This European Country is the Most Organized in the World..

[@stevesoutar3405]

I worked in the Netherlands, and I found it a fantastic place to live and work. I would not agree with the comment about the Dutch being greedy - I would say they are careful with money, and they are an astute trading nation - making money by being multilingual and acting as an international gateway for trade in and out of Europe The Dutch people I got to know were welcoming, tolerant & generous - I could happily live there again

[@nagranoth_]

Yeah we tend to just not be frivolous with money, thinking about actual value and future expenses, rather than throwing money away and having to work twice as much to compensate.

[@viderethevaccinatorfromhol7536]

❤ kind words. Where was that?

[@RedRingOfDead]

​@@viderethevaccinatorfromhol7536I wanna bet, it was around Veldhoven/Eindhoven. Working for ASML. or OP was just graduated and wanted to explore some more of the world and working cultures.

[@rubenvanpraagh8791]

Frugal is the most common description of the average Dutchmen's monetary habits.

[@jasper46985]

​@@viderethevaccinatorfromhol7536you here?? Videre overal!

[@ghislainewijffels4666]

Hi, I'm a Dutch mom and gave birth to my 3 children at home. We believe that a healthy woman giving birth is a woman at her strongest and give birth naturally. And, nice to stay away from hospital germs and cuddle in the masterbed from the first moment :)) Hospitals at 30 min drive, all healthcare for free for € 150,-- a month.

[@picobello99]

The pronunciation of the Dutch names in this video just hurts 😂

[@damianspoor9586]

Ja precies

[@GeoDetective]

The "hooh vuluwee" "baaibosj"

[@verasambience]

I DIED at Hogue Veloure!!!!

[@computerjantje]

I have google maps for directions switched to english because it is really funny to hear the english computer voice pronouncing the street names in English. Makes every ride more fun :) You cannot blame someone not native Dutch for saying names wrong. I am thankfull they try :)

[@AmedeeVanGasse]

It's a computer voice.

[@laziojohnny79]

Whoever made this video didn't worry too much about getting his facts straight or making a good video to begin with, but much oblige for taking the effort to dive in to our tiny ass country mate! And may I suggest watching Geography Now's episode on The Netherlands.

[@computerjantje]

I don't care you complain about wrong facts but then also write in the comment what he got wrong and correct it you lazy ..... :)

[@eelco1982]

The pronunciation off the Dutch words by the narrator is hilarious 😂, at least for native Dutch people speakers...

[@willemkroone]

He tries, right? I'm dutch too

[@RobM.-dx8tl]

As a Flemish Belgian I really love the Netherlands since we speak the same language ("amai !") and a part of our culture is identical. I grew up at the border and I know the country very well. I think that "frugal" is more correct than "gready" (although I know a lot of jokes about the "Gready Dutch" - the Dutch always laugh about the "Dumb Belgians"). They are quite direct in general (which I like) without being offensive. However, I have a bit the impression this nice movie is a promotion film for the Netherlands. Not everything is fabulous. Buying a house is very expensive in the Netherlands, and these houses are way smaller than what we are used in Belgium. I like to go to Holland, sorry, the Netherlands because in my opinion most things are well organized. On the other hand, the Dutch like to come to Belgium because it is so cosy 😉. One thing makes me, as a Belgian, a bit jealous : the Dutch know how to sell themselves to the world. Nice country ! Nice people ! HUP HOLLAND HUP👍 !

[@jakoblinker6112]

Belgium also 👍 your food is good.😊

[@pshycobilly13]

I am partly agree whit you. Don't forget we Dutch and Flemish where once one nation. Sadly the south part, Noord-Brabant and Zuid Limburg, are now a part off the Netherlands. We (den Bosch eria) a part of Noord Brabant was even severel times Flodded to protect the protestand site of the Netherlands. So for us here in Brabant we often say. The total country is called the Netherlands and above the sewer it's Holland. ;-) One thing.. the Felmish, Noord-Brabant and zuid Limburg are more relaxed. We enjoying our burgundian life with the best beer :-) (No heineken that's from Holland ;-) )

[@Truth-Puzzle-Pieces-Seeker]

I love Belgium and spend time and my Dutch money over there 😁😉. The people are friendly, their beer is the best in Europe (with some of the beers from the south of Germany) and you have some beautifull cities. Two weeks ago I was in Leuven (for the 3rd time), it is also called the "mother-city" of 's-Hertogenbosch (aka Den Bosch), wich is my birth city. I feel really at home over there, Brabant still feels like 1 country. Now I live in (Dutch) Limburg and I visit the part of Limburg in Belgium a lot as well. Much better then going above the big rivers, to Holland - de randstad, where the beer (Heineken - Amstel) tastes like piss and people are to pleased with themselves.

[@robvoncken2565]

just join us already

[@mourlyvold64]

@@robvoncken2565 I'll second that.

[@FloofersFX]

You should check out the "Not just bikes", focuses on showcasing urban planning in the Netherlands and other EU places.

[@gjalie]

That building at 10:50 is the Markthal in Rotterdam, an indoor foodmarket with all kinds and a huge mural inside. also the building contains appartments on the outside that also have windows to look over the indoor foodmarket. PS. a joke about our Dutch greed is that 2 Dutch people invented copper wire when fighting over a copper cent... 😂

[@therealdutchidiot]

Markthal*

[@gjalie]

@@therealdutchidiot thanks, i fixed it.

[@MichaEl-rh1kv]

I know the same joke about Scots and about Swabians...

[@gjbosse]

The wooden clogs actually overtime adjust to your feet. That makes them very comfortable. But it can take a while.

[@palantir135]

They’re great in winter to keep your feet warm. I wore them in my teenage years, just for fun.

[@ronaldderooij1774]

Correction, the feet adjust to the clogs, and indeed it can take a while. But if that happened the clogs are very comfortable for daily use.

[@andyhorvath6630]

The only disadvantage is when it has snowed, the build up of snow underneath can be a nuisance … I’ve worn them for at least 25 years when I lived in the country and when we went camping with our campervan I always took them because they’re so ease to slip in and out. I can still remember very well a situation on a camping site in Hungary when I walked on my clogs to the bath house to get a shower. There were a woman and a child playing badminton on the field alongside the path. The woman said to the child “don’t turn around but someone’s coming on wooden shoes!” in Hungarian. When I passed the woman I politely said hello and wished her a good and happy game; in Hungarian. You should have seen her face 😃

[@palantir135]

@@andyhorvath6630 I remember the accumulation of snow. They were great though to glide on the slide track you made on snow.

[@coloerakker2]

I stil wear them in the garden. They are comfortable and relexing on your feet. And when you step on plants it doesn´t damage them as much. And standing on a ladder is better with clogs as well.

[@prjw73]

People always point out to the most obvious signs of organization, such as waterworks, health care, infrastructure, production stats, but what is being overlooked is the level of organization in terms of.... organizations: sports associations, cultural associations and foundations, charities, clubs, churches, you name it. Many, if not most people have a social life that involves being a member of one or more of those organizations and regularly take part in activities. It goes without saying that those organizations are usually run by volunteers. Oh, and at the local, state and federal governmental level there is of course the bureaucratic uber organization.

[@patje89]

When you refer to biking as a "hobby" at 8:12 is where most of the problem lies. In the Netherlands you ofcourse have recreational biking, but for a lot op people it is THE WAY of transportation because its either more efficient, faster and/or cheaper. As long as countries don't see this point and develop cities to make these rules apply(car is slower/more expensive), they will never transform no matter the efficiency of the cycling network. Driving a car should just be less attractive and cities need to be designed on a human scale, not the (American) car scale.

[@deliaconny]

yes 🙌

[@claudiavalentijn1457]

agreed! One correction though: cycling is more efficient, faster AND cheaper, not either / or. Also; it is healthier, better for the environment and a great way for children to move around independently.

[@Lily_and_River]

I agree but in other countries this often isn't the case due to either a more mountainous landscape and/or the size of the country which for many people results in larger distances to work/school/family to be covered.

[@patje89]

@@Lily_and_River Guess the E-bike would solve that entire problem of mountains. About schools, yeah, that is the design error which I don't know how to solve for those countries. I guess their too many factors for to even start with

[@patje89]

@@claudiavalentijn1457 I agree with you, that should have been an AND ;) Besides all this, it makes cities even economically attractive and sustainable (which is a huge problem for a lot of countries), because asphalt and parking lots, are expensive to build, maintain and rarely bring in any profit at all for the municipality.

[@moladiver6817]

13:02 The Dutch flag is the world's oldest tricolor flag. The red-white-blue configuration is at least 160 years older than the modern French version. There was also the Prince's flag in orange-white-blue but that went out of use a long time ago. Nowadays there are some negative connotations around the Prince's flag and in practice you never see it being used anywhere.

[@MarvinWestmaas]

The controversy stems from appropriation of the Prinsenvlag by what used to be called far-right. And calling it 'only recent' is quite laughable tbh, it's been in use by them since before WWII and during WWII the filthy national-socialists from the NSB who allied with the natsies 'proudly' used the Prinsenvlag to differentiate themselves from normal Dutch people.

[@ruudkooijman819]

Fun fact. The French first had their blue white and red flag horizontally. That caused confusion, so the French had to change as the Netherlands had it earlier.

[@gillyzagt3827]

Fun fact. I did not know that..😜. Never to old to learn..😉​@@ruudkooijman819

[@Braun30]

Have been going to the Netherlands regularly since 1998 for the 4daagse in Nijmegen. I confirm there are hills in the region. You get them all on day 3, the day of Groesbeek.

[@keesdevreugd9177]

If you trip in Nijmegen, you end up in Germany. So that doesn't really count.

[@MrPolskaXboxNL]

I would really recommend watching some video about the Dutch Delta works. Its an impressive piece of engineering that keeps out the water. At the time they spend around 20% of the Dutch GDP on it and is considered to be one of the wonders of the world. Truely amazing.

[@fionaalgera3391]

Two of my kids were born at home. The third one was born in hospital. At home is completely safe. You get help from a specialized nurse and a midwife. If you need a hospital it isn’t far away. In my case just a ten minute drive. You’re only allowed to deliver at home if you have a low risk pregnancy if there’s any risk at all you have to deliver in a hospital, but you still get a kit to make it possible to deliver at home in case of an emergency. If you want pain meds you have to deliver in a hospital too, but I didn’t have any pain meds with all three and don’t really think you need it. It’s a natural thing. To be honest I liked birthing at home so much better than the hospital. Just in my home without all the hospital germs felt so much safer.

[@pleegjepleegje]

After a low risk pregnancy, it is safer to deliver at home. If you have to travel to a hospital after experiencing the first contractions and then be in an unfamiliar environment with unfamiliar doctors and nurses around you and thinking you are expected to be in a bed on your back like in every Hollywood delivery, you are disrupting the natural process in a horrible way. It's awful. It prolongs the delivery process, it increases the risk of complications, and it creates the need for pain relief medication. Only if there's a known risk, like the baby being in a difficult position, then the hospital is the right place to be. Doctors are for helping sick people. Women giving birth are healthy and strong. Don’t let doctors interfere with this powerful and beautiful process

[@moladiver6817]

The Netherlands has a relatively high amount of birth complications though and that's probably also due to home births. Some hospitals now have hotel like departments where you can stay for a couple days and give birth in a homey environment so that when something goes wrong you can be wheeled to a proper medical setting in a matter of minutes. Giving birth is a pretty serious event and lots of things can go wrong. I am a pretty liberal guy about most things but I've always been sceptical about home births. I just don't think the benefits outweigh the risks.

[@pleegjepleegje]

@moladiver6817 I know. These hotels are more comfortable than a hospital, I think. And being wheeled to the hospital in minutes must definitely be more comfortable than a car ride when suddenly needed. I'm a pretty progressive momma, and I'm really happy I got the opportunity to experience a natural delivery in my own home twice. A delivery is mostly driven by the hormone oxytocin. Oxytocin gets blocked by adrenaline. Going through traffic, being in a hospital, and introducing yourself to unfamiliar doctors and nurses are all activities whereby your level of alertness naturally goes up. To be alert, the human body increases the level of adrenaline. Leaving the home, the place where you feel the most comfortable and safe and free to act however you like, is really contradicting to what the female body needs during delivery

[@autobootpiloot]

⁠@@moladiver6817 the Netherlands don’t have a high number of complications with birth. They give up if a child has no chance of any life quality so there is a higher rate of death with newborns, but a lower rate of death with young children. They prevent unnecessary suffering by letting them die younger. Think about that what you want, it’s both very humane and very cruel. But there is definitely something to say for preventing unnecessary suffering for both the family and the child itself.

[@laurenthoutappel1258]

The highest point in the Netherlands isnt the in Vaals but in Saba ( a Dutch Caribbean island ).

[@StefanVeenstra]

Vaals is the highest in the Netherlands, but Saba has the highest in the kingdom. Small nuance, but great point! Saba deserves more attention.

[@moladiver6817]

​@@StefanVeenstraSaba is actually a Dutch municipality and as such is part of the country proper. Unlike Curaçao for example which is indeed part of the kingdom but not the country.

[@MichaEl-rh1kv]

The Netherlands were founded as the Union of Utrecht or Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden, Nederlanden translating to Low Countries), which actually consisted of following states: City and Country of Groningen, (Western) Friesland, Drenthe, Overijssel, Gelderland, Holland, Utrecht and Zeeland (which gave much later New Zealand its name), existing from 1579-1795 and reigned by the President of the Parliament and a Stadtholder as head of the executive (the title originated from German Statthalter = viceregent or governor, because the first leader of the revolution was William Prince of Orange (with estates in southern France and in Burgundy), Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (which is situated in Hesse), viceregent for King Philipp II of Spain in Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht). (It was followed by Batavian republic and the demise of the last stadtholder, which was then ended by French occupation and the Kingdom of Holland in 1806, which was given to Napoleon's brother Louis Napoleon, but in 1810 annexed into the French Empire. In 1815 it became the Kingdom of the United Netherlands (including Belgium until 1830), ruled by William I of Orange-Nassau, who was also the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. But to the day many people speak of Holland if they mean the Netherlands.

[@tonyoffermans3676]

That also goes for the Dutch themselves, much to the dismay of people living outside of the 'Holland' regions.

[@MichaEl-rh1kv]

@@tonyoffermans3676 It is a bit like calling all Germans "Swabians" (which the Swiss do ...)

[@jaspermooren5883]

​@@tonyoffermans3676ah not even that much dismay. Unless you're using it and implying the Randstad is the Netherlands (which some 'randstedelingen' do), then we do get a bit mad. But as a born and raised Brabander I've used Holland a lot in English.

[@Truth-Puzzle-Pieces-Seeker]

I still buy CD's, I have a huge CD collection. Some albums are nice to have on CD, with the little "book" (full of photo's from the band).

[@davidbakker-wester113]

Frugal not greedy, indeed. Even as a dutch I only bought my first pair of clogs last year and they are the best footwear ever. They wear down to accommodate perfectly to your feet and posture. Cool in summer, warm in winter, dry in rain. In winter you can put hobnails in, easy on/off and unless you are welding or grinding(sparks)the safest certfied workboots in the world because they split to combat heavy impact instead of flattening or chopping off your toes like modern safety steel toes. Safe with electricity and chemicals.Naturaly non slip on oily or wet floors. Finally when they are totally worn down you can just chuck them in a fire. Eco friendly.

[@mikef1848]

Ah, how a book can hide its identity with a pretty cover..

[@MonsieurRaki]

Other famous Dutch inventions besides the CD are the casette tape, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, submarines, fire hose and four-wheel drive!

[@edonveil9887]

I call your bluff on Dutch Viking Blütøth.

[@jpfoto64]

correction of the the video the dutch tricolored flag is the oldest striped flag in the world. the frensh thought it was a good idea, but didn't wanted to copy the dutch flag so they turned it so the stripes to vertical. and yes, the flag used to be orange white and blue and for the reason that in the olden days, the colour fanted into red so eventualy the official colour now is red white and blue. the reason why the dutch indentify with orange has to do with the name of the royal family "oranje (orange) nassau" and we are the no1 coffee drinkers, not the fifth thebreason of the star shaped villages has to do with defence. they used to be forts and the length and shape of the star points were so disigned that there was no place were the enymy could hide and were always within reach of musket balls. if the stars point would be much bigger the musket balls would net be afficient annymore.

[@leiflillandt1488]

When thinking of coffee drinkers in the world, I think if NL is #5, Finland is #1, but I haven't checked the statistics that would show the current "situation". If you sell coffee abroad (export) then a small country can benefit more than a bigger one. So statistics is not always that simple to read out. There is always some bias.

[@ronaldstrous2764]

Another correction, in the beginning of the 80 year war the Dutch flag was orange white blue and was called "de prinsen flag", referring to the Prince of orange. After the 80 year war we became a Republic and the orange was replaced by red, called "de staten vlag". The three colours meaning are as follows: red stands for the people, white stands for the clergy, blue stand for the nobility (dukes etc.).

[@DanDanDoe]

And the name “Oranje Nassau” refers to the historic properties of the family: Nassau in Germany and Orange in France. European nobility was often named after their lands.

[@ArjanKaspers]

In the Netherlands it is quite common to give birth at home, there is a network of specialist midwives and maternity care that make home birth possible. They are an integral part of the healthcare system that everyone can use, cooperation is intensive in the Netherlands. We do not see birth as something medical but as something natural, hence the preference to have the choice to do this at home where possible. If it doesn't work at home, the hospitals are always ready. Thank you for your nice contribution and keep up the good work. kind regards Arjan

[@nuuwnhuus]

If you look up keukenhof, you'll find the gardens that the video was talking about. Looking for botanic gardens Europe would give some wider results I guess. I think you'd enjoy the following KZbin videos, both highlight out water management export. How the Netherlands Helps Other Countries With Their Water Problems, Earth Day: A Dutch solution may mitigate flood damage | 60 Minutes Archive

[@baukevanderveer4743]

The Netherlands has 2 official languages, dutch and frisian

[@itomg]

About home-births: Our family members where all but one born at home. So are both my daughters. It's an amazingly beautiful experience to literally have my wife in my arms while she was delivering our first born. Here we don't look upon pregnancy as a medical condition. It's actually a very healthy condition. Of course sometimes things don't function as they are supposed to. Then and only then it becomes a medical condition. If it's possible I think home-birth is the best way for both parents to welcome their child into this world.

[@harminframe]

Okay so a few things from a Dutch dude! - The Netherlands is still called Holland, even by a lot of people from the Netherlands, but Holland is actually 2 provinces ( North and South Holland ) where the capital and some big cities are located. - Fun fact, did you know carrots are actually orange because the Netherlands made them orange? - We do have some hills in the southern part of the Netherlands in the province of Limburg, close to the Belgium border. - a couple of Dutch companies actually helped the USA with water management in the states you mention. - I think you're right about the frugal thing, at least I hope! - The garden they are talking about in the video is called the "Keukenhof" and it is worth visiting from spring till the end of summer. - a thing about the healthy food. Still over 50% of the people in the Netherlands are overweight. - A thing about children being born at home is we have maternity women who visit woman who are in labour, they are specialised in home birth. Only when there is a reason upfront to have your child born in a hospital it is done that way most of the time. For example in cause of a c-section ofcourse or other complications. - And last one. The villige in your thumbnail is called Bourtange, it is a "vesting" or a fortress. I live there and it is worth visiting! I'll buy you a Dutch beer and patatje oorlog when you do.

[@Pidalin]

My geography teacher from elementary school was throwing keys to us when someone called it Holland and meant whole country, it's the same as calling whole United Kingdom Britain or England. Here in Czechia, teachers very liked throwing keys, I hope they don't do that anymore, but at least you remembered that then. 😀

[@DenUitvreter]

"Pregnancy is not a medical condition".

[@ronaldderooij1774]

@@Pidalin Well, I call the United Kingdom "England" on a regular basis too. And hear what Dutch soccer fans are shouting at international games. "Holland, Holland". But, this woke generation now objects to being called Holland and wants "the Netherlands". Completely unimportant, and frankly I would also shrug my shoulders when a Scot would tell me to call England Unitided Kingdom. What's in a name, as long as we understand what is meant.

[@Pidalin]

@@ronaldderooij1774 What woke generation? These names are hundreds of years old and it can be pretty offensive for people who are from other regions, for example here in my country (Czechia) if you call whole country Bohemia, people from Moravia and Silesia would literally beat you and a lot of people is calling it like that in Czech. It's the same with Netherlands, how can you call a Holland something which is not in Holland? People from not Holland regions of Netherlands will be very angry because of that, some regions don't even want to be part of some country, so this is very offensive for them, some of regions were independent countries or literally empires a long time ago and you can't call them by name of other region, it's really offensive for people living there because it's like you say "you are no longer Empire, you are just irrelevant region in this country named by region who conquered you" 😀 In our very historical european countries, you don't use full political names of countries that often, you mostly speak about specific region or city, not about whole country, so when you speak about Holland and you mean really Holland, there is nothing wrong with that. When we are returning from vacation, we also don't say we go back to Czechia or Czech Republic, you say you are going back to Prague or other city or Moravia if you are from that region, you rarely use full name of whole country, but you can't call whole country by name of one region. Imagine calling USA just New York or something, people from south would be also pretty angry I guess.

[@ronaldderooij1774]

@@Pidalin Getteing offensive about unimportant details in life is woke. It is the same "hurt" when talking about dogs being corrected, or cars making noise, etcetera.

[@michelenkimmayagummels3671]

I am from friesland, a province in the netherlands. friesland is mutch older than the netherlands and we even have an official language, around the time of the vikings it was called frisia

[@lordofnumbers9317]

I recommend you the youtube Channel "Soul to Soul Travel". That's a cute US-american couple that moved to the Netherlands. As a German i believe too, that the Netherlands is a great country. I'm glad that they are our neighbours.

[@Tiekorolivier]

Holland ist just a province (2 provinces in fact) of the Netherlands 😉

[@filegrabber1]

Holland is not a nickname and we are not greedy at all. Frugal maybe, but definitely not greedy lol.

[@SindoDJ]

I wear wood clogs to this day. Although it takes some getting used to, they are actually the most comfortable footwear I own. The top of your foot needs to get used to the hard material at first, but the wood forms to your foot the more you wear it. They're convenient too, you slip right into them and they're so good at keeping your feet warm when it's cold out. Highly recommend.

[@ym10up]

May I ask how long does it take for "the wood forms to your feet"? I don't know what kind of wood is used for making wood clogs therefore it's hard to imagine that. Do you mean the sole of the wood clogs that will form to the feet? It sounds like it would take a hundred years!

[@SindoDJ]

@@ym10up It depends on how often you wear them of course, but I wear mine daily when walking the dog and when working in the yard. After a couple months you can already see the imprint of my foot and toes. Mainly in the sole, but also the surrounding area. Over the years, it will gradually continue to wear down until it's time to replace.

[@ym10up]

@@SindoDJ wow, that's amazing! It sounds like it's more of a soft wood then. Thank you for the info!

[@SindoDJ]

@@ym10up No problem! Honestly, I never bothered to look it up. But I did just now and my local shop says that traditionally as well as currently, they are made out of willow or poplar. Specifically because, indeed, those are soft as well as lightweight.

[@ym10up]

@@SindoDJ oh thank you so much for looking that up. It makes so much sense now. If I get the chance to travel there one day, I will definitely get a pair 😊

[@jeanetteb2347]

Most of the denigrating adjectives about the Dutch stem from the three Anglo Dutch war, especially the raid on the river Medway, where England was totally humiliated, after that a lot of agression came in to the English language toward the Dutch.

[@marstimmermans5155]

The Kasteeltuinen Arcen in The Netherlands are also pretty. You should visit some countries and discover them by yourself. Meet up with locals and let them be your guide in stead of the common tourist trips where you didn't see all of The Netherlands.

[@Alakablam]

Those clogs have a higher safety rating then official safety shoes, and wont cut off your toes when the metal bit in a safety shoe gets pushed in and so are absolutely still worn a lot, by farmers, road workers etc. The home birth thing its way less stressful if there aren't any complications and even then there will be a midwife keeping check if you do need to go to hospital.

[@MogensDam]

My (danish) familys best and most loving friends were dutch. Known several families who were both hospitable and delightful, funny company

[@EdZ3rD]

In the video it said at point 20 that the Netherlands only has one official language and this is quite wrong. The Netherlands actually has TWO official languages. Dutch, and Frisian. Frisian is spoken by around half a million people in mainly just one province of the 12 that the country has, called Fryslân (that's Frisian. It's kind of pronounced as "Freezelawn", Friesland in dutch, Frisia in english). As a person from Frisia my native language is Frisian, my second language Dutch. In the Netherlands we learn English pretty early on in elementary school, so here in Frisia a lot of my generation (early 30's) are basically trilingual from the age of 10. Ofcourse a lot of older people know English as well, but it's less common for them to be very fluent in it since they were from the days before the internet existed and only had Dutch shows on TV. :) Frisian is also pretty much the oldest living relative to the old English language!

[@obelic71]

You forgot the 2 official dialects that also are spoken in neighboring Germany and Belgium.

[@CobraChicken101]

Correction: there are THREE official languages in the Netherlands recognized by the state : dutch, frysian and Papiamento ( dutch creole language)

[@dutchman7623]

@@CobraChicken101 And the people on the SSS islands have the right to use, and be addressed in, English when dealing with the government.

[@jbird4478]

@@CobraChicken101 5 actually. Not only Papiamento but English is an official language on the BES islands as well. And in all of the country Dutch Sign Language is an official language. Sign language is legally recognized in courts (meaning you have the right to use sign language in court), but unlike the other official languages, you do not have a right to conduct all communication with the government in sign language (though I assume they do make an effort where needed).

[@chazM6116]

spoken mostly in the province of Friesland (Fryslân) in the north of the Netherlands,

[@kleinemonnik]

About the 1 official language: officially Dutch is the main language throughout the entire country. In the province of Friesland the languages of Dutch and Frisian are both official languages. Furthermore Dutch Sign language is recognized as an official language, are Nedersaksisch and Limburgs since 1996 and 1997 recognized as non-standardized regional languages, are Papiaments and English used on the Dutch Caribbean islands (although Dutch remains the official language) and are Jiddish and Sinti-Romanes since 1996 recognized as non-territorial languages. This is all from the official site from the Dutch government. With all that, I only speak Dutch, English and a little bit of German and French though.

[@jaspermooren5883]

Yeah I was a bit surprised by that statement as well. Although it is true that Dutch is the only official written language as used by the government. So all official documents are written in Dutch and only in Dutch.

[@ralfvandeven3155]

The Frisian language is actually closely related to the English language. Both English and Dutch are West Germanic languages, with West Frisian, a minority language in the Netherlands, being the closest relative of the English language if one excludes Scots.

[@chrismadge5472]

Hey Ian, nice video as usual, always good to see you so surprised by places. Here is a title to google for ya that will surprise you . . . .13 American towns that look exactly like places in Europe Best of luck and hope you get to do a video of all the places you visit from the list . . .Chris.

[@cmo6055]

Traditionally shops were closed on sunday everywhere in the Netherlands. Since about 20 years shops are allowed to be open on sundays. Some towns and cities have a more religious population and the shops are still closed every sunday. Other cities have 1 sunday every month or every other sunday. Mostly between 12 to 5pm. The bigger cities have open shops on every sunday.

[@halbezoolstra7281]

I'm dutch, and I thought about your question. Yes, you're right, we still call ourselves Holland too. But mainly in sport tournaments, I think, because it probably sounds a bit better than the Netherlands on a tribune, and still reminds us of our most famous sports song, called: "Hup Holland, Hup!"

[@joostprins3381]

Micro Chips are made by machines designed and build in the Netherlands, we are about 10 years ahead of the next factory. It’s even from such strategic importance that the US has forbidden them to export the latest generation to certain countries. But we still are the only country who know how to make those machines and the 4 biggest suppliers of micro chips are customer of ASML.

[@vinniamsterdam700]

Some numbers are a bit biased towards the video, i would say. Tourist tend to struggle riding their bike in Amsterdam, for us it's normal but it's also a bit crazy. I remember Danielle pronouncing the Netherlands flawlessly.😅 We are known for being cheap, not greedy.👍👋

[@Fridhemsken]

If you shake hands with a dutchman, you need to count your fingers.

[@michelbeauloye4269]

I would not say that the Dutch are greedy nor cheap. I think that they look after their money, not spending more than necessary but just enough, trying to find the best price for the best items. This is actually a quality for me. I am from Luxembourg (fyi a part of the Spanish Netherlands and also private ownership of the king of the NL, Wilhelm II (?) whose statue stands on the market place) and we receive many Dutch tourists. It is true that they do not spend a lot over here. In Luxembourg we have ING banks and HEMA shops and farmers of Dutch origin, in case you are interested!

[@markschattefor6997]

If you are a collector of music you want the real deal, you want to feel the joy of a vinyl album cover, watch the artwork and look for details and try to figure them out or just be able to read the lyrics wihtout a microscope.

[@lbergen001]

@IWrocker: this videos just rushes over these interesting facts. To get really impressed you should view vids with indivual topics, like "delta works", "NL from above", "Dutch foods".

[@milesnixon9554]

I love visiting the Netherlands, been 5 or so times, and not just for the alternative delights of Amsterdam. Lots of lovely little towns, lots of great things to see and do.

[@MLWitteman]

The Dutch flag came first. It’s been in the use since the Dutch Revolt, or 80 Years War, since the 16th century. The red, white & blue was used interchangeably with orange, white & blue. The Orange was used to honor the founding father of the Netherlands, Prince William of Orange Nassau.

[@LittlewingsTravels]

The schoenbrunn gardens in Vienna, Tiergarden in Berlin, Zwinger Palace Gardens in Dresden, Prague castle gardens, ceske krumlov palace gardens in czech and Versaille palace gardens, Kings Park Garden Perth Western Australia, Changi Airport Gardens - these are worth looking at.

[@s.b.907]

- 10:52 It is Rotterdam. A city with mostly modern buildings by Dutch standards. -Dutch are mostly called frugal instead of greedy. Or stingy, to put it more negative. - Wooden shoes/clogs are not worn that much anymore. Although there are still people using them, mostly farmers. They were used a lot by farmers, fishermen and laborers in the past. They are very good safety shoes and easy to get in and out of.

[@LeFreud]

Tikkie cultuur is greedy af

[@DanDanDoe]

@@LeFreudIt’s not greedy, it’s fair.

[@silentios7336]

(9:14) No there are 3 official languages spoken in the Netherlands. Dutch , Frisian and Papiamento

[@dutchladylover]

Papiamento is spoken in the Caribean, which is in The Kingdom of the Netherlands, not the country. Because in that case English should also be taken in that account as it is the official language on St Eustasius. But Frisian is -correct- the second (official) language spoken IN the Netherlands.

[@Abb0able]

@@dutchladylover Actually there were 4 German was the 4th in ww2 but at the end of the war our brave brave royals claimed their property back behind Canadian English and American troops somehow, they returned like flies on a fresh shit.

[@jbird4478]

@@dutchladylover St Eustasius, Saba, and Bonaire are part of the country though. The others are constituent countries within the Kingdom. Yeah... it's confusing, I know. So yes, both Papiamento and English are official languages in the Netherlands. And there's actually a 5th official language: Dutch Sign Language.

[@dutchladylover]

@@jbird4478 I get what you're trying to say, but it still is the caribean. And papiamento is not widely spoken on these islands.

[@brucelansberg5485]

@@dutchladylover _"but it still is the caribean"_ And they're still city's in the country of The Netherlands too.

[@Patatteke1]

A popular joke among Dutch people about their "greed" was the following: "What would you do if you got 100,000 guilders in the state lottery? (At the time the highest prize in the only allowed lottery). Answer: count and check it!

[@Doggpound]

We're not gready, we're just cheap

[@Tacko14]

If you want to visit the Keukenhof, the official best time of year is mid march to mid may. But then you might not see much because of all the tourists :) Gardens in general are often located at castles and such. Search for one and you find the other as well. Me, I’d rather go to a national park or old town, though. Or a fisherman’s village, they’re like open air museums sometimes

[@arnoldwardenaar127]

That's not only the best time, it's the only time... The rest of the year it's closed

[@aorta538]

10:33 This is an AI video... 🤔The Netherlands has about 1000 historic windmills. -this video shows the 3000+ modern ones ;)

[@jbird4478]

Yes, and also how it absolutely butchers the Dutch names but shows zero awareness about that, and for some reason calls Turkey (and only Turkey) by its Turkish name.

[@Bowwow30]

One of our secrets is what Americans incorrectly call communism, but of course it's not communism. We have a mixed system of capitalism, individual freedom, state regulation and state influence in our economics by subsidies and direct taxes. And another secret is being so small, so we have to adapt to others. And that capability is a key for success to be internationally successful. Being small (and flat) also makes it easy to build an excellent infrastructure in every way.

[@sanderjansen5187]

Not just bikes, makes amazing KZbin’s about the roads in the Netherlands.

[@danielmaas1827]

Fun fact, did you know the hole in the center of a cd/dvd is the size of an old 10 cent piece from when we still used the guilder?

[@Jammasamma]

WiFi and Bluetooth also a Dutch invention...

[@lennaertvanhee]

And the World Wide Web a Belgian-British invention.

[@BERSERKR212]

Yep, still buying music CD's, especially collectors items. Most music I have is digital but the music certain of bands/artisits has to be on solid CD's for me. This is a sort of respect I have for those bands/artists.

[@daveydeboer2542]

The orange used to be in our flag but it proved to be difficult to create orange dye and especially the voc flags (the one with text you are referring to) was prone to discoloring to a more red/pink hue. Over the course of a decade they changed the color to red officially. Fun fact is that the original orange, white and blue was and is still used but more in a far right/ultra nationalist sense.

[@DanDanDoe]

@@herctwenty11For centuries the red-white-blue flag was used for the Netherlands. In the 1930s the Dutch fascist party started using the orange one, which continued during the occupation. Dutch fascists collaborated with the Nazis, flying the orange-white-blue flag. Dutch SS soldiers would sometimes have the orange-white-blue flag on their uniform, and that flag was also featured in propaganda. Ironically it was basically forbidden to display orange in any other way, as that was deemed treachery. So yeah, since WWII the original orange-white-blue flag was heavily associated with fascism and Neo-Nazism. Nazism and its supporters have ruined so many symbols over time.

[@thescatterpiratesquarepant7935]

Wine gardens are amazing. Many old palace and castles have gorgeous gardens too!

[@magma1lord]

We are the most organized? *Looks at governent*

[@josesousa272]

It's progressive, no? So good luck

[@magma1lord]

@@josesousa272 honestly. Not as progressive as its portrayed to be.

[@micheltbooltink]

You must be sarcastic 😂😂

[@owenfitzgerald5928]

Look at every other government tho

[@jeroenmeester9528]

Looking at the past century we were the most organised county, but a lot of hard work from our parents and grandparents has been flushed away by the right wing governments from Balkenende and Rutte.

[@MarkKoekenbakker]

In 1990 I earned my first real salary and bought a stereo tower with radio, cassette, record player and CD player. At least one of the first three CDs was by Joe Cocker.

[@jaapatedijkstra]

Over quite a few ice ages, glaciers scraped over the Netherlands from the European inlands towards the sea. Thus flattening it, making it now easier to bike through. Most surrounding countries do still have mountains.

[@dutchman7623]

The ice bulldozered the country, but also created the higher Heuvelrug and Hondsrug. Gelderse Vallei was the result in between.

[@Stoufclown]

I agree with frugal. As a french living in Amsterdam, they are not greedy in the sense they are not obsessed with getting as much money as possible. They just manage it in a pragmatic way. For the rest, this country is just so good to live in. For the gardens question: - Versailles for french style garden - England - Typicial England gardens totally different style from french style garden. Two different approaches leading to beautiful results - Barcelona - Gaudi gardens - Mid italy - The gardens of the various Villas in Rome ( villa dominicis) - Skansen Park in Stockholm the biggest open air museum in the world i think. - Also having a look at a cultural approach of death in the way scandinavian or romanian (i think) are using cemeteries in towns , make pic nic with your ancesters for instance. Very interesting.

[@Stoufclown]

Other spanish garden : Alhambra gardens . Portugal : Funchal gardens in Madera.

[@magma1lord]

The Dutch flag is the worlds oldest tricolour flag. Altough frenchies may try to claim otherwise.

[@Khannea]

I live in Amsterdam, ask me anything.

[@Pidalin]

When you want to cross road as pedestrian during your summer vacation in Croatia, you are waiting on crossing for driver from Netherlands, when there is no car from Netherlands, you will be waiting there forever. 😀 I was very surprised that like 25% of cars with Netherland plate were already electric.

[@annekathleen4498]

There's no way that 25% of the cars are electric

[@Pidalin]

@@annekathleen4498 yes, it was even more 😀 but maybe for some reason these electro-hipsters all go to Croatia 😀

[@Rphooi78]

You can watch pretty flowers online , but you wont smell or absorb the atmosphere if you visit in real live. it's like that a cool gun , but you never get to fire it.

[@dannythenanny]

"We had a more traditional birth, in the hospital". For us, Dutchies, home birth is traditional. Humans did manage quite fine in giving birth without hospitals for a loooong time... ;-)

[@AbiGail-ok7fc]

It does mean the Dutch have a higher occurrence of complications at birth with lasting consequences (including the death of the baby) than in countries where it's more common to go to the hospital to give birth. Specialist care is much closer in a hospital than it is at home.

[@carmenl163]

@@AbiGail-ok7fc This is not what several studies have found. And that's a problem. If it was simply safer to give birth in the hospital, we could switch to that, and all babies would be fine.

[@mariadamen7886]

Definitely untrue. Btw where did you find the numbers of what you're claiming? @@AbiGail-ok7fc

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

Yep, I still buy CD's will definitely be buying the new stones CD when it's released.

[@CodeNascher_]

the netherlands are so flat, you can already see on thursday when someone wants to visit you on saturday 😂

[@djoochem9610]

About the wooden shoes, clogs or 'klompen' I've worn them many times and occasionally still do. They are pretty comfy as long as you wear thick socks but they're great for walking through mud or big puddles of water

[@MonsieurRaki]

The first Dutch flag dates around 1572 and it was orange-white-blue for a while because of William of Oranje Nassau (Dutch prince with "Orange" in his last name). They later changed it to red-white-blue because the red was more noticable at sea than the orange color and the red fabric was cheaper and easier to get. Our country is a nation of fishermen, international traders and ship builders and we are also specialised in water management, so the sea was and is an important part of our country. We are also a nation of farmers, so that's why we have access to a lot of fruit and vegetables including potatoes. Oud traditional food staples were always potatoes, (root) vegetables, a variety of fruits (apples, pears and berries found in the forest), meat/fish, dairy, bread, butter, eggs and cheese. We became the tallest people in the world presumably because of our high dairy consumption.

[@keesdevreugd9177]

You shall never tell a non-Dutch person that we changed one of the colors of our flag for a cheaper one! They have enough fun about us already.

[@rubenvanpraagh8791]

The French flag is from the late 1780s, the time of the French revolution. It may look like the Dutch flag (more or less the only other republic in Europe at the time, but not nearly as democratic as the French), but the French have always claimed the tricolore stood for. Liberté, Egalité, and Fraternité.

[@thomasaantjes482]

Queen Wilhelmina changed it in the 1930's to disassociate herself from the NSB. Before that the red white and blue and the orange white and blue were both allowed and used interchangeably.

[@jacquelinevanderkooij4301]

Our royale house was forced on us after Napoleon. We were a republic before that for ages.

[@Kelsea-2002]

Of course, the Dutch also do some things quite well, but that doesn't make them any better. I am absolutely sure that when watching this video, many Europeans will just shake their heads in amazement. There are really some adventurous claims that are not supported by any facts. Once again, a video without value.

[@Mazil_5]

Name a few that are not supported by facts

[@gerbenzijlstra6645]

Hey man. This video missed my inbox until now. The village in the thumbnail is bourtange. I actually live and work there, and my parents own a b&b within the village walls. so its cool to see it get some well deserved attention. Its very beautiful in and around the area.

[@Max_Flashheart]

In New Zealand Home Births are popular as in many countries and A midwife (pl: midwives) is a health professional who cares for mothers and newborns around childbirth, a specialization known as midwifery.

[@BarneySaysHi]

The road shown at 4:32 is the one I use to get to work (N200)! The nature bridge is called Zeepoort (Seagate) and is used by wild animals to cross from one part of the park to go to the other side.

[@thequ4lm69]

Fun fact is that Schiphol, Amsterdam's airport is located at -3 meters from sealevel. And since airplanes can only measure flight height from zero and up landing is always a bit dodgy since the last 3 meter before touchdown is in the blind. When height meter is showing zero you are still in the air :)

[@chipdale490]

This is the biggest bs I have ever heard. (I'm a airline pilot based at AMS)

[@dutchman7623]

😄@@chipdale490 There are many areas with airfields situated lower than sea level. Jordan valley, Death valley, and many more. You are fully correct.

[@jbird4478]

Sure. We're all still flying using simple barometers to measure altitude here. As if "always a bit dodgy" would be considered even remotely acceptable in the busiest airport in Europe.

[@thequ4lm69]

What part do you reefer to as bs?@@chipdale490

[@noefillon1749]

And for airports that are above sea level, it would mean the pilot would think he is still hundreds of meters above ground while he has already crashed his plane into the ground ?

[@Djang221]

Reclaiming land from the sea results in land that is great for planting tulips and other flowers hence the large production. Also ideal for grass main meal for cows which produces milk for cheese, another famous Dutch product (Gouda)

[@FacelessJanus]

No Holland is not acceptable. It is an old term, meaning Wood Land, but that came about due to trading by sea, in our Golden Age where we were pretty much at to be found at every corner of the world. Most ships would come from ports in the North Holland province (county if you will). The country has 12 provinces, only two carry the name Holland. (North and south to be precise.) And I am Dutch, but I am, nor was nor ever will be from Holland, I am from The Netherlands and the wrongful use of Holland infuriates me. Frugal might indeed be a better term, but internationally we are known not to spent money like water. A popular expression is "looking, looking, not buying" (Kijken, kijken, niet kopen.) For driving look up Kerleem, he has a video about "Why driving in Europe is better than the US", keep in mind he is American but moved to Europe.

[@matthysvisser2574]

Wifi was also inventet in the Netherlans

[@DenUitvreter]

A overview of the naming and the related history. It's not short, I'm afraid the Netherlands as a lot of history. - The Netherlands (meaning low lands) was the name of the area including today's Belgium which was part of the Spanish Habsburg Empire. - In 1581 7 of the 18 Netherlands declared independence from Spain under the leadership of William of Orange because they preferred religious freedom over the Spanish Inquisition and became the Republic of the 7 United Netherlands (the American DOI is actually very similar to that Dutch one the founding fathers studied). Because this was the first modern nation state, it had to come up with a national anthem, a national flag (rather than royal flags), non royal leaders and orange carrots. So they showed France the way. - The Dutch Republic as it was know in English was quite a success. It did more than half of all European trade and mostly with ships from the Holland part, so that name spread the most. The British also made the name Dutch exclusive to the Netherdutch, the Middle Dutch and the High Dutch, the Germans upstream, still call themselves Deutschland though. - In the late 1700's the Dutch Republic was fading on the world stage and under influence of what was brewing in France became the Batavian Republic in 1795. - Napoleon, as a result of the French revolution occupies the Netherlands and makes the republic into a monarchy ironically. So in 1806 Royaume d'Hollande, the only time Holland was used in an official capacity since Napoleon was only interested in the money and Holland had a reputation for that despite the decline. His brother Louis was made king, but he was actually a very good king given the circumstances, he was enligthened and loved the Dutch, the Dutch loved him back and Napoleon sacked him. - Napoleon was beaten, the Netherlands was bankrupt, Britain wanted a buffer monarchy in front of France and after 233 year of seperation the Northern Netherlands were reunited with what is now Belgium to become the Kingdom of the Netherlands. There was still a member of the Orange Nassau family haning out in Germany and he became king Willem I. - The Northern Dutch and the 'Belgians' had grown apart in those 233 years of seperation and the Belgians revolted and split off in 1830, supported by the British. The Northern Netherlands kept the name Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Southerners took the latinized name for all of the Netherlands, "Belgica", and became the Kingdom of Belgium for which the British appointed a German noble as king. There was some stuff with Limburg and Luxemburg I don't really know enough about, but this is about the situation that remained until today.

[@henkvandervossen6616]

A few additions. The oranges went into exile in Brittain. Not Germany which did not exist as a state at the time. Independence was tegained at 1823, not 1815.

[@dezhar]

Great vid Ian! Palace of Versailles is worth a look.

[@TallisKeeton]

6.30 - As I m crazy fan of gardens and gardening I went through one of my books about gardens and searched it for some recomendations for you :) Versailles in Paris - a monumental masterpiece. A royal garden which made trends for gardening for centurties. The very centre of what we think of as French style. Shonbrunn - Royal Palace in Vienna, UNESCO site, and home of legendary Sisi :) Peterhof in Sankt Petersburg, Russia. Huge royal palace of tzars. Golden fountains are especialy beautiful :) Alhambra. Mauretanian water garden in royal palace of Granada, Spain. Established by Arabs in 7th century. A garden stright from "tales of 1001 nights" - its about roses, jasmines and myrtles, mosaics and marble colums. Veitshochheim in Wurzburg, amazing rococo style garden, Sans-Souci in Potsdam a baroque palace garden called Germany's Versal, Freyr garden on Mose River in Holland, amazing green labyrinth, Kalmthout near Antwerp - arboretum with 7000 of trees and bushes like magnolias and rododendrons, I m crazy fan of rododendrons and magnolias :) Wallenstein palace in Prague - white palace in Italian style and amazing flowers created by Wallenstein - 17th century sell-sword who loved flowers :) Lazienki Kolewskie in Warsaw - I had to add at least one of famous gardens of my country. Popular park for citizens, hosts many events and concerts. Created in 1548 by queen Bona Sforza. From Italian Sforza clan who married king Sigmunt I of Poland. Giverny - the private garden of Claude Monet with fabulous mass of flowers and famous pool. Used by this genius in his paintings. Villandry near Tours in France - its like a fantasy movie castle but mixed with artistic vegetable garden made in XVI century French style. Levens Hall in UK in Cumbria. A hounted palace in XVII c style with interesting ghosts :) and fantastic sculpted hedges. Villa Lante in Viterbo in Italy. One of the best Italian palaces with amazing water garden. There is much more in my book but I think I'll finish it here for now :) Warm greetings :)

[@ronniebots9225]

The Dutch vlag used to be orange, white and blue. This vlag is called the Prinsenvlag. But orange was not as visible on sea so they used red, white and blue. Later in 1660 red white and blue was made official when the house of orange was excluded in 1654 for rule as head of state as a peace treaty between the Dutch and the English. When house of orange returned, they never changed the flag back.

[@henktulp4400]

13:40 the opening hours depend on the local community…. The national government allows shops to be open on Sunday, but more traditional communities might object to shops being open on Sunday (ie. the day of the Lord…) in that case it is settled locally

[@MichaelCoIIins]

"We had traditional hospital births" Listen back to yourself mate... The home birth is the traditional one :D And why they have so many in The Netherlands, is coz there is a very extensive network of midwifes there. If there aren't any complications, why spend the time in hospital, right. And with the size as a stamp, if there are complications the midwife will have a ambu over in like 20 seconds and your in hospital a minute later

[@Luke-t8z8v]

I do work abroad each year and whenever thr plane flies over the Netherlands, i grow increasingly at ease. Seeing the structure and order in Dutch landscape is the ultimate reflection of how Dutch life is.

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

Normal shops are CLOSED on Sundays...only in the last few years commerce is pushing opening shops on Sunday...I do not shop on Sundays..

[@rubenvanpraagh8791]

I still buy CDs, though far fewer than before. I love the feeling of owning music, I don't mind supporting my favorite musicians that little bit extra, and when I go to a record store, the browsing sensation is much nicer than on line.

[@ArjanKuiper]

CD's are still being used, even though streaming is the currently dominant music format. As for computers (CD-ROM) and movies (Video-CD/VCD), those were all surpassed by DVD and later on Blu-Ray. Now i have to honestly say that i still use the CD format. But that's mostly for retro gaming.

[@calenegoneril7228]

The fort in the thumbnail is located in Bourtange for anyone who wants to know. It’s a beautiful place and I highly recommend visiting it if you are close by.

[@countk1]

Clogs can be comfortable when they are tailor made. My father's family still wears them. Big pro's are that this footwear doesn't get easily stuck in mud (much like a camel foot) and are definetely waterproof. They also dry easily if they get wet on the inside. Home births are cultural important in Holland. They see giving birth a bit more of a family happening. I mean that the mother is in a safe environment, close to here relatives. When giving birth, a midwife is present and you will get service at home for mother and child.

[@hermanbloemhof8518]

Home birth . only if there no medical complications wiht mother or baby . And there is always a midwife present at home birth.

[@mirandak4512]

10:53 That is in the center of Rotterdam, the big round building with the round opening is "de markthal" (the markethall) which is basicly an indoor market. with apartments, catering, a supermarket and underground parking. In the right lower corner there are "kubuswoningen" (cube apartments) you should look them up , weirdly shaped apartments right next to the pencil shaped flat. Homebirths are very normal indeed, we have midwifes who help with everything. It is only an option if a woman is at least 37 weeks pregnant and both the mother and baby are healthy. Also, the wooden shoes are more comfortable then they look, come visit and find out for yourself ;)

[@remcohoman1011]

11:41 still legal as working shoes. They take some getting used to, but when you are used, they are awesome. Better for your feet, no sweat, they breathe, nothing synthetic, when worn to the max, they are not a hazzard to environment when thrown away. My brother bought a pair, and seriously thinking of discarding my Sievi workshoes for a pair of Klompen

[@weertangel7231]

As someone who does't have a car being able to get almost everywhere with just my bike or public transit its a great place to live, sure it has its own problems but what country does't? Languages are another thing, considering there are alot of people from all over the world living here most people know at least 3 languages though it tends to differ quite a alot depending on region. I my self are from Limburg and are fluent in dutch, english, a little german and the local dialect wich is a mix of dutch and german that no one outside the region can understand most of the time.

[@lutjeingonike9391]

For Dutch flowerfields.. come in april/ may and visit the Keukenhof full blooming( and Amstrrdam) as well.

[@emveeie1391]

About clogs and not being comfortable, our village has it's own clog maker studio which is actually pretty famous. They make them bespoke to your feet and unlike the mass produced ones that you can buy almost anywhere these will fit you like a glove. You do have to come over though for measurements etc. but I promise, you will never wear 'normal' shoes again. Clog makers mostly all have their own design so you can identify the village or area by the design on the clogs, either painted or engraved. There are wooden shoes for regular wear, for work and even wooden shoes to wear to church, even my wife, who is a real city girl, now wears her red wooden shoes on a regular basis. Keep making great content because we enjoy your channel.