The reason for the butter + hagelslag is very simple: A. We alsmost always use butter on bread, regardless of what else we put on it. and B. It makes the sprinkles stick to the bread so you don't cover yourself in sprinkles when you pick it up to eat.
@@exploringtheforeign It needs a part 2 where you all sit around in a circle and eat worst, kaas and/or bitterballen and talk about current affairs. You know what they call it when you run out of bitterballen at a dutch party? A worst kaas scenario
About the store opening times: our country is number 1 worldwide in working part time. A lot of people work 36, 32, 24 or 20 hours instead of the fulltime 40. Especially when kids are involved, people tend to cut back on the hours. Now they can shop during office hours ;)
@@exploringtheforeign it’s also aimed at keeping small businesses alive, as they cannot compete with shops being open 24/7 as they are usually operated by owners. It’s meant to keep variation and lively cities, whilst also allowing some more restful times on the streets for people living in those areas.
About your blooper : That lady actually did IMMEDIATLY used the heel command on her dogs the second they walked up to you. And you are not wrong, everybody i know who has dogs ( and myself and my dog Dex included ) goes to extensive dog training. Its pretty common to think of people who dont train their dog as anti social assholes in the Netherlands. This is mostly because we expect a certain level of conformity from each other to not cause problems. Not training your dog can cause big problems, so yeah, that is heavily frowned upon. Or worse.
We also have policies in place for dog breeds that are prone to display aggresive behavior. Dog breeds that are determined to be a high risk cannot be used for breeding programs, and cannot be imported either. For the risk category dogs, the owners need to follow a mandatory training program.
@@hendman4083 wich is a scientificly unsound policy ... its based on nothing ..you should look up the real statistics .. the only reason some of these breeds are demonized is because they are popular with certain tyoes of people that like a tough scary dog .. and because of that and these dumb preconceptions these poor animals are sought out by idiots and being bred and used as fiighting dogs and used as a accesory pitbulls are one of if not the nicest dog breeeds there are .. and they suffer becasue of this idiocy... its basicly rascism towards dogs ..and any form of prejudice based in ignorance is just dumb and harmfull... fact is people make money of breeding dogs all kinds and because of that there is no push towards real regulation because ..money ..so they use the same easy logic as with people blame it on immigrants or in this case use a similar populair belief and dont talk about the truth .. animal breeding for money is an evil bussiness and the shelters are full of animals stray cats all over the country ..its horror ..but we dutchies love to make money over the backs of animals ..burn a couple thousands pifgs alive ..who cares ..ignorance and greed thats hell for ya right there
Congratuling the relatives of the birthday person is from a time when child mortality and general mortality was still high. So people wanted to congratulate parents and siblings on taking good care of the birthday person and express that they are happy the birthday person is still alive.
Big shout out to the Netherlands for your culture that has given me endless ideas about the cultural differences I've experienced since moving to this country! I hope you all enjoyed the video... Part 2 coming soon! If you're interested in supporting the channel and getting some perks like behind the scenes access to the videos, you can become a member here: th-cam.com/channels/zU8qGGprwiDOgYQWPqtHEQ.htmljoin
I'd be happy to see part 2. For a people who claim to be very direct, myself included, we do seem pretty inept at just ending a phone call (or saying goodbye in general). That being said, I have gotten in trouble with girlfriends in the past for just hanging up, without going through the entire spiel. Depends on your viewpoint, I guess. Also, we Dutch do have some quite crazy celebrity culture as well, if you ask me, but I agree it's nothing compared to American standards. Finally, welcome to the joys and pains of living further off the equator. Enjoy your long summer evenings!
Question 😁 if you have € 1000 to spend in shops and they're open 9 ours how much would they spend if the shops were open 24/7 and what would that do to the costs of running that business.
Oh man, in trouble for not doing the full goodbye, that's hilarious haha. I'm definitely enjoying the summer evenings. Glad you enjoyed the video! Part 2 coming soon :)
I am Dutch and some of the things you mention have always seemed weird to me as well 😂 Like congratulating EVERYONE on their loved ones birthdays or eating 15 slices of bread for lunch instead of just eating something that’s more nutritious… I guess we’re a peculiar crowd 🥲
Dog training is serious business in The Netherlands. My dad was involved in dog training in the 70s, before I was born and he told me about the techniques that were developed already back in the day. My parents owned a German Shepard that was too big to become a police dog (shoulder height 70 cm, that dog was a small horse) but boy did that dog need training. He was very sweet for his own people though and my mum being only 1m58 was able to let the dog out at night in the dark all by herself. Her k9 was all the protection she needed haha. When you do a search you'll find lots of police dogs around the world (also from America) get trained in The Netherlands.
So accurate 😂😂😂! Hagelslag is ridiculous 😂😂 and I’m Dutch but have always thought that congratulating everyone in the family on a birthday is super weird 😬
Still it's strange that everybody going home after work will encounter closed shops. The shops are open when the customers are at work...In the meantime supermarkets have taken over their business. They are open until 8 or 9.
@@exploringtheforeign we work less hours than americans , so we usually have time in the week to get some shopping done. And every town has one 'buy-night' when shops are open till 20:00 or 21:00. But that is usually only in the city center, not in the outskirts.
the part with the dogs you called a blooper: those were friendly dogs looking for a hug! tha part about celebs: I once ran into one of the biggest Dutch singers, he was just casually strolling home, on his own, looking at his phone and he literally bumped into me. I only recognised him after he looked up. "Guus?" I said, "yeah" he responded, "Can I shake your hand?" I asked. "sure thing". And we went on our way. Wonderful
Sam, you are hilarious 😂😂 I can so imagine your awe about these cultural examples of us Dutchies, you described them so accurately, it’s good that you hold up that mirror in our faces. I will never ever congratulate anyone other than the one who’s birthday it is 🤣🤣 It will save me soooo much time when entering the party, I can go straight for the bar instead of spending half an hour congratulating 4 generations hahaha you rock!
I'm really happy I've found your channel. I went to the Netherlands for a week in September and fell in love with it, Amsterdam in specific. Just the thought of emigrating there is what's motivating me through university. Thank you for sharing you're experience living abroad there, I've been loving it!
things like "koopavond" (one day in the workweek when shops are opened later) used to be much more important since thats when a lot of families would do the weeks grocery shopping thats why the one shop is open an hour longer on thursday, probably their "koopavond" originally since shops are open on sunday in a lot of cities now, and supermarket are often open until later anyway, that seems to have become less important.
The Netherlands has a lot more single owner/worker shops and having diner with the kids is still kind of holy, otherwise the parents might not see them whole day.
ayo i jus found out about your channel a couple days ago you got mad potential and seem like a cool guy keep up the good work and grind all it takes is one video to blow up and your channel is set 💯 greetings from west palm
Great video! Being married to a Nederlander and living in Nederland now for 7 years,, I always say to my husband that is a very quirky culture🤣 in a funny positive way of course👍🏻
Same in Switzerland, for the opening hours although larger supermarkets tend to be open until 20.00 hours during the week. I had a friend from the US visiting us, and had the same kind of remarks. With a nice sense of humour he sad "well, If I wake up at one o clock at night and might need a screwdriver, I know that the shops are open, and I can buy one" I suppose there are more ways of looking at it, but personally I don't like working at nightshifts or get up at 4 o clock in the morning and I suppose that is also true for people in shops. Its nice if you can have dinner with your childred or bring them to bed. So the basic attitude of 24 hours service in many countries in Europe is " where it is necessary like hospitals, police, its OK" . The other jobs, why kill for a big part of the population there life quality. We know it is very unhealthy also to work at night.Also the weekend or sunday. A big part of community life are still societies, like carnaval, or soccer. When people can share freetime it is more easy to do this kind of activities together. But... its true, you can't buy a screwdriver at 8 PM ;) and you loose some kind of comfort with that.
I like the chill casual way you are doing this. Nothing like: "Hey, guys! I wil show you the TOP TEN of... bladybla. NUMBER ONE:". Just chill and relaxed. Just 'normal'. This must give you a clue about where I live😂.
Actually about Veterans. Each year in the beginning of summer there is a event called National Veterans Day. Where all veterans are thanked and there is a parade and concert for them. Sometimes there are even local days like these. But this big on is in the Hague and with personal from the cabinet and even the king being there. It's also live on television (NPO1). Also, 65+ do get a lot of discounts everywhere they go.
The congratulations on the birthdays is interesting. It reminds me of Portuguese. They say "Parabéns" on your birthday, which is literally congratulations. I love learning about other cultures.
I like your video about Holland. I think is very right the way you described the dutch culture. Being an Indonesian born and lived in Spore, Hkg California and Now Canada. I must say that Holland is always been my favourite country in Europe. Iam so familiar with their food too. I never miss to have saucijsbrood and patat when ever I am visiting Holland.
Man i havent even completed the video but daaamn I really like it !! Welcome to the Netherlands and enjoy my brother greetings from a Suriname dude living in Rotterdam
It is nice to hear that you are one of the first American commentators who doesn't confuse bread with toast if you are talking about bread with chocolate sprinkles. Cudos to you!!!
Shout-out from a fellow Californian in San Diego! I'm quitting my job and going to NL/BE for the first time in October. I've spent hundreds of hours on the language already and can't wait to experience the culture for myself. I guess these videos will have to do for the next month. Thanks for sharing!
@@exploringtheforeign Long story, but short version: feel like I belong more in EU than here and want to be a citizen, which takes just 5 years in NL/BE (would be 10 in IT); culture fit, (relative) ease of language, and opportunities for immigrants led me to learning Dutch with a plan to head to BE (or NL as a backup)
What you forgot about that last thing is that the sun is out longer is the summer because we set back the clock an hour and it's earlier dark in the winter because we set the clock forward an hour.
Interesting insights from a foreigner. I mean, I'm a foreigner myself but from much closer, Germany. Even though, it's always interesting to get information about cultural habits. As far as the sunset is concerned, I'm living in Spain and here in the summer it's even later, due to the crazy summer time it's around half past eight.
This is such fun to watch! The 'blooper' with the only dogs in town, not trained to the t. The birthday congrats indeed like a pro. You're such a nice guy!
If everyone plans everything, they often think: “Well, I have a gap here, I could do something in that time…” Which leads to not having free spaces a lot. When I was younger we had to ‘plan’ when we could game together 4 days in advance. Like that’s crazy.
As a Dutchie, all the congratulations confuse me too lol. It's just way too much, I want to just walk in and say congrats to everybody, then go congratulate the birthday person and that's it. But nope, gotta go shake everybody's hand as if I'm the queen
This was really good. I also moved here to the netherlands 3 years ago and it's a lot of learning from this new cultuur and also diffrent cultuur that lives here. All in all i love living here.
The ending the call is so funny, the thing I do now is that I’ll just hang up after saying the first goodbye otherwise we’ll be sitting there for 30 seconds just exchanging goodbyes
Great rendition of a concept I've found myself drawn to as a repatriated Dutchman. It felt like an honest expression of your perceptions and experiences so far. Even the rehearsed parts didn't detract from that. You seem to be finding your way around and I hope you're havng a great time along the way. Just subscribed in anticipation for part 2.
@@exploringtheforeign It shows! And it truely makes for your channel to have added value over the overly produced channels (notjustbikes is still awesome though). One little tip towards becoming a permanent resident though, and I'm sure your girlfriend/wife must've told you this, but people tend to frown upon a colgate smile. I'm actually looking to have mine steered more towards your direction over the fact that I'm an avid smoker, but there's always a thing as too much. Not a criticism, far from it, but there's no such thing as pearly whites in NL.
Appreciate that! And haha, that teeth comment made me laugh. Honestly, I've never done any kind of teeth whitening or anything in my life. This is just how they are. I actually feel like they used to be whiter in the US haha.
@@exploringtheforeign Haha, perhaps apologies are due on my part then. It's just that impecable teeth are a rare sighting in my experience. I can't for the life of me think of anybody, regardless of race, creed or profession, with teeth that well maintained. It's your channel, but I'm personally chalking this down as a minus for NL.
I love the Netherlands and the Dutch people, and I still have quite meaningful connections there from the time I spent living there, but Dutch birthday parties are purgatory.
About the #1 thing: There actually is another combination I would suggest you give a shot it is fairly common as "Dubbel beleg" Replace the butter with peanut butter, that's it.
Living in the country of my Dominican wife, I miss the Dutch breakfast: "hagelslag" with bread. At least my wife always buys; brown bread; Gouda cheese, peanut butter and sometimes chocolate paste.
Nice video and yes typical dutch culture 🤣but living in Zandvoort openinghours are quite different AH is open until 22.00 hrs and Dirk vd Broek until 21.00 hrs even on Sunday the shops are open except the florist 😊
I'm none of the 3 mentioned in the beginning. I'm non Dutch (as in Netherlands nationality) but very closely related, I'm Flemish (Belgian Dutch) and I just want to see in what way Dutch culture is similar to ours from a foreigner perspective. Edit, watched the vid and yep pretty much the same here in Belgium except for most social aspects which are more toned down here (the congratulations part especially, we don't do that and only give wishes to the person itself). Our northern neighbours have a reputation here for being very outgoing, open, direct, and social. Flemish people tend to keep more to themselves compared to Dutch.
7:39 Fun fact: conscription is still a thing in the Netherlands, it is only temporarily idle. The reason it never got written out of the law is so that the government doesn't need to juggle with it in case of 'emergency'. Just know, now you're a Dutch citizen, until you are 46 years old; you are by law obligated to join the army when they say you should (both men and women) I'm not sure how this is in America. But if it is different there, this might explain the custom in which we don't reward people for joining the army.
I've been living in NL for about 11 years now and I clicked on the video because... well I was just curious. For the most part, I love it here, but man oh man, there are some things that will definitely nmake you think twice. It's not all rosy. But I can respect why you keep things "light" about NL on your channel. To each his own though.
Hey! First, thank you for clicking and watching, I hope you enjoyed the video. I can understand that not every experience may align with mine. I just try to share my authentic views, whether good or bad, but for the most part, it's been a very positive experience so far :)
I wonder if Sam has ever tried muisjes op brood.... I used to call it gekleurde hagelslag since I found the whole concept of muisjes op brood just weird... lol
You can actually walk by a celebrity and not know it you did that. It's quite funny how that works here in the Netherlands. But also I do like it that way as everyone can just do whatever they like without a whole media fuss about them. Just having a nice day outside should be normal for everyone.
Excellent video..., again ! Now think about this for a moment: How strange must other cultures be to us, knowing now what you know about us: The Dutchies... And yet you'll find Dutchies everywhere across the globe; for trading, for living and to visit as a tourist enjoying other cultures. Our Globe is round like a ball and the globe is our playing/trading/living garden. A Dutchy really has no borders, but tries to blend in into the local culture when we've fallen in love with the local country, the local people, the local culture. This is in our blood, and yet we're also very glad to be back home again in our little country, to be who we really are again!
Thank you, Dutchy J! You're really a loyal watcher! Dutch people are everywhere, I've definitely seen that. Which is quite impressive considering how small a country it is!
Bread, butter and hagelsag isn't a combination. You put butter one your slice of bread to prevent the bread soaking up the topping. Or to prevent the topping from falling of.
Those business hours are somewhat of a legacy thing. 50 years ago, everything closed on 6PM. Except on Thursday, which had "Koopavond" (Shopping evening), where most shops would close at 9PM. Saturdays, they closed early at 5PM or even earlier. On sundays, nothing was open, except for Horeca, like bars and restaurants. That legacy is still in place on some parts of the netherlands. You might have experienced it when grocery shopping on Saturdays. Even though grocerystores are mostly open till 9PM, most people still do their groceryshopping on Saturday, even though there's no need for it anymore.
Funny, as a dutch i don't like eating bread nor hagelslag, i don't get it when people congratulate me with someone else's birthday, i just say buy at the end of a phone call, i love spontaneous appointments and don't have an agenda/schedule and i never remember closing times of shops. On the other hand i totally love it that we don't give to much praise to politicians, the military and celebrities.
The thing with the closing times is if they are near each other they can't stay open longer than another store by law. Because this would make for unfair conpetition.
The part about the military is not quite treu we have alot of day for them but not al are very common our veteran day is celebrated very big each year as is the day the war ended and you should see Amsterdams towns square its always packed with people when we have a minute of silence for those who gave there life's for us, the military always helps when needed and we are always grateful what I find the best part is when an old man or woman comes up to you and your just waiting for the train and you hear them say thank you so much for what you have done and they ask where you have been and what you have done there is always those who you recognize as a veteran
Good video. When it comes to our servicemen and women we could learn something from the US. I think if you work for either the military or the fire departement, police or ambulance the general public should honour you more. We don't need to put them on a high pedestal. But I know a couple of people who work in that field. And I've heard what they experience and I know that I couldn't do that job. So I thank them for doing that. And you too, keep up the good work!
I find the adoration that people in the US have for service personnel a bit odd, to be honest. In the UK, we don't have anything similar, and whilst I take your point, there's other jobs that are hard too; teachers, care workers, grave diggers (or whatever), I don't see any reason not to be equally respectful to them all.
Thanks, Lucas!!! There may be a lot of things in American culture that I don't agree with, but for me, the support towards servicemen and women is warranted considering that they're putting their lives on the line for their country. Not something I could easily say I'd do.
@@sarahs784 i get your point. The way they do it in the US can definitely be over the top. And I don't mean lifting them up above the rest of society. But acknowledgement of thier service. And, yes, there are definitely more jobs that fit that bill.
@@sarahs784 There is no “adoration” for American service people. There is appreciation for them in times of war. But outside of that situation it’s just their family that treats them specially. Military discounts at stores again as a general thing during the Middle East wars and fighting terrorism.
With the woke left, antifa anarchists who are the biggest fascists themselfs, blm thugs and the fake police brutality propaganda nowadays, we can not say that people in the US respect and apreciate servicemen more than here in The Netherlands, the opposite... The patriotic conservative republicans and Trump supporters do yes..
So, people watching your videos are dutch, or foreigners living in the Netherlands, or foreigners living outside the Netherlands? Must be nice to have a potential audience that includes the entire world population. 😉
Shop closing time has everything to do with license. Not all the shops has a license to open more hours. And it's also what people are used to. So why open after six if no one response to that. But some supermarkets are open til ten last 10 years or so.
Saw your vid at Charlie's channel I liked it and tought it was funny , and yeah we are a bit confusing. Hope you are doing good man greetings from leeuwarden friesland. Ooo and obviously I subscribed.
Hoi, Cas! Heel erg bedankt voor kijken. Ik ben blij dat je hebt die video leuk gevonden! Ik ben 2 weeken geleeden naar Friesland geweest voor het eerste keer. Was leuk :) Thanks for subscribing as well!
Hahaha the bye on the phone is so right. 20 words instead of: Ok bye. Okayyyy ja helemaal goed--- doeiii ja hoor top- spreek je laterr.... leuk jooo joeeehoeeee.
I've lived in the Netherlands my whole life and never really thought about our behavior when it comes to elections compared to, for example, the USA. I feel like a lot of Dutch folk (or at least the people around where I live) have a kind 'we'll see where it goes' attitude when it comes to politics. Especially younger citizens like me, who can't vote just yet.
My hubby in the US, once was asked which part of the UK he came from. Apart from that nobody asked anything. He was born in the Dapper Buurt, yes English is his second language among a few more. He can understand Filipino too.
@@exploringtheforeign pff echt wel. ben al een aantal keer in de USA geweest en het is nice om gewoon midden in de nacht door Walmart te lopen als je iets bent vergeten. ik werk onregelmatige diensten, dus meestal kom ik thuis als de supermarkt niet open is. Ik wil ook na mijn diensten gewoon naar de Jumbo of de AH en niet wachten tot ze weer open zijn
OK where are grocery stores only open until 6pm? That changed a lot the last years, also in smaller cities. Those examples (of small stores) aren't even grocery stores, only one sells food. Supermarkets are open on Sundays. There are only a few days a year when some are closed; like either the 1st or 2nd day of Eastern or the first or second day of Xmas.
opening hours - this is mostly set by local authorities - Monday morning most shops are closed and many are closed the whole day - most cities have 1 late night shopping day per week mostly Thursday - most cities have 1 Sunday shopping day per month - but say from noon to 6pm.
Any country that requires a lots of cannon fodder also requires a hero culture otherwise no body would show up anymore to fight the next silly conflict. The other thing is that, especially in hypocrite countries, there is a big difference between what people say and what people actually do. Yes heroes are praised in the US while at the same time the conservatives recently voted a law down to help those same heroes which is why many of those "heroes" live in the gutters. In the same way heroes are praised on paper but in reality are left to rot US politics is a democracy on paper but in reality a binary system that has little to do with democracy but everything with a fight to divide, you're in or out, you're a friend or foe, you're black or white and there nothing in between. Which is why voting day in the US is so important while here you might end up a little right or left from the centre but no outcome is going to put your life upsidedown.
Calm down, the bill to help the veterans was passed a week later. 😉 Although I do believe the first responders from 9/11 who got sick from all the toxic fumes and debris, still are left out in the cold. Not to mention the police men and women defending the capitol on jan 6th, being denied congresional medals. So, yeah, there is difference in what some people say, and how they act.
@@hendman4083 yes I do follow politics around the globe and i have seen the Biden speech, think it was the night after my comment 😄 It's a start but it took 50 years or so and still it was largely voted down by republicans.
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One of the 99% Dutch viewers here 👋
We are not chauvinistic at all, that's why we watch every single video a foreigner makes about our country ;)
Haha, I hope you approve!
Ik voel me totaal niet aangesproken, als ik ergens een video over Nederland zie van iemand die geen native is ga ik t gekijk kijken🤣
😂🤣😂🤣It's so true. Also, EVERYONE wears orange top to bottom at any international event we think we should win AND we make sure we are the loudest
It is quite funny to see how every video about anything remotely Dutch is "colonised" right away by the Dutch.
Klopt en jij hebt een antenne op je dak, dat vind iedereen ontzettend leuk!
The fun thing about people from abroad making these videos is that we learn something about your culture as well! I love a good mix & match 😁
Thanks! 😃
The reason for the butter + hagelslag is very simple:
A. We alsmost always use butter on bread, regardless of what else we put on it.
and
B. It makes the sprinkles stick to the bread so you don't cover yourself in sprinkles when you pick it up to eat.
The combination is heavenly! Use cold real butter...
Exactly! But since I was never a great fan of butter on bread I do this with peanutbutter. Its glorious.
@@habanijntje8057 SAME LOL EVERYONE CALLS ME WEIRD. Maar ik lust gewoon geen boter dus hun kunnen lekker optyfen.
Chocolate paste and hagelslag... guilty pleasure
That sketch about the birthday had me dead haha loved the video! 👌
Haha, thank you! That was one of my favorite parts to film; glad you liked it :)
I didn't know that was such a Dutch ting to do, so I loved u shining a light on that!
@@exploringtheforeign It needs a part 2 where you all sit around in a circle and eat worst, kaas and/or bitterballen and talk about current affairs.
You know what they call it when you run out of bitterballen at a dutch party? A worst kaas scenario
@@Flimpofloempieflomp dit kan gewoon niet ........
@@januspanus6690 En toch deed ik het.
About the store opening times: our country is number 1 worldwide in working part time. A lot of people work 36, 32, 24 or 20 hours instead of the fulltime 40. Especially when kids are involved, people tend to cut back on the hours.
Now they can shop during office hours ;)
Makes sense!
@@exploringtheforeign it’s also aimed at keeping small businesses alive, as they cannot compete with shops being open 24/7 as they are usually operated by owners.
It’s meant to keep variation and lively cities, whilst also allowing some more restful times on the streets for people living in those areas.
thats mostly the women
@@8alakai8 quite a few men do it too. They go from 40 to 32 hours a week. It's called 'papa dag' (daddy day).
@@exploringtheforeign i used to work 24, even with those mahoosive dutch taxes I could live comfortably
About your blooper : That lady actually did IMMEDIATLY used the heel command on her dogs the second they walked up to you.
And you are not wrong, everybody i know who has dogs ( and myself and my dog Dex included ) goes to extensive dog training.
Its pretty common to think of people who dont train their dog as anti social assholes in the Netherlands.
This is mostly because we expect a certain level of conformity from each other to not cause problems.
Not training your dog can cause big problems, so yeah, that is heavily frowned upon. Or worse.
Interesting! I definitely can feel that vibe here that you should get your dog trained, no questions asked.
Also i think the dogs where to enthusiastic (not agrassive) to listen right away.
true !no such thing as bad dogs ..only bad owners..
We also have policies in place for dog breeds that are prone to display aggresive behavior. Dog breeds that are determined to be a high risk cannot be used for breeding programs, and cannot be imported either. For the risk category dogs, the owners need to follow a mandatory training program.
@@hendman4083 wich is a scientificly unsound policy ... its based on nothing ..you should look up the real statistics .. the only reason some of these breeds are demonized is because they are popular with certain tyoes of people that like a tough scary dog .. and because of that and these dumb preconceptions these poor animals are sought out by idiots and being bred and used as fiighting dogs and used as a accesory pitbulls are one of if not the nicest dog breeeds there are .. and they suffer becasue of this idiocy... its basicly rascism towards dogs ..and any form of prejudice based in ignorance is just dumb and harmfull... fact is people make money of breeding dogs all kinds and because of that there is no push towards real regulation because ..money ..so they use the same easy logic as with people blame it on immigrants or in this case use a similar populair belief and dont talk about the truth .. animal breeding for money is an evil bussiness and the shelters are full of animals stray cats all over the country ..its horror ..but we dutchies love to make money over the backs of animals ..burn a couple thousands pifgs alive ..who cares ..ignorance and greed thats hell for ya right there
Congratuling the relatives of the birthday person is from a time when child mortality and general mortality was still high. So people wanted to congratulate parents and siblings on taking good care of the birthday person and express that they are happy the birthday person is still alive.
Big shout out to the Netherlands for your culture that has given me endless ideas about the cultural differences I've experienced since moving to this country! I hope you all enjoyed the video... Part 2 coming soon!
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I'd be happy to see part 2. For a people who claim to be very direct, myself included, we do seem pretty inept at just ending a phone call (or saying goodbye in general). That being said, I have gotten in trouble with girlfriends in the past for just hanging up, without going through the entire spiel. Depends on your viewpoint, I guess. Also, we Dutch do have some quite crazy celebrity culture as well, if you ask me, but I agree it's nothing compared to American standards. Finally, welcome to the joys and pains of living further off the equator. Enjoy your long summer evenings!
Question 😁 if you have € 1000 to spend in shops and they're open 9 ours how much would they spend if the shops were open 24/7 and what would that do to the costs of running that business.
Oh man, in trouble for not doing the full goodbye, that's hilarious haha. I'm definitely enjoying the summer evenings. Glad you enjoyed the video! Part 2 coming soon :)
Haha, I'm trying to understand your question, but not getting it all the way
@@exploringtheforeign the cost of keeping the shops open for more ours doesn't lead to more spending but leads to higher costs to run the business.
I am Dutch and some of the things you mention have always seemed weird to me as well 😂 Like congratulating EVERYONE on their loved ones birthdays or eating 15 slices of bread for lunch instead of just eating something that’s more nutritious… I guess we’re a peculiar crowd 🥲
Haha yes, you guys have some special things, but we all do!
Dog training is serious business in The Netherlands. My dad was involved in dog training in the 70s, before I was born and he told me about the techniques that were developed already back in the day. My parents owned a German Shepard that was too big to become a police dog (shoulder height 70 cm, that dog was a small horse) but boy did that dog need training. He was very sweet for his own people though and my mum being only 1m58 was able to let the dog out at night in the dark all by herself. Her k9 was all the protection she needed haha.
When you do a search you'll find lots of police dogs around the world (also from America) get trained in The Netherlands.
So accurate 😂😂😂! Hagelslag is ridiculous 😂😂 and I’m Dutch but have always thought that congratulating everyone in the family on a birthday is super weird 😬
😂😂 glad I wasn't off from the truth
Especially when it’s a circle of 20 lol
I'm a combination; being Dutch, lived abroad (Curaçao and Sint Maarten) and after 10 years came back...and I love your videos!
Really means a lot, Tia! Thank you!
those dogs were just enthusiastically saying hi! they must have liked you
I think that people working in shops also deserve free time
Definitely respect that. It was still just an adjustment for me coming from the US where a lot of stores are still open up until 7 or 8.
As he says, it's something we take for granted since we all live that way. As a foreigner it's weird.
Still it's strange that everybody going home after work will encounter closed shops. The shops are open when the customers are at work...In the meantime supermarkets have taken over their business. They are open until 8 or 9.
@@exploringtheforeign we work less hours than americans , so we usually have time in the week to get some shopping done. And every town has one 'buy-night' when shops are open till 20:00 or 21:00. But that is usually only in the city center, not in the outskirts.
@@exploringtheforeign where I live AH closes at 22 so do the coffeshops. Jumbo closes at 20.
Oh yes, that congratulating all and sundry on A's birthday I was always like, "Yeah, yeah, yeah just get on with it." Hagelslag op brood, lekker! 🤗
Haha, glad you can relate to the video, Dik!
the part with the dogs you called a blooper: those were friendly dogs looking for a hug!
tha part about celebs: I once ran into one of the biggest Dutch singers, he was just casually strolling home, on his own, looking at his phone and he literally bumped into me. I only recognised him after he looked up. "Guus?" I said, "yeah" he responded, "Can I shake your hand?" I asked. "sure thing". And we went on our way. Wonderful
Sam, you are hilarious 😂😂 I can so imagine your awe about these cultural examples of us Dutchies, you described them so accurately, it’s good that you hold up that mirror in our faces. I will never ever congratulate anyone other than the one who’s birthday it is 🤣🤣 It will save me soooo much time when entering the party, I can go straight for the bar instead of spending half an hour congratulating 4 generations hahaha you rock!
😂😂😂🙌🏾 thank you, Robert!! Glad I wasn't being way off when making this list and that you can relate haha. Part 2 may get you even more haha
@@exploringtheforeign looking forward to part 2 (and anything else that you post for that matter, you rock Sam!)
@@robertgeerken9485 thank you, Robert!😁😁😁
I'm really happy I've found your channel. I went to the Netherlands for a week in September and fell in love with it, Amsterdam in specific. Just the thought of emigrating there is what's motivating me through university. Thank you for sharing you're experience living abroad there, I've been loving it!
Wow! Thank you, Miguel! I really appreciate this feedback.
things like "koopavond" (one day in the workweek when shops are opened later) used to be much more important since thats when a lot of families would do the weeks grocery shopping
thats why the one shop is open an hour longer on thursday, probably their "koopavond" originally
since shops are open on sunday in a lot of cities now, and supermarket are often open until later anyway, that seems to have become less important.
My girlfriend literally just mentioned the "koopavond" to me about twenty minutes ago haha. Interesting, though!
The Netherlands has a lot more single owner/worker shops and having diner with the kids is still kind of holy, otherwise the parents might not see them whole day.
ayo i jus found out about your channel a couple days ago you got mad potential and seem like a cool guy keep up the good work and grind all it takes is one video to blow up and your channel is set 💯 greetings from west palm
Aw man, thank you so much! I appreciate that, for real. I'm definitely going to keep going :)
as a dutch person, I think this was one of the best videos so far about typical dutch culture! and you bring it which such fun!
Dankjewel Nina! Ik ga nog pt. 2 doen haha
Great video! Being married to a Nederlander and living in Nederland now for 7 years,, I always say to my husband that is a very quirky culture🤣 in a funny positive way of course👍🏻
haha, thank you for watching! Glad you could relate
Same in Switzerland, for the opening hours although larger supermarkets tend to be open until 20.00 hours during the week. I had a friend from the US visiting us, and had the same kind of remarks. With a nice sense of humour he sad "well, If I wake up at one o clock at night and might need a screwdriver, I know that the shops are open, and I can buy one" I suppose there are more ways of looking at it, but personally I don't like working at nightshifts or get up at 4 o clock in the morning and I suppose that is also true for people in shops. Its nice if you can have dinner with your childred or bring them to bed. So the basic attitude of 24 hours service in many countries in Europe is " where it is necessary like hospitals, police, its OK" . The other jobs, why kill for a big part of the population there life quality. We know it is very unhealthy also to work at night.Also the weekend or sunday. A big part of community life are still societies, like carnaval, or soccer. When people can share freetime it is more easy to do this kind of activities together. But... its true, you can't buy a screwdriver at 8 PM ;) and you loose some kind of comfort with that.
Thanks for sharing the general European perspective on this :)
Most supermarkets at least were I live in the Netherlands are open till 21/22 just most other shops close at 17.30 or 18.00
I like the chill casual way you are doing this. Nothing like: "Hey, guys! I wil show you the TOP TEN of... bladybla. NUMBER ONE:". Just chill and relaxed. Just 'normal'.
This must give you a clue about where I live😂.
Appreciate that feedback!! And haha, you're definitely in the Netherlands it sounds like
Actually about Veterans. Each year in the beginning of summer there is a event called National Veterans Day. Where all veterans are thanked and there is a parade and concert for them. Sometimes there are even local days like these. But this big on is in the Hague and with personal from the cabinet and even the king being there. It's also live on television (NPO1).
Also, 65+ do get a lot of discounts everywhere they go.
The congratulations on the birthdays is interesting. It reminds me of Portuguese. They say "Parabéns" on your birthday, which is literally congratulations. I love learning about other cultures.
Nummer 1 regel van de Nederlanders:
Doe maar gewoon, Dan doe je al gek genoeg🤣
I like your video about Holland. I think is very right the way you described the dutch culture. Being an Indonesian born and lived in Spore, Hkg California and Now Canada. I must say that Holland is always been my favourite country in Europe. Iam so familiar with their food too. I never miss to have saucijsbrood and patat when ever I am visiting Holland.
I'm glad my interpretation wasn't off haha, thanks for watching! And wow, you've lived all over!
*Netherlands
The Netherlands
Man i havent even completed the video but daaamn I really like it !! Welcome to the Netherlands and enjoy my brother greetings from a Suriname dude living in Rotterdam
Man, this is so dope to read! Dankjewel, Sidney!!
Finally someone that acknowledges the “ other “ dutchies thanks man 🤟🏾cat.B
It is nice to hear that you are one of the first American commentators who doesn't confuse bread with toast if you are talking about bread with chocolate sprinkles. Cudos to you!!!
haha dankjewel!
Shout-out from a fellow Californian in San Diego! I'm quitting my job and going to NL/BE for the first time in October. I've spent hundreds of hours on the language already and can't wait to experience the culture for myself. I guess these videos will have to do for the next month. Thanks for sharing!
Woah, awesome! What got you into NL and BE culture from San Diego? :) If you have any questions, feel free to hit me up!
@@exploringtheforeign Long story, but short version: feel like I belong more in EU than here and want to be a citizen, which takes just 5 years in NL/BE (would be 10 in IT); culture fit, (relative) ease of language, and opportunities for immigrants led me to learning Dutch with a plan to head to BE (or NL as a backup)
Bro you are the nicest guy ever. Love your channel man. Love from the east!
What you forgot about that last thing is that the sun is out longer is the summer because we set back the clock an hour and it's earlier dark in the winter because we set the clock forward an hour.
the goodbye on the phone had m dying and is painfully accurate
Interesting insights from a foreigner. I mean, I'm a foreigner myself but from much closer, Germany. Even though, it's always interesting to get information about cultural habits. As far as the sunset is concerned, I'm living in Spain and here in the summer it's even later, due to the crazy summer time it's around half past eight.
Mate; ur such a positive guy! keep up the fun content
Appreciate that, Ruurd!
Thanks for such a nice video 👏🏾👏🏼👏🏿
This is such fun to watch! The 'blooper' with the only dogs in town, not trained to the t. The birthday congrats indeed like a pro. You're such a nice guy!
Glad you enjoyed it! And thank you for your kind words!
AH is Ijburg! Neighbours. Loving the video. Keep em coming. Daaaag
Wat leuk! En dankjewel, heel fijn om te horen dat je de video leuk vindt :)
Hey maatje, nice video! Great Rico
Thank you!!
I love the fact you mention about the dogs
If everyone plans everything, they often think: “Well, I have a gap here, I could do something in that time…” Which leads to not having free spaces a lot. When I was younger we had to ‘plan’ when we could game together 4 days in advance. Like that’s crazy.
I watched this on CharlieVest's channel. Thanks for sharing!🙂
Thanks for watching, Alyssa! I was super excited to be featured on his channel
that clip of you congratulating her father was so wholesome haha
haha dankjewel!
Nice video I guess you landed in a typical Dutch family hope you do enjoy the Netherlands 👍
Haha yeah, definitely a typical Dutch family. I love it, though!
Coool!! So respectful your adventure
Thank you, Ryan!
As a Dutchie, all the congratulations confuse me too lol. It's just way too much, I want to just walk in and say congrats to everybody, then go congratulate the birthday person and that's it. But nope, gotta go shake everybody's hand as if I'm the queen
lmaooo
This was really good. I also moved here to the netherlands 3 years ago and it's a lot of learning from this new cultuur and also diffrent cultuur that lives here. All in all i love living here.
Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed the video :) Where did you move here from?
@@exploringtheforeign I moved from Aruba. So a very different culture than here.
I would love to go there one day!
I have lived in The Hague, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Utrecht. Stores there are open 24/7.
Your videos are so creative and so much fun to watch! Nice all the different shots outside and creative ideas.
Thank you, Floris! I really appreciate that :)
@@exploringtheforeign You're welcome, you deserve it! Love to see that you're enjoying The Netherlands! 😄
As a Dutch person, I can confirm you are spot on. Regarding the Hagelslag that is your peanut butter and yelly to us. ☺
Glad you approve! haha and yeah, I figured that pb&j is just as strange lol
Yes!! ik like this video, can´t wait for Part 2 😃
Thanks, Neel!!
The ending the call is so funny, the thing I do now is that I’ll just hang up after saying the first goodbye otherwise we’ll be sitting there for 30 seconds just exchanging goodbyes
haha, grappig!
your videos are so wholesome
Thanks, Hans!!
Nice to see you so fluent juggling both languages there, good job man nice vid.
Thank you!😃
Great rendition of a concept I've found myself drawn to as a repatriated Dutchman.
It felt like an honest expression of your perceptions and experiences so far. Even the rehearsed parts didn't detract from that.
You seem to be finding your way around and I hope you're havng a great time along the way.
Just subscribed in anticipation for part 2.
Thank you!! Great to hear that this is the impression you got because all that you said is true, everything is based on real life experiences haha
Thank you for subscribing, part 2 won't disappoint!
@@exploringtheforeign It shows! And it truely makes for your channel to have added value over the overly produced channels (notjustbikes is still awesome though).
One little tip towards becoming a permanent resident though, and I'm sure your girlfriend/wife must've told you this, but people tend to frown upon a colgate smile. I'm actually looking to have mine steered more towards your direction over the fact that I'm an avid smoker, but there's always a thing as too much. Not a criticism, far from it, but there's no such thing as pearly whites in NL.
Appreciate that!
And haha, that teeth comment made me laugh. Honestly, I've never done any kind of teeth whitening or anything in my life. This is just how they are. I actually feel like they used to be whiter in the US haha.
@@exploringtheforeign Haha, perhaps apologies are due on my part then.
It's just that impecable teeth are a rare sighting in my experience.
I can't for the life of me think of anybody, regardless of race, creed or profession, with teeth that well maintained.
It's your channel, but I'm personally chalking this down as a minus for NL.
I'm a Dutchie living abroad, and brood met hagelslag is delicious!!
I love the Netherlands and the Dutch people, and I still have quite meaningful connections there from the time I spent living there, but Dutch birthday parties are purgatory.
Haha, wasn't your thing?
I am Dutch, and I agree.
+1
@@exploringtheforeign They're like group therapy sessions where nobody wants to get the ball rolling.
haha
About the #1 thing: There actually is another combination I would suggest you give a shot it is fairly common as "Dubbel beleg" Replace the butter with peanut butter, that's it.
A lot of people have been saying that, I'll have to give it a shot!
If you’re an American, you’d probably like that even more!
@@harrispinkham Nope, Brabants.
My son does that too because he doesn't like butter. And otherwise all the sprinkles will fall off his bread haha.
Very nice vid...fun how you take so much personal stuff, like girl friend and family into this vid. I really like it.
Thank you, Henri! Really appreciate you sharing this feedback :)
Living in the country of my Dominican wife, I miss the Dutch breakfast: "hagelslag" with bread. At least my wife always buys; brown bread; Gouda cheese, peanut butter and sometimes chocolate paste.
Nice video and yes typical dutch culture 🤣but living in Zandvoort openinghours are quite different AH is open until 22.00 hrs and Dirk vd Broek until 21.00 hrs even on Sunday the shops are open except the florist 😊
Glad you enoyed! :) And for the shops, I was trying to point out that most stores that aren't grocery stores close early.
I love Zandvoort by the way!
I'm none of the 3 mentioned in the beginning. I'm non Dutch (as in Netherlands nationality) but very closely related, I'm Flemish (Belgian Dutch) and I just want to see in what way Dutch culture is similar to ours from a foreigner perspective.
Edit, watched the vid and yep pretty much the same here in Belgium except for most social aspects which are more toned down here (the congratulations part especially, we don't do that and only give wishes to the person itself). Our northern neighbours have a reputation here for being very outgoing, open, direct, and social. Flemish people tend to keep more to themselves compared to Dutch.
7:39 Fun fact: conscription is still a thing in the Netherlands, it is only temporarily idle. The reason it never got written out of the law is so that the government doesn't need to juggle with it in case of 'emergency'. Just know, now you're a Dutch citizen, until you are 46 years old; you are by law obligated to join the army when they say you should (both men and women)
I'm not sure how this is in America. But if it is different there, this might explain the custom in which we don't reward people for joining the army.
I've been living in NL for about 11 years now and I clicked on the video because... well I was just curious. For the most part, I love it here, but man oh man, there are some things that will definitely nmake you think twice. It's not all rosy. But I can respect why you keep things "light" about NL on your channel. To each his own though.
Hey! First, thank you for clicking and watching, I hope you enjoyed the video. I can understand that not every experience may align with mine. I just try to share my authentic views, whether good or bad, but for the most part, it's been a very positive experience so far :)
@@exploringtheforeign I get it.
@Mingus X
What did you experience that was so bad? Was it the racism?
The butter is for making the hagelslag stick to the bread. I never eat it myself.
I wonder if Sam has ever tried muisjes op brood.... I used to call it gekleurde hagelslag since I found the whole concept of muisjes op brood just weird... lol
The absolute best is a peanutbutter and hagelslag sandwich, you gotta try it. And don't be cheap with the butter either!
@@nfboogaard I love pindakaas and I love hagelslag, but together op brood, I can't quite get my head around that one!
The birthday part was funny 😂 Nearly looked like a sketch
Haha it was😂😂
You can actually walk by a celebrity and not know it you did that. It's quite funny how that works here in the Netherlands. But also I do like it that way as everyone can just do whatever they like without a whole media fuss about them. Just having a nice day outside should be normal for everyone.
You made a boo-boo with the hugging. You're not supposed to hug people unless they hug you first ;-)
Super leuke video! Ik realiseerde me niet echt dat deze dingen zo typisch Nederlands zijn.
Typical Dutch "gezelligheid" at the 6 minute mark! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching! :) Glad you enjoyed
We use bread as a snack a lot, if you come visit for a 'borrel' you'll always see bread :)
I've lived in The Netherlands for 5 years and never knew about congratulating for someone else's birthday.
Really?? Yeah it's really a thing here haha
Excellent video..., again ! Now think about this for a moment: How strange must other cultures be to us, knowing now what you know about us: The Dutchies... And yet you'll find Dutchies everywhere across the globe; for trading, for living and to visit as a tourist enjoying other cultures.
Our Globe is round like a ball and the globe is our playing/trading/living garden. A Dutchy really has no borders, but tries to blend in into the local culture when we've fallen in love with the local country, the local people, the local culture. This is in our blood, and yet we're also very glad to be back home again in our little country, to be who we really are again!
Thank you, Dutchy J! You're really a loyal watcher!
Dutch people are everywhere, I've definitely seen that. Which is quite impressive considering how small a country it is!
Dutch exceptionalism is so toxic
@@urbandiscount "It ain't much, if it ain't Dutch" Bei uns ist alles besser
@@Blackadder75 Strange to translate that into german. 🙄
@@urbandiscount Atleast you agree with the fact we are exceptional. 😂
Bread, butter and hagelsag isn't a combination. You put butter one your slice of bread to prevent the bread soaking up the topping. Or to prevent the topping from falling of.
Makes sense!
Those business hours are somewhat of a legacy thing. 50 years ago, everything closed on 6PM. Except on Thursday, which had "Koopavond" (Shopping evening), where most shops would close at 9PM. Saturdays, they closed early at 5PM or even earlier. On sundays, nothing was open, except for Horeca, like bars and restaurants.
That legacy is still in place on some parts of the netherlands. You might have experienced it when grocery shopping on Saturdays. Even though grocerystores are mostly open till 9PM, most people still do their groceryshopping on Saturday, even though there's no need for it anymore.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing :)
Can't believe all the hate for us! Better show some love in part 2!! I'll be watching 😜✌🏼
Haha, no guarantees, Nielsi ;)
Nice camera, I noticed it, the composition :)
Thank you!
In the city albert heijn is open from 8am till 10pm even on sundays
Funny, as a dutch i don't like eating bread nor hagelslag, i don't get it when people congratulate me with someone else's birthday, i just say buy at the end of a phone call, i love spontaneous appointments and don't have an agenda/schedule and i never remember closing times of shops. On the other hand i totally love it that we don't give to much praise to politicians, the military and celebrities.
Haha dus jij bent heel iets anders dan de andere Nederlanders haha
@@exploringtheforeign Het is een vloek en een zegen.
You have a very friendly and cool vibe. 🙂
Thanks, Petra!!
The thing with the closing times is if they are near each other they can't stay open longer than another store by law. Because this would make for unfair conpetition.
Im D a person that is from belguim that knows(more or less) about dutch culture and want to see how someone from the us respond to the dutch culture
dutchie here, that was funny and somewhat accurate, i see no need to hate on you
Thanks! haha.. Glad you enjoyed :)
The part about the military is not quite treu we have alot of day for them but not al are very common our veteran day is celebrated very big each year as is the day the war ended and you should see Amsterdams towns square its always packed with people when we have a minute of silence for those who gave there life's for us, the military always helps when needed and we are always grateful what I find the best part is when an old man or woman comes up to you and your just waiting for the train and you hear them say thank you so much for what you have done and they ask where you have been and what you have done there is always those who you recognize as a veteran
Good video. When it comes to our servicemen and women we could learn something from the US. I think if you work for either the military or the fire departement, police or ambulance the general public should honour you more.
We don't need to put them on a high pedestal. But I know a couple of people who work in that field. And I've heard what they experience and I know that I couldn't do that job. So I thank them for doing that. And you too, keep up the good work!
I find the adoration that people in the US have for service personnel a bit odd, to be honest. In the UK, we don't have anything similar, and whilst I take your point, there's other jobs that are hard too; teachers, care workers, grave diggers (or whatever), I don't see any reason not to be equally respectful to them all.
Thanks, Lucas!!!
There may be a lot of things in American culture that I don't agree with, but for me, the support towards servicemen and women is warranted considering that they're putting their lives on the line for their country. Not something I could easily say I'd do.
@@sarahs784 i get your point. The way they do it in the US can definitely be over the top. And I don't mean lifting them up above the rest of society. But acknowledgement of thier service. And, yes, there are definitely more jobs that fit that bill.
@@sarahs784 There is no “adoration” for American service people. There is appreciation for them in times of war. But outside of that situation it’s just their family that treats them specially. Military discounts at stores again as a general thing during the Middle East wars and fighting terrorism.
With the woke left, antifa anarchists who are the biggest fascists themselfs, blm thugs and the fake police brutality propaganda nowadays, we can not say that people in the US respect and apreciate servicemen more than here in The Netherlands, the opposite... The patriotic conservative republicans and Trump supporters do yes..
hi,just found your channel. as dutch veterans we get discounts and we have veterans day every year about 29-07.
I hope you enjoyed the video! And okay interesting, I knew about the Veteran's Day, but not the discounts :)
So, people watching your videos are dutch, or foreigners living in the Netherlands, or foreigners living outside the Netherlands? Must be nice to have a potential audience that includes the entire world population. 😉
haha, it was more to highlight what each group of people is thinking
Shop closing time has everything to do with license. Not all the shops has a license to open more hours. And it's also what people are used to. So why open after six if no one response to that. But some supermarkets are open til ten last 10 years or so.
Saw your vid at Charlie's channel I liked it and tought it was funny , and yeah we are a bit confusing. Hope you are doing good man greetings from leeuwarden friesland. Ooo and obviously I subscribed.
Hoi, Cas! Heel erg bedankt voor kijken. Ik ben blij dat je hebt die video leuk gevonden! Ik ben 2 weeken geleeden naar Friesland geweest voor het eerste keer. Was leuk :)
Thanks for subscribing as well!
@@exploringtheforeign ja ik vind deze video's erg leuk en ik geniet ervan wat goed dat je in Friesland bent geweest echt heel leuk om te lezen.🙂 .
Hahaha the bye on the phone is so right. 20 words instead of: Ok bye. Okayyyy ja helemaal goed--- doeiii ja hoor top- spreek je laterr.... leuk jooo joeeehoeeee.
I've lived in the Netherlands my whole life and never really thought about our behavior when it comes to elections compared to, for example, the USA. I feel like a lot of Dutch folk (or at least the people around where I live) have a kind 'we'll see where it goes' attitude when it comes to politics. Especially younger citizens like me, who can't vote just yet.
Like a talk about the school system in the Netherlands versus the usa. I lived myself in the us for 6 years
What a beautiful Ijburg :) best regards!
Super mooi, toch!? Dankjewel voor kijken :)
My hubby in the US, once was asked which part of the UK he came from. Apart from that nobody asked anything. He was born in the Dapper Buurt, yes English is his second language among a few more. He can understand Filipino too.
and yes, i want 24 hour shops ( at least supermarkets) or at least till late in the evening
Haha dus je snapt wat ik bedoel!
@@exploringtheforeign pff echt wel. ben al een aantal keer in de USA geweest en het is nice om gewoon midden in de nacht door Walmart te lopen als je iets bent vergeten.
ik werk onregelmatige diensten, dus meestal kom ik thuis als de supermarkt niet open is. Ik wil ook na mijn diensten gewoon naar de Jumbo of de AH en niet wachten tot ze weer open zijn
OK where are grocery stores only open until 6pm? That changed a lot the last years, also in smaller cities.
Those examples (of small stores) aren't even grocery stores, only one sells food. Supermarkets are open on Sundays. There are only a few days a year when some are closed; like either the 1st or 2nd day of Eastern or the first or second day of Xmas.
Hey Saskia, you misheard me in the video... my point was that stores outside of groceries stores close early, not grocery stores.🙏🏾
opening hours - this is mostly set by local authorities - Monday morning most shops are closed and many are closed the whole day - most cities have 1 late night shopping day per week mostly Thursday - most cities have 1 Sunday shopping day per month - but say from noon to 6pm.
Interesting!
Any country that requires a lots of cannon fodder also requires a hero culture otherwise no body would show up anymore to fight the next silly conflict. The other thing is that, especially in hypocrite countries, there is a big difference between what people say and what people actually do. Yes heroes are praised in the US while at the same time the conservatives recently voted a law down to help those same heroes which is why many of those "heroes" live in the gutters. In the same way heroes are praised on paper but in reality are left to rot US politics is a democracy on paper but in reality a binary system that has little to do with democracy but everything with a fight to divide, you're in or out, you're a friend or foe, you're black or white and there nothing in between. Which is why voting day in the US is so important while here you might end up a little right or left from the centre but no outcome is going to put your life upsidedown.
Calm down, the bill to help the veterans was passed a week later. 😉 Although I do believe the first responders from 9/11 who got sick from all the toxic fumes and debris, still are left out in the cold. Not to mention the police men and women defending the capitol on jan 6th, being denied congresional medals. So, yeah, there is difference in what some people say, and how they act.
@@hendman4083 yes I do follow politics around the globe and i have seen the Biden speech, think it was the night after my comment 😄 It's a start but it took 50 years or so and still it was largely voted down by republicans.