As a German who lived in the Netherlands for >12 years I fully agree with your comments and I would highly recommend the Netherlands (for many reasons)
as a dutch i reccomend Germany !! The Netherlands is full !!! no fun ! wait month for housing , job, pasport, dutch ppl are rude ! cold, no fun at all !
as a Dutchman, if I had to choose then choose is for Germany. Life is cheaper, there is much more space in the country, the people are more friendly, there is much more nature and the houses are cheaper. Buying or renting a house is almost impossible, even for the Dutch themselves it is very difficult to get a house. As a student, it is almost impossible to get a room in the Netherlands.
As a German who lived in the Netherlands for her university studies, I can second everything. Really spot on! If the Netherlands had mountains, I'd probably move back there but as a hiking enthusiast, Germany wins 😅 I do miss the more international lifestyle in the Netherlands. Even though I speak Dutch, being a foreigner and speaking English always seemed a lot easier than die foreigners in Germany.
@@Momoa786 nono, SHE likes the international lifestyle. She also claims to be polyglot and a language teacher. I'd assume it's also massive bias, as German people typically visit "large" dutch cities. There they get international lifestyle in a relatively small city. Then they compare it to their hometown in Germany and either it is much bigger or less international.
I've lived in Germany and I now live in The Netherlands, and I much prefer The Netherlands! I love travelling by bike, and all main cities are very easy to reach, if you live in the South-West. The landscape is beautiful, there is a lot of green. People are super friendly and sincere, it is easy to make friends and everyone speaks English! They do eat Hagelslag, but it is a minor inconvenience lol 🇳🇱❤️
I've heard many many people complaining about making friends in the Netherlands. You mean that it's easy to make friends with expats, as they are realtively more than in Germany, no?
NL and DE both have their pros and cons. In many ways NL should be a role model, f.e. payment and working environment for hospitals etc., bicycle friendliness, ... saying this as a German
Speaking as a Dutch man not that much wrong with Germany either. If i couldn't live in the Netherlands and if i don't count the langues issue Germany would be very high on my list of places i would go to then (you do have some competition with the Scandinavian country's). If i include the langues its defintly the nr 1 then. And i'm not sure if the Netherlands is any better overall its probable more that its just more familiar to me.
@@arturobianco848 I suggest to go and live in Germany for one year, and see how you think then.... The language issue is very important part of it. I think it is true that some "outspoken prejudice" towards foreigners is something that you'll need to accept even if you are fluent and try your utmost to blend in. That would not happen in the Netherlands. That being said, Germans are generally more open and direct (yes, really) and easier to make friends with.
Very true! Even more amazing is that many Germans consider their country as "more advanced" whereas quite a few dutch people think the Netherlands is a "terribly governed country" where "everything is better elsewhere" (but get all of their facts wrong). When I tell a German that the Netherlands has better quality of roads, some will immediately correct me and state that that is "not possible". On the contrary, some dutch people like to say that Holland has the highest taxes in the world. When I told them that I actually pay a lot more taxes in Germany, and I know that in Belgium also taxes are higher, they wouldn't believe me either. I will also say that many people like to say that dutch people are "direct", I find german people more open, happier to discuss things, and easier to make friends with. Dutch people on the contrary are generally more patient, especially in traffic Germans can seem very stressed.
@@CreRay I can understand Germane very well i just don't use it often enough to be fluent in it when i'm speaking it. If i would live year in Germany i would be. As for some he's foreign you get that everywhere i'm dutch most Germanes recognize the accent and are fine with it.
@@arturobianco848 Did you even read what I wrote? EVEN IF you are fluent in German you have to accept some negative attitude just for the fact that you're a foreigner, that's my experience of having lived in Germany 2 times. Living in a country is not the same as visiting...
Netherlands is better. As a foreigner I felt more accepted than in Germany. I find it very hard to make friends here. The only thing that keeps me here is the fact that my ex is German and I can not leave the country with my children who are his. German law prevents it. In Holland I made friends mich more easily and found it much easier to fit in.
You are always welcome. I have been living in the netherlands since 1993 and I still think it’s one of the best countries. A tad boring in terms of nature etc but the fact that they payed for both of my MA degrees (English and Education- studiefinancering- is wild!
@katarina Where did you fit in? In a box? I just don t believe you, you re probably getting coupons from this or that, to say vague, unspecific unplausible stuff, on behalf of my country, where all tennis clubs are 60 yrs + and children truly scarse..
@@rheijm9201 Maybe she didn't fit in due to rude people like you. She is explaining her personal experiences, not gatekeeping on "behalf of" your country
Actually in the Netherlands a part of your health insurance is also deducted from your pay check, it's just that most people are unaware of it. It's in the taxes section under "sociale verzekeringen" on your pay check, it covers to some extent the costs of the health insurance, as the minimum 125 euros would be not nearly enough to cover all the costs that the insurance company is paying to the doctor, hospital etc.
No it isn't you are probably talking about "werknemerverzekeringen" and that means you have an insurance with the UWV (employment service) meaning you get unemployment benefit incase of job loss because you paid for it automatically.
@@bryancomlor1435 i looked it up under the Belastingdienst website, and you're right! Thanks for pointing this out. Does this mean that the insurance companies have to make do without extra taxpayer money from the state?
Healthcare system in the Netherlands sucks donkeys, it’s cost before care mentality very American without the huge bill, it’s always if the insurance will pay as opposed to best level of care.
@@koolade76Did you ever live in the Netherlands! You don't have to pay for anything (within your insurance policy) only the first 385€ are deductible and that's per annum not per case! You don't know what you are talking about! I had a American health insurance which cost me a fortune had many maximums on the covering and 2000 dollar deductibles per case! And the Dutch health insurance covers world wide except from the USA!!!!!
@@51bikerboy I live in the Netherlands 🙄 the healthcare system sucks compared to other EU countries. Being told to fuck off back to your own country for vital life saving items by the Ziekenhuis because the health insurance companies have caps on the treatment I need, is all I need to know. So please stop talking shit, I’ve seen with my own eyes how “great” the Dutch healthcare system is, “The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members”.
Lol I’m Dutch and in my company close to half the employees don’t speak Dutch at all so the primary language is English and that’s the language that’s required to get hired and everything is done in English except 1 on 1 communication with someone who speaks a different language
Actually I feel in the Netherlands getting a career job without knowing Dutch is very possible. I have been working with many large Dutch companies, and English was often the primary language used. Many of my colleagues came from all over the world, and most of them didn’t speak Dutch. In Germany this is a lot harder, except if you work in IT for example. My neighbor is German and works in Hamburg, and has many English speaking colleagues. So it is not impossible, but a bit harder than here in the Netherlands.
Most things about the NL aren't quite accurate. For example the non-EU tuition fees and this language aspect. But also the bikes above cars law statement is inaccurate.
@@zZSandStormZz The last one i sort of think is correct if a bit bluntly stated. Also what she said about the non EU fees was mostly correct. You are correct that they wheren't quite accurate but as a general rule she did a good job. It was more on the food that i took a bit of exception yes in general its better and cheaper in Germany. But there still is plenty of variaty in the Netherlands you just have to look for it a bit more in the Netherlands and pay a bit more.
Very true, and it is without a single doubt much easier to get by in daily life without speaking dutch in the Netherlands, than it is to get by without speaking German in Germany. Even if your German is perfect, you'll have to accept a certain degree of getting told off in Germany. Like my former boss who had been living in Germany for 18 years and was 100% fluent in German, he sometimes still got a "in Germany we do it like this" including the raised finger (point finger, not middle finger) when for instance ordering at the bakery. Germans can be quite hard to Ausländer, it's something that you need to learn to accept as their shortcoming, not yours. One more line of standard German expressions: "Wenn man das in Deutschland so macht dann wird das schon seine Gründe haben!".
@@CreRay depends on where u are in Germany. In Berlin you cannot just get by with English, but you have also masses of companies where English is the main language, the entire cultural scene is mainly English and you have masses of Bars, Cafes etc. who even dont understand German, only English. But the entire club, bar, event scene is mainly English anyway. Actually only the Gov structures are behind (like always). In Munich many are able to speak English, you also have ppl from all over the world but its like most German cities still rather German spoken driven from the public impression (of course not in every company etc.). One could say that Berlin is a bit different to most other German cities not just in this regard. Many Germans who have less experience with that, because not living in Berlin give often a projection from what they experience and generalize it wrong. In the end you have in general some hotspots in Europe where the everyday mixture is already so high that English took for most parts over while most other cities are in a mix with still more local influence and a bit English (or other languages, but English is the new global native one - by far most English speaker are not from the classic native countries anymore)
Non-EU kennismigranten qualify for a 5-year tax cut and only pay 30%. The idea is that these people only stay temporarily in the NL and will not claim benefits such as AOW etc.
Been to Germany once (U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart) I loved the place. Excellent beer (not watered down piss we call Budweiser) and very scenic. Would love to go back
2:49 This part wasn't right. (Of course, you can't just say all people from a certain country are very friendly and from another not.) But Dutch people are WAY friendlier than Germans! I have been there multiple times, and people just constantly greet you and smile at you. In Germany, it's the other way around: people look grumpy at you most of the time. I would say that Belgians are more like Germans tough. (They also speak Dutch) (And don't get me wrong: all countries have good and bad people, some just have more of them😅)
I am from The Czech Republic, and I would really love to live in The Netherlands. I am going to do an exchange programme in Belgium since this September, it was the closest I could get to The NL. I was travelling around the NL last summer, I was in Efteling and then around South West cities -> Rotterdam, Utrecht, Amsterdam, Leiden,.. They are so beautiful. Everybody there also speaks english and they are so friendly.. I really hope I will be able to find accommodation once I finish my bachelor in Czechia (in 1 and half year). It's extremely difficult to find one there.
I am from Poland and currently I'm living in Rotterdam :) I study here since september and you're definitely right about the accomodation! I'm already sweating thinking about having to find a new place soon. But in general I think it's really worth a try, so good luck ♡
@@annomalia_m It's honestly one of my life time big dream to move there at one point. I study IT, so in this field I am pretty sure I'm not gonna have a problem with finding a job as Europian. Only thing I am worried about is the accommodation because even native dutch people have problem with finding one. I wish you good luck too, I believe we'll both manage somehow :))
Just because everybody speaks English is no reason not to learn Dutch. It is nice to follow the news and know what others around you are saying, god forbid they might be talking about you. In all seriousness, if you live in a country you should at least try to speak the local language. Yes, I could have said that in Dutch, but you'd have trouble reading it, so I used English.
@@dutchy1121 Hello Joe, I've never said that I wouldn't wanna learn Dutch language at all. I actually know the basics already. I think you missunderstood me because I said that it's nice that everyone there also speaks english and is friendly and helpful.
@@erzaskill9494 Point well made, and yes most of the people that live here speak English and will readily switch to it if they hear an accent in broken/semi fluent Dutch, makes it harder to practice learning, but....
I am from the netherlands andI have been 50 times or more to Germany and i really love the country, nature, People, beer, food etc. But i could never live in Germany. I could never really blend in society, too much difference..
Too much difference? Hahaha as if you're located in America, Germany and the Netherlands are very very close neighbors, Germans and Dutch are the same nation , there are zero differences between them.
@@purgie even Dutch means German which is Deutsch , both in Western Europe, both speak west Germanic language, both have the same mentality and culture, the weather is the same, the same skin color, the only difference Germany is huge the Netherlands is tiny, it's much easier in Nederland to travel from A to Z in Germany the distances are much longer, and that's it, to say you could never blend in the German society is an utter nonsense and exaggeration.
I know so many people who cannot speak or understand German, and 99 of the Germans cannot speak even one word dutch. Even on holiday here at the cost. Germans are much more formel and disciplined, especially in the office. No first names, always herr und frau. We are more liberal. I know a few Germans who live here and they all say the same. And dutch is a word only the english language uses. We say Nederland, the Germans Niederlande, and the french Pays-bas. All means Lowlands
@@VenusEvan_1885 'tell me you're not from the NL or GER without telling you're not from the NL or GER.' bro sorry but they are just not the same. Have you ever visited both Dutch and German cities, or noticed the difference in architecture of the villages in the countryside? Working culture is also much different... Germany is more 'hierarchical' and the Netherlands is more 'equal'. Also, there is much cultural difference between the provinces of the Netherlands. I'd say Flanders is more similar to southern Netherlands than Amsterdam is to the southern Netherlands
For example, in the last week we had a blizzard on Friday, a quiet overcast weekend, a normal storm on Monday, and then summer on Wednesday. That's just life in the Netherlands :-)
I'm a Mech. Eng. from Bulgaria and plan on moving to Germany or the Netherlands in about 3 years(I'm a newly graduate so need to make some experience first). I have relatives both in Germany and the Netherlands but I lean towards Germany more because of my profession and my love for cars. One of my relatives who lived both in Germany and the Netherlands once told me that; If you love bikes, multiculturalism, compactness and don't want to spend your time learning the local language choose the Netherlands; If you love cars, beautiful landscapes, want more job opportunities and don't mind learning German and being proficient to get a good job choose Germany. Plus Germany has a population of 85 mil. people which is really big compared to Netherlands with 17.5 mil. overall German job market is bigger plus if you know German you can always move to Austria or Switzerland too being an EU citizen and speaking German.
As a Swiss, I‘d much prefer the Netherlands. They are more open, international and innovative, which are all pros in my book. Germany has a very hierarchical workplace mentality, which is something we don’t know in Switzerland, just like the Dutch. Railways are reliable and we also share similarly sized countries. 👍🌷
I was in Switzerland this summer. If I was a Swiss I knew it, then I continued to live in the very beautiful Switzerland, what a wonderfully beautiful country that is! The disadvantage is that they are difficult to understand because of their dialect and not always speak English
Visited Netherlands a while back and thought, I could live here easily. Language isn't that hard to learn simple phrases, people were very friendly, food was very good (in restaurants at least), and so easy to get around.....then I went somewhere during an all day freezing rainstorm, omg the worst weather....gotta take that in stride if you move there and enjoy being inside. But cool country for sure.
@@ogpratik What region of France? There's quite a difference between various regions of France. Brittanny vs Alsace & Lorraine vs Midi vs Massif Central vs Alps-Rhône vs Bordeaux and Pyrennees or the Île de France, Normandy, Picardy - Pas du Nord.
Prefer Netherlands. I have lived in Germany for 10 years and if you love sending paper letters and you love old fashion then here you will like more. Netherlands is more modern
For most things it's a pretty close call but I think The Netherlands wins the food comparison hands down. Not only because of the amazing deepfried snacks but also because it's more international due to the history. You can eat so many foreign cuisines, not just Turkish. Even a local supermarket had a fair share of world dishes and ingredients available. Moroccan, Indonesian, Surinamese, Mexican, Chinese/Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Thai... It's all there and readily available. And there are loads of specialised supermarkets rhat sell all the world's ingredients and produce like chili peppers, roots, vegetables, sauces, you name it.
It's a rather personal question, some people like the German Pünktlichkeit and bratwurst others like the Dutch Niksen and erwtensoep, best is visit both stay couple of months and make up your mind
Amsterdam actually started a add campaign for foreign students not to come. I'm Dutch and would choose Germany to study. For higher paying jobs i would choose the Netherlands though. Especially if you just speak English.
they did that because of the housing crisis. The Dutch government is basically saying don't come, because we don't have enough houses. There is many students who have to sleep outside in camps or in the nature. It's logical to not advice people to come in this crisis.
@@yassinemalschlauis it somewhat possible for a non eu to find reasonable housing in a small city like enschede? it would be really helpful for me if you were to share your insights if you are aware
The Dutch rail network is one of the busiest. On a lot of connections the trains have kind of metro tact. And each half hour comes the same train(from-to). So 10:06 and 10:36, 10:17 and 10:47 finally 10:27 and 10:57. This are intercity trains from Eindhoven to utrecht. In-between there are regional trains to. In Germany there's is zwei Stunden takt. Every two hours the same train. But there you you often more possibilities on busy routes per hour. Big difference is that in Germany the obligation to reserve a seat in a train. Further I think the pension system in NL is a bit more generous than in D. The roads are for sure. German roads are not as good anymore.
I was surprised by the snippets from Koblenz (and Trier and Cologne). I hope you enjoyed your visit (I see you did a whole video on it. Will watch it now). 🙂
I live in Germany for over 8 years now and can agree with everything you said about Germany. The things you said about the Netherlands sound also familiar since I have friends in the Netherlands. I've been thinking about moving to the Netherlands since I'm finding social life in Germany a bit difficult. Although I have German friends, but in general social life is not very smooth here and I always hear from my friends in NL that people there are friendlier. While looking for apartments I noticed a HUGE difference between prices here and in NL I hope that salaries there balance the difference though. Fun fact: every time I met a person at a party and felt straight comfortable with them and and I felt like "Oh I can also get along fast with Germans" it then turns out to be that they're Dutch :D
Regarding culture, most knowledgeable people that I know say that Germany is quite hierarchical, whereas the Netherlands are not. Is that something you can verify?
I call the director and shareholders by their first names. They also know mine, greet me and stop for a chat when we meet in passing. I am "just" the finance administrator.
Creditcards in the Netherlands, i,m dutch and never have seen a creditcard in my live debitcards, or pinpas like we call it, yes that is the way here, try to pay with a credit card outside of the big city's is almost impossible.
few things 1. Dutch do not like credit cards. it’s debit, always. Other than mortgage and sometimes a car or some big home investment, we usually like to only buy things we can afford 2. I get along with Germans very well, but the generational gap is huge. Under 40 is usually pretty welcoming and tolerant, over 50 is the absolute opposite. Don’t expect to be treated nicely when trying to speak English in German cities, to older Germans. Exceptions, both ways, of course exist. In the Netherlands that’s the opposite, like you mentioned. Exceptions, again, exist 3. The Dutch political state is changing and it's getting less and less tolerant. It's worrying. In Germany that's not so much the case, although Bavaria is notoriously nationalist and racist. 4. Premade food and vegetarian choices are definitely a bit city thing in the Netherlands. Germany seems on average better at this. When you get to small towns/cities in the Netherlands you really have a hard time eating vegetarian, let alone vegan, unless you cook everything yourself.
Just two remarks Point two: You should say over 70, not over 50. The 50-70 age group is in many ways more tolerant then the 20-40 age group of today, Point three: Nationalist and racist people you find in the former GDR not in bavaria.
With most of my friends parents being in their early to mid 60's I wish I could agree with that, but at least in the Ruhr area that's not the case. But then my friends are all 30-40 and ultra tolerant, so I am of course in a bubble. As for Bavaria; Probably more conservative than racist then. Might be wrong about that one. That said, I do wonder about their views on gay marriage and abortion, which is just as problematic to me, but that indeed isn't racism, or nationalism. @@hansmuller3604
I live in the Netherlands close to the border with Germany and I think it matters little in the end. The countries are not that different. Other countries in Europe are much more different to the Netherlands than Germany is. Except perhaps Denmark. Even Belgium is very different in many aspects.
Old age pension is much better in the Netherlands. In Germany, you get around 45-55% of your last paycheck, as pension. In the Netherlands it is 80-100% of your last paycheck (in average).
I like the straightforwardness of the germans and the fact you don't have to pretend to make small talk and Techno is more of a passion than Hardstyle so Germany it is 🖤❤️💛 Also, their Christmas markets are amazing as well as them doing Christmas close to the same as the british. In Holand they tried to make me go to school on the 25th of december 😢
International education in the Netherlands is succumbing to its success. The Netherlands is popular with international students, partly because higher education is taught in English, even for Dutch students. More and more Dutch students, therefore, find their way to Dutch-speaking Belgian universities. Currently, the Netherlands has 120,000 international students. Germany has 400,000 international students. However, in terms of population, Germany is six times larger than the Netherlands. If an international student graduates in the Netherlands, they are given one year to look for a job in the Netherlands. This is relatively easy as proficiency in the English language is sufficient. A requirement to speak Dutch is often if one wants to become a manager or customer contact Dutch customers. In addition, the Netherlands now has the lowest unemployment rate ever in history, although unemployment in Germany is also low. I know many ex-pats or highly educated people who have lived in the Netherlands for years and who do not speak the Dutch language and who often find a job easily. The (local) government also speaks and helps in the English language, or German and French if necessary. The official languages in the Kingdom of the Netherlands are Dutch, Frisian, Papiamentu and English. Papapiamentu and English are the native languages of the islands in the Caribbean Netherlands.
i don't ge tone thing: you compare INTERnational students and then compare the NATIONAL population. how does that relate? shouldn't you comapre it to the international population in both countries?
@@axelplate9080 what are you talking about? ... he just wanted point out that the Netherlands have more international students in relation to the population = an higher percentage of foreign students.
Fun issue; Berlin is the best compromise, in a dutchman point of view, but visit Amsterdam as well to find out your preference. Take some time to search out your personal preference, travel between each is quite easy.
One negative things about netherland , is that They are not friendly(a bit racist) . For example,renting an house or a bedroom as foreiner is almost impossible( based on personal experience)
Maybe because there aren’t many houses for dutch people themselves We give alot of houses away to immigrants while dutch young people have to live with parents until they are 30 Dont come to our country and expect everything given to you for free
I am Dutch and i don't think all dutch people are racist. In my building in Weesp (near Amsterdam) there are a lot of expats coming and going. It was the same in Groningen and Amsterdam. And when i am in Amsterdam there are a lot of people that work in shops and cafes who don't speak Dutch. And you see it more and more in other places. So even if you don't speak Dutch you can still find a job. In a lot of other country's that is really difficult. And even the big colleges or sportclubs are in English even if there is just one person who doesn't speak dutch. Dutch people just adjust themselves. And renting a house is also difficult for someone who lived in Netherlands there whole lives, i had to wait 15 years for my own place... But that is just my experience.
Maybe everyone is having a problem renting a house or apartment. That applies to everyone. There's a housing crisis going on. Don't automatically tie these things to racism.
I did it the other way around. Born and educated in The Netherlands, speak 5 languages and moved to Latin America 40 years ago and worked for large multinationals. Here the cost of living is 70% lower than in The Netherlands or Germany and I can afford a lifestyle I could only dream about in Europe.
6:50 Eu ouvi de um empresário que existe uma rua em que vocês bebem todos os finais de semana e ela fica lotada. É verdade? Onde fica ! Qualquer dia eu vou aí. ❤❤❤
I really want to move to the Netherlands. Sad-but-true it's possible, with quite good life level, but its too expensive(mostly because of tax, tax rate is quite high) and i couldn't get any official work or something for getting some official status like residence permission with posibility to get citizenship, except temporary protection, which is kinda shit. :( Like, right now im in serach of good place for relocation and it is quite hard in general. You need to understand all moments with getting residence permit, understand do you meet the requirements and what you need to do for it. How works tax system, medical system, real estate market, and a lot lot of other things. For example in Poland, you need to stay there for a 9 months if you in Warsaw, only then you can apply to a temporary residence permit. But if you are a B2B contractor, high chance to stay without a permit. And this isn't the end. You couldn't leave Poland untill you not get the decision and all the process can take min 6 month up to few years.
Yeah,.. ain't all that easy after all,.. unfortunately the brakes were put on the influx a bit. Some small business venture or study may be the easiest way in. But it will take time and effort however you do it.
I didnt evwn consider that 🤔 i would say germany since it s very big, has a lot of national parks and mountains. While the Netherlands has forests lake and rivers (i think) it's pretty flat though.
@@augth 😂 Did you know that all German forests are man-made, right? They all look alike. The trees are all evenly spaced in the same patterns over and over. Talk about artificial!! Seen one, seen all!
Despite the reputation for being cold, I've actually had very nice experiences with German people from all ages while traveling, either in Germany proper or not - to the point that I've started studying German just for these occasions, even though I don't especially enjoy doing tourism in the country. It is anecdotal only, I know, but second only to Scots - which are somehow Latin-Americans at heart - , Germans were, to my surprise, the friendliest European people I've met.
This was not my experience 😅 Germany was probably the least friendly country I’ve been to (South Germany to be precise), ahead of the Netherlands and Denmark. Friendliest would probably be Spain or Ireland.
Im born and raised in the Netherlands id say Germany is better, The Netherlands up and went a few years ago, now its unlivable especially Amsterdam, its wayyyyyyyyyyy to crowded like you can barely walk down the street. Everything got expensive
Hmm i don't any that doesn't have one except maybe for a couple of really old persons that don't move around anymore. But yes it should have been debit cards those are the norm inside the Netherlands. Before covid Germany was still insanly cash based and it still is compaired to the Netherlands. I pretty much only use cash at the market and sometimes in a pub.
I love the netherlands and germany both equally and try poland and czech republic sometime es as well sweden I love as well try Denmark as well and Austriaand Switzerland I love all them places
There are no houses left in Netherlands. Its full full full. Wanna be a student? Prepare to stay in hotels or overexpensive tiny rooms or if youre lucky apartments. Its absurd that we still have 30% tax rule for some skilled foreigners when they do the exact job as the Dutch do who do not enjoy such a huge benefit. Guess what 9 out of 10 migrant does after the regulation ends? They leave cuz NL is "too expensive". They may buy a house and then play landlord but ultimately leave, further inflating the housing market. Other than that NL is pretty good... It is just extremely frustrating as the young Dutch have an extreme hard time to find a place of their own.
I found your channel back at the beginning of 2022 when preparing for my Erasmus to the Netherlands. Now having lived here for about 6 months as a student, and having gone by train into Germany a couple of times: Germany. The Netherlands is nice but damn I wish I was studying in Germany...
'But they are very tall and sometimes think highly of themselves and their country' - spot on! Watching this made me miss the Netherlands until I got to the food part - that's why I moved away. 😅
As a Dutch who lived 10 years in Germany I love the country and even more the people. Lots of love to .......no not in a game of Football/soccer...:):) It's a lovely war...
As a Dutch guy that lives on the border with Germany, i would strongly suggest Germany. The reason is your own wallet. The Netherlands is considered a rich country but the people are not rich, just regular people. The government is rich because it's sucking everything from the people. In Germany this is also true however it's reasonable compared to here, All grocery shopping, clothes shopping i do in Germany because it's literally half cheaper as here. And yes gasoline is cheaper as well so the trip is earned back the moment I'm there
I don’t want to sound rude but there’s so much information wrong in this video. Tax rates and the costs of health insurance is completely wrong for the Netherlands… Do some more research before reading everything as facts
Although I do think germans cook surprisingly well the comparison made here isn't accurate, you're showing sushi and turkish food in germany as if we don't have sushi and turkish food in the Netherlands. It would have been better to show which authentic german meals you'd encounter as they are ridiculously delicious.
Hello Erika! I am writing to you from Argentina. I really liked the video and I saw that several times the train was canceled in Germany, after that it is easy to get to your destination? Or do you lose several hours? Very cute haircut, setting trends! Hugs
Thank u :)) It usually is relatively easy to get to where u want if your train gets cancelled or delayed. The DB app is good at informing you. But if u are traveling long distance you might arrive of 30 minutes (at best) or 2 hours (at very worse) late to your desired destination. But of your delay and cancelations of the trains caused to be late for 1 or 2 hours you can ask for your money back via the app. Hope this helps :D
@@helloerika Thank you very much for the reply. Yes, all your explanation is very useful. Because in my case I am thinking of going to live and work at a distance of 30 or 40 minutes from my office, because I understand that a little outside the central city it is cheaper to rent an apartment. Again thank you very much and I hope you continue to make as good content as always.🖖
@deontay89 because we are trying to conquer the world. Some places in the Patagonia of Argentina, are less Argentinians than people from others parts of the world.
Not everything you tell is true. Germany is a very diverse place, you just can't compare Berlin to Stuttgart or Dresden to Cologne. In each places there are different habits and conditions. That's the biggest problem about every video about Germany: too much generealisation.
Bottom line: don't make a video about Germany in general, or scrupulously study every city in Germany - no generalizations; Germany is diverse!; better to prepare before making a video about GERMANY! Thanks for the constructive criticism!
I like how you look like the flag of the Netherlands, Red on top, white in the middle and the blue shirt. nice subtle touch!
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As a German who lived in the Netherlands for >12 years I fully agree with your comments and I would highly recommend the Netherlands (for many reasons)
as a dutch i reccomend Germany !! The Netherlands is full !!! no fun ! wait month for housing , job, pasport, dutch ppl are rude ! cold, no fun at all !
as a Dutchman, if I had to choose then choose is for Germany. Life is cheaper, there is much more space in the country, the people are more friendly, there is much more nature and the houses are cheaper. Buying or renting a house is almost impossible, even for the Dutch themselves it is very difficult to get a house. As a student, it is almost impossible to get a room in the Netherlands.
@@hansd3295 if a person want to buy a house in holland, in generall, how many years of work is needed？
Hahaha both trying to send people to the other side 😅
I will move to 1
My brother will move to other
That way its fairly spread out for our dominance in mid europe 😂
YOUR ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION IS SO IMPRESSIVE ❤
I’m moving to the neither lands 😂
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Funny all dutch leave the netherlands have fun😅
Funny you, ain't you?
Omg
Neither lands is nowhere 😂. Now NETHERLANDS is a country.
As a German who lived in the Netherlands for her university studies, I can second everything. Really spot on!
If the Netherlands had mountains, I'd probably move back there but as a hiking enthusiast, Germany wins 😅
I do miss the more international lifestyle in the Netherlands. Even though I speak Dutch, being a foreigner and speaking English always seemed a lot easier than die foreigners in Germany.
@@Momoa786 cry some more nah zee
lucky us we do not have them .. ))
as a born and raised dutchie.. I quite miss having a mountain..
@@Momoa786 nono, SHE likes the international lifestyle. She also claims to be polyglot and a language teacher. I'd assume it's also massive bias, as German people typically visit "large" dutch cities. There they get international lifestyle in a relatively small city. Then they compare it to their hometown in Germany and either it is much bigger or less international.
True???? Im from holland but love belgie and germany???
I've lived in Germany and I now live in The Netherlands, and I much prefer The Netherlands! I love travelling by bike, and all main cities are very easy to reach, if you live in the South-West. The landscape is beautiful, there is a lot of green. People are super friendly and sincere, it is easy to make friends and everyone speaks English! They do eat Hagelslag, but it is a minor inconvenience lol 🇳🇱❤️
I've heard many many people complaining about making friends in the Netherlands. You mean that it's easy to make friends with expats, as they are realtively more than in Germany, no?
apparently you moved because of the work change as you did not get one in Germany
@@Kni90270 now say this again without crying
@@illidarilemonade ?
@@Momoa786 deutsch is not know to be an easy to learn language tho
NL and DE both have their pros and cons. In many ways NL should be a role model, f.e. payment and working environment for hospitals etc., bicycle friendliness, ...
saying this as a German
Speaking as a Dutch man not that much wrong with Germany either. If i couldn't live in the Netherlands and if i don't count the langues issue Germany would be very high on my list of places i would go to then (you do have some competition with the Scandinavian country's). If i include the langues its defintly the nr 1 then. And i'm not sure if the Netherlands is any better overall its probable more that its just more familiar to me.
@@arturobianco848 I suggest to go and live in Germany for one year, and see how you think then.... The language issue is very important part of it. I think it is true that some "outspoken prejudice" towards foreigners is something that you'll need to accept even if you are fluent and try your utmost to blend in. That would not happen in the Netherlands. That being said, Germans are generally more open and direct (yes, really) and easier to make friends with.
Very true! Even more amazing is that many Germans consider their country as "more advanced" whereas quite a few dutch people think the Netherlands is a "terribly governed country" where "everything is better elsewhere" (but get all of their facts wrong). When I tell a German that the Netherlands has better quality of roads, some will immediately correct me and state that that is "not possible". On the contrary, some dutch people like to say that Holland has the highest taxes in the world. When I told them that I actually pay a lot more taxes in Germany, and I know that in Belgium also taxes are higher, they wouldn't believe me either.
I will also say that many people like to say that dutch people are "direct", I find german people more open, happier to discuss things, and easier to make friends with. Dutch people on the contrary are generally more patient, especially in traffic Germans can seem very stressed.
@@CreRay I can understand Germane very well i just don't use it often enough to be fluent in it when i'm speaking it. If i would live year in Germany i would be. As for some he's foreign you get that everywhere i'm dutch most Germanes recognize the accent and are fine with it.
@@arturobianco848 Did you even read what I wrote? EVEN IF you are fluent in German you have to accept some negative attitude just for the fact that you're a foreigner, that's my experience of having lived in Germany 2 times. Living in a country is not the same as visiting...
I prefer the Netherlands but they are both great places to live 🇳🇱🇩🇪
going Germany is better for The Dutch ! its full and long waiting times for housing ,job , school , ecc..ecc.
Netherlands is better. As a foreigner I felt more accepted than in Germany. I find it very hard to make friends here. The only thing that keeps me here is the fact that my ex is German and I can not leave the country with my children who are his. German law prevents it. In Holland I made friends mich more easily and found it much easier to fit in.
depends on where u were in Germany ...
You are always welcome. I have been living in the netherlands since 1993 and I still think it’s one of the best countries. A tad boring in terms of nature etc but the fact that they payed for both of my MA degrees (English and Education- studiefinancering- is wild!
@katarina Where did you fit in? In a box?
I just don t believe you, you re probably getting coupons from this or that, to say vague, unspecific unplausible stuff, on behalf of my country, where all tennis clubs are 60 yrs + and children truly scarse..
@@rheijm9201 Maybe she didn't fit in due to rude people like you. She is explaining her personal experiences, not gatekeeping on "behalf of" your country
@@gyrow1684 lot f hate for the word vague..or what did i say?
Actually in the Netherlands a part of your health insurance is also deducted from your pay check, it's just that most people are unaware of it. It's in the taxes section under "sociale verzekeringen" on your pay check, it covers to some extent the costs of the health insurance, as the minimum 125 euros would be not nearly enough to cover all the costs that the insurance company is paying to the doctor, hospital etc.
No it isn't you are probably talking about "werknemerverzekeringen" and that means you have an insurance with the UWV (employment service) meaning you get unemployment benefit incase of job loss because you paid for it automatically.
@@bryancomlor1435 i looked it up under the Belastingdienst website, and you're right! Thanks for pointing this out. Does this mean that the insurance companies have to make do without extra taxpayer money from the state?
Healthcare system in the Netherlands sucks donkeys, it’s cost before care mentality very American without the huge bill, it’s always if the insurance will pay as opposed to best level of care.
@@koolade76Did you ever live in the Netherlands!
You don't have to pay for anything (within your insurance policy) only the first 385€ are deductible and that's per annum not per case!
You don't know what you are talking about!
I had a American health insurance which cost me a fortune had many maximums on the covering and 2000 dollar deductibles per case!
And the Dutch health insurance covers world wide except from the USA!!!!!
@@51bikerboy I live in the Netherlands 🙄 the healthcare system sucks compared to other EU countries. Being told to fuck off back to your own country for vital life saving items by the Ziekenhuis because the health insurance companies have caps on the treatment I need, is all I need to know. So please stop talking shit, I’ve seen with my own eyes how “great” the Dutch healthcare system is, “The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members”.
Lol I’m Dutch and in my company close to half the employees don’t speak Dutch at all so the primary language is English and that’s the language that’s required to get hired and everything is done in English except 1 on 1 communication with someone who speaks a different language
Is working as a civil engineer require a dutch language ? Or i could manage it and find job in english, cause here in poland its impossible
What a shame. And dictatorship....anothet colonie
this is exactly what I needed to know. thank youuuu so much. I am planning to study in either of the places next year
I like your style of explaining different topics !
Actually I feel in the Netherlands getting a career job without knowing Dutch is very possible. I have been working with many large Dutch companies, and English was often the primary language used. Many of my colleagues came from all over the world, and most of them didn’t speak Dutch.
In Germany this is a lot harder, except if you work in IT for example. My neighbor is German and works in Hamburg, and has many English speaking colleagues. So it is not impossible, but a bit harder than here in the Netherlands.
Most things about the NL aren't quite accurate. For example the non-EU tuition fees and this language aspect. But also the bikes above cars law statement is inaccurate.
@@zZSandStormZz The last one i sort of think is correct if a bit bluntly stated. Also what she said about the non EU fees was mostly correct. You are correct that they wheren't quite accurate but as a general rule she did a good job.
It was more on the food that i took a bit of exception yes in general its better and cheaper in Germany. But there still is plenty of variaty in the Netherlands you just have to look for it a bit more in the Netherlands and pay a bit more.
Very true, and it is without a single doubt much easier to get by in daily life without speaking dutch in the Netherlands, than it is to get by without speaking German in Germany. Even if your German is perfect, you'll have to accept a certain degree of getting told off in Germany. Like my former boss who had been living in Germany for 18 years and was 100% fluent in German, he sometimes still got a "in Germany we do it like this" including the raised finger (point finger, not middle finger) when for instance ordering at the bakery. Germans can be quite hard to Ausländer, it's something that you need to learn to accept as their shortcoming, not yours. One more line of standard German expressions: "Wenn man das in Deutschland so macht dann wird das schon seine Gründe haben!".
Germans think German is the only good language in the world. They expect you to speak German to them everywhere. They're nuts.
@@CreRay depends on where u are in Germany. In Berlin you cannot just get by with English, but you have also masses of companies where English is the main language, the entire cultural scene is mainly English and you have masses of Bars, Cafes etc. who even dont understand German, only English. But the entire club, bar, event scene is mainly English anyway. Actually only the Gov structures are behind (like always). In Munich many are able to speak English, you also have ppl from all over the world but its like most German cities still rather German spoken driven from the public impression (of course not in every company etc.). One could say that Berlin is a bit different to most other German cities not just in this regard. Many Germans who have less experience with that, because not living in Berlin give often a projection from what they experience and generalize it wrong. In the end you have in general some hotspots in Europe where the everyday mixture is already so high that English took for most parts over while most other cities are in a mix with still more local influence and a bit English (or other languages, but English is the new global native one - by far most English speaker are not from the classic native countries anymore)
Taxrates at 0:53 are wrong. Netherlands has lowered the taxes to 36,92% up to €73.031 and 49,50% after that
Non-EU kennismigranten qualify for a 5-year tax cut and only pay 30%. The idea is that these people only stay temporarily in the NL and will not claim benefits such as AOW etc.
@@djune286 still she lists old tax brackets
Germany ca 43%
Been to Germany once (U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart) I loved the place. Excellent beer (not watered down piss we call Budweiser) and very scenic. Would love to go back
This video is impressively accurate!
I can not describe how much LOVE your videos! You are my favourite youtuber ever since I found your channel 4 months ago. Great job Erika!
For us, people from South America, both are great countries but with a great cultural shock as well
De acuerdo prí.
go to the usa ! or Germany !
@@richardhltrp1791 Don't go to USA. It's not a good place.
@@tinabraxton4906cud u tell y
2:49
This part wasn't right.
(Of course, you can't just say all people from a certain country are very friendly and from another not.)
But Dutch people are WAY friendlier than Germans!
I have been there multiple times, and people just constantly greet you and smile at you. In Germany, it's the other way around: people look grumpy at you most of the time.
I would say that Belgians are more like Germans tough. (They also speak Dutch)
(And don't get me wrong: all countries have good and bad people, some just have more of them😅)
I am from The Czech Republic, and I would really love to live in The Netherlands. I am going to do an exchange programme in Belgium since this September, it was the closest I could get to The NL. I was travelling around the NL last summer, I was in Efteling and then around South West cities -> Rotterdam, Utrecht, Amsterdam, Leiden,.. They are so beautiful. Everybody there also speaks english and they are so friendly.. I really hope I will be able to find accommodation once I finish my bachelor in Czechia (in 1 and half year). It's extremely difficult to find one there.
I am from Poland and currently I'm living in Rotterdam :) I study here since september and you're definitely right about the accomodation! I'm already sweating thinking about having to find a new place soon. But in general I think it's really worth a try, so good luck ♡
@@annomalia_m It's honestly one of my life time big dream to move there at one point. I study IT, so in this field I am pretty sure I'm not gonna have a problem with finding a job as Europian. Only thing I am worried about is the accommodation because even native dutch people have problem with finding one.
I wish you good luck too, I believe we'll both manage somehow :))
Just because everybody speaks English is no reason not to learn Dutch. It is nice to follow the news and know what others around you are saying, god forbid they might be talking about you. In all seriousness, if you live in a country you should at least try to speak the local language. Yes, I could have said that in Dutch, but you'd have trouble reading it, so I used English.
@@dutchy1121 Hello Joe, I've never said that I wouldn't wanna learn Dutch language at all. I actually know the basics already. I think you missunderstood me because I said that it's nice that everyone there also speaks english and is friendly and helpful.
@@erzaskill9494 Point well made, and yes most of the people that live here speak English and will readily switch to it if they hear an accent in broken/semi fluent Dutch, makes it harder to practice learning, but....
Very helpful, informative video. Thank you, Erika.
I am from the netherlands andI have been 50 times or more to Germany and i really love the country, nature, People, beer, food etc. But i could never live in Germany. I could never really blend in society, too much difference..
Too much difference? Hahaha as if you're located in America, Germany and the Netherlands are very very close neighbors, Germans and Dutch are the same nation , there are zero differences between them.
@@VenusEvan_1885 zero?
@@purgie even Dutch means German which is Deutsch , both in Western Europe, both speak west Germanic language, both have the same mentality and culture, the weather is the same, the same skin color, the only difference Germany is huge the Netherlands is tiny, it's much easier in Nederland to travel from A to Z in Germany the distances are much longer, and that's it, to say you could never blend in the German society is an utter nonsense and exaggeration.
I know so many people who cannot speak or understand German, and 99 of the Germans cannot speak even one word dutch. Even on holiday here at the cost. Germans are much more formel and disciplined, especially in the office. No first names, always herr und frau. We are more liberal. I know a few Germans who live here and they all say the same. And dutch is a word only the english language uses. We say Nederland, the Germans Niederlande, and the french Pays-bas. All means Lowlands
@@VenusEvan_1885 'tell me you're not from the NL or GER without telling you're not from the NL or GER.'
bro sorry but they are just not the same. Have you ever visited both Dutch and German cities, or noticed the difference in architecture of the villages in the countryside? Working culture is also much different... Germany is more 'hierarchical' and the Netherlands is more 'equal'. Also, there is much cultural difference between the provinces of the Netherlands. I'd say Flanders is more similar to southern Netherlands than Amsterdam is to the southern Netherlands
For example, in the last week we had a blizzard on Friday, a quiet overcast weekend, a normal storm on Monday, and then summer on Wednesday. That's just life in the Netherlands :-)
I second this! it was a crazy week, but I loved it
I'm a Mech. Eng. from Bulgaria and plan on moving to Germany or the Netherlands in about 3 years(I'm a newly graduate so need to make some experience first). I have relatives both in Germany and the Netherlands but I lean towards Germany more because of my profession and my love for cars. One of my relatives who lived both in Germany and the Netherlands once told me that; If you love bikes, multiculturalism, compactness and don't want to spend your time learning the local language choose the Netherlands; If you love cars, beautiful landscapes, want more job opportunities and don't mind learning German and being proficient to get a good job choose Germany. Plus Germany has a population of 85 mil. people which is really big compared to Netherlands with 17.5 mil. overall German job market is bigger plus if you know German you can always move to Austria or Switzerland too being an EU citizen and speaking German.
Wish you luck at hitting a job in the automobile industry!
@@Momoa786 yess I want to learn both languages and live in both places.
I am a LA native and have had the opportunity to live in both Germany and the Netherlands. Germany is very nice but I so much prefer the Netherlands.
noooo
Well ofcourse you are from LA a woke Liberal City ,the only option for you in Germany would be Berlin.
As a Swiss, I‘d much prefer the Netherlands. They are more open, international and innovative, which are all pros in my book. Germany has a very hierarchical workplace mentality, which is something we don’t know in Switzerland, just like the Dutch. Railways are reliable and we also share similarly sized countries. 👍🌷
I was in Switzerland this summer. If I was a Swiss I knew it, then I continued to live in the very beautiful Switzerland, what a wonderfully beautiful country that is! The disadvantage is that they are difficult to understand because of their dialect and not always speak English
Visited Netherlands a while back and thought, I could live here easily. Language isn't that hard to learn simple phrases, people were very friendly, food was very good (in restaurants at least), and so easy to get around.....then I went somewhere during an all day freezing rainstorm, omg the worst weather....gotta take that in stride if you move there and enjoy being inside. But cool country for sure.
I lived in both, overall I prefer Germany, especially nightlife, cool urban subcultures, food, beer, general way of life.
And if someone is comparing the between (the France) ?
@@ogpratik What region of France? There's quite a difference between various regions of France. Brittanny vs Alsace & Lorraine vs Midi vs Massif Central vs Alps-Rhône vs Bordeaux and Pyrennees or the Île de France, Normandy, Picardy - Pas du Nord.
Prefer Netherlands. I have lived in Germany for 10 years and if you love sending paper letters and you love old fashion then here you will like more. Netherlands is more modern
I want to move to munich
I watched this video in your channel and i subscribed ❤
For most things it's a pretty close call but I think The Netherlands wins the food comparison hands down. Not only because of the amazing deepfried snacks but also because it's more international due to the history. You can eat so many foreign cuisines, not just Turkish. Even a local supermarket had a fair share of world dishes and ingredients available. Moroccan, Indonesian, Surinamese, Mexican, Chinese/Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Thai... It's all there and readily available. And there are loads of specialised supermarkets rhat sell all the world's ingredients and produce like chili peppers, roots, vegetables, sauces, you name it.
It's a rather personal question, some people like the German Pünktlichkeit and bratwurst others like the Dutch Niksen and erwtensoep, best is visit both stay couple of months and make up your mind
Amsterdam actually started a add campaign for foreign students not to come. I'm Dutch and would choose Germany to study. For higher paying jobs i would choose the Netherlands though. Especially if you just speak English.
they did that because of the housing crisis. The Dutch government is basically saying don't come, because we don't have enough houses. There is many students who have to sleep outside in camps or in the nature. It's logical to not advice people to come in this crisis.
@@yassinemalschlauis it somewhat possible for a non eu to find reasonable housing in a small city like enschede? it would be really helpful for me if you were to share your insights if you are aware
Housing is a MASSIVE problem in The Netherlands. Its really really bad
The Dutch rail network is one of the busiest. On a lot of connections the trains have kind of metro tact. And each half hour comes the same train(from-to). So 10:06 and 10:36, 10:17 and 10:47 finally 10:27 and 10:57. This are intercity trains from Eindhoven to utrecht. In-between there are regional trains to. In Germany there's is zwei Stunden takt. Every two hours the same train. But there you you often more possibilities on busy routes per hour. Big difference is that in Germany the obligation to reserve a seat in a train.
Further I think the pension system in NL is a bit more generous than in D. The roads are for sure. German roads are not as good anymore.
I was surprised by the snippets from Koblenz (and Trier and Cologne). I hope you enjoyed your visit (I see you did a whole video on it. Will watch it now). 🙂
5:59 Is it Regensburg?
No, that is cologne (Köln). In the background the famous cathedral (Kölner Dom). In in the foreground the Museum Ludwig (art museum).
7:23 "Stroopwafel", not "Stroepwaffel" ;-)
I live in Germany for over 8 years now and can agree with everything you said about Germany. The things you said about the Netherlands sound also familiar since I have friends in the Netherlands.
I've been thinking about moving to the Netherlands since I'm finding social life in Germany a bit difficult. Although I have German friends, but in general social life is not very smooth here and I always hear from my friends in NL that people there are friendlier.
While looking for apartments I noticed a HUGE difference between prices here and in NL I hope that salaries there balance the difference though.
Fun fact: every time I met a person at a party and felt straight comfortable with them and and I felt like "Oh I can also get along fast with Germans" it then turns out to be that they're Dutch :D
Regarding culture, most knowledgeable people that I know say that Germany is quite hierarchical, whereas the Netherlands are not.
Is that something you can verify?
Can verify as a Swiss.
I have been working in the netherlands for quite some time and never felt the hierarchy. It's something well known over here
I call the director and shareholders by their first names. They also know mine, greet me and stop for a chat when we meet in passing. I am "just" the finance administrator.
Creditcards in the Netherlands, i,m dutch and never have seen a creditcard in my live debitcards, or pinpas like we call it, yes that is the way here, try to pay with a credit card outside of the big city's is almost impossible.
few things
1. Dutch do not like credit cards. it’s debit, always. Other than mortgage and sometimes a car or some big home investment, we usually like to only buy things we can afford
2. I get along with Germans very well, but the generational gap is huge. Under 40 is usually pretty welcoming and tolerant, over 50 is the absolute opposite. Don’t expect to be treated nicely when trying to speak English in German cities, to older Germans. Exceptions, both ways, of course exist. In the Netherlands that’s the opposite, like you mentioned. Exceptions, again, exist
3. The Dutch political state is changing and it's getting less and less tolerant. It's worrying. In Germany that's not so much the case, although Bavaria is notoriously nationalist and racist.
4. Premade food and vegetarian choices are definitely a bit city thing in the Netherlands. Germany seems on average better at this. When you get to small towns/cities in the Netherlands you really have a hard time eating vegetarian, let alone vegan, unless you cook everything yourself.
Point 3: why you think that? Any evidence?
Just two remarks
Point two: You should say over 70, not over 50. The 50-70 age group is in many ways more tolerant then the 20-40 age group of today,
Point three: Nationalist and racist people you find in the former GDR not in bavaria.
With most of my friends parents being in their early to mid 60's I wish I could agree with that, but at least in the Ruhr area that's not the case. But then my friends are all 30-40 and ultra tolerant, so I am of course in a bubble.
As for Bavaria; Probably more conservative than racist then. Might be wrong about that one. That said, I do wonder about their views on gay marriage and abortion, which is just as problematic to me, but that indeed isn't racism, or nationalism.
@@hansmuller3604
Brief and useful👌👌. we want a QA video
Yes that's correct are quite similar and denish are quite similar and Swedes
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I live in the Netherlands close to the border with Germany and I think it matters little in the end. The countries are not that different. Other countries in Europe are much more different to the Netherlands than Germany is. Except perhaps Denmark. Even Belgium is very different in many aspects.
Old age pension is much better in the Netherlands. In Germany, you get around 45-55% of your last paycheck, as pension. In the Netherlands it is 80-100% of your last paycheck (in average).
Love your videos. Your witty humor is very entertaining. Keep it up.
I like the straightforwardness of the germans and the fact you don't have to pretend to make small talk and Techno is more of a passion than Hardstyle so Germany it is
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Also, their Christmas markets are amazing as well as them doing Christmas close to the same as the british. In Holand they tried to make me go to school on the 25th of december 😢
International education in the Netherlands is succumbing to its success. The Netherlands is popular with international students, partly because higher education is taught in English, even for Dutch students. More and more Dutch students, therefore, find their way to Dutch-speaking Belgian universities. Currently, the Netherlands has 120,000 international students. Germany has 400,000 international students. However, in terms of population, Germany is six times larger than the Netherlands.
If an international student graduates in the Netherlands, they are given one year to look for a job in the Netherlands. This is relatively easy as proficiency in the English language is sufficient. A requirement to speak Dutch is often if one wants to become a manager or customer contact Dutch customers. In addition, the Netherlands now has the lowest unemployment rate ever in history, although unemployment in Germany is also low.
I know many ex-pats or highly educated people who have lived in the Netherlands for years and who do not speak the Dutch language and who often find a job easily. The (local) government also speaks and helps in the English language, or German and French if necessary.
The official languages in the Kingdom of the Netherlands are Dutch, Frisian, Papiamentu and English. Papapiamentu and English are the native languages of the islands in the Caribbean Netherlands.
i don't ge tone thing: you compare INTERnational students and then compare the NATIONAL population. how does that relate? shouldn't you comapre it to the international population in both countries?
@@axelplate9080 what are you talking about? ... he just wanted point out that the Netherlands have more international students in relation to the population = an higher percentage of foreign students.
Amsterdam is a hugely international place, just like New York , which was.... hmmm.... New Amsterdam!
I am sick. Always pushing english....
Fun issue;
Berlin is the best compromise, in a dutchman point of view, but visit Amsterdam as well to find out your preference. Take some time to search out your personal preference, travel between each is quite easy.
amsterdam is NOT The Netherlands ! its just a tourist city like all over the world but with more stupid ppl ...
I am a simple man. I see Erikas new video, I watch it, I put like and leave a comment. Cool dancing in te end btw😀😀
Unfortunately episode of dancing was so short, but but who cares but us...
One negative things about netherland , is that They are not friendly(a bit racist) .
For example,renting an house or a bedroom as foreiner is almost impossible( based on personal experience)
Nice way to generalize an entire country and it's people.
Maybe because there aren’t many houses for dutch people themselves
We give alot of houses away to immigrants while dutch young people have to live with parents until they are 30
Dont come to our country and expect everything given to you for free
I am Dutch and i don't think all dutch people are racist. In my building in Weesp (near Amsterdam) there are a lot of expats coming and going. It was the same in Groningen and Amsterdam. And when i am in Amsterdam there are a lot of people that work in shops and cafes who don't speak Dutch. And you see it more and more in other places. So even if you don't speak Dutch you can still find a job. In a lot of other country's that is really difficult. And even the big colleges or sportclubs are in English even if there is just one person who doesn't speak dutch. Dutch people just adjust themselves. And renting a house is also difficult for someone who lived in Netherlands there whole lives, i had to wait 15 years for my own place... But that is just my experience.
Maybe everyone is having a problem renting a house or apartment. That applies to everyone. There's a housing crisis going on. Don't automatically tie these things to racism.
ERIKA, I AM MOVING TO GERMANY DUE TO THE LOW COST OF LIVING.
I did it the other way around. Born and educated in The Netherlands, speak 5 languages and moved to Latin America 40 years ago and worked for large multinationals. Here the cost of living is 70% lower than in The Netherlands or Germany and I can afford a lifestyle I could only dream about in Europe.
If you're earning in euros then I don't think there's anywhere better to live
6:50 Eu ouvi de um empresário que existe uma rua em que vocês bebem todos os finais de semana e ela fica lotada. É verdade? Onde fica ! Qualquer dia eu vou aí. ❤❤❤
It seems like Enschede Kennispark station in the first minute of videos, and also the green way to UT Campus 😀
*Not creditcards in NL .... but their bank cards with direct debet ...
I really want to move to the Netherlands. Sad-but-true it's possible, with quite good life level, but its too expensive(mostly because of tax, tax rate is quite high) and i couldn't get any official work or something for getting some official status like residence permission with posibility to get citizenship, except temporary protection, which is kinda shit. :(
Like, right now im in serach of good place for relocation and it is quite hard in general. You need to understand all moments with getting residence permit, understand do you meet the requirements and what you need to do for it. How works tax system, medical system, real estate market, and a lot lot of other things.
For example in Poland, you need to stay there for a 9 months if you in Warsaw, only then you can apply to a temporary residence permit. But if you are a B2B contractor, high chance to stay without a permit. And this isn't the end. You couldn't leave Poland untill you not get the decision and all the process can take min 6 month up to few years.
Yeah,.. ain't all that easy after all,.. unfortunately the brakes were put on the influx a bit. Some small business venture or study may be the easiest way in. But it will take time and effort however you do it.
which has better nature ,I love nature so much
I didnt evwn consider that 🤔 i would say germany since it s very big, has a lot of national parks and mountains. While the Netherlands has forests lake and rivers (i think) it's pretty flat though.
Germany by far, the Netherlands is the most artificialised country in Europe and maybe the world
@@augth 😂 Did you know that all German forests are man-made, right? They all look alike. The trees are all evenly spaced in the same patterns over and over. Talk about artificial!! Seen one, seen all!
Just discovered your channel :). I was to go to Riga Uni but didn't get to. Nice to see someone from Latvia.
Thanks for the nice video
Despite the reputation for being cold, I've actually had very nice experiences with German people from all ages while traveling, either in Germany proper or not - to the point that I've started studying German just for these occasions, even though I don't especially enjoy doing tourism in the country.
It is anecdotal only, I know, but second only to Scots - which are somehow Latin-Americans at heart - , Germans were, to my surprise, the friendliest European people I've met.
This was not my experience 😅 Germany was probably the least friendly country I’ve been to (South Germany to be precise), ahead of the Netherlands and Denmark. Friendliest would probably be Spain or Ireland.
Thanks, very helpful to a North American!
I moved to Germany now I wanna move to the Netherlands
No we don't want you here go back to germany
I am also considering to move from DE to NL
Dafür nehmen neu Migranten aus nahem Osten dein Platz ein. 😅 Deutschland nimmt alle auf und Jobcenter bezahlt alles 😅
@@ifeelsoyy1444 not yet
@@marcor5886 I wish you good luck, the Netherlands has a serious home problem, they are almost unabashed and unaffordable
thank you so much
The things she showed as food for Germany can be quite easily found in the Netherlands too tbh
Im born and raised in the Netherlands id say Germany is better, The Netherlands up and went a few years ago, now its unlivable especially Amsterdam, its wayyyyyyyyyyy to crowded like you can barely walk down the street. Everything got expensive
Creditcards???
I'm Dutch. I know one Dutch person who has a credit card.
Hmm i don't any that doesn't have one except maybe for a couple of really old persons that don't move around anymore.
But yes it should have been debit cards those are the norm inside the Netherlands. Before covid Germany was still insanly cash based and it still is compaired to the Netherlands. I pretty much only use cash at the market and sometimes in a pub.
I love the netherlands and germany both equally and try poland and czech republic sometime es as well sweden I love as well try Denmark as well and Austriaand Switzerland I love all them places
Free healthcare. Something we wish Americans had and something Europeans make fun of us for not having.
Im Dutch, can't complain. I only would love to work under german taxes and laws but thats maybe the only thing.
There are no houses left in Netherlands. Its full full full. Wanna be a student? Prepare to stay in hotels or overexpensive tiny rooms or if youre lucky apartments.
Its absurd that we still have 30% tax rule for some skilled foreigners when they do the exact job as the Dutch do who do not enjoy such a huge benefit. Guess what 9 out of 10 migrant does after the regulation ends? They leave cuz NL is "too expensive". They may buy a house and then play landlord but ultimately leave, further inflating the housing market.
Other than that NL is pretty good...
It is just extremely frustrating as the young Dutch have an extreme hard time to find a place of their own.
Its been slashed to i believe 3 years now from 7 years. and it has to do with housing costs we do want the right people in to power up our econamy.
The Netherlands is overpopulated and there is no housing.
But thats the case everywhere
I echo almost all your statements. I also ended up in the Netherlands.
I love both countries but I do prefer Germany but then again I prefer Germany over most countries.
I can’t choose between Germany or Ireland or Netherlands 😅 making friends easily , university and weather is a big factor for me
@@bloomy27Ireland, bur maybe the weather is the worst
@@marcor5886weather is definitely the worst. So is housing.
I found your channel back at the beginning of 2022 when preparing for my Erasmus to the Netherlands. Now having lived here for about 6 months as a student, and having gone by train into Germany a couple of times: Germany. The Netherlands is nice but damn I wish I was studying in Germany...
hey! may I ask why that is?
'But they are very tall and sometimes think highly of themselves and their country' - spot on! Watching this made me miss the Netherlands until I got to the food part - that's why I moved away. 😅
There still is enough decent food around if you know where to look just don't go traditionally dutch. I'm dutch and i like it but yeah it ain't great.
Bey Bey, never come back please
Are short people accepted? 😅
Love both. I am german
nice video. informative
As a Dutch who lived 10 years in Germany I love the country and even more the people. Lots of love to .......no not in a game of Football/soccer...:):) It's a lovely war...
I am moving to Kazakhstan
As a Dutch guy that lives on the border with Germany, i would strongly suggest Germany. The reason is your own wallet. The Netherlands is considered a rich country but the people are not rich, just regular people. The government is rich because it's sucking everything from the people. In Germany this is also true however it's reasonable compared to here, All grocery shopping, clothes shopping i do in Germany because it's literally half cheaper as here. And yes gasoline is cheaper as well so the trip is earned back the moment I'm there
Which country is easier to make sincere friends even when you don’t know the language that strong ? I don’t want to be alone in a new country 🥲
I love the Germalands
Are the germlins citizens of the Germalands??? Explain, pls...🙏
@@eriksezis8255 That is actually correct! But they don't like being called germlins anymore.. they go by germys nowadays 😄
@@julientrue Thank You very much! Now it is clear.🤓
Wait.
Are you saying the schools in the Netherland has lower standards than those in Germany?
I will live in The Netherlands but just 2km from German border. It’s perfect. Very well done video. Bedankt
How about the living expenses cost of accommodation?
I don’t want to sound rude but there’s so much information wrong in this video. Tax rates and the costs of health insurance is completely wrong for the Netherlands… Do some more research before reading everything as facts
Although I do think germans cook surprisingly well the comparison made here isn't accurate, you're showing sushi and turkish food in germany as if we don't have sushi and turkish food in the Netherlands. It would have been better to show which authentic german meals you'd encounter as they are ridiculously delicious.
Good video thanks
I found the older germans and some older poles had good English as well
Hello Erika! I am writing to you from Argentina. I really liked the video and I saw that several times the train was canceled in Germany, after that it is easy to get to your destination? Or do you lose several hours? Very cute haircut, setting trends! Hugs
Thank u :)) It usually is relatively easy to get to where u want if your train gets cancelled or delayed. The DB app is good at informing you. But if u are traveling long distance you might arrive of 30 minutes (at best) or 2 hours (at very worse) late to your desired destination. But of your delay and cancelations of the trains caused to be late for 1 or 2 hours you can ask for your money back via the app. Hope this helps :D
@@helloerika Thank you very much for the reply. Yes, all your explanation is very useful. Because in my case I am thinking of going to live and work at a distance of 30 or 40 minutes from my office, because I understand that a little outside the central city it is cheaper to rent an apartment. Again thank you very much and I hope you continue to make as good content as always.🖖
@@Momoa786 you're a fu*king racist, you have very bad behavior to foreigners, get lost
@deontay89 because we are trying to conquer the world. Some places in the Patagonia of Argentina, are less Argentinians than people from others parts of the world.
Shame you did not enjoy the indonesian kitchen we have in the Netherlands …… a huge omission
As a German of Dutch ancestry, why do I hate techno, beer, sausages and cheese? 🤔Something seems to have gone wrong.. 😅
Not everything you tell is true. Germany is a very diverse place, you just can't compare Berlin to Stuttgart or Dresden to Cologne. In each places there are different habits and conditions. That's the biggest problem about every video about Germany: too much generealisation.
Bottom line: don't make a video about Germany in general, or scrupulously study every city in Germany - no generalizations; Germany is diverse!; better to prepare before making a video about GERMANY! Thanks for the constructive criticism!
I wonder what country you chose, looking at the thumbnail i think know which lmao
in both country there in no paycheck. It goes direct on your bankaccount.
After knowing dutch language what kind of job I get?
I'm now 37...