Teacher Reacts To "Geography Now - Netherlands" [Smoke ****]

[@parmentier7457]

The difference in the Dutch language with the Dutch and Belgians is comparable to British English and American English. The accents are different, and sometimes use different word choices.

[@MrRabbiTricky]

Accents are for sure different, but especially amongst themselves they use much more french influenced words (Tas koffie instead of Kop koffie and sacoche instead of handtas for example). I would say the difference is bigger then your comparison. If, as a Dutch, you talk to them you can perfectly understand them since they will adept to a more former use of Dutch.

[@dawnmaster68]

@@MrRabbiTricky that though is true for all different dialects ... for example i as a Brabander can use sentences that will have the average North Hollander baffled without a concept of a hint of an idea what i mean by it.

[@lindaraterink6451]

@@dawnmaster68 Girl from Drenthe, snatched up by a Brabander guy. Yep totaly true. Boschenaren are far worse. ;) I have been know to sit at uncles birthday in Den Bosch, nodding yes and no and hoping I choose right. but the otherway around is the same. If I go full on Drents on them, they don't understand a thing.

[@dawnmaster68]

@@lindaraterink6451 well i am from Den Bosch :P. But i do understands Drents, provided they don't speed up too much and don't use mnemonics i never heard before. But other than that it is sort off possible to follow most of it.

[@sandrader2889]

I think the Dutch play with words more comparing to Belgium, they are more loyal to their language I believe

[@qwertyuiopzxcfgh]

15:50 The Dutch prime minister does indeed cycle to work every day. In fact, even when he visits the king, he just cycles to the palace. He works very hard on presenting himself as "just a normal guy". He even works as a school teacher on Thursdays.

[@ElmoAbonneerFF]

funfact!

[@dimrrider9133]

I have a fun fact to: Rutte en die rooie haten ons tot het bot, ze zijn verandwoordelijk voor duizenden kinderdoden (belasintingaffaire) of kinderhandel en dat puur voor misbruik en adrenochrome. Ze hebben ons land gesloopt en verkocht aan het WEF en als ze slagen zijn wij in 2030 dood en leven er nog maar 500miljoen mensen op ons bolletje.

[@lusten5430]

Yet he gets hated on so much, poor guy.

[@jessechu7980]

7:13 "Those are just rocks" yeah they are, but they also aren't? It are actually graves made out of giant stones which were probably carried by glaciers during the Ice Age. The graves were build like 5000-6000 years ago i believe.

[@burnone716]

Was the funniest part of this video, history teacher saying ''those are just rocks''.. pyramids just rocks in a triangle, stonehenge just rocks in a circle, moai just rocks with faces, ...

[@felinakats6716]

This exactly! I went like, did he just say "just rocks" to a freaking hunebed? (burrial mount) Those were build between 3350 and 3050 BC and those "just rocks" that were used weigh on average 20000 kg with the largest being about 25000 kg. ( 44092 - 55115 lb) "just rocks" bah! *mutter mutter grumble grumble*

[@Bowwow30]

I'm glad he wasn't my history teacher. I found it a pretty stupid remark of him. @burnone716

[@jurduyn1130]

On top of this coincided history a notable thing is that The Netherlands, however small, are after the USA the second largest agricultural exporter in the world. There’s a university dedicated to this and students from all over the world come there to do their masters and bring back their knowledge home…great thing!

[@pietikke5598]

Not for long with these WEF run politicians.

[@DataStorm1]

yeah, and a bunch of the "export' is imported b4 they export it again.... that's what the Port of Rotterdam is doing...

[@puciohenzap891]

@@pietikke5598 Well, the Netherlands is more know for exporting nasty GMO stuff, though.

[@pietikke5598]

@@puciohenzap891 That stuff is banned in the EU. I think you are mistaken with the USA and Canada. They use insane amounts of that poison. But USA mega cooperations wanted to push their GMO crap into Europe. Also their Chlorine chicken and hormone filled meats washed in Ammonia and other poison that is banned in the EU.. So they came up with a treaty. I forget the name but after lots of protest it did not go thru. But most of those same mega corps also were in Canada so they tried again with CETA. And so far as i know they agreed to that in 2017. So maybe it has something to do with that. So that some company's found a way to ship in food from other countries give it a Dutch label and ship it to other country's. But our own farmers are insanely regulated. Don't know why anyone wants to be a farmer here anymore. But i'm glad we still have a lot of them. But a lot of them will be gone when the government gets their way. They are talking about taking their lands.

[@pietikke5598]

@@DataStorm1 Yes that to, but still we are a big exporter of our own. We have very fertile soil and great farmers . But if our disgusting WEF government has his way that will be over soon. They want the farmers lands now.

[@mr.brightside6087]

I'm one of the luckiest Indonesian who could experience student-exchange to the Netherlands. We learn a lot about their work and study ethics. Thank you so much Wageningen University and Dutch Ministry of Agriculture. I really miss Arnhem city, Nijmegen, and also Amsterdam 😁

[@celsus7979]

I am one of the lucky dutch people who have had to pleasure to live with an indonesian family in jakarta for a while, and visit bromo, borobodur and bali as well. What an amazing country and wonderful people! I will never forget it. Greetings and all the best wishes to you and indonesia!

[@mr.brightside6087]

@@celsus7979 oh my god you are so lucky, bro I'm indonesian and haven't visit Gunung Bromo💀💀. Really miss the homeland wish I could go back this year🇮🇩

[@celsus7979]

I got up at 3 hours past midnight to climb bromo before sunrise so i could see the sun rise. It was amazing, nothing grows there, i felt like i was on the moon. And the sunrise was incredible. But it was so cold at night on top of thd mountain! Never thought i would get cold in indonesia ;) I miss indonesia too. The food! Hope you enjoy your time abroad :)

[@mr.brightside6087]

@@celsus7979 Bromo, Semeru, Rinjani, a lot of mountains to visit. I don't really know what's going on in my homeland, it's been 3 years living in Jordan. I feel like an alien here in the middle east, I wanna go back to Indonesia or at least give me holiday to visit Netherlands and the rest of Europe 😂

[@celsus7979]

I hope you can go home soon man! Keep your spirit up until then!

[@parmentier7457]

Because the Netherlands has reclaimed a lot of land from the sea, the marshy soils are very fertile. The small Netherlands is the second largest exporter of agricultural goods in the world after the US with an annual turnover of 100 billion euros. Even during the 2021 pandemic, the Netherlands exported 108 billion euros worth of agricultural goods. There are also many indoor vertical farms that use high-tech sustainable technologies to grow the vegetables. They also use 75% less water than traditional farms.

[@black_hand78]

But they use a shit ton of electricity lmao. That’s the thing that no one likes to talk about. Just like vegans trying to convince farmers and everyone else that raising cattle does more damage to the environment then growing plants lmao.

[@dimrrider9133]

As a greenhousebuilder i can prove this message.

[@s.b.907]

11:20 See how the Dutch brainwashed you! 😂 Carrots used to be white or purple until the Dutch got involved. And now almost nobody (update: meant everybody) thinks they were always orange.

[@koen23]

You might wanna read that last sentence again😀

[@s.b.907]

@@koen23 you are right! 😂Had another sentence first, changed that and voilà stupid mistake was made. Corrected it. Thanks for pointing it out.

[@maartenbakker8311]

Carrots are usually white, because there is actually no need for the plant, or it's even waste, to produce any sort of pigment. I think carrots, or roots for that matter, would be purple or orange as a side effect of a colourful self-protection material (like carotene) and/or as for the cause of breeding.

[@tycho-1285]

@@maartenbakker8311 carots where purple, but where made orange to grow faster. Just like cale (boerenkool) originally it was puple but we made it green so there is more fotosynthese (glucose production) and therefore is grows faster and bigger. But because it grows faster is has less minerals then purple. Thats the down side of mass production

[@silspenk9034]

White and purple

[@blodekont5458]

18:33 The Netherlands also is the Capitol of Symphonic Metal bands, Aeryon, Stream of Passion, Epica, Delain, Within Temptation, The Gathering, MaYaN, Dark Horse Light Horse, After Forever, Re-Vamp

[@vogel2280]

And songs from the old days that might ring a bell: Van Halen (Jump), Vanderberg (Burning Heart), Golden Earring (Radar Love, When a lady smiles, Another 45 miles), Herman Brood & his Wild Romance (Saturday night), George Baker Selection (Little green bag), Lucifer (House for sale), Shocking Blue (Venus)

[@xXTheoLinuxXx]

And another funfact is that Floor Jansen lives in his country (Sweden).

[@fkvdmark]

And proud of all the symphonic metal bands, but what came to my mind first were Armin van Buuren (from my hometown!!), DJ Tiesto and Hardwell. Although I am not a fan of them.

[@datboi2479]

For the Dutch language, there are two categories: Algemeen Beschaafd Nederlands ("General Civilized Dutch") and Dialects. Dialects can differ from region to region, most of them are very close to ABN, some are so different that Dutch people from other parts can't understand it. Belgian, or actually Flemish, is considered a Dutch Dialect in that sense.

[@williamgallop9425]

And then there is afrikaans.

[@mormacil]

ABN hasn't been officially used since the 80's. These days the term is simply AN, Algemeen Nederlands or sometimes Standaard Nederlands.

[@mormacil]

@CAPTAIN HOOK Correct in the sense that none of those are Dutch dialects because they're not Dutch. West-Flemish, Hollandic and Brabantian on the other hand are Dutch dialects that differ significantly from Standard Dutch.

[@peterkeijsers489]

@@mormacil They ARE Dutch sublanguages, but they're called regional languages (with the exception of Frisian, which is an official (minority) language). Lower Saxon and Limburgish are regional languages, just 1 step down to that of an official language. I don't know much about Lower Saxon, but being a Limburger myself I know that the reason why Limburgish is not an official language (in comparison to Frisian, which IS an official language in the Netherlands) is that Limburgish doesn't have an Algemeen Geschreven (general written) spelling. And about Afrikaans: it's an official language in South Africa and a minority language in a small part of Namibia, which derives from Middle Dutch just like modern Dutch (or Algemeen Nederlands).

[@mormacil]

@@peterkeijsers489 No it's not, they're all Netherlandic languages but so is Dutch. To avoid confusion we generally call the family Lower Franconian instead. Perhaps you're confusing the Limburgish dialect with the Limburgish language? Those are different things. The former obviously being part of Dutch as it's a dialect of it. The latter is it's own distinct language. It's as much part of the Dutch language as Low Dietsch is.

[@kaikalter]

To answer your language question, flemish is a dialect of dutch. It’s the same language, they just use words we would otherwise would not and the other way around.

[@Roozyj]

There are some dialects within Flemish though, that are absolutely incomprehensible to anyone, Dutch and Belgian alike xD

[@mr.brightside6087]

And it's called Vlaams 👍

[@CavHDeu]

@@Roozyj like Limburgish that's also spoken in the lower rhine area in Germany but here it's called south lower Frankonian.

[@flopjul4581]

@@mr.brightside6087 Flemish is de engelse vertaling van vlaams net zoals dutch de vertaling is van nederlands

[@jsb7975]

Flemmish and Dutch have exactly the same dictionary. When Flemmish speak the general Dutch they got a slightly french accent. Like the Dutch have a bit of an anglo-saxon accent. Dialects ofcourse exist, as everywhere in Europe, both in Belgium and The Netherlands.

[@tigeriussvarne177]

I love my western neighbours, try to visit at least once a year for a daytrip, because Groningen is just 2 h away. First thing I use to do, is hit the Febu snack shop, for some Frikandel and Bitterballen from a vending machine. Then for a smoke to one of the many Coffeeshops, and at last, getting some Vla, Stroopwafels and Chocomel for home.

[@celsus7979]

I do hope you get your frikandel as a 'broodje frikandel speciaal' On a bun wiyh onion, mayo and 'special' sauce Its the best!

[@tigeriussvarne177]

@@celsus7979 Yes, I agree 100%.

[@j0hnn13K]

Those stones are historical artifacts, they date back 5000 to 5500 years (maybe longer) and were build by using glacial rocks that ended up in the region some 150.000 years ago, they can be found in more places, Norther Europe and up to Denmark too i believe. (Hunebedden, or "Huns beds/Dolmen") There are several theories around them, they're burial mounts for kings or druids, or they are "mystical places" used by druids for ceremonies. It is also unclear who build these, and for that reason the meaning is unclear as well, much like other monolithic monuments left over from 5000 years ago, like Stonehenge, we have ideas what it was used for, but that's about it. (most likely it's that burial thing tho) Either way, it's pretty nice to have such old historical artifacts just laying around the landscape hehehe.

[@camamaja]

the full saying is : "doe normaal, dan doe je al gek genoeg"(act normal, that's already crazy enough) and there's another one that keeps gaining in popularity : "I'm not crazy, I'm Dutch"

[@StefanVeenstra]

Also, I live near Giethoorn, all the villages with canals around here have roads. There's often building and greenery between the roads and canals, making it appear canals are much more prominent.

[@jsb7975]

O moet je het verpesten? Wat nuchter weer. Maar wel eerlijk. Vooruit.😊

[@mirjamvond1731]

I'm a 6'1 Dutch woman, and although I'm considered tall in the Netherlands, I'm not perceived as "very tall". Just a little bit tall 😁

[@gwaptiva]

Same as 6'4.5" male

[@pietervanwoezik6876]

Hoi ik ben 1.37 meter lang en 20 jaar en woont in utrecht

[@denise-2262]

Me too😀

[@Dr_Panne_Koek.]

​@pietervanwoezik6876 holy crap. You're a hobbit. Do you life in a hunebed?

[@REALFAUNUS]

1:56 the awnser on your question is i believe around 40% or something. Due to the whole western Netherlands (noord-holland, Zuid-Holland, zeeland and a piece of western utrecht is atleast 1 meter or more below sealevel. Same for the northen parts of groningen and friesland. Not to mention the entire province of flevoland is a drained sea so yea its a bunch of land.

[@Sayitlikitiz101]

Thanks for the vid! I'm expecting the France and Belgium video now, even though they're very old, and rather obsolete by now.

[@nobuine5146]

I just noticed: underneath the picture of the Dutch King it says "Willem- Alexander & Queen Máxima". Queen Máxima is indeed the wife of our King Willem-Alexander, but the woman in the picture is not his wife. It is his mother: former Queen Beatrix.

[@marcdemonye7327]

Former Queen is Princess now....

[@LodewijkVrije]

For agriculture, the netherlands produces a majority of the worlds tulips, and a large chunk of other cut flower exports. Even with the relative small amount of space, its always in the top 10 potato producers and exporters, being second in 2019 when looking at exports. In terms of exporting agricultural products, the Netherlands is only behind the USA despite having much less farm land.

[@daniellehurrell6620]

You WILL get the 100k plaque! You're amazing and so insightful! When you do, please parade it through your teacher's lounge and let them know that you're the coolest teacher in school! I'm so glad you're having fun with this though! That's what counts! 😄

[@Abandoned_account534]

Your content is amazing! Keep it up

[@SnappyJCM800]

Carrots were purple before they were orange. I was curious too and had to look it up

[@Brozius2512]

They were different colors, white, purple, dark red

[@RickNL86]

About Dutch agriculture there is a good video called "How Does The Netherlands Feed The World".

[@lilianneweinhandl8493]

Flemish is to Dutch what the Australian accent is to English. They have a different accent and sometimes use words differently or totally different words for things, but it's just the same language. We both think the other sounds funny, but we're perfectly able to have a conversation without too much difficulty as long as we're both aware that certain words have a different meaning where the other is from.

[@shanwyn]

Don't know why I enjoy watching you react to such things, but alas, here I am :-) As a swiss, I would be curious to see your reaction to Switzerland since we joke here that Sweden and Switzerland is one country, since most foreigners always seem to mix us up :-) Cheers

[@coyotelong4349]

Lol I have no idea why the two countries get confused so much- Is it just because of “Sw” at the beginning?

[@shanwyn]

@@coyotelong4349 There are actually three countries that get confused with each other: Switzerland, Sweden and sometimes Swaziland. I have no idea why, but it happens a lot. I used to travel a lot and it happened at least once per trip. Mostly in english speaking countries, especially in the US. I can only assume it is because of the Sw, but that's a guess only. It's kind of the same with Austria and Australia 😁

[@daniellehurrell6620]

@@shanwyn Seriously?? Ugh, if it's mostly my fellow countrymen (US) that are the ones who get it mixed up, I'm SO embarrassed. I promise, we're not ALL that uneducated. The really LOUD AND STUPID ones are the ones you hear about in the news. 😳☹️

[@celestia486]

I don’t think I would’ve realized this w/o your comment n I don’t have any shame admitting it. I’m already watching a geography teacher react trying to educate myself n enjoy my time. From my experience the real loud, stupid, uneducated Americans are usually the older straight white men and or the “Karen’s.” love from America

[@daniellehurrell6620]

@@celestia486 Yes! The fucking Karens and “Kens” of the US

[@arposkraft3616]

@2:00 about 35% and then another 15% is about at sea level or less then 1 meter above making it flood at tides and waves, but thats excluding flooding by river which dependent on snow melt in the alps might flood about 5-10% , do lets round it and say 60% in the worst case.. the most vulnerable sea flooding area is dike ring 14 (rotterdam amsterdam utrecht all being in that one) most common are river floods

[@corvus1374]

A former President of the United States, Martin Van Buren, spoke Dutch as his first language.

[@mrsknusprig9621]

1:50 To answer the question it would be roughly 50-55%. 3:15 yes its basicly dutch. Just a different Accent like Austrian = German

[@live_possesion_5195]

It is quite nice seeing these videos. Thanks.

[@lorettabes4553]

06:24 See the town called 'Delft' underneath The Hague? Yes, that's where I grew up. It's one of the lowest points in NL so if the Dijks break... Well, plenty of people here own boats.

[@arposkraft3616]

@6:30 its funny only non dutch are concerned about that and if you look at the risk projections belgium has a bigger risk because we maintain and design our water management so fully, theres many places that due to being complacent are at way worse risk... in either case projected sea level rise is about 20cms over the course of a century.... its nothing to panic about

[@oldman3319]

Sorry guys, the islands in the north are not the Walden Islands but Wadden Islands. Wadden means mudflats. You can make special walks when the tide is low. But only with a guide, because when the tide rises, it goes really fast and you don't want to be there when that happens.

[@wingedyera]

Thank you for pointing that out because it bugged me as well

[@GottHoldNicetomeet]

Don't forget the Hamburg Ship port. Rotterdam had in 2018 transported 13,598 Containers (TEU) which places it in Europe number 1 However Hamburg is not far behind on 3rd place with 8,741 Containers in 2018. 2nd place is btw Antwerp with 10,830 Containers

[@urbnctrl]

In Friesland, the province in the North, 190cm or 1m90 is actually a VERY common height. Most males reach that height around their puberty, I am 1m85 and living here has always made me feel small/average. My father is 1m91 and my younger cousins are all between 1m95 and 2m05

[@EricaSkyq]

Friesland is the tallest people in the Netherlands and the entire world.

[@pietervanwoezik6876]

Brother I am 1.37 foot tall

[@mormacil]

Original carrot colors range from a creamy white to a deep purple. Orange just sorta sits in the middle between them. At least here in the Netherlands you can still get other colored carrots but you're paying premium for their weirdness and they basically taste the same. There's more flavor variety within different breeds of orange carrots.

[@Roozyj]

Oh, something you might enjoy if you like history, is our anthem. Het Wilhelmus is basically one big hatesong towards Spain, written during or after the 80 years war. The words 'Spain' and 'Spanish' and such are used way more than 'Dutch' or 'Netherlands' in our anthem xD

[@eugenieC50]

And it's the oldest national anthem of the world

[@REALFAUNUS]

11:20 carrots back before we made them orange were actually purple. Tbh im glad its orange now since i cant imagine those things being purple.

[@danobanano2505]

3:15 vlemish sounds like old Dutch. They have a few words they pronounce differently or have a different meaning. The biggest difference is the culture, even tho we're so close to eachother.

[@arposkraft3616]

@5:00 we dont "control" , now decades back we had a full referendum on those islands and we wanted them to go and be independent...they however choose their respective situations; 3 of them as independent nations in the kingdom, 3 as special municipalities, they want that arrangement because that way (especially the nations) have a large autonomy and own parliament but can still defer to the netherlands for coast guard and other more infra intense things (like europol acces)

[@karinnijp-harmanny1345]

Maybe you didn't know, but the Golden Earring (radar love), the Cats (one way wind) and George Baker (una paloma blanca, little green bag) are from the Netherlands too. And the Tulips are original not from Holland. The're from Turkeye. And our Sinterklaas is a Turkish bisshop too. But in the Netherlands we celebrate his birthday every year on the 5th of december. Some schoolteatcher in the 19th century thought it was fun to ad some helpers called zwarte (black) Piet. Now a days people are not amused by this helper beïng black. So now we have roetveeg pieten and stroopwafel pieten for example. I can't think of more right now. I love your video. I subscribed immediately.

[@ronaldderooij1774]

There is the Dutch language union. In it, are the Netherlands, Flanders and Surinam. That official committee decides what is "proper Dutch" (in grammar and writing). So, that way it is guaranteed that (in writing) Surinam Dutch, Dutch Dutch and Flemish Dutch will always be identical. The way Dutch is spoken is not prescribed. So Flemish Dutch, Dutch Dutch and Surinam Dutch are all considered to be "proper Dutch" nowadays. Having said that, there are huge differences. I have difficulty understanding people speaking their own Dutch even less than 100 km (60 miles) from where I was born and raised.

[@erikjansen4298]

Dutch and flemish is near enough similar the g is more gutteral in the netherlands and the flemish avoid all words of french influence where as the dutch will use french influenced words. Best example is the word spindryer, in dutch its centrifuge (french influence), flemmish its droogzwierder, litteral translation dry slinger. As in it spinns an item till its dry. There are also some differences in expressions. After a meal in the netherlands you kan say "ik zit vol" translates to im stuffed. In belgium saying ik zit vol means im pregnant. This can lead to interesting situations at the dining table.

[@arposkraft3616]

@3:00 Flanders is south netherlands, Belgium is not a nation but a political unit set up without a base, you can also see this by provinces, theres one Duchy of Brabant, the south part is in 'belgium' the north part is in the Netherlands, or by name...Belgica meaning low lands in latin and refering to the same area, ie there is no linguistic distinction beyond dialect in the same way texans and new yorkers will speak different but both speak American english

most indonesians here are of mixed dutch indonesian entnicity many people have one grandparent who is full indonesian

@@claudiavalentijn271 indeed I’m one haha

[@ronalddolman2654]

7:13 Those rocks (Dolmens / Hunebedden) are actually the remains of prehistoric burial chambers (4000-3000 BC)

[@82gamerprincess31]

Proto Carrots were many colors similar to peppers Yellow, Purple, White, and Orange. Many you can once again buy thanks to farmers markets and seed saving. The old school carrots are also much smaller, sweeter, and less woody as their easy to transport big Orange cousins.

[@KennyHonu]

Carrots can come in colors like white, yellow and purple. 🥕

[@marcovtjev]

IIRC the original color was a pale yellow.

[@robeleco1]

Rotterdam is called "the biggest German port". That says it all.

[@Communist_Russia]

3:00 Flemish is actually more of an accent than its own language, although I think there are other words.

[@harenterberge2632]

Clogs are actually quite practical when working in the garden. You leave them outside, but you can easily slip into them.

[@joslauwers7960]

Music is alot of POP but rather unknown to may Dutch we have a large Metal Scene. With bands like: The Gathering, Within Tempatation, Delain and Epica. Also our contribution to Nightwish; Floor Jansen who lives in Sweden with her husband Hannes VanDahl drummer for Sabaton.

[@ForgottenGames]

I recently flew over the Netherlands (slowly on 800m height, with a cessna) .. it is SOO flat - it's 80% farmland (lot of it apple, pear and other fruit trees as well) with small towns scattered about.

[@fjoergyn]

Within Temptation is a dutch Band :D

[@leyolm6170]

Love how a history Teacher says: Those are just rocks on Hunnebedden... They actually are burial sites from 3000-4000 BC.....

[@teqfreak]

The agriculural aspect remains quite undiscussed in this video. But the Netherlands is also the second largest exporter of agricultural goods in the world. There are some amazing videos about that too.

[@JeroenBaten]

Regarding the language. Yes, to a Dutch person the Belgian language sounds like a extremely similar accent. But for instance the words "poepen" and "foef" have unexpectedly completely different meanings.

[@Thundercloud369]

Music in the Netherlands, ever heard of 2 Unlimited. Dj Tiesto, Armin van Buren, Golden Earring and many many more. We dutch rule dance scene and hardcore/rave is typically dutch.

[@MsUltrafox]

In the USA many towns have Dutch names. Also, you can find plenty of street names that have Dutch towns as their name like Amsterdam Street/Avenue. And I see plenty of names of people online or in movies/series that come from their Dutch ancestors. And we have more bikes than people in the Netherlands because biking here is faster and safe for everybody. If you come to the Netherlands and drive a car remember this rule. All DRIVERS coming from the right have the right of way and bikers are drivers too. (unless road signs claim differently but still do not a biker because you will still be at fault because a biker is a weaker road user and they need protection from cars so make sure you have a witness/dashcam)

[@tinyvanuffelen7918]

Queen Maxima , King Willem Alexander are also bike riders . And no , clogs are not uncomfortable . They keep your feet dry and when it’s cold you put some hay in your clogs to keep your feet warm . About music , also André Rieu is famous around the world and is selling many , many cd’s !!

[@schiffelers3944]

It differs what they say how much of the Netherland is below sea level/would flood; from about 1/3 to close to 50%. All I know and actually care about is that I live in Limburg NL and the ice can melt, it will give us a beach, this part of South Limburg is relative safe, however we also have floods and they can be severe. Excess rainfall caused flooding in Belgium, Germany, and NL in July 2021.

[@maja-kehn9130]

Carrots used to be yellow. In German we sometimes still call them "gelbe Rüben" yellow turnip.

[@ForgottenGames]

Lot of opera gothic metal too (Epica, Within Temptation) even the leadsinger from Nightwish (Floor Jansen) -- all Dutch

[@svenverweijen3911]

please note that this isnt an picture at 15:26 of the king (willemalexander) and queen (maxima), due to fact the women in the picture is the kings mother (princes Beatrix)

[@Buboenik]

A few other famous dutch artists: Floor Jansen, Adje van den Berg, Golden Earring, Epica, Within Temptation, Candy Dulfer, Focus, Andre Rieu.

[@renevw5812]

Frisian is Dutch with a twist of old Germanic. So if you are from Sweden, well Frisian but also Dutch should not be very difficult to learn.

[@jochemvanderuitenbeek8324]

Frisian is more like danish. Mixed with saxon. Thats where they are originally from. Fun fact: in english you'll find many frisian words.

[@dorethedisveld6795]

@@jochemvanderuitenbeek8324 Frisian is more like Scottish.

[@corneliusantonius3108]

Even today you occasionally stumble upon a white or purple carrot when harvesting them. I did that kind of work in my teens in the summer.

[@valentijnrozeveld3773]

Those Hunebedden or Dolmen are not just rocks but pre historical burial mounds, build by the Funnelbeaker people from 3000 to 6000 BC. You can only find them in modern day province of Drenthe. Those rocks were gifts from Scandinavia during the ice age 150.000 years ago. 😀

[@valentijnrozeveld3773]

@Steiner yeah i knew of the one in Noordlaren, i actually live close, but that's one compared to the 52 in Drenthe.

[@valentijnrozeveld3773]

@Steiner Removing one and putting them in a museum doesn't really count as natural but sure you have two. I'm pretty sure the borders in 5000 bc were not really drawn yet so it really doesn't matter. (i'm half Gronings/Drents.)

[@valentijnrozeveld3773]

@Steiner I was born in Borger, where the biggest one is, moved to Groningen to study and moved to Zuidlaren after.

[@ricardotoussain]

They say they are burial mounds but as far as I know no bones were ever found or even burial goods. Educate me please if I am wrong but until I hear of such evidence they are not Graves to me. I don't know what they are otherwise maybe makeshift prisons to hold murderers who knows. Just like the piraramids they were never meant to be tombs either. Just because you can not come up with a better guess does not mean it should be taught as the truth. The truth is we just don't know because wars and the destruction of the knowledge of the conquered have left us guessing. What schools teach is not the truth but the truth of the victors. People have the tendency to destroy or obscure that which does not fit their narrative. The only reason these dolmens are there is because the church could not destroy them in the dark ages.

[@valentijnrozeveld3773]

@@ricardotoussain In the Netherlands and especially the Drenthe region (where i'm from) the soil is acidic enough to overtime melt de remains, however we do find them with remains in Germany, also the offering we DO find inside are consistent with grave offerings. Some Hunebedden might have had different purposes though. Old Hubedden throughout the Netherlands have been destroyed and their stones used to build castles and churches, in the swampy Drenthe no one wanted to build castles and thus the Hunebedden remained preserved. I don't like arguinig on the internet but you're a troll and ignorant of real archealogy.

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

Amsterdam however is one of the most cosmopolitan cities on the planet with official inhabitants from more then 188 Countries There are about a million Islamics in the Netherlands and also about a million Indonesians

[@MellonVegan]

Concerning how we see each other: As a German living but a 1h train ride from the border, I feel closer to the Dutch than I do to Bavarians, lol. In many regards, the country feels like ours but better. Not sure how the Dutch feel about this. But basically, I see anyone from the DACH region and the BeNeLux countries as variations on the same theme. But maybe that's just me and my pan-European brain.

[@Roozyj]

I think in general, people are cool with Germany. I'm studying to become a German language teacher and a lot of people have told me they dislike German language (because of the 'harsh' sound and the difficult grammar), but I haven't heard many negative opinions on the country itself :) I personally like Germany because I've spent many holidays at the Mosel river :3

[@celsus7979]

Living in the north of the netherlands i am cultrually much closer to the north gernans than i am to the south netherlands. Pass the river rhine and things become a little different. The romans stopped at the rhine and french influence was a lot bigger there too. I see a lot of similarities with the culture of northern germany and denmark Greetings!

[@kroon1930]

From one pan-european brain to another😉; what's a border, really, these days? I used to live in Nijmegen and take my dog walking in Berg en Dal. There's a path there, forest left, a grass field right. No wire nothing. Path is NL, grass is DE. I like that. It should be like that everywhere and always.

[@jsb7975]

@@kroon1930 well I am against segregation too !

[@sheilanixon913]

My father's family came from Krefeld to Britain in the 19th century. We all sp-oke "German" at home as well as English. When I went to Germany in the 1970s with my husband, who had been in the British Army in Gottingen, I was told by his German friends that I was speaking Platt Deutsch, with the accent of the German /Belgian border area. .My father forgot how to speak English for the last t6 weeks of his life, and spoke Platt Deitsch instead. My own children spoke Platt Deitsch at home , but have now lost it as they were forced to learn French at school . My grand-children are going to learn Afrikaans at home in September, which according to your language expert , would be the easiest foreign language for English people to learn . The French do not even like us, so why learn their language ?

[@MyAcer20]

when you get klompen that fit perfectly they are extremely comfy but most people just think you buy them and than you are done no thats incorrect you have to shape them yourself or let someone do it for you to perficly fit your feet so the pressure of standing is spread evenly across the full foot

[@IJubane]

Funny thing is that purple and yellow carrots are actually also still sold in the netherlands at some of the bigger supermarket chains like Albert Heijn, so I'm surprised mist people don't know about their existence. The purple carrots are actually dark purple on the outside and fade into almost white towards the middle. It might have something to do with our agriculture ehh.. culture. We also have white asparagus for example that are a real delicacy here that is almost only grown locally I believe, and it is only available fresh when in season from march to June or something, and are quite different (way better imo) from green asparagus only because they are grown underground.

[@AnnekeOosterink]

White asparagus is also popular in Germany. :) But yeah, carrots come in white, yellow, and purple, and now also orange. :)

[@biancawichard2421]

oposite of what most foreigners think cloggs are very comfortable, especially in winter where they keep your feet nicely warm, i can't wear them anymore because of disability i can't hold the left one and it slips from my foot else i would wear them again for sure

[@bert2526]

Those "just rocks" are ancient burial sites, around 5000 years old. They are scattered among north east Netherlands.

[@lordgandalf22]

originally you see white yellow orange and purple carrots but its mostly part purple and white or orange and yellow but a fully ornage carrot was made in the netherlands

[@Mr_Dopey]

An interesting video to react to that I recently found is "Voices From the Past" an Icelanders experience as a slave in the Ottoman Empire in his own words. There are many more interesting videos on the channel, but they may be long for this format.

[@TheJantje666]

just subbed i love teachers

[@Limburg92]

Its not just rocks but menhirs big broken off blocks of stone that where mainly long and small.. And its really special because these were placed in a way to make a sort of tomb. These stones were placed around 3 to 4000 years BC and its not thinkable how they moved or lifted these stones because they weigh tons..

[@Limburg92]

Its older than stonehenge.

[@aboynamedsue6912]

The carrots were white or even purple . I would say Flemish is Dutch with an accent just like here in Drenthe some of us speak Drents. This is the first video that I came accros that they say ''Gouda'' correct. In the music section they could mention Golden Earing , Radar love was very much listened to accros the world .

[@Ceractucus]

Wild carrots are white and they come in many colors. The fruits and vegetables you see in your market varied greatly in size, shape, color and taste compared to their ancestors. For instance, apples were almost inedible just a century ago or so with 99% being made into apple cider (the kind with alcohol).

[@horusthreesixteen3843]

Gotz to pass this on to Cgurl who is from Holland. Funny in da Navy we ported in Zeebrugge, saw a James Bond movie in the movie theatre, AND the movie had 2 different lines of subtitles, bought Dutch and French!

[@the9thof13]

we actually won the war against the spanish on ice skates

[@dawatcherz]

the original colors of carrots are between a white/violet and dark purple color, some were also a light white/yellowish color.

[@harcovanhees394]

Minor error @ 9:00 these islands are called the “Wadden eilanden” so “Wadden isles” and they are surrounded by the Waddenzee (Waddensea)

[@iemand2612]

about the indonesian thing, there are loads of 'indo's' which means indonesian and Dutch mixed, these people might not look indonesian. Also, some ethnically dutch people might call themselves Indo, due to their family history in indonesia :)

[@naseh446]

The weird thing is Dutch is the tallest people and colonized Indonesia, the shortest country by the average at that time

[@ericameerman5670]

Actually if I remember correctly from my history lessons. The Netherlands didn’t fight against the Spanish monarch Karel V for 80 years since they had like a break for a few years. The war is in dutch called ‘de tachtigjarige oorlog’ meaning the 80 year war.

[@ericameerman5670]

Correct me if I’m wrong dutchies :)

[@arjanrijvers562]

Flemish is officially part of the Dutch language but its a very specific dialect, with its own pronunciations and in Flanders they use quite a few different words, mostly using french-derived alternatives or doing the opposite where they introduced germanic words to better differentiate themselves from the French speaking Walloons. When we have Dutch language quizes or games on TV there will often be Flemish people competing and they often do well because their education is more strict on things like spelling and grammar.

[@arposkraft3616]

@7:10 ye rocks...or some of the oldest burrial sites in the area

[@marcusfranconium3392]

Dutch is a collective name for the language used in the low countries. each region has its own dialect . if you put a dutchman and belgian and south african in one room they can comfertably talk to each other in their own dialects. but the extreme refional dialects are hard as hell as even people in the countries them self cant understand each other every 5 to 10 km there is a different dialect . there are over 200 in the netherlands and belgian somthing simular.

[@kisoschu]

It's similar with German too. It's really hard to understand a Bavarian guy for example and they even have translations for them when they show a snippet of an interview with a Bavarian. Also with German and Austrian German we kind of understand each other but it's sometimes challenging. We solved this problem by not only teaching the regional dialect but also the high - german or standard German. Is there such thing in the Netherlands too?

[@marcusfranconium3392]

@@kisoschu Yes , we call it ABN algemeen beschaafd nederlands ( general civilized dutch ) Its based on the posh dialect used around Haarlem . Its a standardised dutch , up till 1947 a lot of the spelling and gramar was simular to german after 1947 it was simplified , like Mensch became mens the sch sound at the end disapeared from words. Des , Der , Den all where simplified or no longer used . A german would have no problem reading pre 1947 dutch . and visa versa.

[@ForgottenGames]

I am from Southern Netherlands - (Province Zeeland) - to answer your question. For me, the Flemish is better understandable then the Northern provinces' dialect. It is pretty much the same for me, but in other parts of the country, they can sand steel with the way they prenounce the letter 'G' -- at least they don't have to scrape their troaths ever, perma-scraped.

[@mavadelo]

Fun fact, besides the invention of the compact cassette, another more current Dutch "export product" hails from there as well. Dutch Formula One driver and current World Champion Max Verstappen was born there. Carrots where originally white or purple or yellow. That the Dutch made them orange because of the King is a myth. Yes, we made them orange, but we did so long before the house of Orange was even a thing. Sprinkles: Not the sprinkles you find in other countries (which would make me go yuk as well).. these are real chocolate. Don't know how many Indonesians but I know about a quarter of my friends has at least some Indonesian background and about half has at least some connection with the colonial past of it.

[@ellenrook6729]

I am from the netherlands and live near Rotterdam and if you like the sea hoek van Holland and Scheveningen is nice to go too,

[@EagleOneM1953]

With the food sum up I saw the word bakeljauw for cod. The correct pronunciation is Kabeljauw, it starts with a k... kabel is also the Dutch word for cable....

[@schiffelers3944]

In the NL we have differences in height also linked to geography/location. I'm 1.83 that would be about 6'1" / 6'2", from the south and don't have the stereotypical Dutch looks, keep in mind below rivers was Roman Empire in history, the Dutch have been ruled, by French and Spanish Houses, as well as Germanic. Or monarchy is actually from German blood, as our national anthem also says. But there are plenty tall people in the North, blond and blue eyed, probably genetically more linked to Scandinavians, as well. 2+ meters is not uncommon in the NL as a height, also for women, not just men.

[@emeraldsroses0524]

A woman over 1.90m is rare, but not uncommon.

[@schiffelers3944]

@@emeraldsroses0524 rare but not uncommon, feels a little contradictory, well if we add heels... 🙃 I would say not common, but not rare either. But agree there are more women around 1.90m than 2+m. But also plenty of women in the NL 1.60-1.70m, probably more common, at least more down south.

[@emeraldsroses0524]

@@schiffelers3944 I’m not Dutch, but I actually fall into the 1.60m category. I’m married to a Dutchman of 1.94m. My 12-year-old is 1.65m and still growing. My 10-year-old is around 1.50m and still growing. I’m going to be the shortest in the house, but I say I’m the most powerful 😂

[@schiffelers3944]

@@emeraldsroses0524 Here in the Netherlands, and I presume globally, they keep track and graphs of children's height, and can estimate how tall they are most likely to get. According to that I would have been about 1.67m. For my sister and cousins they were close, for me not. I ended up 1.83m. I grew 30 cm in 6 months, I could notice myself grow, people could see me grow. Very weird sensation/awareness, going to school and coming back and things look a little smaller. We all grow, I have grown before the growth spurt, but this was next level. I also have/had bodily issues because of this, it is not rare to grow 30 cm, but it is rare to do this in 6 months. My bones grew faster than my muscles could adjust, twisting and bending my back for instance. I look straight like a line, but when I bend over, you can see the twisting curves in my spine. Add one leg being about 5 cm shorter, giving my hips a angle, my body compensated, I look straight as a rod, but I am bended and twisty. Also my seize in Limburg was big, in my teens, but the generations after me have risen to the same heights. So back to average height for me. I don't like the feeling people give me that are 2+ meters, I have to look up again like I had to do as a child. That height difference makes me feel like a child again. It has noting to do with them personally, and I can get used to it. But that is what that does to me, when I need to look up to someone, I'm no longer used to it. All sizes have their benefits, for me and my partner on average the things are not on our ideal size, counters, kitchens, etc. Living in Limburg, people used to be smaller on average. Also not dramatic but it would be healthier if things were 5-10 cm higher. However I can reach almost everything, without asking for help, or use of appliances. Mothers also often get left behind in size, very common. Maybe your daughter will be around your size? Boys often outgrow the mothers. In average the males are taller than females in the human species. Good things come in small packages is a saying. *Wie het kleine niet eert, is het grote niet weerd* (ouder/dialect NL voor waard). Or me getting kicks under my behind, while others got patted on the head and stayed small.

[@emeraldsroses0524]

@@schiffelers3944 awwww, come live in Zuid-Holland. You’ll fit right in 😉 Everything would be your ideal height. But growing 30cm in 6 months really isn’t normal, you’re right. As for reaching high places, I’ve got the elder daughter for that now. I told her that once she outgrew me, she would be “used” 😂

[@mikahess2378]

Love your videos support from Germany

[@tanyadelaney8455]

Knowledge is power. An educated mind, is a the most powerful thing any human being can possess. Expanding upon that foundation leads us to building a better world. By simply being better people. Education leads to evolution.

[@Roel_Scoot]

There are about 500,000 Dutch people (first,second etc. generation) that have bonds with the former colony of Nederlands Indië. These people often have mixed Dutch and Indonesian forebearers but not nescessarily. They where repatriants and refugees from the colonial war after WWII when Indonesia became an independend nation and were always from origin Dutch. Then there is a group of 70.000 Molukkers, part of the KNIL (colonial army), that was brought to the Netherlands and after the independence of Indonesië could not go back savely. There are also Indonesian people living in the Netherlands as expats, or as political refugee.

[@j3gg]

Natural pre-selective breeding carrots colors range from white to purple-ish colors!

[@chrisvandijk99]

funny man, i am living in Curacao watching your video! :-) keep the vids up! oh and many other color carrots :-) !!

[@Jila_Tana]

"Trying to think of any music from the Netherlands, but I can't think of any"... Does 'Edward Lodewijk' ring a bell ? Maybe not, this one probably also not 'Alexander Arthur'.. They went on to start the rockband 'Van Halen', I guess that is known. "Golden Earring" is quite known, 'Vandenberg' is another. If any of the ones I mentioned makes you think 'Hey wait, those are American bands', well go read up on it.

[@steijnuphoff7219]

‘I’m 1,90’ me: I’m 15 and 1,92 beat that mate.