Reaction To The Don'ts of The Netherlands
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- Reaction To The Don'ts of The Netherlands
This is my reaction to The Don'ts of The Netherlands
In this video I react to Dutch culture and Netherlands travel by looking at the things you should not do in the Netherlands.
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Here is another Don't: Don't be afraid of asking the police for directions or another way of help. The police are friendly and polite people who are willing to help you. Unlike some countries where the police can be harsh and jerks sometimes, this is not the case in Netherlands.
This is a good one. It is even one of the official tasks of the Dutch police. And I don't mean literally giving directions when asked, but giving service as whole. Dutch police slogan is: vigilant and subservient (waakzaam en dienstbaar).
Dark liquorice and herring is big in The Netherlands, most tourists dont like it. Some dont even try those. Dark liquorice is called Drop in the Netherlands.
Dutch drivers are better aware of people on a bike because they also are cyclists.
You can change tourism. I've seen it happen in the small city of Valkenburg in the province (not county) of Limburg. In the eighties the town was swarmed with drunk youngsters every summer. Riots, vandalism, fights with the law, the full monty. Chaos and anarchy.
So the town decided to go for a new tourist. Middle aged, kids, elderly, wealthy. And it worked. I haven't heard of a riot in Valkenburg for 30 years.
Cycling in the Netherlands is a legitimate mode of transport. It's therefore equal to cars in that respect. In most other countries it's more of a hobby or exercise thing and treated that way by bullies. The infrastructure in NL is also designed for cycling, emphasising it's importance in society. As said, almost all drivers also cycle.
Yeah, this guy’s so right about Amsterdam. Half of my family’s from there, and I’ve been there about 100 times, but it does not feel like home at all. But, though it’s different, it’s a really, really cool and beautiful city.
Also, the drink gin comes from Amsterdam: jenever. There are a few small shops where you can taste it, very ‘Amsterdams’.
I'm from the north of the Netherlands and I went to Amsterdam last year. It's so packed with tourists I don't even feel like I'm in the Netherlands there!
If you want to visit the Netherlands without too many tourists go to Utrecht. Stunning city with beautiful buildings, churches etc. and has a lot of canals.
When it's warm I would reccomend a visit to our islands. ecpecially Schiermonniksoog. huge beaches and gorgeus nature!
Most important.....Rent a bike when you want to explore a city!
nemo is a fun museum in Amsterdam that i rarely hear people mention. it has a bunch of different practical science stuff that you can do and is definetely something to consider if you have kids but it can also be fun if you are interested in science experiments
Try Indonesian and Surinamese foods, it's very good...
About cash: I don't even remember the last time I used cash here. There might be some vending machines left taking coins, but many use bankcards (as well?).
You have to pay for going to the toilets here. these days you can even pay with your card but keep some coins for that to be sertain.
As someone from Brabant I'd have to agree... Saying I'm from Holland is kinda offensive and the comparison to Scotland and England is kinda true aswel. We usually don't like it. We are from the Netherlands and to specify the most amazing province of all, Brabant JONGUH. 😂
I would recommend the 'open lucht museum' in Arnhem for tourists that have an interest in history. Lots of craftsmanship from the middleages are demonstrated live.
Also take a look at the old Zuiderzee villages. Such as Bunschoten-Spakenburg, a place on the old Zuiderzee near Amersfoort. And the river "de Eem". Now the newest province or Flevoland lies in front of our port. And that was also a change in life in Bunschoten-Spakenburg. The salt water became Fresh water. No more Herring and anchovies. But the resilience of my village is amazing! Now there are fish and bread stalls throughout the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. We have more than 320 fish stalls throughout the Netherlands alone. Greetings from Bunschoten-Spakenburg, the Netherlands.
What a fun video, you got a new subscriber as a Dutch person😂
About the restaurants, most people here find the American style of waiting annoying and stressful. You dont want someone coming over to your table every five minutes to ask if you need anything, disrupting your meal and conversation. Just wait for staff to walk by your table, and then wave at them if you want to order anything.
Its considered classy, when you sit down in a restaurant, to order a drink first and just talk for about half an hour before ordering, and then it will take some time to prepare the meal, so usually you wont get a plate in front of you for 45-60 minutes. You can always get some bread and garlic butter as an appetizer, sometimes its free, sometimes they charge you like 3-5 euro for it.
We also pay our staff above minimum wage, so restaurants will have less employees per customer, and they will be very busy most of the time. I worked at a bar for a bit and it is hard work to keep 50 people's glasses full with a staff of 3 or 4 people.
A tip; you can just ask for a glass of tap water and its usually free. If youre already spending money on a meal and several other drinks, they wont mind. Bottled water can be quite expensive, its a bit of a rip-off. If you order a whole bottle of wine you usually get a bottle of water for free as well and it costs less than ordering single glasses for a whole party.
I see so many video's which include Dutch people don't like The Netherlands being called Holland, we honestly don't care we call it Holland ourselves as well, like 1 of our popular TV programs "Ik hou van Holland" (I love Holland) just to name 1 example.
Well I think it depends on where you are from. I don't call it Holland and I don't like to be called a Hollander or from Holland. And I think more people from Groningen, Friesland an Limburg feel that way.
the hague has some very good museums too. kunstmuseum is very good and museon is right next door.
there is also Gevangenpoort, that shows how prisoners were treated centuries ago.
my absolute favorite of them all is the Escher Museum
oh please dont say that, lets not invite hordes of idiots. clever people can find us anyways!
And when you go to Spakenburg and Bunschoten, also visit the center of Amersfoort, very medieval. There are 3 medieval gates. The Koppelpoort is the most spectacular. Just check it on Wikipedia. Although my favorite one is Monnikendam. Both are water gates.
And try speculaas when you’re here again. It’s a bit like gingerbread. And take the cheapest one, they are the best.
Suikerbrood (sugarbread) from Friesland (Fryslan) (Province in the North-west of the Netherlands).
Well there is one thing here in the Netherlands that I haven't seen in any other country. The Batavia Werf. (The Batavia Wharf) is a place were they build ships as was done during the 17th century. Using only techniques and tools that were available back then. They finished the trade ship Batavia which is now docked near it. And currently they are building the Flagship of De Ruiter named the Seven Provinces .
Theres a lot of museums. Some nice ones in Leiden such as the museum of antiquities. The Kroller Moller museum for modern art is located in a pretty rural forested area in the center of the country, you can rent a bike at the train station and go for a ride there. Delft has the Prinsenhof museum located in the building where William of Orange lived and was assassinated.
And nearly every city has museums with art from local famous artists and painters.
Many churches are also absolutely beautiful and are often open to the public on several days a week, so visit the church on the town square wherever you go. As well as the old town halls and other historical buildings, many are open for free or a small fee of a couple euro.
3:11 I agree with that. especially descending those stairs freaks me out. 18 to 24 steps per floor ( _yes, it's almost as steep as a ladder_ ) and those tiny landings make me envision an involuntary-quick-descent every time I need to go down one of these.
But they are only in old houses, not the newer ones. He makes it look like that they are everywhere.
Personally I think the Zuiderzeemuseum in Enkhuizen, and Archeon Museumpark in Alphen aan den Rijn are pretty decent museums/parks Although I'm not 100% if they have translated tours yet...
They're both kind of hands-on museums about the history of how some dutch people used to live and work.
Do not forget to check out the beautiful Dutch country side.
E.g. between Amsterdam and Utrecht along the small river De Vecht. Especially in Spring or Summer time when flowers and trees are blooming and farm meadows are full of cows. Take a rental bike trip from Breukelen. This is quite different from cities as Amsterdam.
Has anyone mentioned Kroller-Müller yet? Second biggest Van Gogh collection in the Netherlands and also the rest of the world
Bunschoten-Spakenburg is also located in the tip of the province of Utrecht. Between North Holland and the province of Gelderland and the city of Nijkerk. With the newest province or Flevoland in front of it.
10:15..
those "wooden shoes" are actually called KLOMPEN.. * CLOGS *
As a tourist that stays longer than a few days and you want to eat good food, try the non dutch restaurants. We have colonial past like most euro countries. Meaning that we have some mean indonesian, suranamese kitchens. Newer import kitchens would be middle eastern foods like kebab. The foods are not made by dutch cooks that copy, but are made by the people from those countries, therefore authentic and really tasty (if you go to the right restaurant).
We Dutch don't have real spectaculare food, just some tasty snacks, patato dishes, and lots of fried food. Try those, they are good, but don't neglect the other restaurants.
i love your scottish accent mate...
i need to really open my ears but its fun, i love languages and accents / dialects..
Visit the Mauritshuis museum in the hague (girl with the pearl earring by Vermeer)
Almost every place has a mobile pin so you dont need cash for much, but if you want to buy fresh flowers or produce from a farmer, or visit a market on the town square, cash is still king! And its quite a bit cheaper than going to the grocery store.
I dont mind cashless shops and I understand why they do it with all the crime and robberies going on, but it is annoying if I pin 50 euro from an ATM to buy something with cash and then I cant spend the rest of it in some other places. Its still legal tender. They are legally obliged to accept it but the government doesnt enforce or change the law.
Dutch can be direct but they're seldom purpously rude. Asking why you are so fat is NOT considered normal. but If you ask 'do you think I'm fat?' you will get the truth most of the time. If you can't handle that....don't ask!
Most foreigners dont like our salty licorice and pickled herring. Other than that the reception seems to be pretty positive of all the candy and snacks and different meals. We do have some other stuff people find absolutely disgusting like pickled pig brains, or steer ball soup, but we generally dont recommend stuff like that to tourists, for obvious reasons. Its also considered a bit old-fashioned to eat those things but its making a bit of a comeback to use all the parts of the animal in cooking.
Oh and most people from other countries would take offense to our smoked horse meat but its really delicious and what are you gonna do with old horses otherwise?
Advise: If visiting museums make sure you book well in advance (with a time slot). p.e. For the Anne Frank house reservations should at least be made 3 months in advance.
Yeah, im from Groningen (in the northern part of the Netherlands) and i absolutely dont like it when people say that i am from Holland.. No, im not from that part of the Netherlands and no, i dont live in that tourists and expats filled shitstain of a city called Amsterdam, which most of the foreigners only know. Which is funny because most of them think they only have coffeeshops in Amsterdam while you can get your weed from all over the country in which the weed is even much better quality than the tourist stuff they sell in Amsterdam. And yes, there are more clubs than only Ajax... Ajax even lost last season from a amateurclub in the cup tournament, which was celebrated all over the country. Holland is also just the 2 provinces where the politics only put their interest in.
Blame the government.. And marketing..
You reason like a toddler.
Calling The Netherlands Holland wouldn't offend me, but I would judge your intelligence for it :>
If you want to go from Amsterdam to Bunschoten-Spakenburg. Take the train to Amersfoort and then bus line 176. To Bunschoten-Spakenburg Centrum.
No rush to order and no rush to pay. Our way to make you feel at ease. Are we strange?
5:25.. yes mate you need to try dutch deliciuosness... i think the fish dish, raw herring with onions, is what the tourists mostly dont like...
but you have to atleast try it once XD its rooted in our culture... i olso recomend all the other things that guy said..
kroket, frikandel, fries, stroopwaffel.. all those things are as tasty like an angel is pissing on your tounge lol ( dutch saying )
you wont regret, but like the dude said, dont just bite into it, let it cool off a little and then slowly enjoy...
i say slowly because if you rush your meal / food how can you enjoy it..?
hahahaha
Cyclists and pedestrians are protected. If you have an accident with them, you are almost always at fault
There are so much musea in the Netherlands. I heard one of the most in the World. I like the less famous ones. In Amsterdam I like the ¨ons lieve heer op solder¨. It is just where you are interested in. A lot of war musea. Ship musea. In Leiden you have a lot of musea. Den Haag also.
ons lieve heer op solder, is that the tiny 'secret' church?
@@dawatcherz yes. It is not big, but nice.
I agree. In Amsterdam drugs in relation to tourists is completely different in the other parts of the netherlands
Try to eat "drop" here. It's a licorice kind with lots of flavours
To be fair, we don't go to Amsterdam centre, and if we do, we know what to expect. Also call the Netherlands/Holland what you will. It doesn't matter either way. If people give you grief about it, they need a hobby.
The netherlands is mostly cash-less.
And I do love it
5:43 Eierebal, only in Groningen UNESCO heritage food
I like to pay cash, cashless shops I avoid, selfscan I also don't do. I am not an AH employee, not going to do their work. And cash keeps its value, and gives privacy.
Only in Amsterdam the cyclists own the road. Everywhere else is completely different 😂
If you come to the Netherlands visit whatever you want in Amsterdam but stay outside the city. It's cheaper and traveling to other city's is easy.
You can sing "hup Holland hup" tomorrow! 😂⚽️🧡
(Not sportsrelated: I prefer The Netherlands.🙏 )
It sounds better too
3:30..
yea in big cities like Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Utrecht and all..
the "drugs toerism"is getting out of control.. haha yea when the british get drunk and smoke a joint.. they get wierd hahaha like they own the place...
there is many nice and awesome tourists, but yes those who come here to just use drugs uncontrolably they are very enoying etc..
sometimes even dangerous.
8:40..
its going to be a long road to a cashless sociaty, but yea i think we eventually are going there...
mate if i hadn't seen this video i would have probably not even thought about it, but i,m a cash kinda guy, i dont trust banks XD
IDK, i just olso feel like if i,m only using my card i sometimes tend to forget howmuch i,m actually spending...
I'm Hollander!!! ⚓💪🏻
Lekker in de Randstad blijven!
Sterkte!!!
Ii'm Dutch, our parents always say about hot foot, EERST BLAZEN
plenty Dutch people call Holland HOLLAND,and not just Hollanders
I live in the Netherlands in Groningen ✌️🇳🇱
Calling it holland wouldnt offend me, but i most certainly would correct them
12:30...
yea sure go see the big cities.. get stoned out of your mind...
but when you've done that go travvel, see the country.. small towns and farms etc...
The Netherlands is way more beautifull outside the cities ;)
The tourists in Amsterdam are a hazard no matter where they are from. Getting drunk or high, falling into the canals, causing dangerous situations in the streets, getting mugged because theyre not paying attention. And the noise can get get pretty bad at night as well.
im from Limburg aka most southern part and we get offended if you call us holland. we have nothing to do with it and some of us kinda hate the part
Try surinaams food and indonisian food. It is good.
in the city it's more and more cashless, but in small villages you can see cash only places, mostly older people (50+) use cash here
Holland is just like the Netherlands.
But juuust a nik better.
Netherlands - Holland vs Scotland - England is a bad example. It's more like UK or GB - England, calling all people from the UK or GB english.
Try DROP (mannekepies) best candy ever
Driedubbel zoute Bisal drop is de beste
Most tourists are fine, but unfortunately there are tourists who think that Amsterdam is adult Disney land, instead of an actual city with people and children living in it.
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Well to be honest, Amsterdam got what it deserved. Always big mouthing how they were THE big city. GL & HF with the tourists. Having said that it is an extra bonus that Brexit is an extra barrier for the alcohol infused brittish tourist. And call a Dutch person a Hollander (meaning person from Holland) and dont be suprised to get rude remarks. And try mustard soup if you are in the Netherlands.
I just made mustard soup last week haha
Great "tips " from Wolters ! ..and YES we doe hate, that loud and dronk tourists !
... unless they themselves are loud and drunk tourists.
Cash has to stay. It is very important, also for our freedom. Don't think it is so easy, it is also about control. That is scary. Freedom of choice please Sorry but if you say to somebody why are you so fat? Thats not how we all talk, that is just rude. We may be direct but not like that. i can't believe it.
Drop
Licorice
I’m from Holland.
Ha.
Fokkers.
Don't go to amsterdam!! There are a lot far mor interesting places!!
Real Dutch people eat their snacks straight out of the fryer and drink their coffee at 80 degrees. Its a skill you can master. We call it having a lead pipe in your throat hahaha
And the best amateur football match of the world. IJsselmeervogels and Svspakenburg. Svspakenburg is champion 2nd division of session 23/24.
first: don't go to Amsterdam. Second skip the tourist shit,
first: Go to France? Skip Paris. To the UK? Skip London. Etc. etc. What a stupid remark!
Holland is fine for most people natiowide. It's what they yell at soccer matches.
no one gives a shit if you call it Holland or The Netherlands