Love you guys! I’m from Louisiana! Currently in Zoetermeer! My kids are born in Houston and now Dutch! We have been back and forth married to both countries since 2009! Love your energy, grace and style! No more Austin traffic and Hippy Hollow right?! Love your channel! Would love to meet y’all ! 🎉😊
that’s awesome - and thank you for the kind words! i can’t say we miss austin traffic but we did enjoy an occasional visit to hippie hollow 😅 let us know if you’re ever in rotterdam!
I always love the 'outsiders perspective' of people visiting our city. But I can't really call you visitors can i..? As I understand you're local now :) Nice vid and welcome!
@@buncharted Yes, really... In those days it also was a quite empoverised neighborhood. The municipality back then thought they could wipe out prostitution in the city by closing down all brothels in Katendrecht. They were wrong, because prostitution spread over the city and problematic forms of prostitution also emerged. Katendrecht on the other hand got renovated and has become the nice place you know.
1:05, okay, you use a piece of bread to CLEAR OUT THE PAN, jeeez ... (Haha, a bit of the o'l Dutch efficiency habits here. Plus eating out is just plain expensive.)
@@buncharted I haven't try at that place yet. But I recommend Doner company, you can find the restaurants at trainstations🙂 I had kapsalon from the cafetaria Anytime but the lettuce was brown and wet from the shoarma fat🤢
Nice but travel to Belgium 🇧🇪 is nice too and Germany 🇩🇪 like the Citys of Cologne and Düsseldorf and Bonn and Coblenz.Munich and Hamburg of course too.
A bit too heavy on the hipster food for my taste. I mean sure, its probably good, but that type of food is pretty much available in every large city. Rotterdam is a legendary "down to earth" place where much of the traditional working class folks would probably just laugh about "trendy" food items and would say thats the sort of thing snobs from Amsterdam would eat. Review a Kapsalon! A real Rotterdam dish, invented by a hairdresser who always ordered a custom meal at the kebab shop next door, hence the name.
I’m a bit surprised you mispronounce Binnen Rotte and correctly pronounce Rotterdam. The Rotte is the river Rotterdam was named after. The Binnen ( inside) Rotte is where it used to run. Rotte is pronounced exactly the same as Rotter - dam. By the way if you think the Park near the Euro mast is massive try the Kralingse Bos sometime.
Hi Michelle & Alex, Your videos are really nice, i love watching them. The coffee place you were referring to in the beginning isn't called Coffee So So, it is called Kopi Soesoe (pronounce as Kopee soosoo or susu) which is Indonesian for Coffee with Milk (Kopi Susu). Due to history there is a strong connection with Indonesia in Holland, and there are much Indonesian influences in Holland. Greetings from (salam dari) Bali - Indonesia
You guys know all the best food spots! I'm traveling to Rotterdam for the first time in September and I might just literally copy all the menu items you chose 😋
This seems to be a very interesting place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job! Subscribed!!
Katendrecht used to be the ghetto close to maashaven and africanplein. Nice to see the juppies took over and turned it into a nice place. It used to be a rough corner.
Yeah really nice that all the people who lived there can no longer afford to, and their communities were ripped apart. There was probably no way to respect the locals, who often had nothing to do with the crime, while making things better🙄. Nice to see how solidarity works in our city. You people are cruel. Really cruel.
@@michalovesanime - the area was a no go zone, now it is livable, and you complain? If the “community” took care of their surroundings, the change would not be needed…
Love you guys! I’m from Louisiana! Currently in Zoetermeer! My kids are born in Houston and now Dutch! We have been back and forth married to both countries since 2009! Love your energy, grace and style! No more Austin traffic and Hippy Hollow right?! Love your channel! Would love to meet y’all ! 🎉😊
that’s awesome - and thank you for the kind words! i can’t say we miss austin traffic but we did enjoy an occasional visit to hippie hollow 😅
let us know if you’re ever in rotterdam!
Nice to hear from new locals. You are very welcome. Thank you for your contribution. Kind regards from Uden, Netherlands.
Great tour! It's so awesome to live somewhere where you can do little adventures like this on any day. I really like those public markets.
Nice video made me feel like walking with you guy’s down the street off Rotterdam my old home town.
I missed Rotterdam.
Greetings from Miami.
The matcha desert looked SO good!
I always love the 'outsiders perspective' of people visiting our city. But I can't really call you visitors can i..? As I understand you're local now :) Nice vid and welcome!
thank you!
03:51 was the place to be in the 9ties when Parkzicht dominated the house scene.
Best time of my life :)
Tosti's are usually eaten as lunch .
It's not a common breakfast dish
Definitely not a breakfast food.....
Omg you guys are living my dream 🥹🥹
thanx! well done from a 010 er😊
Rotterdam, what's not to like?! Welcome home!
Did you not notice the roof of the Markthal? It's gorgeous and another more colourful landmark of Rotterdam.
oh yes, it’s gorgeous. incredible building
Hi there, nice video. BTW, did you know that Katendrecht used to be the red-light district of Rotterdam until the 70ies?
REALLY? that is so interesting! it’s such a beautiful little neighborhood.
@@buncharted Yes, really... In those days it also was a quite empoverised neighborhood. The municipality back then thought they could wipe out prostitution in the city by closing down all brothels in Katendrecht. They were wrong, because prostitution spread over the city and problematic forms of prostitution also emerged. Katendrecht on the other hand got renovated and has become the nice place you know.
Katendrecht was one of the first Chinatowns in Europe!
1:05, okay, you use a piece of bread to CLEAR OUT THE PAN, jeeez ...
(Haha, a bit of the o'l Dutch efficiency habits here. Plus eating out is just plain expensive.)
we ran out of bread 😫
Try Munzur Turkish restaurant, north of Central Station.
Have you tried kapsalon yet? It was invented in Rotterdam🙂 It is the best comfort food🤤
we are so looking forward to trying it but haven't had a chance to yet! it looks so good!
@@buncharted I haven't try at that place yet. But I recommend Doner company, you can find the restaurants at trainstations🙂 I had kapsalon from the cafetaria Anytime but the lettuce was brown and wet from the shoarma fat🤢
@@on-the-pitch-p3w oke racist
Kapsalon is nowadays even sold in Jakarta and Bali! Great Rotterdam invention!
Shakshuka hands down one of my favorite dishes -- for any time of the day!
3:13 ja daar heb ik heel veel voetstappen staan en jaren door de fiets tunnel gefiest in de jaren 70
Love your nails. 💅🏻
Pasta & pizza with love, oh yes. No need for camera's there. Just enjoy :-)
Sunlight, it's not all bad
i walked through the maastunnel once...perfect setting for a horror movie...every other time i went on my bicycle, thats less creepy
haha, the whole thing is covered with security cameras. otherwise, i’d feel the same way!
@@buncharted when you are in the deepest of the tunnel you donts see the daylight of the opening at the end
Frank Geurts, loempia has its origins
in Indonesia not Vietnam
Funny i thought Vietnam because lf the vietnamese ones which i love. Never thought of fact checking it. 🤔
Actually, as the name already shows, originally it's Chinese.
In Vietnam they're not even called lumpia, but cha gio.
Katendrecht? At night? Not something you would've heard when I were a lad...
Nice but travel to Belgium 🇧🇪 is nice too and Germany 🇩🇪 like the Citys of Cologne and Düsseldorf and Bonn and Coblenz.Munich and Hamburg of course too.
nice video keep going on
Cinnamon roll for breakfast?????? and eating it with a fork!!!!! Wha-
When Americans tip me about awesome places in my own country I don't know (yet). I am DOWN !
😎😎😎
Im suprised you didn't walk over the erasmusbridge, it gives an amazing view
that’s true! we walk across it quite often - would have been nice to include in the video :)
@@buncharted haha yes, I live in katendrecht and love the walk!! And glad you enjoy it here so much;) have you already been to the ss Rotterdam?
i haven’t! though when we took the water taxi to the south side of the maastunnel, the driver kept trying to drop us off there 😆
@@buncharted haha yet makes much more sense to get off there hehe
010 Rules!
I have the same as Alex, I can eat what I want (I always see him eating) and still remain on the skinny side. Not doing drugs, are you?
J/K
it’ll catch up with us eventually 😅
with love, gal amar from israel
A bit too heavy on the hipster food for my taste. I mean sure, its probably good, but that type of food is pretty much available in every large city. Rotterdam is a legendary "down to earth" place where much of the traditional working class folks would probably just laugh about "trendy" food items and would say thats the sort of thing snobs from Amsterdam would eat. Review a Kapsalon! A real Rotterdam dish, invented by a hairdresser who always ordered a custom meal at the kebab shop next door, hence the name.
we have a separate dutch food vlog coming up so tried to keep it separate - don’t worry, that video will have kapsalon!!!
Rotterdam the best city of the world! Haha......... (No it is not, it is in the middle!)
We also call the local market, the market, de markt, or even more Dutch, de mart. Despite the place or having a special name.
i can’t imagine anyone calling it “binnenrotte center market” 😄
Actually, for fish and fresh produce, the Wednesday Afrikaanderplein market is even better!
I thought you fancy more a real american domino pizza 😁
haha no, that was just for science ;-). we don’t prefer dominos pizza.
@@on-the-pitch-p3w Please have a look at th-cam.com/video/1U-yjcBFkj0/w-d-xo.html before you comment 😛
Ham is not vegetarian ;)
tell that to domino’s pizza
(they put ham on our vegan pizza in our domino’s pizza netherlands video, haha)
Great review of what Rotterdam has to offer 😊👍
I’m a bit surprised you mispronounce Binnen Rotte and correctly pronounce Rotterdam. The Rotte is the river Rotterdam was named after. The Binnen ( inside) Rotte is where it used to run. Rotte is pronounced exactly the same as Rotter - dam. By the way if you think the Park near the Euro mast is massive try the Kralingse Bos sometime.
Hi Michelle & Alex,
Your videos are really nice, i love watching them.
The coffee place you were referring to in the beginning isn't called Coffee So So, it is called Kopi Soesoe (pronounce as Kopee soosoo or susu) which is Indonesian for Coffee with Milk (Kopi Susu).
Due to history there is a strong connection with Indonesia in Holland, and there are much Indonesian influences in Holland.
Greetings from (salam dari) Bali - Indonesia
You guys know all the best food spots! I'm traveling to Rotterdam for the first time in September and I might just literally copy all the menu items you chose 😋
With the watertaxi to Dordrecht and have lunch at Villa Augustus.
This seems to be a very interesting place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job! Subscribed!!
This is a great video. My wife and i born and raised in Rotterdam and still live here. Thanks for sharing our beautiful city. Cheers Arnold & Debra
btw. Welcome to The Netherlands
Welcome to Rotterdam! Katendrecht is a cool neighborhood, I often walk there during my lunch breaks :)
Rotterdam, Amsterdam. Utrecht is also a nice town. Or Gent
zeg geen tosti maar grilled cheese
My school town
The Macha shop looks great
Just subscribed! Thanks for a great video.
welcome :)
Katendrecht used to be the ghetto close to maashaven and africanplein. Nice to see the juppies took over and turned it into a nice place. It used to be a rough corner.
Yeah really nice that all the people who lived there can no longer afford to, and their communities were ripped apart. There was probably no way to respect the locals, who often had nothing to do with the crime, while making things better🙄. Nice to see how solidarity works in our city. You people are cruel. Really cruel.
@@michalovesanime - the area was a no go zone, now it is livable, and you complain? If the “community” took care of their surroundings, the change would not be needed…
@@on-the-pitch-p3w - is it social to make a no go area out of it?