Netherlands National Windmill Day in Schiedam or Nationale Molendag!
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- Today was National Windmill Day in Schiedam Netherlands or Nationale Molendag. These windmills are the tallest in the world and the view from the top is amazing! You can walk to each windmill and go to the top for free on this day. Folks young and old dressed in period costumes singing, dancing and marching in the streets. Schiedam Netherlands is a small town right outside Rotterdam and it's so easy to get to by tram or metro. When we moved from the US to the Netherlands we never knew that this existed and these are a national treasures to Holland and are celebrated with a national holiday each spring. So today was all about food, fun and windmills. As a retired expat I can tell you this...The Dutch people love tradition and know how to celebrate it!
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Awww, thank you very much, Gerry💕😊
So nice to see this video. Now that I see these windmills, in the village of Kinderdijk there are even 19 windmills in a long stretched ribbon behind each other. These old mills are on the Unesco world heritage list. Highly recommanded. Thank you Tammy and Eric for all your videos, I enjoy watching it very much.
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Watching your video as a dutchman living in Bogor Indonesia I enjoyed it a lot! Thanks!
Thank you very much for watching us, Baldwin!! 😊
just a great day schiedam is nice
We agree, ikke52!😊
He only said it 2 oops no 4 times Tammy ! Lovely day in Schiedam ! Thank you 💕🌷
Lol! That’s funny, Yvonne! Thank you for your continued support💕
Such a beautiful town.
Hi Kam! We agree!!💕
Schiedam is such a gem. All the Dutch charm and none of the tourists ;)
The windmills in Schiedam had to be high as they had to catch the wind above everything else that has already been built there.
In September, they have the Brandersfeesten there so that should be a nice reason to return there ;)
Hi Richard! Yes, the Brandersfeesten will definitely be a nice reason to return!!🤩
Well I have to comment! My Birth Certificate tells me *Schiedam* is my place of birth in 1946. So pretty to see it now! How things have evolved over time, the scenery, the Economy and the preservation of the land and sea. Love from Canada! You're getting better and more relaxed in your presentations. Thank you 💖
Thank you for the kind words, AB VM! And, thank you for watching us!! Your birth city is beautiful🤩
If you like historical cities, you should visit a VESTINGSTAD, like Naarden, Bourtange, Willemstad, Brielle etc.
Thank you for the suggestions, M de Leeuw!!😊
Should you want to an explanation of a grain mill by a bonafide miller, that can be arranged. A nephew is a miller for the mill in Goirle in Brabant.
Thank you, Paul!
I like your videos, and your interest in getting deeper into the Dutch culture than most foreigners do. You have tried much of our food and drinks, and experienced some of our festivals. Few of the visitors from the US dare to try anything local, but you are the exception to this. I like your reaction to everything in your videos.
It depends very National Mill Day is celebrated in each region, but in Schiedam the people are very proud of their windmills, so they do more than most places. In many places, all festivities are just in and very close to the mills.
Hallo Anton! Dank je wel for the kind words😊. You are so nice!!
Anton I had the very same thoughts. So you took the words out of ehhh .... my keyboard :-)
I do love the way they dive into Dutch society.
@@itomg Dank je wel😊!!
If I am not mistaken, in WW2 windmills, de wieken, were put in certain position to give signals to other windmills to signal if there were obstacle s or captured soldiers or underground activities going on to warn people or to give signals to the resistance.
Wow - that is interesting! Thank you for sharing that, Willem!😊
Dutch Pancake TIP!
Roll them up with your fork and then cut bitesize slices from the end, if you want less messy! 😁✌🏼
Thank you for the tip, Pieter😊👍
You have such a lovely TH-cam channel. It's great to see my country through your eyes!
Thank you, Annelies!!💕
Your enthusiasm is awesome! 😘
Awww, thank you very much, P L!!😊
so nice to see that you like my home town .
It’s beautiful!!💕
I didn’t even know about this celebration and I live 15 minutes drive from Schiedam 😅
Lol! Now you know for next year😊
These mills had to be tall because they were built in the city. To catch the wind the windmill blades had to be higher than the surrounding houses. This type of windmill is called Stellingmolen.
I really should go and see Schiedam.
It really is such a lovely town🤩.
If you like mills, you guys should really checkout Zaanse Schans here in Zaandam. It's ~1-2 hours away from Rotterdam Central but making it a day trip would be worth it and you could buy some great traditionally made food stuff like mustard and more!
Hello Stefan, thank you for the suggestion! Also, thank you very much for watching us😊
My hubby is born ther and grew up and lived there til we met Us
I bet he misses it! 😊
Hi both, lovely to see you like our typical Dutch places. Please visit Giethoorn and Zaanse Schans on a sunny day as well.
If you like the windmills Zaanse Schans is for you, and Giethoorn is the Venice of the north.
Hello Erik! Thank you for the great suggestions! 😊
What a wonderful video of this event. I am very impressed with your open and appreciative accounts of your [new] life in the Netherlands. I doubt if there are very many USA citizens who are so open-minded vis-a-vis other cultures - well done!
Ahhh, thank you very much for your kind words, Janet🥰. Also, thank you very much for watching us!
Nice video again. Other than that, I'm just happy for you. You seem to be having a great time this spring in the Netherlands. Just great fun to watch. Enjoy, enjoy and enjoy!
Awww, thank you Bert! We are having an awesome time here!💕
Pannekoeken met stroop!!! As a pancake myself I'm glad for the representation als part of the dutch kitchen. Sloppy jet delicious 😋
It was delicious, even though I mad a mess on myself🤣. Thank you for your continued support, Pannekoek😊
It’s very enjoyable watching you explore your new home country!
With that Being Said (sorry, couldn’t resist Haha) a good way to eat a pannekoek is to roll it. After that you can easily eat it with a fork. Looking forward to the next video.
Lol!! Thank you for your kind words, I am Suzanne!!! 😊💕
Take the waterbus from the Willemsplein to Kinderdijk, lot of mills and i think you ll love it.
Thank you for the suggestion, ed! We have Kinderdijk on our list of places that we want to visit!!
Really enjoy your videos. My wife's mother was born in Schiedam. My wife is also from The Netherlands . . . Hilversum to be more exact. At the moment we live in the Pacific Northwest of the US, but have plans to move to the province of Groningen at the end of this summer.
Hello John! We have Groningen on our list of places that we want to visit! It looks like a lovely place😊. Thank you so much for watching us! We hope your move goes smoothly!
welcome to my city 😀
Dank je wel, Elleke!😊
Dear Soul to Soul couple, nice to see your view on the Dutch, wij wonen in Spanje en jullie laten ons Nederland zien. Wij vragen ons af wat jullie in Nederland doen, zijn jullie hier voor werk of om een andere cultuur te leren kennen ? Keep up the good work, love it, Huub and Wil, La Herradura, Spain
The windmills are so high because otherwise they couldn't get enough wind to operate due tu the surrounding buildings.
Ahhh, that makes sense, Eddy! Thank you!
This weekend is Dort in stoom Dord in steam. Dordrecht is an old Dutch city. Easily accessible from Rotterdam by waterbus. Three days with everything to do with steam engines. Trains, boats, machines, etc., etc. A great day or weekend out.
Hello Hugo! I think we are planning on going there this weekend!! It looks like it will be a lot of fun!😊
Leuk een nationale molendag! I have never been in Schiedam but it looks nice to visit.
It is beautiful, Eric! 😊
And Schiedam is known for its gin distilleries 😀 😃 😄 🙃
As Sheldon would say: fun fact about Dutch windmills. Did you know those Dutch mills are nothing more than a large DIY project. Back in the day they would disassemble a mill and put it back together in another spot in under 7 weeks?
Not your typical IKEA build a bookcase, but similar.
Ha! We love your Big Bang Theory reference, Ronald😊. Very interesting information - thank you for sharing it!!
@@SoultoSoulTravels I could call "Bazinga", but is was not a joke or a trick.
BTW that building kit comment only applies to mills used for pumping water. The ones used for grinding wheat and barley are permanent features, as you have seen with your own eyes.
One way of eating the large pancakes is by rolling it up or folding it, Calzano style. If you get a chance, try cheese pancake. They either do grated cheese or a slice of cheese in the batter. Tastes heavenly.
In the US they have "the Waffle House". Here we have pancakehouse, or if you wanna try a dutch pronounciation "pannenkoekenhuis".
@@ronalddejong3017 Bazinga - LOL!!! Cheese!-YUM!!!🤣
Omg the brassband is Surinamese a little bit of my culture as well
They were a great brassband! So much energy!! As you can see by the video, everyone else thought they were great too!!💕
Very nice to see you discovering the highlights of The Netherlands. There is so much to discover in this little country 😉
We are looking forward to exploring many more in the upcoming months!!😊
On a beautiful day it's also nice to make a trip with the waterbus 21 from the Erasmus bridge to Kinderdijk (molenkade) where you can walk/cycle around in nature and enjoy the 19 Historic windmills from the 1700s. On a nice sunny day the waterbus trip (30/40 minutes) and the views along the way from the water are already worth it, beside roaming around at the UNESCO heritage site from the windmills. When the waterbus is not too busy you can take your bicycles with you.
Hello Serge! Thank you for the suggestion😊
Love watching you struggle with the pancake! Keep m rollin’. Beautiful footage today and love the flowers (? Duizendschoon) in your house. You’re becoming real Dutchies!
Hi Ingrid! Thank you for telling me the name of the flowers! I was wondering what they were called💕 Also, thank you very much for your continued support😊
Always love the chemistry between you 2 !
Awww, thank you very much, bas van der werff!! 🥰
Love your positivity. Even though I am from the Netherlands you still suprise me once in a while with places i never been to.
Thank you very much, JJ!! Also, thank you for watching us!!😊
during the whole video I wanted to suggest you both so many beautiful spots to visit as well in the Netherlands.
But at the end I just wanted to say thankyou for being so wholesome I really enjoy watching your videos :)
We are looking forward to going to more getting out and exploring more of this beautiful country! Thank you very much for watching us, zeru!!😊
@@SoultoSoulTravels if you ever visit limburg take a look at "castle Hoensbroek" if you mention my name at the entrance "zeru or kevin" I will personally give you a free tour through a beautiful piece of history. There are already some nice videos about the castle on TH-cam. and detailed information can of course be found on Wikipedia :)
@@_Zeru Thank you, zeru!!💕
After having visited examples of Dutch engineering from the past, you should really also be visiting a prime example of Dutch engineering of modern times, to wit the Maeslantkering in Hoek van Holland. Talking of awsome....
Hi Cluster Pain! We will have to check into that! Thank you for the suggestion, and thank you so much for watching us!
You can just follow the north bank of the Nieuwe Waterweg on bike ... and when you go up the 20 meter high artificial 'hill' next to the kering, you get a great view :)
@@SoultoSoulTravels you might like to try the waterbus ( not the tourist attraction) its regular public transport in Rotterdam one of the stops is under the Brienenoordbridge on the north side of the city. It’s a reasonably fast catamaran that connects to Dordrecht ( Hollands oldest city) If you choose to get of at the Merwekade in Dordrecht you are richt in the city centre. It also has a stop at Kinderdijk.
@@dutchuncle3310 Thank you for the suggestion!!!
Very nice video, good camera work. Thank you👍👍
Thank you very much, Ibergen111!!😊
Maybe you can make a Efteling vlog and try all the food there....its beautiful there and the food is good.
Hello regejade! Efteling is on our list of places we want to visit! Thank you!
Hi, in the weekend before Christmas there is a very special event in the historic center of the city of Deventer. It's called Dickens festival as in Charles Dickens. I'll bet you will love that. Deventer and Zwolle (where I live and best bycicle city in the world) are two Hanze cities... Old trading cities on the river the IJssel. Worth while to visit.
Greetings from Zwolle
Thank you for the information, Hugo! That does sound like something that we would definitely enjoy!!😊
Schiedam is such a beautiful city, but with a dark industrial past: Black Nazareth!
AH at 2:28 your eating a pancake but not the dutch way , you should roll them and cut them in smaller bite sized segments , no mess and perfect stroop to pannekoek ratio.
Hi Marcus! Thank you! Next time I will know how best to eat them!😊
@@SoultoSoulTravels Actualy , if you make pannekoeken your self and there are a few left you can add some chocolade vlokken or when warm or jam roll them and and let them cool put them in the fridge and and have them for breakfast lunch or little snack with thea or coffee at 10 ;00 coffee time. . You can eat them hot or cold and both with their own unique taste.
@@marcusfranconium3392 That sounds delicious! Thank you for the suggestion💕
Your both making progress on the Dutch langange, concratulations with that! Further a nice town were i was born in 1971.
Thank you, Patrick! It’s a very nice town😊. Thank you so much for watching us!!
Love it when TH-cam translates "pannenkoeken" into panic cocaine... 😀
😱lol!!
Go to the Zaanse Schans, its also beautiful there, and kinderdijk also a lot windmails thats on the world heritage
Thank you for the suggestions, Ria!
Yeah, in terms of windmills Schiedam is a great town! Comparatively the other locations would be Kinderdijk or Zaanse schans. Nice to sea this Dutch culture we are not used to anymore...
Hello Ernst! Both locations are definitely on our list of places to see!! Thank you so much for watching us😊
We have windmills too. On the Kleiweg one in the kralingse bos two.
The windmills in the Kralingse Bos grind spices and are completely different from the windmills in Schiedam, and well worth a visit. There is a windmill like in Schiedam in Delfshaven, called "De Distilleerketel". In that area there used to be more of them, all working for the jenever industry.
you doing great, learning our language, it's just a hard language, so thumps up for both of you
Thank you very much, chantall💕
@@SoultoSoulTravels listening with much love to your voices
The reason these windmolens are tall is because of the old city wall en the buildings.in the city. The windmills where part of/or near the city wall so they would catch enough wind for Them to work.
Very nice travel report again :-) I'm very curious how your friends and relatives back in the US react to all your "adventures"......??
Btw....I was born&raised in Roterdam but have been living in a suburb for some 26 years (Nieuwerkerk a/d IJssel)...and last Saturday I've spent my first time in, and on the highest level of the one single windmill we have there (molen "Windlust").....
Hi Bert! Thank you for your kind words! The family and friends that watch our videos like to see that we are happy and that we are enjoying life and each other! We enjoyed being on top of the windmill and hope you did as well!!😊
🥰 That's an awsome promotion film you guys made of our little hometown. Love it!
Hello Ilonka! We are glad you enjoyed our video!! Thank you💕
For most Dutch including me windmills are a bit too stereotypically quaint nostalgic Dutch. But is was the high tech of it's day and the driving force behind (proto-)industrialization. The invention of the saw mill by a self proclaimed 'simple peasant' in 1592 allowed the Dutch to build ships 30 times faster than the others, resulting in the 1.5 million Dutch doing more than half of the trade for 150 million Europeans. Thanks to all that money the Dutch Republic was able to fence off the absolute monarchies of Spain, France and Britain and keep the Inquisition out, changing the course of world history.
Sadly they also cut down too many oak trees too. Which became a problem for sourcing the trees needed to build the ships.
Hi Lynott! Thank you for the great information😊. Also, thank you for watching us!
@@Paul_C I believe they got most of the wood from the Schwarzwald in Germany or shipped it from Norway. But maybe that was after all the Dutch trees were used.
@@DenUitvreter Mainly from Russia and Finland. Its the how Peter the Great ended up in the Netherlands learning how to utilise so much wood in such short times. Wood trades origined from St Petersburg then later Archangelsk. There are still dutch shipping companies that origined from those tradelanes.
@@SoultoSoulTravels Schiedam has those windmills, because its gin industry was a big grain processor
Festivals, I really can recommend Kwaku in Amsterdam. It’s actually a party of the Surinam community in the Netherlands. The atmosphere is great and the food is delicious.
And the tong tong fair in Den Haag. That is a party of the Dutch Indië community. (Dutch Indië is the old name for Indonesia) and the food is great.
On Kwaku you will also find Javanese food, because there in Surinam there is a Javanese community.
Thank you for the festival suggestions, Jannette!!😊
Kwaku is also a festival to anuallt celebrate the freedom from slavery
@@wimschiphorst8541 didn’t know that, how stupid of me. But while reading about it on Wikipedia I saw that Kwaku means Wednesday. And a boy born on that day can be called Kwaku. This habit probably originated from Ghana.
A funny anecdote: last week I saw a video of a standup comedian from Mali, I belief. He asked someone in the audience where the man is from. The man says Ghana. The comedian asks him if his name is Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. The man answers: Sunday.
cant go wrong with indonian or surinam food!
Pannenkoeken are easier to eat when you stick your fork in it sideways en roll it up then cut slices of rolled up pancake, didn't know you two were gonna be here, since i live in Schiedam would have been fun to run into you 😂 Oh and last time i forgot to say, i believe the evening before the branders feesten there is a light parade with boats all alight through the waters of the city, but i am not sure if they still do that or on which date that will be, maybe you can look that up
Thank you for the pannenkoeken tip, Nimwey! It would have been nice to run into you! We will definitely check out the dates for the brandersfeesten!😊
I am glad that you enjoyed my hometown and it's windmills! It looked indeed less crowded than I remember from the years I participated (the nautical youth organisation I belonged to used to do the tours through the canals with their sloops), though that doesn't mean people used to come for me of course.
Can you imagine that in it's heyday, Schiedam had about twenty windmills?
Did you have time to make a quick visit to the public library as well? It's situated in a historic building (on the right at 6.15) and especially the groundfloor is worth a visit.
Anyway, thanks for the positive words about Schiedam, come back anytime!
PS
Best way to eat a pannekoek: roll it up like a wrap or tortilla (either with a fork of fingers), cutting in pieces is optional (but is my preferred way should I like to eat one)...
Hi Ruud! No! We did not even think about the library - thank you very much for the suggestion! We will make sure to visit it on our next outing to Schiedam😊. Also, thank you for the pannekoeken eating tip!
@@SoultoSoulTravels As it seems that you like towns with a rich history, may I suggest that you visit Hellevoetsluis and Brielle some sunny day? They have a history as 'fortified towns' and most of their citywalls and moats are still preserved, just like parts of their old centres. Both situated by the water with much to see and experience. Hellevoetsluis has some historic (museum) ships, harbour and lighthouse and Brielle played an important role during the Spanish occupation in the '80 year war'. Both towns are easy-ish to visit by metro and bus from Rotterdam...
These wildmills are that high sothat they can catch wind because of the surrounding buildings.
That was a gezellige video, perfect for a Sunday morning in California....
Thank you, Bitty! Stay cool, it’s supposed to be hot there in California today😓
@@SoultoSoulTravels Thank you, it is going to be 95 here today, bit of a breeze. Comfy!!
Loved loved loved your video. It has really cheered me up. The Netherlands is beautiful. Every town or city has his own traditional dress. Love it. And Eric, your Dutch is coming on. Perfectly pronounced. Always a joy watching your video's. 😃🙋♀️👍
Thank you very much, Riny!! 💕🥰
Wow, you are really exploring our little country! Did you already go to Amersfoort? It is a lovely town in the middle of the Netherlands with pretty small streets, canals, old buildings, an old town gate from the Middle Ages and lots of museums. At the beginning of August there is a jazz festival and from the first to the third of July there is the Dias Latinas festival with all kinds of Caribbean music. You should really check this out, if you can. Love your vlogs. Great to see your own country through foreigner’s eyes.
We have tree old gates. the Koppelpoort, the only land and water gate in the Netherlands, the Kamperbinnenpoort, and Monnickendam, also a watergate.
We also have a piece of the original London bridge.
And the festivals are great. Dias Latino is my favorite.
Hello Diana! We did spend a couple of hours in Amersfoort, but we definitely plan on going back to do more exploring there! You are right, from what we saw, it is a very lovely town!!😊. Thank you for watching us!!
Hallo lovely people , did you visited the Unesco windmills in Kinderdijk already , if not may I give you a little travel advice ? Metro to " Capelsebrug " and then the bus to Krimpen aan de Lek , there you can take the ferry and then a 1 km walk . Or , I beleve in the summer period there is a boat going directly from Rotterdam to Kinderdijk . Great video . Greetings .
Hallo Bert! Nee, we haven’t been there yet - Kinderdijk is on our list of places to explore!! Thank you for the transportation tip!😊
It's a nice trip to go by bike too...
Great video!
Thank you very much, Joyce!
I love your content. If you enjoy nature and would like to go for a weekend trip I can advise you to visit the beautiful island of Terschelling on top of the north of the Netherlands. You can get there by train and rent a bike at the island. And while you are in the north consider going to Leeuwarden as well.
Thank you for your kind words, Frans! Also thank you for your trip suggestions😊
ye any of the wadden eilanden is nice
Ja, Terschelling is geweldig. Vooral buiten het toeristenseizoen.
En dan fietsen!
I heard about the wild afterparties that go on for days on Nationale Molendag. You should have stuck around a little bit longer..😉😄
And I would like to give some tips from one Chocomel addict to another: There are no AA- or rather CA-groups yet. Believe me I have checked. So hang on in there buddy. But as long as your abusing the stuff.. Here is how you really should drink it: 1 Drink it cold and always out of a mug (there are special yellow Chocomel mugs available) 2 Pour it like the Middle-Eastern do with their tea. Start low and then go high up so lots of air can get into the brown gold, which enhances the flavor. 3 Always buy the regular one. Not the Vers (fresh) one from the fridge or the low-fat one either. Just saying..Have fun!
Lol! Thank you for the Chocomel drinking tips, Lennart! Also, thank you so much for watching our videos!!😊
When Eric says 'pannekoeken' with his pronacition and the translate english is on it's translate in ' panic cocaine '. Very funny
Lol! 😂
Had i known you would come to town i would have met up and handed you your horstesteak to try! ;p
Lol! Thank you so much for your continued support, Carola!!💕
Beautiful , sangat bagus pemandangan kota 😍
Dank je wel, Cholikun!😊
@@SoultoSoulTravels sama sama 🤝
have you been to the "bonte koe". That's THE chocolade shop of Schiedam.
YES!!! Their chocolate is delicious!! We went there the first time that we visited Schiedam💕 Heel lekker🤩
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When you said the word "pannekoeken", TH-cam on-screen translations made it "Panic cocaine" hahaha
These mills are on a high stool due the fact they were positioned next, or being part of, the now gone citywalls.
That is interesting, thank you for the information, Youser!😊
A windmill - ehm… to state the obvious - needs wind. That’s why windmills in cities are (or were; there are not many left) so high: they need to rise above the buildings around them. Windmills even (used to…) have so-called wind-rights: new buildings must be at a sufficient distance, in order not to block either the windfall, nor the turning of the upper part of the mill. Yes, the whole top of even those gigantic windmills in Schiedam can be turned towards the wind.
You had me laughing at your pannenkoeken; Schiedam proudly calls itself Jenever-stad, or even Jenever Capital. That’s where the grain goes, and the Ketel 1 you tasted, is originally made in Schiedam.
Hi Margreet! Thank you for the great information😊💕
Pannenkoek, you don’t really need a fork just roll it and eat it like a tortilla.
You should come to Urkerdag 4 june. Urk is somewhat considered the amish part of the Netherlands but than the dutch way. Its unique for sure
Hi Tunes! Thank you for the suggestion! We will have to look into it!😊
Roll the pancake and than you cut it to eat hahahaha
Lol! Thank you, hike fish cook!! 😊
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Pancake - roll up to an about 1" diameter roll (not a lot more) and cut 1" slices off that roll - but then, sit down and use knife and fork.
Thank you, JP dJ!!!😊💕
Role up the pannenkoek and cut it in pieces, best way to eat it.
Lol! Yes, that would have been a much easier way😁. Thank you, Brozius!
@@SoultoSoulTravels 👍
Another great vlog guys. Beautiful pictures. How Dutch can you get? Hahaha. I did not know this was a thing, but I liked the vibe. Relaxed and not too crowded 😉
Greetings from Losser 😎🙋🏽♂️🇳🇱
Hi Taco048! Thank you very much for your kind words😊. Have a great day there in Losser!
@1:06 TH-cam’s automated cc transcription, in English, turned ‘pannenkoeken’ into ‘panic cocaine’ 😂
That is funny! Thank you so much for tuning in and watching us, Jules!!😊
Didnt end the day with a glass of old Schiedamse jenever
we were very tempted… but no 😀
That was the first thing that i thought of when i heard Schiedam(i does say alot about me dough)
@@ROTORKOTOR1 lol!!
Why didn't you get pictures of the inner workings of a Dutch windmill ? (No wind ?). Pumping water, sawing wood, milling grain, jeneverbes, mustard, paint ... You should make a day-trip to Zaanse Schans !!! (The Netherlands is small, but bigger than the R'dam region. Jump on a train !).
Hello RAW! There were a lot of people trying to get up and down the stairs at the same time, plus with all of the people, it was hot in the mill😬. Thank you for suggesting Zaanse Schans! 😊
I think the average tourist that visited the Netherlands has been inside a windmill, the average Dutch person definitely hasn't.
The only reason I have been in a windmill because I know a person that lives in a windmill, but that is reasonable rare.
Tourist could go to Zaanse Schans, there are several windmills to visit. Also wooden shoes and cheese can be bought there. Its very close to Amsterdam. So its not that hard to get yourself inside a windmill.
In the Openlucht Museum in Arnhem is also a windmill you can enter
Have you visited Delft?
Go to the 'beestenmarkt' on a Saterday. A square full of terraces. It's the place to be!! ( pictures on the internet) The Nacho's at beer cafe Belvedère are nowhere better!
I hope to see you there one day!
Odette
Hello Odette, Yes! We have been to Delft a few times!! It is such a charming city to hang out in! Thank you for the beestenmarkt suggestion and for the Nacho’s tip! Good nachos are difficult to come by over here!
The best way to eat pannekoeken is to roll them up and eat them while holding them in your hands. .. Or if you don't want your hands to get greasy, cut them in pieces and eat them with a fork..
And it's not a canal.. it's Schie river.. Schiedam is actually Dam in river Schie... just like Rotterdam was dam in river Rotte
I agree with that. Use your fork to roll them up, so all the sticky stuff is on the inside.
Hello Angelique! Thank you very much for the river/canal clarification! And, also, for the instructions on the proper way to eat pannekoeken! 😊
Tall windmill - to benefit from wind enough, the distance between the blades of the mills and surrounding objects needs to be as large as possible - vertically and horizontally or else the objects cause drag and disturbance patterns in the airflow so the mill cannot operate to its full potential. Ask city dwellers on an incidental day sailing on the water when the wind is 3 Beaufort how powerful the wind is, and they'll say at least 5.
Thank you for the interesting information, JP dJ!!
Leuk om te zien hoe Amerikaanen ons lant en cultuur beleven 😉
Dank je wel, nico!!😊
Have you already tried nogatientjes
Hello Harry! We haven’t, but I just “googled” them and they look delicious!! Thank you for the suggestion - we will have to try them😊👍
Hilarious! TH-cam’s auto-generated Subtitles/closed captions turned “pannekoeken” into “panic cocaine” @1:07 🤣
Suggestion: If you want to learn more about the Pilgrim Fathers (who landed at Plymouth Rock in New England), go to Leiden. They lived there for 11 years before moving to the New World. The story goes that they left Holland because it was too liberal for them. Go figure…! 🤔🙄
Hi onnob! That is funny! Thank you for the Leiden suggestion! We plan on going there very soon😊
Do you know that they can turn the head of the mill?? To catch the wind
Or rotate the whole body of the mill...
We did not know that, thank you, racingweirdo! Also, thank you for your continued support😊
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Eric and Tammi: Yet, another re affirming film showing a nation of many people "participating in life". :) To put this into "comical" and "dry wit" perspective, I watched this film a second time with a woman I know. And, as we watched it together, I was making "observations" and comparing it to pathetic life in the U.S.
Example, you are at the top of windmill . . and no one...not a citizen or a cop is asking, "What are doing there - do you have a permit for that ?", etc. :) I wish you could have seen the look on her face when I joked with a "Ferris Bueller" confused look on my face, "My heavens, look at this....all those people with different skin colours, different languages and ethnic background outside together.... getting along".
And then I "fake" scratched my head and then my chest and asked her, "WHAT are these people doing to me They are messing with my brain ! ?" :) It is always a delight to see these participatory films. This summer, we ARE going to Sweden.
We were going to go to Monaco, as well, however, I assure you that Monaco being what it is... I just can not imagine all those people being this happy and trusting of each other. Each film you do like this is another positive energy inspiration to stay away from every place negative. Keep it up. :)
Antoine
Hi Antoine! It must have been hilarious to watch you making your “observations”! 🤣. Have fun in Sweden!
The windmill day is not that big i think
Im Dutch and i never heard of it
The first molendag was in 1973! Maybe you don't live near a windmill?
@@PetraStaal We do have many wind mills here on the Veluwe (East Netherlands )
@@Stoep-zt4lb well maybe you do other things on molendag. Play football maybe? Anyway, enjoy your Sunday.🌞
`should be child labours laws in here` some of the people looking around, clearly showing back with a face of `mind your own business``trying to be funny?` yes, that´s Schiedam allright, Welcome in the real Netherlands :D
Lol! We were just trying to be funny🤣. Thanks for watching us, Youri😊
@@SoultoSoulTravels no worries, i lived in Schiedam myself for about 5 years, it's just local mentality, it's one of the poorer cities in the Netherlands, and in Schiedam it's some kind of a sport to be as blunt as possible :D, I genuinely am glad you did not choose for Amsterdam, you would have missed out on all of this because Amsterdam is more or less a closed international community in the eyes of a lot of Dutchmen, just have fun, explore, and if someone feels annoyed?.....meh, no worries, it'll be forgotten in 20 seconds or less. :)
there is no need to point out all the sad things in The Netherlands. 'This being sad... that being sad' Stop it!
Hi harm eiting! Old habits die hard😬. Thank you for watching us!
Harm, be kind. This is a free country; they may express themselves however they wish.
@@ingridwatsup9671 someone obviously missed the joke in my comment...
You guy's have to visit the "Johan Cruijff Arena"in Amsterdam one day , home of the best football team in the Netherlands. You won't be disappointed I promise you.
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Thank you for the suggestion, Remi! Maybe we will watch a game there when they are playing against Feyenoord⚽️
@@SoultoSoulTravels Sounds like a plan 😍