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Today I'm sharing 5 completely normal Dutch things that I found so surprising when I moved to The Netherlands. How about you - what surprised you?
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My name is Jovie and I am an American Expat Mama living in and LOVING The Netherlands. On Tuesdays On Tuesdays I make educational videos about aspects of Dutch life in English. On Thursdays, I post a random video - anything and everything from cleaning and organizing to cooking and talking about mom-related issues.
My goal is to help people who are new to The Netherlands navigate different aspects of the Dutch system. I also enjoy sharing my love of The Netherlands with Dutch viewers and chatting with you in the comments about this great little country.
Won't you come on over, kick off your shoes and stay a while?
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That is silly, I do not just eat a slice of bread with a single slice of cheese...
I also eat a slice of bread with chocopasta.
lol!
what about hagelslag or pindakaas
Mi Wenn . Also valid options.
Aaah jaaa love chocopasta!!!! Met boter!! Ik weet het al mijn vrienden HATEN HET maar ik vind het zo chilll!!
I eat bread with basically anything
Not just cheese
I know we are all normal and boring, but not like that lol
Not that extreme 😅
Of course we eat at 6, we're hungry because we only ate 2 slices of bread for lunch
😂😂😂😂Truer words have never been written!
Maybe you can call it a late lunch, and your lunch is like a quick snack. 😁
it used to be even earlier between 5 and 6
😂😂
Haha
I live in the Netherlands and I didn’t even know that we have those toilet clean things 😂
Famke i have never seen them as well😂
She said and i was like wait whaaaatttt
You guys just don't go to the right toilets. Not all of them have it.
I get why women are concerned about hygiene on the toilet but time after time science shows that every part of your body there is a one way street. Things only get expelled there, nothing is absorbed.
You can totally get infected on a dirty toilet but it travels via your hand to your face (nose, mouth) and the door handle is the filthiest part. So forget about liners and sprays. Do your business and don't touch your face until you have washed your hands.
They have them foton in campings and that kind of places
Dutch people don’t sleep for a couple of hours in the afternoon like the people in Spain do. We work all day and then have dinner. The evening is our free time.
mariannetm i related to the first four words😂
that evening thing becomes more a habit here as well, but occasionally. I wish our working hours weren't so early in the morning, i never understood that.
The dutch used to do this a long time ago. My grandparents still do this. But as industrial revolution grew and people were more productive during daylight hours it kinda disappeared
We Spanish people do not sleep in the afternoon. Don't know how that became a famous thing, but is just a famous lie. We have a mandatory break of one or two hours, and if it is two you might as well go home, but between commuting and a big lunch there is no time for napping. Unless you live with your grandma and she cooks for you, then you can nap for 15 minutes.
@@mariaangueirabarrio8312 In my experience, in Andalucía the whole of public life shuts down from noon to at least 16:30. What do you do in those hours, besides eating?
How to recognize a Dutch tourist abroad: eating a whole grain sandwich with chocolate sprinkles or Gouda from a plastic baggie.
And bringing his own sack of potatoes for dinner. At 6, of course.
Frans Buijs Do you know where this started? About 50 years ago people started to own a car and suddenly the number of people going abroad on holidays increased. You no longer needed to be rich to spend your vacations in France. Nevertheless people had to deal with several issues: Dutch people were not really used to eat out. Dutch people weren’t used to eat foreign cuisine. Dutch people found out that in shops and supermarkets food was more expansive than at home. Therefore many Dutch people made sure they brought everything with them. Funny joke about this: Italians say that NL stands for niente lire (no money). This is now in the Dutch system for quite a while but it is disappearing. Especially people who travel a lot wouldn’t do that anymore.
@@abrahamcusters2987 yes, the eating out thing is now becoming the norm with recent generations. Too bad if you ask me, there's something to be said for a more sober lifestyle.
durk kooistra Haha, I like dining late and dining out. But for both sides there are good arguments. Important though is to eat healthy food and not too much meat.
@@abrahamcusters2987 yeah my grandparents used to eat meat only on Wednesday (woensdag gehaktdag) on Friday fish and Sunday something "fancy". If they were lucky... Bloedworst was a real treat, for context :D
Toilet seats aren’t so dirty, the door handle is the most disgusting thing in a toilet, remember that!
So when it’s possible again to visit the toilet at ikea, spray the doorknob instead of the seat😄 or both if you like
Just leave the door open and avoid touching the door handle at all! 😊
Nowhere in Europe have I seen a toilet seat liner. Really!
Indeed, because we don't have them! 😉
Our buts are cleaner than doorknobs
Diseases don’t spread through toilet seats.
All these liners clog up the sewage system and are not so environmentally friendly.
So just clean your hands properly is my advice 👌🏼
Only in very traditional area's :)
Buy that liner at wish ! No cold buttlines anymore. Wait some months. Well, I like it. Cheap shit for free.
As a Dutch person this is soo fun to watch😂🙌
I agree and also the comments are very funny we all seem to be in defence mode. Yep myself included lolol
Haha idd😂😂
Also interesting as a Belgian to see what is even different
I know right. This stuff (not only hers but similair things too) are my favorite things on yt
Yes
the handle holding thing while pumping gas is a safety thing so people dont walk away when pumping the flammable stuff.
It’s mandatory for safety reasons
It’s mandatory for safety and envormental reasons for selfservice stations. Only high speeddiesel pumps up til 120 liter/minut for trucks may have a hold clip on the nozzles.
In the 70's we could also walked away while pumping gas, don't know when this system has changed but it was for safety reasons, to many accidents.
@@ronaldvandelogt4489 Klopt helemaal..
Exactly
The american sandwich you’re talking about is called ‘club sandwich’.
A dutch person never drinks a glass of milk, he’s drinking half liter milk straight from the package😂
Unless we are married and then our wifes big frowns makes us get a glass :)
Hatice B.: And that is why the Dutch are among the tallest people in the world. Because of their maximum calcium intake.
Hatice B. I don’t drink milk at all, I hate the taste of it! But many other Dutch people do.
@@oliviakate4652 I also hate the taste of it. People older than 16 only should drink it if they like it. It's not healthy at all, they made that up. It is kinda useless to drink it, just drink what you want
Dutch Gamer no I don’t think it’s healthy. The calcium might be good for your bones but it also has puss in it from the cows nipples lol
Yes, when pumping a highly flammable liquid, we require a person to be present. Seems sensible to me.
Damn right
Iol precies
@Mesophyl Basically, that moron proved that the previous commentators had a point.
It does make sense! in the state, since you have to pay first the pump stops at what ever you paid or if your tank is full it stops.
The pump automatically stops on its own when the tank is full. It never over flows. It is 100% safe, and no need for human supervision.
I love how there’s no sugar in the Dutch bread though. There’s a lot of bread toppings here too. Healthy stuff can be eaten by kids and adults! Although many people eat more than two slices.
There is sugar in dutch bread sweethart.
@@paitymg wel in je croissant ja. Maar echt niet in je volkoren boterham hoor en dan zeker niet in de hoeveelheid die men in amerika gebruikt.
@@flowergirl4901 Suiker wordt toegevoegd in elk type brood wat je hier kunt kopen. Het recept om brood te maken is alleen anders waardoor het geen zoet brood is zoals bijvoorbeeld in Amerika of andere landen.
It's bread. It worked for 7000+ years. Why would you ever need sugar?
When I visited new york with my family, we tried to get some bread and make our breakfast, but all bread is just what we call cake. White and sweet. Nothing bready about it hahaha.
Flower Girl checked for you. Wholegrain brown bread, 1,9% sugar added. So it’s not much but it is there. I dwould not mind it as much as the used bread enhancer: pig’s hair.
Why is there such a big difference between what children and adults eat? I dont understeand. Healthy food is healthy food, right?
Children need more food than grownups because they are still growing in height instead of width.
@@danielwijnberg1860 thats just not true. I am pretty sure you are just guessing this. There is a lot of research about healthy food and healthy proportions. Please look that up before you guess again.
@@monique90 I looked at this: nutritionj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1475-2891-6-19
@@danielwijnberg1860 that is an article about fat intake. Doesnt say anything about children needing more food than adults.
@@monique90 well for example it says :"A very low fat diet that also is low in calories and does not meet energy needs will interrupt normal growth and development of young children [5-7]. "
So I think it is safe to say that children need more food than adults. Of course it's relative to their size and weight.
There are also plenty of public toilets that have neither a liner nor a spray.
Dutch toilets are being cleaned verry well is my opinion. But the most toilets have that alcohol spray. So you can clean the seat extra with some toilet paper. And I always have some in my handbag. Spray not toilet paper 🤷🏼♀️🤣🤣
In my opinion, toilet seats are clean enough and your skin thick enough anyway, especially in the Netherlands...
Though if it's visibly dirty, just hover (and don't skip leg day)
Lol luckily those are usually paid toilets with a cleaning service, also I always carry desinfectant spray multipurpose, hands, surfaces etc.) and use a bit of toiletpapier with that if I don't trust the cleanliness of the toilet
If I haven't seen a disgusting person go on it before me, no stains on the seat, no splashing, no smells, no signs of any filthy disturbance in the environmen of the public toilet, then I just wipe with a dry piece of paper once and it's fine.
Just never let the back of your bum touch the back of the seat and never let your front touch the front.
And if the seat ís disgusting then try changing to a different toilet ór spit on a paper and clean it (at least your own saliva isn't as bad as the thing you're wiping off with it) or hang above it and pee that way. That will cause splashing for the next one though, so try nót to do that if it isn't necessary.
I have never seen that spray. Only for the smell. 😂
We are used to not over eating and being healthy thats why we don’t eat that much at lunch and stuff we just don’t need more. Also dinner time fits with sporting practice time :D
Coming from Hungary to the Netherlands, things that surprised me were:
-Toilet stalls are very private: the doors start at the floor and often go all the way up to the ceiling.
- In school, people have an own desk (we used to have 1 long desk for 2 ppl), they are seated in groups, not rows, the teachers use their first name with the students, and group work is encouraged. Also no homework in grade school. And teachers NEVER yell.
- Everyone is taking the bike. Even children, which gives them a huge independence: no need to ask parents to take you places, no need to scheduele in public transport. Just hop on the bike and go. It's pretty safe as well.
-The amount of BREAD eaten. Bread for breakfast, bread for lunch, possibly bread for snacks.
Kamilla Tóth that’s not true x I’m Dutch
@@djamarabaas1209 it's true where I live in the Netherlands...
I'm Dutch and every dutch person I know would agree to this. So accurate !
yes I eat bread as a snack BUT ITS NOT MY CHOICE my parents are just kinda strict
I got to say as a dutch at lunch break I am jealous of foreign co workers eating a hot meal (maybe yesterday's leftovers) while I eat my brown bread with cheese.
When you talked about public restrooms, the thing that surprised me in the US were the bathroom stalls. Doors start one feet from the floor and are five feet tall -- at most. also, usually there's a one-inch gap between the door and the frame. You have no privacy at all! People can hear you, people can see you on the toilet. It's insane.
Peggy de Jong i totally agree! It’s so difficult for me to use a public toilet in the US now because I feel like there is ZERO privacy! ❤️
True. A collegue of mine complained about that too.
That's a thing I totally hate. I dont understand it. I only go to a public restroom when I can't make it home.....lol..... One good thing though, most stores and supermarkets have restrooms. Can't say that for Holland. I'm married to an American, and he makes lunch usually. Sometimes I tell him, just give me a slice of bread with some cheese......I can't deal with a huge sandwich and either pickles, cheese or chips on the side..... He does not understand that at all.
Oh yes, totally agree. Totally freaked me out. As if public restrooms aren't fun enough already.
Same in Canada 🙈
Makes me feel super uncomfortable! When I have a coat with me, I usually try to hang it in a way so I will have a little bit more privacy 😬
Just two "boterhammen" is how we stay fit. Once you get used to it, it's enough to fill you up.
If you don't do proper work that is.... I'm a truck driver who works 10 hours a day, 5 hours driving 5 hours loading or unloading 25 to 400 kg heavy containers. I eat 8 slices of whole grain bread 2,4 liters of milk, buttermilk, yoghurt drink and lemonade (equal parts), a liter of water and two pieces of fruit. And that is only at work.....(smile!)
@@69drummerdude Agreed! I have quite a physical job too. When I work the whole day, I eat a lot more.
Hé Jovie,
When you ask Dutch people living abroad ask with food they miss the most 80 % at least will say: een bruine boterham met kaas ;-)
Franka Schapendonk for sure and pindakaas
I actually hate bruin brood, also see enough people eat white bread with chees or hagelslag
And we go on vacation, we take it with us, when we can :P
Pindakaas isn't really Dutch, peanut butter is American
There is no cheese like dutch cheese :D
My father usually eats like 5 or 6 slices of bread with cheese, ham or something else. I usually eat 3 or 4 slices.
same
Didn't pick up any construction sounds this time!
The sandwich thing is just a convenience/frugal thing I guess... No nonsense, just bread and spread when you have to prepare your lunch multiple hours in advance to take away to work or school. When at home it's probably more a frugal thing then for convenience. However, we don't call bread with a single spread a sandwich, we refer to it as a 'boterham'. The word sandwich is used in Dutch as well, to describe the fancy stuff ;)
So when you're adding multiple spreads, some veggies, sauce, spices, you're eating a sandwich and when it's just bread and spread you're eating a 'boterham' ;)
Ahhh makes sense! I didn't know about the difference in boterham and sandwich but this is very good information. Thank you for teaching me, Twan!
Glad you didn't hear the noise. Next week you'll even SEE some of the construction vehicles in the background 😂💛
@@JoviesHome that's what we're here for 😉 You teach us and we teach you
I have worked with a guy for 1 1/2 year who did exactly that, a single loaf of bread with a single slice of cheese. I could not believe that. You should realise that in Amsterdam that is extremely unusual. Here, we eat quite sophisticated sandwiches, perhaps due to competition between sandwich shops and then you get used to that and somehow this sophistication becomes the norm. I never ever eat like this loaf of bread with cheese guy.
@@thephilosopherofculture4559 Hew philosopher, do you know the meaning of a "loaf"?
@@TheTwan85 our courage will pull us through
A typical Dutch saying: "Overdaad schaadt". Explains a lot about the Dutch sandwich.
Interesting! Thanks for watching. 💛
What does that mean in english?
@@sharroon7574 Basicly, to much does damage
Jovie's Home There is an expression aswell....Everything that has "te" (too) before it is not good for you. Te veel vlees, te veel alcohol, te laat naar bed, te veel lawaai, etc.
I have never heard that
Secret tip for when you are still hungry after eating one slice of bread: Eat a second, third, and fourth slice of bread! Each with a different topping of course. Eating whole grain bread also helps.
Dutch people sometimes go fancy on their boterham met kaas and add a few slices of cucumber! Or we add sambal (indonesian chili paste) to our boterham met pindakaas (peanutbutter). But not much more because then it becomes a "taartje"m i.e. a little cake i.e.overly luxurious.
Milk makes us the tallest people in the world, whereas sugary softdrinks makes Americans the....
A “taartje”? We called it “ making even a turd taste good” 😂
Yeah or some tomato or bell pepper on it, or add a small bowl of rauwkost😄
And very important for many (not me though): start with a ‘healthy’ hearty sandwich cheese/meat/(or for some) pindakaas and after you may eat a sweet sandwich with hagelslag/chocopasta/jam as a treat😆 some consider pindakaas a treat too (so you may nog start with a pindakaassandwich🤣)
I only eat dutch bread(boterhams). Whenever I'm abroad I just can't handle the either sweet, sour or extremely dry bread.😅 makes me gag for real, can't handle it.
Rianne same!!!
Exactly!
First time I was in the US at the boy scout camp I worked I thought the people around me where kind of rude when they made their sandwich. I had my slice of brown bread, some butter and a slice of god awful american cheese and I started to eat it with knife and fork. But the locals where piling up many slices of meat, cheese and sauces. I found out that was custom but in the morning I almost never eat (or just 1 sandwich).
Eating dinner early give you time to burn those calories before going to bed. Also the amount of snacks and snack times where a surprise to me, how much food can one eat in a day? The result in level of obesity is a given with that food pattern.
Biggest shock, how prude the Americans are and how exposed you are on the toilet in public restrooms.
O yeah the prudeness was also a shock for me and the illogical thinking. We do not want to talk about sex, no sexeducation that explains the different anticonception methods. Because teenagers could be stimulated to have sex (as the hormones would not work), but being surprised about the number of teenage pregnancies.
But also things like being extremely upset when a celebrity had a bit trouble with her dress and a nipple got exposed. But is seemseemsto have enormous splits in your dress and cleavages so deep that only your nipple is covered.
2 Slices of bread does a lot more to fill you up if you take whole grain bread.
Not for me.
I prefer white bread (weitenbrood is also pretty good) but that’s because I really disliked the taste of brown bread as a little kid, I still have trouble eating it but I’m trying (my mom also dislikes it so that made it harder for me to start eating it, I’m 16)
Plus I usually eat 2 slices in the morning and 4 during lunch because why would I eat the same amount of bread for a longer period of time (4 vs 6 hours between meals) I’m gonna eat more, especially if I eat cereal instead since it doesn’t fill me up enough so that I could eat my lunch at 1 instead of 12 (my school lunch break is at 1 so I can’t eat cereal on school days without an extra free period in which I can eat a little bit of early lunch, gotta leave most of it for 1 o’clock tho, otherwise my friends will yell at me for not eating well enough)
I was in den Haag for 3 years over the millennium and my favorite sightings were of captains of industry putting sprinkles over a buttered piece of bread and bejeweled ladies dropping herring down their throats. Priceless!
I’m dutch and I lived a couple of months in Portland OR, and it surprised me that many people I met there ate a whole meal for lunch (from a foodtruck for example) instead of a simple slice of bread with some toppings. I also noticed that many people there didn’t really have regular eating habits, like breakfast, lunch and evening every day. I love all three meals, even though dutch breakfast and lunch are quite simplistic, I feel a whole lot fitter and better when I don’t skip them.
Surprising things:
I have lived in the use and during that time there were some surprising things.
1) Choosing your own toppings on a pizza. In the Netherlands you choose the pizza you want from a menu. In the States they asked what I wanted on my pizza. I asked for a menu. Total confusion. Later I really liked to choose myself
2) The use of pitchers of beer. Basically a big can with beer and no foam. We Dutch like foam on our beer.
3) Pancakes for breakfast was a surprise for me.
4) Almost no sportsclubs. If you are grownup you can go to the gym but it is really hard to do some teamsport as volleybal.
5) After a while I found a group of amateur vollebalplayers and sometimes we played in a tournament. I was very surprised I had to sign a waiver that I would not sue them if I got injured.
6) I was surprised about the huge portions you had to buy in the grocery stores. Milk for example was mainly in gallon size. A bit much for a single person.
Pancakes or porridge for breakfast was normal in the Netherlands around 1900. Bread was just for the rich people. I still have my grandmothers earthenware bowl she used for this early 1900. She was born 1881 and my grandfather in 1864!
@@jacomiententeije5417 I know about the porridge. I atill eat it on occasion. I didn't know about the pancakes. When I was growing up we had only pancakes for dinner. We kids loved it if dinner was peasoup (snert) and pancakes.
For americans: This peasoup is not what you think about peasoup. It started with a broth of pigmeat, than a special kind of peas (split peas) was added. if you boiled them long enough you would not recognize individual peas any more. The peas became kind of a peapudding, but not as solid as a pudding: thickened peajuice. I am just trying to explain but can't find the right words. Also added were several vegetables as leek, carrots, selderijknol (don't know the english word). This is a very traditional Dutch dish.
@@okkietrooy7941 I love SNERT! We have a video on our channel where we make it in case you want to check it out :)
And Thank you so much for sharing your surprises! I LOVE hearing about it! Have a great day!
Why the early time of mealtime? I am now 62 years old. When I was a child, my father, like many fathers, went to work at the factory. He got out of bed at 6 am, lit the coal stove, made his bread. A lunchbox full of brown bread with cheese and meats; There was a canteen at work, but it was more like a room with tables to sit around, coffee was for sale and, in winter, hot soup, but nothing more. Then he put on his coat and left on his bicycle about 8 km away. He left at 7 am; his workday began at 8 a.m. At 5 o'clock he returned home, drank a cup of coffee and afterwards we went to the table for dinner, at half past 5. After dinner he often put on his work clothes to work with family and friends at someone's home to do a renovation of the home. That happened several days a week; also on Saturdays. Men did that at each other's homes; Many hands make light work. That was very normal. To be able to do that, everyone ate immediately after returning home from work because then you have a few hours. At 10 o'clock he came home and at half past ten my parents went to bed.
And on sundays they went to church, wearing their wedding suits, all washed, shaven and done up, falling asleep in the pews if the sermon was too long. But singing hyms and Psalms like Russian cossacks.
@@waltertaljaard1488 Quite a few of us still do that! Traditional Dutch culture isn't all past tense.
Most Dutch do not go to church, it's a minority. Most people have better things to do on Sunday
@@dutchgamer842 ExCuSe YoU, I'm still going to church... and so are many other people that I know. However you are right that most people don't go to church anymore.
Well so I wasn't lying that it's a minority
I'm Dutch and when I went to France, in small village or road toilets they had standing toilets. You have to stand with wide spreaded legs and than pee. I found that realy weird
Nickyannabelle Van As no, thats called a hurktoilet. You bend your knees until you are in a sitting pose above the hole, like when you pee in the bushes. That’s how you use it.
France is infamous for those, but not the only country where you can find them. We always call them "gaspedalenplee".... Although "hurktoilet" might indeed be the official word. ;)
@DBR Liamg
I know they originated from Asia, and I do not know if France got them from the colonial times. I've encountered them in Austria as well.
Now I must say that I saw them less in France the last time I was there, although last time I was in France I was most of all in Paris and Disneyland, and the place I found them most was the south of France, and Paris pretty much in the North.
Since most of the Dutch people have encountered these toilets most in France, we do often call them "Franse WCs" (French toilets). But then again, there are more terms with nationalities in them (in any language) that is not necessarily correct.
What I found very surprising when I was in New York back in June, was that you’re always supposed to give a tip. Even when there is no ‘service’ at all, like we had to come pick up our drinks at the counter haha and still had to choose between 10%, 15% or 20% tip. In the Netherlands however, this is way different. It’s less common to give such high tips all the time, people pretty much only do it at a slightly fancier restaurants from what I’ve experienced. :)
We just moved from Dominican Republic to the Netherlands and food was the first huge difference indeed. You can imagine moving from having rice, beans and meat for lunch to having whatever I have available ( mostly bread with peanut butter or cheese) because my husband only find sandwiches or soup at his work. So we prepare those 3 elements for dinner now instead :). Its like having dinner at lunch and lunch at dinner time :).
The eating of bread and 'spread' for breakfast and lunch is quite common, but the number of boterhammen depends on how hungry you are and how many calories you need. Teenage boys biking to school and sports might eat 4 for breakfast maybe with some porridge or cereal as well, and 8 or so for lunch. Kids often drink milk with both, but grownups often drink tea or coffee with their breakfast boterhammen (or dryer bread alternatives, like rusks/beschuit or knäckebrod), and only drink something dairy-based with lunch, like milk or buttermilk; some kids prefer the sweeter yoghurt-drinks or chocolate milk.
Our farmers produce a lot of dairy, and that is a good source of necessary elements like protein and calcium, and has been historically - which is why lactose-digesting enzymes are apparently something that a lot of Dutch/northwest-European-origin people genetically seem to keep all their lives, instead of losing them after five years old or so, as most of the world's population appears to do (except for the Masai, IIRC, who are also historically dairy-herders and dependent on their cows for sustenance).
Which is at least part of the reason why drinking milk can be a nutritious part of your Dutch ex-boss' lunch, but not is seen often outside the region.
To be totaly dutch you have to get a block of chease, the packedged slices are nog the best tasting
I was just thinking, the cheese is in a plastic container and you slice as you go
The early dinner time at home is logic, because our lunch is light. So at 6 we're hungry!
People's lunch al depends on what they are used too, and how much energie they burn, cuz when my son goes to work, he takes a whole bread with him, with cheese or whatever, and is hungry again at 6 pm and usualy takes seconds :) And he isn't fat or so, he just burns alot :) What he eats in 1 day takes me 2 weeks
In the forward part of the grip just underneath the lever you can see two small holes. There usedc tob be a duoble pin which hooked the small lever. Years ago they were removed to ensure a much safer way of pumping gas. You have to actively fil the tank i.s.o. " lurking " around. So it is a matter of safety.
I can understand that, totally. But I wonder what's different about the pumps in the US that makes the system safer there? Or maybe it's not any safer...??? Hmm... thanks for watching and commenting!
The system is the same Jovie. Only trucks still have the possibility to pump gas with the little handle.
@@JoviesHome I've seen footage of fires starting in the US because of pumping the gas the way you described is, so I guess that's why.
Yes it used to be like in the US but some years ago was actually forbidden by law because the system wasn't foolproof , so to prevent leakage, environmental pollution, fire hazard. I understood that for the same reason there are states in the US where you can't pump gas yourself, an employee needs to donit.
@@janboterletter1398 i guess that makes sense, but from an accessability standpoint it would be really helpfull if you didn't have to hold down the nozzle.
One thing I found completely surprising was how people line up for things here. In Canada, where I'm from, people line up neatly to board the bus or at the cash register. Here, it's a free for all and it surprises me every time!
We take cheese sandwiches very seriously haha. My mom used to bring 1-2 blocks of cheese on holiday with her in her suitcase 😂
We had the lever-thing in the Netherlands, but is wasn’t safe enough so they discontinued it. They still have it in Germany though.
We have the lever-thing in Norway too, -no problems with them.
They still have it in Belgium as well (the leaver)
Doe gewoon je tank dop ertussen.
Of course, we have our dinner early! All day we were surviving on boterhammen met kaas; we are hungry at six 😁
#6: The tiny packages of sliced meats at the grocery store. In the States, we buy sliced ham and other meats in packages that range from 8 oz - 2 lbs (~ 250 - 1000 gms). And many different brands in the same store. In De Nederlands, the packages of sliced meat are 1) Sliced and packaged by people that work in the store (the equivalent of the "Deli Section" in American grocery stores). 2) Each package contains 8 - 10 thin slices of meat -- basically 2 sandwiches worth of meat for an American. But De Nederlands has much better food quality and more humane treatment of food animals.
When I went to Greece you weren’t allowed to flush the toiletpaper in the toilet (because it would clog the pipes), you had to put it in the trash can 🤢 so yeah that was shocking
Especially on the islands.....
Yvonne Campbell oh not on the main land? Didn’t know that, I was on the island Samos
This is the case in literally half of the world..
Ohhh yeah, I had the same, in Athens.
I was on a 'unisex' toilet and got curious what the large bin was for (I thought it was a bit big for menstrualpads only) opened it up to peek, saw the pee-stained paper and the strong, salty smell of male urine drifted by, I nearly vomited right there.
@@xandrios what the actual fuck
I'm surprised that there are so many countries where they eat really late. My opinion on that is between 8 and 11 pm. I mean when I'm going to school I already sleep at 11 pm lmao
As a Swede I feel very much at home in The Netherlands whenever I visit. There are of course differences but many more similarities. Lovely people. The milk drinking is 100% the same in Sweden, we love our milk.
As a Dutchie really was surprised that in Ireland the cold and warm knobs from the tap, were switched.
The lever at the gas nozzle is definitely not allowed here anymore, and that is for safety reasons. I can't imagine that you would still have that in an developed country, there must be so much spilling of gas, accidents with that, etc. And the Netherlands is not the only country where that lever is not a thing (anymore).
It's still possible in Germany, but you are correct as to why it's no longer allowed in the NL. In Germany, the pump stops pumping automatically when it notices your tank is full (just as it does when handheld)
@@nestorlover it's the same in Belgium as Germany no accidents or spillage ever
It stops automatically when the tank is filled up. I believe the real reason they removed it was because people would get back into their (warm) cars while the car was filling up, and then build up a static charge when they got back out into the cold, which would cause a static discharge when removing the nozzle (with all its possible consequences).
BTW all they did was remove the locking pin that the lever latches onto. If you have a small pin or nail, you can still lock the handle. Really handy if you have a massive 80L fuel tank like me👌 In a lot of other European countries you can still lock it.
I have never heard of any country other than the Netherlands where it would have been abolished. Which countries should that be?
I think I read somewhere that we (europe) doesn't have the gas station thingy to prevent people from driving away with it still attached to the car. Not sure though, but makes sense.
@John Ryder Ze zijn daar ook wat dommer hè.
It's to prevent static electricity and causing a fire.
Jovie, I think you need to start reading the book: "The Undutchables", it's a hilarious (and slightly critical) view on Dutch ways of life and our norms and values. You will NOT be dissapointed :)
Saw this comment and now I'm interested in this book... Going to google it 😊👌
7:20 One of the weirdest moments of this year to me will be an American expat being amazed by a slice of bread with cheese on it.
In Ireland where I am from people drink milk too. I actually found it strange in Spain eating at 23:00!! As for boterham kaas, I see people pulling them out of bags everywhere. Favourite time was on a busy train, a well dressed woman with a lovely hand bag, opens said handbag 👜 and out comes a huge plastic bag of neatly cut ham and cheese sandwiches 🥪, I was like huh? How did they all fit in that handbag? My summary would be everyone has a fiets, everyone has a boterham in their bag, rucksack 🎒 handbag even briefcase (I saw that too!!) and they go home to a house with no curtains and eat dinner at 17:30 in full view of the neighbours!
on the country side in the netherlands it is normal to eat at 5:00 or 5:30.
Or eat warm at 12:00 and a boterham at 5:00
Watching this while eating my singular cheese toasty lunch
And drinking my glass of milk😊
😂 Don't get too full, okay :)
*It’s called an Uitsmijter* ⭐️
Yeah, I wondered myself, as a Dutchman, why the gas station situation isn't implemented in the Netherlands. I often go tanking in Belgium and there it works flawlessly.
Love your video’s! I’m looking on and off for a year now. You have an engaged authenticity. As a dutch person you made me appreciate my country even more.
Go at the toilet at the HEMA there is a lady who cleans the toilet or a good café there the toilets are clean.
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The milk surprised me-I can’t remember the last time I drank a glass of milk
As a Dutch person, I have milk with all 3 meals of the days :')
@@Jelisawesome ik drink alleen melk met brood en brood achtige dingen als pizza
What suprised me a lot when I went to England is the enormous breakfast they eat. I was staying at a hostel and there were sausages, eggs, bacon and beans. People were giving me weird looks when I took a slice of bread (untoasted) with some jelly... I just can't eat that much in the morning hahaa
Yes but remember that we then don't eat until 12:30 or 13:00
That's only in hotels. I don't know anyone who eats that everyday at home. Maybe at the weekends?
I am from belguim, when I was in London for a holiday, I noticed realy soon that if you are ordering food that jou wil get and pay 2 times so mutch as in belgium and the Nederlands.
I love how you added your own soundeffects😜. And yes I think it’s what we are/were used to with the breadthing🙈.
If you want to spot Ducthies outside of Nederland, you can find them searching for restaurants who are open at six because the are hungry as ..😂😂
In the modern age it's getting harder to spot Dutchies searching for restaurants, most (if not all) restaurants are easy to find online so you only have to look for their opening times. You can search for Dutchies abroad by looking who's eating at 6 in restaurants.
Just a dutch guy.
1: The public toilet that you visited is rare.
Normally they are self-cleaning or with the paper that you are used to.
2: All gas stations have this lever, but most of the time they are broken and do not work.
They just don't bother to fix it.
3: Maybe your old boss was on a diet because this is definitely not a normal lunch.
4: Most people drink coffee or tea with their lunch and some drink milk because it's healthy.
5: That is just an old habit. In the old days people worked from 9 to 5 and when the man/woman
came home from work dinner was ready.
Sandwich in Nederland is simple but healthy. Sandwich in America is “too much” and that’s why obesity is becoming more problematic in America than in Nederland. Another main reason is because bread & cheese is cheaper than a whole lot sandwich 🥪 🤣
That's right! Dutch people have less problems with their health due to eating disorders. We also like to be efficient and spend little time on a lunch. A homemade sandwich takes only 5 minutes to eat!
6 is a normal time for dinner because most parents have to put the small children to bed at 7.
i wonder how we dutch became the tallest people in the world on this diet? (Must be the milk and cheese ) i remember Joris Driepinter,.... 3 pints of milk a day. i mean these are totally normal things for us, even at my age( I'm not following it strictly anymore, But i still have the instinctive notion " dinner time is at 6". and no meal later than 8 o clock.( that is even in a restaurant the latest I would still order a full meal ). It is unthinkable for me to step into a restaurant at 10 o clock and have a full meal unless it is a "broodje shoarma" after a night on the town but that is no meal, just a snack, a high caloric one,..... but just a snack;)
Who drinks milk? Kids yeah, but adults at the office have coffee, tea or soup, most Dutch employers have this for free. Milk costs money at work. We Dutch want free stuf
@@dutchgamer842 lol i see my coworkers bring in packages of karnemelk and normal milk everyday
@@meganversteeg61 never seen that at any job I had. Coffee, tea, hot chocolate and soup were/are free and milk you need to buy during your break eatber from a vending machine or at the counter.
migchiel faber must be the hormons...
I don't think it's the milk that makes us grow. I am lactose intolerant, so I barely drink any normal milk, yet I am 178 cm, which is even tall for a Dutch woman. It has to do with genetics and evolution I think. Ancestors maybe?
One thing that always suprises me is the expectations that people seem to have on food and ingredients. In the US, (I guess) food doesn't have to be/look natural at all (e.g. cheeses such as cheddar especially) and the production methods also vary greatly from what we are used to in Europe (cleaning meats with chlorine for example).
Every adult I know eats more than 2 slices of bread for lunch per day. Imo those 2 slice are not normal.
Haven’t had lunch with a slice of bread with cheese for 50 years now. Living 50 years in the Netherlands.
Work is close to a snackbar? :P
Talk about trust at the gasstation. How about scanning your groceries yourself at 'zelfscan' Albert Heijn, pay and just walk out the store without being checked.
Aha, they do random checks. Just the thought that you may be randomly checked is supposed to deter shoplifting. Then again it's just groceries, not gold ingots they're selling so I always scan my items neatly and put them on the table so they view from a distance.
But if there's a nice cashier at the cash register, I may opt to use the traditional way of paying for my groceries.
@Peter Ang It's not the machine malfunctioning, it's a random security check to see if you've scanned all your groceries. That's how they keep theft to a minimum.
A Dutch sandwich is bread with something added for taste. In the US the bread is just used to keep the stuff in. It's not about the bread. Most of the fresh good Dutch bread is perfectly fine with just butter and some salt. (Broodje tevredenheid)
A boterham met tevredenheid (a slice of bread with contentment) is just bread, not even butter. It is something my grandparents apparently ate when they were growing up poor and was always mentioned when one of the grandchildren complained about the food.
@@orctoloston5494 That's how culture goes. First it's one thing and 20 years later is something else already. For me it's bread with some butter (or bacon grease etc) but my grandparents were butchers so probably had easier access to butter/fat/grease etc.
Also 14 yo boys eat like 8 of those 'sandwiches' (with the slice of cheese/ham/chocolate paste/peanut butter) at lunch and 16 yo's eat as many as 12. 8-12 slices isn't abnormal in jobs where some real physical effort is required.
Cheese its easy to keep outside the fridge. Old days people dont have a fridge. So milk went in to cheese. Thank you for uploading!💞👍
That's how simple the dutch people are. Very humble too!
Dutch lunch: Slice of bread and cheese and a glass of milk, we get tale.
American lunch: McDonald's, they get obese.
Having a coffee almost directly after drinking wine suprised me, nd how much they love to move around, walking and riding bikes
For a second I thought your name was Aletta Jacobs.
Coffee right after wine? You mean as a dessert after dinner with wine?
My family left the Netherlands in the 1890'sbut Jovie's videosmake me realize how vwey Dutch we are !
This is very wholesome content to watch on a Saturday afternoon. As a Dutchie, I 100% approve!
I was raised with dinner at 5pm
Once I moved to Spain we ate dinner at 10/10.30pm and it contributed to my 66 weight gain resulting me having obesitas back then. No worries I'm eating my dinner at 5pm and lost it again so yayy. But anyhow I guess besides that being a cultural thing? We also say it's healthier as you burn it off afterwards instead of going to bed after dinner 🤗
Also used to eat at 5 or 6 Once went on holiday to Turkey. Dinner time at the hotel was soooo Over crowded at even 6 and 7 so we decided to eat at 9. We did that for like 4 days and I felt so bad ugh.
That cheese sandwich looks like a luxury. I normally have a double sandwich with one layer of filling.
Edit: I have four slices of bread for lunch, though.
Me to! 2 slices is definitely not enough
Funny, I'd do two slices of bread per filling because that's cheaper and fills you up more, haha! I sound like a zunnige Hollander.
Nice video! 😊 clicked the like button and subscribed...the lunch is so funny indeed haha...it’s nice for a snack though hehe...greetings from Rotterdam!
What surprised me the most in the US is that when you have dinner you can be in-and-out a restaurant (even good ones) in 1,5 hours. And that they take plates away from the table from the person that has finished their plate. To us that communicates "move"
A typical lunch for me wouldn't be with white bread because 'volkorenbrood' is more healthy: you are more satisfied and get more fibres. Together with the cheese and milk (eiwitten) you get all you need to not get hungry untill six. Probably that is why we eat at that time.
About tanking gas: there is no way you can avoid holding the thing, I think. So you are not dumm. I don't know why that is. Maybe so you can get the gas stopped any moment you like. I like that because then you can think at 26 liter: now it is enough.
When you pay in advance: how do you know how much gas you need? Better to pay afterwards. And indeed there are camera's. Once I went in to pay, bought some food as well. I had a conversation with the man from the gasstation and he only charged the food. I didn't notice, neither did he. A few weeks later I received two pictures of me at the gasstation and a message: regular customer, didn't pay that day. So no problem with people who don't pay. 😊
And they also know whether you are a regular customer or not.
Oh wow, thanks for sharing your gas station story. I would have thought that the police officers would have shown up to deliver your bill and a pair of handcuffs 😂.
I prefer brown bread too, but my kids like white. So I buy them "vezelwit" and they don't know the difference ;)
Have a wonderful day, Anka!
The ability to lock the nozzle open was removed in the EU for a specific reason, people were accidentally driving off with the nozzle still in the tank if the passenger went in to pay and the driver got distracted by something.
Jovie's Home When I was a kid I liked white bread also better. I think all kids do. So my parents always said: the first two slices you eat must be full wheat and the next ones can be white.
One can always buy a best of both loaf, white bread with added wheat germ, still a soft white loaf with extra fibre and goodness.
I need to have dinner at five, I cannot imagine having to wait like 8 hours from lunch to dinner. I'd starve! Probably Americans eat some sort of snacks throughout the day to be able to postpone dinner.
Mahdiya Dijkhof the don’t eat one slice of cheese
Are you home at 5 on working days?
We eat every day at 17.00 My husband works every Day from 7.00 till 15.30 and is home at 16.00. Hé eats breakfast at 6.00, lunch at 11.00 and diner at 17.00. We eat at 17.00 because my kids have a job, 19 and 17 years old, and start working at 18.00 sow they have a warm meal before work or sport.
In 1967 in England I was at college and had a holiday job as a petrol pump attendant (they had them at each petrol station in those days). All the petrol pumps had those little control catches on pump nozzles in those days but they disappeared from use not long afterwards and I haven’t seen them since. Just a word here. I actually applied the nozzle control on one occasion and the driver, having paid, immediately drove away while the nozzle was still in the car. Result? A snapped hose and petrol swilled all over the garage forecourt.
One of the things I thought weird was the high pitch American women talk with, you'd expect that would be similar around the world.
Similarly, I did a French course in France. One of the students from Japan admitted (in her very soft spoken voice) after months that the first few months she thought we were all angry all the time as we talked so loud.
Having a glass of milk for lunch, yuck. I want my milk in a mug.
Dikke tip, ik bewaar mokken in de vriezer, dan heb je ijskoude melk, lekker in de zomer!
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How can you eat dinner at 10PM+ I mean when are you going to sleep then? Do they go to sleep right after dinner or? I usually eat six times a day. Breakfast - snack - Lunch - snack - Dinner - snack. Usually I eat dinner between 5:30-6PM and have my snack at 9PM. Over here they usually say you should not eat something within the 2-3 hours before you go to bed because then your body cannot rest well during your sleep, you have higher chances of heartburn and it can lead to putting on weight. Not that I stick to that rule myself. When I feel I'm hungry I cannot sleep so I usually eat something light before going to sleep.
And just a slice of bread with cheese for lunch. I usually eat 4 slices with something in between them, sometimes a salad or something else. I can't survive on only 1 or 2 slices for lunch. Was your previous boss on a diet or something?!
I totally agree, dinner at 10+ when my digestive tract is already sleeping is...well, it's not for me.
My boss was not on a diet, it was just his way. But maybe he was snacking in between and I didn't see that?
Thanks for coming over to my channel!! Have a lovely day!
@@JoviesHome I've seen a lot of people who eat two slices around noon, and then 2 slices between 2pm and 3pm. If you only eat between noon and 1 pm, it's a long time before you are home. So spread the lunch a bit, so it can take you through the day. The second time they usually just eat during work, especially if it's an office job.
De aanname dat je lichaam minder calorieën verbrand terwijl je slaapt is allang achterhaalt. Mensen in een coma verbranden tussen de 1700 en 1800 calorieën per dag. Dus als je dan ook nog overdag loopt, fietst, huishoudelijk werk doet, enz dan verbrand je dus sowieso meer dan dat. Je kan gerust eten voordat je gaat slapen, je organen werken gewoon door.
Monique Millig Niet echt. Je bloed trekt naar je maag voor de verwerking van je eten. Je zet als het ware de kachel aan op "hoog". Daarom moet je tijdens etentjes nooit grote beslissingen nemen. Je hersens hebben het bloed nodig om in je slaapritme te komen.
@@ronkalkhoven2119 ik heb niet gezegd dat t geen invloed heeft op je slaap. Ik zei dat je er niet door aankomt als je eet vlak voor het slapen.
For when pumping gass, what i found was that you need to squees full on in the handle. Ther will be a click that will hold the lever there. When the gass hits the spoute, the lever will release and it wil stop pumping
not true. In the Netherlands we don't have such a system. It was deemed unsafe.
@@ilseiziThe only time I ever spilled gas was all over myself in the Netherlands. Somehow pumping gas in the US is more foolproof!
1. The alcohol is more hygienic then a fold or whatever you wanna call that. And in france, norway, sweden and a lot of other countries in Europe they have that as well. (Not every toilet)
2. This is also, almost everywhere in Europe. You pay after you finished.
3 and 6. This is a Dutch thing, yes. The thing is when you eat a warm meal you will get tired after you're meal (de dinerdip). Secontly it is not very good for you to eat warm twice a day. It starterd with workers who didn't get enough time to eat so they took just some bread. After they were finished with work they were hungry and wanted to eat. That's why we eat at 6
4. The Netherlands has a culture with cheese and milk, everybody knows that. Because we have a simple lunch we don't want something heavy to have as a drink. We often go for milk but a lot of people drinkes also something like Apple juice, water, thee or Orange juice
Jovie, I don't hear any sound at all coming from the new house the builders are working on.
I live in the United States (Texas). I have never seen paper liners anywhere for toilet seats where I live.
I think we have in the netherlands also at lunch or breakfast fresh jus/ fruits drinks if i go on holiday's at another country they dont serve it or it is not fresh made
Here in Canada, for the most part, we don’t have paper liners or disinfectant spray. We just use toilet paper to wipe the seat. Also, at the gas station we don’t have the little clips to keep the gas flowing. We have to squeeze the nozzle the whole time.
I’m from South Africa and I’m shocked at these public toilet expectations 😂 At public hospitals or government buildings I bring my own toilet paper cus most of them don’t have seats let alone tp 😂😂
I'm from Belgium and all these things are normal here too 😂 your Dutch pronunciation is quite good tho 🙂
Dutch dairy industry had their milk promotion campaigns with a cartoon character "Joris Driepinter". What the US's Popeye was to spinach, in the NL, Joris was to milk. Three tall glasses of milk a day, was the motto. With water lines in houses of lead and some industries working with lead a lot, the milk fat actually helped people's bodies to rid the lead they absorbed. So there was a real health benefit.
I’m Dutch and I have never heard of Joris Driepinter. I know who Popeye is, tho.
@@catscreative2785- but you may have heard of Google and Wikipedia?
Ahh, Joris Driepinter.. met melk, meer mans!
Dinner is also early because most of the year it gets dark early and people used to work in the evenings too and you want to have daylight, especially when you work outside like farmers. Also farmers have to milk their cows at 17.30/18.00, and they eat before hand.
At the gasstation we put the lid/ cap of the gasunit from your car in the lever of the tank. I don’t know the exact words to explain it, but the lid fits kind of in the thing you have to squeeze the lever. The gas stops by itself when ready and than you take out the lid and put it back on your car
1) I've just been to the USA and Canada for over a month. Haven't seen "toilet liner" anywhere. Not once.
2) The Dutch think it's not safe to walk away from a machine pumping highly flammable liquids.
3) Well, duh! We trust people.
Second 3) Traditionally most Dutch job sites did not have any kind of canteen. This is easy to bring yourself. Dutch also used to have a big breakfast and early dinner.
4) My theory is that Dutch people are very tall on average because they drink lots of milk. It's quite healthy, no additives, no sugar, good minerals and vitamins.
5) A lot of Dutch people have hobbies in the evening and a light lunch.
18:00 is kinda late for dinner, when I still lived with my parents we used to eat at 17:30 all the time, 17:00 when my brother and I were kids. I moved out when I went to uni and now I've become more "international" and just eat when I get done with uni/practice/work so it's more like 19:00/20:00
17h30 isn't even evening, if you eat that early you will have craving around 20:30 or so
@@dutchgamer842 not if you're used to it, and it's pretty normal to drink a cup of tea/ coffee at 19:30 or so, some people will even eat a biscuit or a small snack, nothing too big since it's generally considered unhealthy to eat large amounts of food by that time. There are people who do though, and there are still some families that eat at a later time
Drinking something can be done the whole eve, not just at 19:30. That's silly
@@dutchgamer842 no 19:30 is the time you can eat a snack with it ahahah. I'm saying 19:30 but it can also be 20:00 depending on which news channel you watch, as people tend to have a coffee and maybe a snack while watching the news with the whole family in my experience. Also this is very generalised and lots of people stray from it
My wife and I are used to classical Europion dining so we were taken aback that when we were in the US that when my wife finished her plate and I was still enjoing my fries the waiter cleared her plate and got all of her dishes out of the way while I was still eating. So our way was wait for everybody to finish eating and then clear the table and the US way is clear whenever someone is finished. We had to adapt so that goes for visitors to the Netherlands , or Europe for that matter too. Learn from each other and be happy.
Hello, I came at this 'old' youtube and I have a small addition to what I said earlier (2 y :)) the petrol pump handle is deliberatly sabotaged because of security (anti leaking, you have to be observant), but you can take the petrol screw cap from your tank and use that as a makeshift stop for the handle.