What Americans Think of the Dutch - as told by an American expat living in the Netherlands!

In my years of visiting the Netherlands, and then finally moving and living here as an expat, I have had some stereotypes and impressions that I had about the Dutch as an American either be proven wrong-or even more surprisingly-be proven right! In this video, I talk about what Americans think of the Dutch, and how my viewpoint on the Netherlands and Dutch people has changed in my time as an American expat in the Netherlands.
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I like to share my experiences of an American expat in the Netherlands. I describe both the unique and everyday aspects of Dutch culture, and life in Holland while enjoying every bit of it!
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[@erikrotjeknor]

Regarding beer consumption, don't forget the alcohol percentage of American beers is a lot lower. You can drink American beers all night long. As we tend to say: "Drinking budwiser is like making love in a cannoo: It's fucking close to water....."

[@terabbs]

Not only that, some groups drink a lot while the other half doesn't. making it not fitting to say dutch drink a lot, thers a group that drinks crazy amounts and a part that's not drinking or hardly drinking.

[@jankoevoet4042]

Living in the US for several years now, i can safely state that Budweiser is not the best the US have to offer. Yuengling or Samuel Adams are very good beers actually, and i guess there are many more.

[@grovervansesamstraat]

@Rene Kuipers Smurfen beer? Do you mean that Gargamel managed to get the smurf elixer in the end? That's terrible.

[@jacquesahlers2253]

@Erik de vries, have you ever looked how much alcohol is in a Bud light? It will surprise you that it comes close to a regular Heineken!

[@lucasrem]

Erik de Vries Butlight? When you where in the US? 1950? The Metric system confused you? galons....fact, muahahhahaha, that mad lady.... Beer = #1 all over the US, all you need is fresh from the draft, rest is water. Not america, only the US. A dutch thing. Trump is Dutch German too, many are! They are Germans all speak a High german language, not the Mennosimons in America, real High german language! Going dutch, dutch party, the finger in the Dyck, all US fantasy stories...Not know in Holland at all, Flying Dutchman too, Dutch don't know the stories or do that party...They are not going ducth on dates...Office people go out for food and split bills only, not normal people, or locals dating! Guys pay here, or the grilyfriend... In Holland now, try Heineken Fresh at home now! Butlight is good beer kids love! How old are you? rest of the world is on mixed drinks, or wine.... A dutch person, myahahahahahahahaha, Subcultures!!

[@lucyfrye5365]

We are so cheap that being called cheap is no longer an insult.

[@affellay12]

more like a compliment

[@justincredible.]

The Dutch are the most generous people in the world when it comes to charities. I'm Dutch, and I'm not cheap. It's a very bad stereotype.

[@UnknownNY-ee7vb]

There was a man I worked with years ago who was a multimillionaire and he didn’t want to pay a 3 dollar parking fee so he’d park in the wrong lot and walk over. EVEN THOUGH HES A MULTIMILLIONAIRE. 😂😂😂

[@Widdekuu91]

We're cheap and thrifty, not greedy.

[@I.Toverheks]

@@Widdekuu91 I'd say we're just frugal.😎

[@gusknip]

The negative expressions with "Dutch" in them actually mostly come from England, and stem from the Anglo-Dutch wars in the 17th century. The Brits lost the 2nd and 3rd wars, and therefore negative sentiments were expressed by referring to things like "Dutch courage".

[@QiuArVee]

Of course, the British would call them battles and not wars. 😉 Wars are the ones you win, battles are those you loose.

[@drpepper3838]

They are still bitter that their fleet got burned and their flagship stolen

[@irisscheler6026]

What wars are these , you seem to be an idiot in my opinion. Do you know who King Billy is ? People are different from street to street, village to village get the picture . Anyway what is an American ? The blogger unless a native Indian does not look very American to me . Pencilvanian Dutch are German . Why I am I wasting my time , you are all Donald Trump , plus he is not an American , Scots mother German father .

[@johnmullens2857]

@@drpepper3838 and half of London burnt down lol

[@bertnijhof5413]

Don't forget the Dutch invasion of the UK in 1688 with a fleet and army twice the size of the Spanish Armada a century earlier. Afterwards the Dutch troops lined the streets of London, when the Dutch stadtholder (president) was crowned King William III of the UK. Note that the invasion had to be approved and paid for by the Staten Generaal (Dutch parliament). Smartly William called the invasion, the Glorious Revolution to save face for the UK. During that period William III and the Dutch army kept the UK together (Battle of the Boyne); approved the Bill of Rights (he had a long experience with a parliament) and he reorganized the UK finances, so the UK could maintain for the first time a standing army and navy.

[@roykliffen9674]

The adjective "Dutch" being used in a somewhat negative way is an inheritance of British idiom. The British and the Dutch were historically great economic rivals having several wars between them and not all were won by the British. People tend to attach negative connotations to historical foes.

[@roykliffen9674]

@Frank Heuvelman "Grand Theft Warships" a.k.a. the Raid on Chatham a.k.a the Raid on the Medway where a Dutch fleet led by admiral Michiel De Ruyter attacked a supposedly safe anchorage of the British navy and sank 13 ships and made off with two others, amongst them the British flagship HMS Royal Charles. It was the biggest defeat ever suffered by the Royal British navy and forced The British to enter into a peace agreement advantageous to the Dutch. Indirectly it could be argued it led to Stadtholder William of Orange taking the throne of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland three decades later.

[@devan6935]

@Frank Heuvelman What is your point...exactly?

[@devan6935]

@Frank Heuvelman Like, I feel like you're acting a bit erratic

[@devan6935]

@Frank Heuvelman as for your last comment, say that to the 14th richest country on earth (in GDP per capita), the country that the richest company in history was from, and one of the founding members of what would become the EU

[@devan6935]

@Frank Heuvelman neither of your 2 comments have answered anything. 1 is complaining about a non-existent something and the other is asking a question to one of my comments but it isn't made clear which

[@loes6801]

I'm Dutch, both sides of my family have been Dutch for centuries, and I'm 158 cm tall :) thanks for the short Dutchies shout out haha

[@SandsOfArrakis]

Well I guess I'll raise the average then being 203 cm tall. :) And both my families have been pretty much Frisian/Dutch for centuries as well :)

[@janneteer5548]

Loes same ik ben 1,57 cm 🙃🙃

[@TVeldhorst]

164cm here, with parents both over 175cm :)

[@SonKunSama]

Always women complaining about their shortness. For them it really doesn't matter whether they are short, in fact most men actually prefer short women over tall ones. It's only a problem for a man to be short in NL since you have a hard time to get taken seriously. I'm 1,84 by the way, so pretty average.

[@Lilian_Verseveld]

As a woman, i am 1m74 (5'8 feet) so im around the average.

[@Aiii83]

During a trip to America, upon learning I was from The Netherlands, a girl proudly exclaimed "Oh, I've been there, I went to climb a glacier!"

[@vincenzodigrande2070]

And then you said "oh so you were there during the ice age?" 🥶

[@paulwassenaar8351]

Maybe she was on a Europa-in-one-week-tour?

[@mimimotor]

@@vincenzodigrande2070 😂

[@mariadebake5483]

Funny!

[@rebelmage6929]

I bought a birthday present for my sister at 50% off, and I told her that as well, knowing she'd appreciate it (and she did). That is also a very Dutch thing, I suppose.

[@robinvossen7821]

I DO NOT THINK THE DUTCH "LOVE" TO BIKE... IT IS OFFTEN JUST THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY OF TRAVELLING

[@gilgamez]

We are not cyclists. We just use it more instead of cars. Otherwise Americans would be carists. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rH7IlWSnmMp9lbM

[@autohmae]

@@gilgamez I've definitely spoken to American carists.

[@MrEscen]

I love riding bikes, own three bikes.

[@knightwolf200612]

EXACTLY. But in addition, cycling in the Netherlands can be nice too, specially outside the cities, because the land is mostly flat.

[@stefangrobbink7760]

In our small and dense cities, getting from A to B on a bike is often much more convenient and easy than taking the car. Parking is often an issue and your destination is often only a few km away. It's healthier too, unless it's raining and you end up catching a cold.

[@Sikke_Kok]

I kinda get the whole Scandinavia confusion. I mean if there's one country that's similar to the Netherlands, it's Denmark

[@SonKunSama]

That is very true, probably even more so than Belgium or Germany

[@PaxV]

True I guess, but they speak Danish, Scandiniavian. Dutch speak Dutch, so Germanic. The better part is unrecognizable when spoken. So very similar, but incomprehensible.

[@annemiekelenselink1607]

Don't tell the Danish/Dutch.....

[@Sikke_Kok]

@@annemiekelenselink1607 Why?

[@annemiekelenselink1607]

My daughter returned from an Erasmus year in Denmark. D

[@gerbrandlub]

I'm going to make a wild guess why Americans have these notions: 1 - Generally when it comes to lists like "best places to live"; "happiest kids"; "actual freedom" we and Scandinavia top the list in changing top 5. 2 - We are of "germanic descent" and have a Germanic language ever since the Romans so... maybe that's it? 3 - Danish/Dutch: Probably the whole "all those nations muddled together in that region" thing indeed. I also think that it's a difficult concept for Americans to grasp, that people can't understand eachother if you drive as little as a 100km in one direction. 4 - Beer: I assume that we drink more diverse than America. If you see the WHO 2016 report, we drink a relative 9.6 units versus the Us's 9.0. 5 - cheap Dutch: We have that reputation in Europe too. And Asia. I'm guessing it has to do with our trading style during the golden age and further. And our stance on monetary issues in the EU at the moment. 6 - Heterosexual dating: really it differs per person. In my experience, I really don't mind paying for a date, but most women either prefer to split themselves ór take it on them to pay for the second date. With friends, you always pay your own part. 7 - we used to be more blond, and there were more redheads. Especially during the age of sail. But with more intermingling and immigration, and both blonde and red hair being regressive you can see the slow decline (I'm neutral on this btw). 8 - rules: Yep, that sterootype only persists in the US. In Europe, we're definitely seen as rowdy. Not as much as the Brits though (who are also considered stiff in US stereotyping). 9 - Red light district: We've always been very forthcoming in opening up to vices, especially since the 60's - way ahead of America and the rest of the world. So, opening up and actually boosting the red light district made a huge impact worldwide (in terms of marketing). Prostitution was still very much illegal everywhere else. Same for weed, because we were first to "allow" (gedogen) it's use (in truth, most police corps made a statement that they were no longer going to put the work in arresting smokers). Sadly, we're less remembered for being the first nation to legalize same sex marriage and euthenasia, for instance. Maybe some fun tips: what you think of typical Dutch TV, and it's awesome diving into our history of inventions and discoveries.

[@Xardom]

I work at an touristic attraction in Rotterdam and last year a lovely couple from the US asked me for the latest updates/news about our war against Nazi-Germany... And they were serious! Wasn't even an joke! I couldn't hold my laughter and when I explained, they were embarrassed and apologized instantly. But still, quite an surprising question🤣

[@devan6935]

I am surprised

[@jannetteberends8730]

Dutch comes from Diets, that what the Dutch called themselves until the sixteenth century. The confusion even extends to our national anthem, second line. The confusion about the Netherlands in Scandinavia is actually not that strange. The Dutch culture is most close to the Danish culture. This has something to do with the “Hanze” cities in the middle ages. The Netherlands, the Danes, north of Germany, south of Sweden and Norway were closely related economical via the Hanze routes. So the Dutch culture is very similar to the Scandinavian one. In a lot of country-listings, like the happiest peoples, healthcare and so on, you see the Scandinavian countries and the Netherlands close together in the top 5. A nice example relates to your subject of the Dutch being cheap. (We call it zuinig 😉) The Dutch give a lot to charity, we are number ten country considering individuals donating to nonprofit organizations. But apart from the individual gifts; there is also 0,7 % of tax income going to charity abroad . And guess what other countries do the same: According to Wikipedia: “Relatief gezien zijn Noorwegen, Zweden, Denemarken, België, Nederland en Luxemburg de grootste donoren: zij besteden minimaal 0,7% van hun BNP aan ontwikkelingssamenwerking.”

[@Pfooh]

The Dutch not only used to call themselves 'diets', which is really some old archaic form, but also 'duits' (which is the modern form). Up to a few years before the second world war, it was very common to talk about the 'duitse volkeren' (including germany, austria, the netherlands and part of belgium), or to refer to the netherlands as 'nederduits'. That's also why the 'van duitsen bloed' was never considered a problem, since being 'nederlander' was only a more precise definition, but wouldn't contradict the 'being duits'.

[@autohmae]

Did you know the Netherlands is also the country which is the biggest outside investor in the US ? (statistic 2019)

[@lacdirk]

@@Pfooh Yep. And to be fair, until early radio and TV started to wipe out regional dialects, languages didn't really care much about borders, and there was little difference between the local dialects on either side of the Dutch-German border.

[@rutgerb]

Dutch, Diets, Deutsch etc comes from a shared gothic word meaning: volk. Thus also Willem van Oranje states he is part of the people/volk.

[@Pfooh]

@@rutgerb Yes, but that doesn't mean that with that word, different groups understood to be different people. The linguistic 'germanic languages' and the understanding of 'het duitse volk' was, up to 1930, broadly the same. People within the upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Deutsche_Mundarten.png colored area on the map would, without concern, consider themself 'duits'. The 'ein volk, ein reich' that the Nazi's propagated subverted this idea, and since then, it has become really uncommon. Most Dutchies would consider themselves now part of 'het Nederlandse volk', maybe combined with Flanders. But it's good to be aware that that 'volk' was born only 70 years ago.

[@FreekVerkerk]

The dutch used to be blond, but lately a lot of people from the south moved to the Netherlands (Surinam, Turkish, Arabians) certainly in the big citys, you have to go to the rural parts of the Netherlands to see the "original" dutch tall and blond population. Try Friesland :)

[@littlebighumancom]

Lately? Colonisation by the Dutch has been going on for centuries. Dutch welt was built by it. I grew up in Drenthe and my wife in Friesland. We are both mixed race because of colonisation.

[@guuslombarts9004]

In the catholic south people generally have darker hair, because of the Spanish that ruled the south back in the day..

[@generaldreagonlps6889]

I assume the part of the dutch being cheap comes from our mercantile/calvinist history.

[@shersmk90]

This, spending a lot was against calvinist vision, so you dare not to. Also spending and showing of is against that vision too, so just don't act like you having it better or do better in live then your neighbors and such because that is bad in that vision. Also if u don't spend much on one thing, you can spend more on other things, and will have more in the end.

[@carmenpeters728]

the american constitution was based on calvinism.

[@shersmk90]

@@carmenpeters728 and still the usa does show as everything except that.

[@bont3]

Its from the Angelo Dutch wars we had with England, Dutch courage, going Dutch, Dutch oven(really interesting one). All kind of negative and all because we were at war with England. The sayings just stuck around and got America

[@nielzzaa]

As a dutch straight man I usually offer to pay on a date. Almost always the girl will feel guilty and wants to show she doesn´t expect me to pay for everything. I kinda use that to say she can pay for the next date... just to show her I want to see her again. And SHE WILL pay for that next date, I mean money doesn't grow on my back...

[@carmenpeters728]

i would rather not not eat with someone like you

[@metalvideos1961]

@@carmenpeters728 so you expect that guys pay for literally everything for you? thats selfish typical gold digger reaction. you are old enough to get your own money and pay for your own things. its not that hard.

[@Lilian_Verseveld]

Nah, Niels is spot on.

[@MAGNA_FRISIA]

@@carmenpeters728 huhh explain? Because Niels will not be the onlyone your not eating with!! His words exactly reflects my thinking. I couldn't say it better.

[@ppd2349]

@julialeite63 cheapskate

[@gnomealone350]

I’m 🇨🇦 and I love watching videos about cultural differences all over the world. Equally interesting to the videos is the comment section, and your channel is especially great in this regard.

[@speerboom]

I read a mythical tale a few weeks ago. About how a Frankish boy met a Friesian girl at the beach of Holland sometime in the early middle ages. They fell in love and had kiddies. An observing godess was so charmed by this lovestory that she ensured the offspring would be born blond, like the Frisian girl, but turn darker when they grow older, like the Frankish boy. It’s just a tale, but it is true many Dutchies start out blond(ish) and turn darker as they grow up. Myself included.

[@BluuurghAg9]

Never heard this story, but I like it and it aplies to me as well.

[@WynneL]

Aww, that's a sweet story.

[@bananenbrood7386]

Same

[@francesconoce3056]

I kinda understand why Americans don't exactly know where the Netherlands is located on the European map , because i as an European don't know where all the 50 States of America are located and i'm sure that most Europeans don't know as well. But you know what Eva....that is okay . Nice video 👍🇳🇱

[@DutchAmericano]

That's very true! And thanks =)

[@autohmae]

I'm certain the news about US elections will help us remind where certain states are. It's gonna be on the news for in a week or 2 for at least a month. :-/

[@mimimotor]

I drove coast to coast through the US, but I still can't remember their names, because there is so little difference between them, especially those in the middle.

[@selvmortsydd]

States are different than countries for crying out loud...

[@autohmae]

@@selvmortsydd the size, population count, etc. of European countries (especially if we leave out Russia) and US states on average is probably closer than comparing European countries with just countries in North America. And both the US and EU are unions. So I do see how a comparison isn't that strange.

[@dudie5403]

And to add up to where The Netherlands is located there is something else: Some people don't know The Netherlands but do know Holland. So when people go like "You are from Holland?" I'm saying "No, I'm from The Netherlands" and try to explain the difference between the two. One day I was chatting with someone online and I said where I was from and she was like "hey I live close by maybe we could meet one day!" I was like cool where do you live? And she mentioned a city in Michigan. That's when I learned there is a city called Holland in Michigan and they actually have a Dutch community there.

[@janvanleeuwen2535]

Hey Ava, another on spot vid. 👍 Watching your vids for quite some time now, they are great 👍 Keep'um coming

[@LadyQAB]

Also fun fact about other drugs more 'hard'drugs, you can test them anonymously to see if your drugs are safe to consume. Because the government knows people use drug they want them to be safe and so you can test your drugs for how strong it is and if it is safe.

[@JasperNLxD]

The part about Pensilvanian Dutch is too oversimplified. The language that they speak is actually an artificial mix of different German languages from the 17th century German (including Dutch), far before the current-day German existed. The colonists picked parts of the language that seemed most close to one other, and constructed a German-like language from that. In the 17th and start of 18th century there was no uniformly spoken or written German, not even standardized Dutch existed back then. That's the type of German that was spoken in the (extremely diverse) west of Germany in the time of American colonization, but which got replaced in Germany by "standard/high german" that occurred not too long ago. Basically Germans decided to start pronouncing things differently, and that's not reflected in the German spoken in Pensilvanian by 17th/18th century American colonists. The bottom-line is, that if you give Pensilvanian Dutch to a German, a Dutchman, and maybe also to someone speaking Frysian, that they all cannot understand it completely, and will definitively understand some of it.

[@metalvideos1961]

Pensilvanain dutch are german immigrants got nothing to do with the netherlands. Pennsylvania German, usually referred to as Pennsylvania Dutch, is a variety of West Central German spoken by the Old Order Amish, Old Order Mennonites and other descendants of German immigrants in the United States and Canada, closely related to the Palatine dialects

[@sverrejansen153]

long story

[@JasperNLxD]

@@sverrejansen153 lang verhaal doe ik niks mee :p

[@p382742937423y4]

When I lived in New York, people would say: the Netherlands, is that in Amsterdam? The Netherlands? looking empathically; are you poor? Or my favorite: Netherlands? Yeah, I've been to Africa.

[@tvstudentNL]

We (my fam and I, all Dutch) lived in VA for about 4 years for dad's work. An American Ambassador's wife (!) once genuinely asked my mom, 'Holland...do y'all have electricity there or no?'. Lord have mercy.

[@p382742937423y4]

@@tvstudentNL Them again, could they point out japan? England? Madacascar? I dont think they even have another map then the usa map. They do have lots of those and they know all the states.

[@jonathaneversen4744]

Afrika... Dat is nog enigzins logisch.... Daar spreken ze immers een dialekt van Nederlands. En daar hebben ze de apartheid uitgevonden.

[@drh-2303]

I really don't give a shit what they think of the Netherlands in New York .. what do they think there .. "are you poor?" if they have their affairs in order somewhere then it is in the Netherlands .. let them see how many people are homeless .. how much violence there is ... don't make me laugh man ..

[@simonpowell2559]

I am English, when I was in the States I was asked if we had problems with the French walking aross the English channel at night as cheap labour. Wrong on so many levels.

[@uchihajm]

we're not cheap, we are just careful with our money. Dutch myself btw.

[@JCGver]

True we will spend the money if we think it's worth it. But we don't like throwing money away. I buy 400 euro shoes instead of 50 euro ones because I feel like they are worth it. But at the same time I will spend a couple of evenings seeing if I can find those shoes somewhere cheaper.

[@peterbohren3637]

as a foreigner who lives here... that stereotype is not wrong

[@danobanano2505]

Ye.. we're not cheap... we just dont wanna spend more on stuff then nesceccary.

[@blindbrick]

Not me, I'm very bad with money. I spend like there is no tomorrow

[@MM-vr8rj]

We think like our ancestors (tradesmen) did. If we think it's quality and we need quality and no other competitors offer that quality we will pay any price for it.

[@collectioneur]

I was walking with my Dutch family in Denver, Colorado and a man overheard us speaking Dutch, so he asked where we were from. I told him we were Dutch and to help him understand I said "We are the friendly Germans". He replied: "I know, because my relatives are from Germany". He wasn't offended, so it was pretty funny...

[@jeroenvanrooijen1086]

"Zuinigheid met vlijt bouwt huizen als kastelen."

[@a3veis371]

en wie zich niet verschoont, krijgt luizen als kamelen

[@grovervansesamstraat]

Nou, het bouwen van huizen blijft een beetje achter op dit moment...

[@ReetVeter2000]

Dat was mooi

[@SonKunSama]

Jeroen van Rooijen, kan goed met mooie spreekwoorden strooien.

[@robertdejager1788]

Hé Eva, new back ground music, its nice and the mouse dit stay i see, also verry nice. I enjoy your talks and evrey sunday i look for theme, because they are verry nice, so i hope you wl make manny more of them, thank you !!!!

[@grovervansesamstraat]

Is that a mouse? I thought it was a fox (the sock puppet I mean).

[@thebeuken]

Lovely video, great explanetion on the subjects. Even learned something as a Dutchie.

[@DutchAmericano]

I liked hearing that, thanks!

[@Ulrich.Bierwisch]

13:31 "Sex and drugs, the two big ones. I save them for last because that's what I like to do". Wait what??? I think you left some room for intentional misunderstanding.

[@DutchAmericano]

=D No comment.

[@piemarc]

@@DutchAmericano Hehe :)

[@sandersteman8800]

Wat een ongemak ontstaat er als het sex woord valt. Haha. Ikwens voor Sinterklaas dat iedereen een prettig, heftig of wat sex leven in 2021 krijgt.

[@lisettekleiweg2606]

Frank Heuvelman 🤣👍

[@FrietjeOorlog]

Jaywalking: mandatory use of nearby crossways for pedestrians hasn't been a thing for literally 30 years. You can cross anywhere as long as you can do so safely. Cheese: we eat a lot of it, but more importantly: it's real cheese. Not string cheese from a can, or whatever Velveeta is supposed to be.

[@Lillith.]

25 years, 1 January 1995 it was abolished.

[@j.p.vanbolhuis8678]

@@Lillith. Wasn t there a regulation that you can cross everywhere *except* within 25 metres of a Zebra crossing. Then you need to use that crossing? Or was that rule changed too?

[@NuclearSeagull]

I'm from The Netherlands, and I would like to start a petition to change the word "Dutch" into "Netherlandish". Because it's easier for everyone. Think about it.

[@christiaantinga]

Just love you doing these videos!

[@jurgenolivieira1878]

Oh, yes confusing Netherlands with Germany is still a thing. In most Hollywood movies/TV series where there is a Dutch speaking person 9 outta 10 times it's actually a German speaking person, Silence of the Lambs and Primal Fear come to mind. The serie Friends actually did it right with heavy American accents but clearly understandable.

[@WynneL]

As an American, once you learn Dutch, the Germans playing Dutch people stands out so hard and it drives you CRAZY. 😂 I developed a deep respect for anyone who actually insists on a real Dutch accent for their production instead of being like, "eh, German's close enough. Call it a day!" No, it is not close enough!

[@jurgenolivieira1878]

@@WynneL I never considered that fact... but it makes all the sense in the world of course. Once you've learned a language they can't fool you anymore. And I agree... it is not close enough! hahaha

[@Frahamen]

6:23 I see you drink Belgian beer in the Netherlands. That deserves a like and abonnement. ;)

[@playonkorg]

I think Dutch beer is donkey piss. I saw by Jumbo supermarket a lot of Belgian bier

[@insAneTunA]

It used to be freezing cold during the winters in the Netherlands, but each year the average temperature keeps rising. With the result that we barely had any frost at all during the last winter. This year's October month already had the hottest temperature ever recorded in October. But I think that you were spot on with your observations, well done :-) And besides a cheese museum we also have a sex museum, soooooooo.... that says enough :-)

[@tallracha8230]

lol in the photo you shared about beer in the Netherlands , theres 2 beers from Belgium :) westmalle and the other looks like duvel.Nice.

[@lucde_ville4743]

In the early days of the US, The Netherlands and their culture played a huge role in the new colonies. Not only New Amsterdam (later a big apple), but dutch was even the official language next to english at one point. A lot of expressions in the Us are comming from this: dutch crossing, going dutch etc. Since calvanism was (and is) a large part in dutch culture, it is only logic that we are seen as cheap. Also, we are merchants and traders. Paying too much is not a good deal. The dutch language originates from dietsch. That was was widely spoken language in medieval Europe and developed into german. Dutch is a variation of that old language. Julst like spanish and portugese are both originated from latin. About the rules: we like to keep it nicely organised. That requires some obedience to law and order. But as traders and merchants, bending those rules to our favor is almost a sport!

[@lucasrem]

Renegade _X I was in NYC, early 90th, proud of what Amsterdam did, then still unknown, the exchange etc. Now, that New Amsterdam thing is a major thing all over NYC now, things are changed, the UK are now the evil ruling party in the NYC History books, the Dutch did stay in NYC, never left! Trump is Dutch too, German Dutch!

[@paulwassenaar8351]

German grandparents, American (American-German?) father and Scottish mother

[@GeorgeSaint666]

The funniest thing was when my brother and I went to Disney Florida, and those over exaggerated Disney employees asked us where we are from. We said: "The Netherlands"... The responds was: "Ha yes Amsterdam, I have been there!"... ... seriously USA, your best impression of The Netherlands was Amsterdam? I replied saying: "Amsterdam? No I am from Brabant, the South. I have only been to Amsterdam one time in my whole life."... ... I could see her thinking... this small dot on the map called The Netherlands, and you only been to your capital city once in your lifetime. I saw it this did not compute for her in her poor mind. Really really funny. ... I guess we Dutch have a completely different experience on city travel, when it comes down to country size.

[@SandsOfArrakis]

Been to Amsterdam several times. But I prefer the part of NL where I grew up or living now. Fryslan and Overijssel. :)

[@jonathaneversen4744]

Ik ben in Amsterdam geboren... Maar opgegroeid in Almere heb ik weinig liefde voor Amsterdam. Een conculega komt uit Argentinië en voor haar is 200 kilometer niet zo ver weg. Na 30 jaar in Nederland is zij gewend geraakt aan ons denken. Dat kwam ter sprake omdat zij me vroeg of Wolvega in de buurt lag. Ik zei haar dat het zeker 50 of 60 kilometer was..... naar Nederlandse maatstaven is dat niet dichtbij. Hahahaha

[@user-rx4jg8lq7h]

Love this! Very accurate, you are really able to capture the essence of each point well. Also, I don't think it's strange at all that American people confuse the location sometimes; after all, I couldn't point out every American state on the map either. For many I only roughly know whether they are Southern or Northern states etc.

[@mjp3186]

As In Dutch I find it very interesting to hear your experiences.

[@BluuurghAg9]

About the winters: Global warming is actually a thing. When I was young we actually had cold(er) winters and actual snow... :(

[@chimco]

True, i remember always playing in the snow with my brother and going on trips with my parents on the sleigh😭 Now there's barely snow and if we get snow, it's wet snow that disappears in less then 24 hours.

[@Sense008]

On the rules and being strict about them. Purely subjectively, mind you. I have a feeling us dutch LOVE having rules for everything, BUT and this is a big but, we don't like to FOLLOW those rules at all. Maybe it's a thing where we like the clarity of knowing how things are supposed to be rule-wise, only to think up exceptions for our individual selves so that we do not actually have to follow those rules, or more commonly as you said in the video love to bend them. To me this has always been a fun dichotomy.

[@picobello99]

And we would confront or even report anyone who breaks the rules even though we do the same thing our selves. And then we would get mad at someone for "klikken".

[@dinoklein]

The rules are meant for others ;)

[@jankoevoet4042]

Rules are meant to be broken, otherwise the rule makes no sense. I mean, really, why would you make a rule against j-walking if no one does it in the first place ? :-)

[@KokkiePiet]

About splitting the bill, I once went out to dinner with Dutch Colleagues, a couple of them drank like fish, one bottle of expensive wine after the other. Since I rarely drink, an especially not when I am driving I drank mineral water. When It came to splitting the bill I paid for my steak water and espresso, and a tip An argument started that the bill was to be split evenly, I said I was not going to pay up for the 80 Euro bottles of wine (each) that they drank. Fine with me if you want to drink it, but I am not going to buy it for you. This didn’t go down well.

[@voswouter87]

We're pretty close to Scandinavia and have a similar culture, so I think it's an understandable mistake. My answer would be that we're south to Scandinavia and have a very moderate climate, it's very nice.

[@Anonymous-sb9rr]

The word Dutch used to refer to al Germanic people on mainland Europe back in the day. Germany did not exist yet.

[@TheMarkvanes]

Damn i miss out snowy winters of my youth

[@Nikki.H]

I'm a short Dutchie :D also happen to be blond, but most people in my neighborhood aren't. A large number of mixed cultures live here, makes it fun to "people watch" at cafés with all sorts of unique characters walking or cycling by.

[@crashmatrix]

In regards to jaywalking, that's simply allowed most of the time, it's the default rule for crossing roads as a pedestrian. Exceptions include being x meters away from a crossing, and I assume more.

[@daanvos194]

actualy, there is a sort of a divide between the north/east and the west/south, about amesfoort if im correct. where i come from we joke about the randstad

[@Bowwow30]

Most Dutch people aren’t able to point Minnesota, South Carolina, Nevada, etc on a map. So I don’t blame other people for not knowing the geography of Europe exactly.

[@ashleyftcash]

Me neither, but I do get mad when they start to talk about Germany. If you don't know, don't act like you know.

[@TheKeystoneChannel]

The redlight district has great pubs, the redlight workers itself is just there ...the area is great to go out though

[@loukalicious]

Can I just say that I love how you love the Dutch and their ways 🥰

[@vwisse]

The stereotype is true for me. I'm tall, blond with blue eyes. Living in Asia it makes me almost a celebrity, at least once a week someone want to take a photo with me

[@sandersteman8800]

Mij zou je dan ook typisch Dutch kunnen noemen in the USA. 185cm and blond. In Nederland precies het gemiddelde. Ik kom nooit in een buitenland ik weet ook niet of we echt van die reuzen zijn.

[@vwisse]

@@sandersteman8800 Ik zit redelijk boven het gemiddelde met 208 cm. Ben in redelijk wat landen geweest en als mensen gokken waar ik vandaan kom is het in de meeste gevallen Nederland.

[@gebakkendonut]

@@vwisse jesus, redelijk boven het gemiddelde? Heel veel boven het gemiddelde.

[@berendko7266]

I've been to the red light district (De Wallen) one time because American exchange students asked me to be their guide. I'm as Dutch as they come and I felt very uncomfortable there. XD

[@lucasrem]

polder guy?

[@berendko7266]

@@lucasrem Nope

[@pi3dpi3dvisualisaties2]

I had something similar in the US: someone asked me where I was from, when I said the Netherlands, they responded: I have friends in Sweden. I wonder why we are called called Dutch, why is it not translated it as Netherlands? We stretch the rules: like when you drive your speedometer reads you drive 100 Km/h but you can drive a little bit faster before you get fined. So you will drive a bit faster.

[@hapmaplapflapgap]

It doesn't go below 0 in the winter... anymore. I really wish I could've ice skated the 'elf steden tocht' at some point in my life, but that's probably never happening anymore.

[@jaybaker8938]

Let's NOT go into verifying the ideas that the Dutch have about Americans.....🤣

[@fw2699]

actually ...I don't give a sh*t about what them yankees think of us .......

[@neroquin]

No, let's. That's gotta be funny. Infomational too, I guess.

[@cyclingchantal]

3:05 I think Europe is like all the US states. If you would ask me to point a certain US state on a map, I would have most of them wrong.

[@JohnVanRaak-yx6cb]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYPLYq2Oe7B2ldE

[@cyclingchantal]

@@JohnVanRaak-yx6cb Ja die heb ik al eens gezien. Grappig.

[@lucasrem]

There is only one City in the US that does this thing too, Dearborn!

[@SUMERUP]

Chantal, that really makes sense. And also, comparing the Netherlands to the US is like comparing Liechtenstein to Germany, France and GB together..

[@johanonvlee9546]

Very nice, well done

[@appelsappie8736]

The discrepancy between the beer consumption can probably be attributed to the fact that Dutch people will sometimes prefer "specialty" or "craft" beers that contain more alcohol and are heavier on the stomach. So we probably drink less in volume, but more in alcohol servings.

[@rabartels]

Dutch comes the old Dutch word Diets. Diets is an umbrella term that refers to the Middle Dutch regional languages ​​that were (spoken), written and printed between about 1200 and about 1550. Diets is therefore not a supra-regional standard language;

[@Nynke_K]

What Xander said! The confusion isn't all on anglophone Americans - a few hundred years back, the distinction between Dutch and German just hadn't solidified yet as it has today

[@InfiniteCyclus]

Middle Dutch = Diets (Dutch) High Dutch = Deutsch (German)

[@Nynke_K]

@@InfiniteCyclus high Dutch? That's a combination I've never seen before (as a linguist)

[@InfiniteCyclus]

@@Nynke_K I've only heard it once, and I can't remember where.. sorry.

[@ronrolfsen3977]

As the saying goes "Rules are there to be broken"

[@KimVerhaaff]

It does go below zero in the winter... maybe not Scandinavia below. But I've seen minus 20 at night.

[@nic040]

You stole my heart when you mentioned the south is more hospitable ❤️ In the south of the Netherlands we’re proud of that🇳🇱❤️

[@mariadebake5483]

Yep. I am from Brabant too so I agree!

[@D3sdinova]

In the far south the accent sounds far friendlier too, in the north it can sound outright cruel, overly aggressive even when pissed off.

[@norahgroeneveld4384]

sommige Amerikanen denken ook dat nederlanders nog altijd klompen dragen maar dat is ook niet waar haha. geweldige video!

[@DutchAmericano]

Haha, en dankjewel =)

[@yvocambier2512]

Hello Eva, Yes we Dutch can be tall ☺️ i myself am 1.93m it's a pity that so many Americans know so little about this little country after all many famous Americans have Dutch roots, Audrey Hepburn, FDR Roosevelt, Van Halen, Martin Van Buren, Cornelis Vanderbilt, to name a view, and how would America look today if the pelgrim father's didn't found shelter her in the Nederlands?

[@TD-er]

Yep, the Dutch are tall, but you have to visit the north of the Netherlands to really see how tall we are. Here in Groningen/Friesland, I feel more like modal length (1m90), but when I visit family in the south, I feel tall. Once I was at a wedding of my niece and I was by far the tallest one at the wedding. While here I really don't have the feeling I'm tall. When I was still a student, I went on a study trip (to Asia) with 25 students and 2 professors in total and 11 of us were taller than me. So it was easy to find eachother in the subways. The girls all had blond or brown hair and the guys were easy to spot in the crowd :)

[@bas4752]

Zeg je nou echt Armin van Buren 😂😂

[@yvocambier2512]

@@bas4752 nee Bas, Martin van Buren de 8ste president van de VS

[@bas4752]

@@yvocambier2512 zoo begin dyslectisch te worden denk haha. Heb er wel even om gelachen 😄✌

[@eefaaf]

Eating cheese and tulips, eh? Hmm... I do know my mum once ate a tulip... but that was only for a shock effect. Made quite an impression as the next time she visited that club, they came carrying some more for her to eat. She made the excuse that she preferred yellow tulips to the red ones the gave her. Narrow escape :)

[@PSVfanaat]

I'm Dutch and I think this video is really spot on! I love how you distuingish the difference between the Northern and Southern halves of the Netherlands, being a proud Southerner I fully agree with this stereotype. 🙂 Speaking of stereotypes: another false stereotype many Americans seem to have about the Netherlands (and not only Americans) is that we all dress in traditional costumes (you know, with the pointy hats and all), wear clogs and that the country is littered with tulip fields and windmills. That's mainly true about the West of the Netherlands (the North and South Holland provinces) but certainly not about the other 10 provinces which each have their own distinct culture and heritage. Although Brabant has a rich clog heritage since there once used to be a large clog making industry here. 😉

[@jannetteberends8730]

Actually you can smoke marijuana in front of cops, they won’t arrest you. In this video the Australian stand-up comedian Jim Jefferies is exactly doing that. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGKZYWujgLJrq7s The whole soft drugs policy is an example of finding a way to bent the rules by government. The Dutch have a critical approach to rules, as long as they make sense they follow them. When a rule is bent to often, the law adapts.

[@Dynoboot]

We only eat tulips in war times, though. We don't really love it either.

[@timpyrules]

The difference in beer could be down to the fact that, as far as im aware, in the US Lite beers tend to be more popular. This is lower in alcohol and taste thus easier to drink while Dutch people tend to go for craft beers more often which are higher in alcohol so you drink less of it. Dont know if this is correct but thats my educated guess

[@lucasrem]

you drink Butlight at college, in the country club you do better drinks! Beer, #1 all over the US!

[@timpyrules]

@@lucasrem Percentage of population that go to the country club is extremely small and furthermore poorer classes tend to drink more alcohol (in volume richer folks tend to drink stronger stuff). So if they drink Budlite in the trailerparks thats more impactfull on national average consumtion of alcohol then what people drink in the country club

[@anniek4681]

There is a reason why Deutch and Dutch seem similar. They came both from the laguage called Diets. You had high diets and low diets. The first changed in to deutch because that region ultimately the part that would be germany. And yes you guest it low diets was spoken in the part that became the netherlands. The word Diets is stil used in our anthem.

[@alihosssini8471]

If you really believe in equality of men and women, then you believe that women can work and have money so they can pay for themselves

[@nfiles]

As a woman, I agree!

[@stefangrobbink7760]

True. While gender inequality isn't completely solved, there's an active effort to solve the remaining issues. Laws are introduced for company boards to have at least a certain percentage of women, while on the other hand women have recently been made eligible for military draft.

[@carmenpeters728]

then when you want a treat you'll have to do without. lack of generosity works both ways,

[@alihosssini8471]

@@carmenpeters728 we do treat each other but it is said before hands. Like we say we traet for the meal or for the drinks or for onr round of drinks. We have generousity but calculated and planned

[@bertsuper]

During a stay in US, I once told a girl: "Dutch men are the longest in the world", to which she responded "Then I really should visit the Netherlands". Only a few hours later it dawned on me what I had actually said.

[@marcobreur.]

All I know about North Dakota is that is probably on top of South Dakota. And I don't know the difference between the Blackfeet and Blackfoot Indians. Most Dutch also think, I'm 100% sure, Tallahassee is next to Georgia ( because of maps and proximity) The U.S.A. is a large country. Heterosexual dating in the Netherlands is super mysterious.

[@cvb6089]

🤔 Been to the US twice last time 2018 a month traveling the Southern States. When people asked where we're from. We said Amsterdam though we are living in Almere. But suprisingly most knew where that was or had visited Amsterdam...

[@suzan6254]

Jaywalking is not illegal in the Netherlands though, I don't think we even have a word for it.

[@0cypher0]

Depends, crossing a road within sight of a red light on a pedestrian crossing can still get you a 70 euro ticket, as long as you can't see the red light you're safe from getting fined (but maybe not from getting run over by a speeding pizza delivery scooter).

[@disklamer]

“If you don’t think too hard about it, it kind of makes sense” You just explained everything about the USA.

[@janalleman7]

People are just as lazy in their thinking in Europe as they are in the US. Have you travelled alot? Not trying to imply that you haven't but if you haven't you might be suprised.

[@disklamer]

​@@janalleman7 It was definitely tongue in cheek, I just ran with that remark - we call that an “Inkoppertje” - too easy :) To answer your question, I've traveled around in 19 countries in Europe, several in Africa, and five states in the US. We all have something to laugh at, some of us more than others, but really, there is no contest.

[@janalleman7]

@@disklamer Yes indeed! Ik kom ook uit Nederland overigens

[@nienkes6211]

Funny thing about being the tallest people on average: As a woman of 1.64m (5 foot 4,5 inches) I feel very short at home in The Netherlands, but when travelling abroad, to southern Europe especially in my experience at least, I often feel tall and it is such a strange thing to become aware of.

[@nienkes6211]

Also I travelled to Riga (Latvia) for a concert once and I assumed that I would finally be able to see the stage for once, only to then find out that Latvians are in the top 3 of tallest people in the world... Another time going to a concert in London was amazing though for the visibility.

[@r.v.b.4153]

Jaywalking is not too much of an issue, as long as you don't bother other the other traffic on the road. You can cross an intersection by foot or bike when the lights are still red without people complaining about it, but you won't do it when someone who has the right of way is approaching (without being frowned upon).

[@Doubleranged1]

*watches this video while eating a bread with cheese* *feels very dutch*

[@RobinRense]

Cool video! I can see the confusion between all countries in Europe and where they are located, I wouldn't know all states in the US either. So that is quite alright ;) One thing I disagree upon however is that we do not particularly 'love to bike'. It is more of a way of getting where you want to go. The bike is often the best choice. I think we do like it as a past-time, but that is also due to the excellent infrastructure we have here. We 'like to bike' because it is safe and convenient, due to governmental policies, not because it is 'in our blood' :P

[@DutchAmericano]

Haha, I see what you're saying about biking. Makes sense!

[@smenor]

Based only on a single : anecdotal data point I think the «going Dutch» thing is true for heterosexual dating too. I of course heard the term before but didn’t expect it to be a real thing until I experienced it and had a Dutch woman explain it to me

[@GerdaWel]

I know it is weird, but I keep looking at that "dead" fox in the background. Nice video though, I love, as Dutch woman, video's from "foreigners" how they look at the Netherlands and its inhabitants. And I am sort of blond, but dark. However with 1.65 not really tall😃

[@cristakampert8740]

Yesss, I am 1,54m, so always the shortie of the group, haha. I also have brown hair and I do not eat cheese because I am vegan :p

[@Ikreisrond]

Dutch here, blonde and 157 cm tall! That’s right: “You don’t need to be tall to be great!” 🤣😉

[@lucasrem]

waar reis je dan rond? die polder waanzin ontdekken?

[@Arnaud58]

Ava, this is not about volume (5:51), but about the beer itself. So a bit off topic. Beer is the collective name. One of them is lager, like Heineken. The vast majority consists of special beers (6:24). Until about 20 years ago, the majority were brewed in Belgium (more than 1000 different ones), why were they so popular there? In Belgium it used to be illegal to serve distilled spirits in cafes. This was one of the reasons, many special beers were similar in alcohol to wine, but drunk in larger glasses. An additional advantage, a great variety in taste.

[@Greengate777]

I'm 1.74 , and not once, while stranding at a street crossing waiting for the light to turn green, I looked around at the people next to me and felt like a small rotund circus dwarf...

[@sterredijksterhuis8547]

What you in America do about Europe, we in Europe do about de states in “the United States”

[@Greengate777]

Next time you see a really tall Dutch person, look at their shoes... kanoes.

[@SandsOfArrakis]

I have size 48 in shoes. I often refer to them as aircraft carriers :D

[@margreetanceaux3906]

While in the US, a very kind lady attempted to look up the Netherlands on a US map. But then again, Dutch people asked where they are, while on holiday somewhere around the Mediterranean (f.i. Italy, Greece) point to about every country between Syria, Morocco and western France.

[@hcjkruse]

How about giving tips in restaurants. Until a few years ago I felt that was not really common in NL. I heard that waiters in America depend on it? No gay dating experience, but my wife insisted on paying her part of our first holiday together.

[@peli71]

Eva, ask a Dutch to name all states of the USA and second to that, let them point out those states on a map..... (you’ll be amazed in a negatieve way)

[@transient_]

I'd think you'd be surprised at how many Americans have trouble doing that for their own country. But that could be because I've seen too many videos about the horrible geographic knowledge of Americans. And of course, the video-bites selected for that kind of video must be cherry-picked.

[@marcobreur.]

peli71, what I was thinking.

[@81MHT]

Then again, it's not that surprising one would not know the states/provinces of an individual country. For example I think even less people would be able to name the provinces of China, or bundeslander of Germany.

[@ConsciousAtoms]

A better parallel would be to name the countries in Latin America and locate them on a map.

[@jannetteberends8730]

@@transient_ there is a rumor that Trump still doesn’t know the difference between Washington and Washington, D.C.

[@in551125do]

"Heterosexual dating"....lmao......("cheap"....from a Dutchman who used to live in the US: money determines your "status" in the US, while in the Netherlands there's more a sense of being equal to one another, and yes we do love a bargain.....!!)

[@lucasrem]

in551125do Dutchman in the US, i'm just a local guy, i only know the valley. Everywhere i come in the US, everyone hates the allah domination! Not willing to do that in the US, what did Henry Ford do?? Amsterdam is Allah, not any gay friendly. Over 60% non western refugees! We all show rainbow flag now to show the Allah freaks they are not welcome here! Send them back to the stone ages now! Claim our land back!

[@in551125do]

@@lucasrem You only know "the valley", that's why your worldview, like with a lot of you guys, is determined by fear...enjoy....and btw in your train of thought you might want to give "your land" back to the native Americans, seems only fair, don't you think....?

[@theGoogol]

I'm a Dutch 6'2" and I feel short sometimes

[@DataStorm1]

Mainly the young ppl drink a lot of beer, the older ppl drink less. As for jaywalking, if the crosspoint is more than 30 meters away, it's not required to go there and use that. Its not unlawful to cross the street if you need to and the crossing is far away. but you better cross it straight and not wander around on the road.

[@lonnekehonders7502]

I'm 1.55 female with dark brauwn hair

[@Anonymous-sb9rr]

How did you get such a Dutch name?

[@lonnekehonders7502]

@@Anonymous-sb9rr I am Dutch

[@vincenzodigrande2070]

"The Dutch love eating cheese and tulips" 😂

[@Lilian_Verseveld]

I like cheese... not so fond on tulips... yuck.

[@soraya1988]

Pleaaase make videos about: * Drop (vooral zoute drop) * De meubelboulevard * De Efteling * Hospiteren * Klagen * King's Day :D

[@MrGurbel]

I love your content. As a straight man I have these experiences in dating : On a date, a guy sometimes moves a bit in the mine field between the classic male courtesy and showing that you are a modern emancipated man. You often don't know who you are facing on your first date and of course you want to leave a good impression. Also, some women in a bad date would like to pay for themselves so that they don't owe the bad date anything. But on a good date with dating partners who pursue equality, it's more common to say ok you pay now but I'll pay next time. In other words, the payment is an essential part of the dating process itself and is very dependent on the atmosphere of the date, the degree of emancipation of both people and whether someone wants to appear independent or less independent.