In the US, we do in fact have potato mashers, apple corers, and hot water taps. I understand not knowing about hot water taps, but potato mashers & apple corers literally hang in the aisles at grocery stores and are hard to miss. Hot water taps have fallen out of favor since induction stoves have become more common, but we do have them. Also not having a washing machine in your apartment being common is uniquely New England. Everywhere else in the US always has at least a cheap stackable washer & drier (or at least hook up in really cheap apartments) in the unit.
I agree with most you mention. I have never seen the special taps in the US though. The great thing about the Quooker is that there are different ones. The most advanced one has regular, boiling, and cooled water (all filtered), and it’s safe to have with kids around. Most Americans who moved to the Netherlands prefer the improved quality of life towards safety, happinesses, access to medical services, education, and independence of kids. I am still surprised to experience that living in the USA in the 2020’s seems so like the 1970’s of the Netherlands.
@@davidc.w.2908 Yeah, like I said hot water taps fell out of fashion after ~2005 so most home have gotten rid of them. That being said, I've seen some homes in Las Vegas that have started adding them back in to new builds. I do agree though, the US is behind. There are some areas of the US where kids have a good amount of independence, but it's quite rare and limited to a few cities. Safety also greatly varies through out the US and we do have plenty of cities just as safe as those in the Netherlands.
I think one of the big advantages of choice of transport is that you can pick whichever combination works best for you, and all of them are options. Like, I could get to my previous job by train, by car, by bus, and by bike, by walking (well not the full distance) or any combination thereof and all of them were within acceptable travel times. I ended up using my car because I needed it for my other job and I was already paying taxes and maintenance on that car so it made sense to use it. Also, the more people use public transport or bike or walk, the fewer cars there are and the cleaner the air and the quieter the city.
On average a single person household pays about € 10,- per month for clean drinking water. This is equal to € 0.0026 per liter which is 100x cheaper than the cheapest bottle of mineral water. Also when you buy bottled water or soda you already pay extra on top of the sales price (usually 25 cents per 1.5 L bottle) which you get back by returning the empty bottle.
On recycle stuff.....the netherlands got the best and most clean water in the world. Dont buy plastic bottels with water...If better quality comes from the tap. Get a refill battle and, put water in iT and cool iT. Best water you have....and best to the planet.
yesss the only reason I have plastic bottles is because of the sparkling water (Now i have a soda stream!!)! But also I had to buy water at my old apartment in the center because I really did not trust the pipes 😖
@@kimchilifeabroad Maybe you should sit down for this "news": Quooker even has a 5-in-1 tap with sparkling water (on top of the options for cold, hot, boiling and filtered water). It uses a CO2-cilinder with which you can make 60 liters of sparkling water. They claim a liter of sparkling water costs you about €0.25. The tap itself costs somewhere between 2000 and 3500 euros though, so definitely a big investment for your home.
Water in Rotterdam is not good unfortunately. 90% of the Netherlands has good water and maybe 20% is excellent! My in-laws live just under Rotterdam and the water is full of chlorine and they drink bottle water because of it.
You forgot the Flessenlikker. Whit that you can pull everything out of a bottle or yoghurt carton. Very Dutch thing. It’s much cheaper to buy your own washing machine. They will last at least 6-8 years and mostly longer.
@@kimchilifeabroad Most retailers offer the service to install the washing machine, dishwasher, refrigerator and so on for you. By law, they are required to remove and safely discard the old device for you “free of charge” (the very small fee for that was paid at the time of the initial purchase), if you want to get rid of that.
Im not sure what the official name of the bottle recycling system is, but usually people refer to the money that you get back when you recycle a bottle as statiegeld.
Nr 2, you do realize you pay the return fair when buying bottles, FYI since July its also for 250 ml bottles. And it’s called “statiegeld”, don’t ask me the translation cause it’s a weird word😉 this system is also used in other EU countries
Dom't buy bottled water, it is bad quality and very expensive, use the good tap water, buy a carbonizer if you want sparkles...at blokker they have a lemonade maker you can use your own cocacola too with it..
It seems you don't know bottled water. There are differences between each one, well if you have a taste anyway. There is mineral water, which can come from anywhere, including a water tap and there is spring water. The term spring water (bronwater like SPA) is protected by law and may only be used for real spring water. And no, there's no such thing as bad quality bottled water, only more or less tasty ones. And as already mentioned, there is difference between mineral and spring and even between mineral or spring themselves are differences. And I can't drink tap water as I get a real dry mouth and throat, which doesn't happen with spring water.
it's totally based on fear. hahah! I feel like I can't stop the bike fast enough to avoid trams and cars and other bikes... oh and people! oof. One day though.. one day.
@@kimchilifeabroad Dutch drivers are very aware of cyclists.. If there is an accident with a car and a bike, it's always the cars fault. Car drivers are very carefull. Don't start cycling in the city. Take the train with your bike to a sleepy viliage and practice.
@@kimchilifeabroad Maybe take a bicycle lessons for expats to boost some confidence? I get why cycling here can be pretty scary with all the people walking, biking, driving and trams all around you, but it'll definitely give you a very different (and imo better) view of the city and gets you places much quicker and maybe even cheaper in the end.
@@kimchilifeabroad it was scary for me in the beginning too! And i was slow, uncertain, giving everyone priority and making silly mistakes out of stress (because i didn't understand all the rules at first). But time passed and now i just can't imagine moving around the city any other way ❤️
I totally agree with this. It is something that I have read about, and debated about, especially since my parents were immigrants to the US. However, I think expat can be a term for me to use since I don't know if I will stay in the NL forever or am looking for permanent residency/ citizenship!
In the US, we do in fact have potato mashers, apple corers, and hot water taps. I understand not knowing about hot water taps, but potato mashers & apple corers literally hang in the aisles at grocery stores and are hard to miss. Hot water taps have fallen out of favor since induction stoves have become more common, but we do have them.
Also not having a washing machine in your apartment being common is uniquely New England. Everywhere else in the US always has at least a cheap stackable washer & drier (or at least hook up in really cheap apartments) in the unit.
I agree with most you mention. I have never seen the special taps in the US though. The great thing about the Quooker is that there are different ones. The most advanced one has regular, boiling, and cooled water (all filtered), and it’s safe to have with kids around.
Most Americans who moved to the Netherlands prefer the improved quality of life towards safety, happinesses, access to medical services, education, and independence of kids. I am still surprised to experience that living in the USA in the 2020’s seems so like the 1970’s of the Netherlands.
@@davidc.w.2908 Yeah, like I said hot water taps fell out of fashion after ~2005 so most home have gotten rid of them. That being said, I've seen some homes in Las Vegas that have started adding them back in to new builds.
I do agree though, the US is behind. There are some areas of the US where kids have a good amount of independence, but it's quite rare and limited to a few cities. Safety also greatly varies through out the US and we do have plenty of cities just as safe as those in the Netherlands.
Appelboor (apple drill) is for taking the core out of apples and aardappelstamper (potato masher) is the other one 😉
I think one of the big advantages of choice of transport is that you can pick whichever combination works best for you, and all of them are options. Like, I could get to my previous job by train, by car, by bus, and by bike, by walking (well not the full distance) or any combination thereof and all of them were within acceptable travel times. I ended up using my car because I needed it for my other job and I was already paying taxes and maintenance on that car so it made sense to use it.
Also, the more people use public transport or bike or walk, the fewer cars there are and the cleaner the air and the quieter the city.
On average a single person household pays about € 10,- per month for clean drinking water. This is equal to € 0.0026 per liter which is 100x cheaper than the cheapest bottle of mineral water. Also when you buy bottled water or soda you already pay extra on top of the sales price (usually 25 cents per 1.5 L bottle) which you get back by returning the empty bottle.
i enjoy your sparkling revieuws about Amsterdam.
In a lot of places you can also donate the bottle deposit for good social cause. I do it regularly and find it absolutely brilliant!
On recycle stuff.....the netherlands got the best and most clean water in the world.
Dont buy plastic bottels with water...If better quality comes from the tap.
Get a refill battle and, put water in iT and cool iT.
Best water you have....and best to the planet.
yesss the only reason I have plastic bottles is because of the sparkling water (Now i have a soda stream!!)! But also I had to buy water at my old apartment in the center because I really did not trust the pipes 😖
@@kimchilifeabroad Maybe you should sit down for this "news": Quooker even has a 5-in-1 tap with sparkling water (on top of the options for cold, hot, boiling and filtered water). It uses a CO2-cilinder with which you can make 60 liters of sparkling water. They claim a liter of sparkling water costs you about €0.25. The tap itself costs somewhere between 2000 and 3500 euros though, so definitely a big investment for your home.
Martijn Pennings I heard that there’s a sparkling water qooker!!! If I ever buy a place I’m for sure going to install one. Hah. So cool!
Water in Rotterdam is not good unfortunately. 90% of the Netherlands has good water and maybe 20% is excellent! My in-laws live just under Rotterdam and the water is full of chlorine and they drink bottle water because of it.
@@michellezevenaar
Chlorine? Source please.
its pretty normal when you order a wasmachine they bring it into you house...and if not sure ask
Digid ... life saver! GREAT VIDEO!
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You forgot the Flessenlikker. Whit that you can pull everything out of a bottle or yoghurt carton. Very Dutch thing.
It’s much cheaper to buy your own washing machine. They will last at least 6-8 years and mostly longer.
Yes! Buying the washing machine is much cheaper... but taking it with me everywhere I go... I cannot lift that. hah.
@@kimchilifeabroad verhuizers doen dat voor je.
@@kimchilifeabroad Most retailers offer the service to install the washing machine, dishwasher, refrigerator and so on for you. By law, they are required to remove and safely discard the old device for you “free of charge” (the very small fee for that was paid at the time of the initial purchase), if you want to get rid of that.
I also moved from NYC to Amsterdam :)
Don't you miss it?! I lived there for5 years and i think its still the greatest city ever
This is a great video! I had no idea you could rent a washing machine here - man I wish I'd seen that before buying one lols!
i didn't know either until a friend told me! And they take it back if you move out or help you move it to another address. amazing.
Im not sure what the official name of the bottle recycling system is, but usually people refer to the money that you get back when you recycle a bottle as statiegeld.
Nr 2, you do realize you pay the return fair when buying bottles, FYI since July its also for 250 ml bottles. And it’s called “statiegeld”, don’t ask me the translation cause it’s a weird word😉 this system is also used in other EU countries
Dom't buy bottled water, it is bad quality and very expensive, use the good tap water, buy a carbonizer if you want sparkles...at blokker they have a lemonade maker you can use your own cocacola too with it..
It seems you don't know bottled water. There are differences between each one, well if you have a taste anyway. There is mineral water, which can come from anywhere, including a water tap and there is spring water. The term spring water (bronwater like SPA) is protected by law and may only be used for real spring water. And no, there's no such thing as bad quality bottled water, only more or less tasty ones. And as already mentioned, there is difference between mineral and spring and even between mineral or spring themselves are differences. And I can't drink tap water as I get a real dry mouth and throat, which doesn't happen with spring water.
Bikes: is your personal preferance based on fear?
it's totally based on fear. hahah! I feel like I can't stop the bike fast enough to avoid trams and cars and other bikes... oh and people! oof. One day though.. one day.
@@kimchilifeabroad Dutch drivers are very aware of cyclists.. If there is an accident with a car and a bike, it's always the cars fault. Car drivers are very carefull. Don't start cycling in the city. Take the train with your bike to a sleepy viliage and practice.
@@kimchilifeabroad Maybe take a bicycle lessons for expats to boost some confidence? I get why cycling here can be pretty scary with all the people walking, biking, driving and trams all around you, but it'll definitely give you a very different (and imo better) view of the city and gets you places much quicker and maybe even cheaper in the end.
@@kimchilifeabroad it was scary for me in the beginning too! And i was slow, uncertain, giving everyone priority and making silly mistakes out of stress (because i didn't understand all the rules at first). But time passed and now i just can't imagine moving around the city any other way ❤️
The Was-handje that's what they usually do not have abroad, i have no clue how they wash themselves abroad... :(
i literally never use a washandje lol
You pay a deposit on plastic bottles and get it back from the bottle return machine at the supermarket.
That hot water thing is really dangerous for kids...it won't last..
The music is too loud
Thanks for the feedback! Yess, i'm learning little by little how to create videos =)
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Thanks! 😃
Creditcard? We have pincards..
digid say it as deegeeday :)
hahaha you're right! 🙈
So..expat? not immigrant? Typical Anglo Saxon lingo I guess.
I totally agree with this. It is something that I have read about, and debated about, especially since my parents were immigrants to the US. However, I think expat can be a term for me to use since I don't know if I will stay in the NL forever or am looking for permanent residency/ citizenship!
DigiID sounds to invasive, no privacy at all...