Dutchie here. We don't regularly deep fry Mars bars. Never had one, never seen one in my life. She makes it sounds like women are expected to wear a skirt on the first nice day of the year. It's not, it's just that you may expect to see more bare legs because of the nice weather.
It's true that most Dutch people can speak English (some quite good, some not so good). We have a couple of advantages when learning English: 1) Our language and English are closely related. (England is our nextdoor neighbour.) We still need to learn English , but we share a lot of words, and (mostly) the basic word order. 2) We get a lot of media in English: not only music, but also movies, which are generally subtitled in Dutch. 3) English is taught in schools nowadays from an early age.
This is so incredible, an English speaker always ends up having more opportunities in different areas. I would love for my country to have more in common with the beautiful Netherlands.
That is probably true, and the dutch love to spread this "fact"😂. BUT this is based on a survey where the question was " how confident are you speaking english", it is the dutch rating themselves on their ability and confidence to speak english. It is not based on schoolresults or standardised tests. Now if you know anything about the dutch , you know that they're a pretty confident bunch of people, that may even be perceived as arrogant. For example Danish or german people with the same level of proficiency would rate themselves lower. But you gotta give it to them, they are not affraid to make a fool of themselves or making mistakes, thats not a bad thing. But take this "fact" with a grain of salt.
@@MotherGoose264 we are very confident Can understand it fluently Talking is sometimes hard bud know doubt I can find my way in UK or America Canada or Australia New Zealand.
@@MotherGoose264 A big difference between the Netherlands and Germany is that here in the Netherlands all films and TV programs are shown in original language, while in Germany 90% is synchronised in German, and also because Germany is a much bigger country a much bigger part of business is done within Germany, while the Netherlands is a small country that is also a transport and trade hub in Europe and the World even. Furthermore it is mandatory to take at least one foreign language in school. These are all factors that lead a relative very good level of English in the Netherlands
Actually it would be Dunglish, not English. She is mirroring a particuar English accent, and is less typically Dutch. Deep fried mars bar came from Scotland not Holland. And never been a thing is Holland. Rokjesdag is a thing from the imagination of a deceased newspaper columnist, not a real thing. Most will still sport Jeans throughput spring. Anis seeds covered in coloured sugarcoating, not balls;-) It moved from 2 to 3 times in the mid eighties. Warm not hot, one always tried to get them to fry them for you at Febo the amsterdam chain most known for the 1960 automatons. Brazillians also have those fried balls i don't like;-).
@@rientsdijkstra4266 Less and less, no longer limited to Nickolodeon. In particular anything German has been dubbed in Dutch instead of subtitled for years.
Frisian here, so from the north. Learning the Frisian language and the regional Stellingwerfs dialect in my family from an early age, and Dutch in grammar school, later on helps a lot in learning foreign languages. In particular those with Germanic origins, covering a large chunk of the European Continent. I enjoyed the challenge though, studying French in High School. Totally different thing, although many a Dutch noun originates from the period a nasty guy called Napoleon (1794-1814) had a say over here. Cheers!
If you don't speak Frisian well enough, everyone and their grandma will just switch over to Dutch, or English if you're foreign. And as soon as you leave, they'll switch back to Frisian between each other...
@merkvandermeulen3978 Wow, I had never heard of the Frisian language before. How is this possible? How many languages do you speak? Thanks for the support ❤️
@@3rdworldpeoplereact Most Dutch people have as extra languages English, German and/or French. Frisian only in part of the North of the Netherlands. Specifically the province of Friesland, or Frislân in Frisian. Fun fact about Frisian, it is more similar to the old English as the current English XD
5:40 I had students from brazil stay at my place and they made "brigadero" condenced milk with chocolate powder, to be made into little balls covered with chocolate sprinkles, for us, which I learned from them is typical Brazilian.
Seen them all of my life at 'banketbakkers', never occured to me they originated from Brazil. Mainly because chocolate sprinkles are such a Dutch thing I guess. I never question tasty food. ^^
Hello from Denmark.. The kissing thing on the cheeks is definitely not a thing here.. and i have always thought it was a little weird.. haha.. The cycling part is not an uncommon thing for a Dane.. We Danes, do also cycle a lot.. well most do.. In any kind of weather aswell.. Freezing cold, Snow, Rain and hot summers.. And that thing with "chocolate sprinkles" is not that weird for me either.. We have something called "Pålægschokolade".. A thin slice of chocolate that is produced and made just for the purpose of putting on top of bread.. Both white bread and brown bread.. You buy boxes of it with about 30 slices in.. you can get it both as dark and milk chocolate... and we can get sprinkles here too but we use pålægscokolade.. lol.. and here it also common to eat only one warm meal a day and that is normally around 18.00 aswell (6 pm) ... so i guess for a Dane the dutch people aren't that weird.. Hahaha.. They are wonderful people the Dutch... Great reaction as usual you two.. Thank you..
You do know we share a history together Even are royalty are friends for centuries I think Even People compare us together even more then the Germans Netherlands capital Kopenhagen right 😂😂
The pålægschokolade wasn't a real big shock because I live close to Germany and have German relatives. The thing that I found weird, was guys hugging each other when greeting. That's more a thing you do with family members or very close friends here, not someone you just met. Other than that, Danes are very much like the Dutch. Felt at home the two years I've lived there. Still make Danish food like flæskesteg med brune kartofler og rødkål, and it's a pity we can't get the brun kulør here for I can't make proper brown sauce. ^^
Een verjaardagsfeest word niet altijd zo saai gevierd,bij ons in Brabant in Nederland word er gedanst,gegeten en doen we aan karaoke 😂in Brabant hebben ze ook de lekkerste worstenbroodjes 👍🏻🤗
I have never ever had or seen a fried mars bar in my life! For the rest I totally agree with her. And, yes, I will have hot meals three times a day, but maybe I'm a bit weird because I'm half Hungarian, we also have 10 o'clocks and 4 o'clocks to fill in the gaps ... Love your video's!
This fried mars bar thing is really very different. Actually, we discovered so many new and different things in this video. Thank you for your support.❤️
3 kisses: Obviously this is only people youknow and are friends/re;atives with. We are not going around kissing random strangers we happen to meet. In general this is between a man and a woman or between two woman. man giving kisses is only between real good friends, very close family and partners unlike in some other countries where kissing as greeting between men is fairly common. I tend to let the woman "lead" in this regarding what side to start. Rain never has been a reason not to ride my bike. Neither is snow and ice. Fried food: Yeah, we love our fried snacks. Every country has their national types of places to get a quick snack. In England these are fish&Chip shops, in Brasil this might be streetfood places or a bodega (I really have no idea)... in the Netherlands our "national eatery" has traditionally been the "snackbar" a.k.a Cafetaria. They have all sorts of fried food. Dutch favorites are caseless sausages called Frikandel, croquetes (beef, shrimp, veal, crab.. you name it we have it), a fried dough filled with cheese called "cheese soufle" and of course Fries with mayonaise, ketchup, curry peanutsauce or a combination of those. Skirts day: Nothing translated "roughly" in that... it is exactly how it should be translated, a Rok is a skirt (and "rokje" is a msall skirt, if a word ends in je, it often is diminutive). It is a weird but true phenomenon. As soon as the sun comes out, the Dutch come out and will dress like it is mid summer. I am sure most men in the Netherlands are familiar with and most likely have uttered the phrase "Er is weer een blik mooie meiden opengetrokken" which translates to "They pulled open a can of beautiful girls again" Sprinkles on toast: Don't try this with non Dutch sprinkles... but if you come across a store that sells Dutch products and they have chocolate sprinkles definitely try it. On the package you see either Melk or Puur, Melk is milk chocolate, Puur is dark chocolate. Also available as flakes which imho are even better. Make sure to put some butter on your bread before sprinling the sprinkles. If I search online it seems to be that at least chocolate sprinkles are a Dutch invention made in 1936. On the website ispiceyou there is a story called "The History of Chocolate Sprinkles: From the Netherlands to the World", I can't link it due to youtube doing weird when you put links but if you cope and then paste the title in google you should find it What she tells about birthday circles is kind of depending on the people nowadays. It seems to originate from the Dutch having fairly small homes in which case a circle was the most efficient way to pack as many people in a room that could all interact with eachother without it becoing a chaos. Nowadays it is much less of a thing. We still congratulate everybody and their grandmother. It is that she says she is dutch because there is zero Dutch accent there. When she started talking I thought she was from the UK. Vlaai: Regional pie from the province of Limburg but popular with very good reason in the entire country. If you ever make it to the Neterlands it is a must try. She is correct that the best Vlaai can be found in Limburg but generally the Vlaai found in other regions is also very tasty. Beschuit met muisjes:: Horrible explenation. Beschuit is called Rusk in English and Biscoito in Portugese. Muisjes is Mice in English and Ratos in Portugese. don't panic please, no Ratos are harmed in the making of the stuff. They are anis seeds covered in a sugary coating, the "tail" sticking out is the ittle sprout of the seed. They are... meh. It is tradition and I don't think there are many people that buy them for normal breakfast or lunch. Snack from the wall: We call the place "Automatiek" and I would say Febo is the "McDonalds" of the automatiek. All those snack I mentioned above can be found there. Hop in, pull out a Croquete (or Kroket in Dutch) and eat it on the go. One warm meal: highly depending on the person, I know enough people that start the day with porridge or with something like bacon and eggs and such. But we tend to keep the main hot meal for dinner, lunch if often just some bread and cheese or sprinkles.
WOW, what an incredible comment! Thank you very much for sharing so much information, we were happy to be able to learn more about such a beautiful culture. Here we greet friends, family, or when you meet a friend of a friend with kisses on the cheek. Our fried snack is coxinha, it is very tasty and filled with shredded chicken and seasonings. We really admire The Netherlands so much and we can't wait to experience all these incredible things. ❤️❤️❤️
When I see your reaction, I really realize how rich we are in the Netherlands, and still we complain that we don't have enough, I'm even a little ashamed
‘Rokjesdag’ (skirt day) is not a national tradition. Maybe it’s a regional thing. The ‘Snack wall’ was big in the past. Not so much now. Kissing 3 times on the cheek, well after covid we don’t really do that anymore. Thank god! I allways found it a bit forced. One kiss is fine. But there are plenty of fun and unusual traditions still left. I’m half Dutch living in the Netherlands so I should know 😊
I'm not gonna lie, sometimes I get nervous about kissing. Like, they forget that we greet with 2 kisses here, and they simply turn their faces away. It's embarrassing in my opinion. 😂😂😂 We're glad to have you here. ❤️
The blue and pink color kousjes on toast , we only gave when we vissit poeple who just had their baby born . And toast whit mouse are served as celebration of such happiness . Pink for a baby girl , blue if it’s a baby boy .
I will never forget when Romario (de Souza Faria) came to Holland and he was once asked what he thought about "appelmoes." His reaction was hilarious (at least to me).
@@3rdworldpeoplereactI have been looking for it but I can’t find it. It might not be funny to anybody else though 😊. One thing is for sure, the fact that both Romario and the REAL Ronaldo blessed our country with their presence were two gifts from God to the Netherlands!
The Netherlands exports a lot of condensed milk (Friese Flag is/was the brand name). Indonesia is a country where I have seen the Dutch brand. Don’t know where it originates from.
The greetings whit the 3 kisses , it’s s a old social custom from the past . It’s a social custom that has gone out of style since the ending of the 90s . And hardly any does it . And not consider as a common custom of social greeting .
"muisjes" are "anis" ( potugese translated ) seeds with a coloured sugar skin ! then we have the apple syrup , its a thick syrup made of fruit - usualy apples , but also pear and grapes are included , high on iron !
Also, beschuit met muisjes has been used to celebrate a newborn child for as long as I can remember, but when I was a kid, there was only the pink/white variety. I'm not sure when the blue ones became a thing. I'm 57 years old now, so less than 40 years ago?
The greetings whit the 3 kisses , it’s s a old social custom from the past . It’s a social custom that has gone out of style since the ending of the 90s . And hardly any does it . And not consider as a mundane custom of social greeting .
you two are such loveable persons.. great video from a dutch person. Do you know that the dutch people celebrate carnaval at the same period as Brazil does. Only the south of the Netherlands celebrate carnaval, the rest of the country doesn't.
Thank you very much, you are a very kind person.❤️❤️ Wow, what an interesting fact, a Dutch carnival? It must be so incredible. I think we will have to travel to The Netherlands many times to experience everything this country has to offer. There are a lot of cool things there!!!
The bicecley … well that’s true . Or infrastructure and traffic laws are even designed on it . And it has bin so since the 50s . We Dutch’s do almost every como. Thing on bicycles in consideration of common daily travel . Going to school , work , supermarket ect . And we are so good at it , that we Dutch’s are consider to be born already sitting on a bicelcy and be peddling out of the hospital almost instantly . We are so good , it ain’t weird to see someone transport a fridge on the back rack of their bicecley after a vissit to a home appliance store . Its the reasons we gave invented the transport bicecley and “ bak fiets “ for such purposes .
Vlaai and vla are the same in Limburg. Vla in "Holland" is called pudding in Limburg. As well in Limburg we have "zuurvlees" sour meat originally made of horse. Limburg is definately not The Netherlands (or Holland). In terms of life and culture is resembles Belgium France a lot more.
Limburg is added to the Netherlands by a European committee after the umpteenth war between France and Germany, as a bufferzone. Limburg has a Governor in stead of a Commissaris of the King. It was part of Belgium. The city Maastricht has become even more interesting because of it. hen you go shopping there the sales people speak 4 languages and switch effortless from one to the other. Different culture and language all together.
@@user-ij1nv8be3i A part of Limburg was added. I as a Limburger know a little of my history 🤠 In The Netherlands we are referred to as "reserve Belgen" (spare Belgians) and I am proud of that 🤠
- Hmm... I always go left right left with the cheek kisses. Not right left right. - Yes, we obviously cycle anywhere, those of us cycle at least (which isn't everyone), cannot be stopped by weather; that's very true. - We definitely do not deep fry everything. We do have those snacks, but beyond snacks... we just don't. I'm not sure if this lady has ever been to the USA where they deep fry anything they use for actual meals. She'd know better. - Yes, birthdays are celebrated exactly like this. How else would you do it? I'm confused... 😐 - Vlaai: She said go the "south" but she marked the province of Limburg. The marking on the map is correct. "The south" is not. There's a lot more that we consider the south than Limburg (it's generally 'under the rivers') and vlaai is trash anywhere but in Limburg. - Snack walls are a thing, yes. They're great. They can also be found in the train stations of most major cities. - And yes, this differs a lot today between people and provinces and also if you live alone or have family meals etc... all of that, but I would say traditionally only the evening meal is consistently a hot meal, still.
Yes, imagine deep-fried chocolate bars 😂 Some southerners below the rivers eat worstenbroodjes and Bossche bollen, southerners who live 'in' the rivers eat mosselen, bolussen and babbelaars 😅
we have lot of movies and series and they are mostly subtitled and not dubbed. and music we grow up around english for me personally I never learned english in high school french I learned in school but I can speak and write english but french is difficult for I speak dutch I'm from belgium.
Yes we like deep fry snacks … and no we don’t feel free chocolade bars 😆 no one deep fry’s chocolade bars . It’s was a thing that was only seen in a Dutch comedy movie / Dutch parodie movie . In wich we Dutchies ridiculed ourselves . But not a real live ting . If any like to know the movie tittle “ new kids “ there are 3 movies , and a parodie sketch show whit short comedy scetches that are based on the Dutch .
If your condensed milk is from the Brand Friese flag then it is a Dutch product . Gouda cheese is Dutch ....you will be surprised about how many products you can buy come from the Netherlands. We are one of the countries that export allot . Think about Heineken,Amstel Bier, etc .
Yes we like deep fry snacks … and no we don’t feel free chocolade bars 😆 no one deep fry’s chocolade bars . It’s was a thing that was only seen in a Dutch comedy movie / Dutch parodie movie . In wich we Dutchies ridiculed ourselves . But not a real live ting . If any like to know the movie tittle “ new kids “ there are 3 movies , and a parodie sketch show whit short comedy scetches that are based on the Dutch . How ever , even if it’s comedy , on a comic and over expatriated way does show some aspects of Dutch sociaty and or culture .
The Dutch kiss the other person 3 times on both cheeks when greeting or saying goodbye, because they are apparently quite forgetful and cannot count them properly. The eastern neighbors, the Germans, normally kiss 2 times on the cheek. I will never forget that moment when I came to pick up a few Dutch people at the airport in Asia, I did indeed get 3 x kisses on both my cheeks. Everyone on the platform looked up strangely, because apparently they had never seen that before.
😅😅 Let me assure you: that kissing is something that only became more common in the 80s. Before that, you really only shook hands. A kiss was intended for intimate family members. Where that kissing ritual came from, no idea. Personally, I hated it (and still do 🤨).
'We' do not fry everything. We have cafetarias. like casa de comidas, with very unhealthy food. But very fast prepared by throwing it in hot oil. So when you are hungry and cold and impatient you go to a cafetaria. I never go to cafetarias. I prefer to spend a little more time to prepare normal food.
if you count "fries and mayo (or any other sauce) with hot fried snacks" during lunch as a hotmeal, then yeah it could be twice a day. Of course that is not so healthy ! hahaha
Yes for A Finnish this was strange To have just some sandwich and Lean kind of soup etc at lunchbreak. And deepfryied everything, no no noo. Fresh please, sorry Dutchs 🇫🇮❤️
We don’t deep fry everything but maybe she, as a student, did. Meat is usually cooked or baked or stir fried. We eat mostly fresh vegetables and fruits. We eat quite healthy. One day in the week we take it easy and we eat fries, deep fried meat snacks with a salad or apple juice or we go for a chinese takeaway or pizza. Hagelslag, chocolate sprinkles, are indeed completely normal here. We also put a special cookie called Speculaas (ginger cookie) on bread. You can of course eat them as a cookie also😊.
@@lbergen001 well they used to have Abendbrot like many Germans still do, when people still came home for lunch, it was a cooked meal, like most agricultural societies.
I have never heard of 'rokjesdag' or a deep fried Mars bar. 3 kisses on the cheek is something for family only, I'd probably punch someone if they'd try to kiss me when I meet them lol :')
@@lienbijs1205 hmm seems you replied to another comment of mine on another video where you claimed you are. But whatever maybe I was wrong. I don't know in what part of the Netherlands you live but in Groningen 3 kisses are not normal, just among family. Maybe 'rokjesdag' is a term used exclusively by women and I've never heard of it because of that reason but even so I rarely see any women here wear skirts unless they are going clubbing.
You know the Dutch in the 1630-1645 rules over northern part of Brazil especially the city of Recife was a Dutch stronghold with fortress. It’s then called New Holland instead of Brazil
About birthdays and sitting in circles. This is partly true, but is mostly when an elderly person is celebrating or a child. The elderly sits and the little ones play and young people will play music sometimes in another room or get outside.
The kissing is something that came up in the 90's i think.In 80's it was usual. Think we got it from the French they did that when i was on holidays there.
Haha, I'm from 1955 (hmm, that long ago?), and I remember kissing on the cheeks for all my life. When I was a kid, I had that one aunt (why me?) ... always kissing on my mouth... eeew... 'Come on, give me a kiss....' I think she missed something in her life.
@@JaapGinder It became a thing when TV show Wedden Dat first started with the Host, a super queen, and his Indo-Dutch assistant did that during the show. Befor that it was two times at most. That was a decade befor you popped out;-).
Give yourself some credit. Learning and speaking English for a native dutch speaker is very easy as the languages are closely related and we grow up surrounded by english speaking media. It is similar as learning spanish, french or Italian for you guys, altho i realise portuguese is kind of its own thing and not strictly a romanic language. But a spanish speaker can easily learn italian or french. Dutch speakers easily learn english and german. Not really a 1st world issue, just history, geography, media and yes a little bit of schooling, but not much. Personally , English and German were easy for me, French on the other hand was a subject that took blood sweat and tears to master 😂, but once i did, then Spanish and Italian became easier to understand as well. Altho i dont really speak those languages, i can read the Italian or Spanish paper and understand 60% of what is written, just coz i learned French.
It's nothing official or anything. It's just that we often have one day when you can really tell spring has begun, which by many is called "rokjesdag" because it's the first day it's warm enough for a skirt and lots of people go outside simply to enjoy the weather, so after the cold winter days all of the sudden you see skirts everywhere.
@@jbird4478 A very important part of rokjesdag is that it isn't in any way announced beforehand. The idea is that you go outside to enjoy the nice weather and then notice that a lot of ladies have decided to wear a skirt that day. That's the most important part of the experience that tells you spring has begun.
Nice video. Some of the things she said are not true for everyone in The Netherlands (most younger people will not eat between 17 and 18 hrs but a bit later). And Rokjesdag is nonsense imo.
I'm pretty sure they see it the same way 😅. Limburg is just Limburg, on both sides of the border 😂. Ah well, 1830 was a big mistake.... Greetz from Hasselt.
The 3 kisses is bullshit. It's not true. With toast she means slices of bread. We do eat toast, but more likely slices of bread. Mice are anice seeds, covered with a colored sugar. Good luck with the chanel.
gotta hate the spannish translation for Netherlands being wrong with Holandés only 2 out of the 12 provinces are called holland! its like calling entire spain barcelona
@@Jacqueline_Thijsen yea I know, was a example the name for netherlands in most of the Spanish / Portuguese speaking countries is usually the same tho so far i know 🤷♂️
And don’t like you call your selfs 3world country do Brazil has some dangerous places compared to the Netherlands Bud you people are far away from a third world country
I don't know for sure but i would rate Brazil somewhere between third world en first world actually a bit closer to first world then third. What i describe as 3th world are countries where the average person makes less then $10 dollars/day and first world is close to average $100/day Sometimes i learn i had the totally wrong idea about countries, especially some asian countries like Vietnam i am sorry Vietnam ;-) But i do know now! Or for example that average south koreans are close to Dutch living standards, many make even more as us as salaries differ not much and they do many hours of work more then we do. Or even about african countries, that for example the majority of them earn more then $10/day nowadays i had no idea had still this mindset of mud huds and non paved roads in mind. I know what you used to know can change a lot in less then a generation in a country. Stability and good leadership can change things in rates you wouldn't believe. But i do think that extreme right or left in succesion isn't very helpfull find a middle ground and stick to it. You need everyone to participate not just either the left or the right.
@@randar1969 absolutely hate that it’s not true it’s old Soviet/us propaganda back in the days I think middel east north Afrika does come close many times closer to what you are trying to tell
Dutch are weird. Cycling is inconvenient especially when the weather sucks. It seems like they don't care about getting cold and wet. And how is it possible to stay alive with only one hot meal a day! 😂 They eat bread with chocolate all day maybe. I don't know about all dutch people of course, but most I know eat soup or a warm snack and in the evening their hot meal. And not at five or six, we are not done working yet or are on the way home.
You also can say: "Why does other flat countries cycling less?" For example in the usa especially for example New York City is flat. If they have made there more roads for bikes than wasn't there a traffic problem.
Bro, cycling is NATURAL. It is faster (!) in City environments (in Amsterdam I get in 5 minutes by bike where I need 30 minutes by car), it is cheaper, more healthy, more pleasant, it makes you FEEL better (not like a couch potatoe in a tin can...), it is better for the environment, the climate, it takes MUCH less space on the road, you don't need an expensive garage, O did I forget anything, that where only 10 advantages of cycling... There must be more!
Raincoats exist. We have rain pants for when it's seriously pouring. Bikes need less maintenance than cars and no fuel other than a nice breakfast. Which is usually a cheese or meat sandwich, chocolate sprinkles are for a second sandwich or just for fun.
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Dutchie here. We don't regularly deep fry Mars bars. Never had one, never seen one in my life. She makes it sounds like women are expected to wear a skirt on the first nice day of the year. It's not, it's just that you may expect to see more bare legs because of the nice weather.
Vroeger was het wel zo dat we dan vierde dat het goede weer eraan komt en dames droegen dan rokken,jurken en manne korte broeken.
One fun fact we do is: we put a wooden sign with the name of a newborn baby in the front yard, useally it stays there for 6 weeks ...
Really? What a beautiful and cute thing 😍
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen one of those though (I live near The Hague).
It's true that most Dutch people can speak English (some quite good, some not so good). We have a couple of advantages when learning English:
1) Our language and English are closely related. (England is our nextdoor neighbour.) We still need to learn English , but we share a lot of words, and (mostly) the basic word order.
2) We get a lot of media in English: not only music, but also movies, which are generally subtitled in Dutch.
3) English is taught in schools nowadays from an early age.
This is so incredible, an English speaker always ends up having more opportunities in different areas. I would love for my country to have more in common with the beautiful Netherlands.
A fun fact: The Netherlands has the highest proficiency of English speakers for any non-English country.
That is probably true, and the dutch love to spread this "fact"😂. BUT this is based on a survey where the question was " how confident are you speaking english", it is the dutch rating themselves on their ability and confidence to speak english. It is not based on schoolresults or standardised tests. Now if you know anything about the dutch , you know that they're a pretty confident bunch of people, that may even be perceived as arrogant. For example Danish or german people with the same level of proficiency would rate themselves lower. But you gotta give it to them, they are not affraid to make a fool of themselves or making mistakes, thats not a bad thing. But take this "fact" with a grain of salt.
@@MotherGoose264 we are very confident
Can understand it fluently
Talking is sometimes hard bud know doubt I can find my way in UK or America Canada or Australia New Zealand.
@@MotherGoose264 A big difference between the Netherlands and Germany is that here in the Netherlands all films and TV programs are shown in original language, while in Germany 90% is synchronised in German, and also because Germany is a much bigger country a much bigger part of business is done within Germany, while the Netherlands is a small country that is also a transport and trade hub in Europe and the World even. Furthermore it is mandatory to take at least one foreign language in school. These are all factors that lead a relative very good level of English in the Netherlands
Actually it would be Dunglish, not English. She is mirroring a particuar English accent, and is less typically Dutch. Deep fried mars bar came from Scotland not Holland. And never been a thing is Holland. Rokjesdag is a thing from the imagination of a deceased newspaper columnist, not a real thing. Most will still sport Jeans throughput spring. Anis seeds covered in coloured sugarcoating, not balls;-) It moved from 2 to 3 times in the mid eighties. Warm not hot, one always tried to get them to fry them for you at Febo the amsterdam chain most known for the 1960 automatons. Brazillians also have those fried balls i don't like;-).
@@rientsdijkstra4266 Less and less, no longer limited to Nickolodeon. In particular anything German has been dubbed in Dutch instead of subtitled for years.
Wat I missed was the;
- poffertjes (puffed small pancakes)
- stroopwafels, and (flat wafels with surgery syrup in between)
- drop (licorice)
Frisian here, so from the north. Learning the Frisian language and the regional Stellingwerfs dialect in my family from an early age, and Dutch in grammar school, later on helps a lot in learning foreign languages. In particular those with Germanic origins, covering a large chunk of the European Continent. I enjoyed the challenge though, studying French in High School. Totally different thing, although many a Dutch noun originates from the period a nasty guy called Napoleon (1794-1814) had a say over here. Cheers!
If you don't speak Frisian well enough, everyone and their grandma will just switch over to Dutch, or English if you're foreign.
And as soon as you leave, they'll switch back to Frisian between each other...
@merkvandermeulen3978 Wow, I had never heard of the Frisian language before. How is this possible?
How many languages do you speak?
Thanks for the support ❤️
@PerfectAlibi1 They are all polyglots. Impressive 🤯🤯
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Most Dutch people have as extra languages English, German and/or French.
Frisian only in part of the North of the Netherlands. Specifically the province of Friesland, or Frislân in Frisian.
Fun fact about Frisian, it is more similar to the old English as the current English XD
5:40 I had students from brazil stay at my place and they made "brigadero" condenced milk with chocolate powder, to be made into little balls covered with chocolate sprinkles, for us, which I learned from them is typical Brazilian.
Seen them all of my life at 'banketbakkers', never occured to me they originated from Brazil. Mainly because chocolate sprinkles are such a Dutch thing I guess. I never question tasty food. ^^
Yes, brigadeiro is very popular here. Try swapping chocolate powder for cocoa. 😍
@@3rdworldpeoplereact We use cacao because we didn't have "Nesquick" at home when we made it, we also tried it with cooking chocolate
Hello from Denmark.. The kissing thing on the cheeks is definitely not a thing here.. and i have always thought it was a little weird.. haha.. The cycling part is not an uncommon thing for a Dane.. We Danes, do also cycle a lot.. well most do.. In any kind of weather aswell.. Freezing cold, Snow, Rain and hot summers.. And that thing with "chocolate sprinkles" is not that weird for me either.. We have something called "Pålægschokolade".. A thin slice of chocolate that is produced and made just for the purpose of putting on top of bread.. Both white bread and brown bread.. You buy boxes of it with about 30 slices in.. you can get it both as dark and milk chocolate... and we can get sprinkles here too but we use pålægscokolade.. lol.. and here it also common to eat only one warm meal a day and that is normally around 18.00 aswell (6 pm) ... so i guess for a Dane the dutch people aren't that weird.. Hahaha.. They are wonderful people the Dutch... Great reaction as usual you two.. Thank you..
the Dutch and Danes have a lot in common
You do know we share a history together
Even are royalty are friends for centuries I think
Even People compare us together even more then the Germans
Netherlands capital Kopenhagen right 😂😂
The pålægschokolade wasn't a real big shock because I live close to Germany and have German relatives. The thing that I found weird, was guys hugging each other when greeting. That's more a thing you do with family members or very close friends here, not someone you just met.
Other than that, Danes are very much like the Dutch. Felt at home the two years I've lived there. Still make Danish food like flæskesteg med brune kartofler og rødkål, and it's a pity we can't get the brun kulør here for I can't make proper brown sauce. ^^
Both The Danish and Dutch are funny people?
Een verjaardagsfeest word niet altijd zo saai gevierd,bij ons in Brabant in Nederland word er gedanst,gegeten en doen we aan karaoke 😂in Brabant hebben ze ook de lekkerste worstenbroodjes 👍🏻🤗
I have never ever had or seen a fried mars bar in my life! For the rest I totally agree with her.
And, yes, I will have hot meals three times a day, but maybe I'm a bit weird because I'm half Hungarian, we also have 10 o'clocks and 4 o'clocks to fill in the gaps ...
Love your video's!
This fried mars bar thing is really very different. Actually, we discovered so many new and different things in this video. Thank you for your support.❤️
3 kisses: Obviously this is only people youknow and are friends/re;atives with. We are not going around kissing random strangers we happen to meet. In general this is between a man and a woman or between two woman. man giving kisses is only between real good friends, very close family and partners unlike in some other countries where kissing as greeting between men is fairly common. I tend to let the woman "lead" in this regarding what side to start.
Rain never has been a reason not to ride my bike. Neither is snow and ice.
Fried food: Yeah, we love our fried snacks. Every country has their national types of places to get a quick snack. In England these are fish&Chip shops, in Brasil this might be streetfood places or a bodega (I really have no idea)... in the Netherlands our "national eatery" has traditionally been the "snackbar" a.k.a Cafetaria. They have all sorts of fried food. Dutch favorites are caseless sausages called Frikandel, croquetes (beef, shrimp, veal, crab.. you name it we have it), a fried dough filled with cheese called "cheese soufle" and of course Fries with mayonaise, ketchup, curry peanutsauce or a combination of those.
Skirts day: Nothing translated "roughly" in that... it is exactly how it should be translated, a Rok is a skirt (and "rokje" is a msall skirt, if a word ends in je, it often is diminutive). It is a weird but true phenomenon. As soon as the sun comes out, the Dutch come out and will dress like it is mid summer. I am sure most men in the Netherlands are familiar with and most likely have uttered the phrase "Er is weer een blik mooie meiden opengetrokken" which translates to "They pulled open a can of beautiful girls again"
Sprinkles on toast: Don't try this with non Dutch sprinkles... but if you come across a store that sells Dutch products and they have chocolate sprinkles definitely try it. On the package you see either Melk or Puur, Melk is milk chocolate, Puur is dark chocolate. Also available as flakes which imho are even better. Make sure to put some butter on your bread before sprinling the sprinkles. If I search online it seems to be that at least chocolate sprinkles are a Dutch invention made in 1936. On the website ispiceyou there is a story called "The History of Chocolate Sprinkles: From the Netherlands to the World", I can't link it due to youtube doing weird when you put links but if you cope and then paste the title in google you should find it
What she tells about birthday circles is kind of depending on the people nowadays. It seems to originate from the Dutch having fairly small homes in which case a circle was the most efficient way to pack as many people in a room that could all interact with eachother without it becoing a chaos. Nowadays it is much less of a thing. We still congratulate everybody and their grandmother.
It is that she says she is dutch because there is zero Dutch accent there. When she started talking I thought she was from the UK.
Vlaai: Regional pie from the province of Limburg but popular with very good reason in the entire country. If you ever make it to the Neterlands it is a must try. She is correct that the best Vlaai can be found in Limburg but generally the Vlaai found in other regions is also very tasty.
Beschuit met muisjes:: Horrible explenation. Beschuit is called Rusk in English and Biscoito in Portugese. Muisjes is Mice in English and Ratos in Portugese. don't panic please, no Ratos are harmed in the making of the stuff. They are anis seeds covered in a sugary coating, the "tail" sticking out is the ittle sprout of the seed. They are... meh. It is tradition and I don't think there are many people that buy them for normal breakfast or lunch.
Snack from the wall: We call the place "Automatiek" and I would say Febo is the "McDonalds" of the automatiek. All those snack I mentioned above can be found there. Hop in, pull out a Croquete (or Kroket in Dutch) and eat it on the go.
One warm meal: highly depending on the person, I know enough people that start the day with porridge or with something like bacon and eggs and such. But we tend to keep the main hot meal for dinner, lunch if often just some bread and cheese or sprinkles.
WOW, what an incredible comment! Thank you very much for sharing so much information, we were happy to be able to learn more about such a beautiful culture.
Here we greet friends, family, or when you meet a friend of a friend with kisses on the cheek. Our fried snack is coxinha, it is very tasty and filled with shredded chicken and seasonings. We really admire The Netherlands so much and we can't wait to experience all these incredible things. ❤️❤️❤️
This Saturday April 27 it's again Kingsway 🎉🇳🇱😊
When I see your reaction, I really realize how rich we are in the Netherlands,
and still we complain that we don't have enough,
I'm even a little ashamed
You should be very ashamed off yourself.
We have enough, enough of agressive capetsniffers and sub-saharan criminals who think that they are above the law.
Yes, you have such a perfect thing on earth 🥰
But please don't be embarrassed, it's not your fault, nobody's fault. Peace and love from Brazil.❤️❤️🤗🤗
From the netherlands and the marsbar is non existent here.. scotland?
Definitely. Fried mars bars has nothing dutch in it.
‘Rokjesdag’ (skirt day) is not a national tradition. Maybe it’s a regional thing. The ‘Snack wall’ was big in the past. Not so much now. Kissing 3 times on the cheek, well after covid we don’t really do that anymore. Thank god! I allways found it a bit forced. One kiss is fine. But there are plenty of fun and unusual traditions still left. I’m half Dutch living in the Netherlands so I should know 😊
I'm not gonna lie, sometimes I get nervous about kissing. Like, they forget that we greet with 2 kisses here, and they simply turn their faces away. It's embarrassing in my opinion. 😂😂😂
We're glad to have you here. ❤️
I am Dutch and 63, never seen a fried Mars bar, that's something British
The blue and pink color kousjes on toast , we only gave when we vissit poeple who just had their baby born . And toast whit mouse are served as celebration of such happiness . Pink for a baby girl , blue if it’s a baby boy .
I will never forget when Romario (de Souza Faria) came to Holland and he was once asked what he thought about "appelmoes." His reaction was hilarious (at least to me).
Now we need to see Romario's reaction too. 😂
@@3rdworldpeoplereactI have been looking for it but I can’t find it. It might not be funny to anybody else though 😊. One thing is for sure, the fact that both Romario and the REAL Ronaldo blessed our country with their presence were two gifts from God to the Netherlands!
Sometimes you have a hot meal as lunch, so you have your sandwich in the evening because you allready had a hot meal as lunch.
Wow, everyone here I know eats 2 hot meals, and if they don't eat that, they feel weak. How crazy.
The Netherlands exports a lot of condensed milk (Friese Flag is/was the brand name). Indonesia is a country where I have seen the Dutch brand. Don’t know where it originates from.
I wonder if Dutch condensed milk is different from Brazilian condensed milk.
The greetings whit the 3 kisses , it’s s a old social custom from the past . It’s a social custom that has gone out of style since the ending of the 90s . And hardly any does it . And not consider as a common custom of social greeting .
"muisjes" are "anis" ( potugese translated ) seeds with a coloured sugar skin ! then we have the apple syrup , its a thick syrup made of fruit - usualy apples , but also pear and grapes are included , high on iron !
Also, beschuit met muisjes has been used to celebrate a newborn child for as long as I can remember, but when I was a kid, there was only the pink/white variety. I'm not sure when the blue ones became a thing. I'm 57 years old now, so less than 40 years ago?
Nice channel guys.
The greetings whit the 3 kisses , it’s s a old social custom from the past . It’s a social custom that has gone out of style since the ending of the 90s . And hardly any does it . And not consider as a mundane custom of social greeting .
you two are such loveable persons.. great video from a dutch person. Do you know that the dutch people celebrate carnaval at the same period as Brazil does. Only the south of the Netherlands celebrate carnaval, the rest of the country doesn't.
the rest of the country does celebrate it ! just not that big as in the south !!!!
Thank you very much, you are a very kind person.❤️❤️
Wow, what an interesting fact, a Dutch carnival? It must be so incredible. I think we will have to travel to The Netherlands many times to experience everything this country has to offer. There are a lot of cool things there!!!
And she didn't mention Carnaval, they have that in the south of the Netherlands !
The bicecley … well that’s true . Or infrastructure and traffic laws are even designed on it . And it has bin so since the 50s . We Dutch’s do almost every como. Thing on bicycles in consideration of common daily travel . Going to school , work , supermarket ect . And we are so good at it , that we Dutch’s are consider to be born already sitting on a bicelcy and be peddling out of the hospital almost instantly . We are so good , it ain’t weird to see someone transport a fridge on the back rack of their bicecley after a vissit to a home appliance store . Its the reasons we gave invented the transport bicecley and “ bak fiets “ for such purposes .
Vlaai and vla are the same in Limburg. Vla in "Holland" is called pudding in Limburg. As well in Limburg we have "zuurvlees" sour meat originally made of horse.
Limburg is definately not The Netherlands (or Holland). In terms of life and culture is resembles Belgium France a lot more.
It's in the netherlands, not Belgium, what are you talking about?
Chauvinism. If Noord Limburg is not part of the Netherlands, please explain what Wilders Nd Timmermans are doing in our 2e kamer?
Limburg is added to the Netherlands by a European committee after the umpteenth war between France and Germany, as a bufferzone. Limburg has a Governor in stead of a Commissaris of the King. It was part of Belgium. The city Maastricht has become even more interesting because of it. hen you go shopping there the sales people speak 4 languages and switch effortless from one to the other. Different culture and language all together.
@@user-ij1nv8be3i A part of Limburg was added. I as a Limburger know a little of my history 🤠
In The Netherlands we are referred to as "reserve Belgen" (spare Belgians) and I am proud of that 🤠
- Hmm... I always go left right left with the cheek kisses. Not right left right.
- Yes, we obviously cycle anywhere, those of us cycle at least (which isn't everyone), cannot be stopped by weather; that's very true.
- We definitely do not deep fry everything. We do have those snacks, but beyond snacks... we just don't. I'm not sure if this lady has ever been to the USA where they deep fry anything they use for actual meals. She'd know better.
- Yes, birthdays are celebrated exactly like this. How else would you do it? I'm confused... 😐
- Vlaai: She said go the "south" but she marked the province of Limburg. The marking on the map is correct. "The south" is not. There's a lot more that we consider the south than Limburg (it's generally 'under the rivers') and vlaai is trash anywhere but in Limburg.
- Snack walls are a thing, yes. They're great. They can also be found in the train stations of most major cities.
- And yes, this differs a lot today between people and provinces and also if you live alone or have family meals etc... all of that, but I would say traditionally only the evening meal is consistently a hot meal, still.
Yes, imagine deep-fried chocolate bars 😂
Some southerners below the rivers eat worstenbroodjes and Bossche bollen, southerners who live 'in' the rivers eat mosselen, bolussen and babbelaars 😅
It is the way your mother tought you to look before/while crossing the road, so left, right, left.
we have lot of movies and series and they are mostly subtitled and not dubbed. and music we grow up around english for me personally I never learned english in high school french I learned in school but I can speak and write english but french is difficult for I speak dutch I'm from belgium.
Nice video! Not all Dutch people are as lucky as the girl in your videoscreen, but most of what she says is 100% true
Thanks for commenting. We're glad to have you here. 🤗🤗
Yes we like deep fry snacks … and no we don’t feel free chocolade bars 😆 no one deep fry’s chocolade bars . It’s was a thing that was only seen in a Dutch comedy movie / Dutch parodie movie . In wich we Dutchies ridiculed ourselves . But not a real live ting . If any like to know the movie tittle “ new kids “ there are 3 movies , and a parodie sketch show whit short comedy scetches that are based on the Dutch .
If your condensed milk is from the Brand Friese flag then it is a Dutch product . Gouda cheese is Dutch ....you will be surprised about how many products you can buy come from the Netherlands. We are one of the countries that export allot . Think about Heineken,Amstel Bier, etc .
I’m born in the Netherlands and never heard of “rokjesdag” 😂😅
They look so surprised at everything lol
Yes we like deep fry snacks … and no we don’t feel free chocolade bars 😆 no one deep fry’s chocolade bars . It’s was a thing that was only seen in a Dutch comedy movie / Dutch parodie movie . In wich we Dutchies ridiculed ourselves . But not a real live ting . If any like to know the movie tittle “ new kids “ there are 3 movies , and a parodie sketch show whit short comedy scetches that are based on the Dutch . How ever , even if it’s comedy , on a comic and over expatriated way does show some aspects of Dutch sociaty and or culture .
U should try to dig in a bit more on kingsday its totaly nuts for outsiders but realy fun to c
You guys are too positive ha ha love you
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The Dutch kiss the other person 3 times on both cheeks when greeting or saying goodbye, because they are apparently quite forgetful and cannot count them properly. The eastern neighbors, the Germans, normally kiss 2 times on the cheek.
I will never forget that moment when I came to pick up a few Dutch people at the airport in Asia, I did indeed get 3 x kisses on both my cheeks. Everyone on the platform looked up strangely, because apparently they had never seen that before.
😅😅 Let me assure you: that kissing is something that only became more common in the 80s. Before that, you really only shook hands. A kiss was intended for intimate family members. Where that kissing ritual came from, no idea. Personally, I hated it (and still do 🤨).
'We' do not fry everything. We have cafetarias. like casa de comidas, with very unhealthy food. But very fast prepared by throwing it in hot oil. So when you are hungry and cold and impatient you go to a cafetaria. I never go to cafetarias. I prefer to spend a little more time to prepare normal food.
if you count "fries and mayo (or any other sauce) with hot fried snacks" during lunch as a hotmeal, then yeah it could be twice a day. Of course that is not so healthy ! hahaha
Yes for A Finnish this was strange To have just some sandwich and Lean kind of soup etc at lunchbreak. And deepfryied everything, no no noo. Fresh please, sorry Dutchs 🇫🇮❤️
Basic argument for this Dutch behavior is efficiency. Frieded food is fast and always well cooked. A hot lunch is too much work...👍🇳🇱
We don’t deep fry everything but maybe she, as a student, did. Meat is usually cooked or baked or stir fried. We eat mostly fresh vegetables and fruits. We eat quite healthy.
One day in the week we take it easy and we eat fries, deep fried meat snacks with a salad or apple juice or we go for a chinese takeaway or pizza.
Hagelslag, chocolate sprinkles, are indeed completely normal here. We also put a special cookie called Speculaas (ginger cookie) on bread. You can of course eat them as a cookie also😊.
We all have our traditions, but we have licorice in common 😂
@@lbergen001 well they used to have Abendbrot like many Germans still do, when people still came home for lunch, it was a cooked meal, like most agricultural societies.
7:05 absolute truth. 7:30 HAPPY TUESDAY!
yess yes haha happy Wednesday
I have never heard of 'rokjesdag' or a deep fried Mars bar. 3 kisses on the cheek is something for family only, I'd probably punch someone if they'd try to kiss me when I meet them lol :')
Come on, you must live isolated that you don't know about rokjesdag en 3 kisses. That is literally both everywhere.
@@lienbijs1205 You said you were Danish why are you telling me how Dutch customs are?
@@ravilagro7896 Because I am Dutch and didn't say at all that I am Danish.
@@lienbijs1205 hmm seems you replied to another comment of mine on another video where you claimed you are. But whatever maybe I was wrong. I don't know in what part of the Netherlands you live but in Groningen 3 kisses are not normal, just among family. Maybe 'rokjesdag' is a term used exclusively by women and I've never heard of it because of that reason but even so I rarely see any women here wear skirts unless they are going clubbing.
You know the Dutch in the 1630-1645 rules over northern part of Brazil especially the city of Recife was a Dutch stronghold with fortress. It’s then called New Holland instead of Brazil
Yep, but the Portugese and the Brazilians did not want us there, so they kicked us out.
@@ronaldderooij1774 correct
we were not friendly people and were very proud
About birthdays and sitting in circles. This is partly true, but is mostly when an elderly person is celebrating or a child. The elderly sits and the little ones play and young people will play music sometimes in another room or get outside.
Alexandre, o mais "estranho" não são os beijos, mas são TRÈS beijos!!!
Yes, so what!
2:43 in netherlands it is not common with people you have just met. maybe for women it is more common
The kissing is something that came up in the 90's i think.In 80's it was usual.
Think we got it from the French they did that when i was on holidays there.
Haha, I'm from 1955 (hmm, that long ago?), and I remember kissing on the cheeks for all my life. When I was a kid, I had that one aunt (why me?) ... always kissing on my mouth... eeew... 'Come on, give me a kiss....' I think she missed something in her life.
@@JaapGinder It became a thing when TV show Wedden Dat first started with the Host, a super queen, and his Indo-Dutch assistant did that during the show. Befor that it was two times at most. That was a decade befor you popped out;-).
Give yourself some credit. Learning and speaking English for a native dutch speaker is very easy as the languages are closely related and we grow up surrounded by english speaking media. It is similar as learning spanish, french or Italian for you guys, altho i realise portuguese is kind of its own thing and not strictly a romanic language. But a spanish speaker can easily learn italian or french. Dutch speakers easily learn english and german. Not really a 1st world issue, just history, geography, media and yes a little bit of schooling, but not much. Personally , English and German were easy for me, French on the other hand was a subject that took blood sweat and tears to master 😂, but once i did, then Spanish and Italian became easier to understand as well. Altho i dont really speak those languages, i can read the Italian or Spanish paper and understand 60% of what is written, just coz i learned French.
2:00 When you kiss your grandma on the lips by accident 😄😄😄 It happens. She didn't follow the rule 😄😄😄
And our normal food isn't fried
visit the red light district...😂😂😂😂
As a Dutchie: Ive never heard of rokjesdag...
I did hear of it, but it is more a local thing, I think.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rokjesdag
Nah, that is an invention of one journalist. I does not really exist.
It's nothing official or anything. It's just that we often have one day when you can really tell spring has begun, which by many is called "rokjesdag" because it's the first day it's warm enough for a skirt and lots of people go outside simply to enjoy the weather, so after the cold winter days all of the sudden you see skirts everywhere.
@@jbird4478 A very important part of rokjesdag is that it isn't in any way announced beforehand. The idea is that you go outside to enjoy the nice weather and then notice that a lot of ladies have decided to wear a skirt that day. That's the most important part of the experience that tells you spring has begun.
Nice video. Some of the things she said are not true for everyone in The Netherlands (most younger people will not eat between 17 and 18 hrs but a bit later). And Rokjesdag is nonsense imo.
#rokjesdag.
Limburg is not really Dutch 😂
Yes it is!
@@Lilygirl283 versta er niks van 😂
I'm pretty sure they see it the same way 😅. Limburg is just Limburg, on both sides of the border 😂. Ah well, 1830 was a big mistake....
Greetz from Hasselt.
@@MotherGoose264 België is een provincie nog steeds 😂
Raincoats are for cowards.
The 3 kisses is bullshit. It's not true. With toast she means slices of bread. We do eat toast, but more likely slices of bread.
Mice are anice seeds, covered with a colored sugar.
Good luck with the chanel.
gotta hate the spannish translation for Netherlands being wrong with Holandés
only 2 out of the 12 provinces are called holland! its like calling entire spain barcelona
I believe they are from Brazil and therefore speak Portuguese.
@@Jacqueline_Thijsen yea I know, was a example the name for netherlands in most of the Spanish / Portuguese speaking countries is usually the same tho so far i know 🤷♂️
And don’t like you call your selfs 3world country do Brazil has some dangerous places compared to the Netherlands
Bud you people are far away from a third world country
I don't know for sure but i would rate Brazil somewhere between third world en first world actually a bit closer to first world then third. What i describe as 3th world are countries where the average person makes less then $10 dollars/day and first world is close to average $100/day Sometimes i learn i had the totally wrong idea about countries, especially some asian countries like Vietnam i am sorry Vietnam ;-) But i do know now! Or for example that average south koreans are close to Dutch living standards, many make even more as us as salaries differ not much and they do many hours of work more then we do. Or even about african countries, that for example the majority of them earn more then $10/day nowadays i had no idea had still this mindset of mud huds and non paved roads in mind. I know what you used to know can change a lot in less then a generation in a country. Stability and good leadership can change things in rates you wouldn't believe. But i do think that extreme right or left in succesion isn't very helpfull find a middle ground and stick to it. You need everyone to participate not just either the left or the right.
True. This is the definition we learned: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_World
@@randar1969 absolutely hate that it’s not true it’s old Soviet/us propaganda back in the days
I think middel east north Afrika does come close many times closer to what you are trying to tell
@@jeroenvanzwam6991 yess bud it changes to
Dutch are weird. Cycling is inconvenient especially when the weather sucks. It seems like they don't care about getting cold and wet.
And how is it possible to stay alive with only one hot meal a day! 😂 They eat bread with chocolate all day maybe. I don't know about all dutch people of course, but most I know eat soup or a warm snack and in the evening their hot meal. And not at five or six, we are not done working yet or are on the way home.
You also can say: "Why does other flat countries cycling less?" For example in the usa especially for example New York City is flat. If they have made there more roads for bikes than wasn't there a traffic problem.
Bro, cycling is NATURAL. It is faster (!) in City environments (in Amsterdam I get in 5 minutes by bike where I need 30 minutes by car), it is cheaper, more healthy, more pleasant, it makes you FEEL better (not like a couch potatoe in a tin can...), it is better for the environment, the climate, it takes MUCH less space on the road, you don't need an expensive garage, O did I forget anything, that where only 10 advantages of cycling... There must be more!
We're not made of sugar. We don't melt in the rain.
Raincoats exist. We have rain pants for when it's seriously pouring. Bikes need less maintenance than cars and no fuel other than a nice breakfast. Which is usually a cheese or meat sandwich, chocolate sprinkles are for a second sandwich or just for fun.