Geography of the Netherlands: The Best and the Worst?

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  • @GeographyGeek
    @GeographyGeek  Před měsícem +13

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    • @Sebastian-fk3gs
      @Sebastian-fk3gs Před měsícem +1

      Do the Geography of Latvia🇱🇻 next.

    • @DaveSCameron
      @DaveSCameron Před měsícem

      What happened to the little Dutch boy with his finger in the dyke holding back the sea from flooding Holland?😂😂 👏👍📚

    • @DaveSCameron
      @DaveSCameron Před měsícem

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    • @jordyp3696
      @jordyp3696 Před 20 dny

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  • @WinterroSP
    @WinterroSP Před měsícem +60

    Recruiting an army of pirates and just flooding the battlefield to get them there sounds like the most bad-ass thing I’ve heard.

    • @thany3
      @thany3 Před 27 dny +2

      Desperate times called for desperate measures. I don't think it'd be an option anymore today though, and let's hope it'll never come to it 😬

  • @LetsTakeWalk
    @LetsTakeWalk Před měsícem +119

    Technically, the Dutch are Earthbenders and Waterbenders.

    • @kadeadams2308
      @kadeadams2308 Před měsícem +6

      Demi-Avatars!

    • @anglo-dutchsausage344
      @anglo-dutchsausage344 Před měsícem +5

      They also built a wall to stop the wind, as you might see in a Tom Scott video, sooo..... also Airbenders?

    • @frisianmouve
      @frisianmouve Před měsícem +5

      Can we include airbending for the windmills?

    • @chinchillatwitch7234
      @chinchillatwitch7234 Před měsícem +4

      So we dutch are the avatar, but we havent learned firebending yet?

    • @anglo-dutchsausage344
      @anglo-dutchsausage344 Před měsícem +4

      @chinchillatwitch7234 Italians once diverted an actual lava flow to save a town when Mt Etna erupted. They must be the Firebenders then

  • @syraphian
    @syraphian Před měsícem +88

    That story about Leiden’s wall collapsing is actually insane. The Dutch empire ended up being one of the most important driving forces in shaping our world today, it’s kind of crazy to think that if the Spanish commander wasn’t so quick to retreat, history could have been vastly different.

    • @Sam-xd9xt
      @Sam-xd9xt Před měsícem +1

      It might've. The Spanish tried to cut the rebellious territory in half. Comparable to how the British planned to isolate New England in the American revolution. Only Leiden stood in their way.

    • @dasja9966
      @dasja9966 Před měsícem +7

      I sometimes wonder how the USA would look like if us dutchies wouldn't have swapped new amsterdam for suriname.

    • @apveening
      @apveening Před měsícem +3

      @@dasja9966 There wasn't much choice, the English just took New Amsterdam and offered a part of British Guiana in reparation after that war.

    • @dasja9966
      @dasja9966 Před měsícem +3

      @@apveening true, can't argue with that. Still curious how America would have grown up if the dutchies wouldn't have lost that war though.

    • @apveening
      @apveening Před měsícem +2

      @@dasja9966 Fair point and what is now called the USA would probably have a similar name in Dutch and be speaking Dutch (as I understand it, it was a pretty close call already).

  • @robertwilloughby8050
    @robertwilloughby8050 Před měsícem +32

    The Dutch are really good at re-using stuff too, that's a good characteristic. Case in point, in my neck of the woods, (UK) we had some Electric locomotives that were surplus to requirements in 1969. (We had changed our electric system from 1500vDC to 25,000vAC, and the 1,500vDC system was very isolated, and a year later was made freight only. Thus we didn't really need 7 express electrics!) So, not expecting any takers, we put them on offer, as a first step to them being scrapped. The Dutch railways said "Yes, please", bought them and just made a few minor alterations (new, more modern pantographs, mainly) and got another 15 years out of them. Which is 1 year longer than the service in the UK! Only 6 out of the 7 were used in the Netherlands, as one had suffered a minor fire before export and was thus used for parts. So the Dutch also have spotting things that can be re-used as a national skill.

    • @thany3
      @thany3 Před 27 dny +4

      It's in the minds of many people here (NL). You wouldn't believe how often someone says "Don't toss it, I can still use that for something!"
      I think it's a lingering mentality from wartime, when we were forced to be frugal, which may have sparked some creativity in terms of how we can reuse stuff. Small stuff around the house, mostly.
      But also trams. I believe it was something like 15 years ago when the regional transportation company in Utrecht purchased old trams from Sweden. Just some minor upgrades, and they still got a few years out of them until the new trams that we have today, were ready for deployment.

    • @darrellbeets7758
      @darrellbeets7758 Před 10 dny

      Lol that would be me X D i have to force myself to trow stuff out, i always have ideas how to rebuild or reinvent it haha

  • @robertdavenport6705
    @robertdavenport6705 Před měsícem +68

    As an overly sensitive Canadian ( we have a big country just south of us that , well , sometimes blows pretty hard ) I must commend you for mentioning the British AND the Canadians in regard to WWII Dutch liberation. This is seldom done and for me indicates that you actually researched well for this well presented and informative video. I will now subscribe to your channel ( no applause please , we heroes shun attention ). Good work like this that is not sensationalized nor sins by commission or ommission is rare.

    • @Dutchguy.94
      @Dutchguy.94 Před měsícem +45

      I dont think any Dutch person whose (great)grandparents or parents lived through the war, will leave out the Canadians from the story. We dont send you 10.000 tulip bulbs each year without good reason.

    • @robertdavenport6705
      @robertdavenport6705 Před měsícem +18

      @@Dutchguy.94 Oh ,I do understand and love the Dutch remembrance of the Canadians. I was speaking of most American,or even British at times, productions forgetting to mention the Canadians. I in no way intended that comment to include the Dutch.
      s

    • @DaveSCameron
      @DaveSCameron Před měsícem +4

      Top comment and I too am sensitive about this Americanisation of almost everything, from literature to history. Best wishes from your friends in Liverpool 🇨🇦☘️📚

    • @Leyrann
      @Leyrann Před měsícem +5

      There was a ton of Canadian involvement in liberating the Netherlands! I wouldn't actually be surprised if the forces that liberated us were _primarily_ Canadian, based on how many individual locations are said to have been liberated by them.

    • @moladiver6817
      @moladiver6817 Před měsícem +14

      ​@@LeyrannThe Canadians were definitely the largest group of liberators, quickly followed by the British. In 1945 the Americans only crossed Dutch territory in the most southern parts of Limburg as they were mainly focussed on pushing through to Berlin. For that reason there's only one American cemetary in the country, in the town of Margraten. I visited it once as part of a school trip. Quite impressive! But yeah the Canadians stole our hearts back then. Lots of relationships were forged and till this day Canadian veterans are celebrated in person in The Netherlands where they are received as true heroes. Old black and white photos taken during the liberation show people holding flags and banners with a maple leaf. This strong historical connection with Canada will never be forgotten by the Dutch.
      I would like to add there were also Polish soldiers taking part in our liberation. This is often overlooked but they too played more than a minor role.

  • @aeiouaeiou100
    @aeiouaeiou100 Před měsícem +198

    Finally a non Dutch youtuber that correctly pronounces Dutch names haha

    • @donnathelightningbug
      @donnathelightningbug Před měsícem +12

      Bro hij zegt "zouderzee"

    • @aeiouaeiou100
      @aeiouaeiou100 Před měsícem +24

      @@donnathelightningbug Bro heb je andere amerikanen het wel eens horen uitspreken. Er was laatst een youtuber die Zwiederzie zei

    • @donnathelightningbug
      @donnathelightningbug Před měsícem +4

      @@aeiouaeiou100 Ja precies, hij spreekt Nederlandse namen verkeerd uit.

    • @aeiouaeiou100
      @aeiouaeiou100 Před měsícem +18

      @@donnathelightningbug Dit is ongeveer zo goed als je kan verwachten van iemand die nog nooit Nederlands heeft gesproken. Engels heeft geen "ui" klank.

    • @xxxBradTxxx
      @xxxBradTxxx Před měsícem +3

      I will never pronounce "gulden" properly. I have a Dutch friend who showed me an old Guilder, then he corrected me when I pronounced it "hol-den". "It's with the back of throat ghu sound" he said.

  • @jamesmerutka889
    @jamesmerutka889 Před měsícem +33

    I work for a company owned by a Dutch corporation. It really, really blew their minds when they bought the company and learned about how the sick care, erm, healthcare and insurance works here in the U.S. 😂

    • @joostprins3381
      @joostprins3381 Před měsícem +7

      Yeah, we think that if you handle people with decency they will repay you for that by being loyal. In the US I would be homeless at best, probably dead just because of healthcare, living now for 7 years with cancer, using about 3000 euros per month on medicines only, and it cost me only the normal fee you have to pay here for healthcare, which is about 200 euros a month (including your own risk). I also had an operation and been in hospital for about 3 months, this amount would have killed my bank account in the US straight away.

    • @apveening
      @apveening Před měsícem +2

      US companies usually have similar but opposite experiences when taking over continental European companies.

    • @ludoludoma
      @ludoludoma Před 29 dny +2

      Most Europeans think this about USA healthcare system not just Dutch .

    • @apveening
      @apveening Před 29 dny +1

      @@ludoludoma Not only Europeans, also Americans who have lived in Europe for more than about a year.

    • @croozerdog
      @croozerdog Před 27 dny +1

      @@joostprins3381 and we're happy to work for your treatment, stay strong bro

  • @mangoman4671
    @mangoman4671 Před měsícem +44

    Aren't dutch people (specifically engineers) also pretty sought-after in the world for projects related to water, dikes, land reclaiming and stuff like that?

    • @dotz7616
      @dotz7616 Před měsícem +16

      Yes, just ask Egypt, Singapore, New Orleans and Dubai

    • @Flipflopfinnley
      @Flipflopfinnley Před 19 dny

      As a dutch person i can confirm

  • @charlesvanderhoog7056
    @charlesvanderhoog7056 Před měsícem +33

    Excellent video. Better and more informative than most. Deserves likes and clicks galore. Thanks from Charles in Amsterdam.

  • @lemon_j22
    @lemon_j22 Před měsícem +21

    I've always loved geography and maps. Love this channel.

    • @DaveSCameron
      @DaveSCameron Před měsícem

      I could never find my way around it myself..

  • @jezusbloodie
    @jezusbloodie Před měsícem +10

    To expand on exporting our water managing skills: back in medieval times, Dutch peoples were invited to settle in eastern Romania (according to Living Ironically In Europe's latest video) and on the Polish coast (as part of the Ostsiedlung) to drain the swamps!

    • @apveening
      @apveening Před měsícem +3

      Also several places in the Baltics, Königsberg (East Prussia), Berlin/Postdam and many more.

  • @meneerfm1995
    @meneerfm1995 Před měsícem +4

    Great informative video. I myself am from Vlissingen or Flushing in the region of Walcheren that was involved in WWII. The 'Battle of the Scheldt' is sometimes called the forgotten battle, because the battles talked about are usually about the liberation of the Netherlands. So thanks for mentioning the biggest WWII operation on Dutch soil that was crucial for the logistics part of the liberation of Europe. In 2020 a well-produced war movie from the Netherlands was made about the battle that is a recommended watch! And also here in Vlissingen, the operation and the primarily Canadian fighting force are remebered every year🇳🇱🇨🇦.

  • @beterbomen
    @beterbomen Před 21 dnem +3

    The reason people don't think of the Netherlands as a powerhouse _is_ because Dutchmen don't talk about it, but it's _not_ because of humility. It's just that most Dutchmen would rather talk bussiness than talk about how special they are. Dutchmen are kind of cold and blunt, and I say that as a Dutchman myself.

  • @minprez
    @minprez Před 27 dny +7

    Thank you for reinforcing my Dutch god-complex

  • @ThePcorpuz
    @ThePcorpuz Před měsícem +20

    You mean Earthbenders, protecting themselves from Waterbenders.

  • @jollygoodgordon5580
    @jollygoodgordon5580 Před měsícem +59

    I’m from the Netherlands born and raised but have immigrant parents from Surinam and Ethiopia. Never knew these things, very interesting! And I have a lot more respect for my country now.👍🏾👍🏾

  • @niemand1072
    @niemand1072 Před měsícem +5

    This also explains why the Dutch are tall, they would drown otherwise

  • @James_Gerald
    @James_Gerald Před 22 dny +2

    I am from the Netherlands and from the UK but the history between Rotterdam (I don’t live there anymore but I did) and Amsterdam and their rivalry is also very interesting.

  • @Ryanandboys
    @Ryanandboys Před 16 dny +3

    I'm an American farmer, I know and am friends with a number Dutch Farmers They do tend to be the best farmers and they are very cheap lol The Dutch also happened to create most of the technology at least in dairy farming that I know of that's my specialty They make all the robotic milkers milking systems and stuff like that.

  • @peterudvardy8020
    @peterudvardy8020 Před 29 dny +2

    Thanks for this excellent video. I've written a small vocab here for Hungarian viewers. leverage = kihasznál (üzleti szempontból), under the radar = észrevétlenül, lowlands = alföld, flood prone countries = árvíz által veszélyeztetett országok, by some estimates = becslések szerint, eat away the coastline = elmossa a partvonalat, relentless efforts = irgalmatlan erőfeszítések, land reclamation = föld visszaszerzése, gain the upper hand against the elements = felülkerekedik az elemeken, storm surge = vihardagály, drainage system = csatornarendszer

  • @TheEvertw
    @TheEvertw Před měsícem +6

    Excelent video!
    It is unfair to compare our cities to other cities in the world, as we have made a concerted effort to keep our individual cities small but extremely well-connected. A fairer comparison would be to treat the Randstad as a single city. Even though it includes the cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Den Haag and Utrecht, it is about the same size as the New York metropolis.
    Though I am sure the Ruhr area would want to be treated likewise ;-)

  • @Harrebs
    @Harrebs Před měsícem +35

    Oost West, Thuis Best

    • @BartSliggers
      @BartSliggers Před měsícem +1

      Moderate yet consistent rainfall 😅

    • @rayvg7709
      @rayvg7709 Před 28 dny +2

      ​@@BartSliggers Bent toch niet van suiker?

    • @dutchman7623
      @dutchman7623 Před 4 dny

      @@BartSliggers Once upon a time we would stay at the office for a few minutes before cycling home or walk to the train station. Rain will be over soon...
      Now we study buienradar to see when we have a few minutes without rain.'
      The garden is soaked, snails and slugs everywhere.

  • @heindiebels6736
    @heindiebels6736 Před měsícem +1

    As a Dutch person, with this video I also learn from what has been achieved by the Netherlands in history. Please continue making such videos.

  • @shakeelali20
    @shakeelali20 Před měsícem +14

    As the old saying goes: "God created the Dutch, but the Dutch created the Netherlands".

    • @johnjimmies8256
      @johnjimmies8256 Před měsícem +2

      He said that right as I read your comment 😮

  • @TheCarlySarah
    @TheCarlySarah Před 29 dny

    We miss you! I want more content ❣️❣️ you do an amazing job

  • @sanderanocic
    @sanderanocic Před 29 dny +2

    Small tip: remove the background noise of your audio recordings, very easy to do and very satisfying as a listener. Nice video! Well done

  • @objetivista686
    @objetivista686 Před měsícem +6

    Geography is not just physical, political and demographic as well.

  • @mavadelo
    @mavadelo Před měsícem +17

    I made the like count "nice" (yes, despite being 55 I am still a juvenile when it comes to those things)
    I had no idea that de Geuzen were called Sea Beggars in English, what a stupid name!!

    • @cyberleone00
      @cyberleone00 Před měsícem +4

      The english are full of it anyways

    • @DenUitvreter
      @DenUitvreter Před měsícem +7

      @@cyberleone00 Indeed, they were much better enemies than they were friends. The English kicking the sea beggars out of their ports did even more good to the Dutch independence war than the Duke of Leicester quitting his 'help'.

    • @Emphyrio7
      @Emphyrio7 Před měsícem +3

      It's an example of linguistic reappropriation.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geuzen#Origin_of_the_name

  • @Guillaume2606
    @Guillaume2606 Před měsícem +9

    2:11 1000 FEET???? The Netherlands (just like every civilised country) uses METRIC. The tallest point stands at 322,4 METER over sea level.
    2:41 There were many casualties, but the exact number is unknown. The number 100,000 is "symbolic of a lot and, taken literally, completely fictitious".

  • @DaveSCameron
    @DaveSCameron Před měsícem +3

    Not forgetting that the Dutch are the ones who travelled to east Anglia in the time of Oliver Cromwell and reclaimed huge quantities of land from the North Sea from The Wash all the way down to Cambridge. #Flatlands

  • @LisaKokx
    @LisaKokx Před 16 dny

    As someone who's grown up there I appreciate you mentioning Naarden!

  • @jamiebray8532
    @jamiebray8532 Před 26 dny

    Another great video, thank you.

  • @steiner554
    @steiner554 Před měsícem +10

    We DO have a mountain. The Vaalsterberg is considered a mountain as geologists set the height at 300 meters to be considered a mountain. The Vaalsterberg is 322 meters.

    • @GeographyGeek
      @GeographyGeek  Před měsícem +7

      To be considered a mountain it’s 300 meters above the surrounding area not 300 meters outright.

    • @steiner554
      @steiner554 Před měsícem +4

      @@GeographyGeek it is 322 above NAP and is considered a mountain. Look it up.

    • @GeographyGeek
      @GeographyGeek  Před měsícem +7

      @@steiner554 I did. 322 above NAP does not make it a mountain. It’s 300 compared to the immediate surrounding area. It may be called a mountain in a country that doesn’t have any but I have ant hills in my yard taller than that.

    • @tisyaa4294
      @tisyaa4294 Před měsícem

      Bruh .....​@@GeographyGeek

    • @Morvven
      @Morvven Před 27 dny

      ​@@GeographyGeekShots fired. But allow us one mountain please :(

  • @anthonytippett5997
    @anthonytippett5997 Před 12 dny +1

    Explaining why it’s geography directly affected how good the economy is explains why the Spanish try to take it from them

  • @vigilantejusticevid
    @vigilantejusticevid Před měsícem +3

    another banger, no surprise

  • @hansolowe19
    @hansolowe19 Před měsícem +3

    Nice video. 👍

  • @pauljohn5554
    @pauljohn5554 Před měsícem +4

    I build a castle in the swamp….then it sank…..

    • @RealConstructor
      @RealConstructor Před měsícem +1

      Not when you build it on piles. That’s how all houses in the west and north are build. My house is build on prefab concrete piles driven 22m into the earth, through the weak peat ground to the first load baring layer of sand. In my town 23m below the surface. And the surface is also 6m below sea level. In former times the piles were wood.

    • @pauljohn5554
      @pauljohn5554 Před měsícem

      @@RealConstructor apparently you have no taste in Monty pythons humor. lol

    • @RealConstructor
      @RealConstructor Před měsícem

      @@pauljohn5554 No

  • @Paul_C
    @Paul_C Před měsícem +2

    Just they forgot to store the sediments flowing downriver. Had they done that maybe the Waddensee would be habitable.

  • @yardarm5
    @yardarm5 Před měsícem +5

    . shout out to .. itchy boots .. “ alaska “ ❤

  • @daanvandermolen4421
    @daanvandermolen4421 Před měsícem +4

    I can see my house at 10:38 !

  • @Acid_8501
    @Acid_8501 Před 28 dny +3

    I scrolled down a whole 3 messages before I saw the first: "As a dutch person"

    • @jacobwillemvandervelden7216
      @jacobwillemvandervelden7216 Před 26 dny +1

      as a Dutch person I laughed at this

    • @group555_
      @group555_ Před 26 dny +1

      We are so incredibly arrogant

    • @infj4w511
      @infj4w511 Před 3 dny

      Lol, and I love the irony of getting a Dutch pride video on my feed, finding a completely Dutch comment section, and still seeing some of those comments claim we aren't patriotic. It's also quite ironic how proud this type of video can make us feel when we did nothing for it.

  • @erbkaiser_
    @erbkaiser_ Před měsícem +3

    Error at 2:04
    Aruba, Curaçao, and St. Maarten are not part of the Netherlands.
    They are the other countries in the Kingdom, but not part of the country.

    • @GeographyGeek
      @GeographyGeek  Před měsícem +7

      Idk if I’d call that an error but I probably should have said the Kingdom. The Kingdom is the sovereign state which of course is a country. They are both referred to as the Netherlands.

  • @garyg9815
    @garyg9815 Před měsícem +3

    Im upset you didnt mention the company ASML. ASML is arguably the most important company of the 21st century. Without it we would not be able to manufacture modern computers and it is a dutch company.

    • @apveening
      @apveening Před měsícem +1

      @facepalm486 "Philips" with a single "l" please. And yes, it is a crying shame that company went down, but it lives on in the spin-offs like but most certainly not limited to ASML.

  • @Arctus300
    @Arctus300 Před 21 dnem +1

    When you showed Amsterdam i immediately smelled the weed😂
    I was there a few weeks ago and wherever you go you smell weed

  • @jonahnuis
    @jonahnuis Před 23 dny +1

    There is no denying it now, yes we Dutch people, are waterbenders.

  • @Karel-hd1uu
    @Karel-hd1uu Před 8 dny

    I want to thank you for this information on behalf of my fellow countrymen.

  • @psycytuna112
    @psycytuna112 Před 26 dny

    There's another flood defense, the IJssel Line, build between 1950-1960

  • @rasenche4562
    @rasenche4562 Před 27 dny +1

    naa we solved the real flodding issue. these days its mostly just basements.
    we even deleted most of our lakes. (in our i mean Holland not the netherlands) as i recently took some year 1500 map diving of the area.
    but i wish the US luck with solving thier tornado issue. unless you call building your homes out of paper so its easier to rebuild a solution. i myself think more of hobit house style might solve it.

  • @bullie86
    @bullie86 Před 20 dny

    11:03 hee molen de Valk. Nog nooit dronken geweest daar bij Bassie😂

  • @najrenchelf2751
    @najrenchelf2751 Před 23 dny

    The winds here are equally consistent as they are insistent... XD

  • @hungrymusicwolf
    @hungrymusicwolf Před měsícem +8

    While you mention the risk of flooding you consistently forget the major risk that is existing near: France, UK, and Germany simultaneously. 3 of the most warmongering invasion heavy nations having a border with us directly advantageous to them (land for France/Germany and Sea for UK). Just imagine having 3 imperial colonizing warmonger USA's sitting on your borders for your entire existence.
    Quite frankly the fact that the Netherlands exists is a miracle made by Dutch hands (mostly our ancestors). The fact that it can against both nature and man's greatest efforts is an incredibly feat of human resilience.

    • @tanyaali3992
      @tanyaali3992 Před měsícem +1

      Miracle maybe. But they did colonialize a greater part of Indonesia which aided in their success greatly with the natural resources it provided.

    • @JABN97
      @JABN97 Před měsícem +9

      Arguably the fact it was 3 instead of 1 superpower on our doorstep helped us survive.
      When the French invaded, the Germans & English helped.
      When the English blocked our trade, the French and Germans would team up with us.
      When the Germans conquered us, the French died for us and the British called in Canada and the USA to liberate us.
      And the one year all 3 teamed up on us (Rampjaar), they pissed off the rest of Europe and fell into bickering within a half year.
      Balance of power and all that. None of those 3 could afford the other gaining our resources permanently, and thus had reason to keep us supported

    • @jandron94
      @jandron94 Před měsícem

      Sachant également que les Pays-Bas ont le contrôle de l'embouchure du Rhin, le fleuve le plus important économiquement et sur le plan industriel pour les Allemands...
      Pour les Français les Pays-Bas ne sont pas géographiquement très important du moment où la France ne revendique plus toute la rive gauche du Rhin...
      Commercialement les Pays-Bas ont un besoin essentiel de l'Allemagne et de la France car à eux deux c'est x10 le marché intérieur néerlandais...
      Il suffit de voir le volume des échanges commerciaux entre les Pays-Bas et l'Allemagne pour constater que les Pays-Bas font parti du "hinterland" économique de l'Allemagne (avec l'Autriche, la Belgique, la Suisse...)

    • @apveening
      @apveening Před měsícem +4

      While not really colonizing, there was a fourth major imperial warmonger around, now mostly overlooked because of its more recent policy of neutrality, Sweden.

  • @pjousma
    @pjousma Před 26 dny

    I love being Dutch, and now feel even better.

  • @thetinkerist
    @thetinkerist Před měsícem

    it is a river delta. uit has been sort of ok for the last couple of hundred years. This, however will change fast. NL has no new delta works plan against rising sea levels.

  • @badboattail
    @badboattail Před 29 dny

    The 12th province of the Netherlands, Flevoland, was added on the first of January 1986, not in 1996.

  • @mikallefeber2516
    @mikallefeber2516 Před 22 dny

    Wow I learned some Dutch history even tho I'm from The Netherlands

  • @najrenchelf2751
    @najrenchelf2751 Před 23 dny +1

    Actually, for at least a third of the Netherlands, staying under the radar is very easy and requires 0 effort - heck you might even mistake it for the sea at first... XD

  • @bananaspice1967
    @bananaspice1967 Před 24 dny +1

    We are just hyper evolved fish

  • @irgendwer3610
    @irgendwer3610 Před měsícem +1

    low but fertile, that's the exact problem every delta/river civilization faces, maybe someone should coin a term for this conumdrum

  • @flop1272
    @flop1272 Před měsícem +2

    home

  • @cyrilio
    @cyrilio Před měsícem +1

    Fun Fact: the Dutch EEG is bigger than the land part of the Netherlands.

    • @infj4w511
      @infj4w511 Před 3 dny

      I only know EEG as a way to measure brain activity (electroencephalogram). What were you referring to?

  • @kitcutting
    @kitcutting Před měsícem +4

    The Spanish name for the Netherlands is Los Países Bajos, which also means “the Low Countries.” In conversation, I have also heard this name extend to the other countries in the Benelux region, which also includes Luxembourg and Belgium.

    • @kitcutting
      @kitcutting Před měsícem +1

      NOTE: when talking about the specific regions in Benelux (Holland, Wallonia, Zeeland, Flanders, etc.), there are obviously proper Spanish names used for these regions. Los Países Bajos is used for the Netherlands, but apparently isn’t completely exclusive to just the Netherlands.

    • @giselavaleazar8768
      @giselavaleazar8768 Před měsícem +2

      The Netherlands and The Low Countries used to refer to the same area. The lands which came in possession of the Habsburgs and so became ruled by the Spanish king. Since the creation of the free Dutch Republic this terminology slowly became to mean different things.
      Nowadays in The Netherlands we use these two:
      Nederland: translates to Low/Down Land (singular) and is known as The Netherlands to foreigners.
      De Lage Landen: translates to The Low Lands and is used for the Benelux countries as an entity.

    • @mormacil
      @mormacil Před měsícem +1

      The Low Countries historically refers to those three countries in English too. While the Netherlands has the same meaning as the Low Countries they refer to different things.

    • @apveening
      @apveening Před měsícem

      Comparable to the French "Les Pays-Bas"

  • @cmotherofpirl
    @cmotherofpirl Před měsícem +5

    We need them in New Orleans.

    • @TheSuperappelflap
      @TheSuperappelflap Před měsícem

      George Bush doesnt care about black people

    • @apveening
      @apveening Před měsícem +2

      Are you going to listen this time?

    • @cmotherofpirl
      @cmotherofpirl Před měsícem

      @@apveening I did. We need them in Nee Orleans, because the Army Corp of Engineers and the corruption defeats that city.

    • @apveening
      @apveening Před měsícem +2

      @@cmotherofpirl Part of the Dutch lesson, get rid of corruption.

    • @TheSuperappelflap
      @TheSuperappelflap Před měsícem

      @@cmotherofpirl i remember hearing the army corps of engineers built a new dam there, and they sunk a bunch of pillars into mud to hold the dam up.
      spoiler alert, at the next flood, that entire dam is going. you wont just get a tsunami, you will get a tsunami plus a thousand tonne metal sheet washed away by the pressure. mud is not a good building foundation.

  • @user-wj5gj9ld8b
    @user-wj5gj9ld8b Před měsícem +2

    We Dutch don't give a fuck nature is moving for us

  • @RubenYTplayz
    @RubenYTplayz Před 20 dny +1

    wij Nederlanders zijn goed met water. In de tweede wereld oorlog was water ons wapen tegen de Duitsers

  • @jorisvanstraten5645
    @jorisvanstraten5645 Před 20 dny

    You pronounced them almost good but it is so funny how it is really hard for non Dutch people 1❤ out of the Netherlands

  • @NeilBouwman
    @NeilBouwman Před měsícem

    Holland is this world's backbone!

    • @badboattail
      @badboattail Před 29 dny

      Sure thing, unfortunately: the other 10 provinces (like Friesland, Limburg or Noord Brabant) are not really helping much. In Holland (the name for the combined provinces of Noord and Zuid Holland) all the money is earned.

    • @KimmieArgyshev
      @KimmieArgyshev Před 18 dny

      @@badboattailbwahahahaha the delusional hollander that we know and hate! 😂😂😂

  • @wp12mv
    @wp12mv Před 21 dnem

    17.9 million people actually

  • @aalb1873
    @aalb1873 Před 21 dnem

    Un paese incredibile

  • @jellewillems7118
    @jellewillems7118 Před měsícem +3

    14:26 Another example of Dutch methods used in other places in the world are the artificial islands in Dubai and Abu Dhabi

  • @infj4w511
    @infj4w511 Před 3 dny

    We have some history, but the thing we do best is colonizing every video in the English language that mentions our country.

  • @praetoriax
    @praetoriax Před měsícem +11

    "If it ain't Dutch, it ain't much!"

  • @tfu947
    @tfu947 Před 18 dny

    We are real life waterbenders

  • @takoZizou-wq7lf
    @takoZizou-wq7lf Před 15 dny

    Can i ask about YaGog and Magog where are them?? The first map montioned them behind the wall and they are montioned in the Quran they are peoples each one of us equal 999 to them

  • @lavadans1497
    @lavadans1497 Před 21 dnem

    Hello iam am from the netherlands btw hoi allemaal goede dag

  • @Frisia-dd6ud
    @Frisia-dd6ud Před 27 dny

    De windmolens hebben de gouden eeuw mogelijk gemaakt. Door zaagwindmolens.

  • @dianach-fl7fw
    @dianach-fl7fw Před měsícem

    What is the familiar nick name of Netherland?

    • @badboattail
      @badboattail Před 29 dny +1

      Kikkerlandje (little frog country).

    • @bertbeinaaf8314
      @bertbeinaaf8314 Před 28 dny

      Holland

    • @badboattail
      @badboattail Před 28 dny +2

      @@bertbeinaaf8314 Holland is the name for the combined provinces of North and South Holland. That's not a nickname.

    • @KimmieArgyshev
      @KimmieArgyshev Před 18 dny

      @@badboattailare you dumb? The question wasn’t: “what is the familiar nick name of the two most delusional provinces?” 😂😂😂

  • @Yezpahr
    @Yezpahr Před měsícem +8

    "Hello" from 12 feet under sea level safe and dry.
    2:59 No wait, the saying goes: "God created the Dutch as the Finishing Touch."

    • @MB-co6qj
      @MB-co6qj Před měsícem +2

      That's a different one!

  • @hungrymusicwolf
    @hungrymusicwolf Před měsícem +6

    I am required by my Dutch heritage to upvote and comment on this video. Consider yourself (but only with your consent) colonized.

  • @robvoncken2565
    @robvoncken2565 Před měsícem

    calling the Seabeggers pirats is not entirely fair. They were a mix of Pirate and freedom fighter

    • @apveening
      @apveening Před měsícem

      Most of them were privateers (holding letters of marque).

    • @robvoncken2565
      @robvoncken2565 Před měsícem

      @@apveening that would be the captains so minority on board 🙂

    • @apveening
      @apveening Před měsícem

      @@robvoncken2565 That would apply to the ship and sailors as well, sea law 101.

  • @abe-danger
    @abe-danger Před 21 dnem

    water? more like... future land

  • @angelicasabogalbautista7919

    Me gusta

  • @J.A.Smith2397
    @J.A.Smith2397 Před měsícem +1

    Water defenses would've been badass back in the day

  •  Před měsícem +5

    I am Dutch and approve of this message. It is worth mentioning that our farm exports are so absurdly huge because of the destructive fertilizers that the farmers use. The Dutch care more about money and efficiency than their own nature and soil. The calvinistic tradition is more implicit now but very much alive and a not only a part of our economical policies but also a part of personal relationships. While famously tolerant, Dutch people are also very direct and might seem a little more afraid of individuality than some other western cultures. This can feel repressive at times but it’s almost like people deal with it willingly (mostly unconsciously) for the greater good: stability and wealth. Also worth mentioning: most of the Netherlands used to be forests or swamps, but almost every tree was cut down during the golden age, to sell the wood.😂 Mostly for ship making. ALL the forests and natural reserves you see today are manmade.
    Great video!

    • @apveening
      @apveening Před měsícem +2

      While you have a point, the major reason our agricultural exports are so absurdly huge is because re-exports are included in the number. Fresh flowers are imported from all over the world to be auctioned in Aalsmeer and be exported again. American grain for Germany goes for a large part through Rotterdam. Amsterdam is still the world center for cocoa trade. The Netherlands is also a major importer of agricultural products, but that is never mentioned.
      And agricultural products aren't alone in this category, the Netherlands is also both a major importer and exporter of oil and oil derived products.

    •  Před 27 dny

      @@apveening That's interesting. The land use (almost all the land in the Netherlands) and the productivity are also, relatively, very high. And that's detrimental to our nature and land, in the long run and we are seeing the consequences already. But of course this could be fixed by different policies (which many people have expressed they don't want...). We'll see. I'm glad we are in the EU and that there are rules we have to abide by.

  • @sneezyfido
    @sneezyfido Před měsícem

    Tssk. In the country outline you left our westernmost province out.
    That blue bit is ours! 😤

  • @MrSuperMichel1997
    @MrSuperMichel1997 Před měsícem +6

    Man, I'm proud to be Dutch! 💪🏼

  • @maartentoors
    @maartentoors Před měsícem +2

    12:13 "New York" (or New Amsterdam) was a colony. Surinam (or Suriname) never was. The British (forcefully) traded them.
    But hey.. now we have ASML.

    • @maartentoors
      @maartentoors Před měsícem

      Het helpt een beetje dat we onderling kunnen LACHEN over ale malle yuo tup videos.. xD

  • @SpartanONegative
    @SpartanONegative Před měsícem +6

    Star forts all over the place. .

  • @Kronos_LordofTitans
    @Kronos_LordofTitans Před 22 dny

    I would like to provide another reason for our success. We are one of the smaller nations and have always been. So wasting an opportunity is not something we can afford. China being late to a new technology was fine for them for a lot of their history.
    If we were ever slightly caught out of position we would be destroyed by all pur neighbors, just look at the disaster year.

  • @darrellbeets7758
    @darrellbeets7758 Před 10 dny

    Why defend it, simple becouse its ours to defend.

  • @crazyciler50
    @crazyciler50 Před měsícem +4

    Why does everyone keep perpetuating the lie that Amsterdam was the first Stock exchange? It's the oldest surviving yes, but the first Stock Exchange was in Brugge the Dutch word for it is still the name of the Family who held it Van Der Beurze. The Stock exchange in Bruges was first held in 1370, 300 years before the Dutch stockexchange started.

    • @Vlugge_Japie
      @Vlugge_Japie Před měsícem +1

      Maybe it's because of the things that were exchanged. I thought in Amsterdam it was the first time that little parts/shares of an actual company could be bought by the common man. I think in Brugge they traded other things.

    • @crazyciler50
      @crazyciler50 Před měsícem

      @@Vlugge_Japie well yes In Bruges it’s true that there were no shares in companies for sale, but still then … Antwerp had such a stock exchange that did sell them in the 1500’s still almost a 100 years before Amsterdam…

    • @bertoverweel6588
      @bertoverweel6588 Před měsícem

      ​@@crazyciler50Of wich company they had shares 100 years before in Antwerp?

    • @crazyciler50
      @crazyciler50 Před měsícem +2

      @@bertoverweel6588 fair enough you're right I looked at the history in English and there is a difference in commodity exchange and stock exchange... so I was wrong, probably got confused because in Flemish they're both just called "Beurs".

    • @bertoverweel6588
      @bertoverweel6588 Před měsícem

      @@crazyciler50 No problem, it could be right so I wonder't wich company it was, nice day.

  • @nyckvandendungen8847
    @nyckvandendungen8847 Před 15 dny

    Like if you are Dutch

  • @rgb_goblin6226
    @rgb_goblin6226 Před 21 dnem

    yall really need to stop acting like the netherlands is a utopia, WE HAVE WAY TO MANNY PEOPLE! Like, 16 million people to much! (we now have like 18/19 milion)

  • @LolLol-vk4rg
    @LolLol-vk4rg Před 5 dny

    🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱

  • @thierryparte2506
    @thierryparte2506 Před měsícem +2

    Poseidon ain't welcome around these parts

  • @fpwortelboer713
    @fpwortelboer713 Před 20 dny

    I am ducht

  • @andreasarnoalthofsobottka2928
    @andreasarnoalthofsobottka2928 Před měsícem +1

    The saying goes: god created the land and the sea, but the Frisens created the coast.

  • @thogrimironhammer8563
    @thogrimironhammer8563 Před 24 dny +1

    G E K O L O N I S E E R D

  • @jordanhamann9123
    @jordanhamann9123 Před měsícem

    "A temperate climate certainly helps productivity". What is this, 1930?

  • @Langharig_Tuig
    @Langharig_Tuig Před měsícem +1

    is this an AI generated/written video? It's close to being accurate, but there are so many small mistakes that could very easily be prevented