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The biggest danger is a tourist on a bike 🤣
Thats definitely true!
I actually got almost run over while cycling by another cycling tourist (hit me from the back)
Na de hangjongeren met focking VUURWERK
@@DuckiesLeDuck wel die van onder de 14 jaar.
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Indonesia is a former colony of the Netherlands and the Dutch love Indonesian food. Many Indonesians settled in The Netherlands and some of them started restaurants. The same goes for people from Surinam.
You are spot-on for the stairs and the old people. We build (subsidised) stairlifts when granny loses the ninja-stairclimbing skills. Some people in the building industry nick-name the less steeper stairs "lazy stairs". Best to go for a ground floor apartment or a hotel with a lift if you are planning to drink or get high.
Actually the majority of people that came over from former Dutch Indie aren’t Indonesians, they are called Indo’s (pronounced “in doughs”). Their ancestors are a mix of Dutch people and native Indonesians. They had Dutch passports and therefore were also Dutch to begin with. When Indonesia got independent after WW2 the Indo’s were told to either go to The Netherlands, or stay in Indonesia but lose their Dutch passports. Most of them decided to leave everything behind and start anew in “The Fatherland”.
I am as Dutch as a Dutch guy can be. My family in law are Indo's. Half Dutch Half Indonesian backgrounds. But they behave like any other Dutch person accept the food rituals. It's eating eating eating and eating...
@@viderethevaccinatorfromhol7536 Sounds like food heaven!
I think the mayonaise is a different one that I know from the McDonald's
You love a more little old town, come visit Deventer, it's more then 1250 years old, has the oldest Dutch brick house and oldest park and very nice skyline
American Mayonnaise and Dutch Mayonnaise are totally different. The Dutch one is great!
so true!
Jup American mayonaise is really bad... had to resort to ketchup there.... untill a little place near the Grand Canyon that had little bags of Remia....
Go for the Zaanse Mayonnaise. I.m.o. the best we have.
Also "Fritessaus" is not Mayonnaise.
@@toaojjc Remia is from Belgium. Get the Zaanse.
@@GuitarPlayersFun I like Remia a lot better than Zaanse mayo
Those steep stairs are only in the really old houses in bigger cities.
Also: Indonesia used to be a colony of The Netherlands untill 1949, and during the colonisation period many Indonesians came to The Netherlands.
If you visit old cities like amsterdam ,don't forget to look at the roofs of all the houses .. Lot of art .
Yes indeed, only the very old houses
Such steep stairs are quite rare in most of the Netherlands. In small appartments in big cities they are most common, but most tourists don't go to the smaller villages here. Amsterdam is nothing like most of the Netherlands look like.
They're actually not Indonesian but 'Indisch'. Descending from mixed European and local inland ancestry, coming from the former colony of the Dutch East Indies (Indië) . Also, most came after Indonesian independence. It wasn't safe for them anymore because the local population perceived them as traitors and dogs of the Dutch. Many were killed during WW2 and the bersiap period after that. My grandfather was a non commissioned officer in the KNIL (Royal Dutch Indies Army) so my family had to flee for obvious reasons.
A lot came towards and after the end, especially. All the collaborators with the colonial oppressors, sort of thing. Indonesia was like Afghanistan for a while there.
If you keep this up Highly we might have to start a GoFundMe getting Highly to take a trip to the Netherlands
Yes you will love it.
Move to Catalunya, mate. Private members' clubs where you can work on your computer, or hang out with friends. Discounts for members who use weed for medical purposes, with or without THC. Oh yeah, a euro for any drink, but no alcohol. Civilised and calm atmosphere guaranteed. Huge hash and weed menu plus many different ways to consume.
@@stephenberrells1471 Never been 2 Dutch festivals? Dude.. your club can't compare.
@@pieterpietersen3517 My club is near to Barcelona. I've been to the Netherlands many times, but never a festival. As a Londoner, I've been to lots in England.
Yes that's a perfect idea
The "Keukenhof" is a huge flower garden-park, famous for it's well designed flower beds, and showing flowers of all sorts.
"Keukenhof" literally translates to 'Kitchen Court' but probably comes from "Kuikenhof" = 'Chicken Yard'.
Hof is not translated to Court but to Garden (hof can translate to a lot of different things). Keukenhof is where spices were grown to be used in the kitchen. The original name was 'Keukenduin' meaning Kitchen dune but was renamed when it got used as a garden for the kitchen.
@@Ancovg - Thanks for those translations and origin tracing. Perfect. Mine were just guesses :-)
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@@Ancovg I mean a 'hof' isn't your everyday garden though I'd really say it's a courtyard because nobody calls their actual garden a 'hof'. You'd have to either have a fenced off shared community garden which we'd call a 'hofje' or an actual damn palace of a building to have a garden be significant enough that people start calling it a 'hof'.
'Hof' can mean both 'court' 'yard' and yes, also 'courtyard'. It's any enclosed flat. Sometimes including the walls!
Tough luck avoiding stairs with accommodation on the first floor because here, the ground floor is numbered 0 :)
I like to point out that IN the Netherlands they use 230 volt on their power grid, so do not plug 110 volt products in !! ⚠️
Most modern appliances do work at the European voltage (230 Volts 50 Hz), especially chargers for phones, camera batteries and laptops. It's usually written somewhere on the device or plug. If you see something like "INPUT: 100-240V 50/60Hz" you're good to go. Then you just need an adapter.
Don't take hair dryers or curling irons with you though. They usually don't work at European voltage and frequency.
Also notice that if you have a device with a 3-pin grounded/earthed plug and you're visiting Italy or Switzerland you need different adapters for both countries respectively. For the UK and Ireland (and also Malta and Cyprus) you need a different adapter as well (both for grounded/earthed and non-grounded/non-earthed appliances).
@@patrickoudejans the grounding pin isn’t in use since decades and just remains in some countries like that. In particularly in Switzerland you can generally just plug in your regular plug.
Generally speaking a travelling plug adapter has them all covered.
You don’t need 20 different adapters, get 1 multi purpose one and be done.
I would suggest to not stay in Amsterdam, but to book a hotel in Utrecht or Amersfoort. Those cities are in the middle of the country so it is easy to visit other cities from there and they have amazing architecture and history. And they are not that big of a tourist hotspot as Amsterdam. You definitely should visit Maastricht as well!
I agree, not about the stay central in the country part but about the don't stay in Amsterdam part. I would say go and do a trip through the whole country and you'll find there is much more to the country than the Amsterdam vibe you hear about everywhere.
@@Ancovg Dutch myself, and I don't like Amsterdam the slightest. I think as a city it's a real poor representation of the country. I totally agree with you and Merenwen.
Deventer is one of my favorites, Nijmegen is great too. Deventer really has this old style historic feel which I love. Easily the most beautiful city in our country for me
Agree, and while visiting Maastricht, go to Valkenburg as well, at least for some architecture point of views and historic aspects.
Or the Thermenmuseum in Heerlen for the oldest Roman remanence in the Netherlands. (Not to put high on your list, as side note.)
Depends if you're looking for the good coffeeshops to grab a cup of coff... Who am i kidding
Keukenhof is the world's largest flower garden btw.
I went to Nijmegen a few days ago, which is the oldest city in the Netherlands, located in the east of the Netherlands. It was absolutely gorgeous, so much history, lots of buildings that are 500 year old or older, great atmosphere, lots of students, cute independent shops. Definitely one of my favourite cities in the Netherlands.
Nijmegen and Deventer are my favorites. Beautiful cities
's Hertogenbosh is great aswell!
Deventer has the oldest stone house in the Netherlands and celebrated 1250 years a few years ago. (Although the house is younger than that ofcourse). Nijmegen itself is older ofcourse, but Deventer has a beautiful old city center.
I live there and agree. Prejudiced though.
Those ”tiny little pancakes” are called poffertjes 🤪
Others: The Netherlands is completely flat
People living in Limburg: Are we a joke to you? 😂
Nee zeker niet!! Altijd gezellig.
Same with the Veluwe.
Yes you are actually
Compared to other countries even Limburg and the Veluwe are relatively flat.
The dunes at Schoorl are not that flat either. Impression: czcams.com/video/fO_Ay1oY3JA/video.html
In all those Netherlands films its always about Amsterdam.
Thats a pitty because the Netherlands is so much more.
We have a lot of beautiful places to discover when you come over to visit our country.
Maybe at that time we can help you and give some nice suggestions 😃
And greetings to Helmond:-)
If you want to learn more about The Netherlands, watch the clips of "Learn Dutch with Bart de Pau." He teaches Expats everything about The Netherlands and they comment on that. It's really funny.
I live in Drenthe and it’s so disappointing that there isn’t much attention for the Dutch Dolens bicycle route. This is a combination of one of the few provinces who really invest in nature, an interesting history about the dolens and being able to do this in the very traditional Dutch way; riding a bicycle.
Most of the videos talk about the big cities and provinces of Noord-Holland, Zuid-Holland and Flevoland. But the top and the bottom of the country are so beautiful and way more idyllic.
Love all the attention for our beautiful country, it helps some Dutchies to regain more respect for their own country. 😂
Drenthe rules 😁
@Sunset Honeycomb De Veluwe is fire fr.
My favourite provinces are Drenthe, Overijssel and Gelderland by far. Especially love the people from Drenthe, Groningen and de Achterhoek, I am a Frisian myself.
I lived in Zuid Holland but loved Drenthe.....camping in Havelte as often as we could. The area is amazing for bicycling.
Groninger hier. Heb je een link voor me van die fietsroute? Google vindt hem niet :(
Don't ask for a first floor room. In the netherlands the first floor is 1 level up.
Mmm, still true in the Netherlands?
I know it is in Belgium but I thought that was because of French influence with their Rez-de-chaussée
@@Londronable Still true.1st floor is not at ground level.
Tip, Watch: How to survive Dutch new year's eve. Really funny, but also a reality check to the Dutch.
Not just that one, also the HTSD weather and HTSD bikes
Also our mayonais is totaly different then your kind of mayonais
At 13:34 , The explanation: For several hundreds of years Indonesia was a Dutch colony. That is why over time we started to appreciate, and adopted their food. This also goes for Surinam food. It's a bit like why people in the UK love curry's (from India).
When you travel to the north of the Netherlands, you're more than welcome to spend a few nights in our farmhouse! I'm happy to show you the north of our country!
That is sweet of you
Actually it would be a great idea..if the subs invite him over all in the country for a couple of nights...
Than he sees us...sees many parts of the country...and no spending on hotels....
Why not.....there's a lot of dutch subs..who are regular here on channel in comments or discord i quess?
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nait soezen moar broezen!!! 🤗
We colonised Indonesia for 350 years! 😬😉
Keukenhof is the biggest flower garden in the world! 🏵🌹🌺🌻🌼🌷⚘✌🏼
Well yes, but actually no... Indonesia became a colony in 1816 so it was a colony for about 150 years.. the 200 years before that it was territory held by the VOC, the company owned the East Indies, not the Netherlands as a state.
@@Sanderos25 Most of Indonesia was only colonized in the late 19th and early 20th century. The Dutch were very hands off colonizers for most of the time, they controlled the sea trade and let the local rulers do the oppressing and exploitation.
@@DenUitvreter True, they continued with the VOC model for quite some time
whenever a kid here falls off the stairs we tell them 'and now you know *why* you have to be careful on the stairs'
Thanks for showing your love for The Netherlands!
I love how the dude explains that one of the dangerous things in The Netherlands is getting run over by a bicycle
When you get tips from dutchies we'll often say the canal tour is hokey.. but we're wrong. Plan it in the middle of your day as a break, and it is a marvelous experience. I do it with all international friends in Utrecht but if you ask me it's a must in Amsterdam too. Specially for weekend trips and the like.
agreed, you can find a few dining boat tours as well, 'shipping' you from restaurant to restaurant to try different Dutch cuisines
Yea they are great, taken multiple american and european friends on them.
NOTE:
1. The beggars are usually (illegal) from the Baltic countries
2. The steep stairs you will (only) find in old houses/buildings (pre-war).
3. The "kroket" he's eating comes "out of the wall", which is typical Dutch and called "Automatic". (put some money in a vending machine (automatiek) and you can enjoy your (usual warm) snack.
4. "Pricy" is what (as in many tourist cities in the world) common for these cities. Places such as Amsterdam etc. are prizier than less turist cities.
CONCLUSION: this video is far from representing the Netherlands and to much Amsterdam related.
lol, this "typical Dutch" thing (automatiek) was invented in Germany at the start of the 20th century and New York was considered the "Captial of the automatic" early after that time. We only started to see them here early 70's
The stairs are not allways like that. We call those old stairs “ benenbreektrap” or break your legs stairs 😂.
A few tips for when you visit:
1. If you just want to just visit the Netherlands find accomodation in Utrecht. It is in the middle of the Netherlands and a central point from where you can take a train or car to almost any destination in the Netherlands.
2. If you also want to see some really old history I recommend finding accomodation in Zwolle its a smaller city but also a central point where trains and highways meet. It is also near the German border. So It is less then an hours drive to some beautifull german castles (I like bad bentheim beautifull castle town 10/10) and it is near Drenthe where we have pre-historic buriel sites which date to over 10.000 years ago.
3. Visit more than just Amsterdam.
4. Go walking or biking in the Veluwe, it where the sand drifts are from the geography now video.
Check how we celebrate new years Eve..... ))) Most dangerous on the planet but fun as hell
If you want to see the history of the Netherlands you should go to The Open Air museum in Arnhem.
I live 1 km away from it. It’s totally worth a visit!
He meant Keukenhof, only open in those spring months (exhibition of flowers).
The East and West Indies were colonies of the Netherlands. Which is also how a lot of spices got introduced in Europe and later in in the US.
I think I speak for all your Dutch followers, I (born and raised in Amsterdam) would gladly show you around. So if we al do a day in a different city showing you around, you’re gonna have an amazing time here😜
Making friends
Ill gladly take the Groningen bit for my part
If you're Dutch you know you never will ever talk for ALL Dutch ;)
The Netherlands has the cleanest water ever, I love it so much lmao. Especially when I go to other countries and it tastes weird or you have to buy water from shops
Wait until you live in the Alps for a while and then come back and drink the Dutch water. Huge difference, it tastes much better here in Austria.
@@ncoppens That's true, I've been on a holiday to Austria this summer so they're definitely the exception!
@@ncoppens been in the Alps in both Austria and Switzerland quite often their tap water doesnt beat mine at home, but where i live tap water is delicious Dune filtered water on top!
We even flush our toilets with drinking water
@@ncoppens Hmm, I've been to Switzerland and is was awful there. Same goes for France and Italy
The small Dutch pancakes are called poffertjes. From the Dutch verb poffen (English: to puff or roast in open fire, like marshmallows or potatoes). For our international friends we call them pufflings (a non existing word). The batter is made of buckwheat flower, wheat flower, yeast, salt, eggs and milk, very easy to make. It is traditionally eaten with cream butter and powdered sugar, but for tourists they started to sell varieties with honey, syrup, chocolate, fruits etc.
Go to Dordrecht, the oldest city of the 2 provinces "Holland". 😊🌷
Agree, and put in Alkmaar, Zwolle and Nijmegen, Amersfoort
4:47 When people ask me where in The Netherlands I live, I usually respond like "Near Amsterdam".
Their response is usually "Well, everything in The Netherlands is near Amsterdam"
True... true...
except 010
@@gertvoortman7741 Haha... true... true...
Firstfloor + Groundfloor in the Netherlands. A firstfloor room, you will have to climb the stairs.
The main reason almost all Dutch people speak English is the fact that we watch all movies and tv shows in their original language with subtitles. In most other European countries they dub them in their language. I live in Austria now and never watch tv because everything is dubbed in German.
Another great safety tip if you are walking the streets of Amsterdam and enjoying the scenery. If your hear a loud DINGDINGDING sound. Look at your feet and see of you are are standing on the tram rails. If you are get off fast ;-)
Don't forget all the English speaking visitors from the UK that come here to get stoned and drunk . Uk is also almost next door .
In addition, The Netherlands is a small country with a great trading history. So speaking other Languages is sort of crucial for us. Therefore during our academic career the English language is already mandatory from Middle school. So most childeren already have 4+ years of experience because ot their Middle/Highschool. In some ways this is the same for German and French.
And the next generation is going to pick it up even faster I think, because of social media and particulier CZcams.
Don't forget that many Dutch people also speak German, French or Spanish.
Since many countries aren't confident in their English, and Dutch love to travel since the country is so smoll. It's common to learn some of the language of the country you're visiting. For convenience and it makes the other person more inclined to try and understand you.
Resulting in conversations that are 50% gestures, 20% English, 20% Dutch and 10% the foreign language.
@@BboyKeny Very true. I am Dutch, my father is American. I was born and raised in The Netherlands, but have now been living in Austria for 10 years. So I speak Dutch, English and German.
Another reason to learn english, is that when you go to study at the university textbooks are in english. When I was studying, we even had German textbooks. There are really good textbooks in English and German and it is not economically feasible to translate those textbooks. There are just not enough Dutch speaking students
thank you very much! As a Dutchman I found this incredibly hilarious! don't forget to visit maastricht
It's Keukenhof. Near Hillegom and Lisse (there was a commercial song everybody knew at one point. "Ga naar de Keukenhof bij Hillegom en Lisse ") It's where you can see millions of blooming flowers. Beware it's only cool when all the flowers are in bloom though.
Flower bulbs. Originally it is a castle garden in De bollenstreek (the flower bulbs region) near the town of Lisse. This horticulture region has beautiful colored fields by blooming flower bulbs in spring. The Keukenhof has a direct bus route called Keukenhof Express (only during opening times, depended on the blooming period in spring, from late March to half May) from Amsterdam airport Schiphol, outside at the plaza side by Arrivals hall 4. You can by a one-way bus ticket or a combi ticket with entrance to the Keukenhof, both are available from the bus driver. The journey is about 30 minutes without traffic jams.
The "Little pancakes" are called "Poffertjes" in The Netherlands. 😁
Oh and our hasj is indeed strong! Be carefull!
first floor isn't ground level here ,lol..
0=ground level
the B in elevators here doesn't stand for Basement , it stands for Begane grond (ground level)
For info on Keukenhof: How 7 Million Flowers Are Planted At Keukenhof Every Year or Keukenhof Gardens
The stairs are bit straight on the older houses in cities like Amsterdam but the new homes the stairs are just normal.. and for older ppl they build a stairs elevator
Luckily the stairs are only an issue in those specific buildings. Most regular houses have normal stairs.
In the old Amsterdam houses they are really steep, but our normal stairs are still steeper than the American ones, because you can't get your whole foot on it! 😁✌🏼
But those specific buildings are usually the ones tourists look for.
So they don't deal with regular stairs very much.
So as a Person from the Netherlands.. I would love to mention that the steep stairs are more common in Amsterdam and other big cities than in the rest of Holland. This is mostly because of the smaller apartment houses he mentioned.. yes as a Dutch person I am lazy and just call it Holland 😂 to reply to your question about the older people, we have very many houses made for the elderly which have everything on 1 floor. They look bigger since they commonly have some sort of attic above to store things. Some people that live in normal houses would install a stairlift in the stairway if someone has trouble with stairs.
Then, the mayonaise… it might actually taste a lot different than it does in the US so I would advice to really try the fries with mayo like us Dutch peeps do and definitely do not forget to taste the kroket 😉 we don’t usually eat ketchup with our fries actually, and most of us also do not consider ketchup to be a veggie replacement like that guy from the video… 🤔 if you have any more questions let me know 😁
Truely you can’t compare American mayonaise with the mayonaise here though.
Don't know about American mayonaise, never had it. I (as a Dutchie) am not fond of 'fritessaus'...i prefer the real mayonaise, that sour taste 🤤
Just put your feet a little sideways on the stairs when descending and use your toes going upstairs. They have a railing, no big deal. They're not ladders.
Haha the stairs from hell as my hubby calls them, he was traumatized by them, I on the other hand loved walking upstairs on hands and feet since it was a straight-up climb 😜 and yes best time to visit is late April, to see the 'keukenhof' (biggest flowerparc in the world) but also to participate on the kings day activities (27 of april). 😉
Shocker: Amsterdam is not pronounced Èmsturdèm. The a is pronounced as in "yacht" and the e as in "to let". Most images in this video were from Haarlem (where I was born and raised). Other beautiful cities near Schiphol airport are Delft, Leiden and Gouda (from the cheese, pronounced with a hard G and ou as in "loud".
Leiden
Ahmsterdahm with the As sounding half as long as in English.
The steep stairs are typical for older houses. Since like the 80's (or maybe earlier, I don't know) houses were build with less steep stairs. The stairs in my house for example are exactly on a 45° angle (the steps are 20 cm (about 8") up, 20 cm forward, 20 cm up 20 cm forward).
A bit dangerous after a night out with to much booze in you.
I loved to slide down on my belly on this type of stairs in my parents former home, an old farmhouse 🙈
1:24 that's so so true, we dutchies are sarcastic as hell and we love to screw around with everyone we come by. foreign or not.
You said you’re a history man. In that case, when you are in the Netherlands, I’ll recommend a visit to westerbork. It is in the North of the country. It was the place where the jews where put on the train in the second world war. It is a place full of history. Maybe you can react on a vid of westerbork. Not one vid in particulair, just type in Westerbork and become emotional because of the history
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that was nice to watch, but there is so much more than just the big cities. i live in the province of overijssel in the East of the Netherlands. 2 hours drive from the big city. here you can relax and enjoy green landscapes, wide forests and lakes. Here too you have large cities such as Zwolle, the capital of Overijssel. where you can also admire beautiful historic buildings and canals. and so much more 😃
Indonesia used to be a Dutch colonie, and lot's of Indonesians moved here and introduced us to their food. Fun fact: A Chinese restaurant in The Netherlands is pretty much a Indonesian restaurant but run by Chinese people. All the dishes on the menu have Indonesian names.
And those stairs? if they weren't going up I would think they are the stairs to hell! That is not common in most Dutch houses.
Steep stairs. The handrails aren't there for nothing. 😬👍
Indeed the elderly people gets some kind of lift on the side of the stairs where they can dit on 😋
Keukenhof is a huge flowerpark about 40 minutes by car from Haarlem. Haarlem is Amsterdam before tourists and has the oldest museum in the country f.e. Most pictures he is showing are Haarlem (capital of North Holland), not Amsterdam . Plus I live there...
Brother, I understand you said "Nooooo" when you saw him eating the herring, but trust me, just try it. It looks disgusting, it tastes like heaven. I've had several friends over from Cyprus who reacted in the exact same way. I convinced them to try it and I just saw their eyes glow up when they ate it and they instantly wanted more. The herring with onions is SO GOOD. I prefer it on a white bun with onions, but it's also nice to just eat like that.
Hahahaha, I have a painful jaw now from laughing. I'd seen Wolters' video some years back and laughed then too. Seeing this reaction makes me laugh even harder. "The bike paths", "The stairs", hahaha. I live in Haarlem, near Amsterdam, and some of the city footage is from Haarlem. Please relax, take it easy. You are welcome and safe here.
Groningen!! Student city, has canals but less crowded the Amsterdam. 😍😍
Poor HxC I can only imagine what them Dutchies on Discord been saying and telling ya 🤣🤣😂😂
I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about... 🤫
@@merilicious1594 😏 uh huh course ya don't ,🤣😂
@@Roggen45 😇
😂😂😂
nait soezen moar broezen!!🤣
Or Zwolle
Some houses and buildings actually do have a lift that takes old people up the stairs 😂 it’s like a chair that goes up on the side of the stairs… I was laughing so much when you said it as a joke
same
i love all these dutch reactions!! i’m from the netherlands myself and it’s so fun to see you react to dutch things :) also, please react to more little mix!
If you book a hotel in a building from 1700....dont expect space.
Thats Where tou find these stairs.
Just book a normal hotel
Keukenhof
Flower garden in the Netherlands
Keukenhof (English: "Kitchen garden"; Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkøːkə(n)ˌɦɔf]), also known as the Garden of Europe, is one of the world's largest flower gardens, situated in the municipality of Lisse, in the Netherlands. According to the official website, Keukenhof Park covers an area of 32 hectares (79 acres) and approximately 7 million flower bulbs are planted in the gardens annually. Keukenhof is widely known for its tulips, it also features numerous other flowers, including hyacinths, daffodils, lilies, roses, carnations and irises.
Haarlem is a town nearby Amsterdam. It's a nice and good looking town with also old bouldings. And with the train you'r in 15 minutes in Amsterdam. My son lives in Haarlem. Haarlem is a lovely town with good shops, musea etc. I recommend you a bus and traincard. So you can travel easy. Haarlem is nearby the sea. With many lovely old towns: like Zandvoort en Bloemendaal. Rent a appartement nearby Amsterdam without those stairs. I live in Zaandam. An hotel in Zaandam is always cheaper than in Amsterdam and with the train you are in 10 minutes in Amsterdam.
Also: tourists (and you) should visit the old hanseatic towns like Kampen, Deventer, Zutphen, Doesburg etc. Great history. Hanseatic trade was there loooong before the Dutch Golden age. Also something to explore on your channel maybe.
Talking about history. Amersfoort (city next to my village), has a beautiful old city centre. The city wall that is still standing in large parts dates back to 1450. An other interesting thing is it's nickname keienstad or bouldercity. It is where the ice age stopped and you can still find many off the boulder that where pushed there by the ice today.
Thanks! Amsterdam is the place to be for especially Americans to hype about. For some reason other cultural relevant cities in The Netherlands, like in this case Amersfoort, are irrrelevant. Sigh....
Amazing to see Amersfoort recommended!!! It's a beautiful city!
My mother is almost 90 and this is her stairs, keeps young
Bike lanes are red. They're for bikes, so stay off them if you're walking, lol. Those steep stairs are only found in old 'herenhuizen' (gentlemen's houses). In modern houses you won't find them anymore.
Not true about the Herenhuizen, also in Amsterdam-Noord you will find them, and that are no 'Herenhuizen', and i bet there are more homes like that. It often is in houses with more homes. For example: One home on the first floor and the other home on the 2nd floor. The stairs are so steep in those houses because it maximizes the livingspace in both homes. A stairs cost space.
Cyclists on bike lanes will NOT yield for anybody, they will either ring their bell or yell really loud at you while they barely avoid hitting you. At least, that's what I do 😉.
@@frisomeijer7802 or they ride you out of your shoes.
The stairs may be (very) steep, but the bannister is there to be used. Sometimes there are even on both sides bannisters. And if you carry a suitcase or a bag of groceries, you still have one hand free for clutching the bannister.
Indonesia used to be a colony of the Netherlands. This may explain the popularity of Indonesian cuisine in our country. My favorite meal is babi pangang. This is a dish with roasted pork.
Isn't that chinese? Not indonesian.
@@yourivleghert8365 Nope, Babi Pangang betekent 'geroosterd varken' in het Indonesisch.
The preporation method on which 'our' babi pangang is based is said to come from Sumatra. The red sauce was originally supposes to be made from pig's blood. 😁
Look at that, learned something today.
@@Populiervogel thought so too
If you like history, come to Arnhem 17 - 25 September. It's the anniversary of Airborne/Operation Market Garden and there's great stuff. Veterans who actually fought here walk around the city, there is a memorial service, there is a walk from Oosterbeek (landing place) to Arnhem, and a big celebration. My favourite part is definitely seeing those old people walking around in their uniforms and the respect they get. I hope it will last at least a little longer. It's been 77 years this year, so those guys are around 100 years old.
Indonesië was a colony of The Netherlands, in the old days.. a lot of dutch indonesian people came to the Netherlands in 60's.
The best way to get a good sense of The Netherlands: visit in May and take your time (2 weeks), tour the country as every province, province capital and major city has it's own distinct history (occupied/not occupied during the centuries) and make sure you do NOT spend more than 3 days in Amsterdam. Do a few museums for a day, stroll around a day and relax a day. Then get out as you are wasting your time by not seeing the rest. The country is full of forts, castles, bunker systems and even other cultural sites even taking you back to the stone age. Also, be sure to visit Scheveningen where you will find a nice beach which is part of our beautiful political capital The Hague.
Indonesia was our cololny, some fought with us. Some against, the ones that chose our side would have been killed If they stayed behind, so they imigrated to the Netherlands.
And that is how my family came to The Netherlands.
@@Ash89NL mine too
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@CAPTAIN HOOK not my family
@CAPTAIN HOOK ja en niet.voor de lol😢✋
@CAPTAIN HOOK Let's not sugarcoat it. No matter how justified the independence movement was, many nationalist gangs were plain racists and hunted people who were not purely Indonesian, whites, mixed race and also the Chinese. Not pretty.
It would be awsome having you visit the Netherlands. Can't wait😃 Greeting from The Netherlands-Rotterdam 🌷😊
I am from the Netherlands and your videos I can't stop 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Citytrip tips….Maastricht…..The Hague….Zaanstad…….Haarlem…….Utrecht is fun by the canals they have a lot of restaurants……Keukenhof is a place where they show all the flowers it is in a small town called Lisse……plus they have a lot of flowerfields in the area……..march/april is the best time to visit……but still depends on how the weather was before the colder weather the longer it takes for the flowers to bloom…….I used to live there……
don't forget Kinderdijk ;-)
Dont forget eindhoven the city of light
I still live there, the area is called "de bollenstreek", and you're more than welcome to stay a few days and we'll cycle through the fields (not literally of course but you get the idea ;) ) and see the beachareas.
nothing can happen on the stairs if you just hold the railing :)
Indonesia has been a dutch colony for a long time.
He said KEUKENHOF (cookunhoff :) - that's where all the flowers are. Fields full of tulips and all that :)
your eyes when you saw them stairs was hilarious lol
He made a good point about not staying in Amsterdam when visiting the Netherlands, and it's what I've always told my foreign friends: Go to Haarlem. It's just as much fun, but without the annoying tourists 😂😂 Seriously though, your stay can be a lot cheaper, public transportation is just as easily accessible to take you anywhere and it's a lot more relaxed.
Nijmegen!
So you tell people to not stay in Amsterdam but at the border of the city. That’s sort of what applies to any city.
You can just take a bed and breakfast as suggested above let’s say in Nijmegen, pay half of your staying cost and see double on the 15€ trainride to Amsterdam than in Haarlem alone.
My town has the oldest still habitable brick house in the Netherlands (12th century).
Finally some info that is NOT Amsterdam or Holland related. Thanks Deventer!
@@eefvreeland9472 So many beautiful pearls in other parts of the Netherlands than the "Randstad". I love my hometown Deventer. Paying a visit to the Randstad is great, but I prefer living in the east.
@@marcha.m Yep, you're so right! I am sooo fed up to be confronted with "Ah, Amsterdam" when you say that you're Dutch, both in- and outside The Netherlands. 070 here btw ;-)
Oh, and thanks for the tip about that house (Sandrasteeg). I checked it out and found it quite interresting. The lower part of that house is even older, from the 900's. From now on it's Marchasteeg :-)
@@eefvreeland9472 😄 Ooo, but you ARE living in the "Randstad". Poor you. (Extreme 😉😉)
He talks about Keukenhof in Lisse and is known for all the flowers, tulips etc. Much loved by the Dutch and the tourists.
This was a lot of fun, I enjoyed it!
Do you have a PO Box or something like that so people can sent you stuff? Like Dutch candy/snacks…
Just a fun fact about those steep stairs: remember that Amsterdam is a Seaport (for literally ages), and has limited landspace. Many houses in the center were built for the richer people who made their money with import and export (shipping), and had their houses designed and built by the same guys that built their ships. So, efficient but steep, like on their ships, sometimes even with the same materials...
Fun fact: the building in the background is the Rijksmuseum, which houses Rembrand's most famous painting de Nachtwacht (the Nightwatch )...
Like the love you have on the Netherlands! Such a great place to be in!
Euro bills go up to €500.
I don't know what you know or don't know about the Euro, but I'm gonna list them all down here.
Coins:
1 cent (not returned, but you can still pay with it)
2 cent (same rule as 1 cent)
5 cent
10 cent
20 cent
50 cent
1 Euro
2 Euro
Bills:
5 Euro
10 Euro
20 Euro
50 Euro
100 Euro (Not accepted in most places)
200 Euro (Not accepted, basically everywhere)
500 Euro (Not accepted, basically everywhere)
Hehe true but if you go to the Casino none of the machines have any troubles with the bigger bills, not even the €500😂
Keukenhof is the big tulip and flower garden that has millions of visitors. New York was New Amsterdam. Suriname was a colony. Aruba Curacau Bonaire still within the kingdom. Indonesia was a former colony till the Japanese invasion at worldwar 2. After the war NL wanted to take the lead back again. Soekarno stopped that. Mollucas helped NL. They are Christian. They went to the Netherlands as refugees. They hoped to go back one day and be independant. It never happened. Thats a big group and also half dutch half indonesian people. My mother is Mollucas my dad was dutch. Also good to know dont call Mollucas Indonesian then they get upset. 😉 Thats a bit the history NL Indonesia. I recommand too to book outside Amsterdam and just take the train for a day out. The train is fast and easy. I am in the eastern part Apeldoorn. I go to the central station of my hometown. Take the train and am at Amsterdam central station in an hour.
Thats a good info Claudia...its so difficult tell in one line history of indo's en moluccan people..even dutch people sometimes know the history not🤔🤔
You should rewatch the geography now, you’ll find your answers there☺️
Love, the Netherlands 🇳🇱
So funny to see how far you’ve come in 2 years 😊
The mayo bein served with fries here often isnt mayo but "fritessaus" (fries sauce), which is way sweeter then american mayo. Actual dutch mayo is also still sweeter.
To stay a city like Utrecht is kinda ideal, middle of the country with direct train connections to basicly everywhere including schiphol airport. Doesnt hurt that the city centre is also quite cozy and historic.
Besides bikes and trains, other public transport like trams, busses and metro are all done well in NL. There isnt just a few lines to some hub area's like in the big cities in the States, thers rarely anything that isnt well connected. So no car dependancy even to get to smaller towns.
I like the Zaandamse mayo.
The thing about the drugs, or actually anything, you just need a Dutch buddy, who will guide you through, show you the good places and.. help you avoid bikes. I’ll volunteer :p
the steep stairs come from a periode where it was more profitable to build high, narrow buildings on relatively small portions of land. A lot of those stairs can be found in former canal warehouses (with the hoist on the top part of the facade) that have been repurposed to hotels or appartments. Those buildings are actually not very suitable for residential purposes, but it's a highly lucrative market.
Love it.. He shows the old buildings in Haarlem. I live right next to Haarlem..
I always pass it by boat.
If you like history, ancient buildings, it's everywhere.