The don't cycle if you don't know how is a real one. We Dutch people get cycling classes in primary school. Also if you do it wrong (like cycling on the pavement/side walk, cycling without proper lights, etc) you can actually get pretty high fines.
Cycling classes at primary school? Since when? Usually you just get a bicycle when your about 3, when you can walk for a bit. Your parents will teach you for a day or 2 and after that you're on your own. Off you go on your bicycle. That's how it used to be anyway. Cycling class at primary school, that just sounds funny and wrong at the same time
I would say you can order things on the menu 'with a twist', but dont overdo it. For example, if you order a kipsaté, but dont want the saté sauce, just say it, and you will get one without the sauce, no problem. Or if you have an allergy or something: no problem. Its just that if you start altering every item you order, its a nuisance.
The one thing I miss is about bragging. Don't brag, don't flaunt. We say we don't care, but deep down we get annoyed. It's one of the reasons we say 'doe normaal, dan doe je al gek genoeg' (act normal, you'll be crazy enough). Example: You don't get compliments for having an expensive car, you'll get rolling eyes. If someone asks about whether something was expensive, the only appropriate answer is 'I got a discount'. One of the least explained Dutch cultural phenomena.
We do brag! Just not about the price. We brag about the discount haha. I had a winter coat that I got for €20 in sale and wore 3 years straight as a student. I bragged a lot in those 3 years.
This is so true!! I bought some shoes at a 40% discount, which was like €70 then. What a steal!! And I'll never stop bragging about the money I saved. Only kakkers brag about money they spent, and I refuse to become a kakker.
Honestly though, if you go to the Netherlands, don't overthink things too much. The only things to really take into account are: - Don't walk on the bicycle path. This is the biggest don't. It actually pisses people off - Be mindful that Dutch people are very direct and speak their mind. Know that beforehand so you're not caught too off guard - Don't show up out of the blue. Make aapointments - Just be nice and be respectful. It is a country that people call home. it is not a playground. The rest of it is just trivial. Be decent and nobody is going to mind you at all.
- Don't show up out of the blue. Make aapointments That's only true for the Randstad and larger cities, everywhere else your always more then welcome anytime, especially in Brabant it's a non issue and make sure to go around the back of the house, most front doors in Brabant are only opened a few times a year LOL early or late is also no problem in Brabant, we dont have the "Brabants kwartiertje" for nothing.
I´ve just come home from the Netherlands, where I did not walk the fietspad. A few things: I didn´t notice any smell, from canals or anything else. And the weather? I left cold, wet Madrid and arrived in bright, sunny Amsterdam. We were very lucky with Dutch weather. I live in the Canary Islands. We have a reputation for good weather, which is true if you stay by the sea. But the islands are very high, and you can get different weather in different parts, even of a small island. So I always take a lighweight waterproof, and a bikini. Our trip to the Netherlands was brilliant - my daughter is going to marry a man from Eindhoven. He´s very nice.) Best wishes.
Neh... we ALL do in the whole of netherlands ;-) Every single day... We have sooo many tourists here that assume this that I was even thinking of putting a board on the door of the windmill I worked in to tell the visitors that the next coffeeshop for that (not just drinking coffee) is not on our island but over 50km away. Could have made a fortune probably with selling that 'stuf' (or end up in jail pretty fast).
3:38 really surprised to hear that as I always thought we are relatively open about that. It's not a common or easy topic here, but it's not taboo like in the US. The only ones who benefit from not discussing salary are the employers
I was not surprised. I don't know anyone (Dutch) who feels comfortable talking about salary or money in general. Maybe there's a cultural difference between the west (Holland) and the east of the country? And also about age most people don't like to talk (but I don't mind, I'm 66 now)
Yeah, its nuanced: people dont start conversations with 'how much do you get paid', but amongst friends: its a common topic, how much is your income, how much is going to taxes, how much do you take home, not as big a deal as for example in the USA, where it seems you NEVER talk about that.
It is really though. I have no idea what my dad earned or has in savings. I suspect him to be very rich based on his job, but I'll only find out when I get my inheritance.
Half the country works in places where salaries are regulated by collective labour agreements which have tables for functions and experience years. So people in the Netherlands generally know how much their collegues earn and they can guess how much people in similar jobs with similar experience earn in other companies. People with individual contracts usually have better salaries but might have less employee benefits. Most foreign people will be in those jobs I assume.
it changed over time. I know how much all my friends make, but not how much my own parents make. To be honest, I also don't know how much my coworkers make.
As a Dutch, I'd rather have a foreign person telling me that Dutch sounds familiar with German, rather than mentioning the 2010 World Cup final..... I mean, yeah, we do have a history with Germany, but that history is not as fresh as the final..! (We just love the Germans. Very polite when they are visiting us, and friendly neighbours with a superhigh rate of hospitality when we are visiting them.)
If people are still upset over the 2010 WC final they should find a hobby or something, because that's some bullshit grudge to uphold. We got our revenge on Spain 4 years later, just let it go
6:52 "Don't throw garbage outside of the trash can" He talks about it as if it is not normal to throw your trash in the bin in other countries in the world
As a born and raised Dutch I say: you are all right! Only about walking on the 'fietspad': here in the 'other part' of the Netherlands (not Holland but the east) it's pretty normal to walk on the bicycle path because there is no other path to walk ... Or you'll have to walk in the (wet!) grass ...
yep it relies on the situation.. in amsterdam i defenitely wouldn't do it but in more rural areas it's perfectly fine as long as you keep to the left side so you can easily see any oncoming bikers.. and in some cases there just is no other way.. like how they are building on two sides of the road near here right now forcing you to either take a detour or walk on the bike lane
Basically: use the best option available. If there's no seperate paths or lanes at all, walk on the left side of the road, to ensure you notice oncoming traffic in time to move off the road for a few seconds. If there's only the car lanes and bike paths, the bike paths are the safe option to walk. If there's an extra path for pedestrians, you walk there. Since cities in the Netherlands are built to accommodate every traffic participant, you shouldn't use the bath paths/lanes there. But if you were to visit smaller towns, you'll notice that there are many shared roads, where you'll just have to make sure you stay away of your surroundings.
@JAra complain with your local government. If they're so narrow that it encourages people to use the bike paths instead, it's a design flaw that they need to work on to encourage safety.
@@nonexistingvoid this is probably in a more rural area. There the bike lanes have 2 functions, one; bike lane, and 2; footpath. And they're not as well kept (or red) like in the cities. Also, in places you will see bike lanes on the car roads, one on either side, making up about 2/5ths of the total road width of the road. (If there are cyclists on both lanes then only one car can fit through safely, but two cars and one bike fit)
@@NanoGalactic42 I'm from a rural area myself, and complaining about these things with your local government should work. It's a safety issue if the available sidewalks are too narrow to walk on, or so poorly kept that people'd rather avoid them. If there's no sidewalk or bike path/lane, you could ask your local government if it's possible for them to add those, if the roads are too unsafe without them. Or even just a lower speed limit, which isn't uncommon either.
I am originally Dutch and have been living abroad for quite a couple years now. Having to learn a culture and habits of a different place can be challenging. Looking at these videos it makes me laugh very much to see reactions from other people getting in touch with the Dutch culture, I think these videos are a great help and fun tool that help people better understand Dutch culture. These videos are great examples how learning and looking at culture can be really funny and it's a great process to learn from each other. Keep it up Bart !
Also in Amsterdam: don't exit the tram through the wrong door. I made that mistake recently and the lady behind the counter wasn't too happy with me :)
I am surprised to see how different this video is from other videos like this one. Im glad I clicked on it, I agreed with quite a lot of don’ts and I think this was an accurate representation of our culture ! Great video !
Just be your self and be prepared to get direct feedback. There's no problem if you follow your own path. If someone else has a problem, let him or her keep it. Honesty is the best universal virtue we all have.
exactly, it's pretty damn close to english aswell was what i thought. although middle english may actually be a bit closer than modern english in that regard on its face. with phrases like "Do What Thou Wilt" (dutch: "doe wat je wil"), that would problably be preferably construed as "do AS you please/wish/will" instead these days, albeit still likely not being technically wrong the old way, stylistic choice evolved a lot, middle english tends to apply more similar stylistic choices to dutch. archaic english: "hold fast" -> (dutch: "hou(d) vast"), modern english would say "hold on (to)", the word fast for secured/ is kind of old hat and out of style in it's original form words like "fasten" are still used in american english for securing things, mostly seatbelts specifically , so there's remnants all over the place but it's a big old context/subject sensitive mishmash of several words now for what is essentially the same action, whereas dutch stuck to "vast" and its derivatives (stuck is one of the definitions of "vast" lol) but Dutch has a lot of overlap with modern English due to french and latin words that were adopted along the way into both languages aswell, and many those words are technically Dutch and English as they were accepted in the dictionaries for their respective languages, there's plenty of overlap with words that are not of germanic origin, so certain sentences can very often be more than halfway mutually intelligible beyond just the germanic roots. so they never really seemed to drift apart too far from one another because of those shared traits as time went on. what i do find odd though, is the fact that dutch people speaking english sound WAY more like american english than english english, and we saw plenty of british TV back in the day, you'd imagine we would sound more like brits speaking english, we don't, we sound way more american-ish, although we may pop in and out of using the british A sound every so often.
@@dutchdykefinger i think the accent thing might have to do with our regular accent already either that or it might have to do with the fact that the people that moved to america did also have a ton of dutch people amongst them.. especially after WWII since a lot of jewish survivors either left during or after the war was over.. many of them would have naturally been german or dutch hearing from their family that it might be dangerous to stay or just deciding to leave because it felt safer to go to america after the war than to stay.. and of course the first waves of immigrants also came from all over europe with people from the UK,the netherlands,Germany,Belgium,France etc moving there (though i'd guess the french mostly went to canada instead wich could explain the different variation in their accent aswell) and especially since New york was originally New Amsterdam it could just be a case of generational passing down yet since so many accents were heard back then the most prevalent in said area most likely took the cake in forming the many american accents there are..
@@boblangefeld9801 Only if speaking specifically from the perspective of an anglophone. Dutch lies between English and German. So an English speaker would find that the main difference between Dutch and German is that German is more unfamiliar and different.
My Don't as a Dutch person would be to not call "The Netherlands" Holland. I get annoyed when people say they went to Holland, when it's called The Netherlands.
Unless they actually went to zh or nh... Most ppl view Amsterdam as the Netherlands, so then it could be fine if they went there. Buy yeah, just say "The Netherlands"
As a born and raised Netherlander, I can say Dutch and German _are_ very similar. Sure, they’re very different to each other, and there are some really clear singular differences (Dutch has no ä, ü, ö, ß, and German has no ë), as well as a really different overall vibe. But of all languages of the world, German has to be the one that’s closest to Dutch by quite some distance, ignoring the languages that are as directly related to Dutch as Frisian and Afrikaans.
@@zinazina6367 Is it really? To me it feels more between German and Norwegian/Swedish. I have an easier time understanding German than understanding Danish.
@@hellomynameisjoenl I know during a vacation in Denmark that I decided to do some baking. I followed the recipe on the backside of the packaging and the only thing I had to look up was gær, yeast (nl: gist), although it would have been my first guess without the translation based on the sentence. Written Danish and Dutch read quite similarly, altough spoken is another story. Although it can help that I know German and knowing two Germanic languages can help translate a third
Ik hoorde zowaar een paar woorden Nederlands! Kom op Bart, wanneer krijgen we de cursisten nou eens volledig in het Nederlands te horen! Of durf je niet? haha.
@@redfishswimming Als het de moeite niet waard was waren ze niet op cursus bij hem. Of ben je vergeten wie dit kanaal runt om je domme statement te maken?
i honestly dont mind foreign people telling me dutch is like german. because we have a lot of similarities, especially in the east in Twente we dont mind it. we al know its a germanic language. i honestly thing its the mentality of the west. its funny how small out country is but in the east we're way more open and friendly than the west. i noticed when i moved from west to east how close minded and quickly annoyed the westerners are. here we're more laid back, and helpful
It highly varies across social circles and jobs. COA-covered jobs often have regulated salaries, so then it's hardly a secret anyway. But other segments it's more contentious.
I think this might be a regional thing. I live in the north and have never encountered anyone not wanting to answer that question, also personally would tell anyone who would like to know. Maybe it being a tabboo topic is more of a western thing.
Visit Drenthe sometimes de plattelanden (the flatlands) are amazing to see. Its so peacefull. If you really want to rest go to Drenthe. You can really relax there.
Hector & Silvia seem like incredibly kind and fun people! Really trying to get to know the Dutch culture while also admitting to forget it often (thank god they do though, us Dutch can be quite stiff when it comes to things we're not used to).
Dutchies and Danes are quite similar, mentality-wise. Actually, an anthropologist found that Dutch & Danish people share way more cultural traits than e.g. Dutch and Flemish people, in spite of the language we share with the latter. Cheers from Amsterdam!
Not to ever walk on the bicycle trails is a very BAD idea though. Cause unless you're in a city or town where you have sidewalks; outside of towns it's actually the only place you're allowed to walk on! Unless there's no bike trails at all of course
It's only in certain restaurants that you have to pay for the toilet (unless you are a customer but who checks it anyways?). For the rest the toilets are free. There are even public toilets in the middle of the street for everyone to use freely
Honestly I don't count Amsterdam to be part of the Netherlands. It's a theme park of what foreigners think the Netherlands is supposed to be. I mean, most shopkeepers in the stores in the city centre don't even know how to speak Dutch lol It's a fun place to visit once though!
The sidewalk is no place for bikes and anyone who has ever cycled (I guess that does not include the people who put bicycle lanes on side walks) knows that.
@@klapsigaarenbasgitaar1931 It is though, but you need to know the place you want to do it. I know loads of pedestrian paths that are used also as bike paths (granted most are either because it cuts off loads a route or avoids a somewhat dangerous part of the road and in all cases actual pedestrians are rare there and easily spotted). Certainly shouldn't be treated as standard though.
Point 23 is so true! I was dating a Dutch girl over the summer and I would tease her about Dutch being pretty much like German. She absolutely hated it hahahah
Many Dutch people still are 'traumatised' from WW2, even when they're born after it ended. I know people of about my age (born in the 1950s / 1960s) who still feel some kind of hate because their grandparents' bicycles were confiscated by the German army during 'the war' ... I do not have such feelings.
@@ingeleonora-denouden6222 not only that it might also be a football thing since if anyone is seen as a rival during world cups or europe cups it's always germany
Didn't know there were still people that get agitated when compared to Germans.. I'm dutch, I like Germans, similar culture, similar ethics, bit more strict though, not as laid back as us. But they are good people these days. Don't think my grandfather ever forgave them but that's all in the past.
I lived for 15 years in Amsterdam. Honestly, I can't think of things that would be taboo in Holland. The Dutch are pretty tolerant. They are no great fans of people who stand out from the crowd.
I don't live in Holland FFS. Or did you mean to say that anyone outside of Holland doesn't matter ? In that case : screw you. If you didn't mean to say that, then what did you mean ? I'm pretty intolerant when people call my country 'Holland'. If you don't know the difference between 'Holland' and 'the Netherlands', use the NETHERLANDS ! .. .. calling the UK : England, would be the same thing. It is needless diminishing the importance of other parts of said country.
@@redfishswimming You can turn that around, we tolerate what doesn't impact us. Meanwhile it's pretty normal for both people and politics in loads of other countries to get mad about things that doesn't impact them in the slightest. Also talking finance isn't remotely a taboo, maybe it is in the Randstad. IDK. But the Randstad, especially Amsterdam, is at this point really only Dutch by the technicality of being located in the country.
And most of all the Netherlands is not only Amsterdam. If you see only Amsterdam you have seen the tourist, not the real dutch people. Most of the people in Amsterdam are tourist. Their is so much more then that. There are so many villages as well. Go check it out!!
Yes! The eastern part of the Netherlands is much more interesting. Nature, castles, nice old towns and villages, windmills (even some watermills!). The west is only interesting for the architecture and 'horeca' (hotels, cafés, restaurants)
As a kid I was kicked out everytime because of *dinner time* (between 17:00u - 18:00u) 😂 In most cultures they just invite you to stay over having dinner together; the more people the better😂😂😂 Niet in typisch Nederlandse gezinnen hahaha
hahaha, I relate to this so much. I would be at a friend's house and they would ask when I planned to leave as they were about to have dinner. My usual response at first was that I could wait upstairs, but that didn't fly with them
@@meganversteeg61 I guess you're dutch. My reasoning is that I'd rather stay upstairs and wait for my friend to finish dinner so we can hang out afterwards instead of going home for 20 - 30 minutes, without eating, only to return afterwards. Especially since a lot of dutch people eat at 17:00 (which is really early in my opinion)
Leaving the US for a vacation in the Netherlands tomorrow and so looking forward to it! That said, I grew up with an Austrian grandfather, and having a background in German definitely made picking up Dutch easier. They are different languages but within the same family.
Visit Amsterdam to see the museums, the canals, the history, and great restaurants. To not visit Amsterdam would be stupid. But, yes, you must then get out into other places to see smaller towns, and the countryside.
@@hrussell9677 there a more museums and historical places in The Netherlands so I agree, for once people, don't go to Amsterdam because it's not really 'dutch' (don't get me wrong I was born in Amsterdam and lived all over The Netherlands so I just know 🤫)
Personally, as a Dutch person, I think Dutch and German are quite similar. I don't have a problem with the comparison. The reason it's a touchy subject, I think, is because of WWII and football rivalry.
It seems to me that it's because much of the rest of the world has a pretty clear image of the Germans (whether it's accurate or not is another story), but people don't know much about the Dutch, and see them as like Germans. So the Dutch image among foreigners is defined by the German image, with people ascribing to the Dutch things which are actually only German characteristics, while being oblivious to most Dutch characteristics which don't fit the German sterotype. So the dutch are annoyed by this and therefore deny any similarity between them and Germans, and are prone to object whenever a foreigner compares them to Germans in any way, thus the mention in the video. What do you think about that?
@@iberlo85 You don't have to experience something in order to have vooroordelen about others. I am 50 and most definitely grew up with hearing vooroordelen about German people and that was because of the war.
It would be very strange to me if one of my friends shows up out of nowhere and says hey dude I'm here to eat dinner. lmao, this was a very fun video to watch
A friend of mine from the USA asked me ones about that "thing" about bikes in the Netherlands. So I said " To put it in perspective, in the USA they have guns, we have bikes, and trust me, they hurt like hell. ". 😜
I've entertained many friends from many different cultures/countries and all of them kept saying how incredibly relaxed the NL is over all. After they've gotten past the directness at least :P
@@shoelacedonkey lol. Maybe it’s a really relaxed for tourists. Amongst the inhabitants of NL it’s a popular opinion that they find living and working in NL pretty stressful. In the end it’s always a perfect place to live; yet it still draws a stressful society
Really? Honestly I experience the opposite. A thing you believe takes 5 minutes to discuss could become 30-minutes discussion when speaking with Dutch colleagues. On the other hand I’m always impressed how Dutch could create a whole story out of nothing.
3:55 , if you're curious about de age of a person that is older than you, i always ask: hoe jong ben je? (Which means: how YOUNG are you?). It's a little bit more polite to ask
I am a European and I can tell you the DUTCH and the GERMANS are as different as IT CAN BE ! the only in common is the are both CORRECT and very GOOD ORGANISED
As different as it can be? So would you say that the French and Swedes are more similar to each other? What about Spaniards and Germans? Brits and Greeks? Obviously, among all possible pairs of European nations, the Dutch and Germans would be very near the top of the list of most similar. But the Dutch get butthurt by any comparison between them and Germans, because since Germany is far more well-known internationally, foreigners (including tourists in the Netherlands) very frequently view the Dutch as "like Germans but with some differences". It's of course understandable that they would be annoyed by having their image be defined by that, but denying any similarity between Dutch and Germans is ridiculous and irrational.
@@leandrog2785 don't forget that most Dutch grandparents (and their parents) witnessed and experienced the 2nd world war up from very close. (Both my dad's and mother's side of the family for example had to leave their homes for more than a year since they were living in a heavy warzone.) Hundreds of thousands of Dutch families back then had an extreme deep hatred against the Germans because of everything they experienced and lost. This hatred is almost completely gone nowadays, but i think this might be one of the many reasons why Dutch people don't like to be associated with Germans. While Germans have a lot in common, they are definitely very different in many aspects. If anything, the Dutch people should be associated with the northern Belgian (Flemish) people. They literally speak Dutch with a few twisted words and a bit different accent, but for the rest the country is almost the same. Just a little bit less organised/modern infrastructure. So answering your question; no the Germans are not the closest related to the Dutch, that's definitely the Belgian people. It's called the Benelux for a reason.
@@joostinatortje For both countries something can be said. Its not on or the other. Belgium speak 'dutch' with a heavy accent, but the rest of country is french and a bit german as well. Overall Germany is culturally more related id say.
Yeah about the dont try to stand out. Here (Netherlands) it’s so rare to stand out that I have remembered the one guy who would always sing very loud coming back from probably nighttime work and you could hear him from your house and yeah, I never forgot that guy. I think it was good that he didn’t care because here in the Netherlands, we don’t care XD
I live here for 7 years now. It’s fun to watch these cultural differences but I would advise every new comer to just be themselves and , we need more diversity not everyone adapting to the ‘dutch’ way because dutch people themselves are very diverse
And what’s all that diversity going to bring the Dutch nation ? Our country is taken away from us. The Dutch, no not passports, ethnicity, so Germanic/Batavian, need to adept to others. Even at university Dutch students can’t study in their own language, as anywhere else, but in order to please foreign students, all lessons are given in English. Dutch girls, living a free life, are being harassed on the streets, gays beaten up, racist crime against the indigenous is rampant and coloring a map red with countries who practice FGM you now need to color Holland red as well. In the meantime indigenous Dutch are becoming aboriginals in their own country, have no solidarity among themselves, individualized and not protected. BLM yes, WLM no. Watch ‘opsporing verzocht’ (crime program). Against Dutch, the racism is never mentioned. Dutch are now outlaws. Look at Dutch swimmingpools.
Reminds me of when I was on holiday to another country once, and wanted to rent a bicycle for a day... I had to prove to the guy that I'm capable of riding a bike before he let me... Bro do you know who I am?!? I'm DUTCH!
6:10 23: As a Dutch person I don't agree with that point. Because the Dutch and German language is quite similar. Just don't call it the same thing because there definitely are differences in the language. But the culture that is definitely different
Same! I was very confused. Because the language is so similar that we can understand them most of the time. I think most Dutch people don’t get angry over this.
I liked very much the part about Germany.... I used to work for 30 years for a German company (airline) and now I live in Thailand.... hardly have any German friends. The ones I have are Dutch.. oddly enough. Not that I specifically look for it, but Germans.... they are a different breed.
About point 17 "Don't try to stand out". We even have a saying about it: Doe maar normaal, dan doe je al gek genoeg (letterally: act normal, (then) you'll act differently enough).
I don't think this is representative of the whole Netherlands. In North Brabant, just entering the house of someone you know saying "Hi Im here for a coffee" without telling them is pretty normal.
@@PetraStaal it’s pretty common but official it’s forbidden to eat or drink in a bus or tram. I wouldn’t think it would be a big problem here in the south. Last week I was out with my nephew and treated him with ice cream it took to long so the bus would arrive in about ten minutes so I ordered him to store it in his lunchbox for a few minutes. The bus was late and gave him a chance to eat some of it but while doing that we’ve missed the bus (while he could see us just missing it) and due to vacation schedules we needed to wait for thirty minutes. But otherwise I would think it wasn’t a big problem for others. In traffic hours you’ll see people eating their lunch and drinking whatever.
never had that issue before.. but that might just be because i don't give a rat's ass, if i'm thirsty you bet i'm gonna drink ! then again most of the time as long as you don't litter it's no problem at all.. like recently i had a can of energy drink and went into the bus nobody said anything not even the driver. once it was empty i kept it and threw it away in a trashcan outside
“I think using bikes in the center of Amsterdam is dangerous for people who are not adjusted to that” THANK YOU, tourists do NOT know how our traffic works and it’s deeply infuriating.
So many things here are just good manners! Maybe the Dutch are less bothered about offending people who are not respectful of Dutch people and Dutch society.
I'm Dutch and lived in Paris for half a year. When I came back to Amsterdam, the first thing I noticed was how (young) Dutch people literally shout mundane conversations at each other, even on the phone. People in Amsterdam in are generally less classy and socially aware than the Parisians (something we ignorantly interpret as French "arrogance"). But yeah, I'd say Dutch people are also more honest and reliable. A plan's a plan, and a no's a no. A bit boring, but very prudent.
Iedereen die roept dat Nederlands en Duits in het niets op elkaar lijken, moet op een strafbankje gaan zitten. Het zijn gewoon twee standaardtalen die eng verwant zijn.
Ja verwant maar niet hetzelfde!! Als dat zo was waarom bestaat er dan Duitsland/Nederland en Duitse taal/Nederlandse taal?! Je zegt toch ook niet dat Pools en Russisch hetzelfde is?
Cool list! From a dutch person: - 15 do talk about salary, only your boss doesn't like it but it is better for all the employees. But maybe be a bit subtle about it, because it is indeed a bit of a taboo - 18 hugging and physical contact is perfectly fine by my standards
Don’t try to stand out??? That’s rich. In Belgium you can spot a Dutchie from a mile way 🤪😉 we are in awe of their directness, Vlamingen are even more modest and quiet 😳😂😂😂
Ze dachten waarschijnlijk dat je iets wou verkopen. Ik glimlach en knik naar iedereen die ik kruis, wordt vooral door ouderen geapprecieerd. Meestal als ik in Nederland ben beantwoord men mijn vragen in het Engels.
@@skralann123 als ze zoude lache ( in de goede manier en daarmee bedoel ik niet denigrerend wat ik ze niet zie doen hoor) dan was het ook geen probleem hoor maar ze waren ook allemaal chagrijnig nogmaals niet allemaal maar meeste die ik op dat moment heb aan gesproken waren dat wel helaas
Most things are specific to Amsterdam here, walking on cycling paths is pretty common elsewhere outside the bigger cities, I walk my dogs on the cycling path everyday. And things like coffeeshops are not things super common outside the more tourist cities neither, they can be found often but it's not like you would walk in them by accident.
@@Firemarioflower there's lots of people who don't believe in climate change here lmao. Each year is getting hotter and hotter, half the time when I mention climate change in this regard they brush it off and look the other way
@@iberlo85 Peer pressure is big.... the individual strength is in decline because we all have to listen to what the media tell us. Those who think different are always met with scorn. Also, the thing about 'just be normal, don't do crazy' is such a fake, hypocritical thing. Yes, online bullying is big and on schools as well, if you're different, in other words, not a woke mindless sheep. Critical thinking is not encouraged in this country. We just have to copy everything that's been told. Also this constant pandering to be the best behaved of all European countries.
Pro tip: you can greet dutch people with a hug but read the room :) not everyone appreciates it that's very true. Its not the most normal if you dont know someone.
@6:22 Never compare Dutch language with German language. That isn’t true, we all know it looks a like. It’s more like they assume we are German or we speak Deutsch. Other than that we are cool with it I guess?
I always will remember one quote from one smart Dutch writer, Gerard Reve: "De Nederlander denkt dat hij verschrikkelijk lollig en verschrikkelijk intelligent is, maar de Nederlander is eigenlijk een soort Duitser, die zich verbeeldt dat hij geen Duitser is omdat hij melk drinkt." [The Dutchman thinks he is incredibly funny and incredibly intelligent, but the Dutchman is actually a kind of German, who imagines that he is not a German because he drinks milk."] And about languages: Dutch is link between English ang German with lot of Roman (in particular French) loanwords.
Depending on the person don't always need to visit with appointmen depending wich part of Netherlands for my family u can visit un announced same for my friends
But the Dutch language does look like German...do we have some reality denying Dutchies? Learning German is so easy for someone from the Netherlands because of that.
The Dutch I've met through my work do not seem to have a problem with the resemblance btw the languages, and they don't hide that they easily learn German. As I learned German before beginning to learn some Dutch I sometimes tell Dutch people that, to me, Dutch is German in parallel universe comparing words such as 'frau' and 'vrouw' (same pronounciation, different spelling). But at the same time, I have learned that in other respects there are huge differences too.
Well actually it isn’t. It’s much easier for Germans to learn Dutch. German has grammarical features that Dutch has lost (for the most part). The German case system is a real b*tch for us Dutchies. Also, in Dutch we only have two different ways of making plural nouns from singular nouns (that is, if you disregard the ones with a foreign origin). We only have plurals ending in -en and -s (and slight variations thereof). German plurals are way more diverse and make no sense to us Dutchies. Compare Dutch ‘huis-huizen’ to German ‘Haus-Häuser’, ‘meisje-meisjes’ versus ‘Mädchen-Mädchen’ and many many more. Wtf is that all about???
@@speerboom Don't know what that's all about, but hauser und madchen makes perfect sense to me as a Dutchie. I don't know all those technical terms like nouns and such, but I've always had a knack of dong it the way 'it s4eems right' and that hasn't failed me sofar. Am I an exceptional case? I always thought German was so easy because it's so close to Dutch that we basically can communicate without learning any grammar rules. At least, I could.
@@darkfoxxbunyip From a Dutch perspective it would make sense if in German ‘Haus’ would be plural ‘Hauses’ or ‘Hausen’. A sound change to ‘äu’ AND a final ‘-r’ (Häuser) is unnatural for Dutch ears. So is the plural of ‘Mädchen’, which doesn’t change at all when you make it a plural. ‘Mädchens’ would be logical for Dutchies, but it isn’t ‘Mädchens’.
@@darkfoxxbunyip Are you seriously saying you get all the cases (naamvallen) correct all the time without having to memorize all kinds of things? Then you’re one of the very few Dutchies since in Dutch we lost the case system a long long time ago, except for a few fixed expressions.
I agree. And I never knew how much money my old mother (widowed) had on her bank account until I saw it by accident ... She always said: 'er is genoeg' (there's plenty of it)
As a Dutchman, I will have to add one thing that no one mentioned. It's that you shouldn't talk in the stiltecoupé (quiet zone) in the train!!! I find it very annoying to hear tourists having loud conversations or phone calls when I want silence.
Yeah, those bike lanes are dangerous if you don't know the rules. That's why they are red. It's tourist blood.
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Hahaha geniaal 😂💪🏻
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Hahahaha yesssss
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Also worth mentioning, if you want coffee, don't go to a coffeeshop. Go to a café or brasserie
Hey hold on a minute you can get good coffee at a coffee shop🤣
Most coffeeshops serve fine coffee, so if you don't mind the smell of weed...
@@DDA532 coffee shops in the Netherlands are places you get weed and other drugs
@@aidenvoois2617 well can you tell me a coffeeshop where i can find the other drugs😂
@@DDA532 not particularly
The don't cycle if you don't know how is a real one. We Dutch people get cycling classes in primary school. Also if you do it wrong (like cycling on the pavement/side walk, cycling without proper lights, etc) you can actually get pretty high fines.
Jaa zelfs levenslange gevangenisstraf lol
@@ridvanuray5684 en voor moord een taakstrafje
@@ridvanuray5684 niet aan het doortrappen? fietsbewijs kwijt en knieschijven weg, nooit meer op een fiets te zien, that's the netherlands
Cycling classes at primary school? Since when? Usually you just get a bicycle when your about 3, when you can walk for a bit. Your parents will teach you for a day or 2 and after that you're on your own. Off you go on your bicycle.
That's how it used to be anyway.
Cycling class at primary school, that just sounds funny and wrong at the same time
@@luit2tinke My son is in Groep 1 in public school and they have verkeerslessen. They learn road safety and bicycle safety.
“Don’t assume the Netherlands is just Amsterdam”. The whole video is literally just about Amsterdam.
Most of these type of video's are, such a shame.
Hm, you're right... :( Sad
That's a good thing. We want the tourist to stay in that tourist trap of a city.
@@relo999 not really. city's are overloaded with tourists. they refuse to visit groningen, don't want to stay in zeeland etc.
@@velvetvelvet4899 laat ze maar lekker in Amsterdam, ik hoef ze niet in Groningen
I would say you can order things on the menu 'with a twist', but dont overdo it. For example, if you order a kipsaté, but dont want the saté sauce, just say it, and you will get one without the sauce, no problem. Or if you have an allergy or something: no problem. Its just that if you start altering every item you order, its a nuisance.
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I think this is true for every country
@@vinnieg6161 - Except America where this seems to be the norm
The one thing I miss is about bragging. Don't brag, don't flaunt. We say we don't care, but deep down we get annoyed. It's one of the reasons we say 'doe normaal, dan doe je al gek genoeg' (act normal, you'll be crazy enough). Example: You don't get compliments for having an expensive car, you'll get rolling eyes. If someone asks about whether something was expensive, the only appropriate answer is 'I got a discount'.
One of the least explained Dutch cultural phenomena.
We do brag! Just not about the price. We brag about the discount haha.
I had a winter coat that I got for €20 in sale and wore 3 years straight as a student. I bragged a lot in those 3 years.
They did touch on that, it was the "Don't stand out from the crowd." remark.
This is so true!! I bought some shoes at a 40% discount, which was like €70 then. What a steal!! And I'll never stop bragging about the money I saved. Only kakkers brag about money they spent, and I refuse to become a kakker.
Thats litteraly not true.
@@iberlo85 it is where I come from, I hate bragging people. I also hate people who only wear designer clothing.
Honestly though, if you go to the Netherlands, don't overthink things too much. The only things to really take into account are:
- Don't walk on the bicycle path. This is the biggest don't. It actually pisses people off
- Be mindful that Dutch people are very direct and speak their mind. Know that beforehand so you're not caught too off guard
- Don't show up out of the blue. Make aapointments
- Just be nice and be respectful. It is a country that people call home. it is not a playground.
The rest of it is just trivial. Be decent and nobody is going to mind you at all.
- Don't show up out of the blue. Make aapointments
That's only true for the Randstad and larger cities, everywhere else your always more then welcome anytime, especially in Brabant it's a non issue and make sure to go around the back of the house, most front doors in Brabant are only opened a few times a year LOL
early or late is also no problem in Brabant, we dont have the "Brabants kwartiertje" for nothing.
I´ve just come home from the Netherlands, where I did not walk the fietspad. A few things: I didn´t notice any smell, from canals or anything else. And the weather? I left cold, wet Madrid and arrived in bright, sunny Amsterdam. We were very lucky with Dutch weather. I live in the Canary Islands. We have a reputation for good weather, which is true if you stay by the sea. But the islands are very high, and you can get different weather in different parts, even of a small island. So I always take a lighweight waterproof, and a bikini. Our trip to the Netherlands was brilliant - my daughter is going to marry a man from Eindhoven. He´s very nice.) Best wishes.
The canal comment was strange. The water in the canals is refreshed every few days and rarely, if ever, smells bad.
The canals stinking is from a looong time back
@@Jorg05111980 Longer than the guy in the video has been alive for, probably.
I assume the man of that canal comment is confusing Amsterdam with Venice... 🤷♂️
@@wildzwaan i agree.. now i live in rotterdam so no canals here but even when visiting Utrecht in the past i never smelled anything bad
Don't assume we all smoke weed.
How would you explain our great mood and ability to party then?🤔😜😂
@@boykaunlimitted4514 Alcohol of course!
Neh... we ALL do in the whole of netherlands ;-) Every single day...
We have sooo many tourists here that assume this that I was even thinking of putting a board on the door of the windmill I worked in to tell the visitors that the next coffeeshop for that (not just drinking coffee) is not on our island but over 50km away. Could have made a fortune probably with selling that 'stuf' (or end up in jail pretty fast).
@@boykaunlimitted4514 Because between rain there is sunshine!
But we do.
3:38 really surprised to hear that as I always thought we are relatively open about that. It's not a common or easy topic here, but it's not taboo like in the US. The only ones who benefit from not discussing salary are the employers
I was not surprised. I don't know anyone (Dutch) who feels comfortable talking about salary or money in general. Maybe there's a cultural difference between the west (Holland) and the east of the country?
And also about age most people don't like to talk (but I don't mind, I'm 66 now)
Yeah, its nuanced: people dont start conversations with 'how much do you get paid', but amongst friends: its a common topic, how much is your income, how much is going to taxes, how much do you take home, not as big a deal as for example in the USA, where it seems you NEVER talk about that.
It is really though. I have no idea what my dad earned or has in savings. I suspect him to be very rich based on his job, but I'll only find out when I get my inheritance.
Half the country works in places where salaries are regulated by collective labour agreements which have tables for functions and experience years.
So people in the Netherlands generally know how much their collegues earn and they can guess how much people in similar jobs with similar experience earn in other companies.
People with individual contracts usually have better salaries but might have less employee benefits. Most foreign people will be in those jobs I assume.
it changed over time. I know how much all my friends make, but not how much my own parents make.
To be honest, I also don't know how much my coworkers make.
As a Dutch, I'd rather have a foreign person telling me that Dutch sounds familiar with German, rather than mentioning the 2010 World Cup final..... I mean, yeah, we do have a history with Germany, but that history is not as fresh as the final..!
(We just love the Germans. Very polite when they are visiting us, and friendly neighbours with a superhigh rate of hospitality when we are visiting them.)
If people are still upset over the 2010 WC final they should find a hobby or something, because that's some bullshit grudge to uphold. We got our revenge on Spain 4 years later, just let it go
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"people" is men, i think, mostly. I don't know 1 woman who gives a fck about a game from 2010.
Love germans or secretly afraid 😋
If you’re from The Hague you don’t like Germans 😂
@@marjoleinevmv More like Rotterdam lol
6:52 "Don't throw garbage outside of the trash can"
He talks about it as if it is not normal to throw your trash in the bin in other countries in the world
He's from India. It's probably normal there.
not in the bin* and yea what the heck. I heard that and I was like "Wait... duh? Isn't that normal for most of the world?"
Maybe the Dutch fines are more serious was his intent? 🤷🏻♀️
As a born and raised Dutch I say: you are all right!
Only about walking on the 'fietspad': here in the 'other part' of the Netherlands (not Holland but the east) it's pretty normal to walk on the bicycle path because there is no other path to walk ... Or you'll have to walk in the (wet!) grass ...
yep it relies on the situation.. in amsterdam i defenitely wouldn't do it but in more rural areas it's perfectly fine as long as you keep to the left side so you can easily see any oncoming bikers.. and in some cases there just is no other way.. like how they are building on two sides of the road near here right now forcing you to either take a detour or walk on the bike lane
Basically: use the best option available.
If there's no seperate paths or lanes at all, walk on the left side of the road, to ensure you notice oncoming traffic in time to move off the road for a few seconds.
If there's only the car lanes and bike paths, the bike paths are the safe option to walk.
If there's an extra path for pedestrians, you walk there.
Since cities in the Netherlands are built to accommodate every traffic participant, you shouldn't use the bath paths/lanes there.
But if you were to visit smaller towns, you'll notice that there are many shared roads, where you'll just have to make sure you stay away of your surroundings.
@JAra complain with your local government.
If they're so narrow that it encourages people to use the bike paths instead, it's a design flaw that they need to work on to encourage safety.
@@nonexistingvoid this is probably in a more rural area. There the bike lanes have 2 functions, one; bike lane, and 2; footpath. And they're not as well kept (or red) like in the cities. Also, in places you will see bike lanes on the car roads, one on either side, making up about 2/5ths of the total road width of the road. (If there are cyclists on both lanes then only one car can fit through safely, but two cars and one bike fit)
@@NanoGalactic42 I'm from a rural area myself, and complaining about these things with your local government should work.
It's a safety issue if the available sidewalks are too narrow to walk on, or so poorly kept that people'd rather avoid them.
If there's no sidewalk or bike path/lane, you could ask your local government if it's possible for them to add those, if the roads are too unsafe without them.
Or even just a lower speed limit, which isn't uncommon either.
Great to see all these reactions from a foreign perspective on subjects, that are quite normal or common to us
I am originally Dutch and have been living abroad for quite a couple years now.
Having to learn a culture and habits of a different place can be challenging.
Looking at these videos it makes me laugh very much to see reactions from other people getting in touch with the Dutch culture, I think these videos are a great help and fun tool that help people better understand Dutch culture.
These videos are great examples how learning and looking at culture can be really funny and it's a great process to learn from each other.
Keep it up Bart !
Persons interviewed for sure mainly were in Amsterdam. They experienced the behaviors and culture of the people in 'Holland'.
Also in Amsterdam: don't exit the tram through the wrong door. I made that mistake recently and the lady behind the counter wasn't too happy with me :)
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@@auttark9815 there's an entrance and an exit. Don't exit from the entrance.
@@drantigon the tram doesnt? its all the same door
Yes that is mostly in Amsterdam. The first time me and my cousins made the same mistake. We are from Rotterdam.
Lol I tried too the other day, but was yelled at immediately 😂
I am surprised to see how different this video is from other videos like this one. Im glad I clicked on it, I agreed with quite a lot of don’ts and I think this was an accurate representation of our culture ! Great video !
Just be your self and be prepared to get direct feedback. There's no problem if you follow your own path. If someone else has a problem, let him or her keep it. Honesty is the best universal virtue we all have.
Actually Dutch has much in common with both German and English (and the other germanic languages), but they sound quite different.
exactly, it's pretty damn close to english aswell was what i thought.
although middle english may actually be a bit closer than modern english in that regard on its face.
with phrases like "Do What Thou Wilt" (dutch: "doe wat je wil"), that would problably be preferably construed as "do AS you please/wish/will" instead these days, albeit still likely not being technically wrong the old way, stylistic choice evolved a lot, middle english tends to apply more similar stylistic choices to dutch.
archaic english: "hold fast" -> (dutch: "hou(d) vast"), modern english would say "hold on (to)", the word fast for secured/ is kind of old hat and out of style in it's original form
words like "fasten" are still used in american english for securing things, mostly seatbelts specifically , so there's remnants all over the place but it's a big old context/subject sensitive mishmash of several words now for what is essentially the same action, whereas dutch stuck to "vast" and its derivatives (stuck is one of the definitions of "vast" lol)
but Dutch has a lot of overlap with modern English due to french and latin words that were adopted along the way into both languages aswell,
and many those words are technically Dutch and English as they were accepted in the dictionaries for their respective languages, there's plenty of overlap with words that are not of germanic origin, so certain sentences can very often be more than halfway mutually intelligible beyond just the germanic roots.
so they never really seemed to drift apart too far from one another because of those shared traits as time went on.
what i do find odd though, is the fact that dutch people speaking english sound WAY more like american english than english english, and we saw plenty of british TV back in the day, you'd imagine we would sound more like brits speaking english, we don't, we sound way more american-ish, although we may pop in and out of using the british A sound every so often.
@@dutchdykefinger i think the accent thing might have to do with our regular accent already either that or it might have to do with the fact that the people that moved to america did also have a ton of dutch people amongst them.. especially after WWII since a lot of jewish survivors either left during or after the war was over.. many of them would have naturally been german or dutch hearing from their family that it might be dangerous to stay or just deciding to leave because it felt safer to go to america after the war than to stay.. and of course the first waves of immigrants also came from all over europe with people from the UK,the netherlands,Germany,Belgium,France etc moving there (though i'd guess the french mostly went to canada instead wich could explain the different variation in their accent aswell) and especially since New york was originally New Amsterdam it could just be a case of generational passing down yet since so many accents were heard back then the most prevalent in said area most likely took the cake in forming the many american accents there are..
Dutch is pretty much German Light
@@boblangefeld9801 Only if speaking specifically from the perspective of an anglophone. Dutch lies between English and German. So an English speaker would find that the main difference between Dutch and German is that German is more unfamiliar and different.
I am 100% Dutch and even I don’t dare to cycle in big city centres. It’s hella scary!😂
My Don't as a Dutch person would be to not call "The Netherlands" Holland. I get annoyed when people say they went to Holland, when it's called The Netherlands.
Unless they actually went to zh or nh... Most ppl view Amsterdam as the Netherlands, so then it could be fine if they went there. Buy yeah, just say "The Netherlands"
As a born and raised Netherlander, I can say Dutch and German _are_ very similar. Sure, they’re very different to each other, and there are some really clear singular differences (Dutch has no ä, ü, ö, ß, and German has no ë), as well as a really different overall vibe. But of all languages of the world, German has to be the one that’s closest to Dutch by quite some distance, ignoring the languages that are as directly related to Dutch as Frisian and Afrikaans.
Actually Danish is much more related to Dutch than German.
@@zinazina6367 Is it really? To me it feels more between German and Norwegian/Swedish. I have an easier time understanding German than understanding Danish.
@@hellomynameisjoenl Probably because you get German at school and not Danish 😉
@@zinazina6367 That’s well possible, but it still feels farther removed.
@@hellomynameisjoenl I know during a vacation in Denmark that I decided to do some baking. I followed the recipe on the backside of the packaging and the only thing I had to look up was gær, yeast (nl: gist), although it would have been my first guess without the translation based on the sentence.
Written Danish and Dutch read quite similarly, altough spoken is another story. Although it can help that I know German and knowing two Germanic languages can help translate a third
Ik hoorde zowaar een paar woorden Nederlands! Kom op Bart, wanneer krijgen we de cursisten nou eens volledig in het Nederlands te horen! Of durf je niet? haha.
1x moesten ze een fietsenwinkel opbellen. Maar in een meer relaxte sfeer zou wel leuker zijn ja.
Gewoon fake gedoe
@@redfishswimming Als het de moeite niet waard was waren ze niet op cursus bij hem. Of ben je vergeten wie dit kanaal runt om je domme statement te maken?
i honestly dont mind foreign people telling me dutch is like german. because we have a lot of similarities, especially in the east in Twente we dont mind it. we al know its a germanic language.
i honestly thing its the mentality of the west. its funny how small out country is but in the east we're way more open and friendly than the west. i noticed when i moved from west to east how close minded and quickly annoyed the westerners are. here we're more laid back, and helpful
Well done as always Bart! Dankuwel
Ja leuke video
I don’t agree with the salaries part. I am Dutch myself and we all know from each other what we approximately make. Not a secret at all.
I think it we talk about it, but just more with friends and not with outsiders.
I don't agree. Some of my best friends don't want to talk about salaries either. It's really a taboo topic in The Netherlands
@@Hephaestus83 Oddly enough I know the salaries of the vast majority of my friends and family. No one cares if you know.
It highly varies across social circles and jobs. COA-covered jobs often have regulated salaries, so then it's hardly a secret anyway. But other segments it's more contentious.
I think this might be a regional thing. I live in the north and have never encountered anyone not wanting to answer that question, also personally would tell anyone who would like to know. Maybe it being a tabboo topic is more of a western thing.
Visit Drenthe sometimes de plattelanden (the flatlands) are amazing to see. Its so peacefull. If you really want to rest go to Drenthe. You can really relax there.
I love the international mix of your videos!
Hector & Silvia seem like incredibly kind and fun people! Really trying to get to know the Dutch culture while also admitting to forget it often (thank god they do though, us Dutch can be quite stiff when it comes to things we're not used to).
You can put 90-95% off this video into a how too behave in Denmark 😅
Dutchies and Danes are quite similar, mentality-wise. Actually, an anthropologist found that Dutch & Danish people share way more cultural traits than e.g. Dutch and Flemish people, in spite of the language we share with the latter. Cheers from Amsterdam!
As a dutchmen this honestly is so funny to see. So many things they're calling is just spot on its hilarious
Not to ever walk on the bicycle trails is a very BAD idea though. Cause unless you're in a city or town where you have sidewalks; outside of towns it's actually the only place you're allowed to walk on! Unless there's no bike trails at all of course
Loudest and most quiet people at the same time. Pretty amazing.
It's only in certain restaurants that you have to pay for the toilet (unless you are a customer but who checks it anyways?). For the rest the toilets are free. There are even public toilets in the middle of the street for everyone to use freely
even at train stations u pay 75 cents for the toilet
I learned don’t walk on the bike path when I walked on the bike path.
well it's kinda very obvious isn't it? a thin red path with a bicycle sign on it.
I would say: ga van het fietspad af gore teringlul de volgende keer rij ik je aan!
@@RottenWeeblet Well, kinda it isn't, since you're *supposed* to walk on the bike path if a foot path is unavailable.
@@darkfoxxbunyip yes but most of the time that isn't the case except if you walk next to an 80km/h road or a highway.
Whuhaha
Honestly I don't count Amsterdam to be part of the Netherlands. It's a theme park of what foreigners think the Netherlands is supposed to be.
I mean, most shopkeepers in the stores in the city centre don't even know how to speak Dutch lol
It's a fun place to visit once though!
In Germany in many places the pedestrian path IS also used for the bikes. Pretty dangerous to go for a walk at first.
The sidewalk is no place for bikes and anyone who has ever cycled (I guess that does not include the people who put bicycle lanes on side walks) knows that.
@@klapsigaarenbasgitaar1931 It is though, but you need to know the place you want to do it. I know loads of pedestrian paths that are used also as bike paths (granted most are either because it cuts off loads a route or avoids a somewhat dangerous part of the road and in all cases actual pedestrians are rare there and easily spotted).
Certainly shouldn't be treated as standard though.
In Holland, you can walk on bicycle lanes, but you NEVER cycle on pedestrian lanes
@@Celtjak7In NL It's illegal to cycle on the sidewalk.
Even English people aren't obsessed with their royal family, it's Americans that are obsessed with them lol (from my experience).
And Germans too because they don't have it anymore. Somehow they want our king and many here want a president ;-)
Americans are obsessed with everything, as long they can make a fortune out of it. 🙄
How is this relevant to The Netherlands?
@@iberlo85 since we are a kingdom (which sind the current 'domme king' - sorry Dutch...) has an extra meaning.
And it was mentioned in the video.
Point 23 is so true! I was dating a Dutch girl over the summer and I would tease her about Dutch being pretty much like German. She absolutely hated it hahahah
Many Dutch people still are 'traumatised' from WW2, even when they're born after it ended. I know people of about my age (born in the 1950s / 1960s) who still feel some kind of hate because their grandparents' bicycles were confiscated by the German army during 'the war' ... I do not have such feelings.
@@ingeleonora-denouden6222 not only that it might also be a football thing since if anyone is seen as a rival during world cups or europe cups it's always germany
If German was the same as Dutch it wouldn't be called different. So stupid dumb to think this way
@@litchtheshinigami8936 it's the other way around I think
Indeed. Unless the Dutchie dislikes football don't talk about 1974.
Didn't know there were still people that get agitated when compared to Germans.. I'm dutch, I like Germans, similar culture, similar ethics, bit more strict though, not as laid back as us. But they are good people these days.
Don't think my grandfather ever forgave them but that's all in the past.
Work culture is very different though. As you said more strict. Much more hierarchical. And of course less humor. But in general more polite.
Was yr grandfather jewish? Sry if it sounds weird
The Dutch hug too! Only not with strangers, but when we get to know you, we will hug the absolute sh*t out out of you!
I lived for 15 years in Amsterdam.
Honestly, I can't think of things that would be taboo in Holland. The Dutch are pretty tolerant. They are no great fans of people who stand out from the crowd.
Lol Amsterdam is the most toxic place in the country. Full of terrible people and racists.
Also Holland is only a small part of the country..
Well one taboo ! Don't say Holland, it's the Netherlands! 😱🤨😅
I don't live in Holland FFS.
Or did you mean to say that anyone outside of Holland doesn't matter ? In that case : screw you.
If you didn't mean to say that, then what did you mean ?
I'm pretty intolerant when people call my country 'Holland'.
If you don't know the difference between 'Holland' and 'the Netherlands', use the NETHERLANDS !
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.. calling the UK : England, would be the same thing.
It is needless diminishing the importance of other parts of said country.
thats so true i'm one of those guys that doesnt belong in crowds!
@@redfishswimming You can turn that around, we tolerate what doesn't impact us. Meanwhile it's pretty normal for both people and politics in loads of other countries to get mad about things that doesn't impact them in the slightest.
Also talking finance isn't remotely a taboo, maybe it is in the Randstad. IDK. But the Randstad, especially Amsterdam, is at this point really only Dutch by the technicality of being located in the country.
Another don't: don't take the last cookie from the plate (older generation though)
And most of all the Netherlands is not only Amsterdam. If you see only Amsterdam you have seen the tourist, not the real dutch people. Most of the people in Amsterdam are tourist. Their is so much more then that. There are so many villages as well. Go check it out!!
Yes…….and the most important rule……….there is more then Amsterdam ! Rotterdam, Den Haag !
Yes! The eastern part of the Netherlands is much more interesting. Nature, castles, nice old towns and villages, windmills (even some watermills!). The west is only interesting for the architecture and 'horeca' (hotels, cafés, restaurants)
People should see the north
As a kid I was kicked out everytime because of *dinner time* (between 17:00u - 18:00u) 😂 In most cultures they just invite you to stay over having dinner together; the more people the better😂😂😂 Niet in typisch Nederlandse gezinnen hahaha
hahaha, I relate to this so much. I would be at a friend's house and they would ask when I planned to leave as they were about to have dinner. My usual response at first was that I could wait upstairs, but that didn't fly with them
We dont buy extra food bc usualy it goes in the bin
@@sirradez Why would you wait upstairs? That's so weird
@@meganversteeg61 I guess you're dutch. My reasoning is that I'd rather stay upstairs and wait for my friend to finish dinner so we can hang out afterwards instead of going home for 20 - 30 minutes, without eating, only to return afterwards. Especially since a lot of dutch people eat at 17:00 (which is really early in my opinion)
Ive been invited to eat as a kid on a play date quite often. Guess its just a personal experience and not a culture thing then
Leaving the US for a vacation in the Netherlands tomorrow and so looking forward to it! That said, I grew up with an Austrian grandfather, and having a background in German definitely made picking up Dutch easier. They are different languages but within the same family.
The first don't of visiting the Netherlands: Do not visit Amsterdam. Visit the province.
Visit Amsterdam to see the museums, the canals, the history, and great restaurants. To not visit Amsterdam would be stupid. But, yes, you must then get out into other places to see smaller towns, and the countryside.
@@hrussell9677 there a more museums and historical places in The Netherlands so I agree, for once people, don't go to Amsterdam because it's not really 'dutch' (don't get me wrong I was born in Amsterdam and lived all over The Netherlands so I just know 🤫)
@@hrussell9677 Amsterdam sucks.... it's a terrible place to be. Nothing stupid it about it. Our big cities are in decline.
The first point is literally so true. Amsterdam is completely different compared to the rest of the Netherlands
Personally, as a Dutch person, I think Dutch and German are quite similar. I don't have a problem with the comparison. The reason it's a touchy subject, I think, is because of WWII and football rivalry.
It seems to me that it's because much of the rest of the world has a pretty clear image of the Germans (whether it's accurate or not is another story), but people don't know much about the Dutch, and see them as like Germans. So the Dutch image among foreigners is defined by the German image, with people ascribing to the Dutch things which are actually only German characteristics, while being oblivious to most Dutch characteristics which don't fit the German sterotype.
So the dutch are annoyed by this and therefore deny any similarity between them and Germans, and are prone to object whenever a foreigner compares them to Germans in any way, thus the mention in the video.
What do you think about that?
@@leandrog2785 I think it's because of WW2.
@@thematriarchy2075 Not at all. Not many people are alive these days that have experienced it.
@@iberlo85 You don't have to experience something in order to have vooroordelen about others. I am 50 and most definitely grew up with hearing vooroordelen about German people and that was because of the war.
@@iberlo85 If we continue to celebrate the 5th of May the memory will stay alive, don't you think?
It would be very strange to me if one of my friends shows up out of nowhere and says hey dude I'm here to eat dinner.
lmao, this was a very fun video to watch
A friend of mine from the USA asked me ones about that "thing" about bikes in the Netherlands. So I said " To put it in perspective, in the USA they have guns, we have bikes, and trust me, they hurt like hell. ". 😜
I quite like the funny comparison with bikes and guns.At the same time, it is metaphorical and creative;)
funny talks but learning a lot... thanks for sharing the Don'ts and Do's.
These people are amazing
As a Dutch person, this is the first time I’ve heard someone say the Netherlands is a relaxed country
I've entertained many friends from many different cultures/countries and all of them kept saying how incredibly relaxed the NL is over all. After they've gotten past the directness at least :P
@@shoelacedonkey lol. Maybe it’s a really relaxed for tourists. Amongst the inhabitants of NL it’s a popular opinion that they find living and working in NL pretty stressful. In the end it’s always a perfect place to live; yet it still draws a stressful society
Rule nr 1-b: dont use too many words. Please, get to the point asap! In speaking and in writing. Or else we lose patience... sorry 😬
Really? Honestly I experience the opposite. A thing you believe takes 5 minutes to discuss could become 30-minutes discussion when speaking with Dutch colleagues. On the other hand I’m always impressed how Dutch could create a whole story out of nothing.
Depends on the person. Some people dont like directness and some people do.
3:55 , if you're curious about de age of a person that is older than you, i always ask: hoe jong ben je? (Which means: how YOUNG are you?). It's a little bit more polite to ask
I am a European and I can tell you the DUTCH and the GERMANS are as different as IT CAN BE !
the only in common is the are both CORRECT and very GOOD ORGANISED
As different as it can be? So would you say that the French and Swedes are more similar to each other? What about Spaniards and Germans? Brits and Greeks?
Obviously, among all possible pairs of European nations, the Dutch and Germans would be very near the top of the list of most similar.
But the Dutch get butthurt by any comparison between them and Germans, because since Germany is far more well-known internationally, foreigners (including tourists in the Netherlands) very frequently view the Dutch as "like Germans but with some differences".
It's of course understandable that they would be annoyed by having their image be defined by that, but denying any similarity between Dutch and Germans is ridiculous and irrational.
@@leandrog2785 don't forget that most Dutch grandparents (and their parents) witnessed and experienced the 2nd world war up from very close. (Both my dad's and mother's side of the family for example had to leave their homes for more than a year since they were living in a heavy warzone.)
Hundreds of thousands of Dutch families back then had an extreme deep hatred against the Germans because of everything they experienced and lost. This hatred is almost completely gone nowadays, but i think this might be one of the many reasons why Dutch people don't like to be associated with Germans. While Germans have a lot in common, they are definitely very different in many aspects.
If anything, the Dutch people should be associated with the northern Belgian (Flemish) people. They literally speak Dutch with a few twisted words and a bit different accent, but for the rest the country is almost the same. Just a little bit less organised/modern infrastructure.
So answering your question; no the Germans are not the closest related to the Dutch, that's definitely the Belgian people. It's called the Benelux for a reason.
@@joostinatortje For both countries something can be said. Its not on or the other. Belgium speak 'dutch' with a heavy accent, but the rest of country is french and a bit german as well. Overall Germany is culturally more related id say.
@@joostinatortje There is nothing worse than being associated with the Germans, except for being associated with the Belgians.
@@leandrog2785 Ever heard of a hyperbole?
Yeah about the dont try to stand out. Here (Netherlands) it’s so rare to stand out that I have remembered the one guy who would always sing very loud coming back from probably nighttime work and you could hear him from your house and yeah, I never forgot that guy. I think it was good that he didn’t care because here in the Netherlands, we don’t care XD
I live here for 7 years now. It’s fun to watch these cultural differences but I would advise every new comer to just be themselves and , we need more diversity not everyone adapting to the ‘dutch’ way because dutch people themselves are very diverse
I can't agree more 😉
And what’s all that diversity going to bring the Dutch nation ? Our country is taken away from us. The Dutch, no not passports, ethnicity, so Germanic/Batavian, need to adept to others. Even at university Dutch students can’t study in their own language, as anywhere else, but in order to please foreign students, all lessons are given in English. Dutch girls, living a free life, are being harassed on the streets, gays beaten up, racist crime against the indigenous is rampant and coloring a map red with countries who practice FGM you now need to color Holland red as well. In the meantime indigenous Dutch are becoming aboriginals in their own country, have no solidarity among themselves, individualized and not protected. BLM yes, WLM no. Watch ‘opsporing verzocht’ (crime program). Against Dutch, the racism is never mentioned. Dutch are now outlaws. Look at Dutch swimmingpools.
ok globalist. every european coutnry needs to be BLACK!!!
Thats litteraly not true.
@@iberlo85 - You still let your daughters go to a public swimming pool ?!
Reminds me of when I was on holiday to another country once, and wanted to rent a bicycle for a day... I had to prove to the guy that I'm capable of riding a bike before he let me...
Bro do you know who I am?!? I'm DUTCH!
Visiting at 17.00 hrs without invitation
Why are Indians telling me what not to do in the Netherlands. Id like to hear from more dutch people...
6:10 23: As a Dutch person I don't agree with that point. Because the Dutch and German language is quite similar. Just don't call it the same thing because there definitely are differences in the language. But the culture that is definitely different
Same! I was very confused. Because the language is so similar that we can understand them most of the time.
I think most Dutch people don’t get angry over this.
@@inepiny3067 I do. I hate the german language so it makes me quite annoyed when they say it's ''pretty much the same''
@@meganversteeg61 Well it is. Deal with it despite your personal feelings.
The smell of the canal? Does the canal have a specific smell? Serious question though maybe I don't even smell it anymore being born in Amsterdam.
"Don't speak too loud" - Has anyone told the Dutch this?
u mean all those immigrants that scream through their phones? ye i agree
I liked very much the part about Germany.... I used to work for 30 years for a German company (airline) and now I live in Thailand.... hardly have any German friends. The ones I have are Dutch.. oddly enough. Not that I specifically look for it, but Germans.... they are a different breed.
Meteen raak… Don’t come here if you’re a tourist 😉
About point 17 "Don't try to stand out". We even have a saying about it: Doe maar normaal, dan doe je al gek genoeg (letterally: act normal, (then) you'll act differently enough).
Fun fact if you go to villages you can walk on bicycle paths
The voice @6:10 made me remember dr. Janosz Poha from Ghostbuster 2
I don't think this is representative of the whole Netherlands. In North Brabant, just entering the house of someone you know saying "Hi Im here for a coffee" without telling them is pretty normal.
Its not normal and quite annoying actually
@@iberlo85 Is gewoon normaal hier.
I'm Dutch and visited Germany a few weeks ago.
Yes, we DO sound alike.
Number 13 is false. You ALWAYS look through the windows.
Yes, but just short enough to be able to greet someone on the other side of the window with a small gesture. Not longer, that would be weird.
Only from the inside out!
@@ingeleonora-denouden6222 Yes, Inge!
8:00 we also have tulips yes
Waarom woont iedereen in deze filmpjes in Amsterdam en nooit daarbuiten?
I am Dutch and this video is really funny :)
I once dared to open a bottle of coke in the tram... People stared at me like I assaulted their mama's hamster
Did you shake it first?
@@PetraStaal I should have to make it worth it 😂 nope, the slight 'pffft' sound was enough to get attention
@@PetraStaal it’s pretty common but official it’s forbidden to eat or drink in a bus or tram.
I wouldn’t think it would be a big problem here in the south.
Last week I was out with my nephew and treated him with ice cream it took to long so the bus would arrive in about ten minutes so I ordered him to store it in his lunchbox for a few minutes. The bus was late and gave him a chance to eat some of it but while doing that we’ve missed the bus (while he could see us just missing it) and due to vacation schedules we needed to wait for thirty minutes. But otherwise I would think it wasn’t a big problem for others. In traffic hours you’ll see people eating their lunch and drinking whatever.
Whuhaha
never had that issue before.. but that might just be because i don't give a rat's ass, if i'm thirsty you bet i'm gonna drink ! then again most of the time as long as you don't litter it's no problem at all.. like recently i had a can of energy drink and went into the bus nobody said anything not even the driver. once it was empty i kept it and threw it away in a trashcan outside
6:11 I'm Dutch myself and I think it's similar, so I don't care if you think that actually
When you're late you disrespect everybody who came on time. Your time is not more valuable than theirs.
“I think using bikes in the center of Amsterdam is dangerous for people who are not adjusted to that” THANK YOU, tourists do NOT know how our traffic works and it’s deeply infuriating.
So many things here are just good manners! Maybe the Dutch are less bothered about offending people who are not respectful of Dutch people and Dutch society.
07:19 'There's no free.'
Thsts why our favourite Dutch words is 'gratis', sweetheart. 🤭
I'm Dutch and lived in Paris for half a year. When I came back to Amsterdam, the first thing I noticed was how (young) Dutch people literally shout mundane conversations at each other, even on the phone. People in Amsterdam in are generally less classy and socially aware than the Parisians (something we ignorantly interpret as French "arrogance"). But yeah, I'd say Dutch people are also more honest and reliable. A plan's a plan, and a no's a no. A bit boring, but very prudent.
People from Amsterdam just suck, I'm from the Noord-Holland and Amsterdam'ers are just a different breed.
I never understood why being on time when you make an appointment is so weird.. Do you also go to work at 10 when you are supposed to start at 9?
Iedereen die roept dat Nederlands en Duits in het niets op elkaar lijken, moet op een strafbankje gaan zitten. Het zijn gewoon twee standaardtalen die eng verwant zijn.
Ja verwant maar niet hetzelfde!! Als dat zo was waarom bestaat er dan Duitsland/Nederland en Duitse taal/Nederlandse taal?! Je zegt toch ook niet dat Pools en Russisch hetzelfde is?
Cool list!
From a dutch person:
- 15 do talk about salary, only your boss doesn't like it but it is better for all the employees. But maybe be a bit subtle about it, because it is indeed a bit of a taboo
- 18 hugging and physical contact is perfectly fine by my standards
Not by mine don’t like the physical contact
Don’t try to stand out??? That’s rich. In Belgium you can spot a Dutchie from a mile way 🤪😉 we are in awe of their directness, Vlamingen are even more modest and quiet 😳😂😂😂
But by being direct you are not standing out in the Netherlands, you’re just like everybody else 😂
I was in Belgium last time ( im dutch) i said to so many people hi,hey,hoe gaat het 95% ignored me stupid people
Ze dachten waarschijnlijk dat je iets wou verkopen. Ik glimlach en knik naar iedereen die ik kruis, wordt vooral door ouderen geapprecieerd. Meestal als ik in Nederland ben beantwoord men mijn vragen in het Engels.
@@skralann123 als ze zoude lache ( in de goede manier en daarmee bedoel ik niet denigrerend wat ik ze niet zie doen hoor) dan was het ook geen probleem hoor maar ze waren ook allemaal chagrijnig nogmaals niet allemaal maar meeste die ik op dat moment heb aan gesproken waren dat wel helaas
@@DDA532 kan er mij iets bij voorstellen ☺️
Most things are specific to Amsterdam here, walking on cycling paths is pretty common elsewhere outside the bigger cities, I walk my dogs on the cycling path everyday. And things like coffeeshops are not things super common outside the more tourist cities neither, they can be found often but it's not like you would walk in them by accident.
Rule nr xx: Always remember that the Dutch will in fact not be tolerant of things that do not accord to their own idea of what 'tolerance' is.
Tolerant of many things but draw lines elsewhere and enforce them
Depends on the intolerance of introducing the subject.
Exactly. Like not believing the climate change scam. That's a big no-no here.
Or saying things like America is a great country.
@@Firemarioflower there's lots of people who don't believe in climate change here lmao. Each year is getting hotter and hotter, half the time when I mention climate change in this regard they brush it off and look the other way
Very correct. German is similar to Dutch, not the other way round.
As a Dutch person, I can attest to #17. We are a pretty conformist society, and it's one of the things I despise most about my country.
Explain? I don't see that at all
@@iberlo85 Peer pressure is big.... the individual strength is in decline because we all have to listen to what the media tell us. Those who think different are always met with scorn. Also, the thing about 'just be normal, don't do crazy' is such a fake, hypocritical thing.
Yes, online bullying is big and on schools as well, if you're different, in other words, not a woke mindless sheep.
Critical thinking is not encouraged in this country. We just have to copy everything that's been told.
Also this constant pandering to be the best behaved of all European countries.
Pro tip: you can greet dutch people with a hug but read the room :) not everyone appreciates it that's very true. Its not the most normal if you dont know someone.
@6:22 Never compare Dutch language with German language. That isn’t true, we all know it looks a like. It’s more like they assume we are German or we speak Deutsch. Other than that we are cool with it I guess?
yeah, but don't compare Dutch people to German people because we aren't fine with that lol
But Dutch people are in fact Germans. So what's wrong with that?
@@RottenWeeblet I don't think anybody I know would mind that. I think the german/dutch rivalry was a thing for the older generations.
@@RubenBunskoeke I don't like being called German, we're very different and it's obvious.
I always will remember one quote from one smart Dutch writer, Gerard Reve: "De Nederlander denkt dat hij verschrikkelijk lollig en verschrikkelijk intelligent is, maar de Nederlander is eigenlijk een soort Duitser, die zich verbeeldt dat hij geen Duitser is omdat hij melk drinkt." [The Dutchman thinks he is incredibly funny and incredibly intelligent, but the Dutchman is actually a kind of German, who imagines that he is not a German because he drinks milk."]
And about languages: Dutch is link between English ang German with lot of Roman (in particular French) loanwords.
Depending on the person don't always need to visit with appointmen depending wich part of Netherlands for my family u can visit un announced same for my friends
But the Dutch language does look like German...do we have some reality denying Dutchies? Learning German is so easy for someone from the Netherlands because of that.
The Dutch I've met through my work do not seem to have a problem with the resemblance btw the languages, and they don't hide that they easily learn German.
As I learned German before beginning to learn some Dutch I sometimes tell Dutch people that, to me, Dutch is German in parallel universe comparing words such as 'frau' and 'vrouw' (same pronounciation, different spelling). But at the same time, I have learned that in other respects there are huge differences too.
Well actually it isn’t. It’s much easier for Germans to learn Dutch. German has grammarical features that Dutch has lost (for the most part). The German case system is a real b*tch for us Dutchies. Also, in Dutch we only have two different ways of making plural nouns from singular nouns (that is, if you disregard the ones with a foreign origin). We only have plurals ending in -en and -s (and slight variations thereof). German plurals are way more diverse and make no sense to us Dutchies. Compare Dutch ‘huis-huizen’ to German ‘Haus-Häuser’, ‘meisje-meisjes’ versus ‘Mädchen-Mädchen’ and many many more. Wtf is that all about???
@@speerboom Don't know what that's all about, but hauser und madchen makes perfect sense to me as a Dutchie. I don't know all those technical terms like nouns and such, but I've always had a knack of dong it the way 'it s4eems right' and that hasn't failed me sofar. Am I an exceptional case? I always thought German was so easy because it's so close to Dutch that we basically can communicate without learning any grammar rules. At least, I could.
@@darkfoxxbunyip From a Dutch perspective it would make sense if in German ‘Haus’ would be plural ‘Hauses’ or ‘Hausen’. A sound change to ‘äu’ AND a final ‘-r’ (Häuser) is unnatural for Dutch ears. So is the plural of ‘Mädchen’, which doesn’t change at all when you make it a plural. ‘Mädchens’ would be logical for Dutchies, but it isn’t ‘Mädchens’.
@@darkfoxxbunyip Are you seriously saying you get all the cases (naamvallen) correct all the time without having to memorize all kinds of things? Then you’re one of the very few Dutchies since in Dutch we lost the case system a long long time ago, except for a few fixed expressions.
I'm always curious how other people see dutch people because i'm dutch. Its quite funny to hear how they think about us :)
About salary, I cannot even ask my father about it
I agree. And I never knew how much money my old mother (widowed) had on her bank account until I saw it by accident ... She always said: 'er is genoeg' (there's plenty of it)
As a Dutchman, I will have to add one thing that no one mentioned. It's that you shouldn't talk in the stiltecoupé (quiet zone) in the train!!!
I find it very annoying to hear tourists having loud conversations or phone calls when I want silence.