The Netherlands is a beautiful country. All 12 provinces have something unique... from the south to the north... but don't forget the other side of the medal!! We have that to....greatings from the south of the netherlands
Windmills were also used for wood sawing, allowing the Dutch merchant fleet to have more ships then the rest of all of Europe combined and completely dominating European trade in the 17th century. Only around the year 1800 the British Empire took over as the world's biggest trader.
11:58 thank you for your lovely channel. The flowers, tulips where brought from Turkey as trade. The 1950's made new land and it seemed particulairly suitable for growing tulips and grane, potatoes. The tulips ghrew so well, that more and more farmers started growing them, making it one of the countries biggest export products, as the quiality of the tulips was garanteed of high standards, over the years Dutch tulips, and also other flowers, because of their quality and sheer amount grown every year made the Dutch get hold of atleast 80 % of ALL THE WORLDS flowers. 80% of all flowers came from The Netherlands
Nice reaction video from you guys and I do love to live here in the Netherlands in the city of Naarden, one of the star shaped fortress towns in the Netherlands. Dont worry to much about using Holland as a name for the country as much Dutch people do it also. Its a bit confusing maybe but just the way it goes. And now you know the difference between Holland and the Netherlands also. Realy nice to see your admiration of the beauty that I to often consider normal 🙂
As residents, we take so many things for granted, that makes it nice to see your reactions. I am now very curious about your surroundings and living arrangements. Would you make a video about your home and neighbourhood?
There is still a pretty large scale Dutch immigration to New Zealand. Growing up, there were usually at least a couple of Dutch born kids in my classes. My Irish born paternal grandfather was in the British Army during WWII, and as a paratrooper jumped into Arnhem during Operation Market Garden. (I notice how the American narrator completely ignores the contribution of anyone other than Americans.) I've always found Dutch people to be very honest and straightforward and I love their contributions to music (especially in the last 25 years taking the forefront in the Symphonic Metal revolution!)
Nice reaction video about our little country :) Here are some things to explain about what you see. You see a lot of snow in the beginning, the country is only white a few days a year, we are so happy if we see some snowflakes in winter... The Netherlands is around 4 times as big as Sao Paulo in Brazil, to give you some perspective. We consider that quite small for a country :) But we do have less people, although we are one of the most densely populated countries, according to Wikipedia it is only about 1,5 times more than Sao Paulo. The windmills are still there because they are cool, but not because they still have a use. We have new modern waterworks to ensure dry feet for everyone. We need that, because about 40% of the country is actually below sea level. Finally something about Papiamento: the official "Kingdom of the Netherlands" is the European part (called The Netherlands) plus the Caribbean islands (called the Dutch Antilles). Papiamento only has an official status on Aruba and Curaçao in the Caribbean islands area, and is not spoken on the European mainland. You say that everything is so well integrated in The Netherlands, I think that is true. We tend to plan everything, and I mean: everything. Every square meter is owned by someone, and every square meter has an agreed purpose, like farmland, housing and industry. And it is not easy to change that purpose, there are strict rules to keep everything organized. If you ever have the opportunity to visit The Netherlands, please visit more than Amsterdam alone. Amsterdam is a great city to admire the old city center, but other smaller cities like Utrecht, Haarlem, Leiden and Rotterdam are amazing too, each one in a way of their own. And finally about flowers. Keukenhof is a great flower garden, but it is some sort of a tourist trap. It is way nicer to just drive in the area and look at all the flower fields (in the correct season of course).
I don’t feel Brazil is a third world country, GDP is around 7000 dollars per capital, so it should now be considered a second world country. Brazil also has a reasonable stable government, high standard of living and development. It just needs to climb the ladder more.
The word "The" in "The Hague" is partially a mistranslation from "Den Haag". It's a leftover from old Dutch, and you'll see it all across the country as a prefix in some city or village names. For example, places like "Den Helder", "Den Dolder" or "Den Bosch" (now called " 's Hertogenbosch") use the same prefix, but nobody says "The Helder" or "The Bosch". Also, the windmills were used to create our own province, Flevoland. Before 1986 The Netherlands had 11 provinces, now we have 12...
'The' is not really is mistranslation of 'Den'. The meaning is the same, but at that time we still had (gramatical) cases (called 'naamvallen' in Dutch) and 'den' was one of the cases of 'de' (meaning 'the'). So 'The Hague' is a near perfect translation of 'Den Haag'. Now 'The Bosch' is a mess, the correct translation would be 'The Wood' or 'The Forest' as 'Bosch' is old Dutch for 'Bos' meaning either 'wood' or 'forest'. It also has a more extensive name: 'Des Hertogen Bosch', meaning 'The forest (or wood) of the Duke'.
There is absolutely no need to appologize for calling my Country Holland. You are not Dutch. We (the not Hollanders from other provinces) can get annoyed if our own people use it. However, when it comes to things like sports, especially soccer, we all shout "HOLLAND, HOLLAND" because that flows a bit better over the tongue than the Netherlands/Nederland. If you would be visiting our country, most likely your first stop is Amsterdam which is in North Holland, saying you are going to Holland therefor is completely true and fine. Would you visit my homecity of Utrecht however, you are no longer in Holland (the city of Utrecht is the capital of the province of Utrecht) same goes for other absolutely beautiful places like Maastricht, Nijmegen, Groningen or Leeuwarden (to name a few) Bycicles: We have more bycicles than people in the country. (close to 18M people and something like 22M bikes. We also have the best cycle infrastructure in the entire world. It is possible to cross the country from the most northern to the most southern point without ever leaving the cycle infrastructure. Polders: Something he didn't mention is that many polders along the coast and riverways are flood polders. If needed, these polders will be flooded to avoid flooding in areas we don't want flooding to happen. Many windmills used to be dual purpose, afterall, while you drain the land, you just as well might use your mill for making grain or mustard. This was not always the case though. I have been involved in the restauration of two windmills, one dual purpose mill and one single purpose grainmill. If you ever find mustard called "Zaanse mustard" you should defenitely try it but be warned, it can be quite spicy. I tried looking up what windmills in your country look like but only found replicas of Dutch a Dutch windmill in Santana do Livramento in some sort of themepark and windturbines. We do not consider windturbines to be windmills here. the Hague: Proper name 's Gravenhage (yes, the 's belongs in front) but we use the "common" name of "Den Haag". The original name means "the hedge of the Count", the common name simply translates to "the hedge", another place with a similar name is 's Hertogenbosch (the forrest of the Duke), common name Den Bosch (the forrest). Friesland: AAARGH... it is not Fries land, fried potato sticks have nothing to do with the name, the pronunciation is simply "Freeze Land" (and the language therefor is Freez-ian) and no, it also has nothing to do with cold weather although the provice is famous for the 11 city skate tour/race. As for the a in land... if you see a Dutch word with a single a it usually is pronuounced similar to the a in Brazil :) Phonetically I would say Nederland is pronounced Nay-Dur-Land... so there is something to impress your friends with :) Papiamento: Generally only spoken by people from the mentioned areas, within the Netherlands hardly anyone not connected to those places, do not speak Papiamento. KLM: Not "one of the oldest" but outright HE oldest still flying airline although it is now part of a conglomerate with Air France (Curse you Frenchies!!). As for other big "Dutch" companies.. Shell is now English as is Unilever. if you ever have the chance of visiting my country, make sure to also venture outside of Amsterdam. Visit places like The Hague, Utrecht, Valkenburg or Zandvoort (home of the Dutch F1 Grand Prix). Amsterdam is great but it is also the most expensive tourist focused city in the country. Enjoyed watching this and seeing the continued amazement on the face of the dude (sorry man, don't recall hearing your name).. subbed
Brazil has a beautiful Dutch windmill in Holambra S P, Dutch immigrants also grow flowers and plants and are the biggest in the country. So if you people want to see a Dutch windmill, go to Holambra, without travelling very far. 🇧🇷🇳🇱🌷🌷🌷🌷😁😁😁
The Netherlands is a beautiful country. All 12 provinces have something unique... from the south to the north... but don't forget the other side of the medal!! We have that to....greatings from the south of the netherlands
We call it our goverment ;p
Windmills were also used for wood sawing, allowing the Dutch merchant fleet to have more ships then the rest of all of Europe combined and completely dominating European trade in the 17th century. Only around the year 1800 the British Empire took over as the world's biggest trader.
And for grinding down grain into flour.
And I’ve heard they used to use some windmill for mixing stuff too.
Maybe bread mix or something.
I love u people. Take care of the Amazone and the original people ❤️
11:58 thank you for your lovely channel. The flowers, tulips where brought from Turkey as trade. The 1950's made new land and it seemed particulairly suitable for growing tulips and grane, potatoes. The tulips ghrew so well, that more and more farmers started growing them, making it one of the countries biggest export products, as the quiality of the tulips was garanteed of high standards, over the years Dutch tulips, and also other flowers, because of their quality and sheer amount grown every year made the Dutch get hold of atleast 80 % of ALL THE WORLDS flowers. 80% of all flowers came from The Netherlands
Nice reaction video from you guys and I do love to live here in the Netherlands in the city of Naarden, one of the star shaped fortress towns in the Netherlands. Dont worry to much about using Holland as a name for the country as much Dutch people do it also. Its a bit confusing maybe but just the way it goes. And now you know the difference between Holland and the Netherlands also.
Realy nice to see your admiration of the beauty that I to often consider normal 🙂
It's not often that I see my town mentioned, very happy with living in Naarden as well :)
@@LisaKokx if we dont see it mentioned we mention it ourselves 😅.
Enjoy your journey! Greetings from dos Países Baixos ;o).
As residents, we take so many things for granted, that makes it nice to see your reactions. I am now very curious about your surroundings and living arrangements. Would you make a video about your home and neighbourhood?
There is still a pretty large scale Dutch immigration to New Zealand. Growing up, there were usually at least a couple of Dutch born kids in my classes. My Irish born paternal grandfather was in the British Army during WWII, and as a paratrooper jumped into Arnhem during Operation Market Garden. (I notice how the American narrator completely ignores the contribution of anyone other than Americans.) I've always found Dutch people to be very honest and straightforward and I love their contributions to music (especially in the last 25 years taking the forefront in the Symphonic Metal revolution!)
As a Dutch vetaran i thank your grandfather for his participation to liberate europe and his service
Im Dutch and many people I know (especially christians) have family in Australia or new Zealand
Still the case.
Fear not : everybody uses the name Holland OR The Netherlands.
Both are commonly used also by Dutch people themselves..
Nice reaction video about our little country :) Here are some things to explain about what you see. You see a lot of snow in the beginning, the country is only white a few days a year, we are so happy if we see some snowflakes in winter... The Netherlands is around 4 times as big as Sao Paulo in Brazil, to give you some perspective. We consider that quite small for a country :) But we do have less people, although we are one of the most densely populated countries, according to Wikipedia it is only about 1,5 times more than Sao Paulo. The windmills are still there because they are cool, but not because they still have a use. We have new modern waterworks to ensure dry feet for everyone. We need that, because about 40% of the country is actually below sea level. Finally something about Papiamento: the official "Kingdom of the Netherlands" is the European part (called The Netherlands) plus the Caribbean islands (called the Dutch Antilles). Papiamento only has an official status on Aruba and Curaçao in the Caribbean islands area, and is not spoken on the European mainland.
You say that everything is so well integrated in The Netherlands, I think that is true. We tend to plan everything, and I mean: everything. Every square meter is owned by someone, and every square meter has an agreed purpose, like farmland, housing and industry. And it is not easy to change that purpose, there are strict rules to keep everything organized.
If you ever have the opportunity to visit The Netherlands, please visit more than Amsterdam alone. Amsterdam is a great city to admire the old city center, but other smaller cities like Utrecht, Haarlem, Leiden and Rotterdam are amazing too, each one in a way of their own. And finally about flowers. Keukenhof is a great flower garden, but it is some sort of a tourist trap. It is way nicer to just drive in the area and look at all the flower fields (in the correct season of course).
I send you greetings from Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Been In Nerherlands 4x All around. Liked A lot
❤THANKS
Love this channel.❤❤
The official name of the Netherlands in Portuguese is: O Reino dos Países Baixos.
LOL
I don’t feel Brazil is a third world country, GDP is around 7000 dollars per capital, so it should now be considered a second world country.
Brazil also has a reasonable stable government, high standard of living and development. It just needs to climb the ladder more.
The word "The" in "The Hague" is partially a mistranslation from "Den Haag". It's a leftover from old Dutch, and you'll see it all across the country as a prefix in some city or village names. For example, places like "Den Helder", "Den Dolder" or "Den Bosch" (now called " 's Hertogenbosch") use the same prefix, but nobody says "The Helder" or "The Bosch".
Also, the windmills were used to create our own province, Flevoland. Before 1986 The Netherlands had 11 provinces, now we have 12...
'The' is not really is mistranslation of 'Den'. The meaning is the same, but at that time we still had (gramatical) cases (called 'naamvallen' in Dutch) and 'den' was one of the cases of 'de' (meaning 'the'). So 'The Hague' is a near perfect translation of 'Den Haag'. Now 'The Bosch' is a mess, the correct translation would be 'The Wood' or 'The Forest' as 'Bosch' is old Dutch for 'Bos' meaning either 'wood' or 'forest'. It also has a more extensive name: 'Des Hertogen Bosch', meaning 'The forest (or wood) of the Duke'.
A EET B 😂😂😂
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Did you know… There’s a 17th century connection between Holland and Brasil? Something to do with our colonial past… Nova Hollanda
There is absolutely no need to appologize for calling my Country Holland. You are not Dutch. We (the not Hollanders from other provinces) can get annoyed if our own people use it. However, when it comes to things like sports, especially soccer, we all shout "HOLLAND, HOLLAND" because that flows a bit better over the tongue than the Netherlands/Nederland. If you would be visiting our country, most likely your first stop is Amsterdam which is in North Holland, saying you are going to Holland therefor is completely true and fine. Would you visit my homecity of Utrecht however, you are no longer in Holland (the city of Utrecht is the capital of the province of Utrecht) same goes for other absolutely beautiful places like Maastricht, Nijmegen, Groningen or Leeuwarden (to name a few)
Bycicles: We have more bycicles than people in the country. (close to 18M people and something like 22M bikes. We also have the best cycle infrastructure in the entire world. It is possible to cross the country from the most northern to the most southern point without ever leaving the cycle infrastructure.
Polders: Something he didn't mention is that many polders along the coast and riverways are flood polders. If needed, these polders will be flooded to avoid flooding in areas we don't want flooding to happen.
Many windmills used to be dual purpose, afterall, while you drain the land, you just as well might use your mill for making grain or mustard. This was not always the case though. I have been involved in the restauration of two windmills, one dual purpose mill and one single purpose grainmill. If you ever find mustard called "Zaanse mustard" you should defenitely try it but be warned, it can be quite spicy. I tried looking up what windmills in your country look like but only found replicas of Dutch a Dutch windmill in Santana do Livramento in some sort of themepark and windturbines. We do not consider windturbines to be windmills here.
the Hague: Proper name 's Gravenhage (yes, the 's belongs in front) but we use the "common" name of "Den Haag". The original name means "the hedge of the Count", the common name simply translates to "the hedge", another place with a similar name is 's Hertogenbosch (the forrest of the Duke), common name Den Bosch (the forrest).
Friesland: AAARGH... it is not Fries land, fried potato sticks have nothing to do with the name, the pronunciation is simply "Freeze Land" (and the language therefor is Freez-ian) and no, it also has nothing to do with cold weather although the provice is famous for the 11 city skate tour/race. As for the a in land... if you see a Dutch word with a single a it usually is pronuounced similar to the a in Brazil :)
Phonetically I would say Nederland is pronounced Nay-Dur-Land... so there is something to impress your friends with :)
Papiamento: Generally only spoken by people from the mentioned areas, within the Netherlands hardly anyone not connected to those places, do not speak Papiamento.
KLM: Not "one of the oldest" but outright HE oldest still flying airline although it is now part of a conglomerate with Air France (Curse you Frenchies!!). As for other big "Dutch" companies.. Shell is now English as is Unilever.
if you ever have the chance of visiting my country, make sure to also venture outside of Amsterdam. Visit places like The Hague, Utrecht, Valkenburg or Zandvoort (home of the Dutch F1 Grand Prix). Amsterdam is great but it is also the most expensive tourist focused city in the country.
Enjoyed watching this and seeing the continued amazement on the face of the dude (sorry man, don't recall hearing your name).. subbed
Brazil has a beautiful Dutch windmill in Holambra S P, Dutch immigrants also grow flowers and plants and are the biggest in the country. So if you people want to see a Dutch windmill, go to Holambra, without travelling very far. 🇧🇷🇳🇱🌷🌷🌷🌷😁😁😁
React to my beautiful country Croatia
Maybe a nice addition, the current king is also working as a pilot flying for the klm, his father did as well
But only for the B737 and Fokker 70. If I am correct he still does two flights a month