THE UNDERRATED CITY OF DEVENTER 🇳🇱 (deventer travel guide)

In this episode, Michelle and Alex explore Deventer, visiting their 7th province (of 12) in the Netherlands (Overijssel), and see the beautiful sights, try the unique local food (Deventer cheese and Deventer koek a.k.a. honey cake), and take a walk through the Deventer markt (weekend market). Plus, in this Deventer travel guide, you'll hear about an infamous copper pot of death! 🧀
Episode 62 · Filmed on May 20, 2023 · Deventer, the Netherlands
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0:00 Introduction
0:23 Why Deventer?
0:55 Coffee and a brief correction (Lou)
1:20 De Brink weekend market
2:08 Loempia
2:49 Kaashandel de Brink (deventer cheese)
3:53 Tour of Deventer (St. Lebuïnus Church, Buveburcht)
4:16 Ice cream (Gio's) and waterfront
4:47 The tour continues (De Waag, St. Nicholas Church)
5:09 Dinner (Beryl's Fish, Chips, and Veggies)
8:36 Shopping
9:18 Deventer koek (Deventer Koekwinkel Bussink)
11:34 Final impressions
12:05 Wrap up
#expatlife #netherlands #deventer
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[@r.a.h7682]

finally Deventer, it really is one of the most beautiful cities in the netherlands.

[@bingbong6066]

Can I for a second praise the editing, energy and ideas that seem to improve each video!

[@buncharted]

hey, thank you! we've been trying a couple of new things in the recent videos - glad you're liking them :)

[@vincenttayelrand]

Deventer was a bit of an impoverished worn down mess only a few decades ago but the inhabitants really managed to turn this city around to make it the gem it is today. I'd consider living there today for sure! The Ijssel river makes for a stunning view in the spring and late summer light and there is a lot of nature around Salland where you can cycle or hike for hours on end. Added bonus - You are right on top of major rail and highway arteries which makes travel to and from Deventer really easy.

[@MartijnFrazer]

The thing you call "honey cake" is commonly referred to as "ontbijtkoek" (breakfast cake), so definitely on point with the comment on how well this works as a breakfast food! All supermarkets have some of these, but Deventer is rightfully so very proud of theirs.

[@ronaldkamping7328]

That special taste is candied orange peel

[@beal7ebub]

I just love that you apologize for mispronouncing Rookworst in an episode on Deventer, which you then consistently mispronounce. It's so on brand! I mean that in the nicest way possible 😁 Love to see you guys explore!

[@buncharted]

we will apologize for the deventer pronunciation in our next vlog and just make it a recurring segment

[@velovoice47]

@@buncharted Is this the right time to ask for Lanzarote and Ibiza to be added to this new recurring segment? Spanish, not Dutch, I know, but... 😉🤣

[@buncharted]

@@velovoice47 hahah lanzarote - yeah, that's our bad. in full disclosure, we thought it was "lanzarot-eh" before we went, but on the flight, the transavia pilot kept saying "lanzarote" so we were like "oh, we were wrong!". but we weren't wrong -- he was! ibiza - fair enough. we know the correct pronounciation. we should have used it.

[@velovoice47]

@@buncharted No worries - I was only teasing, really! I had the benefit of hearing both words for many years before I had to open my mouth and say either of them, so I avoided those particular pitfalls! Emigrating (USA>UK) 25 years ago was good training... I'm preparing for many more years of embarassment ahead with our move to the Netherlands....

[@sergeleon1163]

What you call honey cake here, we would call kruidkoek (spicecake) or ontbijtkoek (breakfastcake) So indeed Alex it's fitting to have at breakfast. Several parts of the Netherlands have their own local recipe. I often have a slice (or multiple) with some butter together with a cup of coffee at breakfast.

[@Wielie0305]

Deventer is a beautiful city. So is Zwolle. But Zutphen (small city only 10km from Deventer) is a little gem.

[@buddy1155]

All dutch cities except Almere and Lelystad are great.

[@Hrn250]

I totally agree that Zutphen is a little gem and Zwolle is also very nice

[@deetgeluid]

Yup, lived there for a year. ❤

[@queenb709]

@@buddy1155 Yeah.. they should definitely visit one of the most beautiful cities of the Netherlands: Almelo.

[@Hrn250]

@@obud3777 Dat zei ik toch 😛 a little gem

[@berylsfishchipsveggies4598]

YEH!!! Thanks for coming to Deventer. And very nice that your visited our restaurant. It's a honor to hear that we are better than Poppy's😘. We love Poppy's food, so to hear that we are better gives us an amazing feeling and a great mindset 😇😀.

[@buncharted]

thank you for an amazing meal ❤️❤️❤️

[@marcha.m]

Your fish&chips are yummie! And the salad and lemon mayonaise...mmm. 😋

[@hildelouisevrijs774]

De koek is lekkerder als je er boter op smeert, echte boter!

[@JulesStoop]

I love Deventer! So many cherished memories from what almost feels like a previous life.

[@gaedeventerrr]

I was born and raised here. Still live here. And i will never leave. But sometimes I forget how beautifull the city really is. Its normal for me. KOMOPTAN!

[@marcha.m]

Same here! Recently I took the small ferry to the other side of the IJssel, from that side I watched the river, the Lebuïnuschurch, the Welle, and realized how much I love this town. ❤

[@vo4wb]

Funny thing I was visiting Deventer for the first time with my family and was thinking this is a typical place for the Buncharted team to visit. And surprise there they were at the market . Thanks for the video !

[@CroweDharmaReloaded]

Deventer is my second favorite city I've visited. My number 1 is Hoorn, highly recommended!

[@jackvandersluis1723]

I just love your city hopping and food hopping journey's Deventer is a great town. Keep on discovering the Netherlands! 👍( and tasting 😅 )

[@martijn260571]

I’m from Leiden ❤ but if I had to move, I would move to Deventer. Love the city 😍

[@BrazenNL]

When I was a kid, I watched how they filmed scenes for the movie "A Bridge Too Far" in Deventer. Yes, the movie is about a bridge in Arnhem, but they filmed it in Deventer. (Corrected, I had originally typed Nijmegen.)

[@buncharted]

i guess the bridge in nijmegen was too far 😂

[@forkless]

@@buncharted Boom tish...

[@hbeuvink8154]

@@buncharted Oh and you're welcome to move over to my city ;)

[@dykam]

The scenes in Deventer are meant to depict Arnhem, not Nijmegen.

[@BrazenNL]

@@dykam Oops. You're correct, of course.

[@Dennisboetes]

Deventer is awesome. My second favorite city. I used to visite once a year durimg the bookmarket. Supposivly the biggest in europe.

[@reneolthof6811]

Yes, the Deventer boekenmarkt, early August! Magnificent.

[@RJohn-hd1gq]

The fish and chips you got in London, proper fish and chips you want to go to a coastal area like Padstow in Cornwall.

[@pjkr123]

There's Shalom Grill, where they serves my favorite spare ribs (halal of course!), Ayf Doner (best Iskender Kebab), and CHCO, where you can taste the hot choco like the Belgians :D

[@manuboxem5635]

Oh yeah, one last thing, we also have a couple of very interesting events over the year: - Deventer op stelten is a theatre festival with its signature street theatre and other on place peformances from artist all around Europe. - Zomerkermis is a big fair all around the city with movable rollercoasters and other attractions. Its during the summer. And there is also a pasen version during last day of march and the first week of april. - Dickensfestijn or Dickensfestival is also a theatre festival where people dress up as characters from the Charles Dickens saga. And also just as people from that erra. - Deventer Stadsfestival is just a music festival. - Biggest bookmakret of the Benelux or Europe (not shure😅). If I miss one, let me know fellow citizens!😂

[@EddyDibbink69]

- Boekenmarkt, first Sunday of August. The biggest book fair of Europe; - Hoogtevrees, during Deventer Op Stelten. Live music in the Worpplantsoen, the oldest park of the Netherlands; - and a lot lot lot more 😂

[@manuboxem5635]

​@@EddyDibbink69 😅ja dit waren degenen waar ik t snelste op kon komen.

[@marcha.m]

I went to "Deventer op Stelten" a week ago, the first complete one again after covid. Great, but the weather was so hot.

[@itomg]

I liked the playful mood of this video and I think it fits Deventer very well. Deventer is really beautiful and so are a number of cities and villages close to it. I was born and raised in Amsterdam, but surprisingly I considered living in Deventer a couple of years ago. Could be an interesting choice. There are a lot more places to discover in this country so happy hunting!

[@throughthewindowpane]

Deventer is great! I lived there for six years. Eetcafé De Sjampetter is great to eat at. Burgerweeshuis is a great venue for live music. They have the famous Charles Dickens festival, Deventer op Stelten (Deventer on stilts) streettheater festival, café De Heks (the Witch). Definitely worth going!

[@joannewink7101]

Yes! My hometown ❤

[@arjenlaan4103]

I am not from Deventer, so there's no chauvinism about it, but I still think Deventer is the prettiest Dutch town we have. I love all towns and cities in which it can still be seen that they were once part of the Hanseatic League, and there are several of those in NL. Even prettier ones in Germany, Poland, and, of course, Belgium (nothing beats Bruges), but there is no place within our own borders where I can dream myself back to the 12th century as easily as in Deventer. It's one of my happy places, whether I visit it in my mind, or just take a train and walk the streets with my own feet 🙂

[@Judith_Remkes]

Very cool to see you visiting my city! The Deventer koek has an inportant history to it. It was made in the middle ages for the sailors. This stuff keeps, so they took it on their ships and even if they didn't get to go ashore for weeks, they'd still have this koek to eat. Saved lives. When I drive from the A1 to my home, I drive past the koek-factory, and occasionally it seriously stinks up the place, hehe. But I enjoy eating it. (There's also a koek flavoured liquer you should try!)

[@Dafoodmaster]

Deventer & Zutphen are both cities i'd consider moving to. Beautiful architecture (like towns in the Hanseatic League are liable to have), laid back atmosphere, plenty to do and pretty decent railway connection. I have a soft spot in my heart for Deventer, but Zutphen deserves a special mention as the price of a house in the historic city centre seems historically much lower than in other parts of the country.

[@Dafoodmaster]

but going to any place other than Talamini on the Brink market for ice cream is definitely a crime :,) no worries, good excuse to be back. ooh and visit the stoelendans!

[@Koen030NL]

Lived in Deventer for 6 years. Love it everytime i go back there. The place is just so beautifull and relaxed. Also the countryside around the city is very nice.

[@jimijames9792]

Finally, you visited the place! Glad you liked it and there's so much more to see actually. In september there is this national monument day where you can visit normally closed venues.

[@Hrn250]

❤ Deventer , picturesque medieval Hanseatic city, It's a pity that you can see little of that in your video . I also love the beautiful large square De Brink, with many catering terraces where you can chill.

[@longbow857]

The market is on De Brink, so basically it was shown, but way more busy then normal.

[@Hrn250]

@@longbow857 Unfortunately I missed the medieval atmosphere of the town in your video, too little time I think ? because there was a lot of food to eat 😋 😉 The atmosphere at De Brink is indeed different when there is a market. De Proosdij is indeed the oldest stone house in the Netherlands and dates back to 1130. The Bergkwartier and Noordenbergkwartier have a medieval street pattern and Walstraat is famous for the annual Dickens festival in December.

[@Johsebthur]

I think your pronunciation of Dutch words in general is impressive. Even rookworst. It's just the initial w that gives it an English flavour. That's right, the w at the start of "rook" The w is huge in creating English accents in Dutch as well as Dutch accents in English. It's all a matter of putting it in where it shouldn't be, or leaving it out where it should be in. Street and Straat are great examples. It's easy to speak English with a Dutch accent: say "street" instead of "stwreet" It's easy to speak Dutch with an English accent: say "stwraat" instead of "straat" Same with rookworst: I hear you say "wrook" instead of "rook"

[@Jasphur]

Yes found your vlog about Deventer haha. Nice. Yeah the beauty and the liveliness of the city are just two of the many reasons why moved to Deventer. It’s a shame you couldnt find a place here. But please do another video coming spring. You went to the wrong ice cream shop, you need to go to Talamini. And also you missed brewry Davo and ‘beach’ café Meadow

[@bernardzevenhuizen3309]

I started to live here a year ago. Wonderful city with lots of cultural things to do and the countryside surrounding the city is really beautifull. I don't think I'm ever going to leave.

[@artonx4719]

Yeah! Zutphen is so nice!

[@Bowwow30]

NIce!! I love your videos, your open mind and your chemistry. Please come to Zwolle too. You will love it.

[@urbandiscount]

Deventer is an active Transition Town and it has many transition initiatives, permaculture projects all around and a flourishing ecological economy. The Aardehuizen in Olst are also something to check out.

[@lolololol7573]

Hey that's my current hometown :) Deventer is locally pretty well known as a very popular place for young families with children in the area. Of course bigger cities like Utrecht and anything in the randstad (Amsterdam, Den Haag, Rotterdam) is really nice, but it's further away. Of this province, Deventer and Zutphen are usually the cities people visit in this area. Zwolle is a bit more north but also often included in the list of visits.

[@rf5210]

Nice video guys. I remember Tilburg was a cool town.

[@tdmduc]

Yes that house is actually that old, Alex. One if not THE first stone built house in the Netherlands. Beryl's fish and chips is our favorite to go to place. Too bad you skipped desert at Beryl's. They have magic stuff on the menu.

[@inflatable2]

De venter, net na appel doorn richting en schede.. 🤣

[@rmyikzelf5604]

Only a native Dutch speaker will get this....:) Maria ho even!

[@Christinebythesea]

As someone who has lived in London and coastal towns in England, you never get great fish and chips in London. Head for a small coastal town and a chip shop that looks like it’s long overdue a refurbishment but has a queue of customers for good UK fish and chips!

[@FilmverzamelaarVincent]

i went today to deventer too it is a amazing city

[@dewinaomi]

Rookworst bedoelde je.heerlijk met boerenkool.😊

[@gerrygrouwe70]

And we put butter on the Deventer ontbijtkoek

[@CeRnobOg18]

Damn, i'm on holidays for a couple of weeks and you drop a video about my city😄 Glad you liked it, although I see you chose a different city to live in 🧐 Also, congrats on the 5k subs and a year in the Netherlands🥳

[@buncharted]

to be fair, we looked at many apartments in deventer, but none of them were quite right for us! 😅

[@Ferro748]

Deventer is a nice city, my favorite place is the swimming paradise called De Scheg.

[@maikelhendriks2432]

Yes indeed. Go in december. The dickens festival is great in Deventer!

[@rayvanes1]

You are more dutch than you know . Love it. Thanks. Me the guy from Leiden.

[@buncharted]

❤️❤️❤️

[@Siriusly_Sirius]

Y’all are so fun! And curse you for giving me another location to scout. ::shakes fist:: I’ve been enamored with Delft, but now Deventer has me 👀

[@buncharted]

we still haven’t been to delft!!!

[@Lilygirl283]

​@buncharted it's a must go place...😊

[@adema1978]

Deventer is the location where they filmed "A Bridge too far" . It also sports the largest bookmarket of Europe and don't forget the Charles Dickens fair in December.

[@kasper2970]

Every manufacturer of Cheese has their own flavours. Especially cheese from farmershops can even have a different taste during the year. Like graskaas is made af the milk after the cows are back outside in spring

[@Luthai2014]

You visited Deventer already! I just commented on another video that you should;-) This is defo one of the best places to live. I grew up here. Now living in Harfsen (a village south of it), but there is no other city in Netherlands that has a square (the Brink) like this. It's absolutely magic when you saunter across it in the evening, lights everywhere! Doesburg has a better waterfront imo, but other than that, there is nothing like Deventer. If you ever move here, let me hook you up with all the great places! You've probably heard about 'Deventer op Stelten' en 'Dickens', but there is so much more to enjoy here.

[@chubbymoth5810]

To answer that last question. You put your bucket under it and yank a lever to pump water into it. It is a public well and the lever is probably missing these days. I don't think your suggested alternative would work that well, but it would make for an interesting scene. The "Deventer Koek", keeps well for ages. I once caused a bit of a crisis with it. I'd found a several months old loaf of that as a kid and had shared it with my friends. Calling "koek uit het wilde westen" as I was a big fan of cowboys and Indians and gifted with tonnes of imagination. Some weeks after that, my mother was asked by the mother of one of my friends to please tell her where to get "koek uit het wilde westen" as she couldn't buy that in any shop and her son was driving her nuts going on about it. It took a while to figure it out,..

[@lasombralilywhite]

Next time you should also try Talamini for ice cream and gelato. A true staple of Deventer.

[@jolaneman]

You should put some butter on the pepperkoek it will definitely make it better 😊

[@strikeformatik]

You eat the koek/ontbijtkoek with a thick layer of butter. Salted butter is best 😊 Lurpak salted for the win!

[@ricardodisveld6996]

Did you notice that bridge in Deventer? That is were A Brigdge Too Far is filmed most of the time. Pretending it was the Nijmegen Waalbrug, which city you visited before!

[@bertkassing8541]

Ooh boy, now you are spoiling Deventer for us Dutchies. :-) We love our hidden gems! Just erase this video or audiodub it and say you were in old Rotterdam or something like that :-) Please, please, please let Deventer be a normal Dutch city with not to many tourists.

[@longbow857]

I live in Deventer, so if you end up living here it would be fun to meet you guys.

[@Basic190]

I love how you are always looking for a snack😂

[@stineke3021]

nice to see that you like my hometown so much. too bad you didn't visit the toy museum. unique in the world!

[@RealConstructor]

Deventer koek looks like ‘ontbijtkoek’, breakfast cake/cook(ie). Have never eaten it so don’t know if tastes the same as ontbijtkoek. Funny though that you said you definitely eat it for breakfast.

[@buncharted]

the ingredients look to be what i would expect to be in the deventer koek!

[@heedoei]

I love Deventer, it’s like a village in city size, get what I mean? Next time check out the walstraat, it’s one of the loveliest little streets..

[@cyrielmartens3575]

De venter nam 's morgens de trein naar Deventer, en 's middag was de vent er :D (the peddler took the train to deventer in the morning, and in the afternoon the guy was there) ps: another great video!! I always like the food moments haha

[@user-wu7rb5rn3t]

Mooie stad Deventer

[@lonnekeoonk4442]

Cool you guys are finally in the east of the Netherlands. A lot of people from the west are never really interested in the east of the country so they don't come here that often. We see more Germans here. Tourist still pick the west over any other side of the Netherlands eventhough it's less crowded in the rest of the country and there's way more nature, especially in Gelderland. I personally live in Gelderland in de Achterhoek near Enschede. I love it here. Deventer is one of the better cities in the East for sure. I would also recommend Zwolle, Enschede (because the most people in the east live there), Arnhem, Zutphen and Nijmegen. Also if you guys like towns as well, I would also recommend Winterswijk (it kinda feels like a city but isn't) but, keep in mind a lot of Germans go there, so sometimes people say stuff in German there.🙃

[@buncharted]

we really, really love deventer - hoping we can buy a home there someday!

[@PetraKleinHerenbrink]

Hi there, I think Deventer is one of the nicest cities in the Netherlands, my favorite city is Maastricht. The Netherlands is a beautiful country has so much to offer, also visit the east of the Netherlands, the Achterhoek is a region in Gelderland, it is a pity that many tourists often only go to Amsterdam and the surrounding area, while there are so many beautiful villages and towns throughout the Netherlands

[@buncharted]

so true!

[@lillekenatnek195]

Come live in Breda (Noord-Brabant) we have wonderful canals :P or Den Bosch is also nice. Btw. din't know Deventer was also such a beauty

[@buncharted]

we have a den bosch vlog - amazing city as well! we'll have to check out breda soon :) it's so close!

[@deetgeluid]

I was homeless in Deventer for half a year, but I had a really nice time, wich probably says a lot!

[@H1SCOTTY]

If you would come to Zundert, any day because it’s the birthplace of Vincent Van Gogh, or next month for the strawberry festival (with free strawberry stands but really packed) combined with the maquette festival where they show te miniature floats for the biggest dahlia flower parade (always the first Sunday in September) and they’re announcing the order of the procession… Not to hear Americans pronounce Van Gogh “different” but you need to visit a deli (?) with local farmers products (dry sausage, yogurt, milk, cheese and ice cream) so I can hear the owners English and your pronunciation of “D’n ouwe sigaar” (the old sugar the shop is located in a former sugar shop) and the owner a farmers son with a own carnavals hit who also was selling merchandise of his work outfit for the kids. Long story short it’s a local phenomenon

[@iekue]

Funnily enough, at the Deventer Koek ("Honey cake") section, when at the store with the wrong cake, next to the coffee are 2 "Bijtjes" which are the small versions of Deventer Koek, so u actually had it already there with the coffee ;) (First shot there before panning up shows them).

[@buncharted]

haha we thought so - but we didn’t want to look silly in the video so we played it safe 😅😅😅

[@dutchuncle3310]

If you are interested in books definitely visit Deventer again on the first Sunday of August. That is biggest biggest booksellers market of Europe is organised in the city.

[@robertjag167]

I guess rogueworst makes sense one way or another 🤣

[@bentandre5524]

now take the boat over the ijssel to zutphen, or the other way to zwolle and kampen

[@arnoldhilberink]

Deventer is an amazingh city :)

[@arnoldhilberink]

Another amazing city in Overijssel is Zwolle, also worth a visit :)

[@kasper2970]

I love how you 2 are playing the toerist but than on places most toerists are scipping

[@nlbergsma]

Thanx for visiting my home town. If you decide to live here you are most welcome. I don't know where you got the information that Deventer was heavily bombed during WWII. Deventer remained as good as unscathed, although there was a loss of live. Almost the whole jewish community disappeared, and some resistance fighters lost their live. And 4 civilians were executed when the Canadian liberators had already reached the outskirts.

[@buncharted]

thank you for the correction!

[@rmyikzelf5604]

Apeldoorn, Zwolle, Nijmegen and Zutphen are gems too.

[@aimehetharie251]

Apeldoorn lol🤔

[@_Triple-B]

if you ever need some help or have questions about Deventer and the region around it, let me know :)

[@InfiniteCyclus]

I love how you pronounce Deventer as if it's 'The Venter'. It's actually more pronounced like 'Daiven-ter'. Phonetically 'Daiven-ter' comes closer to how Dutch people pronounce it. But I'll forgive you.. 😉

[@buncharted]

it's better than what we were saying before -- "deh-venter!"

[@marcelrombouts8607]

If you like big markets, the biggest one in Europe (and it's HUGE) is the "Bazaar" in Beverwijk.

[@hcjkruse]

Not a place to go with a camera.

[@NeoOnyx]

In the name Deventer, the emphasis lies on DEventer instead of deVENter, otherwise, great video 😊👍🏻

[@ikke5212]

😉😊

[@Dutchbelg3]

Hey Alex and Michelle, It is great you intend to visit all provinces of the Netherlands! So most people think The Netherlands are pretty liberal and not too religious. Did you know there is actually a bible belt in the Netherlands? It is a region that runs from the south west to the north east. And getting pretty close to Rotterdam (there is a strict religious community in Capelle near Rotterdam) and also pretty near Deventer. Kampen has a strict religious community and villages like Staphorst are known to have a community of people that are referred to (mocking and not very respectful ) as Zwarte Kousenkerk. Especially on Sunday those people are very strictly dressed in modest and traditional clothing with for the women no make up and with skirts or dresses, long hair and men in black suits and usually a flock of children as contraception is regarded against gods will. And during a poliomyelitis wave those people won't vaccinate as you can not fight the ways of God. They ban modern music and tv etc. my estimation is that there are about 2 million people that are strictly religious.

[@buncharted]

wow - interesting, especially in such a small country 🤔

[@woutersplinter4981]

2 miljoen strict gelovigen? get real! Dat is meer dan 10% ik zou maar weer even een nieuwe schatting doen. Slechts 3% is namenlijk gereformeerd,en daarvan een nog kleiner percentage reformatorisch en dus Zwarte Kousen.

[@bli2008]

party property here. be aware if you want to live outside big cities, you probably need a car. ublic transport is less frequent and distance are bigger

[@ElMariachi1337]

Not trying to disrespect a city like Deventer, but since you two are travelling a lot I'd say somewhere in the center of NL would probably the best option if you ever gonna move. In reach of the Airport and close to the bigger cities Amsterdam/Rotterdam/Den Haag and Utrecht which is like the main trainhub in NL.

[@buncharted]

yeah, you’re right. 1 hour 20 min to schiphol would be a challenge. but it’s so close to germany and all of their train connections 🤔

[@johanhoeijenbos2340]

Maybe Arnhem would be a better choice for your next home? Better connections and more lively.

[@buncharted]

we're looking forward to visiting arnhem soon!

[@rickputnam8816]

I can easily believe that the fish and chips was better than what you can get in London. It's not so much that British food is bad; it's that they seem to take PRIDE in it.

[@buncharted]

we do really like marmite though 😂

[@rmyikzelf5604]

Owww, you know how that works! 😂

[@buncharted]

😂😂😂

[@gerrygrouwe70]

3 trainstops further you where in Enschede where I live

[@rmyikzelf5604]

On fish food... no beter place to get the best than Scheveningen. The closer to the (west) coast, the better the fish food.

[@rmyikzelf5604]

Dayv'nter. With the klemtoon on Day....😂

[@frankgeurts3912]

Michelle is like the cookie monster,in the thumbnail 😂

[@buncharted]

she does love cookies

[@frankgeurts3912]

@@buncharted and rookworst 😂

[@spoenk7448]

England puts fish and chips on a plate and claims it. But good chips are certainly to be found in the Netherlands (and I do admit the Belgians are generally even better at it). But I'll definitely say that the Dutch do fish better than the English. Better variety, but also just better deep fried battered fish.

[@Right-vp4lo]

wrokworst XD

[@Harrypjotter7]

Maastricht one of the best cities

[@buncharted]

it's one of the good ones :)

[@manuboxem5635]

INSANE, just wanted to ask you guys to come and visit our beautiful city, where I am born and raised and still live. Excited to watch. Keep up the good work. 0570, Go Ahead Eagles!

[@woutersplinter4981]

1130 can't be right you said? Well it is, Deventer was allready a city in 952.

[@whoelsehighafrn1677]

Unfortunately the cheese shop got replaced by a McDonals.

[@buncharted]

did they relocate?

[@Richard_deVries]

As a Zwollenaar (some one from Zwolle) I am bias towards Zwolle. It is slightly bigger than Deventer, has a rich history as well. It is (for buying houses) slightly more expensive than Deventer. But if you don't mind commuting by car/bus or train (i would suggest train) then Olst or any of the smaller towns around Zwolle or Deventer for living in. They are cheaper buy a house in, and since you can just hop on a train (or take a car if you need to) to get to the larger towns in like 20-30 minutes it offers a lot. PS most towns like that have Saturday markets as well.

[@maximhollandnederlandthene7640]

Echte Deventer Vietnamese loempia's 😂

[@buncharted]

authentic!