germany?

[@hansmuller3924]

@@lor9748 No

[@lor9748]

@@hansmuller3924 why?

[@lor9748]

@@hansmuller3924 franco and hitler friends?

[@sethfrisbie3957]

@@lor9748 no.

[@CONSTANTINEXI63]

My grandmother and her family fought defending the Netherlands against the Germans during ww2. I think this song should not just be a military song but the national song of the Netherlands, this song is about the bravery, courage and strength of the Netherlands.

[@l.v1473]

Ikr

[@Lazar-Of-Serbia]

Die moed en kracht is vandaag de dag heel ver te zoeken onder de Nederlanders

[@CONSTANTINEXI63]

​@@Lazar-Of-Serbia rare, yes, but still alive...

[@Lazar-Of-Serbia]

@@CONSTANTINEXI63 in my entire life over here in the Netherlands I haven't found much patriotism at all. Most people in this country see patriotism as a form racism and a patriot is called nazi very often!

[@DrAuthorite1]

As someone french, the dutch did fight hard. BUT WHO CARES, THIS SONG IS SO BADASS GREAT. VIVA LA NETHERLANDS

[@GigaChadlovesandcares]

The Belgians are lucky, without the big French Army they wouldn’t have existed in the first place. Seeing Belgium now it’s probably a blessing in disguise, Belgians have a political system which they cannot figure out themselves and there’s talk of secession every damn month.

[@farraswijaya9267]

As an Indonesian I find this song pretty good. Wonder if this song had ever been sung in the Dutch East Indies at least once.

[@joren9551]

Most definitely. the song is 400 years old and must have played a big role on the ships that sailed to the colonies. Especially during times of war.

[@HispanicAtlas]

Respect from Spain, old enemies, now allies. 🇪🇸🤝🇳🇱

[@Michiel_de_Jong]

This could have been the Dutch National Anthem,.. but you probably won't believe me when I say that the current Anthem (the oldest in the wordl) contains the sentence ; _'I_ _have_ _always_ _honered_ _the_ _king_ _of_ _Spain'._

[@Michiel_de_Jong]

@@exitspree | You're right of course. Context matters. Part of the historical context was a debate about the question when the government (Philips II, in that case) would lose its legitimate authority. This debate was settled 10 years after the composing of the national anthem when the 'Declaration of Independence' (Acte van Verlathinge) was signed, apparently. The war was already going on for 13 years, mainly for reasons of religious freedom,.. but it became a war of independence a decade after the composing of the national anthem. Note that the phrase was not; "I will always honor the King of Spain"... With hindsight the wording was already ominous.

[@exitspree]

@@Michiel_de_Jong Thanks. I didn't know about that. I assumed my position based on the events that led to our independence, but I stand corrected.

[@Appowl]

We Dutch people are kinda traumatized by Spannish UN reconstruction missions back in the day, these songs help us deal with that.

[@felipebeltran2448]

Spain and Holland always linked.. Not only because of history.. Greetings from a Spaniard

[@ftrpbg6049]

The vertical stripes of my flag became horizontal after listening to this song, Now I am no longer French but Dutch 🇨🇵-->🇳🇱

[@easzekely]

Men hoort nooit te vergeten waar Nederland vandaan komt. En de trots die het verdient heeft. Een kleine Duitse staat die de machtigste op aarde op hun knieën heeft gebracht door: Eendracht en macht In deze tijd moet men niet vergeten welk bloed er door de aderen van de Nederlander stroomt. Niet het land van oranje niet het land van de koning maar het land van het volk!

[@douwehuysmans5959]

Een kleine Dietse staat*

[@GigaChadlovesandcares]

Het was een oosterijker, niet een duitser :p

[@armygetic2509]

🔥🔥🔥

[@vijfsnippervijf]

Ja! Gaan tezamen terug naar de Republiek!

[@glede2097]

@@douwehuysmans5959 Wat verschillen wij met de Duitsers? Eigenlijk zijn we hetzelfde.

[@imlerith1800]

The Netherlands is one of the coolest and most interesting countries in the world to me, not only just the history but also the fact that Dutch kickboxers are always the highest level athletes.

[@dhrboeser7788]

Ramon Dekker

[@thegamemingk4933]

We tall as fuck boy😂😂

[@timothykock6799]

@@thegamemingk4933 *lacht in 175 centimeter*

[@thegamemingk4933]

@@timothykock6799 lacht in 193cm

[@Niels.o1]

@@thegamemingk4933 Lacht in 1.91

[@justinnnnnnnnnnnnnnn]

Amazing song Love from UK 🇬🇧❤🇳🇱

[@stg2543]

My guy legit has the flag of the dutch empire, 🇳🇱❤🇬🇧

[@aitcumbenjamin8055]

You two brats took our land not just my country but south africa

[@justinnnnnnnnnnnnnnn]

@@stg2543 The dutch empire was based it was a shame we took the cape colony but we are still great friends 🇬🇧🤝🇳🇱

[@justinnnnnnnnnnnnnnn]

@@aitcumbenjamin8055 cope

[@aitcumbenjamin8055]

@@justinnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Look at your country lol we are getting revenge how's London? Amsterdam? Manchester? Brasilia?

[@Mordenaartje]

I would rather have this song as our national anthem then the one we have now

[@MattieTobi]

As a dutch person, it's pretty disappointing to know that they never let such masterpieces like these be heard on our school system Update on comments A fact is that absolutely nothing can keep this country from carrying its flag to the death. No opinion or arguments can deny that fact. I will live with pride and carry this Red, White, Blue FLAG TO THE DEATH. Nothing can get rid of our pride. Our history books contain terrible crimes and action but we must see and understand that this country and VOC has brought technology and peace, Aaand a home to whole race. You can deny that accept it. it's the Netherlands.

[@GigaChadlovesandcares]

School is te veel bezig praten over “Gelijkheid” dan om echte Nederlands geschiedenis te geven

[@MattieTobi]

@@GigaChadlovesandcares Ja. Gewoon ja

[@GigaChadlovesandcares]

@@MattieTobi We moeten gewoon de Benelux terug nemen, het zou Nederlands’ verjaardag cadeau moeten zijn

[@MattieTobi]

@@GigaChadlovesandcares ja en België

[@GigaChadlovesandcares]

@@MattieTobi Is belgie niet een stuk van de benelux matie lol

[@mobilegamer-ob1wo]

Very proud to have Dutch heritage I live in South Africa good understand the music but still very different from my home language😢 it is a beautiful song🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱

[@willy9836]

It's also hard for a Dutch person to understand this.. don't worry 😂

[@Gsxsmeneer]

Dit is ook nie moderne Nederlands nie. Dit kom van lank gelede.

[@bagoesv.leeuwen7413]

Het is ook oud Nederlands, is nu ook voor ons moeilijk te verstaan.

[@giakichanpan4022]

Respect to the Dutch from Spain, you were worthy opponents

[@dutchthespitfire3204]

We kicked your asses

[@Ned-nw6ge]

our battles were legendary.

[@dutchthespitfire3204]

@@Ned-nw6ge Zekers

[@b.f.6254]

Kijk, zo kan het ook. Beetje zonde van al die dooien, maar no hard feelings.

[@Bananaman-hk6qw]

@@b.f.6254 En van dat geld....

[@fredswanepoel2425]

During the Boeren oorlog 1899_1902 our forefathers sang this song every time they went into battle against the Brittish army.Ik ben een trotse Zuid Afrikaner.ÉÉN VOLK ÉÉN NATIE ÉÉN GOD

[@berndoverdijk2023]

Zo is het Voor God, volk en natie

[@milkdrinker5782]

Based

[@Veriox22]

Finally! Ive known this song but ingen finally uploaded it.

[@priyanthisandarath1365]

One of the best patriotic songs ever

[@jarodlourens8720]

Die is n lied wat elke Afrikaner na moet luister , dit is n lied van vrede en mag wat ons as boere gesing het tydens die boere oorlog , ek is trots om n Afrikaner te wees , en hierdie lied van mag gee vir my hoendervleis.

[@silver12561]

als een nederlander versta ik dit

[@martinusamsterdam7667]

Ik sluit mij hieraan bij

[@fullmetaltheorist]

Well it is part of your heritage.

[@Careah]

Wat een geweldige taal, wauw

[@rickastley8279]

❤

[@staatspresidentg.d.2554]

Could you make a Dutch playlist? Would be nice

[@comradewolfgaming2844]

agreed

[@TsetungMao]

mee eens

[@Fanwithnblades]

I have a germanic playlist you could find them there,or just look up a playlist...

[@moonagaming6068]

agree

[@lucca1335]

@@TsetungMao wat de kanker is jou profiel foto

[@Terminid_Brood_Emperor]

Dude this sounds awesome

[@苾]

W flag in your name 🇳🇱❤️🇮🇱

[@beerten202]

Every spanjard gangsta until the swamp sounds like a church

[@Verenigd_Dietsland]

true

[@stef.w4180]

The Dutch have always revolted and fought against greater foes and against all the odds. As early Germanic tribes fighting the romans. As the frisians and saxons against the Franks. In its golden era as the seven provinces against the Spanish and english, winning against both and beating the greatest military and economic powers of the time. And later against the might of the great German military. Against all odds regardless of the outcome the Dutch will stand. LEVE HET KONINKRIJK DER ZEVEN NEDERLANDEN!!!! 🇳🇱🇳🇱🎖️

[@storyclips]

Mooi verwoord❤

[@felipebeltran2448]

Larga vida a Holanda

[@Fizzyxd]

This song makes me proud to be Dutch.

[@adamlutma5518]

Another small mistranslation: the sentence ´Laet ´s lands boom end´ sijn stroom trouwlijck doen bewaren!´ does not refer to trees. The dutch word ´boom´ can be translated as ´tree´ in English, but in these lyrics ´boom´ is a poetic abbreviation (elision) for ´bodem´ (as in ground, soil or lands). And that makes this sentence a lot more logical: a call to protect the lands and the rivers of the country (the Dutch Republic) or even more specific, the grounds and sea border of the City of Bergen op Zoom against the Spanish invaders.

[@ImperialGit]

Brothers of Belgium and Luxembourg! Let us reunite the Low Countries, and make our own way in this world!

[@steffenmaster5031]

We always stay Germanic brothers 🇳🇱❤🇩🇪

[@_-Naz-_]

For sure! 5 mins bike ride and im in germany

[@storyclips]

Yes we are one big family ❤

[@funkeydunkyfication]

UNITE ALL THE TRIBES@@storyclips

[@felipebeltran2448]

It's true I always said it to my ex-wife who is a Dutch woman... Your closest brothers are the Germans... I am Spanish and I jokingly told her that we Spaniards might be your distant cousins ​​heheeh

[@tmsplltrs]

lol, no we're not

[@eric79boz]

I grew up in the city mentioned in this song Bergen op Zoom, we were tought it in school as being Bergen op Zoom's anthem :) Carnaval is a big thing in the south of The Netherlands and each year during Carnaval, every now and then, this song comes on and everybody joins in. Which I think is pretty crazy and hilarious for it being a song from the middle ages :P But it gives for a great atmosphere....

[@Mushimiya]

Hey stadsgenoot.

[@hiddenintheshadows1469]

Middle ages ? Bruh this is like 1600.

[@eric79boz]

@@hiddenintheshadows1469 End of the middle ages, early renaissance. sorry "bruh"

[@aardappelkroket5305]

He stadsgenote

[@aardappelkroket5305]

Heb je ook op het rijks gezeten

[@Lazar-Of-Serbia]

Ik als Serviër die in Nederland opgegroeid is vind het prachtig om een patriotisch Nederlands liedje te horen. Patriotisme is wat ik mis in het hedendaags Nederland!

[@NBDSW]

Liberalisme heeft de ziel van de Nederlanders vernietigd, maar je ziet gelukkig wel dat nationalisme begint te groeien en dat men het wel door heeft dat er iets niet klopt.

[@riesjart1000]

That's quite a performance, it sounds really good. It gives you a sense of what it was like back then, so very long ago.

[@MoskusMoskiferus1611]

Respect to Netherlands from Spice Islands 🇮🇩🤝🏻🇳🇱

[@ShatteredIrises]

respect to Indonesia from the Netherlands!

[@onlyrandomvids2907]

​@@ShatteredIrises in my opinion this song feels and sounds better than most of indonesian patriotic songs (im indonesian btw)

[@ypey1]

we owe you guys tbh, sorry for that

[@partyninja0013]

@@onlyrandomvids2907we love indonesia from the Netherlands 🇳🇱❤️🇮🇩

[@Jake-hi9hq]

Great people,great nation! Huge greetings from the USA. 🇺🇸 The Netherlands,the only foreign country I love just like I love mine. The power of this song is something that can't be explained in words.

[@GigaChadlovesandcares]

🇳🇱🇺🇸

[@Student-cs2ws]

Countries… hihi ;) Our formal form of state happens to be: ‘decentrale eenheidsstaat’, which would be translated as a state of decentralised unity. A state that enforces the ties between a plurality of Netherlands rather than only a few ties between inferior province and higher ranked empire. No not a single one out of those countries should be finding itself in the middle to be most important. Although Amsterdamish Holland somehow likes to picture itself as the middle. To the atheist the middle doesn’t exist, to the christians the middle can only be occupied by God. Same belief, different words. We are many different countries with different Dutch languages, that came together out of their own will to protect themselves against a rude monarchy in Spain. So the Netherlands actually are more like a predecessor of NATO rather than a country. They are countries. We are like Florida, Texas and Arizona cooperating by partial standardisation, without Washington D.C. being in existence. The Netherlands are a company, wich is ofcourse a horizontal structure of friends rather than something top down. Lots of love to the United States of America from the Provincial State Overijssel that loves all of the other Provinces as much as itself as long as all provinces are regarded to be equal.

[@HYDROCARBON_XD]

Of course ur from USA,just look at your pfp

[@MozartOfficial]

Respect to the swamp germans, from the mountain dutch, we will annex Belgium together. 🇩🇪🇳🇱

[@nonameacc]

The whole of Europe belongs to us though, our Germanic ancestors proved this quite well.

[@chacha5921]

@@nonameacc 😬

[@fatherstretchmyhandspt2]

i’ve never heard a song with this much aura

[@xXjosecoseXx]

As a Pinda I am deeply scared and yet Proud to be half Dutch, Half Indonesian! I pray for one day that the dutch becomes its former self, conqueror of those it deems!

[@Ziess]

As a Hollander Dutch this brings happiness to my heart

[@greekin2space387]

@R Honestly

[@Ned-nw6ge]

As a fellow Hollander I wonder why this is not our national anthem yet. This one shows a fraction of the Dutch battle for independence, and the pride they took in not being Spaniards, the current one features Willem van Oranje still being loyal to the Spanish king- which makes no sense if you don't know the historical context around it.

[@aeiou6766]

@@Ned-nw6ge Oh, the traitor of Willem and his protestant scum remember that a small part of the Dutch population supported the rebellion, while most of the dutch people remained loyal to the Hispanic crown, Willem just wanted his own country because he was having economic troubles, its nothing about liberty, or that things, it was just the local royalty interests that brought that unuseful war.

[@ShacolateClown]

@@Ned-nw6ge willhemus is a song for traitors.

[@gorkzop]

As I Brabander I'm still mad you annexed us, split us, and the Flemish propaganda machinr got the other half

[@eoungbyul378]

I'm Japanese, but at my school there is an annual sports competition and the uniform theme of each class (team) is a country. I have the orange Netherlands jersey because that was the country chosen for my class. And now me and my friends are Dutch for two weeks. 😆

[@GigaChadlovesandcares]

🇳🇱🇯🇵

[@austrakaiser4793]

Wear it like you totally didn't used to trade with us

[@finnsmits658]

welcome to the club :D

[@zepicklejho7091]

C O L O N I S E D

[@lyxivia]

G E K O L O N I S E E R D

[@romangaminglegion4011]

as a dutch this song makes me a proud dutch soldier

[@robertneven7563]

maar goed dat je niet de geschiedenis kent, off wilt kennen, de dutch zijn nooit echt bij een oorlog betrokken , niet in de eerste en zeker niet in de 2de, wel tegen de ongewapende sukkels in de dutch kolonys , voor de rest nog de helden v dutchbat en de rest nougabollen

[@Stopcanceling]

De strijd die wij Nederlanders hebben gestreden om gewoon nederland te kunnen zijn moeten we niet vergeten. Onze cultuur is er wel degelijk en dat is vrijheid voor iedereen en wij zullen er voor strijden als dat moet. Als ik praat met onze jeugd over geschiedenis en ik ben bijna een geleerde met wat ik aan kennis heb op gedaan, weten ze veel niet op school. Er wordt een bepaalde afschuw gecreëerd naar onze geschiedenis. Dit belangrijk deel dat wij zelf regelmatig bezet gebied waren vergeten we. ❤

[@knight9441]

Wow, just wow. I am Dutch and this song gave me goosebumps.

[@davidezucca7320]

Dutch history is so epic!

[@anaraschulz9814]

Fun Fact : during the first Dutch expedition to Indonesia (1595), the Netherlands werent recognized as a sovereign state yet by the Spanish (until 1648). Gekoloniseerd from Indonesia 🇮🇩🇳🇱

[@Raadpensionaris]

Yeah the Dutch were de facto independent long before official recognition by Spain. Merdeka from the Netherlands ;)

[@aitcumbenjamin8055]

LOLOLO THIS IS FAKE!!!"

[@GloryHoleBased]

@@aitcumbenjamin8055 what

[@rolandlaenen8979]

No not fake! Believe me

[@irfanhekimoglu2294]

This is chillingly beautiful

[@stg2543]

Imagine an army of Dutch soldiers marching towards you, singing this, slowly getting louder as they get closer, your buddies getting frightened, with the dread that is marching towards them, hearing cannon shots somewhere in the distance, fired from a dutch ship, sinking and killing many, whilst you are there, in the mud, death coming towards you, marching, chanting.

[@robertneven7563]

poor brave dutch soldiers?????????remeber dutchbat 1995 jully 11, Yougoslavie?????????????????,

[@enzokoster3294]

@@robertneven7563 want?

[@robertoneven2803]

@@enzokoster3294 WANT????????????????????????????? waar waren ze toen??????de dapperen ?????????????

[@dhrboeser7788]

@@robertneven7563 been setup not to do jacksh*t meaning orders from above not to engage.

[@NetherlandNationalist]

@@robertoneven2803 toen was toen en dutchbat was later. Andere tijden...

[@lidiacovali5947]

Love 🇺🇦💕🇳🇱

[@casper6405]

Much love back hope to meet again in the finals

[@BOBBO0117]

@Mershikov deze man😂

[@rjekh]

🇳🇱🤝🇺🇦 Be strong brothers