Better to travel by water Dordrecht is a island surrounded by rivers and from Rotterdam easy to reach with the Waterbus..it stops close to my house! Hope you had a good time! And thank you for visiting my hometown 🌹
Really nice to see this video ! I was in Dordrecht a few years ago and realized that there was a lot from the fifteenhundreds stil standing there. Never knew. Most Dutch people don't know that Dordt is a very historic place ; at least what is left of it. Nice you found out !🌹⭐️
Best thing, you found the Dutch public transport. All corners of the country (Den Helder/Texel, Groningen, Maastricht, Vlissingen) can be done in a day-trip. And you're in R'dam ... Flemish places like Antwerpen, Brugge ... or foreign Brussels, Paris aren't far away by train. Considering the current self-inflected EU energy debacle, it's the right time to profit off this luxury before we go back to coal and steam. Nice to see you probably got your first guest for the "rijsttafel" episode (this Indiana person), now you only need an Indonesian to explain all the dishes, haha ...
I had a great time!! Thanks SO much for your hospitality, and for taking me along! It was truly amazing weather too! The food was delicious, and the historic hidden pathways were so fun to explore!🥰
Dordrecht is a very historical town. If you go again it’s nice to do a (guided) city tour. You can learn a lot about Dutch history. And see the beautiful buildings. For me it was good to see a little bit of the region I grew up.
Although it was absolutely worth it and astonishing, there is one thing for me to mention...: You guys tend to hang around just in the Rotterdam area, while The Rotterdam area does not represent the Netherlands...and so you guys basically have seen just an only the Rotterdam area so far. It's like visiting the USA and just and only stay in and around San Fransisco... I mean, been there done that, but San Fransisco was just one of the towns I visited... So I really am waiting for you guys to explore the northern part of Zuid-Holland, Noord-Holland, Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe, Overijssel, Gelderland Flevoland, Utrecht (not just the town) Brabant, Limburg and Zeeland ! I'd say: The Grand Rotterdam Area is covered now ;-) so...Next !
Hi Eric and Tammy, I am enjoying and following all of your footage. So, about festivals and if you love jazz music with free enterance you shoud go Jazz in Duketown in s Hertogenbosch. It start on June 3rd till 6th. Its all free. If you want to see some footage just look on UA-cam and visit those 3days. I live in Tilburg and we have in july 19 the biggest kermis (english ?) of Europa. This is for 10 days.
Hahaha, happy rhyme 😁 another great video with a lot of fun and the lovely Diane to tag along. 👍🏼 It is just so relaxing to me to look at boats drifting along. I could just sit in the sun and watch for hours (I don't know why...) And with that being said.... 😏😉 Keep taking us viewers on fun trips and greetings from the other side of the country 🙋🏽♂️👍🏼🇳🇱👋🏽
Wow that was great to watch. Lovely you all had such a great day. It looked amazing and the sun was out to. I am getting so much more to see from the country a live in through your video's it's amazing. Thanks for that. You two are so good together love the fun you have. Always looking forward to your next video. Enjoy. 😃👍
Awesome, i am from Dordrecht.. Dordt in Stoom is the biggest event in Dordrecht. It gets crowded, but its fun to just take it all in. Normaly its not that crowded . Fun fact Dordrecht is the oldest city of Holland ( not Netherlands) .. it was the first city that was givven the right to call itself a city ( stadsrecht witch means city rights )
I just have to love Dordt In Stoom ... it is so much fun for everyone! Glad you guys liked it as well, great video 🎬👍 It wasn't shown in the video but did you also go on the steam train? If not check out some other video's here on youtube👍
Dordt in Stoom is great! I live in Dordrecht and it is a wonderful city. I would have loved to meet you! I love watching your videos. I am American by birth and moved to the Netherlands when I was 8. So I am a Dutchie now but love to hear your opinions on Dutch stuff. Keep up the good work on your fun videos!
Hi,i'm following an other YT-channel(living life digital),and they also went there😂. the are also from the USA . so funny . love the video and waiting for the next one.
Hi Dark Lady! We watched their video as well!! It looks like they enjoyed the festival as much as we did!!💕. Thank you so much for your continued support💕
Stoomboten are magical, without sound of engines exploding you experience the peaxefull blessing of steam, water and wind. Your video brought back nice nostalgic memories of the first and only time I experienced sailing on a steamboot in the harbour of Deventer 50 years ago. Thanks for bringing back thay nemory with your video. 🙂👍
Enjoying your video’s very much! You both seems lovely people. Makes me appreciate my own country even more and also learning new things about my own country. Looking forward to the next. Thanks!❤️
Seeing my own country through your eyes, I feel re-acqainted with all the beauty, luxury and just....well organized things here in NL. And you guys are awesome! You should come visit WIldlands adventure zoo here in Emmen :-)
@@SoultoSoulTravels We dutchies love to complain. It's almost like it's SO good here, that complaining itself is just about the only thing we can do to throw in some negative. And I think we mostly complain about the weather hahahaha :-) But thank you for sharing your experiences with us, it sure makes for good entertainment. There was one more thing I noticed, you've Duchified already. You're so much more relaxed and having more fun while talking and interacting.... You feel a lot Dutchier ;-))
It is being held once every two years so you will have to wait till 2024 for the next one I am affraid. (part of the reason it was very crowded this year is because the 2020 edition was cancelled due to Covid)
Steam is magic. It's wonderful to see those machines buffed to a shine and in working order. Dordt in the sun is wonderful as well. Glad you enjoyed it. Shame about the inevitable shanty choir though. 😉
Yes, Dordt in Stoom is a great festival, recurring every other year (pandemics permitting). I was there in 2018 as a crew member on one of the steamboats. Then it was rather rainy. The yearly "Wereldhavendagen" in Rotterdam (first weekend of September) may feature some steam again. And there are these museum railways featuring steam. Obviously, you can "preview" everything here on UA-cam. Steam does look romantic, but keeping steam alive also gives opportunities to show the efforts and the sacrifices. You may get impressions from ua-cam.com/video/vG7-fkqKdwI/v-deo.html (Dutch spoken, me being a fireman (stoker): just going to top up the coal is a day trip, and the fire is started the day before. Dordrecht may be an interesting town for other reasons. It was surpassed as a sea port by Rotterdam in the 19th century, and there may be a direct link to the Pilgrim Fathers.
Nice you took the waterbus there as the weather was nice to do so, hope you enjoyed the ride to Dordrecht as via the water the view gives a whole different perspective of the area. My dad did the same, taking the waterbus to the Festival together with my 4 year old nephew, they also really enjoyed seeing all the steam engines, vehicles and for my nephew to take some kids rides.
Very entertaining video, thanks. I did not know this festival existed. How lucky that the weather was so nice. My wife and I once visited Dordrecht and it's Dordrechts Museum: beautiful, with amazing paintings, of course many with views of the rivers and the boats on it. Definitely worth a visit. As Marleen Honcoop mentioned in her comment a very historical city indeed. It's tactical position along the rivers greatly contributed to that, which is also explained in the museum.
Did you already took the waterbus? It goes from rotterdam to dordrecht, kinderdijk and alblasserdam, with regular stops on his way..and like a real dutchie, i reccomend "de dagkaart"
all done by hundreds of volunteers. some spend 20 to 30 hours a week to make it possible. Dordrecht once was direct to the sea, can you imagine? it is the oldest city of south Holland.
I was there too, on the Sunday.. Did the full round with the historical buses, the boats and the steam train. I had a lot of fun and I am already looking forward to the next (2024, it's bi-annual) edition.
Nice to see that you came to visit Dordrecht! I live there and it is indeed a very beautiful city. Wanna have another walk around town and see more of it? Send me a message! Love you channel! Peter
nice to see that you enjoyed your stay in Dordrecht. I've been there once too. Too bad you missed the steam train. But in two years there is another chance to see it.
Hi Meme! Everywhere was crowded! Even on the water bus going from Rotterdam to Dordrecht! Everyone was well behaved, which made for a more enjoyable experience💕
Great festival there in Dordrecht. Very interesting to see 👍 They call Dordrecht the”most Italian city of The Netherlands. Did you notice some Italian vibes there?
Probably the most protestant city of the Netherlands an Italian vibe? Interesting. I don't believe I've actually ever been there and get the impression it's a hidden gem. Northern Renaissance maybe?
I have never heard of Dordrecht in relation with Italy. On the other hand, Amsterdam is among the places called "the Venice of the North", and in the 19th century had an influx of ice makers, chimney sweeps and terrazzo craftsmen from Italy. (Forgive me for being unable to point to the specific regions (states, back then.)
@@chrislaarman7532 Flanders and the Netherlands were the centre of the Northern Renaissance, which followed the renaissance in Italy. But especially after the reformation the protestant North got much more restrained and less exuberant than for example the Flemish architecture from shortly before which was still very much catholic. So I wonder from when this Italian vibe is.
Nice to see that you enjoy all the different aspects of our country. For a deeper dive in the connection between our country The Netherlands and the USA i have a challenge for you. You know the history of New York. It started as Nieuw Amsterdam and Peter Stuyvesant sold it to the British. But do you know something abouth : De acte van verlathinge? In 1581 the rebels in Holland declared themself independ from Spain with this document. The original document is displayed in Het rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Parts of the tekst of this document is used in the Declaration of independence in 1776 in your country. One of the many reasons to go to Amsterdam and visit Het Rijksmuseum. Can you see De Nachtwacht van Rembrandt van Rijn. You absolutely know the Pilgrim Fathers. But did you know they lived in Holland from 1609 till 1620. In the city Leiden. In 1620 the left for Southampton from Delfshaven ( now a part of Rotterdam) to transfer to the Mayflower. The rest is history.
Do you know what a "Stoomgemaal" is? Check nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemaal_De_Cruquius or the largest in the world and still active ( 1 x per year) nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ir._D.F._Woudagemaal. Sorry but these Wiki-page are in Dutch.
Better to travel by water Dordrecht is a island surrounded by rivers and from Rotterdam easy to reach with the Waterbus..it stops close to my house! Hope you had a good time!
And thank you for visiting my hometown 🌹
Really nice to see this video !
I was in Dordrecht a few
years ago and realized that there was a lot from the fifteenhundreds stil standing there.
Never knew.
Most Dutch people don't
know that Dordt is a very historic place ; at least what is left of it.
Nice you found out !🌹⭐️
Best thing, you found the Dutch public transport. All corners of the country (Den Helder/Texel, Groningen, Maastricht, Vlissingen) can be done in a day-trip. And you're in R'dam ... Flemish places like Antwerpen, Brugge ... or foreign Brussels, Paris aren't far away by train. Considering the current self-inflected EU energy debacle, it's the right time to profit off this luxury before we go back to coal and steam.
Nice to see you probably got your first guest for the "rijsttafel" episode (this Indiana person), now you only need an Indonesian to explain all the dishes, haha ...
There is so much to do and to see in the Netherlands, i love your video's so i hope to see you 2 back soon.
I had a great time!! Thanks SO much for your hospitality, and for taking me along! It was truly amazing weather too! The food was delicious, and the historic hidden pathways were so fun to explore!🥰
Dordrecht is a very historical town. If you go again it’s nice to do a (guided) city tour. You can learn a lot about Dutch history. And see the beautiful buildings.
For me it was good to see a little bit of the region I grew up.
Hello Marleen! Thank you so much for watching us! Dordrecht is such a beautiful city!
Although it was absolutely worth it and astonishing, there is one thing for me to mention...: You guys tend to hang around just in the Rotterdam area, while The Rotterdam area does not represent the Netherlands...and so you guys basically have seen just an only the Rotterdam area so far. It's like visiting the USA and just and only stay in and around San Fransisco... I mean, been there done that, but San Fransisco was just one of the towns I visited... So I really am waiting for you guys to explore the northern part of Zuid-Holland, Noord-Holland, Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe, Overijssel, Gelderland Flevoland, Utrecht (not just the town) Brabant, Limburg and Zeeland !
I'd say: The Grand Rotterdam Area is covered now ;-) so...Next !
Hey that's close to where I live. I absolutely love Dordrecht! 🥰
Hi Eric and Tammy, I am enjoying and following all of your footage. So, about festivals and if you love jazz music with free enterance you shoud go Jazz in Duketown in s Hertogenbosch. It start on June 3rd till 6th. Its all free. If you want to see some footage just look on UA-cam and visit those 3days.
I live in Tilburg and we have in july 19 the biggest kermis (english ?) of Europa. This is for 10 days.
Hahaha, happy rhyme 😁
another great video with a lot of fun and the lovely Diane to tag along. 👍🏼
It is just so relaxing to me to look at boats drifting along. I could just sit in the sun and watch for hours (I don't know why...)
And with that being said.... 😏😉
Keep taking us viewers on fun trips and greetings from the other side of the country 🙋🏽♂️👍🏼🇳🇱👋🏽
The choir at 2:40 😀 they sang a beautiful song.
Wow that was great to watch. Lovely you all had such a great day. It looked amazing and the sun was out to. I am getting so much more to see from the country a live in through your video's it's amazing. Thanks for that. You two are so good together love the fun you have. Always looking forward to your next video. Enjoy. 😃👍
Awesome, i am from Dordrecht.. Dordt in Stoom is the biggest event in Dordrecht. It gets crowded, but its fun to just take it all in. Normaly its not that crowded .
Fun fact Dordrecht is the oldest city of Holland ( not Netherlands) .. it was the first city that was givven the right to call itself a city ( stadsrecht witch means city rights )
I just have to love Dordt In Stoom ... it is so much fun for everyone!
Glad you guys liked it as well, great video 🎬👍
It wasn't shown in the video but did you also go on the steam train?
If not check out some other video's here on youtube👍
Dordt in Stoom is great! I live in Dordrecht and it is a wonderful city. I would have loved to meet you! I love watching your videos. I am American by birth and moved to the Netherlands when I was 8. So I am a Dutchie now but love to hear your opinions on Dutch stuff. Keep up the good work on your fun videos!
Hi,i'm following an other YT-channel(living life digital),and they also went there😂. the are also from the USA . so funny . love the video and waiting for the next one.
Hi Dark Lady! We watched their video as well!! It looks like they enjoyed the festival as much as we did!!💕. Thank you so much for your continued support💕
Wow cool, just watched 'Living Life Digital', also Americans living in the Netherlands, and they just released a video of this same event. So cool!
Hi Vincenzo! We watched their video as well! Looks like they had a great time as well!!
Stoomboten are magical, without sound of engines exploding you experience the peaxefull blessing of steam, water and wind. Your video brought back nice nostalgic memories of the first and only time I experienced sailing on a steamboot in the harbour of Deventer 50 years ago. Thanks for bringing back thay nemory with your video. 🙂👍
Haarlem is also a lovely old city to visit
If you want you can go to delfshaven, its where the Mayflower left fore porthsmouth and from there you know its history.
Any excuse for a festival ! 💕🌷
what a lovely people! im happy they are enjoying it here so much! we are happy to have u
Enjoying your video’s very much! You both seems lovely people. Makes me appreciate my own country even more and also learning new things about my own country. Looking forward to the next. Thanks!❤️
Seeing my own country through your eyes, I feel re-acqainted with all the beauty, luxury and just....well organized things here in NL. And you guys are awesome! You should come visit WIldlands adventure zoo here in Emmen :-)
Hi SwirlingSoul! This country is gorgeous!! Thank you very much for watching us and for your kind words!!😊
@@SoultoSoulTravels We dutchies love to complain. It's almost like it's SO good here, that complaining itself is just about the only thing we can do to throw in some negative. And I think we mostly complain about the weather hahahaha :-) But thank you for sharing your experiences with us, it sure makes for good entertainment. There was one more thing I noticed, you've Duchified already. You're so much more relaxed and having more fun while talking and interacting.... You feel a lot Dutchier ;-))
What a cool festival! I am going to mark that in my calendar and will definitely go next year! Thanks for sharing!
It is being held once every two years so you will have to wait till 2024 for the next one I am affraid. (part of the reason it was very crowded this year is because the 2020 edition was cancelled due to Covid)
Another great adventure!! Such a beautiful day! SUPER INTERESTING! Thank you!
Steam is magic. It's wonderful to see those machines buffed to a shine and in working order. Dordt in the sun is wonderful as well. Glad you enjoyed it.
Shame about the inevitable shanty choir though. 😉
Thanks for taking me back to my birth homeland
Hi Adriana! Thank YOU for watching us!!😊
Alway look to those hidden alleyways. You'll never be disappointed.
Hi Paul! We agree - they are awesome!😊
I love all that stuff. Steam whistles are hypnotizing. You guys are living the life.
Hi Angelo! They are hypnotizing! Thank you so much for your continued support😊
Was fun again to see you two (three) 😁stroll on yet another festival here in The Netherlands, and so many more to come to explore🥰
Hi Nimwey! It was fun!😊
In July we have the Big Rivers music festival in Dordrecht. Also worth a visit!
Thanks we’ll be checking that out for sure!
Yes, Dordt in Stoom is a great festival, recurring every other year (pandemics permitting). I was there in 2018 as a crew member on one of the steamboats. Then it was rather rainy. The yearly "Wereldhavendagen" in Rotterdam (first weekend of September) may feature some steam again. And there are these museum railways featuring steam. Obviously, you can "preview" everything here on UA-cam.
Steam does look romantic, but keeping steam alive also gives opportunities to show the efforts and the sacrifices. You may get impressions from ua-cam.com/video/vG7-fkqKdwI/v-deo.html (Dutch spoken, me being a fireman (stoker): just going to top up the coal is a day trip, and the fire is started the day before.
Dordrecht may be an interesting town for other reasons. It was surpassed as a sea port by Rotterdam in the 19th century, and there may be a direct link to the Pilgrim Fathers.
Love your videos! I'm now waiting for your visit to Rotterdam "Wereldhavendagen", which is from September 2-4 2022.
Again a very nice video go on with this good stuff i like it.
Greets from a Dutchy.
Aww, thank you so much, regejade😊
Nice you took the waterbus there as the weather was nice to do so, hope you enjoyed the ride to Dordrecht as via the water the view gives a whole different perspective of the area.
My dad did the same, taking the waterbus to the Festival together with my 4 year old nephew, they also really enjoyed seeing all the steam engines, vehicles and for my nephew to take some kids rides.
Are you planning to go to the Efteling? It's a theme park in the South of the Netherlands. Would love to see a vlog about your experience.
Hi Rob! We are planning to visit closer to the winter holidays! My hope is that it will be decorated for Christmas…💕
It will be ! They have (had?) special winter themes.
Efteling is both old and new, marvellous!
Very entertaining video, thanks. I did not know this festival existed. How lucky that the weather was so nice. My wife and I once visited Dordrecht and it's Dordrechts Museum: beautiful, with amazing paintings, of course many with views of the rivers and the boats on it. Definitely worth a visit. As Marleen Honcoop mentioned in her comment a very historical city indeed. It's tactical position along the rivers greatly contributed to that, which is also explained in the museum.
Hi Jurgen! Thank you very much for watching us! Next time we are there, we will have to visit the museum! 😊
@@SoultoSoulTravels Thanks for your kind reaction.
Harstikke leuk 😊🚢⛵🌷
That looked like a lot of fun, Dordrecht is a petty little place, thanks for showing us.
Hi Bitty! We agree - Dordrecht is such a pretty little place!!🤩.
Did you already took the waterbus? It goes from rotterdam to dordrecht, kinderdijk and alblasserdam, with regular stops on his way..and like a real dutchie, i reccomend "de dagkaart"
So nice to see you visiting my hometown! Come again and be sure to buy a paardenworst,slightly controversial local sausage but soooo good!
Hi Joost! Thank you so much for watching us!!😊 It may be quite a while before we are ready to try paardenworst🐴
Beautiful footage; enjoyed the close ups of the machines. Thanks for taking us on a day out 🌷🌷🌷🌷
Hi Ingrid! Thank you so much for watching us!😊
all done by hundreds of volunteers. some spend 20 to 30 hours a week to make it possible. Dordrecht once was direct to the sea, can you imagine? it is the oldest city of south Holland.
I was there too, on the Sunday.. Did the full round with the historical buses, the boats and the steam train. I had a lot of fun and I am already looking forward to the next (2024, it's bi-annual) edition.
Hi Richard! Very nice! Next time we will definitely do the train, buses and boats!! 😊
Nice to see that you came to visit Dordrecht! I live there and it is indeed a very beautiful city. Wanna have another walk around town and see more of it? Send me a message! Love you channel! Peter
Hi Peter! Thank you so much for watching us!!😊 We appreciate it!
nice to see that you enjoyed your stay in Dordrecht.
I've been there once too.
Too bad you missed the steam train.
But in two years there is another chance to see it.
That steam train is actually right around their corner in the Rotterdam railway museum (Stoomstichting Rotterdam).
Another great festival to visit! Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Joyce! Thank YOU for watching😊. It was a great day!
Glad You went there I give you that tip to go too. I was happy you went. thanks for the great video.
Thank you for the suggestion Ria! It was a great day!!🤩
@@SoultoSoulTravels Thank You, my husband is a trainspotter from he was a litle boy, so we went many times to suche event .
Enjoyed it !! 👍🏻
You were in my hometown :-) Did you do the 'Stoomrondje' ? So a trip by boat, old-timer bus and steam train?
We thought About going, but in the end we had stuff to do at home. Was worried about the crowds as well.
Hi Meme! Everywhere was crowded! Even on the water bus going from Rotterdam to Dordrecht! Everyone was well behaved, which made for a more enjoyable experience💕
Great festival there in Dordrecht. Very interesting to see 👍 They call Dordrecht the”most Italian city of The Netherlands. Did you notice some Italian vibes there?
Probably the most protestant city of the Netherlands an Italian vibe? Interesting. I don't believe I've actually ever been there and get the impression it's a hidden gem. Northern Renaissance maybe?
@@DenUitvreter it is about architecture and canals, not about religion 😉
I have never heard of Dordrecht in relation with Italy. On the other hand, Amsterdam is among the places called "the Venice of the North", and in the 19th century had an influx of ice makers, chimney sweeps and terrazzo craftsmen from Italy. (Forgive me for being unable to point to the specific regions (states, back then.)
m.ua-cam.com/video/hLB7q9ByVQI/v-deo.html
@@chrislaarman7532 Flanders and the Netherlands were the centre of the Northern Renaissance, which followed the renaissance in Italy. But especially after the reformation the protestant North got much more restrained and less exuberant than for example the Flemish architecture from shortly before which was still very much catholic. So I wonder from when this Italian vibe is.
Nice to see that you enjoy all the different aspects of our country. For a deeper dive in the connection between our country The Netherlands and the USA i have a challenge for you. You know the history of New York. It started as Nieuw Amsterdam and Peter Stuyvesant sold it to the British. But do you know something abouth : De acte van verlathinge? In 1581 the rebels in Holland declared themself independ from Spain with this document. The original document is displayed in Het rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Parts of the tekst of this document is used in the Declaration of independence in 1776 in your country. One of the many reasons to go to Amsterdam and visit Het Rijksmuseum. Can you see De Nachtwacht van Rembrandt van Rijn. You absolutely know the Pilgrim Fathers. But did you know they lived in Holland from 1609 till 1620. In the city Leiden. In 1620 the left for Southampton from Delfshaven ( now a part of Rotterdam) to transfer to the Mayflower. The rest is history.
Hi Oscar! Thank you for the great history lesson🤩! Also, thank you so much for watching us😊
There is a saying in Rotterdam: hoe dichter bij Dort, de rotter het wordt. (the closer to Dordrecht, the worst it get)
In Dordrecht they made som important decisions on the protestant religion.
🙋♀️🌹
Do you know what a "Stoomgemaal" is?
Check nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemaal_De_Cruquius or the largest in the world and still active ( 1 x per year) nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ir._D.F._Woudagemaal.
Sorry but these Wiki-page are in Dutch.