@@yousefp3591 - Je mag straks blij zijn als je het licht aan kunt houden, water uit de kraan komt, een warm huis hebt in de winter, en te vreten op tafel hebt. Daar kan allemaal een einde aan komen. Voor het klimaat, offeren we dit graag op. Toch? Vorige winter zijn er in Europa mensen letterlijk doodgevroren in hun eigen huis.
A 12 minutes bus service to a 250 people village is ridiculous in Holland too. It exists because the village is between 2 larger towns without a train connection. (Sneek - Lemmer)
Dat zal ook alleen maar tussen spitsuren zijn. Of het is gewoon een hele drukke route waar verschillende lijnen langsrijden. Meeste dorpen is het gewoon om de half- of hele uur.
@@marijkewitteveen-jongman4045 Buurtbussen (soms op bestelling tussen 0600 - 1800 uur) en zondag rijden ze helemaal niet. Vroeger waren de lijnen en verbindingen beter in de dorpjes en daartussen gelegen.
Exactly. I live in a small village in NL. 900 people. Busses only come three times in morning and three times in late afternoon. Mid day no busses. Evening no busses. So every 12 minutes is not usual at all.
Best commercial for the Netherlands ever😂. Yep the Netherlands are super organised. Nice reaction video. Funny to see you're suprise to things I'm so used to. Makes me more appreciate for what we have in the Netherlands. Dankjewel (thank you in Dutch) Obrigado.
The Netherlands isn't perfect either, and we always complain to get things improved, but I like to see foreign reactions on "my" country, so I can appreciate the good things a bit more ;o). I think the Netherlands, and many of our European neighbors as well, have made very good improvements over the last 50 years or so, but we can't let it slip away and have to keep working and fighting for it. Conserving what we have, and improving what we can. Always enjoy your reactions, despite the fact that I always have to make do with the translations, as I understand only very little from the Portuguese language. Your facial expressions at a lot of flavour!
@@WendyvanToor ? is dat niet wat ik in mijn commentaar vermelde? De vertalingen van YT laten inmens te wensen over. Regelmatig als ik videos kijk en luister in talen die ik wel op een redelijk niveau beheers, ontdek ik de ene fout na de andere.
And if it gets improved ppl are annoyed cause the road is closed for a week or a couple of weeks and they have to take another route what is like 2 minutes longer.
You are NOT 3rd world people. You are top-class people, living in a developing country. Thanks for your video, reminding me to feel lucky and grateful to live here. Greetings and hugs from Amsterdam.
I am Polish but must say that Netherlands and Denmark are my favourite country in Europe ! The the sample of organisation and haw to have happy healthy life !
@@afjo972But it is ! Landscape painters of the golden age even invented landscape (from litterally the Dutch word 'landschap') as such. There's so much more as what you mainly see in video's about infrastructure. (the island area's, the big sand-drifts, the hilly area's, the ancient lands between very big rivers..)
I'm Dutch but I live in Poland. Poznań to be exact. I love Poland and The Netherlands. Bike lanes are becoming more common, as well as the Dutch type of urban planning.
And still… this could work in Brazil too. I’m living and working in the Netherlands and I’m a city planner. Some of my colleagues and fellow students visited Brazil to learn from Curitiba, which seems to have an excellent public transport system.
It could work anywhere but you need trillions we invest so much time & money to get here we have a huge tax system evrything is taxed. Some things like gas cigarettes are taxed double! & insurence on evrything is a law you have no choice period!
Thank you for reacting to this video. It makes me realize how privileged Dutch people are, including me. Dutch people should talk more about these beautiful achievements in stead of complaining about 'problems'.
To be honest, I feel like the complaining is part of Dutch culture. Our society probably wouldn't be so well organized if we didn't complain so much. For example, we woudn't have our 'verzorgingsstaat' if the lower class didn't voice their dissatisfactions. There are probably countless other examples to make. But yeah, I agree. Now and then it is good to look across the border and to realize how good we have it out here, because most of us don't even notice it. For example, I've got some foreign friends who were absolutely astonished that I have never had to pay a bribe in my entire life😂.
Dutchies should travel to other continents more often. Not vacationing but travelling. It will make us appreciate our own country so much more (I experienced it myself, it's really helpful).
Like a lot of Dutch people, I complain...a lot sometimes. So thank you for showing me that I shouldn't always take living here for granted and be thankful for the fact I was born in this small but beautiful country.
Mwah, als dat wat we hebben in verval dreigt te raken of als iets beter kan mogen we er best even wat van zeggen. Verder ben ik het wel met je eens, er is inderdaad vrij weinig om over te klagen als het hier op aankomt en kunnen we beter ons gezeur bewaren voor andere problemen in ons land.
Hoewel ik het absoluut met je eens ben, is deze houding/mentaliteit wel een beetje wat maakt dat we bereid zijn daar een eind aan te maken gezien het ehm, weinig positieve resultaat van de verkiezingen in 2023. In English: While I absolutely agree with you, the result of this mentality is what causes us to be destined to end that, looking at the less than positive result of our 2023 elections...
hah dat denk je. je wordt afgesneden link en rechts. iedereen rijdt te hard en geen enkele fietser weet wat richting aan geven is of wat voorrang verlenen is. Om nog maar over verlichting voerten te zwijgen.
In the Netherlands, in many occasions bicycle paths lead away from the main road at intersections, untill theres a space of a few meter in between them. So cars can take turns in a safer way for bicycles (and pedestrians). And bicycle riders also have a protected status in traffic laws and rules. Dutch infrastructure really is designed to minimize risks and accidents. You almost never see vehicles crash into buildings over here, because how everything was designed. Even that was taken into consideration.
I have lived all my life in the Netherlands. And sometimes we complain about it... but now I see your's reaction about the Netherlands and you are right: we have it great. Sorry to say, but nobody has to live in a house with a fence/wall around it. Just to feel save. Good luck with your channel. And thanks for the insight in my own country!
I am appreciating my country more and more again, seeing video's and your reactions on your channel. Lovely, we start to take things for granted and we shouldn't. Greeti g from the Netherlands
I live in a part of the Netherlands where the nearest trainstation is about 30 minutes by car and twice that time by bus. The bus goes one time each hour and only during daytime and no buses in the weekend. We have been wanting to have a trainstation near us for years and years but no real action has been taken thusfar to realize such a trainstation sadly.
@@neliz8 Als je met de auto gaat dan is het inderdaad niet ver, maar neem je de bus doe je er nog langer over als naar het dichstbijzijnde treinstation hahaha
Lovely to hear Brazilian Portuguese commentary from you guys, I really liked your country as a tourist 11 years ago but I understand living there is different. I even practiced my Brazilian Portuguese for over a year with duoLingo afterwards, so hearing made me nostalgic. Saudade 😘
I live in the netherlands my whole life so you sometimes takes these things for granted but it is really not! We have to be proud of what is accomplished
What you said about respecting the driving rules, is by design! The streets and roads are made in such a way that the most natural speed to drive is often the right speed to be going. In slow streets there are speedbumps or sharp turns that you just CANT speed through. It’s awesome design!
22:50 the thing is in the netherlands we have many many rules for driving. And the police does well in catching people who do not follow the rules. In the 70ies and 80ies we had a revolution to push out the car more and more from the street. To have more safe spaces for pedestrians and cyclists. To make it more organised.
We are spoiled in our country cause we used to it, but by seeing it trough other eyes I appreciate more how good our country is with infrastructure and designing, enginering. I just want to say that i think your country and nature is beautyfull, its a paradise yo see. I wish you two all the best in the world, you are good people. Greets from a Dutchie
Great reaction, and I love your amazement! A few thoughts about why traffic in done so well in The Netherlands. We are a very crowded country, almost 18 million people in a country the size of a postage stamp. Imagine everyone travelling by car, that would be a disaster. Going somewhere by bicycle of just by walking is just much more effective, in cities and towns at least. You have to know that most places shown are made in areas with dense population. The northeast and south west areas of the country are not so well served by train, but there are long-distance buses. Long distance means 50 kilometers, that's how small the country is. Please note that some places mentioned are exceptions on the rule. Veenendaal has three train stations, but that is only because it borders two main train lines. Same holds for Woerden: happens to be next to a main train line between Rotterdam and Utrecht. A lot of towns outside of the built-up area in the west of the country (the Randstad) have no train station at all, and if they have one, they have just one (not three). And not every village of 265 people have a bus stop with a 12 minute wait for a bus, that really is an exception! We do have one of the safest road networks in the world, it is all very organized. Every road you see in this video could have been anywhere in the country. Speaking of exceptions: the bikes you see at 14:35 are exceptional too, we call them a "ligfiets" (a lying down bicycle). These catch less wind and are easier to ride long distances on. Getting through traffic is hard though, so you see them only outside of cities. Another thing: we don't have walls or barred off front gardens, we don't need them. There is a lot of social control in these busy neighborhoods, and criminality is relatively low. This is different in neighboring countries like Belgium, France or Spain, where those fences are more common. I know it is near impossible, but I would really love to invite you to come to The Netherlands and show everything to you, so you can experience all this by yourself :)
18:25 This is a very fair and good point. There are many countries that have some great infrastructure only reserved to bigger cities or wealthier neighbouhoods. Here good infrastructure is very much indiscriminate.
As for the infrastructure of the trains. We have 7056 km of railway all across the country with about 6200 switches. Tramrails are not even included. They are a seperate system.
Most amazing part is The Netherlands is a marshland, it has marshy, unstable soil. For stable infrastructure, deep piles we call "heien" are used to reach solid layers (all over the netherlands)and prevent subsidence. This ensures that roads and buildings can stand firmly. ❤🇳🇱
It's all about money.. The Netherlands is a very rich mainly trading country, they can afford all these "luxeries" thru their huge tax-income.. Even 1st world countries like Canada or even USA do not have the means to afford all this (not enough tax income).. It's also on a very different scale.. The Netherlands is very small and dense with less inhabitants than New York state.. Those are not excuses for the rest of the world not doing the same, but just reasons why..
Don't forget that brazil is like 205 times bigger than the Netherlands. Our country is tiny. This makes it much easier to connect and organize everything.
@@HermanWillems That's not what I'm saying. I know nothing about how brazil is governed. So i don't have an opinion about it. I'm only saying that a small country is easier to connect and organize. In the Netherlands from one side of the country to the other side of the country is maximum around 400km. In brazil it is around 6000km! This is a huge difference. And then I haven't even counted the geographical conditions in which it has to be done. Actually you can't compare the Netherlands to the whole of Brazil. It's better to compare it for example only with the federative unit (state) of Rio de Janeiro, which is roughly the same size as the Netherlands and has roughly the same population as the Netherlands.
You're one of the few that mention that what I never see mentioned: it depends on the people. People need to respect each other, people need to want to live this way. If you don't care about living like this, it will never happen. I'm actually old enough to have been there when parents protested about traffic safety for the kids in the seventies. That's how it started. Now, hopefully, that's how everyone thinks without thinking about it. It has become our normal.
But ... he don't talk about the Weather here, and yes, we bike in all weather, Rain/Snow/hail and Windy. our road tax is pretty high but almost everything goes to maintain the streets and the Portable transport [bus/Train], almost every city district has 2 or more Supermarkets and other shops.
Hello sweet people, In Holland every city has a main railway station and smaller ones to the suburbs. Every town or village has to have public transport. Dutch laws says that even the tiniest village needs to have basic infrastructure, healthcare, supermarkets etc. I never realise how well organized we live in the Netherlands. Thank you (btw, pedestrians and bicycle riders are ALWAYS protected, even when they make mistakes. Don't hit a bike or pedestrian, you will be in problems. But as Portuguese I can honestly say that Dutch people are pretty relaxed and not aggressive at all in traffic. We enjoy our bike rides and walks)
In Zeeland waar ik zelf woon, provincie van Nederland, daar zijn kleine dorpjes waar geen winkel te vinden is en waar zelfs de dorpsschool dicht moest, wegens bezuinigingen De kinderen moeten dan maar naar een groter dorp in de buurt naar school maar er is ook geen schoolbus... ouders moeten zelf hun kinderen naar school brengen. Dus het is, vooral in de drukke randstad vaak wel prima geregeld, maar in de wat rustigere gebieden niet.
As a Dane this is pretty common, this video could just as well have been done here. Nothing out of the ordinary, guess we're priveleged too, if this is something special to others. All the best from Denmark ❤
I fully agree, I think we're perfectly on par regarding environmental improvements... To be honest, I think our countries have more in common with eachother than with Belgium/Germany.
As a greenhousebuilder i know Denmark allmost just as good as my own country so i know some bad parts to ;P ishoj Kopenhagen is one of them where the pedestrianpaths just stop and you stay in the grass but is have to say that a couple of block away they where improving so maybe this street is better now to. Oh and i fell in love with AArhus hahaha lovely people lovely city :)
All because the Dutch people realise that for us all to get along some consessions are needed, for the benefit of all. Pragmatism at it's finest. But my fellow commentors are right when that say that many things you see in the video were won and implemented through protests, peacefully but firmly.
@@monicacarolina6480 I don't know how old you are it may be before you were born but in the 60's 70' and 80' protests were held for everything. Anti car protests, anti nuclear missile protests, anti Berlin wall protests. This country we have always been counter-traditional in that sense. Young people nowadays think things were always social in the Netherlands but that is just not true. All the things they take for granted, the previous generation(s) protested for.
@@monicacarolina6480 When they were going to rebuild Rotterdam for example, they were planning to build it according to North-American infrastructures. So "blocks", straight paths and more car-based convience. Our people protested against that, heavily so, and the government listened and presto: all those video's on TH-cam on how amazed people are about our infrastructure. Which doesn't mean it's perfect, try riding a yellow plate scooter/speed-elec within cities boundaries sometimes and for example in Zwolle and Apeldoorn you actually can get stuck, because you're not allowed to drive there OR there and officially, you must turn around. Worstcase is often when roadworks are busy and they forget to accomodate to the yellow plate-drivers :) I've had moments where even the police allowed me to go over the regular roads for cars... (Looking at you planner, for the roadworks between Zwolle/Hattem, roughly a few years ago :P)
I have a feeling that just like I found it impossible to visualize how big a big country truly is, as a Dutch person, until we went to Canada and drove from Calgary to Edmonton, similarly it is difficult for people from large countries to fully appreciate how much space is at a premium in Netherlands until you actually see it. I never appreciated that it would work the other way around too. We can develop everywhere because everywhere is still relatively dense, even in rural areas. It's just not economically viable to build a train station in most small Canadian towns. But try to buy some land over here to build your company or your dream house and you hit a brick wall. There are drawbacks. The housing shortage is one.
As much as we Dutch can complain about things in our country that are not going well, if we make the comparison from other places in the world, we are living in a well organised well structured country that is working as shown in this video. So I am greatfull for that. On the other hand ,we the Dutch are allways looking for improvements where ever possible. We are now in a period of transition, as in how to build homes and where to build them because of shortage. We also are in a debate about good use of land, the amount of land needed for recreation, nature woodlands, rivers and lakes and soforth. It's a matter of answering questions like; how can we structure our precious amount of land to be used by people in relation to nature and climate change as in the rising of waterlevels and flooding of homes. Should we build them differently? In short; now is the time to decide how our country is going to look infrastructural in the coming century. What do we need and what do we want? To answer these questions we need all different groups of people. The farmers, the fishermen, the watermanagement engeneers, the planners, the architects, the public civil servants and our politicians on all levels and the citizens, all joined together and have their say.
Super interesting to see your reactions to my home country. Some things to keep in mind; a lot of these things took a lot of time and money and are helped immensely by how small the netherlands is. Investing in social security and infrastructure decades ago means that now people are used to this and most have grown up with having (relative) economic equality (so less likely to have crime driven by economic necessity), we’re used to having safe and well maintained roads and generally want to keep making things better (so safer, cleaner, more efficient etc) rather than letting things get worse. The fact that everything is close, there are no super rural areas etc means that the money we spend often has a bigger impact. Unfortunately it also means there are very few truly natural places that you can’t see the impact of people, and trying to get away for a while without still seeing or hearing people is almost impossible without leaving the country.
Normally a Bus in the Netherlands Countryside comes every 30 minutes during working days, and every 60 minutes in the weekends. So it is not after each 12 heavenly minutes, which is an exception. Most Dutch kids learn to ride a bike almost as soon as we can walk - therefore when we are allowed to drive a car we know very well to respect those of us that ride a bike. And we still have one or two bikes besides a car that we use.
thank you for your lovely comments and I loved this video, However the netherlands is not paradise . we have a summer 😁 maybe for two months fot the rest of the year it is more like fall a lot of wind and rain .
At 16.25 he says he does some grocery shopping in Vathorst, thats a neighborhood in Amersfoort and that’s where i live with my family. Funny to see and hear this in your video 😇🥰😎✌🏽
Thanx for the Video. I do have to clear some things up as a Dutch persone. Most of you can not understand how small the Netherlands is. It wil take a 3-4 hour car ride to go from up to down. If it only takes an hour to drive from Amsterdam to Rotterdam according to google maps. Most of your citys 1 hour wil bring you to an other district if you are lucky. Not even outside town. We are one of the most densely populated countrys. So transport is just a must. And a lot easyer to do because of the short distances. And because of those short distances biking is just faster. A store-school-docter is never away longer than an hour bike ride. If I have to compare The Netherlands to your country we are like legoland. Thanx a lot !!
A designer of civil engineering / public infrastructure here. And a daily user of bicycle and train. The trains are mostly to regional towns. And there we have the bicycle parking because in our culture its normal to cycle far by bike. It is normal to consider cycling to the next town or several towns to catch a train. Many people in the countryside cycle 10 kilometers or more to their work, school or trainstation to go one of those. Our culture is very focused on a lot of travel.
A small village with a bus every 12 minutes is only because the village happens to be located on a busy route. There are also larger cities like Oosterhout with 50.000 inhabitants still lacking a train station but offer like four busses per hour to the nearest station.
Im dutch and i realize how much i have taken all of this for granted , we pay taxes to have the road maintained around the country and its easy to get around the country by many means. i live in a town near Groningen , a city in the north , we have a population of 22.000 people and have 4 trainstations in our town
To be fair, it’s absolutely absurd that Hoogezand has so many stations. They could just as well fuze Martenshoek and HS into one station near the center where the new development recently took place. Much more accessible as well, both Martenshoek and HS don’t provide adequate “last mile” transit to the town center.
Loads of fun to see you guys and your genuine reactions. I guess indeed it is all very well organized here in the Netherlands. Looked a bit more organized than in reality, for instance with its busses every 12 minutes, but most is very real. But.. That's is not why I write this comment. I write this because even though I can appreciate all this, a city like Mumbai makes me feel much more Alive.
Ok, so you need to remember the Netherlands is a small country and heavily populated. There's a youtube video arguing it's actually a really big city. Brazil is a huge country. It's hard to compare.
@@maartenvanr9478what he calls a “small town” of 120.000 people is actually a big city here in the Netherlands. The village I live in has 30.000 people, a train station, pedestrian center and a hospital. So yes, it would be considered a very small town elsewhere, but here it is actually a nice big place to live, without living in a city. There are no metropoles in the Netherlands. Even Amsterdam has less than a million people in it. There are no real big cities
@@Nitzpitzyes, there is a difference in perspective. A big city in the Netherlands might be just a medium or small city in other countries. But again, Not Just Bikes is comparing apples to apples, not apples with oranges. He’s comparing Dutch cities of 30k people to Canadian cities of 30k people.
in my German town, i drive on bicycle paths, paved over 50 years ago.. i know, because i drove on them 50 years ago the first time!! and still doing it!
Ah this is a great video that is very often overlooked because everyone focuses on major cities. Actually most people focus on Amsterdam which represents the worst of The Netherlands. Everything there is garbage. Anyway, back to this... yeah... it's all true, what can I say? This is the standard, not some exception.
@@jsb7975 Thanks. I am forced to come there plenty and try to avoid it any cost. I know of its historic value and have taken plenty a trip in my off time but it's always a relative disaster. Every decision the municipality takes today is stupid. Also it's full of tourists at all times which is never good for any city. Usually when people think Amsterdam is fantastic it just means they didn't venture beyond. But sure... like you say... I will still visit for a museum that's all right. As long as I can get out again fast after.
@@PinnacleNL well yes, l partly agree. Politics in A'dam is a disaster and so is tourism and the take-over by entitled elites (sorry) Doesn't take away that in itself A'dam is a unique historical gem...
@@jsb7975 yes the architecture of the old buildings and "grachtengordel" are great. But the "touristivication" is really bad. To much shops only trying to milk tourists, and to many places where staff starts a conversation in English with you. Also the traffic is abysmal compared to almost every other place in the country. So it's fair to say Amsterdam is one of teh worst places in The Netherlands, at least to Dutch people.
@@PinnacleNL Weer zo'n gefrustreerd provinciaaltje dat jaloers is op de internationale populariteit en bekendheid van de hoofdstad. Dit soort kinderlijke jaloezie (in Amsterdam noemen we dat "kinnesinne") vertegenwoordigt waarschijnlijk één van de meest infantiele en miezerige karakteristieken die men in dit land aan kan treffen. Dit soort jaloerse kleuters zijn gelukkig net zo zeldzaam als koeievlaaien op de Dam.
Another reason why our cities and village are so lively is because this thing called "gezelligheid" that is in the core of our culture. For example we love to go to a city, sit in front of a bar/restaurant/coffee store (called "terrasje) and just talk and watching passing people. Because we are such a small country with a lot of public transportation options and a weird fascination for biking were we have 3 times the amount of bikes then we have people living here for some reason. We are not a car centric country. If you really want to see how organized we are especially in traffic, I can really recommend seeing a video about our ambulances having police escorted to the hospital. This video shows exactly why I always say to foreigners visiting the Netherlands to skip Amsterdam and go to a village or smaller city like Utrecht or Zwolle.
part of it is also that every driver ussed to walk and bike themselves or in many cases sstill do for shorter trips, so they treat people walking or on a bike the way they'd like to be treated themsselves when they travel that way.
The ifrastructure in the Netherlands is very well planned and designed to suit all possible means of transport. This makes it hard to explain to foreign people from the Dutch point of view but it all starts with planning new developement areas well. Before we even start building houses, shops or factories the infrastructure needed in this area is being planned and built. Meaning there are roads with sewege systems, electricity and drinking water pielines built first. Where road systems always are planned with lanes for motorised vehicles in the middle, bicycle-lanes next to that and pedastrian lanes at the outside. All roads have ways of sewage to get the water out of the way, even after a vast shower of rain. But sometimes we get really big showers of rain here too and it may occur that the water can flood the roads upt to the higher raise pedestrian pavements too. This year (2024) it was the wettest sprijng since 1906 and we now understand we have to start planning even better for the future,
The Netherlands is so similar to the UK,houses were the same,how did I know well I was in the UK forces and was stationed at RAF Wildenrath and went to shop in holland,they spoke English too.
I am not a big fan of being forced to do everything by bicycle. I like doing lots of things by bicycle, because I have the choice to do it safe. I have a car, which I use to go to work with or to visit family on the other side of the country. But when I am at home, I do all things walking or on bicycle. And when it is a bit too far to cycle to, I take the bus or the car to the train station and go by train to my destination. There are several trains per hour to three of the four biggest cities of The Netherlands from my station, without a transfer and within 45 minutes. With one transfer I can reach nine out of ten of the biggest cities within 90 minutes. And the trains ride until midnight on weeknights and far into the night at weekends. Once I missed the last direct train and had to wait four and a half hours before the first train of the next day came. Later I noticed that I could have taken the night train from Utrecht to Amsterdam and take the night bus, a bit of a detour, but I would have been home four hours earlier. But my car was at the station and the night bus did go to my home town but not to the nearest station. I could have fetched my car the next day by taking the regional bus to the station where my car was parked. I could also have taken the Intercity to Amsterdam past my station and get the Sprinter (stop) train back to my station where I would have gotten at 01:20 and could have been in bed at 02:00. I also could have taken the bicycle to the station, but this would have taken me an hour. So all in all a lot of transport options, I should have done my homework.
All car drivers are cyclists and pedestrians too. They know how vulnerable these two groups are so they’re more careful; at least most of them. Many motorcycle rides (motorrit) on my channel throughout the Netherlands if you’re interested in the country. Most of these ride are not in the west of the country. Also two bicycle rides (fietstocht) around Tilburg.
as someone born and raised in the netherlands its weird hearing people say that our drivers are respecting the rules not speeding and stuff like that even tho the % of people disregarding the rules and just driving insanly fast throught red lights and stuff is sharply increasing we now almost get daily deadly crashes of drives not respecting rules and either crashing into trees and stuff killing themselves or crashing into bikers and other cars killing themselves and other people
Maybe an good data point is for how good an total (public) transport infrastructure is to look at the amount of Taxi per Person per region and when they are active. The cost of the Dutch public transport is actually far to high that most people still choose their own car.
I used to live in Utrecht and there is this roundabout where people didn't give an F and just kept driving even though the cyclists and pedestrians have the right of way the location of that roundabout is Zweder van Zuylenweg and especially when its rush hour (whether its to work or going home) its HORRIBLE i've been nearly ran over as cyclist and pedestrian SO many times i don't even remember or cant count on my fingers of how often that happened.. but that place is also considered to be one of those ''crappy neighborhoods'' and the ones who often nearly kill me with their vehicles are the ones from Morocco or Turky and barely Dutch people
not stopping for pedestrians is one of the heftiest fines a motorist can get almost 380 euro;s and when you do it recklessly even your driverslicence, not many people now that, but we get real good drivers instruction, our drivers lindene useally cost up to 1500 to 2000 euro to get it
That even small towns have good cycling infrastructure is because it was always there. These infrastructure isn’t new, like it is in the city. This is because Dutch children go to school on bikes. They bike sometimes 14. Kilometers to school, and back home again. And there were always these cycle paths. A charming video about this is Cycling to School; Culemborg, by bicycleDutch. Not specific for a reaction video, but just for yourself to enjoy. It’s one of my favorite videos.
In the Netherlands, crime rates are waaay lower than Brazil, and also every car driver is also a cyclist, (and pedestrian). So they understand each other. Also, if a car hits a bike, the car is to blame, according to the law, except when the cyclist clearly was in the fault. So drivers must be more careful by default.
Thank you for your sweet video. I’m born and raised in Amsterdam and looking at this video we,the Dutch, truly must live in a country of milk and honey. Which is obviously not the case 😂. The Netherlands is a real country just like any country in the world. But we are a rich nation. And we pay a lot of taxes. And that’s why we can afford such a beautiful infrastructure. Did have to chuckle a bit about all this peacefulness. Try Amsterdam traffic during rush hour. It’s not the cars you have to be careful of. (They actually lowered the maximum speed limit to 30 km/h recently) You have to be careful of these waves of cutthroat cyclists that are racing to work, ignoring traffic lights and giving you the finger if you have the audacity to block THEIR way. 😂
I'm from the Netherlands and have been to your country some 20 years ago, I've been to Brasilia, Abadiãnia, and Alto Paraiso, I loved it there, it's a beautiful country, and I don't consider it a 3th world country, but a 2nd world one. I was there with a terminal ill friend who wanted to see this John of God, and we planned to stay 5 weeks, we never did, after 2 weeks my friend was too sick, we went back home, a month later he passed away.
Because. there isn't that much car traffic, in comparison to car-centric countries, you hear silence. Your life is as good as your mindset. Thus, when the road developers have a car-centric mindset, then they will develop roads for cars. But, when the developers have a bicycle-centric mindset, then they will develop streets for bicycles.
LOL< no, the busses no longer are that accessible to small towns, here one goes every hour if we're lucky and they took away a lot of bus stops. Public transportation is also very expensive to use and takes a lot of time.
If a city or village is going to build new roads, they have to meet a lot of conditions that are laid down by law.... I'm not going to mention it because that's a ridiculous amount. If the municipality has met those conditions on the ''drawing'', they can always take additional measures, such as more safety than what is legally established as standard, and then start construction. And the residents are also (usually) involved Here we don't have high walls, only for the people who supposedly feel important and live in more expensive neighborhoods/municipality. Everything is open here, little crime/burglaries, strong locks on doors and windows, usually the residents have mounted a camera such as in the backyard, and the residents of a street usually also have a WhatsApp group that if someone sees something suspicious, they the entire street is involved and therefore less chance of burglaries through vigilance
No, they have allot of cars. About 2 cars for each household. They also have about 2 bicycles for each person. WHY 2 you might ask? 1 personal (good quality, well kept) and 1 lesser for when you go to a city or plan to leave the bike at the trainstation. The 12 minuten bus stop for that small town.. Only because it's in between 2 bigger cities, normally they would be on a 1 hour or 1 hour and 30mins cycle. That said, if a bus says it arrives 11.02am. It will be there at 11.02am and if there are no people at the bus stop, it will keep driving without stopping. He says small town 50,000 people. That is a big size in the Netherlands. It's a dense populated country, but unlike allot of countries they build small buildings, 2 or 3 floors. Large buildings with 12+ floors, yeah you don't see many of those unless business. We are extreemly polite. Most cashiers in shops speak mutlie languages. We will adapt to those being here a short time. English, German, French for sure, but Turkish aswell. Italian places will often be able to speak italian etc etc. Sadly people have started to take advantage of the acces we provide.
a lot of Brazalian soccer players (e.g. Romario, Ronaldo) came to The Netherlands. We hope someday the both of you will also visit us Dutchies!! W'are waiting for you.....!
I think it's like this because we pay tax to the government but also pay another tax to the town you live. Tax in the netherlands is high. Then we pay tax for the roads, and tax for the keep out the water system. Because otherwise the netherlands would be flooded in a few decades. So it's not all good news. This level is expensive. Then we pay more tax on top of energy and a lot of tax on gasoline. So the answer is Tax and a sort of mix of kapitalism and communism. Communism because everyone has insurances you can not refuse. You have to have them insured. Car, House and health. This is not a free choice.
8:58 This is because *everybody* becomes a pedestrian or cyclist once in a while. And still, there are people not obeying the rules, hence accidents do happen. Even some serious ones. But due to the traffic calming infrastructure, the majority happen at low speed. It gives you a scare, not a scar. 10:46 In fact, till forty years ago or so, every housewife got the bucket and brush out on Friday to wet-clean the walking path in front of her house. "Stoepje schrobben" it was called. While you see clean streets, I as a Dutchman see litter everywhere. Despite trashcans in almost every street. And "blikvangers" to catch empty drinking tins. (The term "blikvanger" translates roughly to "tincatcher" as well as "Easy to spot"). 11:25 I recently learned potholes exist because there is more asphalt than finance can cover to maintain it. Every now and then also in the Netherlands potholes appear. Usually, a city worker who encounters one will fill it before it gets too big. And then we complain when; yet again, a road is closed for one day due to resurfacing works. 13:12 Keep in mind, this is not the standard. I live in a town roughly halfway between two cities. Busses come every 20 minutes each way. With only three buses an hour, it is literally faster for me when I miss one to walk the 4km to the city in the north. Because there is a stop every 500 meters or so the bus trip takes 25 minutes. The walk is just short of 40 minutes. 16:30 Before you ask, this is not a house, it is a budget-supermarket. 20:15 Living in this country, I and lots, lots more people do not know anything else. We still complain about almost anything; Trash next to trash bins lingering for up to two days (NotJustBikes has an entertaining video about trash collecting). Taxes, Weather, Cost of living, Cyclists in pedestrian zones, tourists walking on a bike lane and more. Seeing the amazement on your faces of you guys made me think I should count my blessings and not take all this for granted. Thank you for posting this video.
Strange to see. I am Dutch and to me these things are normal. So to see how others see it is surprising. Here you just don't want to hit pedestrians or people on a bicycle with your car. If you do, you are in deep trouble. So pretty much everybody keeps their eyes open. And most of us have a bike or walk, so we know what it is like on both sides. E-bike are on the rise here. And they cause many accidents. They are very fast.
Have to be honest mass immigration over the years changed a lot not for the good at all Bud when I see your reaction you are more then welcome 😘 I even think you would flourish and would love my country just like I do Sad to say true Mass immigration people all over the world who have nothing with this kind of culture don’t like it Many crimes by foreigners Can even remember the time whe had ropes true are post things in are doors Rope you could open the door from the inside And just walk in friend houses grandma parents etc 30 years on that’s impossible to see
Dear guys - The America's were initially (after Columbus) "The New World", but after thorough exploration of Africa (80% Discovered with Land-Rovers), this continent became "The Third World" -- Making North, Central, and South America The SECOND World ! -- ALSO: Brazil is called an "Emerging Economy", So it really doesn't deserve Calling it "Third World" !?
No no no, that's not how this came to be. The 'discovery' of America has nothing to do with this. Dividing countries into 1st/2nd/3rd world categories is a Cold War Construct where The US and their European and Asian allies we're considered the First World, and the Communist countries the 'second World'. The countries that didn't align themselves with either of these two blocs therefore became the Third World, regardless of wealth. But since the majority of these countries were at the time underdeveloped countries from Africa, Asia and South-America, 'Third-World' became synonym with 'poor countries'. Since the end of the Cold War more modern economic designations have been used, so indeed emerging economy would be better suited, but IF you still want to use those COld War terms, Brazil is indeed part of the old 'Third World'
What he said about "your perception of bad starts to shift" is very true, The Netherlands is so good at making areas efficient and pretty That people get upset a a bush being too high to see around the corner. It might sound silly, because it is, But people know that if you complain to the right people eventually it will be improved.
Its, all randstad. One big metropole. Its like new york. Go the the smaal towns and u see a different view especially in zeeland, groningen en limburg.
Compared to a lot of 1st world country we are basically the nr1 on the end of the line wile the other countries are miles behind.... no comparison really the simply don't come close these video's prove it
We pay a lot of taxes for that. Car tax is a lot. Depending on weight. And we pay like 40% income tax. And healthcare is getting expensive as well. And you are obligated to pay. Or else they will automatically deduct it from your wage with a fine. And it's at least 150 euro's a month for standard healthcare.
We pay almost the most tax in the whole world. Food,gas,living is very very expensive. So al those great things have a cost.. from the outside everything looks so perfect.. but if u live here its difficult...
Thanks for this reaction, it makes me appreciate my own country through your guys eyes. It is easy to forget how good we have it here sometimes.
Precies dit. Onze klaag cultuur zorgt er soms voor dat we bijna vergeten hoe goed we het hebben😉
@@yousefp3591 - Je mag straks blij zijn als je het licht aan kunt houden, water uit de kraan komt, een warm huis hebt in de winter, en te vreten op tafel hebt.
Daar kan allemaal een einde aan komen. Voor het klimaat, offeren we dit graag op. Toch?
Vorige winter zijn er in Europa mensen letterlijk doodgevroren in hun eigen huis.
Yes and let's keep it that way, so no 3rd world (islamic) welfare recipients. Stern, but necessary.
Been there for 4 weeks. Wow this country works really. Love Netherlands😙❤️ from Finland
tervetuloa! ite oon puoliks suomalainen ja oon asunut Groningenissa koko elämäni
dont forget, your countyry is awesome too!
Kiitos ! terveisiä Hollannista
Finland has some amazing stuff too tho..
lol its dogshit
A 12 minutes bus service to a 250 people village is ridiculous in Holland too. It exists because the village is between 2 larger towns without a train connection. (Sneek - Lemmer)
Sneek and Lemmer aren't exactly huge cities either... 😊
Dat zal ook alleen maar tussen spitsuren zijn. Of het is gewoon een hele drukke route waar verschillende lijnen langsrijden. Meeste dorpen is het gewoon om de half- of hele uur.
En verder op het platteland, bussen?
@@marijkewitteveen-jongman4045 Buurtbussen (soms op bestelling tussen 0600 - 1800 uur) en zondag rijden ze helemaal niet.
Vroeger waren de lijnen en verbindingen beter in de dorpjes en daartussen gelegen.
Exactly. I live in a small village in NL. 900 people. Busses only come three times in morning and three times in late afternoon. Mid day no busses. Evening no busses. So every 12 minutes is not usual at all.
Best commercial for the Netherlands ever😂. Yep the Netherlands are super organised. Nice reaction video. Funny to see you're suprise to things I'm so used to. Makes me more appreciate for what we have in the Netherlands. Dankjewel (thank you in Dutch) Obrigado.
The Netherlands isn't perfect either, and we always complain to get things improved, but I like to see foreign reactions on "my" country, so I can appreciate the good things a bit more ;o). I think the Netherlands, and many of our European neighbors as well, have made very good improvements over the last 50 years or so, but we can't let it slip away and have to keep working and fighting for it. Conserving what we have, and improving what we can. Always enjoy your reactions, despite the fact that I always have to make do with the translations, as I understand only very little from the Portuguese language. Your facial expressions at a lot of flavour!
Because we compain a lot we got a lot ;p
Je kunt de video's toch engels laten ondertitelen? of misschien wel Nederlands. instellingen van youtube
@@WendyvanToor ? is dat niet wat ik in mijn commentaar vermelde? De vertalingen van YT laten inmens te wensen over. Regelmatig als ik videos kijk en luister in talen die ik wel op een redelijk niveau beheers, ontdek ik de ene fout na de andere.
And if it gets improved ppl are annoyed cause the road is closed for a week or a couple of weeks and they have to take another route what is like 2 minutes longer.
@@markdeboer7996 Unfortunately some are, but in general those are not the people I pay much attention to.
You are NOT 3rd world people. You are top-class people, living in a developing country. Thanks for your video, reminding me to feel lucky and grateful to live here. Greetings and hugs from Amsterdam.
I am Polish but must say that Netherlands and Denmark are my favourite country in Europe ! The the sample of organisation and haw to have happy healthy life !
The landscape isn’t impressive though
@@afjo972 What can you use landscapes for if the rest is shit?
@@afjo972But it is !
Landscape painters of the golden age even invented landscape (from litterally the Dutch word 'landschap')
as such.
There's so much more as what you mainly see in video's about infrastructure.
(the island area's, the big sand-drifts, the hilly area's, the ancient lands between very big rivers..)
When will Poland follow suit?.
I'm Dutch but I live in Poland. Poznań to be exact. I love Poland and The Netherlands. Bike lanes are becoming more common, as well as the Dutch type of urban planning.
And still… this could work in Brazil too.
I’m living and working in the Netherlands and I’m a city planner. Some of my colleagues and fellow students visited Brazil to learn from Curitiba, which seems to have an excellent public transport system.
Agreed, Curitiba has been an example to the world for many decades now, good you mention it. Greetings from a fellow Dutchman.
How about a visit to Holambra?
Yeah, Curitiba laks a tram system, but it's better than the other cities in Brazil regarding public transport and urbanism
It could work anywhere but you need trillions we invest so much time & money to get here we have a huge tax system evrything is taxed. Some things like gas cigarettes are taxed double! & insurence on evrything is a law you have no choice period!
Thank you for reacting to this video. It makes me realize how privileged Dutch people are, including me. Dutch people should talk more about these beautiful achievements in stead of complaining about 'problems'.
You're like souhern Nordics. Wery well working country. Love from 🇫🇮❤️
I gave the same reaction. We always complain but we have soo much to be greatful for.
To be honest, I feel like the complaining is part of Dutch culture. Our society probably wouldn't be so well organized if we didn't complain so much. For example, we woudn't have our 'verzorgingsstaat' if the lower class didn't voice their dissatisfactions. There are probably countless other examples to make. But yeah, I agree. Now and then it is good to look across the border and to realize how good we have it out here, because most of us don't even notice it. For example, I've got some foreign friends who were absolutely astonished that I have never had to pay a bribe in my entire life😂.
@@lazarus3956 Helemaal mee eens.
Dutchies should travel to other continents more often. Not vacationing but travelling. It will make us appreciate our own country so much more (I experienced it myself, it's really helpful).
Like a lot of Dutch people, I complain...a lot sometimes. So thank you for showing me that I shouldn't always take living here for granted and be thankful for the fact I was born in this small but beautiful country.
Voor alle Nederlanders die dit lezen: niet meer zoveel klagen, want het is hier allemaal onwijs goed geregeld.
Mwah, als dat wat we hebben in verval dreigt te raken of als iets beter kan mogen we er best even wat van zeggen. Verder ben ik het wel met je eens, er is inderdaad vrij weinig om over te klagen als het hier op aankomt en kunnen we beter ons gezeur bewaren voor andere problemen in ons land.
Idd. Het is heel goed geregeld. In nederland 👌
behalve onze overheid, maarja, das tegenwoordig overal zo.
Hoewel ik het absoluut met je eens ben, is deze houding/mentaliteit wel een beetje wat maakt dat we bereid zijn daar een eind aan te maken gezien het ehm, weinig positieve resultaat van de verkiezingen in 2023.
In English:
While I absolutely agree with you, the result of this mentality is what causes us to be destined to end that, looking at the less than positive result of our 2023 elections...
hah dat denk je. je wordt afgesneden link en rechts. iedereen rijdt te hard en geen enkele fietser weet wat richting aan geven is of wat voorrang verlenen is. Om nog maar over verlichting voerten te zwijgen.
I live in the Netherlands, and to make this infrastructure possible we pay crazy amounts of taxes 😅🤑
In the Netherlands, in many occasions bicycle paths lead away from the main road at intersections, untill theres a space of a few meter in between them. So cars can take turns in a safer way for bicycles (and pedestrians). And bicycle riders also have a protected status in traffic laws and rules.
Dutch infrastructure really is designed to minimize risks and accidents. You almost never see vehicles crash into buildings over here, because how everything was designed. Even that was taken into consideration.
I have lived all my life in the Netherlands. And sometimes we complain about it... but now I see your's reaction about the Netherlands and you are right: we have it great. Sorry to say, but nobody has to live in a house with a fence/wall around it. Just to feel save. Good luck with your channel. And thanks for the insight in my own country!
Yes, I feel the same. Somethimes we feel overorganised, but I think we should be proud
I am appreciating my country more and more again, seeing video's and your reactions on your channel. Lovely, we start to take things for granted and we shouldn't. Greeti g from the Netherlands
I live in a part of the Netherlands where the nearest trainstation is about 30 minutes by car and twice that time by bus. The bus goes one time each hour and only during daytime and no buses in the weekend. We have been wanting to have a trainstation near us for years and years but no real action has been taken thusfar to realize such a trainstation sadly.
Zit er wel een azc?
@@neliz8 Als je met de auto gaat dan is het inderdaad niet ver, maar neem je de bus doe je er nog langer over als naar het dichstbijzijnde treinstation hahaha
Yet we complain when the bus is 5 minutes late, or a train has an outage.
This is humbling to see we have it so good and just take it for granted
Lovely to hear Brazilian Portuguese commentary from you guys, I really liked your country as a tourist 11 years ago but I understand living there is different. I even practiced my Brazilian Portuguese for over a year with duoLingo afterwards, so hearing made me nostalgic. Saudade 😘
Quality of our roads... Not easily equalled. Jay for my Netherlands
I live in the netherlands my whole life so you sometimes takes these things for granted but it is really not! We have to be proud of what is accomplished
What you said about respecting the driving rules, is by design! The streets and roads are made in such a way that the most natural speed to drive is often the right speed to be going. In slow streets there are speedbumps or sharp turns that you just CANT speed through. It’s awesome design!
22:50 the thing is in the netherlands we have many many rules for driving. And the police does well in catching people who do not follow the rules. In the 70ies and 80ies we had a revolution to push out the car more and more from the street. To have more safe spaces for pedestrians and cyclists. To make it more organised.
We are spoiled in our country cause we used to it, but by seeing it trough other eyes I appreciate more how good our country is with infrastructure and designing, enginering. I just want to say that i think your country and nature is beautyfull, its a paradise yo see. I wish you two all the best in the world, you are good people. Greets from a Dutchie
we dutch have sometimes 2 bikes one at home to go to the train and one at the other station to cycle to work
Great reaction, and I love your amazement! A few thoughts about why traffic in done so well in The Netherlands. We are a very crowded country, almost 18 million people in a country the size of a postage stamp. Imagine everyone travelling by car, that would be a disaster. Going somewhere by bicycle of just by walking is just much more effective, in cities and towns at least. You have to know that most places shown are made in areas with dense population. The northeast and south west areas of the country are not so well served by train, but there are long-distance buses. Long distance means 50 kilometers, that's how small the country is.
Please note that some places mentioned are exceptions on the rule. Veenendaal has three train stations, but that is only because it borders two main train lines. Same holds for Woerden: happens to be next to a main train line between Rotterdam and Utrecht. A lot of towns outside of the built-up area in the west of the country (the Randstad) have no train station at all, and if they have one, they have just one (not three). And not every village of 265 people have a bus stop with a 12 minute wait for a bus, that really is an exception! We do have one of the safest road networks in the world, it is all very organized. Every road you see in this video could have been anywhere in the country. Speaking of exceptions: the bikes you see at 14:35 are exceptional too, we call them a "ligfiets" (a lying down bicycle). These catch less wind and are easier to ride long distances on. Getting through traffic is hard though, so you see them only outside of cities.
Another thing: we don't have walls or barred off front gardens, we don't need them. There is a lot of social control in these busy neighborhoods, and criminality is relatively low. This is different in neighboring countries like Belgium, France or Spain, where those fences are more common.
I know it is near impossible, but I would really love to invite you to come to The Netherlands and show everything to you, so you can experience all this by yourself :)
18:25 This is a very fair and good point. There are many countries that have some great infrastructure only reserved to bigger cities or wealthier neighbouhoods. Here good infrastructure is very much indiscriminate.
I love your innocent and surprised reactions ❤. Just know. The bus to the small village is part of a whole route and passes more villages and towns😂
As for the infrastructure of the trains. We have 7056 km of railway all across the country with about 6200 switches. Tramrails are not even included. They are a seperate system.
Most amazing part is The Netherlands is a marshland, it has marshy, unstable soil. For stable infrastructure, deep piles we call "heien" are used to reach solid layers (all over the netherlands)and prevent subsidence. This ensures that roads and buildings can stand firmly. ❤🇳🇱
It's all about money.. The Netherlands is a very rich mainly trading country, they can afford all these "luxeries" thru their huge tax-income.. Even 1st world countries like Canada or even USA do not have the means to afford all this (not enough tax income).. It's also on a very different scale.. The Netherlands is very small and dense with less inhabitants than New York state.. Those are not excuses for the rest of the world not doing the same, but just reasons why..
Don't forget that brazil is like 205 times bigger than the Netherlands. Our country is tiny. This makes it much easier to connect and organize everything.
Are you saying Brazil should get local governments and provinces? Are you saying they don't have that in brazil?
@@HermanWillems That's not what I'm saying. I know nothing about how brazil is governed. So i don't have an opinion about it. I'm only saying that a small country is easier to connect and organize. In the Netherlands from one side of the country to the other side of the country is maximum around 400km. In brazil it is around 6000km! This is a huge difference. And then I haven't even counted the geographical conditions in which it has to be done. Actually you can't compare the Netherlands to the whole of Brazil. It's better to compare it for example only with the federative unit (state) of Rio de Janeiro, which is roughly the same size as the Netherlands and has roughly the same population as the Netherlands.
And the Netherlands are flat.
@@aheroyaheroyalproductions7631 mostly yes.
Wellcom to the Netherlands 😊😊😃👍👌
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Whoop whoop NL🇳🇱🇳🇱
I do everything by bus/train and bicycle 👌🏽
Kloosterveen is still building new places right now, it is getting bigger and bigger.
You're one of the few that mention that what I never see mentioned: it depends on the people. People need to respect each other, people need to want to live this way. If you don't care about living like this, it will never happen. I'm actually old enough to have been there when parents protested about traffic safety for the kids in the seventies. That's how it started. Now, hopefully, that's how everyone thinks without thinking about it. It has become our normal.
But ... he don't talk about the Weather here, and yes, we bike in all weather, Rain/Snow/hail and Windy.
our road tax is pretty high but almost everything goes to maintain the streets and the Portable transport [bus/Train], almost every city district has 2 or more Supermarkets and other shops.
Very nicely done, subscribed. Cheers from rainy Vienna, Austria, Scott
lol, never thought ermelo (born and raised there) would ever find it's way in a youtube vid, but here we are.
Hello sweet people,
In Holland every city has a main railway station and smaller ones to the suburbs. Every town or village has to have public transport. Dutch laws says that even the tiniest village needs to have basic infrastructure, healthcare, supermarkets etc.
I never realise how well organized we live in the Netherlands. Thank you
(btw, pedestrians and bicycle riders are ALWAYS protected, even when they make mistakes. Don't hit a bike or pedestrian, you will be in problems. But as Portuguese I can honestly say that Dutch people are pretty relaxed and not aggressive at all in traffic. We enjoy our bike rides and walks)
In Zeeland waar ik zelf woon, provincie van Nederland, daar zijn kleine dorpjes waar geen winkel te vinden is en waar zelfs de dorpsschool dicht moest, wegens bezuinigingen
De kinderen moeten dan maar naar een groter dorp in de buurt naar school maar er is ook geen schoolbus... ouders moeten zelf hun kinderen naar school brengen. Dus het is, vooral in de drukke randstad vaak wel prima geregeld, maar in de wat rustigere gebieden niet.
We pay pretty high taxes, and it (mostly) shows up in our roads, which includes things like tree's because the placed greenery is a requirement....
As a Dane this is pretty common, this video could just as well have been done here. Nothing out of the ordinary, guess we're priveleged too, if this is something special to others. All the best from Denmark ❤
I fully agree, I think we're perfectly on par regarding environmental improvements...
To be honest, I think our countries have more in common with eachother than with Belgium/Germany.
the Danish and the Dutch are very similar countries, culturally as well :)
As a greenhousebuilder i know Denmark allmost just as good as my own country so i know some bad parts to ;P ishoj Kopenhagen is one of them where the pedestrianpaths just stop and you stay in the grass but is have to say that a couple of block away they where improving so maybe this street is better now to.
Oh and i fell in love with AArhus hahaha lovely people lovely city :)
denmark and netherlands are pretty much one :D
@@ravilagro7896 Yeah, people get us confused too. I mean I have mentioned being Dutch and the reply was how they loved Copenhagen. Croatian girls.
All because the Dutch people realise that for us all to get along some consessions are needed, for the benefit of all. Pragmatism at it's finest. But my fellow commentors are right when that say that many things you see in the video were won and implemented through protests, peacefully but firmly.
No. Most 'consessions' are made by leftists amongst themself.
???? what are you talking about. We don't have to protest to get good infrastructure. Weird
@@monicacarolina6480 I don't know how old you are it may be before you were born but in the 60's 70' and 80' protests were held for everything. Anti car protests, anti nuclear missile protests, anti Berlin wall protests. This country we have always been counter-traditional in that sense. Young people nowadays think things were always social in the Netherlands but that is just not true. All the things they take for granted, the previous generation(s) protested for.
@@monicacarolina6480 When they were going to rebuild Rotterdam for example, they were planning to build it according to North-American infrastructures. So "blocks", straight paths and more car-based convience. Our people protested against that, heavily so, and the government listened and presto: all those video's on TH-cam on how amazed people are about our infrastructure.
Which doesn't mean it's perfect, try riding a yellow plate scooter/speed-elec within cities boundaries sometimes and for example in Zwolle and Apeldoorn you actually can get stuck, because you're not allowed to drive there OR there and officially, you must turn around. Worstcase is often when roadworks are busy and they forget to accomodate to the yellow plate-drivers :) I've had moments where even the police allowed me to go over the regular roads for cars... (Looking at you planner, for the roadworks between Zwolle/Hattem, roughly a few years ago :P)
Thx for interest in our country❤
I have a feeling that just like I found it impossible to visualize how big a big country truly is, as a Dutch person, until we went to Canada and drove from Calgary to Edmonton, similarly it is difficult for people from large countries to fully appreciate how much space is at a premium in Netherlands until you actually see it. I never appreciated that it would work the other way around too. We can develop everywhere because everywhere is still relatively dense, even in rural areas. It's just not economically viable to build a train station in most small Canadian towns. But try to buy some land over here to build your company or your dream house and you hit a brick wall. There are drawbacks. The housing shortage is one.
As much as we Dutch can complain about things in our country that are not going well, if we make the comparison from other places in the world, we are living in a well organised well structured country that is working as shown in this video. So I am greatfull for that. On the other hand ,we the Dutch are allways looking for improvements where ever possible.
We are now in a period of transition, as in how to build homes and where to build them because of shortage. We also are in a debate about good use of land, the amount of land needed for recreation, nature woodlands, rivers and lakes and soforth. It's a matter of answering questions like; how can we structure our precious amount of land to be used by people in relation to nature and climate change as in the rising of waterlevels and flooding of homes. Should we build them differently?
In short; now is the time to decide how our country is going to look infrastructural in the coming century. What do we need and what do we want? To answer these questions we need all different groups of people. The farmers, the fishermen, the watermanagement engeneers, the planners, the architects, the public civil servants and our politicians on all levels and the citizens, all joined together and have their say.
Super interesting to see your reactions to my home country.
Some things to keep in mind; a lot of these things took a lot of time and money and are helped immensely by how small the netherlands is. Investing in social security and infrastructure decades ago means that now people are used to this and most have grown up with having (relative) economic equality (so less likely to have crime driven by economic necessity), we’re used to having safe and well maintained roads and generally want to keep making things better (so safer, cleaner, more efficient etc) rather than letting things get worse. The fact that everything is close, there are no super rural areas etc means that the money we spend often has a bigger impact.
Unfortunately it also means there are very few truly natural places that you can’t see the impact of people, and trying to get away for a while without still seeing or hearing people is almost impossible without leaving the country.
Thanks! We hardly ever realise how lucky we are!
Normally a Bus in the Netherlands Countryside comes every 30 minutes during working days, and every 60 minutes in the weekends. So it is not after each 12 heavenly minutes, which is an exception. Most Dutch kids learn to ride a bike almost as soon as we can walk - therefore when we are allowed to drive a car we know very well to respect those of us that ride a bike. And we still have one or two bikes besides a car that we use.
thank you for your lovely comments and I loved this video, However the netherlands is not paradise . we have a summer 😁 maybe for two months fot the rest of the year it is more like fall a lot of wind and rain .
At 16.25 he says he does some grocery shopping in Vathorst, thats a neighborhood in Amersfoort and that’s where i live with my family. Funny to see and hear this in your video 😇🥰😎✌🏽
Thanx for the Video. I do have to clear some things up as a Dutch persone.
Most of you can not understand how small the Netherlands is. It wil take a 3-4 hour car ride to go from up to down.
If it only takes an hour to drive from Amsterdam to Rotterdam according to google maps.
Most of your citys 1 hour wil bring you to an other district if you are lucky. Not even outside town.
We are one of the most densely populated countrys. So transport is just a must. And a lot easyer to do because of the short distances.
And because of those short distances biking is just faster.
A store-school-docter is never away longer than an hour bike ride.
If I have to compare The Netherlands to your country we are like legoland.
Thanx a lot !!
A designer of civil engineering / public infrastructure here. And a daily user of bicycle and train.
The trains are mostly to regional towns. And there we have the bicycle parking because in our culture its normal to cycle far by bike. It is normal to consider cycling to the next town or several towns to catch a train. Many people in the countryside cycle 10 kilometers or more to their work, school or trainstation to go one of those. Our culture is very focused on a lot of travel.
Top video again thanks
In my opinion this TH-cam channel is underrated.
A small village with a bus every 12 minutes is only because the village happens to be located on a busy route. There are also larger cities like Oosterhout with 50.000 inhabitants still lacking a train station but offer like four busses per hour to the nearest station.
The plans are underway . I work regulary with NS , daily
13:26 Zwollah , mijn thuis stad
Im dutch and i realize how much i have taken all of this for granted , we pay taxes to have the road maintained around the country and its easy to get around the country by many means.
i live in a town near Groningen , a city in the north , we have a population of 22.000 people and have 4 trainstations in our town
To be fair, it’s absolutely absurd that Hoogezand has so many stations. They could just as well fuze Martenshoek and HS into one station near the center where the new development recently took place. Much more accessible as well, both Martenshoek and HS don’t provide adequate “last mile” transit to the town center.
Loads of fun to see you guys and your genuine reactions. I guess indeed it is all very well organized here in the Netherlands. Looked a bit more organized than in reality, for instance with its busses every 12 minutes, but most is very real. But.. That's is not why I write this comment. I write this because even though I can appreciate all this, a city like Mumbai makes me feel much more Alive.
Ok, so you need to remember the Netherlands is a small country and heavily populated. There's a youtube video arguing it's actually a really big city. Brazil is a huge country. It's hard to compare.
Search 'Randstad'
Why does that matter? He’s comparing city’s and town’s to similar sized cities and towns in Canada. He’s not comparing the entire country.
@@maartenvanr9478what he calls a “small town” of 120.000 people is actually a big city here in the Netherlands. The village I live in has 30.000 people, a train station, pedestrian center and a hospital. So yes, it would be considered a very small town elsewhere, but here it is actually a nice big place to live, without living in a city.
There are no metropoles in the Netherlands. Even Amsterdam has less than a million people in it. There are no real big cities
@@Nitzpitzyes, there is a difference in perspective. A big city in the Netherlands might be just a medium or small city in other countries. But again, Not Just Bikes is comparing apples to apples, not apples with oranges. He’s comparing Dutch cities of 30k people to Canadian cities of 30k people.
in my German town, i drive on bicycle paths, paved over 50 years ago..
i know, because i drove on them 50 years ago the first time!!
and still doing it!
Let's hope you get to cycle on those paths for another 50 years!
@@sipjedekat8525 i dont believe i will ride my bicycle with over 100 years of age,
i got a motorbike!
@@Arltratlo haha, I could have guessed from your profile pic. Well, have fun riding those paths for at least a veeery long time.
As a dutch person im very curious about your country & infrastructure. Love to see how you 2 are living.
Ah this is a great video that is very often overlooked because everyone focuses on major cities. Actually most people focus on Amsterdam which represents the worst of The Netherlands. Everything there is garbage.
Anyway, back to this... yeah... it's all true, what can I say? This is the standard, not some exception.
Amsterdam is a very historic place,
One big museum.
Dive into the 16th-18th century architecture, it's still there !
Go and learn by yourself !!
@@jsb7975 Thanks. I am forced to come there plenty and try to avoid it any cost. I know of its historic value and have taken plenty a trip in my off time but it's always a relative disaster. Every decision the municipality takes today is stupid. Also it's full of tourists at all times which is never good for any city.
Usually when people think Amsterdam is fantastic it just means they didn't venture beyond.
But sure... like you say... I will still visit for a museum that's all right. As long as I can get out again fast after.
@@PinnacleNL well yes, l partly agree.
Politics in A'dam is a disaster and so is tourism and the take-over by entitled
elites (sorry)
Doesn't take away that in itself A'dam is a unique historical gem...
@@jsb7975 yes the architecture of the old buildings and "grachtengordel" are great.
But the "touristivication" is really bad.
To much shops only trying to milk tourists, and to many places where staff starts a conversation in English with you.
Also the traffic is abysmal compared to almost every other place in the country.
So it's fair to say Amsterdam is one of teh worst places in The Netherlands, at least to Dutch people.
@@PinnacleNL Weer zo'n gefrustreerd provinciaaltje dat jaloers is op de internationale populariteit en bekendheid van de hoofdstad. Dit soort kinderlijke jaloezie (in Amsterdam noemen we dat "kinnesinne") vertegenwoordigt waarschijnlijk één van de meest infantiele en miezerige karakteristieken die men in dit land aan kan treffen. Dit soort jaloerse kleuters zijn gelukkig net zo zeldzaam als koeievlaaien op de Dam.
Another reason why our cities and village are so lively is because this thing called "gezelligheid" that is in the core of our culture. For example we love to go to a city, sit in front of a bar/restaurant/coffee store (called "terrasje) and just talk and watching passing people.
Because we are such a small country with a lot of public transportation options and a weird fascination for biking were we have 3 times the amount of bikes then we have people living here for some reason. We are not a car centric country.
If you really want to see how organized we are especially in traffic, I can really recommend seeing a video about our ambulances having police escorted to the hospital.
This video shows exactly why I always say to foreigners visiting the Netherlands to skip Amsterdam and go to a village or smaller city like Utrecht or Zwolle.
i lived in harlingen for 4 years walked a lot over the clip of harlingen haha
part of it is also that every driver ussed to walk and bike themselves or in many cases sstill do for shorter trips,
so they treat people walking or on a bike the way they'd like to be treated themsselves when they travel that way.
The ifrastructure in the Netherlands is very well planned and designed to suit all possible means of transport. This makes it hard to explain to foreign people from the Dutch point of view but it all starts with planning new developement areas well. Before we even start building houses, shops or factories the infrastructure needed in this area is being planned and built. Meaning there are roads with sewege systems, electricity and drinking water pielines built first. Where road systems always are planned with lanes for motorised vehicles in the middle, bicycle-lanes next to that and pedastrian lanes at the outside. All roads have ways of sewage to get the water out of the way, even after a vast shower of rain. But sometimes we get really big showers of rain here too and it may occur that the water can flood the roads upt to the higher raise pedestrian pavements too. This year (2024) it was the wettest sprijng since 1906 and we now understand we have to start planning even better for the future,
The Netherlands is so similar to the UK,houses were the same,how did I know well I was in the UK forces and was stationed at RAF Wildenrath and went to shop in holland,they spoke English too.
17.5 million people
23.5 million bikes
Fact❤
Brasilians will call it paradise until they experience the weather 😂
16:41, its a LIDL discount, and German store chain!
I am not a big fan of being forced to do everything by bicycle. I like doing lots of things by bicycle, because I have the choice to do it safe. I have a car, which I use to go to work with or to visit family on the other side of the country. But when I am at home, I do all things walking or on bicycle. And when it is a bit too far to cycle to, I take the bus or the car to the train station and go by train to my destination. There are several trains per hour to three of the four biggest cities of The Netherlands from my station, without a transfer and within 45 minutes. With one transfer I can reach nine out of ten of the biggest cities within 90 minutes. And the trains ride until midnight on weeknights and far into the night at weekends. Once I missed the last direct train and had to wait four and a half hours before the first train of the next day came. Later I noticed that I could have taken the night train from Utrecht to Amsterdam and take the night bus, a bit of a detour, but I would have been home four hours earlier. But my car was at the station and the night bus did go to my home town but not to the nearest station. I could have fetched my car the next day by taking the regional bus to the station where my car was parked. I could also have taken the Intercity to Amsterdam past my station and get the Sprinter (stop) train back to my station where I would have gotten at 01:20 and could have been in bed at 02:00. I also could have taken the bicycle to the station, but this would have taken me an hour. So all in all a lot of transport options, I should have done my homework.
All car drivers are cyclists and pedestrians too. They know how vulnerable these two groups are so they’re more careful; at least most of them.
Many motorcycle rides (motorrit) on my channel throughout the Netherlands if you’re interested in the country. Most of these ride are not in the west of the country. Also two bicycle rides (fietstocht) around Tilburg.
as someone born and raised in the netherlands its weird hearing people say that our drivers are respecting the rules not speeding and stuff like that even tho the % of people disregarding the rules and just driving insanly fast throught red lights and stuff is sharply increasing we now almost get daily deadly crashes of drives not respecting rules and either crashing into trees and stuff killing themselves or crashing into bikers and other cars killing themselves and other people
Maybe an good data point is for how good an total (public) transport infrastructure is to look at the amount of Taxi per Person per region and when they are active. The cost of the Dutch public transport is actually far to high that most people still choose their own car.
I used to live in Utrecht and there is this roundabout where people didn't give an F and just kept driving even though the cyclists and pedestrians have the right of way the location of that roundabout is Zweder van Zuylenweg and especially when its rush hour (whether its to work or going home) its HORRIBLE i've been nearly ran over as cyclist and pedestrian SO many times i don't even remember or cant count on my fingers of how often that happened.. but that place is also considered to be one of those ''crappy neighborhoods'' and the ones who often nearly kill me with their vehicles are the ones from Morocco or Turky and barely Dutch people
not stopping for pedestrians is one of the heftiest fines a motorist can get almost 380 euro;s and when you do it recklessly even your driverslicence, not many people now that, but we get real good drivers instruction, our drivers lindene useally cost up to 1500 to 2000 euro to get it
That even small towns have good cycling infrastructure is because it was always there. These infrastructure isn’t new, like it is in the city. This is because Dutch children go to school on bikes. They bike sometimes 14. Kilometers to school, and back home again. And there were always these cycle paths. A charming video about this is Cycling to School; Culemborg, by bicycleDutch. Not specific for a reaction video, but just for yourself to enjoy. It’s one of my favorite videos.
Wtf. 14km. In Finland max is 5 km withouth bus
In the Netherlands, crime rates are waaay lower than Brazil, and also every car driver is also a cyclist, (and pedestrian). So they understand each other. Also, if a car hits a bike, the car is to blame, according to the law, except when the cyclist clearly was in the fault. So drivers must be more careful by default.
Thank you for your sweet video. I’m born and raised in Amsterdam and looking at this video we,the Dutch, truly must live in a country of milk and honey. Which is obviously not the case 😂. The Netherlands is a real country just like any country in the world. But we are a rich nation. And we pay a lot of taxes. And that’s why we can afford such a beautiful infrastructure. Did have to chuckle a bit about all this peacefulness. Try Amsterdam traffic during rush hour. It’s not the cars you have to be careful of. (They actually lowered the maximum speed limit to 30 km/h recently) You have to be careful of these waves of cutthroat cyclists that are racing to work, ignoring traffic lights and giving you the finger if you have the audacity to block THEIR way. 😂
I'm from the Netherlands and have been to your country some 20 years ago, I've been to Brasilia, Abadiãnia, and Alto Paraiso, I loved it there, it's a beautiful country, and I don't consider it a 3th world country, but a 2nd world one.
I was there with a terminal ill friend who wanted to see this John of God, and we planned to stay 5 weeks, we never did, after 2 weeks my friend was too sick, we went back home, a month later he passed away.
Because. there isn't that much car traffic, in comparison to car-centric countries, you hear silence.
Your life is as good as your mindset. Thus, when the road developers have a car-centric mindset, then they will develop roads for cars. But, when the developers have a bicycle-centric mindset, then they will develop streets for bicycles.
LOL< no, the busses no longer are that accessible to small towns, here one goes every hour if we're lucky and they took away a lot of bus stops. Public transportation is also very expensive to use and takes a lot of time.
There are still a lot of problems here, but it’s good to remember that it’s still very good living here, especially compared to elsewhere.
If a city or village is going to build new roads, they have to meet a lot of conditions that are laid down by law.... I'm not going to mention it because that's a ridiculous amount. If the municipality has met those conditions on the ''drawing'', they can always take additional measures, such as more safety than what is legally established as standard, and then start construction. And the residents are also (usually) involved
Here we don't have high walls, only for the people who supposedly feel important and live in more expensive neighborhoods/municipality. Everything is open here, little crime/burglaries, strong locks on doors and windows, usually the residents have mounted a camera such as in the backyard, and the residents of a street usually also have a WhatsApp group that if someone sees something suspicious, they the entire street is involved and therefore less chance of burglaries through vigilance
No, they have allot of cars. About 2 cars for each household.
They also have about 2 bicycles for each person. WHY 2 you might ask? 1 personal (good quality, well kept) and 1 lesser for when you go to a city or plan to leave the bike at the trainstation.
The 12 minuten bus stop for that small town.. Only because it's in between 2 bigger cities, normally they would be on a 1 hour or 1 hour and 30mins cycle.
That said, if a bus says it arrives 11.02am. It will be there at 11.02am and if there are no people at the bus stop, it will keep driving without stopping.
He says small town 50,000 people. That is a big size in the Netherlands. It's a dense populated country, but unlike allot of countries they build small buildings, 2 or 3 floors. Large buildings with 12+ floors, yeah you don't see many of those unless business.
We are extreemly polite. Most cashiers in shops speak mutlie languages. We will adapt to those being here a short time. English, German, French for sure, but Turkish aswell. Italian places will often be able to speak italian etc etc.
Sadly people have started to take advantage of the acces we provide.
a lot of Brazalian soccer players (e.g. Romario, Ronaldo) came to The Netherlands. We hope someday the both of you will also visit us Dutchies!! W'are waiting for you.....!
I think it's like this because we pay tax to the government but also pay another tax to the town you live. Tax in the netherlands is high. Then we pay tax for the roads, and tax for the keep out the water system. Because otherwise the netherlands would be flooded in a few decades. So it's not all good news. This level is expensive. Then we pay more tax on top of energy and a lot of tax on gasoline. So the answer is Tax and a sort of mix of kapitalism and communism. Communism because everyone has insurances you can not refuse. You have to have them insured. Car, House and health. This is not a free choice.
8:58 This is because *everybody* becomes a pedestrian or cyclist once in a while. And still, there are people not obeying the rules, hence accidents do happen. Even some serious ones. But due to the traffic calming infrastructure, the majority happen at low speed. It gives you a scare, not a scar.
10:46 In fact, till forty years ago or so, every housewife got the bucket and brush out on Friday to wet-clean the walking path in front of her house. "Stoepje schrobben" it was called. While you see clean streets, I as a Dutchman see litter everywhere. Despite trashcans in almost every street. And "blikvangers" to catch empty drinking tins. (The term "blikvanger" translates roughly to "tincatcher" as well as "Easy to spot").
11:25 I recently learned potholes exist because there is more asphalt than finance can cover to maintain it. Every now and then also in the Netherlands potholes appear. Usually, a city worker who encounters one will fill it before it gets too big. And then we complain when; yet again, a road is closed for one day due to resurfacing works.
13:12 Keep in mind, this is not the standard. I live in a town roughly halfway between two cities. Busses come every 20 minutes each way. With only three buses an hour, it is literally faster for me when I miss one to walk the 4km to the city in the north. Because there is a stop every 500 meters or so the bus trip takes 25 minutes. The walk is just short of 40 minutes.
16:30 Before you ask, this is not a house, it is a budget-supermarket.
20:15 Living in this country, I and lots, lots more people do not know anything else. We still complain about almost anything; Trash next to trash bins lingering for up to two days (NotJustBikes has an entertaining video about trash collecting). Taxes, Weather, Cost of living, Cyclists in pedestrian zones, tourists walking on a bike lane and more.
Seeing the amazement on your faces of you guys made me think I should count my blessings and not take all this for granted. Thank you for posting this video.
our city(±750 ) and 1 bus in the hour and in the morning 2.... schoolkids
I live in Arnhem (the Netherlands). A city of 170.000 with 4 train stations xD
Delfzijl: 26.000 and has 2 trainstations. 4 is nothing for Arnhem
Nou Daan en Herman .... ik durf niet te praten over Waalwijk 😂🤣😂
Strange to see. I am Dutch and to me these things are normal. So to see how others see it is surprising.
Here you just don't want to hit pedestrians or people on a bicycle with your car. If you do, you are in deep trouble. So pretty much everybody keeps their eyes open. And most of us have a bike or walk, so we know what it is like on both sides.
E-bike are on the rise here. And they cause many accidents. They are very fast.
Have to be honest mass immigration over the years changed a lot not for the good at all
Bud when I see your reaction you are more then welcome 😘
I even think you would flourish and would love my country just like I do
Sad to say true Mass immigration people all over the world who have nothing with this kind of culture don’t like it
Many crimes by foreigners
Can even remember the time whe had ropes true are post things in are doors
Rope you could open the door from the inside
And just walk in friend houses grandma parents etc
30 years on that’s impossible to see
Dear guys - The America's were initially (after Columbus) "The New World", but after thorough exploration of Africa (80% Discovered with Land-Rovers), this continent became "The Third World" -- Making North, Central, and South America The SECOND World ! -- ALSO: Brazil is called an "Emerging Economy", So it really doesn't deserve Calling it "Third World" !?
No no no, that's not how this came to be. The 'discovery' of America has nothing to do with this. Dividing countries into 1st/2nd/3rd world categories is a Cold War Construct where The US and their European and Asian allies we're considered the First World, and the Communist countries the 'second World'. The countries that didn't align themselves with either of these two blocs therefore became the Third World, regardless of wealth. But since the majority of these countries were at the time underdeveloped countries from Africa, Asia and South-America, 'Third-World' became synonym with 'poor countries'. Since the end of the Cold War more modern economic designations have been used, so indeed emerging economy would be better suited, but IF you still want to use those COld War terms, Brazil is indeed part of the old 'Third World'
And in the mean time many Dutch complain all the time how bad everything is. That's also typically Dutch.
What he said about "your perception of bad starts to shift" is very true,
The Netherlands is so good at making areas efficient and pretty
That people get upset a a bush being too high to see around the corner.
It might sound silly, because it is,
But people know that if you complain to the right people eventually it will be improved.
Its, all randstad. One big metropole. Its like new york. Go the the smaal towns and u see a different view especially in zeeland, groningen en limburg.
I live in Germany....and I would hate it to have fences and walls around my house !
I got shocked when my town got called lol🤣 nobody ever mentions it
Compared to a lot of 1st world country we are basically the nr1 on the end of the line wile the other countries are miles behind.... no comparison really the simply don't come close these video's prove it
We pay a lot of taxes for that. Car tax is a lot. Depending on weight. And we pay like 40% income tax. And healthcare is getting expensive as well. And you are obligated to pay. Or else they will automatically deduct it from your wage with a fine. And it's at least 150 euro's a month for standard healthcare.
We pay almost the most tax in the whole world. Food,gas,living is very very expensive. So al those great things have a cost.. from the outside everything looks so perfect.. but if u live here its difficult...
That the reasen we pay an lot of taxe.s the most of the EU .