Netherlands Explained!

[@CountriesExplained]

Watch part 2 here 🇳🇱: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bn-ym6WehKmeo7c

[@RinkieGeintie]

Petrol Station

[@HYPER_BRUH_]

They're something things you didn't mention in this video yet so let's see if you covered them in part 2. Also awesome video.

[@pktrainerpk5supersus459]

Duise aug eine euver limburg en zjwame?

[@ronaldmacauley9992]

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[@ronaldmacauley9992]

​@FabianPro77 ľjjù

[@Ehralur]

The Dutch are also known for being extremely direct/honest/blunt, and there's an interesting backstory to it: It is suspected that the Dutch are so brutally honest because of the nation's history. Most European countries were (mainly) ruled by nobility, where how you're perceived by other nobility was hugely important for your status in life. This led to extreme politeness (the English gentleman for example) and intense code of conduct, which ultimately trickled down to the lower class as well. The Netherlands on the other hand was primarily a merchant state, where efficiency and trust amongst partners was vital for good business. As such, there was no benefit in sugar-coating your opinion or worrying about how you might be perceived. The most beneficial attitude was to always speak your mind and be to the point, which ultimately led to the culture of brutal honesty the Dutch are known for today.

[@dinbarakovic7296]

Wist dit niet eens lol, grappig om te weten hahaha

[@asbuster2191]

Thats true. If we think you`re an a-hole, we tell you... if we like you, we tell you. Dutch people also appreciated directness/honesty rather than talking around a problem. Means we can get the problem sorted as quickly as possible, and move on

[@maximhollandnederlandthene7640]

Actually, when to come and live in the Netherlands its appreciated to do the same. The Dutch like to know you, other way you wont hold friendships for long. 🤗 You can hide but all reveals in some time.

[@RavenTimish-hackertimish]

@@asbuster2191 Yes, true - and I think it's one if not THE reason the Dutch are so incredibly successful in pretty much everything they do. And it made them very rich too. Not surprising, because besides all that they work very hard and always "deliver the goods". Yes, they really are very reliable business partners, they understand a good reputation is essential to do business, world wide.. I really like to live in The Netherlands - they accept I'm a gay guy, they even got special laws protecting my Rights to be gay - wonderful ! I feel quite safe over here - a Hell of a lot safer than I ever felt back in the US, where I was born. If you ever visit The Netherlands please go see their "Delta Works" it will blow your mind ! The Dutch are the very best sea defense engineers in the world, besides their amazing company "ASML", building the most advanced computer chip production machines (the EUV) in the world. These machines are kinda expensive: some 140 million (!!) US dollars.. P & P included. In fact they come with a whole team of engineers and technicians to install etc. the machine and they won't leave before it works perfectly well. Yes, they're good, very good at what they do. Only disadvantage: Winter in The Netherlands - it's very cold, wet, miserable and it lasts way too long.. But it's pretty much the only bad thing I can say about The Netherlands - this tiny nation really is a world power in pocket size and that's awesome. All 'n all I love The Netherlands, to me it's like a tiny but very precious gemstone. "May The Netherlands exist long and prosper".

[@liodemirror1775]

Yes the Dutch are rude. But watch how they behave when they are treated the same way. They don't like that

[@flow_rush72]

You can still see the legacy of New York being Dutch for a while in a lot of names there; Harlem = the Dutch city of Haarlem Flushing meadows = the meadows of Vlissingen (a town in the province of Zealand) Wallstreet = former Dutch street called de Walstraat The Bronx = named after the Dutch farmer family Jonas Bronck’s farm Brooklyn = a Dutch town called Breukelen And another fun fact; Yankees are named after the Dutch because a lot of Dutch men were called Jan and Kees and the Brits called the Dutch the JanKees’s to mock them (later spelled as Yankees)

[@16fusuy]

jatoch breukelen represent

[@meh2972]

Coney Island is konijneneiland because there were a lot of rabbits.

[@jellymoon2550]

Fun fact, in Apeldoorn there are streets called curaçao, bonaire, aruba and more. Named after the dutch part of the carribean ofc.

[@Rsb073]

@@16fusuy hahahaha willie laatste wat ik verwachte bij deze vid

[@KimJongUnIsSupreme]

Wallstreet is actually called like that because there was a wall built there to fend of natives, which was later destroyed and a street was created there called wallstreet

[@ThisIsJakenl]

The enthousiastic way of telling made me feel hyped. As a dutchie i am of course very proud of our tiny country. Fun fact the nethetlands has won 3 times in a row when it comes to be the best english speakers within all non native english speaking countries. And always fun to know that the dutch also discoverd australia and New Zealand (named after the provence zeeland)

[@mattiasvaningen9996]

Tasmania is also named after Dutch explorer Abel Tasman

[@ThisIsJakenl]

@@mattiasvaningen9996 oh shit i did not know that. Like we are so fucking tiny but so much influence haha

[@timothyck8739]

There were aboriginals living in Australia what are you talking about? “We discovered” eerder geannexeerd. Gebruik de juiste woorden als je mensen wilt leren over Nederlandse geschiedenis.

[@ThisIsJakenl]

@@timothyck8739 kijk iemand aanspreken op iets oke, maar die aanvallende manier van jou accepteer ik niet.

[@ThisIsIk]

dat was nauwelijks aanvallend

[@badbuscus]

Fun fact about the war with Spain: When spain came to overtake Amsterdam in the winter, The Dutch people didn't have the armies to resist them. But evacuating thousands of citizens on short notice with winter coming wasn’t possible either. So the Dutch created "The ice brigade" When the Spanish army tried to attack the dutch ships on foot (walking over the ice towards the ships) hey were confronted by a horrifying apparition. Wave after wave of Dutch soldiers ice-skate across the surface of the ice with incredible speed, flitting into range just long enough to fire a musket before retreating again behind walls of ice and frozen snow. The Spanish soldiers had never seen anything like it: “It was a thing never heard of before today,” the Spanish Duke of Alva recounted with grudging admiration, “to see a body of musketeers fighting like that on a frozen sea.” Source: Neatorama: Ice skates won the war

[@kuunib7325]

And that is why we subjugate everyone in the olympics with ice skating.

[@pbac9570]

and now it doesn't even snow in Winter

[@yt-nx1qm]

Ans now they are taken over by africans and middle easterners, Just like ik Germany Belgium Sweden France and uk... even worse then Spanish

[@doosenco]

Besides the stock exchange the Dutch also invented: the submarine, wifi, bluetooth, microscope, telescope, electrocardiogram (ECG), fire hose, cassette tape, compact disc/cd, four wheel drive, gin (jenever), and sadly also the speed camera. The Netherlands was also the first country in the world that legalized same-sex marriage and euthanasia.

[@amosamwig8394]

goed verhaal lekker kort ook

[@flopjul4581]

Fun fact: the grandpa of a highschool friend of mine invented the speed camera(I'm dutch)

[@amosamwig8394]

@@flopjul4581 ja man..

[@taunteratwill1787]

The biggest number of successful DJ's maybe ? 😂

[@JordySchaap]

Bluetooth is a swedish invention

[@celinevantwout3504]

We also made ‘flevoland’ out of nothing. We just drained a part of the ‘Ijselmeer’ and build a whole new province out of it. With this project we showed the world that we know a lot about that stuff. So, for example, we made the palmtree islands in Dubai.

[@CountriesExplained]

Yep! It’s sooo cool 🙌

[@ivy_angels]

fun fact the old name of the IJsselmeer before we made Flevoland was de Zuiderzee

[@lolkefolkertsma9055]

And it was called the (zuiderzee) southern sea because Friesland (Fryslan) was the ruling kingdom for a long time with redbad (red beard) as king and the sea was to the South of Friesland

[@metube3398]

yes that's where i live!

[@Project_Slagharen]

and let's be honest here, to this day everyone asks: "why did we not submerge this province again?"

[@oceejekwam6829]

I learned that they're an extremely smart and practical people with a huge list of accomplishments. They are truly a force to be reckoned with. Respect to the Dutch.

[@CountriesExplained]

🙌🇳🇱

[@bullzeye8304]

Thank you for your respect to "my" country

[@oceejekwam6829]

@@bullzeye8304 When you see good things, it makes no sense to pretend that it's ordinary. The things they value I also respect, like cleanliness, order, education and freedom of thought. Not everywhere is like that and not all societies respect those things. You're very welcome.

[@nomaq2179]

Thanks bro

[@MelvinW19.2]

That's a nice compliment! Thanks💪🏼

[@Jazzisa311]

To be honest, as a Dutch girl, I really like this video. It's pretty damn correct. Also, yes about the bicycles. Everyone owns at least one, since it's the primary source of transportation for a lot of people. Cities are designed for bike paths. In my city, bike paths run through the centre and cut through passes, which means that often you get to places faster by bike than by car (because cars have to go around). Also, no parking issues! I own 2 bikes, because at 32 I've never owned a car! Never needed one. Go to work by bike. I have a spare one in case something happens with my first one, since I can't get around well without one!

[@CountriesExplained]

Thank you! And also thank you for making time to write such a comment! 😁🙌 Gotta love them bikes! 😅🚴

[@Someone-rc2xn]

Wait i thought everyone had bicycles, even in other countries… 😟 Ya’ll don’t???

[@ChristiandenBoer]

@@CountriesExplained Have a car, but also 3 bikes. A mountain bike (which is kinda funny if you think about it), an "oma-fiets" for going to the grocery store and a cheap bike I drop at the station when I take the train. Pretty spot on I would say, everyone I know has at least one and most have 2. A good one and one to go out on/leave at the station :-)

[@pktrainerpk5supersus459]

Woarum sprikse dan gein nl zeen altied die luuj zikke kum oet nl en dan ingels sjrpeike

[@MS-dp2qg]

Ok I'm going to study in Netherlands, I thought I will buy a bike. I will date a dutch girl instead

[@R2_D3]

The Netherlands is also the 2nd largest exporter of food in the world, the USA is the biggest. Many of the world's most famous painters are Dutch, not just Rembrandt or van Gogh...many, many more! We are probably the most advanced at sea defense in the world, New Orleans is now protected against the floods thanks to Dutch engineering. The Dubai islands were made by the Dutch. The list goes on and on! Proud to be Dutch!!

[@CountriesExplained]

❤️🇳🇱

[@VikasKumar-nq8if]

Indeed

[@royvossen4707]

Go Dutch or go home.

[@jackripper2329]

Yeah and we have Hans teeuwen also

[@cherrydragon3120]

to be fair. we also helped out the japanese and they are well on their way to be better at water combat then us due to all the tsunami's and floods there

[@rubenmerema89]

This video is amazing, and extremely correct on every aspect. Except for one, (8:11) because England didn't just 'claim' New Amsterdam, they traded it in exchange for the country that we call 'Suriname' today. Back then, it was a colony owned by England. The Dutch saw way more value in Suriname than New Amsterdam, that's why they traded it.

[@CountriesExplained]

🙏❤️

[@SadCoresad]

Lekker jongeeee

[@soundeffects645]

Helaas🤪

[@BlackWolf-ch2bp]

And the beer part is true also their not that big of a beer country.

[@skaafie88]

Sorry, not true. The ownership of Suriname was about 26 years later. It's an urban myth they traded it.

[@bonkthesystem]

3:30 slightly incorrect. Windmills were used for many reasons, one of the reasons was to pump water to a higher level (to prevent flooding), but there were litterally hundreds of mills with different purposes. Mills were an early version of a factory, before stream engines or other engines existed. They were used for paint mills, spices mills, flour mills, sawmills, textile mills, you name it. Any kind of physical labor could be done by a mill.

[@bertmeinders6758]

As a qualified molenaar, one of very few in Aotearoa/New Zealand, I'd agree. Zaandam is the oldest modern industrial city.

[@BahamianMotorWorker]

zegte je *specerijen?* *G E K O L O N I S E E R D*

[@Whitehousebeetle]

And of course lumber mills. These all have their purpose but among the thousands of mills there's one unique example in Friesland. The smallest one is situated in Stiens. It's a mere 9 meters tall.

[@fireknight0146]

So, a mill-ion possibilities?

[@johanvanroekel8253]

exactly, in fact the idea of connecting a windmill to a saw blade (oversimplification alert!) was one of the reasons such a small nation became a global maritime power.

[@Renanleandro18]

I live in Amsterdam since 2017 and this country became my everything. I can’t even think about a life out of here. I live my neighborhood, my bike, my cloudy/rainy/windy/sunny days…The dutch are the best. I’m Brazilian and We’re welcoming happy people and the dutch are exactly the same in their own way. You will NEVER regret visiting The Netherlands 🇳🇱❌❌❌

[@drunkensailor112]

There is nothing Dutch about Amsterdam though.

[@Renanleandro18]

@@drunkensailor112 do you live here? Amsterdam is an international city, indeed. But it doesn’t mean the city lost the dutch identity. If you live here you’ll see it.

[@drunkensailor112]

@@Renanleandro18 my father was raised there, but I live in Nijmegen.

[@Renanleandro18]

@@drunkensailor112 you live in the country side man. Of course you’ll find Amsterdam different HAHAHA

[@drunkensailor112]

@@Renanleandro18 Nijmegen is in the 10 largest cities. In Nijmegen urban area 800.000 people live

[@TheSmuey]

We've also had a pretty large influence on science and arts, as the inventors of both the telescope and the microsope were Dutch, as was the founder of the field of microbiology Anthonie van Leeuwenhoek and there is an absolute TON (metric, of course :p ) of famous Dutch painters (Rembrandt, Vermeer, this is a really, REALLY long list...). And more recently, WiFi is a Dutch invention, that seems to be a bit important, too. And when it comes to music, there is little competition in the field of electronic music. Van Buuren, Tiësto, Ferry Corsten, most great names in that field are Dutch. Oh, and Santa Claus? He's pretty much a carbon copy of our Sinterklaas. Same outfit (red/white), same basic concept (goes around the country delivering presents to children). And yes, Sinterklaas, even though Saint Nicholas was a well documented historical figure, our current tradition is more of an amalgamation of pagan, norse an christian traditions. It's just too bad our country is currently being run into the ground pretty hard by a completely incompetent government, but then, that seems to hold true for most countries across the globe at the moment...

[@romeekraats448]

Oh tell me about it. The government is just complete and literal trash

[@vessie_]

@The Horse Stable Channel hes not wrong my g

[@ANDJELINA]

Wifi is not a Dutch invention...it was established by Heddy Lamar and partially Nikola Tesla. Saint Nicholas is a Christian Saint who is cherished by a lot of European Countries who celebrate his day.

[@vessie_]

@@ANDJELINA i think he meant bluetooth

[@NetgrumpifyJazz]

@@ANDJELINA Hedy Lamar and the composer Antheil invented ‘ frequency hopping’ on which the innovations of blue tooth and WIFi are based..

[@gabriellehoogendoorn9579]

What I miss in this video about NL is that our struggle for saving land from sea lead to sharing our unique knowledge on water management worldwide to countries regurlarly flodded by the sea, lakes and rivers. We also have the largest dredging company in the world.

[@San4311]

& the huge innovations in farming, one of our largest exports, probably the largest non-material export.

[@Abc-w6s8t]

Save soil conscious planet

[@hanvandijk7810]

not to forget that we used the windmills that were build to drain the lands, to make our ships. thats why we could compete with the british and the spanish navy. A mill used to pump water can easily be made to saw wood for the construction of ships

[@CEECEE92]

I’m Dutch, really loved to see this. Just some fun facts for next video. The European treaty was signed in Maastricht. Maastricht University is 6th on the Times Higher Education (THE) 'Young Universities' ranking Martin Garrix, Afrojack, Hardwell, R3HAB.. we pretty much dominate the dance music charts A different dialect is spoken every 5 minutes through the whole country Harbor of Europe (Rotterdam) Tulips are originally from Turkey Our history with (hard) drugs and the production -> approx 5 billion industry to date

[@naniyani6608]

Great comment 🧡 You forgot to mention Dj Tiesto, Armin van Buren. I believe we allso made the palmish islands on Dubai.

[@SlayingPotato]

I think as a Dutch person, we should talk more about the other provinces, rather then talk only about north and south Holland but this was a great explanation for my country:)

[@pileofcheese5017]

Small inaccuracy in the flag: the top level of the flag was never officially specified, so people could use any reddish shade they wanted. (much) later, the flag got 2 often used versions: the red and the orange version. The problem came, as often, in WW2. The orange version became heavily associated with the NSB (the dutch fascist collaborators), so the queen canonized the red version, to distance the Netherlands from the fascists. The historical maps of the Netherlands aren't accurate too btw.

[@misteragb7558]

Also they were the first country to use red white and blue, England, America, France, Russia and more, started using the colors later. It even us the first tri color flag

[@arposkraft3616]

this is incorrect in so many ways its not even funny

[@NetgrumpifyJazz]

You’ve been eating too much cheese before typing this nonsense 🙃

[@AlfredMoi]

Nah. The blue has been a lighter shade also "oranje blanje bleu." When the French finally left the country, being poor but better organized and the rich speaking French for a greater part, all eyes were focused on the royal palace and there it was, the red white and blue. Orange separate for the royal family, their name still is: Van Oranje Nassau.

[@ThaJay]

@@AlfredMoi Luxemburg nowadays uses the red-white-light blue version, so that can be confusing sometimes.

[@KingHaggis]

We Dutch also hold the record for being very economical with our bottles of yogurt. We developed a super advanced way of getting the last bit out and it's called the flessenlikker.

[@guidos5498]

He he, eindelijk een nuchtere hollander. Iedereen is hier verschrikkelijk aan het opscheppen. Goed om ff van de flessenlikker te horen

[@davidurban528]

Actually, in Dutch high schools it is mandatory to follow English and Dutch, at the highest level (VWO) it is mandatory to follow a third language, where most people choose German or French

[@Redouannoir]

False, only sock check at the door is mandatory.

[@gwen-1813]

Don't know about you but I've learned Dutch, German, French and English at VMBO. I dropped French in my finals but I had to do the other 3.

[@johanvanroekel8253]

@@gwen-1813 here too, did the MAVO, 4 years, all 4 English was mandatory as well as Dutch, German and French were mandatory in the first year. In the second year you were allowed to drop either German or French, but not both.

[@LiloTheShepsky]

Same in Belgium :) Since we have 3 national languages makes us pretty skilled in languages

[@ionyxist]

not just at a higher level, mavo and i also needed to take german classes, havo had german or french

[@AemesIsMe]

I don’t know if it’s already mentioned in the comments, but also a “fun” fact: Long time ago, when the Netherlands got invaded, we used the rivers to our advantage and flooded some lands to make it impossible to travel. There is a museum that talks all about this, if you are interested I recommend going to a museum called Waterlinie Museum at Fort bij Vechten (waterlinie is the name of the water defense system, which directly translates into waterline in English). It is close to big city called Utrecht. You don’t have to worry about info, (often) in Dutch museums there are multiple translations and most of the time things are explained in Dutch but also English.

[@davidmckendry7684]

Thanks for reminding me! I visited the museum 2 years ago. It was fascinating along with the town/garrison. They had built the surrounding canals and 1 river into interlocking fields of cannon fire. 😳

[@Bub123]

GEKOLONISEERD! Amazing video man, i love that you didnt stick to the standart dutch facts but went more into detail. Heb je mooi gedaan maat.👌

[@QRT_Ryan]

Also, did you know the Netherlands has the biggest man-made piece of land of the world? Its called "Flevoland" and its about 2000km²!

[@Red_Bull_Fan1985]

dubai palmtrees also made by the dutch

[@flyingdutchman_NL]

@@Red_Bull_Fan1985 Really?

[@arvydasvaikutis2638]

@@flyingdutchman_NL Yes.

[@misteragb7558]

And the VOC was the richest company ever

[@flyingdutchman_NL]

@@arvydasvaikutis2638 cool

[@MVDN88]

Dutchman here. I really love how much you know about our small country. Thank you it's heart warming. Also one more thing dutch are people who are straight foreward with hart on their tongue (dutch proverb), but everyone is welcome.

[@CountriesExplained]

❤️🇳🇱

[@NetgrumpifyJazz]

Everyone welcome? It seems that you underestimate the thoughts of a significant number of your compatriots 🙃

[@vaness684]

Well most region are fine with internationa people like Groningen for exemple, student city very beautiful very nice people, but the south isn't so welcoming tbh. It is still a beautiful country especially north reserved with some of the island been car free and Friesland, we also got a nurserie for seals wich is cute to visit and also a very nice astronomie museum

[@BastiPROTON]

6:13 it's actually at least 600.000 years, the first Dutch ancestors being Homo Heidelbergensis. Also; 6:49 The reason had more to do with the Netherlands being very protestant, and the king of Spain strictly enforcing Catholicism. 8:07 The Dutch *did* put up a colony, with a population of roughly 2500. It was actually traded with England for Surinam: " "After the Second Anglo-Dutch War of 1665-67, England and the United Provinces of the Netherlands agreed to the status quo in the Treaty of Breda. The English kept the island of Manhattan, the Dutch giving up their claim to the town and the rest of the colony, while the English formally abandoned Surinam in South America, and the island of Run in the East Indies to the Dutch, confirming their control of the valuable Spice Islands. What was once New Amsterdam became New York City's downtown." From wikipedia

[@mr.bonkers2310]

Fun fact: we reconquered New Netherland in the third Anglo-Dutch war, but gave it to England after the war to prevent another war... only to invade and conquer all of Britain some years later.

[@BinneReitsma]

As a Frisian I appreciate it that you mentioned our language! What I've learned about new york/new Amsterdam is that the Dutch traded it for the colony of Suriname, so it wasn't that the British just sailed in and took over, they traded it. If I'm wrong please correct me, history is a strange thing written by only people, and we know how people are. Another interesting fact is that the Dutch are the tallest people (as you mentioned) but in the Netherlands the tallest people are the Frisians and the Groningers (who are Frisians from old times but say they aren't)

[@lexylotl6316]

Fryslân boppe myn freon! Wêr is Piet Paulusma eigenlik? Ha him noch net sjoen

[@thomaster9136]

Nu Brabants nog😂

[@carolinavanderlande4904]

Is geen taal he maar een dialect.

[@BinneReitsma]

@@carolinavanderlande4904 en een trol is ook geen mens

[@lionelkeijzer8008]

De enige reden om zo blij te zijn dat je uit friesland of groningen komt is het besef dat je geen limburger bent

[@dudeman3606]

These videos are great! Only 2 so far but they are really well made. Can't wait for more and I personally would love to see a video about Norway, there are plenty of videos that explain the country, but they mostly go over fairly recent history without a huge amount of detail.

[@CountriesExplained]

Thank you friend! Norway is added to the list! ✍️🇳🇴

[@ibiskiils]

@@CountriesExplained I’m from Norway so I’m waiting in excitement for what my country has that I don’t know.

[@mehmeh1234]

I'm from Frisia/Friesland the provide in the Netherlands. but I don't really consider my self dutch. I consider myself Frisian. Frisia in the year 700 Frisia ruled all over the Dutch cost and bits of the German and Danish cost's to

[@ilikepotatoes1956]

@@CountriesExplained please add latvia

[@nimaben7]

Yes for Norway!

[@DutchObserver]

I'm Dutch and this introduction to our country was just AWESOME! Not just because of the huge number of facts that you managed to spit out in under 12 minutes (red only being introduced to our flag since 1937? I never knew this), but also the fun and enthusiastic way in which way you did it! Gotta love this, subbed right away!

[@CountriesExplained]

Thanks a lot for those kind words! 🙌😁

[@gtggdc325]

The New York flag is the original flag of the Netherlands

[@davidmckendry7684]

My daughter has lived in Harleem nl for 3 years. She and husband moved here 3 years ago from Oviedo, Spain. We get to visit for a couple months a year. The longer you visit the more amazed you are by the incredible engineering and society that the Dutch have created. From the water management, to seamless integration of train, trolley, bus, bike and pedestrian traffic, one of the best medical systems in the world to things you won't notice at first. Like pavement codes for the blind. Once you know what they are you're a bit stunned by how comprehensive the thinking was. We are from Texas and normally replace a few thousand power poles and lines per year. They say they're too expensive to bury....but somehow a country that is on average 6 feet below sea level has buried every one of them. You'll see high power lines but nothing on the street, anywhere! All US city planners need to intern here. They approach from a lifetime cost not just an upfront investment approach. That on top of everything else they are the only 2nd to the US in food export is amazing in its own right. It's pretty small in area! Holland rocks.

[@CountriesExplained]

🇳🇱🤘⭐️

[@yt-nx1qm]

Your daughther lived there 3 years and you are still not able to spell Haarlem correctly, 😭😂.

[@apveening]

We have one advantage above a lot of other countries when it comes to burying power lines: soft soil instead of rock.

[@fryfrysk]

You missed that the dutch flag is absolutely the oldest in the world, officially dating from 1572 ( probably even earlier, but 1572 is listed as official). The 3 colours of the dutch flag inspired many other nations as well ( e.g Russia, France , UK, USA ) all deriving their colours from the dutch flag.

[@Prod.carljohannesen]

hgave you watched the denmark video?

[@startingbark0356]

Back then it still was Orange white and blue

[@Dennis-ed4ye]

The UK flag comes from the English flag which is based saint George's cross (crusader symbol)

[@ikook5878]

@@Dennis-ed4ye which is based on the Dutch flag! 😁

[@Dennis-ed4ye]

@@ikook5878 Pretty sure the Dutch flag was post 10th century

[@CountriesExplained]

Home of the windmills, tulips and cheese! But this country has SOO much to offer and such an interesting story to it! Also it’s home to some brilliant minds! Genieten! 🙌

[@GabberPinda]

You forgot to mention that The Dutch trade new Amsterdam for Suriname in the Caribbean with England.

[@gabybontrop4669]

im duch

[@CountriesExplained]

@@gabybontrop4669 👋🇳🇱

[@MrPieterke1983]

De beurs van Brugge was first, not the exchanged of Amsterdam

[@stxrniolo..triplxts]

me beeing netherlands : i didnt know that me singing wilhelmus

[@WayneTheONEAndOn]

Really nice video! But as a Dutch person myself I'd like to correct one error. The orange colour in the flag was not changed because it was easier to see. But because of a growing disassociation with members of the royal house and a growing influence of the Staten generaal. The colours symbolise the three layers of the Dutch society by then. Blue for the noble of blue blood, white for the clergy seeing white is the colour of the cloth and red for the blood of its citizens

[@elinef_123]

I’m Dutch and this is one of the most fun videos I’ve seen about the Netherlands. Great video man!

[@CountriesExplained]

Thank you!! 🥰🙌

[@Yourhighnessnona]

Dutch guys are cute, too. Very respectful and smart. And tall ☺️. Dutch women I find are very direct, emancipated and very independent in general. I love that. It’s like there is almost no difference between men and women there.

[@DenUitvreter]

- The Dutch rebelled against the Spanish Empire because they, both protestants and catholics, wanted religious tolerance, not the Spanish Inquisition. - Spain didn't come, the Low Lands were just part of the Habsburg Empire. But the Dutch decided that a monarch had to serve the people and the people had the inalienable right to freedom of conscience and to remove a monarch when he had become a tyrant. - The Dutch Republic with it's 1.5 million people did more than half of all Europe's trade, that made their golden age golden, not the colonialism, which was mostly not colonialsm as you know it from the British and which only accounted for a tiny bit of the trade. - When Napoleon invaded he made the former republic into a kingdom and called it the kingdom of Holland. After he lost, the Netherlands became the kingdom of the Netherlands. - Manhattan was traded for 60 guilders worth of goods. Useful goods, axe heads, pots pans, metal things. The natives were keen and experienced traders and 60 guilders could buy a lot back then. The idea that they could be won over with trinkets and beads is a racist stereotype. - Orange referred to the Stadtholders from the Orange family, an office they were often appointed in by the commoners of the States (parliament) Their princehood was a foreign title, from Orange in France.

[@Raadpensionaris]

The Natives of Manhatten also had very different ideas about landownership than the Dutch. That caused some friction later

[@dalstein3708]

Religious tolerance: Perhaps better than most other European countries at the time, but Calvinism was the state religion. Catholics, Jews and other religious groups were barred from public office, and effectively second-class citizens. Napoleon ended that. Colonialism: You can be sure that The Netherlands did colonialism. They decimated the people of the Banda Islands just to get the spices that grew there, held slaves just about everywhere (East Indies, South Africa, Brazil, Caribbean), and were big in the slave trade.

[@dalstein3708]

@Laika24102007 The VOC and WIC were founded by, backed by, and got their mandate from the Dutch government, so the country bears responsibility for the crimes perpetrated by these companies. And anyway, they ceased to exist around 1800. It was classical colonialism from then on. Slavery still went on, as did near-slavery (indentured servitude, the Cultuurstelsel), and bloody colonial wars (Aceh, Politionele acties).

[@dalstein3708]

@Gerrie van Boven Have you spotted any historical inaccuracies in what I wrote? If not, then what is your point? If you want to boast about the great things your countrymen have done, then you should also own the bad things that they did. But what you and others in this thread are doing is whitewashing of the past: it was long ago, others were just as bad, at least it wasn't genocide, ... In my first post I pointed out that some claims were incorrect, and so far I haven't seen any refutation. Calling it propaganda does not work. If that correction hurts your sense of nationalistic pride, well... Facts don't care about your feelings, they say.

[@dalstein3708]

@Gerrie van Boven Sure, you can distance yourself from what happened in the past. It was a long time ago, the norms were different then, the past is a foreign country, that sort of thing. What happened back then is not your responsibility. That would be a consistent stance. But then it's irrational to call it "self-hate" when someone is critical of that past. We have distanced ourselves from that past, so it can't be the "self" that is criticized. It's others. Using the word "self-hate" means you are inconsistent.

[@GooseMoose247]

Fun fact: Dutch is the second closest related language to English, the closest related language to English is Frysian

[@yalanyalan698]

And within Frisian it's the old version called Gaaf Frisian which comes closest. Sincerely, a Frisian.

[@GooseMoose247]

@@yalanyalan698 I didn't know there were multiple types of Frysian, cool - een Noord-Hollander

[@matthewhosier5084]

Fun fact: since the dutch had won their independence from spain prior, they identified with the american colonies who wanted independence and helped smuggle goods, weapons, and french troops into the colonies during the Revolutionary War

[@holden7688]

I’m from the Netherlands in it was interesting to see it from a foreign perspective, also a fun fact: about 57% of tourists who visit Amsterdam come for the coffeeshops (weed dispensaries)

[@jameshook1862]

Beetje jammer dit he...

[@bertnijhof5413]

Don't forget the red light district.

[@Boemak]

I loved it! As a Dutchman and a Rotterdammer, I missed that the Rotterdam Harbour was actually the number one harbour in the world (now second or third idk). And that we love deep fried stuff haha

[@Ganon_sucks]

@KB xDDDDD

[@fungus8148]

≥rotterdam ≥dutch Marokko 2.0

[@ufonouten3601]

@KB hou vol! You can not suppress mankind’s fascination, curiosity for whatever motive in other states of consciousness than the normal. Gewoon legaliseren en het probleem is opgelost!

[@rubentullenaar2934]

Rotterdam harbor is now 10th largest in the world but nr 1 in Europe. Shanghai is the largest followed by Singapore.

[@viggeauvanbruggen4774]

Jaa waarom niks over frikandellen en bitterballen

[@ravishnarain9137]

Dutch is also spoken in Suriname, a former dutch-colony. So Dutch is also our national language.

[@Harry_PP030]

And spoken with a beautiful accent!

[@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131]

My little hometown Drøbak, (Norway), is situated 40 kilometres south east of Oslo. Back in the days Dutch ships would come for timber from our forests. Their ballast sand was unloaded at 2 beaches. Filling them out for more land... They're called "Tollbodplan", (Customs house plein/ square), and "Ringeplan", (named for the English family Ring, wich had settled in town). Love from Norway 💓🇳🇴

[@dianabrendel5074]

It gives me a good and warm feeling to hear and see my Netherland . Yes love it and the people over there are special ❤️

[@jeffafa3096]

Another fun fact: The highest point in the Netherlands is the "Vaalserberg" (Vaalser mountain), with an astonishing height of 322m, and it's located at the southeasternmost part of the country.

[@bart4672]

“Astonishing height” 🤣🤣

[@baalzagoroth4693]

@@bart4672 Yes. That's kanker hoog for us.

[@judithschuttevaar8451]

It's a nice video. Small adjustments only for those who care xD: the three largers rivers are not named in Dutch :). These are the maas, Rijn and Waal. The Waal is the largest river. It's called this after the Rhine/Rijn splits in two in Germany. The larger one is somehow the Waal. The smaller one is the Rijn. And interesting that Catholic faith is now the largest, since it used to be shunned/banned until the 19th century. Meaning they were not allowed to build churches ect

[@johanvanroekel8253]

It is because it is a sticky religion (dixit Dara O'Briain). It is also easier to be a non-practising catholic than protestant, which means more people identify as such, though protestant are only slight less in number than catholics.

[@benbos6625]

Not complete correct. Small correction: There is no "Rijn" in the Netherlands, not 1m. Even around the small place "Tolkamer" where the German-Durch border goes along, the northern part is named "Bijlands kanaal", to turn "Waal" and "Nederrijn" just later on in NL, not Germany. Sorry. No Rhine/Rijn (t)here. Not a drop

[@vaishalidutta1761]

I loved your video and the enthusiasm with which you speak...was glued to the screen entire time ❤️

[@Carrinthe]

I'm form the Netherlands and there's one thing you missed,... STROOPWAFELS. A golden rule, everything gets better with stroopwafels. Especially the fresh ones from the market, with none of the nonsense they sometimes put on them for the tourist. Trust me, just order a plain one. Yummy!

[@diktrom7433]

drop

[@Carrinthe]

@@diktrom7433 Ja lekker, vooral dubbel of tripel zout, maar dat kan je die buitenlanders niet aan doen :)

[@egeveke]

In the US one can get a stroop wafel at the Amazon Whole Foods

[@joyl7842]

I think you forgot to mention the discovery of New Zealand (named after the Dutch province of Zeeland) and colonization of Indonesia by the Dutch East India Company, the first company in the world to have stocks. Also one of the wealthiest companies in history. Also the development of the Delta Works is recognized as a technological world wonder.

[@stefvanstein2737]

And Tasmania (Named to Abel Tasman)

[@nasibaminasi]

I'm Dutch and find this video to be sufficiently informative to share it with foreigners who're interested in this water loving country

[@CountriesExplained]

😁🙌😍

[@ericbernard2865]

Born and raised and still living in Amsterdam, The Netherlands I really enjoyed this very informative and fact correct video. And I learned two things I didn't knew; 1st is about the orange/red part of the flag and 2nd is that "Holland" isn't no longer to be used anymore officially. I enjoyed this video very much and; "if it ain't Dutch, it ain't much!!!" Thanks for this nice video !!!

[@CountriesExplained]

Thank you for that great comment! 🙏👏😍

[@koenbasten3230]

Fun fact: The declaration of independence is actually based on het plakkaat der verlatingen it was a document of independence from Spain.

[@johanvanroekel8253]

the text is very similar indeed, but there is no evidence for this (unfortunately).

[@Sjivje]

As a Dutch person, I absolutely loved your video (: What you ran through is exactly the basics about what you need to know about us Dutch people so well done! Much love to you as a person as well. I laughed quite a few times, haha. Very likable character! Subscribed!

[@ddoornbos5565]

Ja, ik ook 👍

[@mennobrunia1276]

im a dutchi and also a frisian at primary school we had to learn three languages dutch english and frisian of course. one of the ways you described to pump water out is by pump stations and mils most of the pumping stations ae automated by elektricity. but one pumping station in friesland by lemmer is the BIGGEST steam pumping station in the world. and also when the water level is too high they wil turn it on to help getting the water level down in the rivers and lakes in friesland. with huge boilers and steam engines.

[@taylormademadness]

Thank you!! I’m so glad I stumbled upon this video. I’m Dutch and live in the US. I plan on visiting the Netherlands for the first time this year and it was really cool to learn about the history - a lot of it I didn’t know yet

[@CountriesExplained]

🙏🙌🇳🇱

[@roely6210]

I’m Dutch and I absolutely loved this video! How do you only have 5000 subs? The edits and script where great!

[@CountriesExplained]

Thanks a lot friend! 🙏😁

[@maaikevissers6534]

For the amount of time you had to explain us, you did wonderful! Of course we missed things, but you can't put everything in there and I liked it, being Dutch myself.

[@ٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴٴ-ش8م]

Every Dutchman is like: ow man great but BUTTTT you missed shit 😂

[@CountriesExplained]

😅🤷‍♂️

[@kikker8533]

You make our country sound sooo interesting! Love it

[@CountriesExplained]

🥰🙌

[@Tweeteketje]

Great and fun video! 4:05 Malta is also a member of the EU and more densely populated than The Netherlands. Besides that, it's great that I learnt from this too, didn't know we had the first stock exchange of the world!

[@CountriesExplained]

😍🇳🇱🙌

[@elzinga87]

you knew malta was more densely populated but not that we had the fist stick exchange? haha

[@gordoxium]

You obviously never been to Malta. Except for Valletta and Rabat/ Mdina, those island are scarcely populated.

[@Tweeteketje]

@@gordoxium in terms of population density, Malta is densely populated. About 440,000 people over 315km2, which means about 1,400 people per km2. The Netherlands has about 17,500,000 inhabitants over about 40,000km2, i.e. between 400-450 inhabitants/km2. Quite a difference. 😉

[@gordoxium]

@@Tweeteketje I been to Malta twice and I never had the feeling of crowding. Even in Valletta it's mostly tourists and there's such space between villages. On Gozo it seems even more peaceful. The busiest by actual Maltese was probably in St. Julians I feel.

[@sluischris]

Hmm. What did we miss. Perhaps that the VOC was the largest company ever. With the size of the current top10 companies in the world combined. Having its own army as well. Inventors of the cassette, CD/DVD, Bluetooth and WiFi etc. And biggest party animals in the world. :)

[@StarofDavid616]

You guys invented apartheid too in South Africa and Indonesia

[@peterdevalk7929]

@@StarofDavid616 Nope, the british invented apartheid in S.A. They found it "convieniend" to use a "Afrikaans" (Dutch) word.

[@jameshook1862]

@@StarofDavid616 Yes, in the days when those people actualy worked.

[@StarofDavid616]

@@jameshook1862 because there wasn’t human rights and VOC wasn’t technically a government

[@PKG10]

Pretty important piece of info: the Dutch have a long history with Protestantism, which played a big role in the 80 years war with the Spanish.

[@rfdesigns2618]

I am from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 and really liked your video. Also learned some new things about here. Keep up the good work 👌🏽

[@CountriesExplained]

Thanks a lot! 😁🙌

[@luuk2940]

First of all a great video, I am also a Dutchmen. As other people mentioned a few things was missing in the video like; famous dj's, impact on the house scene, how much we love bikes;), ice skating, the water floods in Zeeland. One other thing that was maybe good to mention is that the whole of the provency "Flevoland" was created from out the sea. In the pictures BC you showed that the islands were not there, but the provency Flevoland is being showed. This is incorrect because they started making the provency in 1918 (a dicision made after the storm flood in 1916). They finished 2 centuries later.

[@jinde75]

Don't you mean decades? Centuries id eeuwen. Dan waren ze nu nog aan het malen.

[@TomTom-ux7so]

I live in Twente (eastern part of the Netherlands, close to the german border) and i have never heard anything about this part of the The Netherlands, neither the provinces of ‘Limburg, Noord-Brabant, Zeeland, Utrecht, Gelderland, Overijssel, Groningen and Drenthe’. Everyone always talks about the provinces ‘Noord- and South-Holland’. It would be pleasant to see/hear something about the other parts of the Netherlands! Greets Tom.

[@liambennenbroek2073]

Limburg is buitenland ahhahahahhahha

[@tomwecke4419]

Hi! I just want to say great video, the editing and voice over was amazing like you must have a lot of experience. One thing I would like to see have been mentioned was our famous sea hero Michiel de ruyter. He was basically the best admiral we have ever seen and won many battles for us at sea. He also hated slave trading and thus never owned a slave which was sadly very uncommon for rich people back then. Anyway you just earned a new subscriber because you tell and make these video’s in such a way I want to listen and learn from it

[@CountriesExplained]

Thanks a lot for those kind words! 🙏

[@AaronEskes]

Great video, i am dutch and i missed the part that we, the dutch, invented blueray disks, cd's, bluetooth and also wifi. Not the smallest things, we also introduced fahrenheit and export a lot of waterknowledge. But keep up the great work. You will pass ths 100K in a few months i am sure!

[@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music]

I love Fahrenheit, use it all the time.

[@hugoventocillahuaman7577]

It was a fantastic video. Really made me feel proud of my country. The only thing that I thought was important that you didn't mention, was the bombardment of Rotterdam. Which was really a big thing. And also that Rotterdam harbour is one of the biggest in the world. But for the rest, the video was absolutely great and I think you explained more than I could've don't myself in over 11 minutes.

[@JhonB77]

It's not the biggest harbour in the world anymore

[@thomasb5304]

@@JhonB77 thats why he said one of the biggest :)

[@wilhelmdietz4023]

Hmm, volgens mij komt hier iemand uit Rotterdam. Moet hij ook nog zeggen dat Feyenoord de grootste voetbalclub ter wereld is? 😜

[@Youcanlookme]

The English captured New-Amsterdam from the Dutch, and the Dutch captured Surinam from the British. With the Peace of Westminster, we traded New Amsterdam for the country of Suriname as a result of second Dutch-English war. Surinam was worth alot more in terms of trade and produce. Also we got paid 2mln Guilders. Not too bad

[@ennescirkovic3071]

After aal, a very bad decision my i say. Look at New York now and all USA actualy. Only for one reason is a bad decision en thats a language. In place of English would be spoken duch. Imagine that.

[@NaakteMolrattenZijnCool]

@@ennescirkovic3071 likely untrue

[@5106ammieDam]

@@ennescirkovic3071 not really

[@PyrusFlameborn]

@@ennescirkovic3071 At the time nobody knew for sure how far the American continent extended to the west nor how valuable the land was. Even when the US coast were British colonies they were one of the least valuable parts of the British Empire (British India was called the Crown Jewel of the Empire for a reason.) It was an unknown unknown. Can't blame the Dutch for not knowing what was unknowable at the time. Meanwhile Surinam gave the Dutch a _global monopoly_ on the production of nutmeg which earned the country a lot (and I mean a lot) of money

[@dannykessels3801]

So nice to hear the perspective from someone who isn't born and raised in the Netherlands. I feel proud to be Dutch!

[@CountriesExplained]

And you should! 🙌😁

[@MrQuakeroat]

I love the Dutch people. Intelligent and civilised. And they've really nailed the art of urban living.

[@Dirantasy]

@Gerrie van Boven Agreed! But I am sure that goes for human beings around the whole world.

[@peterdevalk7929]

@Gerrie van Boven That's because you're becoming brither and brither every day. It's relative.

[@bennyvanderspikken359]

And they all live in a house the size of my toilet

[@ChrisPedia]

You missed that the Dutch is the 2e biggest exporter of food in the world. Behind the USA. And we have also a lot of good Performances. The Dance scene has a lot of Dutch creators.

[@stanvreuls]

I would like to point out that we "the Dutch" also did a lot of important inventions troughout history. Think about the telescope and the microscope. Or more recent inventions like bluetooth, WiFi and even the first "kweekburger" labratory grown eatable real meat burger. Also we known great thinkers in our history like Thorbecke, Spinoza and others.

[@diktrom7433]

en de kaasschaaf

[@surakuvliegendefiets6226]

@@diktrom7433 die is het belangrijkste ;)

[@l.carriere9286]

Our Philips invented the CD!

[@nickvanta]

I already LOVE you for starting This is NOT Holland, This is The Netherlands....people dont seem to get it and I keep teaching them over and over! You made me happy!!!

[@s.dia2034]

This video is great! Thank you for presenting our country so well! What I really like about the Netherlands is that it has a huge influence on science. Astronomy is one of them, as we have the oldest university observatory in the whole world in Leiden :D

[@CountriesExplained]

🙏❤️

[@itshannahscholten]

So in the north we have ‘Hunebedden’, which are basically big stones put on eachother. Which reverse to the hunters and farmers, and are used as a grave. And in the north we have also treats which a lot of people in the rest of the Netherlands not even aware of, like ‘kniepertjes’, you eat them usually during new years eve. And another typical dutch treat during nye are ‘oliebollen’. Those are sort of doughnuts without the hole. You missed ‘koningsdag’ or kingsday, where we have markets with second hand things in every town and when we put out our vlag WITH orange ‘wimpel’ (its an extra thing you put on top of the vlag). We also have ‘Sinterklaas’ on the 5 of december, as a celebration of the birthday of sinterklaas (which is on the 6th of December). I think thats it, most of all ofc.

[@baalzagoroth4693]

Geen frikandellen of stroopwafels? 🤔

[@fabianschwegman3582]

What a complete video! Wouldn't be able to summarise my country that well myself. Theres always more to mention ofcourse, but this is a great summary

[@CountriesExplained]

Thanks a lot! Really appreciate that 😁🙌😍

[@MookyCookieOfficial]

Super fun to watch, even as a Dutchy myself. I hope this channel will upload more videos in the future! I'd be so curious to watch videos like this one about China, Korea, Japan, etc. Also, I loved the editing and the small jokes makes it easy to listen 😁 Subscribed!

[@CountriesExplained]

Thank you! 🙏😁

[@thijnvlaander7298]

Hello men, first of all good video, only one small thing to mention: at 3:43, the middle picture what was ment to be de Schelde, is actually a picture of Terneuzen, and at this point the river de Schelde already turned into a sea arm of the North Sea called de Westerschelde.

[@Bastiolo48]

Very cool and well-made video! The only thing I would criticize is the part about the 80 Years War. William of Orange did not actually fight against Spanish occupation, but against the tyranny of the king of Spain. The king of Spain (Philip II) simply inherited the Netherlands from his father, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and was thus the rightful king of the Netherlands. Just something I try to tell people as much as I can as a history student. It is a very common misconception that the Dutch fought against Spain, so I don't hold it against you :)

[@CountriesExplained]

Great input! 🙌

[@Bastiolo48]

@@CountriesExplained Thank you, and great video! :D

[@nick-jo3hy]

Isn't the line about the king of Spain still in the Netherland's anthem ?

[@Bastiolo48]

@@nick-jo3hy Yes, and for that very reason. The anthem is sung from the perspect of William of Orange. By saying 'De Kooning van Hispanje heb ik altijd geëerd' ('I have always been loyal to the King of Spain'), he stresses that he was brought to rebellion by the oppressive nature of the regime. In other words, he didn't form a rebellion to seize power and dethrone the (rightful) king, but because he felt the king oppressed his people and was left with no other choice.

[@bertnijhof5413]

We fought the Spanish Army and we destroyed as many Spanish ships as we could find. Of course we first robbed them from their gold and silver. It really sounds that we did fight Spain, irrespective of the political excuses used by William the Silent in the beginning.

[@neuralnetwork17]

Great video, very entertaining. If I can make a tiny correction: the Dutch declaration of independance (Het Plakkaat van Verlatinghe) was signed in 1581, but this was not the end of the war. The Eighty Years' War started in 1568 and would last until 1648.

[@miles_ani]

We, especially those who live in a city, don't love our bikes. We almost treat them as disposable items. Of course we don't like it when it gets stolen or when it breaks, but other than that we don't really care much about it either. Their purpose is that they're there to use. Most of us don't clean them (the rain will do that for us) and we'll only get someone to take a look at it once it breaks. So yeah, it's a pretty abusive relationship without much love involved xD

[@DeepHorizon2020]

Love the The Netherlands! 🇳🇱 Been there between 70-90 times now I think 😁 Also really curious about this channel, love videos like this! Good work 😊

[@CountriesExplained]

Super cool country indeed! And thanks for the nice words 🙏😁

[@rocco7083]

Hope you also know by now The Netherlands are not just canals and windmills

[@DeepHorizon2020]

@@rocco7083 Haha indeed, it's so much more than that 👍🏼

[@leanderklitsie5058]

You pretty much nailed it with all the upsides - however (like any country) it has many downsides as well. I am 100 % Dutch but choose not to live there anymore because of the downsides. There is a lot going on in this tiny country. But if you only staying the weekend you made a almost perfect introduction. I can recommend ‘ Maastricht’ in Limburg. Very lovely town with much to see. Worth visiting. 🙂 In ieder geval - veel plezier!

[@CountriesExplained]

Thank you! I’m definitely visiting Maastricht on my next trip to the Netherlands! 😁🙌

[@plantenmama3206]

Why don't you live in The Netherlands anymore? I'm curious about your reason(s)

[@leanderklitsie5058]

@@plantenmama3206 I can write you a couple of reasons for our Nexit. 1. It’s like everybody has changed.. Like everybody is so occupied with themselves they just don’t care about others anymore. Everywhere I used to go I had to hear about things like someone had bought or a vacation that was planned or a new car that was ordered or someone got a raise at work. As if they are only concerned with prosperity. We were really sorry about that. Based on many stories from the family and programs with a look at Dutch history, this is really a problem of today. 2. We didn’t feel safe anymore. We came from a fairly large city and had to watch out, especially at night. Too many stories of purse snatchers, pickpockets, stabbings and even shooting incidents worry you when you head out the door. Your careful.. And you should just be able to feel comfortable/safe/good. Anytime - anywhere. 3. There is almost no nature left in the Netherlands. I once drove together with my girlfriend to one of the view forests left somewhere around Apeldoorn. We had to pay I believe it was something around €5,- per person to walk in the forest! 😆 Parking the car was an extra €4,-.. I fully understand that every country, city or village has its up and downsides but it’s becoming harder and harder to see upsides there. Where we live now people are so much more respectful with each other. Help is offered without asking. Everything is going slower en much more comfortable. Just happy we made the step.

[@luminousinfraredgalaxy5341]

@@leanderklitsie5058 just curious, in what country do you live now?

[@leanderklitsie5058]

@@luminousinfraredgalaxy5341 We live between the mountains in "the Allgäu" in Germany, but on the direct border with Austria and Switzerland.

[@brechdt]

Did you know? An average Dutch person eats around 2 bikes a day.

[@gogreenorgohome9731]

😂

[@ifabianxd1338]

Fun fact: One of the three musketeers died in Maastricht, a city in the province of Limburg Netherlands 🇳🇱

[@bpt1688]

Great video. You have put a lot of research in it. Missed the '' stroopwafels'' haha and maybe the' 'delta werken' ' but for the rest it was a really good video. I liked it a lot. Thank you.

[@CountriesExplained]

Thanks a lot! 🤩 Haha yeah that’s a treat for sure 🙈

[@TICIT2020]

I adore The Netherlands greetings from an Angolan 🇦🇴🇳🇱

[@Ck-hp8zq]

What I love the most about the country is the fact that there are a lot of different cultures mixing in with each other. Almost everyone in the country practices the terms "normen en waarden" which is simply the norms and values of an individual, very highly and respectful.

[@B_B463]

Multiculturalism fails everywhere. Especially in the Netherlands.

[@Ck-hp8zq]

@@B_B463 I can agree with that but my experience as a non dutch growing up in this country had their highs and lows but my view is that in either way I know the people of this country can be open minded on differences in cultural backgrounds 🤗

[@giselealexandrariascos1906]

@@B_B463 how is it failing? Could you elaborate?

[@B_B463]

​@@giselealexandrariascos1906 The Netherlands is the best example on why multiculturalism fails because of several reasons. The native Dutch culture, its traditions & way of life are challenged by the 'subcultures' of the foreigners who've come to live here. The immigrants and their offspring seek to change or in some cases destroy certain elements of the Dutch identity in order to preserve their 'inclusive' agenda. The main thing is a tradition/feast which is celebrated here which we call Sinterklaas (also the inspiration for Santa Claus). Sinterklaas has helpers, like Santa's elves, whom are called Black Petes. The reason why they're called Black Pete is because the soot of the chimney stuck to their skin, but the non-white foreigners in our country associate it with colonialism, racism and the idea that 'black people are subordinate to a white overlord' even though Black Pete is a white individual in the sagas. Nowadays in most metropolitan areas in the Netherlands Black Pete has been banned for the past 2-3 years, he's still celebrated in the more rural areas. Anyway this defamation campaign was started by immigrants, a movement to sabotage the national culture. This is why multiculturalism fails. The idea of multiculturalism is that the native culture tolerates and accepts the minority cultures - which we do as there are mosques, synagogues, halal supermarkets and so forth in this country and with no Dutch people bothering them. But when the minorities in this country are not able to integrate properly and fail to accept the native/dominant culture, and seek to change or destroy it, then they have sabotaged their own ideals; which is multiculturalism. As multiculturalism stands for ACCEPTING each other's culture(s) for the way they are and being able to live side by side. In the Netherlands this is not the case. Meaning, it has failed and evidently so.

[@giselealexandrariascos1906]

@@B_B463 well, I think the people complaining about black Pete are still relatively a small group of people. So if there'd be a strong majority of people from the Netherlands that are against the change or elimination of black pete, then why is it still changing? I come from a multi cultural, multi ethnic, multi linguistic country, and I can tell you that it didn't fail. We even have celebrations in my country in which white people paint themselves black, without any other groups, or black people being bothered by it. Even the topic of slavery isn't even a thing when it comes to the discussion of racism. I don't know, aren't some people from your country making this bigger than it really is?

[@JoJo-fq2pt]

Wow this video is amazing, everything you need to know about the Netherlands in just 10 minute, I'm going to visit this September! This is really helpful, keep up the good work and thank you 👍😘

[@CountriesExplained]

Thank you! 😍 Hope your trip will be great 🙌

[@LordshipArsenal]

0:27 HOLY MOTHER FINALLY FINALLY AN INTELLIGENT GUY!

[@andriesgrabowsky2717]

You mention that the purpose of the windmills was to pump out water to create land. This is partially true. Some clever guy invented the saw mill in the 1600's which so wood could be sawn into planks 24/7 provided there was enough wind of course. This meant that the Dutch were able to built ships faster (and cheaper) than any other nation where planks were sawn manually. Actually this led to deforestation of the North Sea coast and today only very small parts of the woods are left like "Haagse Bos", Wassenaar and Vogelezang.

[@lmsna1966]

In addition they are built and used as flour mills.

[@wockie34]

IM HALF DANISH HALF DUTCH AND LOVE HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY HOW IS THIS CHANNEL DOING THIS

[@hesterclapp9717]

1:16 "That's like saying everyone in England is obsessed with vacuum cleaners just because everyone's got one" - Jay Foreman, 2018

[@WillyWilson11]

Small correction about religion: Historically, the Netherlands is mostly Protestant, with the North (also called "above the river") pretty much only Protestant and the South ("below the rivers") having more Catholic influences. In recent times the Dutch have become more atheistic though. The reason Catholicism seems the dominant religion is because it is notoriously difficult to deregister yourself from the Catholic church. Thus, many Dutch people are still registered as Catholic, but aren't actually practising.

[@dichi3163]

What a great video! The best I've seen about the Netherlands, actually. I do not blame foreigners for calling my country Holland though, it has been marketed for decades like this abroad by our own government. One thing that I was missing in the part about religion, was the influence of Protestantism and Calvinism. This explains why Dutch people (in general, of course) are the way they are.. direct, down to earth, no big fans of flashy stuff, exaggerations or crazy money spending ("act normal, and you're already crazy enough"). We do like fietsen (cycling) and schaatsen (ice skating) 🧡

[@CountriesExplained]

Thank you sooo much! 😍🙌

[@Johan91NL]

Yeah the Netherlands absolutely isnt Catholic lol. Its origins is pretty much because of fighting against the Catholics.

[@Ypost1]

Ja! Ben maar gewoon dan Ben je al gek genoog, heh.?

[@barbecuebaas5539]

Almost accurate on the war part. Spain actually officially owned the Netherlands in 1568 and before that there were some skirmishes but with the heavy taxation the revolt started

[@jorgelastra3272]

There was no ownership of Spain! The was a king, Philip II, who owned so many territories, including the kingdoms of Castile & Aragon, but Spain did not even exist as such in that time. Philip II received all these territories from his father, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, who was born in Gent (current Belgium). So it is incorrect to state that Spain owned The Netherlands at that time.

[@jacoboarca8516]

@@jorgelastra3272 Phillip II Hispan et Indian Rex. Spain did not exist...🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jorgelastra3272]

@@jacoboarca8516 There was not a unique Spanish Kingdom, but several "Spanish" kingdoms. The idea of Spain as a nation did not exist the same as today. Therefore, the idea of Hispania (already used in Roman times by Roman Empire) is not the same as Spain today.

[@jacoboarca8516]

@@jorgelastra3272 no, España existe como nación desde antes de la aparición de los Reinos fragmentados tras la invasión musulmana. Lo que no existía es un único Estado Español. España era una nación pluriestatal en términos actuales. Negar la existencia de España, es de ser absurdo. Todos los reyes medievales se coronaban Hispaniarum Rex o Imperator Totius Hispaniae. Incluso ya se comienza a aplicar la diferenciación de Portugal desde Carlos I. Lo que tú haces es aplicar formas jurídicas y administrativas actuales a épocas medievales. En esos tiempos todos los territorios pertenecían al rey no al pueblo, en cualquier país del mundo. Fijate si existía conciencia de nación que uno de los requisitos para entrar en Cofradías por ejemplo, era pertenecer a la nación española. O definiciones de nación que aporta por ejemplo Covarrubias en 1611, dícese de reyno o región amplia así como la española.

[@jacoboarca8516]

@@jorgelastra3272 de todas formas, esa pluriestatalidad era muy relativa, pues por ejemplo, las Nuevas Leyes de Indias se firman en Barcelona, en teoría estado desconectado y sin participación en América como era el de Aragón.

[@patric8meijer]

Hi CE For non-Dutch audience this is a very nice , short and light made content about the country. So sure i liked it, and because of the time i agree there were much to say about the country/culture/history that you need more than 1 episode. Thanks and well done, regards,

[@CountriesExplained]

Thank you! 🙏😁🥰

[@paulusquagmire3637]

We also have a lot of #1 spots on sports/artists. Rico Verhoeven current World Champion Kickbox. Max Verstappen current World Champion Formula 1. Michael van Gerwen was WC at darts. A lot of famous DJ’s like DJ Tiesto, Martin Garrix, Afrojack and more. I probably forget a ton but for such a small country I’m proud at the list!

[@CountriesExplained]

🇳🇱❤️

[@baswesterbeek2408]

The field hockey women have also been worldchampions for a while now

[@peterdevalk7929]

@Gerrie van Boven He was the BEST ever!

[@lukevandevenis9780]

you kinda missed the fact that 'our' tulips accually origianated from The Ottoman Empire (later named Turkey). they gifted us the Tulips and kinda stole or bought the rights to it and made them our own. so yeah.

[@macek7016]

Who cares, nobody know Turkey for it's tulips.

[@lukevandevenis9780]

@@macek7016 true, but its still a historic fact, thats my point.

[@henriquesevenfold2018]

@@lukevandevenis9780 noone cares

[@sannebov7935]

I watched the video about Denmark and I like it a lot! I would love to see a video about South Africa, I've been there and travelled around with a group of a few families, it was amazing and I've learned a lot there but I think you could make a very fun and interesting video about it. Love the Vid💜

[@DiegeneMetDezeNaam]

Please make a part 2?! (Or more 🙃) I am a Dutchie and learnt so much from this video! Really love it. Awesome, I’ll share this with my friends 👌🏻. Thanks!

[@CountriesExplained]

Thank you so much! 🙏😁