Reaction To Everyday Dutch Things That Stand Out to Me as an American Living in the Netherlands

[@Marpurrsa]

as a dutch person i can't imagine being 15 minutes late, that people think thats okay is crazy to me

[@baronsaturday2103]

Zijn we zo stipt dan? Een strakke afspraak oké, maar een losse afspraak (iets te drinken, enz.) geeft niet zo. Ik haat het als je wordt opgejaagd omdat je lekker een drankje wil drinken met een paar mensen, dus 15 min. later is toch geen punt..? Fashionable late.

[@emilybakker3742]

​​@@Angelmndy zo was ik vroeger hate het toen ik altijd te laat kwam en nu zit ik elke keer te wachten op hun omdat ik gewoon te vroeg ben maar denk er bij liever te vroeg dan te laat

[@sipjedekat8525]

​@@baronsaturday2103ligt eraan wat voor afspraak. Biertje in de zon? Kom lekker wanneer je zin heb. Belangrijk werkoverleg? Ik heb meer te doen vandaag, kom gewoon op tijd.

[@lolololol7573]

Ik voel me altijd zo schuldig als ik aan kom en iedereen zit al, ook al ben ik op tijd. Haha.

[@emilybakker3742]

@@lolololol7573 oo jaah maar daar kan je dan niet echt veel aan doen als je al op tijd bent geef me zelf 10 tot 15 min eerder daar dan ben ik in ieder geval op tijd heel soms zelf wel een half uur als het iemand is waar bij ik vroeger al vaker te laat was

[@MsMeyara]

As a Dutch person I can tell you that we don't take anything for granted. That's something you should know. We work hard for everything.

[@WeV_R]

so im not a dutchie a good to know haha

[@sletteboer]

It's true. And if it's not perfect, we complain and activate the media until it gets fixed. And we pay quite some taxes to get that all done

[@amberalbertinia1286]

I was born in NLs but live in Flanders, Belgium. We also LOVE our terrasjes. When i lived in South-Africa this is really what i missed the most.

[@AdvdW]

As a Dutchie living in the south of the Netherlands, I'm really surprised that Amsterdam, Haarlem, The Hague and Utrecht are THE example for the Netherland. The most city and villages in the Netherlands are very different. I know those cities are very touristy and more work/study immigrants. That is the reason why foreign people think they know our country. If you wanna learn a country go to the locals. If you ask me Amsterdam is not the most beautiful city. I prefer Utrecht, Den Bosch, Breda, Maastricht and Rotterdam.

[@TheSuperappelflap]

Thats because those are the main cities you can reach in about half an hour by train from Schiphol airport. Rotterdam, well you can get there with the high speed rail in half an hour but you need to pay a surcharge and also there isnt much to do there except getting stabbed or robbed. The old harbor is nice, thats about it.

[@ingenicole]

Or go to friesland. Great province.nice village and lakes. Taking nature for granted as a dutch? Never

[@realpirate]

See a different thing : come to Limburg during karneval . De groeten uit Venlo 🥳

[@WPSCHAASBERG]

We call that Calimero complex

[@claudiakuiper-nijhuis2769]

Enschede in Twente, in the east, German-Dutch border, go there!😊

[@emcovebe478]

I never take for granted how beautiful my country is. I love how old cities are designed and developed into what they are today in a organic way. I love that cities and villages have lots of trees and parks. I too love the architecture.

[@johnatkins-qn2lk]

I am british, but have lived in NL for a long, long time. I NEVER take it for granted ! I feel so lucky to be able to live here !

[@Bruintjebeer6]

@@johnatkins-qn2lk I understand you fully but it is different when you are born and grow up in the Netherlands. You don't know any better. It is amazing to see videos of my city and people talk about how amazing it is and how they love the architecture It makes me look with a different eye to what I see every day and appreciate it more. That also goes for all the things we have for everyday living. The laws, the safety net and benefits we enjoy in this country.

[@anglo-dutchsausage344]

​@Bruintjebeer6 I grew up in the Netherlands and moved to England at an adult age. My finding is that Dutch people do indeed not realise how good they have it compared to people abroad. They don't realise how tough many people have it even in England, for example. When I tell the state of the NHS, the poor state of our supermarkets sometimes or the level of poverty I've seen to Dutchies when I visit, I'm met with bafflement.

[@mitchellw5571]

As a dutchman i can confirm of its a warm dry sunny day. I drop everything im doing and go to the beach eventhough i have things to do. Why you might ask, we have very limited sunny warm “tan” days so yeah i like to enjoy those few days.

[@basschoenmakers5982]

As a dutch person I would love to see such visiting videos in this country that are not in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Den Haag or Utrecht.

[@engel5]

mee eens!

[@TracyD21]

Of Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe waarom de randstad stinksteden

[@SOFTCOCOGIRL]

Agreeeeeed😢

[@MYoung-mq2by]

A very large part of the video was taken in Utrecht. The canal shots with upper/lower levels is definitely Utrecht. I live close by and visit often. I believe Ava actually lives there now.

[@BommeltjeNL]

About the hand towels… I did see them a long time ago in some ‘shady’ bars, but nowadays it’s all hand blowers, dispensable towels and rotating hand towels (±1 meter for each ‘user’ and at the end the whole roll is replaced).

[@komkwam]

Using those old handtowels in public places isn't very hygenic therefor other options became available. Only at home a handtowel is used.

[@jurgenvoogt1638]

When winter turns to spring in march temperature can go up 5 or 6 degrees at once. Sudden 15 degrees with a bit of sun and terrraces are full. Most people have enough spare time 👍

[@baronsaturday2103]

Ja, en als de herfst komt, is 'ie er ook heel plots. Van de ene dag op de andere. Boem.. herfst! We weten natuurlijk zolangzamerhand wel dat de meteorologische herfst er rond 1 september is, maar het is altijd zo weird. Boem.. herfst! Boem.. zomer! Van de ene dag op de andere een ander seizoen. Wel heel jammer dat we niet meer op natuurijs kunnen schaatsen, en minder sneeuwpret hebben in de winter. Het is een beetje dezelfde grijze brij in de herfst, de winter, en een stuk van het voorjaar geworden. Ai, wel jammer hoor! Maar we hebben niets te klagen, we hebben geen aardbevingen, tsunami's, cyclonen, en wervelstormen, maar gewoon wat weinig zon tussen september en april... Blèh.🦹🏻‍♀💃🏻

[@baronsaturday2103]

Groningen up the North of Nederland is like a little Amsterdam or Utrecht. De grachten, de architectuur, the vibes, it's a great city..! it's got everything, but it's smaller than A'dam or Utrecht.

[@wilfreddv]

IMO gaat er niks boven Groningen.

[@amorroma1244]

I'm from Amsterdam. All those narrow streets are because in old cities (Haarlem, Utrecht, Maastricht, etc.) these streets were initially designed for walking, carriages, and sleds. That is why these streets and alleys are being redesigned and made car-free.

[@TheSuperappelflap]

Also, nearly all transport was done with barges in the canals, so no need for wide roads with parking spots.

[@stijnr2000]

I've lived in Amsterdam for 20 years, and I am still constantly admiring the architecture whenever I am there (which is quite often).

[@SaarRocks]

My aunt, uncle and cousins used to live in one of those houses, we call it a "grachtenpand". They are often split up into multiple homes, they had the bottom floor (halfway below streetlevel, ground level on the back). The ceiling was pretty low on that ground floor but the architecture was really pretty. They now live in a similar building in the hague and it's so old and gorgeous and the ceilings are so high. It is loud though, living in the centre of a big city. It's never truly quiet at night. I live on the Veluwe so I'm used to quiet nights, my cousins are used to the noise so it doesnt bother them.

[@eaglerider1]

normaly speaking as orginal Dutch, there is a difference not in temparature, but in moist between hot country's and the Netherlands

[@jurgenvoogt1638]

Exactly. The moist makes it feel hotter or colder than it is 👍

[@darkremo]

Humidity in plaats van moist :)

[@eaglerider1]

@@darkremo sorry about that my English writing (spelling and grammatica) is not always great, my mistake

[@darkremo]

@@eaglerider1 no problem at all! I used to say that wrong for ages. It wasn’t until someone else pointed it out before I realised it wasn’t moist.

[@87mits]

There is plenty of countries that are humid and warm. The difference is that it is humid and warm for 6 months at a time. In the Netherlands it's just a few days and after it's back to 20 and rain.

[@RandallvanPoelvoorde]

Living on the canals in Amsterdam is extremely expensive. Around 12.500 euro per m2. These houses cost millions and some are even more expensive bc they have big gardens behind them. Which we mortals never get to see

[@littlemissmello]

Open Garden Days in the spring!

[@lydiavandervelden4402]

I love the Dutch parks , i live in Delft and we have canals as well . I always take nature pictures and pictures of old buildings

[@amy4924]

Repeat after me AMSTERDAM IS NOT THE NETHERLANDS

[@douwetalma368]

bro jawel?

[@gewhdwgdiwgf2313]

@@douwetalma368nee het is gewoon een toeristen dump daar, lijkt niks op de rest van Nederland

[@margavanleeuwen7085]

Amsterdam is bigger than the tourist area

[@douwetalma368]

@@gewhdwgdiwgf2313 ohhh ik dacht dat ze bedoelde dat Amsterdam niet in Nederland lag

[@MeesRP]

I grew up in Amsterdam and am still living in Amsterdam. I never went to the city centre… amsterdam is more is than that tourist trappy centre.

[@Tom-Lahaye]

Not everyone works four days in a week here. In many sectors a work week of 38 or 40 hours is still common and so you work 5x8 hours in a week, I currently have a 40 hour contract. If you have a 38 hour contract something called ADV is granted to you, this is a form of extra days you can take off. The four day work schedule is one of the ways you can fill in a 36 hour/week contract, you work 4x9 hours, other forms are 4x8 + 1x4 hours or a day off every fortnight while making a normal 5x8 week, or in the form of ADV days which can be saved for a holiday. But regardless what schedule you work, we work to live and not the other way round. Being able to eat and drink outside is always eagerly waited for after the cold and wet weather of the winter, the first day the sun shines and temperature reaches 15°C the seating areas are full. In summer it's rarely too hot to sit outside when there is shade, and the trees dampen the heat in cities

[@ak_vd_b8795]

I live in netherlands in Friesland you need to see movies about Friesland its so beautiful and underrated beautiful cities and amazing nature

[@ivowalvis9228]

There are actually laws for not cutting down trees for developement, for the elderly could die from heatstroke. And nowerdays I thank the trees for their shade in summer, their cover from the rain in fall, and their cover from the wind at any time. Good laws. Greetings from Holland.

[@margreet03]

Im a born dutch woman living in the north Groningen. Yes i also go outside or go to to a terras with friends on a sunny day. People watching is the best. Yes in the north the high town houses on the canals are way more afford able especially in the north. Yes you can rent a canoë to peddle trew the canals. Ive never done such but i love enyoing a drink on a terras. Yes they are talking about raising book taxes.('24) I like and follow Eva her video's.

[@TracyD21]

Groetjes uit Groningen stad ❤

[@margreet03]

@@TracyD21 groetjes terug mede Groningse

[@sjoertje1]

We have four seasons in the Netherlands! So when spring starts and the sun shines we want to enjoy it as much as possible. It rains very often in the Netherlands.

[@gaatjouniksaanja753]

Yes I'm already sad that summer is almost over. I love the spring and the summer and don't like the cold, de short grey days and the rain in the autumn and the winter. That's why we enjoy the sunny days so much. Sometimes we even have bad luck, like this year, when spring took a long time to arrive and there was also extremely much rain and temperatures that were too low. It wasn't until summer came that the weather finally started to get nice...way too late.... Which makes it feel like summer/spring went by extra quickly. When I ever get the chance I will definitely immigrate to a warmer country. Especially when you don't have a car it's so hard to plan to go somewhere without getting wet. Same when you go to school or work.

[@ruudvankaam1500]

Being in time goes for almost all of the Netherlands. Down south in the province of Limburg things are a little different. We have our "Limburgs kwartiertje" (Limburg's 15 minutes). I for one am always a couple of minutes late 😅

[@patricksteunebrink7758]

everywhere in netherland the landscape and building are wonderfull with alot of green and colorfull flowers

[@Deamonboy]

this is so amsterdam centric that its not even a good reprisentation of The Netherlands.

[@JanuzTrance68]

Oh hell no, even as a Dutchie myself i would never ever use a normal towel in a public restroom. Never ever !!!!

[@phoenixfyxe7518]

The lockers can be found on most bigger stations in the Netherlands snd will cost between 5 & 8 euro’s for 24hrs. Depending on the size. I’ve used them often myself as a Dutch person so it’s def not only for tourists 😊

[@meike7507]

Amsterdam is prachtig. Helaas kom ik er niet graag meer. Het lijkt wel een toeristische attractie. Rommel overal, waanzinnig druk. Er zijn zoveel mooie steden en stadjes in Nederland. Laat de toeristen en expats maar in Amsterdam blijven.

[@engel5]

ik heb er de eerste 23 jaar van mn leven gewoond, en ben nu al decennia weg daar. Wil nooit meer terug wonen daar. Verschrikkelijk. Er is zo veel moois buiten Amsterdam, maar voor de meeste toeristen staat Amsterdam gelijk aan Nederland.

[@hansd3295]

Of course we Dutchies are on time 😊. 5pm = 5pm. Not 15minutes later!! Why should I make an appointment at five ?? Time is time 🕰️

[@daanjr175]

Im dutch and you guys realize me that i indeed take things for granted

[@evertbrouwers1133]

Summer evenings on the 'Grote markt' in The Hague are amazing for people from abroad. Just find a seat, talk to strangers, get a drink and something to eat, meet your friends and make new ones. Walk in one of the pubs, take your drink outside en just enjoy the atmosphere. Ask if you can sit or stand with people you do not know. It'll be a social experience.

[@SwirlingSoul]

And to think that our little Netherlands is now housing 18 million people! We're very high up on the population density. The Netherlands is small, and thus everything, literally everything is arranged and ordered, and thus it functions great. The one thing I learned about our own country, is that it's not "normal" to have a supermarket right around the corner in just about every city, town and village. That everything is walkable. Not very many countries have that setup, and through your and Ava's eyes I am now enjoying my own country a lot more. As for the canals... My own idea about that is, "they are not that clean". It's,... nessesary for NL to have canals, and they're more functional than beautiful. (my personal opinion) However, the trees... I absolutely love our trees. Drenthe province is gorgeous for that specifically. Lots of tourists choose a biking route here cuz oooh aaahhh beautiful! ;-)) And I get to live here. (dutchie, grew up in Drenthe province, but lived in Amsterdam too for a while. The difference between that is: in Amsterdam you need three doses of adrenaline to avoid getting run over by traffic,... in Drenthe one can cycle while half asleep and the cars will calmly let you go first and be kind with your life. I'm so glad I'm back in Drenthe! 😁☺

[@thethingsido4051]

Yay, when the sun's out, the chairs and tables go out for all to enjoy. THAT'S HOW WE 🇳🇱ROLL

[@geert0809]

Best thing about Amsterdam is the train going out of that city.😂

[@PoloA-i9q]

Rotterdammer?

[@BetjeWolff-v2s]

Lockers for luggage... are everywhere. Salesmen used to travel by train, they carried their samples and also their kit to stay the night in hotels. You don't want to visit a client with your suitcase with cloths in hand.

[@Dutchman626]

I'm glad you like everything here so much. We visit in September Edinburgh for a week. See what it's like there.

[@oscarfernald9402]

Just got back last week, Edinburgh is great! And the Scots are so friendly, they're my favourite people now 😅😂

[@MissCarolina40]

Amsterdam is not the Netherlands. When you will see the Netherlands....rent a car en drive through the Netherlands.

[@qualitytraders5333]

The "sitting outside" thing in the video is mainly for people who don't have a garden or, at least, a large balcony where you can sit at home. I've always lived in small villages and towns in houses with a garden and in the spring, summer and autumn you practically live outside in the shade of a sunscreen that covers the terrace looking out over the garden. I would no like to live in a big city in an apartment and pay 5 euros for a beer sitting on somebody else's terrace.

[@keessturm2804]

Living in the old Amsterdam centre is in deed way to expensive! But there are a lot of old towns with simular architecture. I live in a house from 1710 in the town Middelburg.

[@8saltman]

Amsterdam has turned into Disney World. It's a very small city just loaded with tourists. Better go to Haarlem or maybe Utrecht, though the last one is quite busy as well.

[@gameplayers2290]

Bro, you should look up how the cathedral look in s'hertogenbosch, the Sint-Jan. That thing looks insane

[@MarkNieuwenhuizen]

I was born in one of those canal houses, but not in the direct center. In late sixties these were affordable rent. Later I met a rich lawyer and because of her divorce she had to move. These rentals are now up for sale and our modest 4 room apartment was now half a million euro. My parents in law owned and lived in a center canal house on one of the famous canals that were a few million each.

[@Wamubodo]

Let's not forget: her wife is Dutch and she speaks Dutch too. Most of the times I can resonate with this 'Dutch culture' but it's a gimmick. Yes, I have cloggs (pink ones) and I have a vase for tulips. I always let people know when I'm late. I'm a smoker so I want to sit outside. I'm a cheese lover but I love my foreign food. 30 years ago we always made fun of the Japanese tourists who made a lot of photos but with no expression of any emotions. Nowadays it's almost 50% or even more. Until a few weeks ago I used to work in Amsterdam and tourism is deteriorating. Standing in line for half an hour to get some Belgian fries or a stroopwafel. Just for the picture? But maybe this is also a Dutch way of looking at things?

[@irenehabes-quene2839]

You are right we ( Dutch people) take our plus points for granted. I live near Amersfoort and have noticed that in summer, social life in outdoors. It’s all terraces, parks, flowering plants and trees, even though it’s a large city.

[@jacquelinevanderkooij4301]

I'm dutch, never liked A'dam. Always glad to be home if I have to go.😂😂

[@dicknr1]

Nobody does except those inbred citizens who live there.

[@JanuzTrance68]

This person is called an 'azijnzeiker' (vinegar pisser) in the Duch language. The name of someone who can only be negative about everything. Specially about things unkown to themselves. So i am glad every time see leaves my city and goes back home. Bye bye azijnzeiker !

[@Bruintjebeer6]

I love Amsterdam and like to go there but i never want to live there I live in a small city about 45 kilometers from Amsterdam and only a 10 minute ride from the beach. So i get it all. The big city. The intimacy of a small city were everyone knows each other. The dunes, beach and forest.

[@ruudvankaam1500]

Enjoy the hills there ❤

[@dicknr1]

trust me only inbred citizens like amsterdam has or tourists would wanna go there. nobody with a completely developed frontal cortex would wanna live in that shithole.

[@mennobults6464]

The best thing coming from Amsterdam is the train going to The Hague.

[@TracyD21]

Beter nog weg daar de beste stad is Groningen

[@isoldebesseling-dijkman]

The narrow streets Come from a time before there were cars. These are old streets that simply cant be widend since the canals are on the otter side. I reconise the need to be outside. We live outside all summer.

[@thijshagenbeek6554]

Getting our days set up almost to a minute is a real thing. The same goes for being there on time, work, home, store, hobby, family. You are on time. The same when you go on a date, when you tell her you will pick her up at 19:00, she will be ready on the dot.

[@changthai-cq1rz]

Nice :) In the Netherlands, 4 Cups of Coffee a Day is Standard

[@jurgenvoogt1638]

Indeed handtowels are still being used just like we do at home. Every day a fresh one. There is no obligation. If you do not like this use your trousers.

[@arjenlaan4103]

I really like Ava- apparently I have been living under a rock for too long, because I (re)learned so much about my own city of Utrecht from watching her videos! Which embarrassing, but, hey.

[@DaronSpence]

I'm also an American living in the Netherlands (though far far far away from Amsterdam!). I had to get used to metric really quick. Trying to convert all the time is a huge mental load, so eventually it just becomes easier to use metric all the time. Not to mention things like thermostats in office buildings and homes are in metric, road signs are in metric, and food packaging is also metric. The book tax thing she mentioned is a hot button issue. Due to existing taxes as a sort of protectionism, books are already quite expensive if buying new. A short

[@dicknr1]

good you went far away from amsterscam. avoid holland regions for living and the overal life quality will be great. Go amsterdam = get scammed, robbed by blacks, spit on by muslims. list goes on

[@TheSuperappelflap]

The reason books are expensive isnt because of taxes. Its because book prices are regulated, they are fixed by the government. Stores legally arent allowed to sell them for less than the minimum price set by the govt. This also applies to e-books, which is why those are barely any cheaper. Thankfully you can get almost every book second-hand unless it is extremely new, and e-books, well, you can find those for free on the internet if you want.

[@jeanpierreviergever1417]

The reason for a regulated book price is that it enables the publishers to also issue less popular books. Book shops do not have to compete on price. Dutch is a small language and therefore book culture needs a bit of support. The tax increase Ava mentions in the video is the planned increase of VAT on books from 9% to 21%.

[@DaronSpence]

@@TheSuperappelflap that’s just sounds like a tax with a different name.

[@TheSuperappelflap]

@@DaronSpence no, the money doesn't go to the government. Only the VAT goes to the govt, the fixed price is shared between the bookstore and the publisher. These price controls were implemented to make sure that bookstores could survive, it was estimated that if they had to compete on a free market that they'd all go out of business. So price controls were implemented to preserve this important part of our culture and heritage and promote reading.

[@TheSuperappelflap]

You really dont want to live by a canal in the center of Amsterdam. Every day and night, drunk, high tourists, pissing against your front door, shouting, 24.7 construction going on, constant sirens in the distance. Id go mad in a week. There are plenty of smaller cities and towns where you can live in a nice townhouse with tall ceilings.

[@TracyD21]

Omdat het zo veel regent zijn we blij met droog weer en zodra het maar kan gaan we naar buiten

[@MYoung-mq2by]

I have seen hand towels too. But a whole basket or tray of them, folded neatly. With a pretty washing basket on the floor. Obviously depends on the place. 😉

[@freddyfrieza6742]

The city The Hague has more trees than residents, its the third biggest city in the Netherlands with 566,731 people living there. And I’m one of them 😊

[@therickman1990]

As a Dutch citizin, I hate Amsterdam with a passion

[@blodekont5458]

the people on the terras wheren't upset for no sun... they where happy to sit on a terrs when it isn't raining.. clouds don't matter on a warm day..

[@letheas6175]

The Netherlands also has the social rent system. As I'm a student, I don't buy property yet (and yes that would be expensive) but I currently live in a 2 bedroom appartment in one of the top-tier/most well regarded neighbourhoods of Amsterdam. Rent is only around 600 euro. So it is possible to live in the city center of Amsterdam, you just have to have a little bit of luck (and spend a lot of time finding it)

[@letheas6175]

Oh and you get rent allowance, in my case like 250, so if you look at it like that.. I'd only pay like around 350, lol

[@TheSuperappelflap]

Yeah thats like one of the 5 affordable apartments in the entire city, most people pay 1750-2000 a month for a 2 room apartment

[@letheas6175]

@@TheSuperappelflap Again- talking about a different sector here. All appartments within the social rent system are affordable (quite a lot of houses).

[@wilfreddv]

Although if you are out of luck and have to rent private, you're not gonna get anything and the rent will be very steep. Fuck huisjesmelkers, man.

[@Angelod-x9b]

Starbucks on every block or a book shop on every block. Your choice america

[@kingkahuka921]

Those lockers at the station they also have in glasgow.

[@palantir135]

Don’t think there are canals everywhere or in every city. Find out about the South of the province of Limburg and Maastricht. You’ll find it isn’t flat there.

[@hansdenotter7376]

Canals are the drainage systems of a city! Only the towns/cities in the lowest parts (roughly between -4 meters in polders to +1,5 meters above sea level need those canals to keep their feet dry… So, the farther you are from the sea the ‘higher’ the land will be. In the higher parts are canals too but only used for transportation of goods by boat.

[@Nebuloid1]

Showing up to a party early oh yes ! Done that, but only if they're mates and I wanna help set it up.

[@TheHoornsWorld]

you can even rent a boat with a bbq in it for a party on water

[@0oDaan12o0]

Is that Ikea's Amsterdam photograph you have there in the background? Funny thing about that series, they wanted to represent capitals of the world, but as Ikea's first step, they decided on the price of the end product. They then had to find the cheapest pictures they could buy the rights to for this purpose. Amsterdam's one is particularly ugly, but does represent the city well.

[@DenUitvreter]

It can take really long for spring to arrive, you made it through january and februari with all their darkness and cold rain, and then you have another two months of dreary, rainy, gloomy days often. So when the first beautiful days come finally, you've got to get out in the sun. The Dutch like to be out in the weather anyway, but then work stops, people take the afternoon of to celebrate the return of the sun.

[@letheas6175]

Trust me, that's such a generalisation. There are many people, like me, who just stay inside when it's 22+ degrees because the heat is so annoying here. I basically stayed inside most of summer, and I can't wait for autumn/winter

[@framegote5152]

She may have been in Utrecht, but that's not at all recognizable because of the church bells. There are church bells in most villages, towns and cities that all ring at least at he whole hour, with or without someone that playes a modern tune on them.

[@jooproos6559]

All those cafeś could only do this outside because off the traffic became reduced.Otherwise you always had big trucks on the side off the canals.

[@remcohoman1011]

11:45 ..and the trees keep the streets cooler..

[@mrflappie6553]

As Dutchmen we like to complain about our little 'kut-landje', the bad weather, the fact that every year summer falls on either a tuesday or a wednesday but never on a weekend, how high our taxes are, basically anything you can think of, we'll complaion about it. But as the saying goes, if a Dutchman isn't complaining he's dead. But when push comes to shove, the Netherlands is the best country in the world. NUMBER ONE! NUMBER ONE! NUMBER ONE!

[@jimooijevaar6894]

Dude 30°c in The Netherlands is NOT nice. It is here very humid so that makes it worse obviously, and personally I work outside in a kind of "garden", well that weather sucks big time

[@Burtlocker]

It's also pretty rare to get above 30 here although a bit more common nowadays.

[@TheSuperappelflap]

30 C is not nice anywhere, if its over 25 im not going

[@sylviasmits9275]

I was in ireland and when I said I am from the Netherlands they said: ohh your from Amsterdam!! Nooooo !!!!! I hate Amsterdam there are far more beautyfull places in the Netherlands. But Eva lives there so she is forgiven.

[@HedwigvanWuijkhuijse]

I would never use those lockers at the station: they cost from 7-11 euros (depending on size) a day.

[@kochichris]

Mostly are rent houses/flats/apartments😊a buy(koophuis)house loose of other houses own a garden plot. Rent houses do have gardens too, renting is cheaper then buying one😅

[@wilfreddv]

Renting is not cheaper than buying though...

[@sevetalopessilva5907]

Onze kikkerlandtje❤

[@Leonardo-ql1qu]

At 12:26 min.: Hand towels in café's and restaurants are very rare....but still quite disgusting!

[@MartinWebNatures]

Nice video

[@harrym740]

I don't know any dutch person that works 4 days in the week.😅 i do know some who work 6

[@TheSuperappelflap]

You can canoe on the canals, depending on the city, they may only allow it on specific days. But I wouldnt recommend it. The stagnant water in those canals is foul, its dirty and smells terrible. If you want to canoe, you can rent canoes at canoe clubs at pretty much every lake in the country.

[@snroos1860]

Hey Mert! You totally missed this! Eva led you (in her video) along a canal and you said you enjoyed this scene (ar 10:50 to 10:55) very much. You even grabbed a picture which you made yourself, the last time you were in the Netherlands. Your picture had the same vibe. LOOK CLOSER. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU MADE YOUR PICTURE AT EXACT THIS SAME SPOT!| Look at the canal-wall on both scenes! Look at the buildings on both scenes! It is not odd that you like this scene (again)!

[@jefa_]

I really don’t feel at home when I visit Amsterdam. It’s way too touristy and multicultural. I’m from Utrecht and it’s starting to become more like that as well

[@DennisS-bs7ym]

Why not move to the Netherlands, you are so enthusiastic about it, go there and vlog along... should be great!

[@WPSCHAASBERG]

Small streets? Small cars too compair to the US vans

[@ricokramer7716]

DE JA VU...! didngt you post this exact same video a couple of days ago.!??!?! i mean i remember myself reaction to it.. -.-

[@pietsnotty8283]

Never seen a towel hanging somewhere in a shop or something

[@lordsjaak]

they need outside of Amsterdam, the Hague and Rotterdam. because there are more older buildings and prettier than they showing.

[@yorielemmens2941]

Lol almost everybody works 5 days. Mostly woman or mothers take an extra day off.

[@Patatteke1]

We don't eat the cats; we don't eat the dogs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!only the raw fish "haring".🤣😂🤣

[@remcohoman1011]

Please react to "Groningen, the most walkable city in the world." made and spoken in English, some youtubers are in there aswell.. viewfromtheCyclepath and others.. .. there are so much untourist affected cities other then Amsterdam or Utrecht that have canals. Thecanalhouses are topnotch in price, but.. you've got a house that will in photo's travel the world, got to give that to the Amsterdam canal houses.. but, no thanks, wouldn't want to live there.. they are centuries old storage buildings converted to homes.. Not built to be a house, so the famous narrow staircases the world is cokplaining about are here.. yes, they are, but wheren't made for living, occupant use, but where later built in just to be the shortest and less room-taking way of getrting stuff on hte upper floors... when converted to homes, it was thought to be something gennuine how say...ehm.. industrial-ish? to leave them in..

[@remcohoman1011]

10:21 ..she is beyond repair now, hahaha, there is a dutch woman walking..just talking in English, hahaha!!!

[@Shashu_the_little_Voidling]

Wait, they're raising taxes on books?! Why, don't they want more people to read?

[@suzanneke]

In the current political climate, apparently not 😢

[@DenUitvreter]

The people who still read can easily afford it.

[@suzanneke]

@@DenUitvreter what leads you to that assumption?

[@Burtlocker]

@@suzanneke Hubris I believe.

[@hansdenotter7376]

@@suzannekeook hij gelooft dat boeken een luxe artikel zijn… vandaar de stijging naar 21%

[@BetjeWolff-v2s]

The extreme right, inlcuding the farmers party, has a majority now in government, so they aim to cancel education, books and culture. They decided to raise tax on everything cultural and educational.

[@erikkz]

She's talking about Amsterdam but all I see is footage from Utrecht. Does she think Amsterdam is another name for the country instead of only the city of Amsterdam?

[@vorcanvorcan9032]

Personally I hate people watching. As an introvert who is very disappointed with humanity, it just ends up making me frustrated and angry with the fact that everyone is way too busy with their own individual lives to actually give a shit about our collective immaturity as a species. All while they will still complain and whine about our self-inflicted bullshit when it inevitably occurs. (emphasis on the inevitability under the current circumstances...) "Hence the fact that all the people I'm seeing while sitting here, are very likely going to continue living their individual lives and will die leaving the responsibility to get our collective shit together, to their children and their children's children." So to me, going outside on a nice and sunny day to visit these places, actually has a negative effect on my mental health. The only places where something like that doesn't happen very often is in out-of-the-way nature spots which would still force me to be drained getting to those places. And even then it is possible to find reminders of our pathetic bullshit there; trash for example. While many places here may look good in these youtube videos, there are also plenty of places where people just throw their trash onto the streets. Yeah it's wonderful having so much greenery around us. But now imagine seeing those nice bushes and greenery get loaded with people's trash... It happens and it is an utter disgrace! Human beings are still human beings, regardless of where they live. There's theft here, there's rape here, there's murder here. Every filthy aspect of the human condition can also be found here. The only thing the Netherlands has going for it is the fact that it is, [relatively speaking], more comfortable a place to live at than a lot of other places on earth. The fact of the matter is that the Netherlands as it exists today wouldn't hold a candle to our potential. If at some point in the future our potential as a species is reached, mark my words; any place on earth at that point WILL make the "best country on earth today" (whichever that may be) look like absolute dog-shit in comparison.

[@EuroNoobz]

Why tf am I watching the review of a review of Amsterdam? 😂

[@jurgenvoogt1638]

The lady is not that bad. She has nice videos but I think you will adapt a lot easier than she does 😂

[@oscarfernald9402]

I thought she was doing pretty well actually, she really seemed to try and adapt; she even used Celsius, which is quite unheard of from an American 😉

[@jurgenvoogt1638]

@@oscarfernald9402 Yeah all right. Look at the other videos she posted. Like I said. She is nice, she found her way, speaks the language to a certain level but she remains a WOKE! Do not trust her

[@karinvandervliet8853]

I live in one of the flower areas in the Netherlands. Amsterdam is ugly compared to where I live…