The Hood In Netherlands Is Def Not What You Expect . Bijlmer Amsterdam 🇳🇱

The Bijlmermeer, or colloquially Bijlmer, is one of the neighbourhoods that form the Amsterdam-Zuidoost borough of Amsterdam, Netherlands. To many people, the Bijlmer designation is used to refer to Amsterdam Zuidoost as a pars pro toto
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[@parmentier7457]

I grew up in the Bijlmer in the 90s. It was so unsafe that there were no taxis because they were often robbed. Everything changed in 1992 when a Boeing 747 from El Al crashed into the Bijlmer. Most of the victims were African migrants, many of whom were illegal. Bijlmer was given a face for Dutch society for the first time. The municipality of Amsterdam then decided to modernize the Bijlmer, such as knocking down the many high-rise apartment buildings that attracted poor residents and migrants. But the construction of the new Ajax Stadium in 1996 also attracted many (bank) head offices around the stadium, such as ING, ABN Amro, Deutsche Bank, etc. These offices in turn attracted wealthier (white) residents to the Bijlmer. In addition, the new stadium also attracted many concert and event halls. The Bijlmer district has become a city in itself.

[@RealConstructor]

In the late eighties and early nineties I used to shop in the Bijlmer Amsterdamse Poort shopping mall and then take the metro to go out in the city center. I live in a small town south of Amsterdam and always parked my car in the suburbs near metro station Strandvliet. It was one stop to station Amsterdam Bijlmer Arena. I never felt unsafe, not even when dark. But one time I couldn’t get a parking space near Strandvliet and drove to metro station Diemen Zuid (technically not part of Bijlmer, it is another municipality) and parked my car on the P+R parking lot. When I came back late in the evening when dark, it was very scary. Cars racing on the parking lot and making turns with high speeds, fire at oil drums, loud music out of gettoblasters, and only black men (I’m white) hanging around, smoking weed, talking loud etc. And I had to walk across the parking lot to my car. That was no fun. It was the only time I felt unsafe, even scared, in the Bijlmer. It had a bad name and probably for a good reason, but I, as a visitor and shopper, never experienced it but that one time. The subway was another matter, on both ends of a metro car there were always drug addicts making and taking their shots, with a cigarette lighter burning under a piece of aluminum foil to make the heroine liquid so they could put it in a syringe and take a shot. They could get aggressive, so if I was the only one in the metro car besides the addicts, I switched cars at the next station.

[@joemensah9557]

DOES IT MATTER WHETHER TJOSE AFRICANS LIVING IN THOSE FLATS WERE LEGAL OR ILLEGAL? YOUR STORY IS NOT ABOUT THE IMMIGRATION STATUS OF THE TENANTS.

[@jesseinit]

​@@joemensah9557let him cook.

[@QueenZ444]

@@joemensah9557yes because they were living like invisible people. After the crash they were treated better

[@ninarosew1]

I was there when the plane crashed. I visited a friend and as we left the plane crashed

[@gambiaglobaltv1352]

My Gambian brother made me proud, he did a brilliant job, his explanation is detail and full of gems ❤

[@vanessagrimm499]

I love this guy!! He is so knowledgeable and charming a great storyteller!!!👏🏽👏🏽

[@KC-ed1dj]

This was an amazing tour! Thanks so much for posting this. I enjoyed it and watched the whole thing. ❤

[@crownedking2567]

Netherlands is a beautiful and a well planned country, everywhere is beautiful,both the cities and the countryside.i once lived there .

[@AFRICANTIGRESS]

It's beautiful and easy to get around

[@Justfamilyvibes]

@@AFRICANTIGRESS Come visit Toronto Canada and I will show you the gettos here.

[@StrawberryMilkkTeaa]

The ghetto in the Netherlands don’t seem like a ghetto at all. It looks quite nice and seems relatively safe. I’ve seen videos of the ghettos in the US and they are so bad and scary. I feel like I’d get shot or mugged immediately.

[@lienbijs1205]

​@@StrawberryMilkkTeaaYou can't recognize a ghetto in the Netherlands by the looks. All houses are well maintained because it is social housing.

[@user-jt1kb4ss6j]

This is not Ghetto or dangerous. Ppl should stop there are plenty poor white neighborhood in Holland no one call them Ghetto

[@ElMariachi1337]

I grew up in Zuidoost in the 90's and those were different times, back then it truly was a ghetto, lots of junkies and crime going on, graffiti everywhere on the grey flats on the old subways and in the garages and even the cops avoided certain areas like Hoptille. But even then as a Dutch guy I never felt unsafe, you just had to know your way around the streetlife and in the end growing up there taught me a lot about all those different cultures living together. You can tell from this video the guy that's showing us around is proud of where he lives and he should be!

[@AFRICANTIGRESS]

He doesn't live here though

[@urbandiscount]

Ah, that explains part of his take on Bijlmer @@AFRICANTIGRESS

[@jentulj9611]

He doesn't live there. When he was crossing over the bridge, he pointed 👉 out where he lives. I think, he lives not too far from Amsterdam Central...

[@darling_savage]

but that's literally in any country the case. i grew up in daalwijk, went to school there and everything. i've been living in nyc for the past 12 years including the bronx and yeah there are no hoods in the netherlands. areas where there's more crime? sure, again that's in any country.

[@p.tendergrass]

Entering Kraaiennest in the 90's as a white dude would've give you some chills at least....

[@georgehosea139]

Thank you for taking us through some of the neighborhoods of Amsterdam, the guy showing you in knowledgeable, good video.

[@urbandiscount]

Lived in Bijlmer for 10 years. When Ganzenhoef etc were still in their old state. Always loved it there.

[@23tv74]

The Dutch love the old Amsterdam southeast, alot documentaries

[@chrisola6460]

I saved this clip for my next visit to Holland 🇳🇱 Great video. I leave in UK 🇬🇧 but I must say I’m amazed with the beauty and mixed culture of the whole area. Our guy from Gambia 🇬🇲 is amazing. Thank you A.T. One love ❤

[@muncibedduSicilia]

Come in july/august. Than we have 'Kwaku' in the Bijlmer. Google it. That is the best 4 weekends in a row festival. Also check out how it started, with food sold from the back of cars. That's how it was when I lived there. Romantic history ❤

[@Konaboy]

You guys are great together. I love how you show Amsterdam to us!!🤙👍😀

[@celestewilliams3160]

LOVED IT! THANKS, AFRICAN TIGRESS, FOR THE WONDERFUL VLOG & YOUR TOUR GUIDE WAS VERY INFORMATIVE! 😊👍 THANK!

[@nwananka]

God bless this guy for taking his time to explain everything for us. He was amazing very patient

[@marvawebster8058]

He did a very good and excellent job I really enjoyed watching this video 🙏🏿😘😘

[@ericstevens789]

Awesome video Tigress. I've been to Amsterdam a couple times and never knew this area existed. Thanks to you and my brother for the enlightenment!

[@hunchbackaudio]

The Bijlmer is a wonderful place, no reason to fear anything. Perfectly save, we used to live there and still pay a regular visit. Just enjoy the vibe and the great affordable food. Also wonderful outside markets.

[@GHANAFUNTUBE]

Great vibes anyday

[@kingsley247]

city of 🚲

[@23tv74]

I love it, England is just miserable thats what you realise when visiting the Netherlands 😆

[@nelkboyzzz5566]

@@23tv74 England nice to

[@23tv74]

@@nelkboyzzz5566 You are Dutch that's why the comment, if you live there after 5 years in England seeing entire England you will understand, there is not much to do here in England and it's not that modernized it looks like the outskirts of Italy. Amsterdam is really modernized, New York feeling looks similar as well with very nice cultures and very good food

[@marvawebster8058]

African Tigress you have a very nice tour guy he is Awesome 👍🏿😘😘

[@Novemberlady78]

Thank you for sharing Amsterdam vlogs.Shared❤

[@angelinekinoti8790]

Wow! That brother is so knowledgeable and lovable . And the video is 👌

[@aliceokoth3540]

@AfricanTigress - thank you, this was amazing touring the "Netherland ghettos" through your lenses

[@hajways1614]

Absolutely beautiful and very detailed video. Thank you so much for showing us the ghetto that is not so ghetto

[@mouradmemmi5347]

Hhahhahha I exploded with laughter when at 15.29 he said they mixed them the good, the bad,and the ugly exelent and well explained hahahhh.

[@raptorx9592]

Half Nigerian half Dutch lol, Nigerians are something else.

[@smithkt894]

🤣

[@melmel8683]

I found that funny too😂😂😂

[@mklovlif]

😂can't believe i watched the whole video. I love this country😢 so clean, bright, and green

[@mradventurer8104]

Thanks, yes most dutch people don't throw stuff on the street. That's different in some (not all) places which have many migrants but all in all it is quite clean. We have many grey weather days and google average household debt in the netherlands ;) Sadly few people own their own house fully and need 30 years to pay back the mortgage on their house.

[@fatemehbadel5655]

I am reading about this area. Your video helped me a lot, thank you

[@rmyikzelf5604]

57:39 Dutch musicians: many EDM DJs like Martin Garrix, Tiesto, Hardwell, Armin van Buuren. Bands like Golden Earring, Kensington, Direct, Epica, Within Temptation, The Gathering, Bløf, Johan, Focus, Doe Maar, De Dijk. Singers like Gladys Grace, Floor Janssen, Anouk, Andre Hazes, Marco Borsato, Ilse de Lange, Boudewijn de Groot, Danny Vera, Guus Meeuwis. And people like Ad Vandenberg (yes, him), Jan Akkerman, Harry Sacksioni, Andre Rieu.

[@23tv74]

Talented artists, the best rock band was van halen in USA

[@ewaldzarks6650]

Hallo I am from Surinam and was often in the Nederlands . I stays in Bijlmer and know the places you visited. I have a lot of family in Nederlands just like every Surinamese. We were a colony of the Nederlands because of independance in 1975 and military coup in 1980 half of the Surinamese people came to the Netherlands. I am a supcriber of your channel and learns a lot.

[@EmpressEvolve]

Bijlmer is a great place to visit it's extremely diverse place, very close to the Arena, fantastic transport links to all of Europe. I can't visit Amsterdam without visiting Bijlmer. ❤️

[@gibson2675]

What a very informative video. I visited this area in 1994 and it was a crime hell hole. Credit to the dutch and immigrant community for turning things around

[@jahissa]

Great video and showing the History of hoods in these types of Hoods in Europe. These type of hoods can be found in most countries and I suppose immigrants have to look out for themselves and l lifestyles away from home. Great host and tour guide, and I can see he values vlogging. Nice Video Queen

[@barrylentjes-xt2oj]

Proud to be a dutch man Living in Netherlands, i Love the multi culture in Netherlands, Netherlands is Rich !!!

[@geesimon1372]

Hahahahaha. The difference is clear. In Africa there are street food everywhere. Big ups to the guy. He is an amazing guy, he took his time to explain everything that even a dumb could understand. A big shout out to him

[@aliyahfanuel-qc7gn]

this is a publicity of what in God's name? publicity of alberth heijn,....?

[@marvawebster8058]

Hello my beautiful thank you so much for sharing these beautiful videos I enjoyed seeing them. God bless you and your friend be safe and have a nice day 🙏🏿😘😘

[@SharodOhene]

I'm getting a Brooklyn NY type of vibe watching this. A place where you can get everything you need. Leave your house, walk down the street, or a few hundred feet and have everything you need from food, pharmacy, clothes, and electronics. Great content!

[@alfonsstekebrugge8049]

Fun fact: the actual Breukelen from which Brooklyn takes its name is about 10km from the Bijlmer.

[@Jj-dk1cl]

The Netherlands build Brooklyn and other towns in New York, I realized the same thing

[@thomasorungo6898]

Dutch cities and suburbs are very organised and beautifully planned

[@AFRICANTIGRESS]

Yes they are!

[@Jj-dk1cl]

Very very beautiful England is very awful

[@patriciac2384]

It never ceases to amaze me that we citizens of this world have way more in common than we realize. Seeing the Netherlands ghetto and the description of the crime etc. Sounds like many inner cities in the U.S. that have been labeled bad, dangerous and ghetto due to the majority of inhabitants are Black.

[@rmyikzelf5604]

30, 40 years ago Bijlmer was a failed postwar modern (1960's modern) suburb experiment mainly inhabited by poor immigrants. Lots of drug related crime. About 20 years ago (starting after the Bijlmer-disaster plane crash) the area was successively completely rebuilt. The outdated, concrete mega-housing flats were largely torn down and replaced with row-houses and small scale appartment buildings. In various price ranges. This lead to a much more economically diverse population and a vibrant community. They also built the Ajax stadium there and cinemas and concert halls. I've been working in the area for 30 years and have witnessed the change from an area where most people would rather not be after dark, to a lively area.

[@user-jt1kb4ss6j]

​@@rmyikzelf5604i lived there and to be honest only Kraaienest and Ganzehoef where bad but i never felt unsafe. Bijlmer is big aprox Dordrecht. There were more criminalty in the Centre as Bijlmer but we got the name. And the people were not all poor or jobless lets make this clear.

[@JHLeetz]

I watch a few of your videos. I was born in Surinam, lived in Amsterdam for 2 years and moved to Rotterdam. I enjoyed it. It felled like outside looking in, hearing my foreign family wandering in Amsterdam and exploring it. Only one correction. Ajax is not the biggest club in the Netherlands but Feyenoord from Rotterdam is.

[@dimrrider9133]

Haha thats why you moved to Rotterdam i think for Feyenoord and ofcourse to be closer to Breda who have a little brother called NAC 😆😆😆

[@61kimmarie]

Great video African Tigress 🐅!! I don't see a hood or ghetto. 😮 I see a vibrant, healthy and clean community.💚 The community takes care of their living environment, this is the way it should be. ❤

[@sharonfrazier2460]

Hey sister Tigress. Love this vlog of black Amsterdam. He is a cool borther. Enjoyed the tour!

[@agiemaina5717]

Hi sis tigress it's good to see you and my bro taking u around in ganzenhof and amsterdam poort happy to u in good hands

[@AFRICANTIGRESS]

He's a amazing

[@tegabazunu4030]

Thank you for this video

[@Johsebthur]

Great video. I love it how proud our guide is. As an advertisement for this big one, you could do a 4 minute extract from 20:00 onwards and repost it as "Drive through ghetto in the Netherlands"

[@AFRICANTIGRESS]

Great suggestion!

[@GHANAFUNTUBE]

Some of these hoods are the best places to live....so diverse just like Easton in Bristol,UK!

[@tombimashri8149]

X Tigress for showcasing such interesting vloggs unlike some who just walk around showcasing nothing new nd different.

[@AFRICANTIGRESS]

Lol thanks Tombi

[@JulesStoop]

50:54 This is a great explanation of how society can and should function and keep functioning.

[@dorotheamohibi7342]

You have a very good guide. Every country have a ghetto but time bring a change. Nothing stay the same.

[@cocoaorange1]

I grew up in a rough area in Garfield Park in Chicago. Contrary to what people thought, it was a decent place to grow up.

[@noelmijnals9849]

I am from Surinam and live 50+years in Holland. I agree every word of this Gambian brother. Nice post.🙏🏾👍🏾

[@kaydenpat]

Doesn't look like the Hood at all. Looks very clean and peaceful. Enjoyed this video.

[@AFRICANTIGRESS]

It does! Was surprised too

[@jentulj9611]

That's why we say there's no ghetto in the Netherlands. Relatively, it's way better than what you will see in France or the USA.

[@muchit3629]

Its more so how the rich and well off perceive these neighborhoods less to do with aesthetics. From the demographics you can tell its probably working class but more than that the ghetto is associated with high crime, high population density and an above average proportion who live off government welfare. Having said many former ghettos are getting gentrified and the rich are moving in. Its happened all over the US especially New York

[@nelkboyzzz5566]

@@jentulj9611 Not really go to Rotterdam south there are shootings en stabbings everyday lol

[@a.m.joseph2850]

Its the most beautiful getto in the world. The man with you did a wonderful job. To him l say Dankjewel.

[@FirstSkyWalker]

The Netherlands had several artist who did make it internationally. Some of them are Afrojack, Mr. Probz, in the late 90s early 2000s it was Vengaboys, 2 Unlimited, 2 Brothers on the fourth floor. There’s also Kraak N Smaak, Candy Dulfer, Armin van Buuren, Caro Emerald. There are several others…

[@kameleon5248]

How can you forget nr 1 DJ Tiësto 😊

[@reneolthof6811]

With such a fabulous and knowledgeable Amsterdam Bijlmer tour guide we need no more city marketing budget! The other Moroccan mayor (of Arnhem) is called Marcouch. Ajax is originally a war hero from Greek mythology. In Greek it’s written with a iota, therefore there is no dzh sound in Dutch. The horrific airplane crash was in 1993.

[@user-ge2kt7vs5s]

*1992

[@Melanated4ever]

MARROCAN evil racist mayor is from Rotterdam (you facts above are very off)

[@rahelnujacqklittlefield7203]

Coolbeanz great video Tigress

[@rmyikzelf5604]

48:00 That gold & glass building is actually fairly old. But it was completely renovated and refurbished about a decade ago.

[@Ose..]

Every inch where I go for Saturday shopping in Gazenhoef. Wow!

[@rmyikzelf5604]

55:25 Many of those large office buildings are old. Many have been completely stripped down to their concrete core and remodelled and refurbished. Some are hotels now. There has also been some building of new offices but it's a little further from the stadium.

[@christianosagie5441]

Thank you sis for bringing Hollywood's (Holland) to me is brings back good memories .I used to called it Hollywood's is cuz, of the freedom, tolerance,small countries like that having especially as ia young immigrants in the 90s

[@Melanated4ever]

You missed one of the biggest shopping malls behind you next to the Ajax stadion!

[@opoxious1592]

Very nice people! Everybody looks so happy!

[@Afiso]

Like I love South east Bijlmer, I love all my brothers and sisters from Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Kameroen, whole Africa!! Greetings from your Surinam brother.

[@evetownsend1622]

That was a great tour of the “SO CALLED GHETTO ” THAT PLACE IS BEAUTIFUL CLEAN AND HAS EVERY ATTRACTION AND ACTIVITIES ✨✨#ghettogoals❤I would love to visit

[@AFRICANTIGRESS]

I'm telling you #ghettogoals

[@bibivanderveen5455]

High towers are in Rotterdam and Den Haag but no skyscrappers mainly because the soil is too soft

[@Siopaoko]

I was surprised I never knew that Netherlands has many black people. The government was absolutely tolerable. So better to respect the Dutch law and principle.

[@meenafree5931]

Great vlogging!

[@PaulaBean]

I worked in that oddly shaped building; it used to be the main office of the ING Bank.

[@ervie60]

The high rise buildings were not exclusively meant for middle class. Since donkeys days there has been a shortage of affordable and good quality housing in the Netherlands. It was and is mandatory to reserve a fairly large percentage of affordable housing in new developments. The people the high rise buildings was meant for missed their old neighborhoods and the rent was not as cheap as before. Long story short, new flats that stood empty for a large part. Suriname got full independence in 1975 and half of it's residence came over to the Netherlands. Now put two and two together, empty flats, influx of new people that got assigned to the Bijlmer. The newcomers had no or low income and were concentrated, well a perfect recipe for crime and that ghetto like reputation.

[@storytime254.]

Waiting ❤❤❤

[@a.m.joseph2850]

Thanks for comming to Holland.

[@vanillamint7854]

amazing...!

[@nashma820]

Nice content ...Former ajax coach Eeik ten hag is now managing my team the Great Manchester United

[@WickFree]

I just moved here from Ireland. Thanks for helping me understand the area and its history!

[@nomazizizembe8662]

Beautiful place

[@jentulj9611]

Many other countries have come to Bijlmer to learn about how to prevent or eradicate ghettos.

[@FirstSkyWalker]

Glade the tour guide explained that there are no ghettos over here in the Netherlands. Back in the day it was more like section eighth project. And now you will see gentrification, like elsewhere in the western world. Too bad you missed out on the Kwaku Summer Festival. Maybe next year?

[@DenUitvreter]

The Bijlmer started out wrong because it was build on the fiction that architercture could create a better society by putting people in flats with communal space surrounding it. Then half of the Surinames population came to the Netherlands over only a few years because Suriname was given independency, while there was a housing shortage and an economic crisis together with a heroine epidemic. That changed the already impopular Bijlmer into a ghetto in a very short time, and it took decades to repair. Suriname was indeed a colony. Ghana, Nigeria and Pakistan weren't though, so no idea how and why those people ended up there.

[@dimrrider9133]

I worked as a carpenter several times in the Bijlmer and unless i dont like Amsterdam i did like the people in de Bijlmer and have laughed a lot and the most with black people. Greetz from the south of the Netherlands where everything is must more beautifal than upstairs lol ;p Really nice vlog and great guide who really love his neighbourhood not ghetto ;p

[@61kimmarie]

Even though this area at one time was considered to be seedy, this is proof that a ghetto hood can change. That speaks huge volumes for the neighborhood community. Big Brother is watching here there everywhere. It will help to keep crime down and keep people safe. What a wonderful community. ❤

[@kimberlygila]

Your new Ghanaian bestie he is awesome and he knows Amsterdam quite well since he has lived there for 30 years and wow the ghetto hood looks wonderful not what l expected. 😊 and it's good to hear Amsterdam is sustainable city for the environment with electric cars and they pay no taxes.

[@akasidina1708]

He is a Gambian

[@kimberlygila]

@@akasidina1708 sorry thanks for reminder

[@urbandiscount]

Bijlmer is not a ghetto

[@xFD2x]

No taxes ? You must be kidding.

[@kimberlygila]

@@xFD2x l heard this for having electric cars

[@bolajiadeyemi72]

I recommend you visit African kitchen in Gein.

[@jentulj9611]

Dutch ghetto is middle-class area in France and Germany.

[@angelclaradeldia9754]

I live in Amsterdam Bijlmer in 1985 till 2000 I was then Bijlmer was multi cultural ,Arubans,Curacao, Bonaire, Saba, St maarten,Brazil,Cuba,Trinidad,Suriname,Colombia,Sto domingo, Pakistan,Maroko,India,Indonesia,Chili,Bolivia,Peru Afrika and Dutch.

[@Abihef]

It was built as a new modern luxury neighbourhood once when Amsterdam ran out of space. Then a lot of people from Antilles, Suriname and African countries came there also a lot of poverty due to unequal chances in Life. Decades later i spent a few years in school there and had quite a nice time but a few blocks Down there were still regular shootings. Only ten years ago. During the day it was quiet and happy vibes though, haven't spent time there in the evenings as I didn't live there.

[@QueenZ444]

He seem real cool and laid back 🌹👍🏽

[@Suziecat]

He’s a great tour guide. The Gambian Jaheim.

[@mouradmemmi5347]

Hi thanks for the heart, I started following you since your visit to London and I must say it's sad that I wasn't following you from before, I would of been very happy to show my area in the south west of England called The Isle of Purbeck it's only 2 hours from Waterloo London to here or even pick you up from London in My camper van Called the Silver zebra expeditions as I'm half African and half Austrian residing in the UK for 35 years and I would of took out on my boat or friends fishing boats Have a look on google and tipe images of the Isle of Purbeck and you will see it's beautiful and we have a micro climate it's UNIQUE palm trees wide white sandy beaches, cliffs forests just beautiful and that why I live here will never leave, even though I used to live in London many many years a go and still go to Africa wish I call my mother land ,Maybe one you visit England and it will be a pleasure to show you region but check it out and wish you a very good continuation of your explorations ,LONG LIVE AFRICA. KISSES.

[@AFRICANTIGRESS]

I will be back soon

[@rolandboerhof9391]

"The good, the bad and the ugly, let's mix them all together". Great approach

[@ronaldroemer2423]

I'm Living 40 years in the Bijlmer Never Had Any problems Day or Night

[@jasonforsythe9851]

it seems Palm oil is very popular in Burundi based on what I've seen on Burundian Traveler's channel.

[@rmyikzelf5604]

Palm oil is very bad for the environment and (apparently) also not so healthy.

[@jasonforsythe9851]

@@rmyikzelf5604 OK

[@riccholland585]

What a wonderful City Guide this gentleman is!!!!

[@christianosagie5441]

Billmer in the 90s was a playground for many Nigerians living around Amsterdam very diverse multicultural Netherlands Antilles surname, curaçao. Very thing you think of soft and hard drugs knife and gun crime everything exchange passport or whatever but all is now clean up by new housing development and raising the prices up.

[@mansarypukann2073]

Why Are People calling this nice Place a Getto. Please this is not a Getto it’s just a nice area in Amsterdam

[@muncibedduSicilia]

Neh, it used to be a terrible getto. While it was fun and laughter in the 90's when I used to live there it was also very dangerous after dark. There were a lot of heroin junkies, a lot of robberies. Taxi's only brought you until the garage, they wouldn't go in. The 'binnenstraat' (the hallway 'street' to get to the different elevators) was a place you didn't want to be, especially as a woman. Certain flats you didn't even want to walk underneath because the chance you would get a garbage bag or even a refrigarator on your head was pretty big. But during the daytime it was amazing.

[@mimitamimi546]

I believe South Africa is the only African country that was colonised by the Dutch. Millions of the Dutch are still in that country, South Africa and they perpetuated apartheid back in the days, post the colonial era. When I visited South Africa, I found out that a large population of Afrikaners(Dutch settlers in South Africa who’ve now been there since 1652) and Coloured people speak a Dutch derivative language called Afrikaans, sounds and pretty much is 95% Dutch I believe but spelling and annunciation of some of the words has changed. This was fascinating

[@MrRoyalroyo]

This is a really good video with good vibes. , en good information. I really like it. Respect and kindness goes a long way.

[@QueenZ444]

He should be bijlmer tour guide 🔥

[@lightsaberlordp373]

In memory of El Al flight 1862 that crashed in the Bjilmer suburbs

[@fruggoalmil3563]

He's a good tour guide.

[@Cavellification]

Heel erg. welenschapelijke en Kennis hebben van de voetbal van Nederland Job well done!!

[@michielvdvlies3315]

im Dutch i never had any problems in the Bijlmer, its a nice chill place. it doesn't even remotely looks like a ghetto. Thai is only good for the flavour it doesnt do anything. if this is a ghetto i know "slums" in Holland. there is another artist from the kingdom of the Netherlands who's quite popular...Ziggi Recado...dancehall/reggae music. Dutch house dj's are amongst the best of the world (personally house isnt my favorite music though)

[@budgetking2591]

Netherlands is so filthy rich, its insane.

[@aschwinkrind4124]

Suriname were here at 1972 even earlier 1968. African People came 1992 1995 Aruba curaçao arrived 1990

[@versace2030]

Antillianen waren hier al sinds 70s en 80s in kleine hoeveelheden maar ze kwamen pas in grote hoeveelheden in jaren 90.

[@yvonnecummings9572]

I see the ghetto area does not look like ghetto at all. It looks like some type of middle class area. That ghetto is really modernized. Woooooooow very green and pretty. That’s not ghetto to me at all.

[@KC-ed1dj]

I wish I had known about that area when I visited Amsterdam. I didn't know where to find Black people and I saw few while there.

[@urbandiscount]

Bijlmer is the largest Surinamese city. Paramaribo is #1 of course.

[@hunchbackaudio]

Amsterdam hosts more nationalities than any other city in the world, but most visitors stay in the tourist area’s. Which is a shame because there’s so much more to experience and the public transportation gets you around easily. When my wife says let’s go to Amsterdam this is the place we go. Haven’t been in the tourist center for twenty years.

[@aliyahfanuel-qc7gn]

you should go in Rotterdam. the city is black

[@KC-ed1dj]

​@hunchbackaudio Did you know about all of these "non-tourist" areas your first time there? I am sure you acquired knowledge over time. Tourists tend to stay in "tourist" areas because those are the areas marketed to them. Upon meeting locals, reading more about a country or watching great videos like this one we find out about these other areas. I plan to visit some "non-tourist" spots the next time I am able to visit. 😊