To Dutch viewers: I will be making a video asking random Americans questions about the Netherlands 🇳🇱 What should I ask them? Thank you all for watching! I will be up in the mountains this week making new videos. See yall soon!
I only can think of two questions: 1) When Americans have been to The Netherlands, did they also travel by public transport? If yes, how did they experience the public transport system in our country? Is the system tourist/expat friendly enough? 2) We always here tourists talk about the stereotypical places and stuff. Since tourists already seem to know these, I'd like to know if they actually went looking for these or went to see other places as well / instead. Some stereotypical stuff, like the clogs, is more a historical thing. Nowadays you rarely will see people with them. So if you spot someone with bright yellow clogs, it's often also a tourist 😋
If you ever want to visit the Netherlands, don't stay in expensive hotels. I am sure people are more than willing to take you in their homes whatever part of the Netherlands you want to stay. My house is open for people like you. We don't live in Amsterdam but in the south close to Zeeland. Feel free to ask an feel welcome 👍
Almere is a new build city on reclaimed land (from the sea). This city has a divided city planning with certain area's for living, for shopping, for business etcetera. In the rest of the Netherlands housing and small businesses are mingled. In most citys people walk or take a bike to go to the supermarket. Most supermarket in the citys are mid-sized something like 1000-1500 m2
In Almere there is a grossery shop Whitin walking distance. Maybe she Should walk around. It is not that cold in the Netherlands arround 0 Celsius 32 Fahrenheit, the kids will keep themselfs warm running arround 😂 the playground.
The Netherlands is also really save I live in a really small city but basically everyone went to school alone when they were 8 just by bike Also the basic Dutch city is build like this: There are some main stores in the city centre like clothing and other “luxury” items and restaurants And in the neighbourhoods there are usually groceriestores or sometimes a small mall but in the newer cities (like Almere) they experimented with just a city centre with everything
She said that their are separate areas for shopping and living. Sure.. its the centre, but in every city people living above the shops in the centre. Its expensive to live in the centre though. Public transport is one of the best, if I may say. Trains and busses 99% arrive on time. And there is a lot.
@12:00 Yes that depends on the city. Almere is the most recent city established in the Netherlands (1976), so there is a lot of city planning instead of organic growth. As you might guess, theory and practice don't always come together...
@Martin OnTheWeb That's usually true, but last week I placed a comment on her channel and she gave me an answer! So it sometimes does happen. But yes very seldom. In that respect Jovie is much nicer
1) when it is not too cold, there is no need to wear a hat. The idea is that you would wear one if the cold affects (hurts) your ears. If not, then hats are optional. 2) the food in the Netherlands is NOT what you buy at a fries shop. We eat a lot of vegetables, fruits, rice, pasta, potatoes. In short we eat on average, daily, very healthy. Many people will eat cheese or cold cuts on bread for lunch, with lettuce, tomatoes. Breakfast for many is not bread but yoghurt with oats (fresh) 3) Almere is atypical of what a city (even a modern one) looks like. 4) public transport is widely available in and around cities, less so in the country side. Bicycle lanes are everywhere city and countryside, 3 levels of roads (watch Not Just Bikes for an explanation). 5) street + number is what you have almost everywhere, unless the building was converted from office building into appartments, then you might find number with a letter e.g. 892 N. 6) you need to be 15 to legally work during the day time. After 10pm and before 6am you are not allowed to work until you are 18yrs. Salaries for 15-23yrs old are too low. There is talk to at least level the salaries of the 18+ yrs old up
16:30 yes you can start working early age, usually summerjobs or very part time in grocery stores. This is indeed a good way to learn grown up things and the money they earn is like pocket money, parrents still pay all the bills but kids can learn how to save for a ps5 or something.
Most cities have the shops more dispersed, especially those where you buy groceries are almost always quite near. At a biking distance from 5 to 15 minutes. The transportation system is very good compared to many other countries. Most apartment buildings I know here have NOT their own number. Every apartment has its own number, only that and not one of the building. By the way I subscribed to your channel!
Public transport is always as good as you think it is. Some of my friends are big haters of public transport and always take their car. No matter how close their destination is. But I really like taking public transport. Especially early in the morning, when I need to commute. Than I walk or cycle to the bus stop and take the bus (which appears every 5 minutes during rush hour, depending on the need of that line number). Then I just can take a seat in the bus. And since I don't need to watch the traffic, I can just take a seat with my sleepy head. Another positive fact: because rush hour often creates traffic jams, the bus can pass the jam by taking bus lanes and target group lanes (bus & trucks). Also is public transport a priority traffic member, which means they often get priority at traffic lights. (Trams always have priority. Even without traffic lights). If you use Google Maps and zoom in to a Dutch city, you can see very well how many stops excist in an area, so that makes traveling with public transport very attractive to me. And since we use the OV-Chip card as universal traveling method, this card can be used at bus, tram, metro, train and waterbus. When buying such a card, you can choose between a personalized card or anonymous card. The personalized card has the advantage of the ability to contain subscriptions and several discounts which you easily purchase at webshops of the transport companies.
re 14:10. your question on public transportation: you will be hard pressed to find a better and more dense public transport system. Trains, trams, busses, subways all operate exactly on time all the time. You can get a rented bike at every trainstation with your public transport card. At every station, there are cars for rent that you can pick up with the same card, called Greenwheels, painted red for some reason or another. And they are cheap.
if you want to know how cold it can or could be in the netherlands you should watch "de hel van '63" but that was long ago, they don't make winters like that anymore
It's always a good way for foreigners to understand our Dutch obession with ice skating a little, as well as giving an insight of our history and culture and what the weather used to be. It's a nice movie
She's got a lopsided view of the Netherlands. As others mentioned, there a lot of places where shops and homes are pretty close, or right on top of eachother. While our breakfast might not be the healthiest, generally the Dutch food habits at home are healthy. We complain about public transport but that's just because we're spoiled. You'd find it utterly amazing. Teenagers have side jobs, one or two days or partial days. Funny that in sooo many videos a culture shock is Dutch directness and frankness. I guess Russians are pretty direct too.
Well how most Dutch cities work is: Large city center with mainly clothing and luxury items And in the middle of the neighbourhoods a supermarket or superstore and maybe a small mall
Hi, I just stumbled onto this channel and am very much looking forward to checking out more of your videos (I'm Dutch and I live in The Netherlands BTW and of course I also just subscribed)
The way she talked about Dutch food not being healthy is so funny! I think we have a very wholesome way of eating. Kids sometimes have chocolate sprinkles or something like that on their bread but everything in moderation! And the Dutch are the tallest people on the planet, so we must be doing something right! 😉🌷🌷🌷
The coldest weather i've experienced was -27 C (-17 F),.... but that was one night only. Most winters temperature drops a few degrees below freezing for some days. In exceptional winters you might 3 to 4 weeks of maximum temperatures e few degrees below freezing. The problem though is the wind,... and/or rain. Even if it is 1 or two degrees above freezing,... and there is strong winds (as is very common) and it rains, it feels so very cold.
The Netherlands has a moderate marine climate, but keep in mind it has about the same latitute as between the northern tip of Vancouver island and the most southern tip of Alaska. There is a warm gulf stream from gulf of Mexico passing on the west side of Ireland then north past Scotland and then swirls south into the north sea. This warm gulf stream (or what's left of it), keeps the country in a moderate climate with lots of wind, lots of rain and moderate tempteratures. As the Anlantic conveyor belt is slowing down, it is also slowing down our source for moderate weather.
The winters in the Netherlands aren't that cold., maybe a few degrees minus. But we have a lot of rain and wind that makes the feeling temperature cold. Most cities have "wijken" where each wijk has his own central shopping area. My shopping area is a 3 minute walk.
Almere right to Amsterdam only 20 km in Flevoland our self-made province, In the Netherlands, we do not have many days below 32F or 0 Celsius, the average is about 15 Celsius or 59F Shopping is always in certain areas, local shopping is nearby in most cases not more than 500 meter, public transportation is one of the best you get to know. From 12-year-old, children learn how to make their own money slowly, from 14 they can start in some jobs like supermarkets and 16-year-old can do normal jobs in most company's.
And we have been paying " statiegeld" for plastic soda bottles for years now!! What that means is...when you buy a plastic bottle of soda..or juice ..water...you pay 50 cents for the use of the bottle....but when you return the bottle...you get the 50 cents back!! That way people will not disgard the plastic but return it...so it can be recycled or used again!! Now very recently they also do that for the the smaller bottles !! Less plastic waist that way!!
The shopping situation definately depends on the city. Almere is quite new and very spead out. In most older cities there are shops everywhere. Our public transportation is very good compared to the US. It’s a small densly populated country and you can get anywhere by using trains, busses and bikes (or a combination). You do not necessarily need to own a car.
the Public Transport in the Netherlands is very good. its simple to use and your busses and stuf dont get stuck in traffic. because, there are a lot of people choosing for the bike because every-thing is not far away (store's, barbers etc)
Hai shops are close by the houses in most cities, so I shop almost daily. The food thing is a keuze: how gezond and bewust you want to live. Hagelslag (chocolate) on bread is an old fassion habit ... Teenagers (13, 14 15) can do a little job when they want, they get a little salary.
10:20 Netherlands is 100% save/safe and there is a lot of social backups (people notice if a young kid is on his won out of place or crossing a bussy road, strangers will help and we would say a kid is raised by the neighnourhood)
the reason why we don't have shops around the corner much is because everybody bikes, so the shops can be further apart. Then again we really don't like big malls at the edge of the city that can only be reached by car
There are a few nice and informative YT-vids about public transport in the Netherlands. Besides promoting the use of bicycles, the (local) authorities also put a lot of effort in efficient public transport.
Mind you, even though small groceries tend to disappear in favour of "large" supermarkets (not half the size of Wall Marts) most of them can be reached without the need of a car
11:54 this is why most Dutch call Almere ugly and not Dutch. allmost all the other towns are build different and mixed. Almere is on the reclaimed province of Flevoland which was made for agroculture and food supplies, Almere being the bigger 'city' since it's not far from Amsterdam. outside of Flevoland province you will fine mixed buildings per village even, stores on ground floor are comon and you wont have the residential zones like in the US
I watched this as well (ofcourse I did, i'm Dutch and we seem to watch anything labeled 'dutch' on YT) we are proud but not in your face, we show it by watching all YT's labelled Dutch something.
14:16 Public transport is clean and accepted by all levels of society. It's good and reliable. Dutch way of thinking is: "can i get there on bicycle? train? car?" in that order. oh and when drunk from pub (kroeg) and you lost your bicycle you just walk or 'find' a unlocked bicycle (which you will bring back to same place few days later ofcourse)
Public transportation depends a bit on where you live. Bus can go every hour between 7 and 19. Where I live it’s every 8 or 10 minutes and almost 24 hours a day
When its cold and the kids gets it cold he will go to his home te get his gloves and his sharf his self. Haha but when its not freezing its not cold haha jacco from Holland
Almere is in the province of Flevoland and it's fairly new compared to the other 10 provinces. Because of the towns in Flevoland ( build since the 70's) they are still work in progress, missing a lot of greenery and old charm. In most cities and towns we have supermarkets at a walking distance, so maybe Almere has some subburbs that are not very close to supermarkets etc. I know many Dutch think Flevoland is the least attractive province and many 'new- dutch' people move there, also because it is cheaper.
We're not made of sugar ;) It's a common saying here which basicly means to tough up when it comes to the weather. That's why the people here don't wear hats or gloves unless it's really needed
Look up "Happiest countries on Earth". There is a yearly list. Denmark and The Netherlands used to be alternating nr 1 and 2. But things changed. Note that the USA and the UK are #19 and #18.
Public transport is quite good in the Netherlands, we Dutch people like to complain at the train company company for being late but that’s not that often and the delays are like 5 minutes sometimes up to 10 minutes but it is actually very doable.
Dutch teenagers know the value of money as they have to do someting to get it. So they think like: i have to wash 6 cars to buy that nice shirt. We do not have credit card, so you actualy have to have money in your bank account to buy something.
I never heard about buying garbage from other countries, we got enough of our own. However, we have electricity plants that run on biomass which we do not have enough of. Perhaps your friend meant biomass? E.g. in the province of Friesland (Frysia in English, I think) there is a whole network under the ground of tubes transporting biogas to houses to burn for heat or for cooking. This is a financially viable operation. The gas is produced on farms and collected in hubs. All automated. In the USA, that would be impossible as Americans do not believe in infrastructure.
Even though I have been here just over 20 years, I still get a surprise when I see young children (5 years and upward) passing by our house on the canal, alone or with a friend in a boat. It is not unusual here for children to have such freedom to go to the park, or boat on the canals. They also have to pass swimming training and exams from an early age, with clothes and shoes as well as bathing costumes so they have a chance of surviving if they fall in water or there are floods. Also don't usually have an issue with teenage pregnancies as sex is treated as normal and teens are well aware of precautions if they are going to begin a sexual relationship with their partner.
🤔.. She really don't know the Netherlands very well.., I advice you to follow Jovi 's home TH-cam channel.. She has a ton of videos about the Netherlands. She's an American living in the Netherlands.
re 13:10 cookies on bread and such is for the kids although I like it still. It depends on the area and social class. Chocolate sprinklers on bread are common but not sugery sprinklers. Cookies aren't either or it must be speculoos, something unknown in America, and mainly sold in December. So, what this lady describes about her nanny is for kids but is frowned upon nevertheless by conscientious parents.
Average in Winter between 40-15 F in daytime,at night 15 to sometimes even just 5 F.....Summer 65 up to 90 F sometimes,...and what she says about little shops in their country in or near the building,well....supermarkets are just around the corner here,not 1,not 2 but several (walking distance) so I don't know what she's talking about haha,....Public Transport is outstanding here,and always on time,.....and again what she says about "no Flat-numbers" isn't true either,if you have your own outside frontdoor,you have a number,only some appartment share a frontdoor so the number of the individual appartment is usually,let's say 15 A or 15 B,or 15-1.15-2,meaning frontdoor 15 seperated into A.B.1 or 2 when there are several appartments in one building,and last but not least,the legal age to work is 14 Not 12....,and only things like light chores or helping in a store filling the shelves,No heavy labor..........You're checking the wrong channels dude lol,......she gave you the in-correct info,.....try this one th-cam.com/users/JoviesHome she's way more accurate........or this link about public transportation th-cam.com/video/lGFqNhlQ8gM/w-d-xo.html
As far as I (Dutch) know children can only work from 16yo and up. 12yo perhaps may work as early morning paper deliverers etc. But I've never seen those youg kids working in supermarkets or so
I live in a small city (brielle), and we have shops in several residential area's. The big old centre has all different shops and in the other area's we have a few important shops, like a supermarket , bakery etc.. She is telling that kids may work when they are 12 years old. That's not correct. At the age of 13 years old they are allowed to do light work, but not operate machinery for a few ours a week.
Yes we have payed other countries, although not the government directly. Garbage collectors have contracts with the energy facilities to supply a certain amount of burnable waste. Then when the amount of waste reduced due to increased recycling these companies purchased landfills in other places mostly the UK I believ, dug them up and shipped it over to fulfill the contract. Doing this was cheaper than to incur the fine if breaking the contract
Hi, mr. Localia, u r gettin in a Dutch state of mind. 48 yr. old, Who travelled all over. We wellcome everybody. Once the IND( Dutch immigration and naturalisation service) clearse them they R in. ( we don't question them) but if the do wrong(IND) we will lead a gaggle of kids in a parade to challenge them.
The hottest will be about 38 degrees Celsius. (but doesnt get that hot so often per year about 4 or 5 days.) Most of the time its between 18-25 degrees in summertime . When it's about 20 degrees Celcius the coats come off. In the winter time its about -5 till 3-4 degrees celcius in winter.(and yes it can be -15 degrees celcius, and that's also not often just like the 38 in summer). yes we have the sweet to put on bread. But there is an unspoken rule that you first eat a slice of bread with cheese or a meat like ham or so. The difference is that the kids get to school by bike or on foot. So they are much more active then kids that get taken to school by car. The jobs for kids are paperroutes. a few hours per week. Not full jobs. She is russian, but she is not really on point on some things she speaks of. She looks at it from an expats vieuw but presents it as a fact. And that's not quite true. Yes the public transportation is really really good. Depends on te city. where the shoping centers are. Some are combined. I live a 5 minute walking distance from a supermarket. And there are people living above it. So yes we do have them. Then we have the citycenters with more shops. And we do have mall-like stores. But the netherlands is small it's 4 hour drive north to south and about 3 from east to west.
Do we import garbage? I'm not really sure. But we do have power plants that are fuelled with garbage, so I guess it's true. Of course we only burn the stuff that otherwise won't be recycled. We also import wood as fuel for biofuel plants, which caused a bit of a scandal when it turned out that the countries the wood was imported from were cutting down their forests to fill those orders. That wasn't what we intended when we thought of renewable energy. The biofuel plants are generally regarded as a failure, they're also not as clean as they were supposed to be. I'm not sure, but I think we don't have any more active landfill sites. It's either recycle, export or into the fire. Almere is a bit of an odd duck. It's built in the Flevopolder, and the land was only laid dry in the latter half of the sixties. The ideas in urban design from that era were not nearly as developed as they are now. Mistakes were made and lessons were learned. Most large cities have a historic city center which Almere does not have. Safety is generally not an issue. Though I wouldn't be comfortable wearing a rolex in the touristy parts of Amsterdam at night. Public transportation is generally pretty good. All major cities have train stations connected to a national network. Most large cities have subways, trams or a trolley bus system. All cities have a bus network, and the busses go to smaller rural towns too. And for private transport, the roads are very well designed and maintained, and cycling is a real (and safe) option for local transport. Though owning a car is very convenient, with some planning and cycling you can actually live without a car in your houshold if you choose. Though it depends on your circumstances too.
5:55 they probably mean 'Amsterdam' feel.. expectations over reality thing. The Netherlands is nice and architecture as well but not everything is old or amsterdam styled haha
Public transportation in The Netherlands is pretty good. Certainly compared to the US, but also compared to some of the other European countries. However, you easily find a Dutch person complaining about the Dutch Railway. But at the same time the Dutch people should realize a bit more about the quality we are used to. About the minimum age you are allowed to work here is about fourteen years. Keep in mind that there has been a time that it was allowed to have kids working at very young age.
the trash has become a comodetie like gas and oilel and coal,so if the surply of rececble trash is low we need to by it to produce energie..sorry for misspeling
About the flats that are not numbered is not true, they are. Maybe different systems but they are numbered. About the chocolate on bread...they are not as high in sugar as she makes it out to be. They are real chocolate so good nutrition in them to! As a kid my mother always gave me a slice of bread with chocolate pringle's ( hagelslag is they are called) after I finished a slice with cheese or meat or anything healthy. So you had your sweet for that day. All in moderation.
That is not true. Guns are allowed for sporting. Alot of people own a firearm ;) But there are alot of illegal firearms in teh Netherlands. I think we have the most illegal firearms per citizen from whole Europe :)
Yeah but the legal guns have to be kept in a closed aproved safe in the house..unloaded...and the amunition have to be kept separate...you are not allowed to carry it on you...only to and from the shooting range...in a locked gun case!! .
Public transportation is good within cities and in the west between cities it's quite good, but if you get to less dense areas, public transportation is less good. But hey, we have our (e-)bikes and cars, so no problem.
Teenagers are only allowed to work a set amount of hours a week which increases when they get older. When they go to school it is 12 hours a week. In vacation time that is increased to 35 hours a week. And only during the daytime. From 15 years in vacationtime you are allowed fulltime. And with a work/learning study from 16 years old the time spent at school counts as working hours. So when you spent 8 hours at school you can only work 32 hours during the rest of the week
About the recycling: there are way to few recycling factories to recycle everything, and the majority still ends up on one pile to be either burned, exported or just lay there... and no, we don't import trash, I think that's Sweden.
People always are shocked about the 'unhealthy' chocolate sprinkles on bread. They forget that when you would press those sprinkles together you might end up with a tiny block of chocolate that doesn't do harm at all. Also chocolate isn't unhealthy, it gives a boost in the morning. Cheese is often considered healthy but contains a lot of fat and bad stuff.
And it is not like we are the only ones with unhealthy breakfasts. Cereals are highly sugary, a full English breakfast, etc. Dutch bread is healthy, a little bit of butter is not bad and I think most children first have to eat a healthy option, like cheese or some meat on their bread and only after that a sweet option.
its really good wy have bus, streetcare's ,taxi, metroand trains and you juse a cart wath you put money on and wen you go in bus ore streetcare wen you get in you blibb in and wen you are on youre place you blib out.
You are not allowed to work like a fulltime job from 12 years old, but you are allowed to work a surtant amount of hours a week. In like a supermarket.
People think Almere is an ugly city because it's a new city, only like 50 years old or so. So it has no history, that's why people don't like cities like Almere and Lelystad. They are also build differently. In almost every city and town shops and living is mixed. The average walking distance to any supermarket is only 1 mile.
Almere is a city in Flevoland. It is built in the 1950-1960’s. They buit it like an American city with all the different zones. All the other cities in the Netherlands are obviously much older and have in all neighborhoods small shops etc. So no it is not normal, only in Almere. Apperently she only compairs Almere.
I think the guy you are talking about that doesnt feel the "dutch charm" expects to be living in a canal house in amsterdams old city centre. I can tell you those houses are well over 1 milion euro houses and not affordable for a typical dutch person. Most dutch people live in row houses in "vinex wijken", those are big city suburbs.
Almost the only ones able to live in the city center are expats. They are the people with enough money. And because there are so many of them housing prices are rising higher and higher
Funny story . when i whas 14 years old i really whant it new shoes (nike air to be precise) they where very expensive and my mom said NO jacco. But i worked and earnd money by wassing cars of freinds and family. So i did go to the shoe store and both them my self. When i got home my mom saw the bag whit the nike's in it and she exploded of anger. I hat to return them . i whas mad than but now iam older i understand my mother. Haha but working at a young age is normal here. I have 4 boys of the age of 16 and 17 working for me now in my cafetaria . ☺👍
She talks about Almere (Flevoland, you know a polder reclaimed from the sea...).... Fyi: i I used to live in the US (Manhattan/NY), and it's true about the cleanliness... I was shocked about the filth in NY. About safety: in the US there's a segragation between rich and poor communities. In The Netherlands this "social" separation is not that apparent, it's more about equality compared to the US. (Public transportation is quite well in TN, in the US everything is car centred, and taking public transport is only for poor peope...?!
Die boterham hagelslag (soms want ze krijgen ook weleens pap of een gebakken ei enz.) is niet zo erg ze krijgen ook gezond eten zoals fruit (mee naar school) en groente. Kinderen mogen pas vanaf 13 jaar werken.
She doesnt tell that kids from 12 years arent allowed to do a full days work. How many hours they can i am not sure of. Maybe 3 or 4 hours a week? You should be able to find it somewhere.
What she says about kids working isn't true. At 12 kids aren't allowed to work. With 13 they're allowed to bring around folders WITH an adult with them but NOT work for the post or bringing around newspapers. A bit light work in shops is allowed but NOT on school days AND there's a max on how many hours. So it's not as simple as she says it is. The way she mentions it, it's like young kids here all work, that's nonsense and illegal. Also a lot of work is illegal till at least 18. So no. the way she says it, is wrong.
To Dutch viewers: I will be making a video asking random Americans questions about the Netherlands 🇳🇱 What should I ask them?
Thank you all for watching! I will be up in the mountains this week making new videos. See yall soon!
I only can think of two questions:
1) When Americans have been to The Netherlands, did they also travel by public transport? If yes, how did they experience the public transport system in our country? Is the system tourist/expat friendly enough?
2) We always here tourists talk about the stereotypical places and stuff. Since tourists already seem to know these, I'd like to know if they actually went looking for these or went to see other places as well / instead. Some stereotypical stuff, like the clogs, is more a historical thing. Nowadays you rarely will see people with them. So if you spot someone with bright yellow clogs, it's often also a tourist 😋
If you ever want to visit the Netherlands, don't stay in expensive hotels. I am sure people are more than willing to take you in their homes whatever part of the Netherlands you want to stay. My house is open for people like you. We don't live in Amsterdam but in the south close to Zeeland. Feel free to ask an feel welcome 👍
How many bikes are there in the Netherlands (and how many inhabitants). ((I was once told that we are 'rare' 🤭.))
Please pronounce "prachtig allemachtig tachtig" 🤭
How big is the country and how many kilometers of bikelanes are there in The Netherlands?
Watch the channel Not Just Bikes. It's about a Canadian guy interested in city design who compares the Netherlands with Canada and the US.
what she describes is in almere and lelystad, (in the new land area) in the old cities we have small shops all over
Almere is a new build city on reclaimed land (from the sea). This city has a divided city planning with certain area's for living, for shopping, for business etcetera. In the rest of the Netherlands housing and small businesses are mingled. In most citys people walk or take a bike to go to the supermarket. Most supermarket in the citys are mid-sized something like 1000-1500 m2
In Almere there is a grossery shop Whitin walking distance. Maybe she Should walk around.
It is not that cold in the Netherlands arround 0 Celsius 32 Fahrenheit, the kids will keep themselfs warm running arround 😂 the playground.
The Netherlands is also really save I live in a really small city but basically everyone went to school alone when they were 8 just by bike
Also the basic Dutch city is build like this:
There are some main stores in the city centre like clothing and other “luxury” items and restaurants
And in the neighbourhoods there are usually groceriestores or sometimes a small mall but in the newer cities (like Almere) they experimented with just a city centre with everything
She said that their are separate areas for shopping and living. Sure.. its the centre, but in every city people living above the shops in the centre.
Its expensive to live in the centre though.
Public transport is one of the best, if I may say. Trains and busses 99% arrive on time. And there is a lot.
it used to be colder here. but every year it seems to get warmer. snow is pretty unique nowadays in the netherlands. which is a shame. i love snow.
@12:00 Yes that depends on the city. Almere is the most recent city established in the Netherlands (1976), so there is a lot of city planning instead of organic growth. As you might guess, theory and practice don't always come together...
Yeah most cities in Flevoland are just city build experiments lol sorta like cities skylines just try some things and see what works best
If you're interested in the Netherlands I advice you to follow Jovie's Home on TH-cam. She's an American living in the Netherlands.
And Dutch Americano with Ava
And Not Just Bikes, a Dutch view from a Canadian expat.
@Martin OnTheWeb That's usually true, but last week I placed a comment on her channel and she gave me an answer! So it sometimes does happen. But yes very seldom.
In that respect Jovie is much nicer
1) when it is not too cold, there is no need to wear a hat. The idea is that you would wear one if the cold affects (hurts) your ears. If not, then hats are optional. 2) the food in the Netherlands is NOT what you buy at a fries shop. We eat a lot of vegetables, fruits, rice, pasta, potatoes. In short we eat on average, daily, very healthy. Many people will eat cheese or cold cuts on bread for lunch, with lettuce, tomatoes. Breakfast for many is not bread but yoghurt with oats (fresh) 3) Almere is atypical of what a city (even a modern one) looks like. 4) public transport is widely available in and around cities, less so in the country side. Bicycle lanes are everywhere city and countryside, 3 levels of roads (watch Not Just Bikes for an explanation). 5) street + number is what you have almost everywhere, unless the building was converted from office building into appartments, then you might find number with a letter e.g. 892 N. 6) you need to be 15 to legally work during the day time. After 10pm and before 6am you are not allowed to work until you are 18yrs. Salaries for 15-23yrs old are too low. There is talk to at least level the salaries of the 18+ yrs old up
16:30 yes you can start working early age, usually summerjobs or very part time in grocery stores. This is indeed a good way to learn grown up things and the money they earn is like pocket money, parrents still pay all the bills but kids can learn how to save for a ps5 or something.
Most cities have the shops more dispersed, especially those where you buy groceries are almost always quite near. At a biking distance from 5 to 15 minutes.
The transportation system is very good compared to many other countries.
Most apartment buildings I know here have NOT their own number. Every apartment has its own number, only that and not one of the building.
By the way I subscribed to your channel!
Public transport is always as good as you think it is. Some of my friends are big haters of public transport and always take their car. No matter how close their destination is. But I really like taking public transport. Especially early in the morning, when I need to commute. Than I walk or cycle to the bus stop and take the bus (which appears every 5 minutes during rush hour, depending on the need of that line number). Then I just can take a seat in the bus. And since I don't need to watch the traffic, I can just take a seat with my sleepy head. Another positive fact: because rush hour often creates traffic jams, the bus can pass the jam by taking bus lanes and target group lanes (bus & trucks). Also is public transport a priority traffic member, which means they often get priority at traffic lights.
(Trams always have priority. Even without traffic lights).
If you use Google Maps and zoom in to a Dutch city, you can see very well how many stops excist in an area, so that makes traveling with public transport very attractive to me. And since we use the OV-Chip card as universal traveling method, this card can be used at bus, tram, metro, train and waterbus. When buying such a card, you can choose between a personalized card or anonymous card. The personalized card has the advantage of the ability to contain subscriptions and several discounts which you easily purchase at webshops of the transport companies.
Truth!👆🏻
re 14:10. your question on public transportation: you will be hard pressed to find a better and more dense public transport system. Trains, trams, busses, subways all operate exactly on time all the time. You can get a rented bike at every trainstation with your public transport card. At every station, there are cars for rent that you can pick up with the same card, called Greenwheels, painted red for some reason or another. And they are cheap.
if you want to know how cold it can or could be in the netherlands you should watch "de hel van '63" but that was long ago, they don't make winters like that anymore
It's always a good way for foreigners to understand our Dutch obession with ice skating a little, as well as giving an insight of our history and culture and what the weather used to be. It's a nice movie
She's got a lopsided view of the Netherlands. As others mentioned, there a lot of places where shops and homes are pretty close, or right on top of eachother.
While our breakfast might not be the healthiest, generally the Dutch food habits at home are healthy.
We complain about public transport but that's just because we're spoiled. You'd find it utterly amazing.
Teenagers have side jobs, one or two days or partial days.
Funny that in sooo many videos a culture shock is Dutch directness and frankness. I guess Russians are pretty direct too.
Well how most Dutch cities work is:
Large city center with mainly clothing and luxury items
And in the middle of the neighbourhoods a supermarket or superstore and maybe a small mall
Hi, I just stumbled onto this channel and am very much looking forward to checking out more of your videos (I'm Dutch and I live in The Netherlands BTW and of course I also just subscribed)
The way she talked about Dutch food not being healthy is so funny! I think we have a very wholesome way of eating. Kids sometimes have chocolate sprinkles or something like that on their bread but everything in moderation! And the Dutch are the tallest people on the planet, so we must be doing something right! 😉🌷🌷🌷
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Peanut yellow sandwich..isnt that kind of the same thing?? You do not eat it every day...but IT IS very american right??
The coldest weather i've experienced was -27 C (-17 F),.... but that was one night only. Most winters temperature drops a few degrees below freezing for some days. In exceptional winters you might 3 to 4 weeks of maximum temperatures e few degrees below freezing. The problem though is the wind,... and/or rain. Even if it is 1 or two degrees above freezing,... and there is strong winds (as is very common) and it rains, it feels so very cold.
The Netherlands has a moderate marine climate, but keep in mind it has about the same latitute as between the northern tip of Vancouver island and the most southern tip of Alaska.
There is a warm gulf stream from gulf of Mexico passing on the west side of Ireland then north past Scotland and then swirls south into the north sea. This warm gulf stream (or what's left of it), keeps the country in a moderate climate with lots of wind, lots of rain and moderate tempteratures. As the Anlantic conveyor belt is slowing down, it is also slowing down our source for moderate weather.
The winters in the Netherlands aren't that cold., maybe a few degrees minus. But we have a lot of rain and wind that makes the feeling temperature cold. Most cities have "wijken" where each wijk has his own central shopping area. My shopping area is a 3 minute walk.
Almere right to Amsterdam only 20 km in Flevoland our self-made province, In the Netherlands, we do not have many days below 32F or 0 Celsius, the average is about 15 Celsius or 59F Shopping is always in certain areas, local shopping is nearby in most cases not more than 500 meter, public transportation is one of the best you get to know. From 12-year-old, children learn how to make their own money slowly, from 14 they can start in some jobs like supermarkets and 16-year-old can do normal jobs in most company's.
1:50 yes true, we purchase some of the neighbouring countries 'recycled' trash to increase output of our recycle power centres
And we have been paying
" statiegeld" for plastic soda bottles for years now!! What that means is...when you buy a plastic bottle of soda..or juice ..water...you pay 50 cents for the use of the bottle....but when you return the bottle...you get the 50 cents back!! That way people will not disgard the plastic but return it...so it can be recycled or used again!! Now very recently they also do that for the the smaller bottles !! Less plastic waist that way!!
The shopping situation definately depends on the city. Almere is quite new and very spead out. In most older cities there are shops everywhere.
Our public transportation is very good compared to the US. It’s a small densly populated country and you can get anywhere by using trains, busses and bikes (or a combination). You do not necessarily need to own a car.
you can even rent electric scooters via an app you can see them nearby where they are
the Public Transport in the Netherlands is very good. its simple to use and your busses and stuf dont get stuck in traffic. because, there are a lot of people choosing for the bike because every-thing is not far away (store's, barbers etc)
Hai shops are close by the houses in most cities, so I shop almost daily. The food thing is a keuze: how gezond and bewust you want to live. Hagelslag (chocolate) on bread is an old fassion habit ...
Teenagers (13, 14 15) can do a little job when they want, they get a little salary.
10:20 Netherlands is 100% save/safe and there is a lot of social backups (people notice if a young kid is on his won out of place or crossing a bussy road, strangers will help and we would say a kid is raised by the neighnourhood)
the reason why we don't have shops around the corner much is because everybody bikes, so the shops can be further apart. Then again we really don't like big malls at the edge of the city that can only be reached by car
There are a few nice and informative YT-vids about public transport in the Netherlands. Besides promoting the use of bicycles, the (local) authorities also put a lot of effort in efficient public transport.
From the age of 13 you can do small jobs, like having a paper round and only outside school hours, on Saturdays or school holidays.
Round-route, vakkenvullen- stocking shelves. Just a sugestion.
Mind you, even though small groceries tend to disappear in favour of "large" supermarkets (not half the size of Wall Marts) most of them can be reached without the need of a car
11:54 this is why most Dutch call Almere ugly and not Dutch.
allmost all the other towns are build different and mixed. Almere is on the reclaimed province of Flevoland which was made for agroculture and food supplies, Almere being the bigger 'city' since it's not far from Amsterdam.
outside of Flevoland province you will fine mixed buildings per village even, stores on ground floor are comon and you wont have the residential zones like in the US
17 minutes by train.
I guess only Almere.. in the most of the towns of the Netherlands you have small shops everywhere.
Actually she's wrong on that one too, Almere has plenty buildings with shops on ground level and houses above
I watched this as well
(ofcourse I did, i'm Dutch and we seem to watch anything labeled 'dutch' on YT)
we are proud but not in your face, we show it by watching all YT's labelled Dutch something.
XD we are experts on false modesty. We dont like to brag but we love the praise. We earned it though :)
14:16 Public transport is clean and accepted by all levels of society. It's good and reliable.
Dutch way of thinking is: "can i get there on bicycle? train? car?" in that order.
oh and when drunk from pub (kroeg) and you lost your bicycle you just walk or 'find' a unlocked bicycle (which you will bring back to same place few days later ofcourse)
Public transportation depends a bit on where you live. Bus can go every hour between 7 and 19. Where I live it’s every 8 or 10 minutes and almost 24 hours a day
When its cold and the kids gets it cold he will go to his home te get his gloves and his sharf his self. Haha but when its not freezing its not cold haha jacco from Holland
Almere is in the province of Flevoland and it's fairly new compared to the other 10 provinces. Because of the towns in Flevoland ( build since the 70's) they are still work in progress, missing a lot of greenery and old charm. In most cities and towns we have supermarkets at a walking distance, so maybe Almere has some subburbs that are not very close to supermarkets etc.
I know many Dutch think Flevoland is the least attractive province and many 'new- dutch' people move there, also because it is cheaper.
We're not made of sugar ;)
It's a common saying here which basicly means to tough up when it comes to the weather. That's why the people here don't wear hats or gloves unless it's really needed
Look up "Happiest countries on Earth". There is a yearly list. Denmark and The Netherlands used to be alternating nr 1 and 2. But things changed. Note that the USA and the UK are #19 and #18.
The Netherlands has a seaclimate.
The winters are not that cold.
I remember cycling to school minus 20 Celcius :-)
@@GerbenDub Yes it happens but it's the exception, not the rule
Yes, the dutch cities are one of the cleanest out there.
The city she talks about is Almere. It's located in the province Flevoland
Almere was founded in the 1980s on the new province Flevoland which is a so called "polder". Land that consists of sea bottom pumped dry.
Public transport is quite good in the Netherlands, we Dutch people like to complain at the train company company for being late but that’s not that often and the delays are like 5 minutes sometimes up to 10 minutes but it is actually very doable.
I recently saw a notification on the platform information board that my train was 30 s late …
Dutch teenagers know the value of money as they have to do someting to get it. So they think like: i have to wash 6 cars to buy that nice shirt.
We do not have credit card, so you actualy have to have money in your bank account to buy something.
Wel i do have a credit card to buy things on the internet. But we make sure there is money on it.
I never heard about buying garbage from other countries, we got enough of our own. However, we have electricity plants that run on biomass which we do not have enough of. Perhaps your friend meant biomass? E.g. in the province of Friesland (Frysia in English, I think) there is a whole network under the ground of tubes transporting biogas to houses to burn for heat or for cooking. This is a financially viable operation. The gas is produced on farms and collected in hubs. All automated. In the USA, that would be impossible as Americans do not believe in infrastructure.
3:12 Almere.. quite modern in reclaimed province.
Even though I have been here just over 20 years, I still get a surprise when I see young children (5 years and upward) passing by our house on the canal, alone or with a friend in a boat. It is not unusual here for children to have such freedom to go to the park, or boat on the canals. They also have to pass swimming training and exams from an early age, with clothes and shoes as well as bathing costumes so they have a chance of surviving if they fall in water or there are floods. Also don't usually have an issue with teenage pregnancies as sex is treated as normal and teens are well aware of precautions if they are going to begin a sexual relationship with their partner.
🤔.. She really don't know the Netherlands very well..,
I advice you to follow Jovi 's home TH-cam channel..
She has a ton of videos about the Netherlands. She's an American living in the Netherlands.
re 13:10 cookies on bread and such is for the kids although I like it still. It depends on the area and social class. Chocolate sprinklers on bread are common but not sugery sprinklers. Cookies aren't either or it must be speculoos, something unknown in America, and mainly sold in December. So, what this lady describes about her nanny is for kids but is frowned upon nevertheless by conscientious parents.
Almere is a city in Flevoland
As far as I know, the Netherlands did indeed import waste for their waste conversion/energy plants, but nowadays this is not the case anymore.
Average in Winter between 40-15 F in daytime,at night 15 to sometimes even just 5 F.....Summer 65 up to 90 F sometimes,...and what she says about little shops in their country in or near the building,well....supermarkets are just around the corner here,not 1,not 2 but several (walking distance) so I don't know what she's talking about haha,....Public Transport is outstanding here,and always on time,.....and again what she says about "no Flat-numbers" isn't true either,if you have your own outside frontdoor,you have a number,only some appartment share a frontdoor so the number of the individual appartment is usually,let's say 15 A or 15 B,or 15-1.15-2,meaning frontdoor 15 seperated into A.B.1 or 2 when there are several appartments in one building,and last but not least,the legal age to work is 14 Not 12....,and only things like light chores or helping in a store filling the shelves,No heavy labor..........You're checking the wrong channels dude lol,......she gave you the in-correct info,.....try this one th-cam.com/users/JoviesHome she's way more accurate........or this link about public transportation th-cam.com/video/lGFqNhlQ8gM/w-d-xo.html
As far as I (Dutch) know children can only work from 16yo and up. 12yo perhaps may work as early morning paper deliverers etc. But I've never seen those youg kids working in supermarkets or so
I live in a small city (brielle), and we have shops in several residential area's. The big old centre has all different shops and in the other area's we have a few important shops, like a supermarket , bakery etc.. She is telling that kids may work when they are 12 years old. That's not correct. At the age of 13 years old they are allowed to do light work, but not operate machinery for a few ours a week.
You should react to: not just bikes!!
The city she's talking about is 'Almere'
We don't pay other countries, but countries pay to have their waist recycled in a 'green' manner in the NLs, so it's a win-win for the Dutch.
Yes we have payed other countries, although not the government directly.
Garbage collectors have contracts with the energy facilities to supply a certain amount of burnable waste. Then when the amount of waste reduced due to increased recycling these companies purchased landfills in other places mostly the UK I believ, dug them up and shipped it over to fulfill the contract.
Doing this was cheaper than to incur the fine if breaking the contract
Hi, mr. Localia, u r gettin in a Dutch state of mind. 48 yr. old, Who travelled all over. We wellcome everybody. Once the IND( Dutch immigration and naturalisation service) clearse them they R in. ( we don't question them) but if the do wrong(IND) we will lead a gaggle of kids in a parade to challenge them.
about architecture... I believe this is the most interesting achitecture style originated from the netherlands en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam_School
She talked about cookies on bread but what she pointed out was coconut bread, a spread made of coconut 😀
The hottest will be about 38 degrees Celsius. (but doesnt get that hot so often per year about 4 or 5 days.) Most of the time its between 18-25 degrees in summertime . When it's about 20 degrees Celcius the coats come off. In the winter time its about -5 till 3-4 degrees celcius in winter.(and yes it can be -15 degrees celcius, and that's also not often just like the 38 in summer).
yes we have the sweet to put on bread. But there is an unspoken rule that you first eat a slice of bread with cheese or a meat like ham or so. The difference is that the kids get to school by bike or on foot. So they are much more active then kids that get taken to school by car.
The jobs for kids are paperroutes. a few hours per week. Not full jobs. She is russian, but she is not really on point on some things she speaks of. She looks at it from an expats vieuw but presents it as a fact. And that's not quite true.
Yes the public transportation is really really good.
Depends on te city. where the shoping centers are. Some are combined. I live a 5 minute walking distance from a supermarket. And there are people living above it. So yes we do have them. Then we have the citycenters with more shops. And we do have mall-like stores. But the netherlands is small it's 4 hour drive north to south and about 3 from east to west.
Do we import garbage? I'm not really sure. But we do have power plants that are fuelled with garbage, so I guess it's true. Of course we only burn the stuff that otherwise won't be recycled. We also import wood as fuel for biofuel plants, which caused a bit of a scandal when it turned out that the countries the wood was imported from were cutting down their forests to fill those orders. That wasn't what we intended when we thought of renewable energy. The biofuel plants are generally regarded as a failure, they're also not as clean as they were supposed to be. I'm not sure, but I think we don't have any more active landfill sites. It's either recycle, export or into the fire.
Almere is a bit of an odd duck. It's built in the Flevopolder, and the land was only laid dry in the latter half of the sixties. The ideas in urban design from that era were not nearly as developed as they are now. Mistakes were made and lessons were learned. Most large cities have a historic city center which Almere does not have.
Safety is generally not an issue. Though I wouldn't be comfortable wearing a rolex in the touristy parts of Amsterdam at night.
Public transportation is generally pretty good. All major cities have train stations connected to a national network. Most large cities have subways, trams or a trolley bus system. All cities have a bus network, and the busses go to smaller rural towns too. And for private transport, the roads are very well designed and maintained, and cycling is a real (and safe) option for local transport. Though owning a car is very convenient, with some planning and cycling you can actually live without a car in your houshold if you choose. Though it depends on your circumstances too.
5:55 they probably mean 'Amsterdam' feel.. expectations over reality thing. The Netherlands is nice and architecture as well but not everything is old or amsterdam styled haha
left and right keyboard arrows allow you to skip 5 seconds :P
this one is also nice; Dutch vs. USA Economic Model: the Complete Middle Class Experience
Public transportation in The Netherlands is pretty good. Certainly compared to the US, but also compared to some of the other European countries.
However, you easily find a Dutch person complaining about the Dutch Railway. But at the same time the Dutch people should realize a bit more about the quality we are used to.
About the minimum age you are allowed to work here is about fourteen years. Keep in mind that there has been a time that it was allowed to have kids working at very young age.
it can by 10 below 0 and trow the wind it will by a lot colder.15 below. and wy ware only scarfs and clufs and hat with snow
the trash has become a comodetie like gas and oilel and coal,so if the surply of rececble trash is low we need to by it to produce energie..sorry for misspeling
About the flats that are not numbered is not true, they are. Maybe different systems but they are numbered. About the chocolate on bread...they are not as high in sugar as she makes it out to be. They are real chocolate so good nutrition in them to! As a kid my mother always gave me a slice of bread with chocolate pringle's ( hagelslag is they are called) after I finished a slice with cheese or meat or anything healthy. So you had your sweet for that day. All in moderation.
The flat might not have a number but they often have names. So the system is the same. The flat has a name and the apartment has a number.
Gun’s are not allowed in the Netherlands ,that makes it saver.
They are! But only on a permit witch is strictly regulated by the Dutch police. It’s for sports only.
And besides that the underground gun market is still growing. Its going to be easier to buy a gun than sigarettes in 10 years
@@bangaman1611 mostly from Antwerpen ;)
That is not true. Guns are allowed for sporting. Alot of people own a firearm ;)
But there are alot of illegal firearms in teh Netherlands. I think we have the most illegal firearms per citizen from whole Europe :)
Yeah but the legal guns have to be kept in a closed aproved safe in the house..unloaded...and the amunition have to be kept separate...you are not allowed to carry it on you...only to and from the shooting range...in a locked gun case!! .
Public transportation is good within cities and in the west between cities it's quite good, but if you get to less dense areas, public transportation is less good. But hey, we have our (e-)bikes and cars, so no problem.
Teenagers are only allowed to work a set amount of hours a week which increases when they get older. When they go to school it is 12 hours a week. In vacation time that is increased to 35 hours a week. And only during the daytime. From 15 years in vacationtime you are allowed fulltime. And with a work/learning study from 16 years old the time spent at school counts as working hours. So when you spent 8 hours at school you can only work 32 hours during the rest of the week
About the recycling: there are way to few recycling factories to recycle everything, and the majority still ends up on one pile to be either burned, exported or just lay there... and no, we don't import trash, I think that's Sweden.
She ment the city Almere. Greetings from the Netherlands 👍
Please tell this polish lady to get better informed.
People always are shocked about the 'unhealthy' chocolate sprinkles on bread. They forget that when you would press those sprinkles together you might end up with a tiny block of chocolate that doesn't do harm at all. Also chocolate isn't unhealthy, it gives a boost in the morning. Cheese is often considered healthy but contains a lot of fat and bad stuff.
And it is not like we are the only ones with unhealthy breakfasts. Cereals are highly sugary, a full English breakfast, etc. Dutch bread is healthy, a little bit of butter is not bad and I think most children first have to eat a healthy option, like cheese or some meat on their bread and only after that a sweet option.
6:50 pay more tax but get result.. thats Netherlands, yes high taxes but everything is sorted nicely for it.
its really good wy have bus, streetcare's ,taxi, metroand trains and you juse a cart wath you put money on and wen you go in bus ore streetcare wen you get in you blibb in and wen you are on youre place you blib out.
Almere is the name of the mentioned city.
You are not allowed to work like a fulltime job from 12 years old, but you are allowed to work a surtant amount of hours a week. In like a supermarket.
we have one of the best public transport system in the world
People think Almere is an ugly city because it's a new city, only like 50 years old or so. So it has no history, that's why people don't like cities like Almere and Lelystad. They are also build differently. In almost every city and town shops and living is mixed. The average walking distance to any supermarket is only 1 mile.
Almere is a city in Flevoland. It is built in the 1950-1960’s. They buit it like an American city with all the different zones. All the other cities in the Netherlands are obviously much older and have in all neighborhoods small shops etc. So no it is not normal, only in Almere. Apperently she only compairs Almere.
I think the guy you are talking about that doesnt feel the "dutch charm" expects to be living in a canal house in amsterdams old city centre. I can tell you those houses are well over 1 milion euro houses and not affordable for a typical dutch person. Most dutch people live in row houses in "vinex wijken", those are big city suburbs.
Almost the only ones able to live in the city center are expats. They are the people with enough money. And because there are so many of them housing prices are rising higher and higher
we put some weird stuff on our bread. but we grew big on it, heightwise.
Transportation here seems to be better then in most countries.
Funny story . when i whas 14 years old i really whant it new shoes (nike air to be precise) they where very expensive and my mom said NO jacco. But i worked and earnd money by wassing cars of freinds and family. So i did go to the shoe store and both them my self. When i got home my mom saw the bag whit the nike's in it and she exploded of anger. I hat to return them . i whas mad than but now iam older i understand my mother. Haha but working at a young age is normal here. I have 4 boys of the age of 16 and 17 working for me now in my cafetaria . ☺👍
Almere is at the Bottom of the sea... It is in reclaimed land in the provincie of Flevoland
She talks about Almere (Flevoland, you know a polder reclaimed from the sea...).... Fyi: i I used to live in the US (Manhattan/NY), and it's true about the cleanliness... I was shocked about the filth in NY. About safety: in the US there's a segragation between rich and poor communities. In The Netherlands this "social" separation is not that apparent, it's more about equality compared to the US. (Public transportation is quite well in TN, in the US everything is car centred, and taking public transport is only for poor peope...?!
If you want to learn more of the public transportation in the Nederland. Look up Not just bikes on you tube.
Amsterdam is oke, but go to the south and visit the sities Breda, Maastricht and Den Bosch.
I am Dutch.
Die boterham hagelslag (soms want ze krijgen ook weleens pap of een gebakken ei enz.) is niet zo erg ze krijgen ook gezond eten zoals fruit (mee naar school) en groente. Kinderen mogen pas vanaf 13 jaar werken.
3:07 Almere
City: Almere (all mer: latin mer is sea)
She doesnt tell that kids from 12 years arent allowed to do a full days work. How many hours they can i am not sure of. Maybe 3 or 4 hours a week? You should be able to find it somewhere.
The city is Almere
What she says about kids working isn't true. At 12 kids aren't allowed to work. With 13 they're allowed to bring around folders WITH an adult with them but NOT work for the post or bringing around newspapers. A bit light work in shops is allowed but NOT on school days AND there's a max on how many hours. So it's not as simple as she says it is. The way she mentions it, it's like young kids here all work, that's nonsense and illegal. Also a lot of work is illegal till at least 18. So no. the way she says it, is wrong.