Video není dostupné.
Omlouváme se.
Podcast 7 (part 2) : Visiting Amsterdam and Dutch CULTURE SHOCKS
Vložit
- čas přidán 12. 08. 2024
- Podcast 7 (part 2) lets go !
SUMMER MEET-UP DETAILS :
Saturday JULY 20 at 1pm
SIGN UP ON MY WEBSITE : getthemargarita.com/pages/par...
I will be sending an email with all the details for those who would like to attend :)
Main channel : @Ariellelaparisienne
WEBSITE : getthemargarita.com/
Follow me!
🌍 Instagram : @get.the.margarita
🌍 Email : the.early.bird.biz@gmail.com
GROS BISOUS!!
Arielle
~~TAGS~~
Amsterdam, European summer, culture shock, dutch culture shock, Podcast, Paris podcast, storytime, life in paris, French people, moving, Paris, travel guide, paris travel guide, paris travel
Usually in the Netherlands tips are gathered and given to all the staff. So the kitchen staff shares in the extra money coming in. I find this more fair, because waiters are just part of a larger team that makes a restaurant work.
The Dutch have the word gezellig, which is roughly translated as cozy, friendly, sociable, and in the comfort of others. The coffee shops and outdoor places are specifically designed for this purpose and you would go there with family or friends to enjoy/experience gezellig. That’s probably why you were noticing that sort of ambience everywhere.
That’s so interesting ! I really like that ! I wish we had gezellig in Paris 😂🥲
"in the comfort of others" is by far the best translation of "gezellig" I've ever seen.
In old english the word also was used...gesellig.
The english speakers forgot.
It was actually based on travelcompagnons.
Like we use in dutch 'gezel'.
@@Getthemargarita
Well you still have some old words in English.
The word wittingly.
Related to witness.
Meaning 'knowing for sure'.
In frisian we still say 'witten' and in dutch it is 'weten'.
I do hear the word 'wittenly' often congres/senate.
The use of 'to know' (also from old english) actually means 'you can/you're able'.
It is NOT ghost street but 'de GOUDEN bocht' or Golden corner.
And they are definitely nor empty, most of them are offices now.
There are many bakeries in Amsterdam, but not in the city center. It has become too expensive to run regular shops for locals, so now there are mostly pure tourist traps available. However if you take a tram or bike just outside the old city centre, you can find many bakeries everywhere.
To be fair, not as much as in Paris, but close enough.
I have lived on a dutch barge for over 7 years and it was great. However there is a lot of maintenance attached to it, and it became less affordable over time.
In Amsterdam a group of early boat settlers became millionaires because they got there space for free. (After years of legal battles)
The reason Amsterdam has so many fast food and sweet shops is TOURISTS!
I highly recommend you going to other dutch cities like Haarlem. Which is only 15 minutes by train from Amsterdam, but has a normal dutch vibe.
Plus it was chosen the best shopping city in the Netherlands for years. But even in Amsterdam if you just travel outside the main touristic areas you can find regular food outlets and restaurants. And most of them are open in the evenings.
I recommend skipping any of the restaurants on the Leidse plein, Nieuwmarkt and Rembrandtplein. They are tourist traps with horrible service and food quality.
Don't tell the tourists that there is something outside of the center of Amsterdam, just let them stand in line in for the Anne Frank house, munching on a stroopwafel with M&M's
Yes the smile is often considered fake and not always seen as genuine. Can be of course genuine.
Americans like to start to off with asking how you are but then very often do not listen to the answer. If you ask a question expect an answer and listen to it.
Americans in general also like to dance around a subject. Whereas Dutch people are more to the point.
To the point 16:04 you are talking about "ghost street". I think you mean "The Golden Bend" or "De Gouden Bocht" in Dutch. I don't know if I'm translating that correctly. The city has the most beautiful buildings on that part of the canal, including the mayor's residence.
Really enjoyed your Amsterdam experience.
So lovely 😃🌸💕🧚♀💕
Thank you 🤗
You cracked me up with the huge smiles to get one in return 😂 I felt that they were definitely nicer than Parisians, one older man even stopped to ask me and my friend if we needed help finding our directions bc we looked a little lost on our phone. Americans and Canadians are def a different breed in terms of customer service and generally friendliness, but I felt not hated in Amsterdam hahah. Paris makes me feel so dumb and little at times 😅
Tip money goes usually into a jar and will be divided between workers later on the month or as x-mass bonus. I once had a whole day paintball shooting with the team, but also a trip to a theme park is an option.
Shops close at 6pm, but on Sat and Sun at 5pm. Supermarkets usually close about 10pm.
Vodcast
I hate tipping, for many reasons. For me people should get a living wage (and a little more) for the work they do. Just because some people have interactions with there customers, doesn’t mean they deserve extra money.
I don’t give a nurse a tip for helping me in the hospital.
I feel is so ingrained on us in the US because the waiter wages are so low that you carry it with you! When I went to Paris I did try to just leave a few euros on the table… but not the 20%.. I didn’t know that the waiter don’t get it as you mention. Very good video, I never thought of going to Amsterdam because I always thought of a party city but you show a totally different view! Thank you.
Many dutch consider the american friendlyness as over the top and superficial because it tends to be meaningless. Chances are that your exaggeratedly smiling event caused them to react as they did. My own experience is that you will get smiles and contact whenever you try to make a chat in their language. At least that my experience in Italy when I try to speak italian, but the same applies to the Netherlands.
Also, don't confuse Amsterdam with the Netherlands. There are more typical dutch cities besides Amsterdam. Cities like Utrecht, Amerfoort, Groningen and certainly also Maastricht and many more.
About tips in the Netherlands: The rates you pay include a 15% tip already. This has been so since the fifties when the mandatory tip was abolished. Also, since minimum wages also apply to staff in the catering industry, there is really no need for additional tips. Having said that: I frequently tip when I feel that I've been treated nicely in a restaurant.
We LOVE A DOUBLE FEATURE
Amsterdam is this year on my to go list. I hope i get there finaly🤞on your comment Europe has no hot days this year-Girl😅me batteling the heat last 2 months. It's just north of europe thats cloudy and rainy
YES MY BAD 😭 i know George and silke in Greece have also had it mega hot as well :/ i hope you make it to Amsterdam soon ! 🫶
Now I know why you love coffee in Amsterdam ... you had it in a coffeeshop ...!
😂 hahahaha a “cafe” is maybe the better term… or roaster ? 😂
try visiting outside the "Randstad" (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht)... go further inside the Netherlands... by example to the north-east Netherlands... people are more accessible and friendly... the most op the locals are easier to start talking... "Randstad" are more as you called Neutral ;) , outside the 'Randstad' locals greet more quickly when looking to each other (my experience as a local from the north-east region of the Netherlands)
My dream home is a lighthouse. However people find it weird when I say that because I'm such a city girl, but there is something about a lighthouse that I find really unique. Although realistically, I'd probably get board after two days 😆
Don’t go giving me ideas 😂 a lighthouse sounds so fun !
Do tip in Amsterdam, spread the word.
Tipping is one of the biggest questions I see on a France Facebook group I follow. I think we should always respect the culture when visiting a country, and I'm always amazed when people insist on leaving tips using US standards. Also, people consistently confuse tipping and the TVA shown on the receipts It doesn't help that many credit systems have tips as a selection, and instead of clicking on "no tip or none" tourists accuse merchants of trying to cheat them because they are tourists. Yes, there are touristic restaurants in Paris that do try to take advantage of tourists, but it's blown way out of proportion.
Tipping in the Netherlands is quite normal if there is good service. Might not be normal in France but in the Netherlands tipping happens. European countries are not the same either.
My question is - if this were true, then why did we 100% of the time get handed the payment terminal by the servers and the bar tenders with the exact bill amount with no option to leave a tip ? Thats why all the North Americans we saw insisted on the servers changing the bill to add tip. Not once did we ever have the option to tip on a bill and none asked for a tip either 🤔
@@Getthemargarita talking about tipping in restaurants here. So for dinners. For just drinks tipping is not common and expected.
Adding it to the bill is indeed not done that is up to the customer themselves.
@@Getthemargarita Most of the payments are made digital with a card. All bills are also stored digital so at the end of the week/month the difference is tips. Ofcource cash payments are also added to the total. All employees get their share of the tips based on time worked and or what their job is. So your tip also gets to the people in the kitchen. If you pocket the tip yourself you are essentialy stealing from the people you work with.
People in the Netherlands do definitely tip, but it depends on the individual (some people I know never tip, others like me always do, at least a little). So when I receive the receipt with the exact amount I either add some cash if it's a cash payment, or if it's a pin payment I tell the server to add a certain amount of money and they change the amount on the pin terminal. Hope this helps 😊
Again you seem to mostly spend your time in the center of Amsterdam, where smiling is less common. Yes, it is definitely less than in the states, but if you visit a normal Dutch city you will get a lot more smiles and friendly conversation.
I suggest you visit a market in Haarlem, Alkmaar, Hoorn, Utrecht or Leiden. The experience will be different! The center of Amsterdam is hijacked by tourist and this doesn’t show you normal Dutch society.
The Netherlands is not only Amsterdam.
Maybe you didn’t watch the whole video 😂 I say that at the end !
Don't tell the tourists! just let them stand in line of the Anne Frank house, munching on a stroopwafel with M&M's
USA-citizens are missing the best of the Netherlands 😂😂😂
Always Amsterdam....
Amsterdam culture and Dutch culture are two opposite things. Most people in the Netherlands despise Amsterdam culture. Don't think that because you visited Amsterdam you know anything about Dutch culture.
Maybe you went to a places where they enploy foreigners. I don't recognise this behaviour in the place where I live!
I have got a second house in France in Bourgondy for 24 years and I went to the shop in Luzy 20 minutes befor closing time at lunchtime and they refused to sell me a gas bottle because it was almost lunchtime. I had to travel 16 km ( nearer nobody sells gas bottles) get there I had to wait 2 hours befor they opened again and that's about 300 km from Paris!*
Even people in other parts of France say that Partisans are very arrogant and bad behaved!
* Just one example of the many?
Weldom in Dutch means wel( very) stupid!
it took you 37 minutes to say you're tired of Amsterdam.
That’s a weird way of looking at it 😂 how about “it took me 37 minutes to talk about all the amazing things I experienced in Amsterdam” 😉
You let your hands do the talking to much
Amsterdam is NOT Dutch culture
During covid, hamsterdam is Dutch culture
That’s the sweetest thing ever that Jean wanted the tandem bike. 🥹
Amsterdam is not The Netherlands. Visit smaller cities like Delft or Leiden, or go to Haarlem. You will find it is totally different from Amsterdam...
Of course ! I live in Paris and I would never consider Paris to be representative of France haha thanks for the city ideas ! I can’t wait to see them one day