A SECLUDED NUDIST BEACH IN AMELAND (friesland, the netherlands)
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
- In this episode, Michelle and Alex explore the Dutch Frisian Island that's known to have some of the best food (according to The Lonely Planet, at least): Ameland. On the back of a bike, they sightsee the beautiful farms, climb some sandy dunes, and head to the island's private nudist beach.
Episode 135 · Filmed on June 8 and 9, 2024 · Ameland, The Netherlands
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0:00 What are we doing today?
0:37 First, breakfast and snacks...
1:14 Our (atypical) bike route for today
1:43 Initial impressions of Ameland
2:24 Our first stop (Rixt van 't Oerd)
3:10 Biking to our second stop (Kooiplaats)
4:16 Do we regret renting ebikes for this?
4:46 Borrel (Groeten van Ameland)
6:45 Our third stop (Het Oerd) SO NICE!
8:27 On the walk to the nudist beach...
9:19 We made it to the beach!
9:57 Dinner (De Hekseketel)
10:40 Amelander mosterdsoep
10:57 Amelander meervalfilet (catfish)
12:28 Amsterdam onions IN A SALAD?!
13:15 Our morning routine in Ameland
13:39 Room tour (Van Heeckeren Hotel)
15:44 Wrap up
#netherlands #expatlife #ameland
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Fun fact, English ‘decoy’ comes from Dutch eendenkooi. Wooden or tame ducks were used to lure wild ones into the eendenkooi. They didn’t realize that the ‘een’ part of the word wasn’t an article so they dropped it and thus ‘eendenkooi’ -> ‘decoy’ with the meaning of ‘an object to deceive’ (like the wooden/tame duck was)
🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
you just blew our minds 😂
mind blown
Bedankt voor dit stukje etymologische informatie. 👍
Tof feitje. Dank :)
Eendekooi sounds like A Decoy, so it’s not that surprising.
I’ll wait for the uncensored version on Bunhub 😂 Great island, been there many times as a kid. Glad you enjoyed it. Op naar het volgende eiland!
Great moment to learn the Dutch proverb: "De soep wordt nooit zo heet gegeten als ze wordt opgediend"
but what does it mean 😅
@@buncharted the soup is never eaten as hot as it is served😜
Ok, probably not what you meant 😉. It means something like: things arent as bad as they look initially.
Nice to hear how people from abroad see Ameland. Hope you had a great stay!
4:00 That gate is always closed. The signs say it's private property but open to the public, and to please close the gate behind you. That said, I think it's still breeding season, in which case you're indeed not supposed to go in there.
Love your trip through Ameland. Van Heeckeren is really nice, we stayed there in our 'there is some covid so explore your own country' period. I defintely regretted nót getting the ebikes.
You must have past the Meerval farm, you can get Meerval Kibbeling over there!
Y'all have seen more of The Netherlands than the average Dutch person by now lol. I think we should at least reach 30k by this year btw!!!
haha when you wrote 50k originally i was like "hey, ok, but i think that's REALLY optimistic..." 😂
@@buncharted Hahaha true, honestly I expected the subscriber count to be higher somehow. 30 should be doable though 8-)
Jura koffiemachine in een hotelkamer is, eh, een verrassing. En dat is een understatement, gezien de prijs van de eenvoudigste, zo ongeveer vanaf € 560 tot 4500...... 😢
i was shocked - a pleasant surprise though! much better than the popular coffee pods
edit: i should respond in dutch 😅😅😅
het was een leuke verrassing! het is beter dan de populaire koffiepads
Mudflat walking - that sea is called after it. "Wadden" are a stretch of sea where you can "wade" (verb, in Dutch: "waden"). It continues along the NW German coast to Denmark, but the wading opportunities may vary.
that wasn't a ship, it's a natural gas drilling rig.
Nude beaches are great. Friendly people, and less of a crowd than "regular" ones.
Sadly I can't cycle far enough to enjoy Ameland (disability) or I'd love to visit there.
Mooie impressie van Ameland; ik hou van deze eilanden; i love these islands :)
wij ook 🥰
Haha, another patatje Joppie Lays Max fan! I love the wide angles of the landscape. You both seem happy. 😊
In my experience, when someone says it's too "fishy", it means it's not very fresh.
Heel fijn dat deze trip geslaagd was na het winderige Terschellingavontuur!
De Waddeneilanden zijn allemaal schitterend 🤗. Elk met hun eigen karakter en uiterlijk, alsof het de neefjes en nichtjes van Nederland zelf zijn.
Leuk om te zien en horen hoe gewend jullie al zijn in Nederland. De uitspraak gaat al zo goed. Volgens mij bestaat jullie DNA al voor 23% uit Nederland 😂
Er vanuit gaande dat de meeste lichaamscellen zich continue vernieuwen zou je wel eens gelijk kunnen hebben dat ze ondertussen minstens een kwart 'dutch build' dna hebben.😂
Been there once with schoolcamp in a kampeerboerderij somewhere in Buren I believe. Very oldschool… when bike was a word that only existed with a ‘B’ as it’s first letter. Biking away from our hometown over 30 km’s to Holwerd, with close to thirty 11-12 year olds and some teachers. With a lot of wind, not that great/safe bicycle infrastructure yet and bagagedragers packed with luggage 😅 Good memories though ☺️
En nu op naar Vlieland!!
Meerval and catfish is the same.
I always enjoy your outings. Dutch living in Indiana.
haha yeah, but it's not katvis! (literally "catfish" in dutch)
Top video. Ik heb genoten.
Saw this pop up, clicked immediately.
Not because of the thumbnail mind you, I was expecting some Alex cheekage, some of them fuzzy witte bolletjes you know.
Slightly disappointed now.
Been to Ameland once as a teen, all I could really remember from the video was Het Oerd and the beacon.
There was a lighthouse somewhere too called "Bornrif" or simply Amelander Vuurtoren.
We stayed at this youth hostel place just outside one of the more touristy cities (probably Nes considering the name rung a bell)
Ameland is actually the most ‘reserved’ of the Waddeneilanden in terms of nudism. On Vlieland, for example, nudity is allowed on all beaches around the island (except for a small section between paal 50 and 51, which is directly in front of the beach hotel). Terschelling is also an island where nudity is allowed on all beaches. Although it is not always appreciated by tourists. But it is normal to see the local people take a skinny dip in the early morning, before work or school.
Ameland is absolutely great. We always go at least two times a year. Its like our second home, while still being on holiday.
Great video, enjoyed that alot.
The most shocking scene was how the cheese was added to the croissant 😂 thank you for sharing your trip and the ribbelchips came in handy😅
hahaha i know
i was like WHAT ARE YOU DOING
@@buncharted murdering both cheese and croissant and ending up with a dry crumbly croissant and a breaking slice of cheese?
Catfish = Meerval ('Moretrap' hahaha)
So cool! Immediately when you guys mentioned De Heksenketel, I thought about the catfish and mustardsoep I had the first time I ate there (soup as a pre-course then). And especially the catfish I have since then never had as good as that first time. Baked with slices of apricot, ginger and almonds. So good. And the mosterdsoep I eat at every restaurant on the island whenever available.
yes! it was so good
Ow and I see that they still serve the catfish with ginger, nice. But apricot replaced by peaches, which sounds also nice.
The star of the show definitely is that Lays MAX-plastic bag! lol
You guys beat me... As a Dutchie I have never been to Ameland... Greetz from Amsterdam xxx
Great one again. ❤❤
Nice video...as always 👍❤️
If you like "fishy" fish, I would suggest getting some canned cod liver or haddock liver on oil and put that on some buttered toast.
12:54
A: "... and that's an amateur move..."
M: "... (long pause, points finger) ... no... it's an intermediate move..."
Hilarious
Looked like a normal silver onion(i could be wrong), Amsterdam onions are more yellow due to the added spices and saffron i think.
Both are yum tho, especially an Amsterdam onion with jong or jong/belegen cube of gouda cheese.
Little aquarium cat fish are also great to look at, They've got such great personalities. Like, my two bristlenose catfish Peppi & Kokki either hang from the glass, munch on wood of freak each other out. My bandit corydoras have such a fun way of moving about and they are a true cory gang. My new school of pygmy corydoras are too cute for words and my otocinclus just like to chill.
Ow no.. there’s a reals difference between how fresh fish is versus not so fresh anymore. As a former ‘i dont like fishy fish’ person i had to learn theres a world of difference between a recently caught fresh fish and supermarket or dingy restaurant salmon. I basicly only had runins with dicy on the freshness scale. But then i went to a good restaurant and i had fish that changed my palet and knowledge forever. I frequently eat fish now thats much better than any meat i ever had!
Loved your video! Reminds us to go to Ameland again.
About the coffee machine: It is a Jura, Swiss made. And the Swiss do not particularly mess up things, whether it is chocolate or machines. Jura manufactures the best coffee machines in the world. We have one. But it takes a little effort: adding water, remove coffee residual and water and feed new beans. I would never recommend it for a hotel.
Oh, and 'droge worst' comes over from all of Europe. Italian and Spanish ar among the best. Whenever you might visit Rotterdam and the Markthal again: there is a specialised store in 'droge worst'. Many flavours, and I think 3 for EUR 10.
Nice vlog of Ameland never been there myself while being dutch.
Great to see how easy and relax you guys are on that nudist beach, would never dare it myself haha
The Jura cannot make real espresso (Italian style) but can make a mean lungo. Depending on the beans you feed it.
The "flushing" is not to get rid of water but to remove stale coffee residuals from its pipes.
You only need a tall cup under it to collect the shut-down flush and the start-up flush.
I run serious barista kit at home but have lived with this machine's ancestor in the 1980s.
It would "tamp" the grind and "pre-infuse" the dry puck. It needed preventive maintenance that made TCO high, though. Barista kit is not better at that, but can be much more expensive.
For a hotel room, this is luxury indeed.
There's no need to hate the coffee machine. Put a mug under the coffee tap, switch on. If it's done with the startup cycle, remove the mug and make your coffee. Than put the mug back and either switch off or let it on till it auto switches off. What remains is just love for the coffee machine that makes the best tasting coffee (acc. all tests), and a mug you have to empty once a day 😉
haha i’m just surprised there wasn’t a note about it somewhere near it - the first time it happened i was like AHH
The longest people in the world don't play Mini Golf, we play Midgetgolf! 🤪
By the way, those aren't Amsterdam Onions, those are Silver Onions (Zilveruitjes). Amsterdam Onions are yellow and most of the time a little bit bigger! 😁✌🏼
ahhh i thought they were the same thing. good catch!
haha was thinking the same thing. Amsterdamsche uitjes are yellow because they use saffron in the pickling process
As a native born someone from Haarlem (near Amsterdam) visit Haarlem for some special architecture and restaurants. I can recommend restaurants like De Kale Pater or Napoli (Italian kitchen but realy reaaaaallllyyy good). Haarlem is very close to Zandvoort which is close by the sea and it's also near the dunes for great cycling routes =)
Welcome in Friesland. Greetings from Witmarsum...
That's not a Beatles album. Lol,
Thanks for the tour of Ameland. I've actually never explored northern Netherlands.
haha well, it sort of is
guess it’s a cover album
At: 0:04 I think it’s called "on" Ameland, because it is an island. Like on Texel, on Urk and on Staten Island (New York) 🤔
Right, now I have a question: Boarding an aircraft in the USA is normally called as ON an aircraft. I honestly hope I would fly IN an aircraft, not on one.
We've been to Ameland several times but I never knew that it had a nude beach, not that this is of particular interest to me. We always stayed on a camping called 'Klein Vaarwater' and went to the beach with our two sons that was on walking distance.
Hot Soup? You know the dutch saying "De soep wordt niet zo heet gegeten als hij wordt opgediend"
Good luck translating that
I love you guys and your perfectly positive tour of the Netherlands
Looks like you had a great time on that beautiful island.
Don't sleep on your snelbinders. Nice vid!
I have never bin to Ameland. So thank you for this nice video. O at some point Michelle, i hate Lays chips. And i think mini golf is best on a small illand. Tanks for the nice video.Ruud Purmerend. ❤
Cooool!!! I love Ameland. And I like your video about Ameland.
One remark: in the beginning of the video you said that you were 'in Ameland'. In Dutch, when you are talking about an island, you use the preposition 'on/op'. So you should say that you are 'on Ameland', not in. You could say you are 'In Nes, Hollum, Buren or Ballum', but you are 'on Ameland'.
This also applies to some places that used to be an island but aren't anymore, like the village of Urk. Urk is a village situated in the Noordoostpolder, one of the famous parts of land that were created by the Dutch ('God created earth, the Dutch created the Netherlands'). Urk used to be an island, but after claiming land from the Zuiderzee (now called the 'IJsselmeer') it became a coastal place and wasn't an island anymore. Nevertheless, people still say they live 'op/on Urk" rather than 'in Urk'.
And there are more villages that have the preposition 'on' instead of 'in'. In the provinces Friesland and Groningen several villages were built on a hill, to withstand high water. In Friesland these hills are called a 'terp' and in Groningen these hills are called a 'wierde' In some of the names of Frisian and Groningen villages you can recognise these words. Living in a village that was built on a hill, made the inhabitants say they live 'on the village', rather than saying they live 'in the name of the village'. I'm sure this will not apply to all villages, so I am sure I will get reactions that will say I am wrong. But in several villages that were built on a hill against high water, the inhabitants said (and still say) they live "op(on) X".
Duck Kooi is a contraption to trap ducks...generally using dogs to trap the ducks. The way it was done is very clever...
Lang geleden op ameland geweest. Camperen bij Nes. Fietsen gehuurd, picknick mand gemaakt en naar het Oerd gereden. Tot ver in de zandduinen en ons eigen nudistenstrand gemaakt. Mooie herinneringen.
Driemaal is scheepsrecht, so the next time you're in Friesland you'll have perfect weather 😉 Grote kans dat de mosterd in de soep van de koren- en mosterdmolen in Hallum kwam. Je kunt de molen bezichtigen en het winkeltje verkoopt veel Amelander producten. Also when heading to the west side of the island, you can climb up the light house and have a nice view. Bedankt voor weer een leuke video!
Ooit met een schoolreis naar Ameland geweest. We moesten een rondje om het eiland fietsen, tijdens een wind en regen storm. Dan is het eiland toch best heel groot! 😂 Ik heb mijn e-bike nu 2 jaar en wil echt niet meer zonder! 😊
Very good 'droge worst' pronunciation!
I remember cycling for hours on paths close to the sea. Great nature. Maybe it's a language thing but here in Belgium catfish and meerval tend to be the same thing. At least when we're talking about eating. In the aquarium world things are more detailed.
haha yeah, it's the same, we were just joking that it's not "katvis" (the literal dutch translation of catfish)
Lucky me as family we have a mobile home (stacaravan) on Ameland at Roosdunen Ballum.
the clouds will not clear!
Ik ben nog nooit op Ameland geweest. De uitspraak van "droge worst" was bijna perfect. Jullie Nederlands gaat met sprongen vooruit.
Little detail…. Small white pickled onions are called “zilveruitjes” if the colour is yellow its named “Amsterdamse uitjes”
I went to the US in 2017 and it was like going to a different planet. I really wish I could experience what it would be like the other way around.
So that bakery is still there? I been on ameland years ago and it was called the same back then!
I also prefer a normal bike for everyday riding. A couple of years ago, I tried a rental on Texel with manual acceleration, you know this little manual gear on the steering, and hand brakes, but I haven't used hand brakes for so very long I couldn't get used to it again. I used to have a bike like that, back when I was in uni. My sensory issues involved with autism have gotten worse over the years and I couldn't tap into any muscle memory from those days. It's gone. I only know how to paddle back on my own bike in order to brake.
And I drive a manual gear car, wouldn't want anything else. 🥰
Droge worst For The Win!
I have an e-bike and love it, but mine is massive and so heavy. If/when I replace it I'll be looking for a smaller one
Thanks for the video. Funny to see your hotel room is full of product placement, they are trying to sell you stuff, the recording players and audio and especially the Jura automatic coffee maker is way too expensive for a hotel room.
The dutch pronunciations are definitely getting better!
Great video! Next time I hope you will visit my favorite island Vlieland. It's a bikers paradise!
for sure - maybe this fall!
As a child I jave spend many vacations on Ameland. Absolutely fantastic place. We always stayed in the town of Buren on a camping called "Klein Vaarwater" (small waterway/boating area). Still have fond memories even after almost 4 decades. Thank you Ameland, you made my childhood vacations awesome.
there is a distinct lack of "Trapkarren" presence in your video. Are they gone? ) the "trapkar" is a steel kart/bike hybrid they are, or at least were, available in 2, 4, 6, or 8 people capacity.
In your salad I see a silver onion, not an Amsterdam Onion. Silver onions and Amsterdam onions are made from the same type of onion but pickled differently. making the Amsterdam onions yellow (because one of the ingredients for them is safron) while the silver onions are white. Amsterdam onions also tend to have grown a bit longer making them a bit bigger. Just Google Amsterdamse Uien and you will see all pictures being of yellow onions.
i didn’t see any! i don’t think there were any at the bike rental place either. i did see a lot of tandem bikes though 😂
@@buncharted aww.. It used to be one of my favorite things on the island. My parents would rent a two seate for me and my nephew and we were let loose on the island (we were of course very well behaved kids, we only got into trouble... I wanna say once a day? lmao)
Next week the weather will be nice, promise you
That Max bag can be used for many things!
That Kooiplaats is anything but a duck sanctuary. An "eendenkooi" (duck cage) is a place for trapping and catching passing ducks and ducks usually did not survive the experience.
now though, it’s a duck sanctuary i think?
@@bunchartedMost likely yes, trapping ducks really isn’t en vogue anymore.
Catfish is a fresh water fish - I would never expect that on Ameland.
And so I would never order it when there.
Note that the "fishy" smell that (dead) fish can have is a sign of decay. Up to a point that is not bad and can be masked by proper heating and some lemon juice, but beyond that point, ammonia starts to build in the dead fish tissue and this is easily recognisable.
That ammonia would damage your mucous membranes if you ate it.
Memories go back to two guys from a restaurant showing off the halibut of which they would prepare a piece for me. It was on a 1" wooden board and its size about 2'*3' at least.
It didn't smell like fish and was perfectly fresh from the harbour. They cut up the entire fish for all the tables that night.
I love fish, but have this sensitivity to be able to discern the stages of decay. My wife does not taste/smell it. Must be genetic.
Fun fact: the English word "decoy" derives from the Dutch word "eendenkooi". This happened after the concept of a duck-catching pond was introduced to the English. Another fun fact: a special breed of dog was used for luring the ducks in, the so-called "Kooikerhondje". They are not very common, but you still can see one once in a while.
haha thank you, if it wasn’t obvious in the video this place confused us quite a bit 😂
12:13 well the thing about fishy is not that one does not like fisch but it is a sign that the fisch is not fresh and it is starting to smell and taste fishy.
Oh no a cliffhanger! Do I need to tune in next week to find out what Alex's favorite Beatles record is? Presumably one that has the Beatles playing on it, not the BeeGees and whomever Peter Frampton is? Anyway, mine is Revolver.
mine is revolver!!!!
Omg, can't people lift up a chair anymore?
hahahaha
You should go to Limburg in the south of the netherlands, you have a lot of nice places to like Vaals it the 3 lands point. ( the netherlands, Germany and Belgium )
ua-cam.com/video/5Zvq6FYcxx0/v-deo.html < our playlist of all of our limburg vlogs, including the drielandenpunt :)
Jeetje Mina! Da's effe lang geleden dat ik op Ameland ben geweest. De laatste keer was in de 60-gurr jaren. Maar toen hadden we nog echte seasons, all 4 of them! Lekker!!
Also, Ik weet niet hoe goed jullie Nederlands kunnen verstaan maar Wim Sonneveld (Dutch cabaret artist and singer 1917 - 1974) sang a French song in Dutch.
It was called: Het Dorp. De volgende keer dat jullie in een oud dorpje of stad bent, luister dan naar:
ua-cam.com/video/C8Ff5OEUzd8/v-deo.htmlsi=YBy1dq1pV1c-byQw
So I can play my own reggae, rock & roll and metal albums over there? Cool!!!
haha i have a ton of records at home too but i’d be scared to bring them all the way to ameland 😅
@@buncharted I'd bring just a few favorites 😉
Ameland has a very rich history. For a long time,Ameland took a special position in the Kingdom /republic of the Netherlands (sometimes the Netherlands were a kingdom, sometimes we were a republic). Ameland was a so called 'free lordship' in the Netherlands, let's call it a sovereign part of the Netherlands. Only in 1813 Ameland became part of (submitted to) the Netherlands, whereas the rest of the country united long before. This attitude to the central power still leaves its marks. The people of Ameland still have the mentality of being free and independent, even though they know they aren't anymore. The heart and the head.
Up to and including 1988, the life guard boat of Ameland was transported by horses, also into the sea. Ameland was unique in this matter. It went wrong in 1979, when the life boat was launched into the sea and all the horses drowned by the launch. A horrible story that is remembered yearly on Ameland.
The launch of the lifeboat by horses is a tourist event now. And to avoid the disaster of 1979 to happen again, the sea is inspected thoroughly before the horses are led into the sea. It's cool to sea and I recommend everyone who visits Ameland to go see it.
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If it aint my favourite americans trying out the Dutch life.
Fun fact 90 % of all croissants are made in one factory in The Netherlands.
where?!
Not sure about that percentage, but i guess you are talking about Délifrance??
😊😊
Somebody call France, a croissant was murdered this morning
Are you going to visit curacao, bonaire and aruba as well?
eventually! we'd really, really love to but it's a much bigger trip :)
Haha i think you were brave to go naked on the beach in that weather, looked cold to me!
it was chilly with the wind but we had been riding those bikes directly into the strong winds down by the nassaukooi and we were exhausted 😅
will you be back to flevonatuur this summer?
probably not even though we’d really like to. it’s difficult to get to without a car
Ahh a shame. Would have loved to meet you guys.
Technically its on Ameland not in Ameland, as the locals say: only rabbits are in Ameland.
Drink my bean water!
Ameland, island in the shape of a phallus.
i knew we were drawn to it for a reason
@@buncharted 🤣
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Slim vrouwke. Using jumbo zilveruitjes is better than the kesbeke ones. The shop brand is only sugar. Kesbeke uses artificial sweetener in EVERY product they make.
You have to speak it as 'dreuge wörst'
So, you are not IN the island of Ameland, you are AT Ameland;).
this will be our final video
That is not a Beatles record. I would sooner listen to a Ringo album.
you don’t want to listen to peter frampton cover songs from sgt pepper? 🥲
15:12 -- that was NOT a Beatles record! That was the soundtrack album from the waste of celluloid that was the Sgt. Pepper movie, the one where Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees sucker half the music industry into doing bad Beatles covers. The only good cover that came out of the whole disaster was Earth Wind and Fire doing _Got To Get You Into My Life_ . The rest was... 🤮
i had no idea such a movie existed
that’s probably for the best 😂
We were there the same weekend! Feeling unlucky to not have seen you. 🫣 Hope you didn’t get too much rain and really enjoyed your stay on the island we love so much. 👍
we had a great time! were you there for the beach rugby tournament??
@@buncharted we visit the island with the whole family every year. I’m close to my 20th visit, but my family in law have been going 34 years in a row! 🫣 We just hang out and enjoy the island. We stay at a really old farmhouse in Buren (last house when you go to the Eendenkooi). Great that you enjoyed the island, ate the catfish, the droge worst from Dennis and had the mustard soup. Happy adventuring and discovering! 🤗👍