Are Dutch People Really that Rude?

On this week's episode of Dutch Mythbusters, it's time to debunk a stereotype that international students in the Netherlands might have about Dutch people: are Dutch people rude, or are they just direct? Let's watch and see what our students think!
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[@gavinsimms1909]

"There are only two things I can't stand in this world: People who are intolerant of other people's cultures, and the Dutch"

[@rohandigvijay7150]

I was an expat there for around 5 years . Here is my take -

[@PolaOpposite]

I'm a New Yorker, I went to the Netherlands and I was told I was being rude. Seems to me the Dutch want it both ways.

[@solce5720]

I lived there for almost 2 years because of work i noticed that it is very very hard to make friends there

[@chetyoubetya8565]

No one expects you to make up a story but interacting with a person should not be the same way a person acts when the were a 5 yrs old.Children in most culture are the ones that have no filter.Adults choose the ways they are. The whole it's our culture is just the justifier and rubbish.

[@val-schaeffer1117]

DIRECT is the polite way of calling RUDE.

[@A.Musa76]

Never had an issue when I was there back in the late 90s. But I just encounter one on social media he was like 15years maybe 20 years younger then me. very disrespectful attacking me for no reason when something that I disagree with. Im sorry but you never attack verbal with someone allot older then you. Have some respect.

[@ronnie9187]

I wouldn't say it is the Dutch vs the rest of the world. You have countries that are more indirect like England, Belgien or Switzerland (where I live) but there are other countries as well that are as direct as the Dutch like Israel or many parts of Germany (in Berlin are very direct) or russians. Somethimes I think it is very good to be direct like in business situations but on other occassions a polite more indirect approach is better like in private sensitive situations where compassion is more requested than you ventilating your opinion.

[@clovetea]

They are rude, point blank.

[@johnroekoek9864]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I heard in Suriname it's very polite to order like this: Coffee.

[@tye81]

Rude and arrogant. Shame because it’s quite a beautiful place. I’m never going back

[@maartjewaterman1193]

My parents were on a camping trip in Luxembourg and as a luxery for them in these days they took a big piece of cheese with them. Every morning when they were about to have breakfast the same German lady came along, took a knife and cut off a big chunk, and before putting it in her mouth saying: "Ah, Dutch cheese, ever so tasty". I don't know but now that's what I call being rude.

[@glenda917]

The Dutch are the Dutch, I lived there, you get used to their ways. If your sensitive like I was you can take them as rude , but they are not.

[@boxie001]

most of the people that are old now invented that way of talking to old people :)

[@MrRealAmericanvalues]

Yes. Dutch are rude. They write constant articles and pat themselves on the back about directness. It’s exhausting, they’ve created a whole sub category of rude as a cultural aptitude and it’s so lame. Most countries and cultures do not do this.

[@TheEvertw]

Whether an action is rude or not is determined by culture and customs. It is VERY rude of tourists to the Netherlands to think the Dutch are rude, just because they do not understand our culture. OTOH, if a Dutch person abroad offends somebody for the same reason, he/she is definitely not rude.