wij vieren geen geboortedag maar een verjaardag . dus gefeliciteerd dat je weer een jaar ouder ben geworden

@reznovvazileski3193

3 жыл бұрын

Congratulations for evading death yet another year. Yup, sounds about right :')

Directness is anything but weird in my opinion, the English make it a habit to beat around the bush a lot, now THAT'S WEIRD.

@CalvinCarlo

4 жыл бұрын

Peet Right!? Haha

@ingec1736

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think Dutch people are necessarily direct. I'd just call it being rude. (Saying this as a Dutch person).

@Landrobje

4 жыл бұрын

@@ingec1736 I'd rather call it brutally honest... We don't mean to be rude, we just say what's on our mind without thinking about how it could affect someone (I'm Dutch as well 😂😅)

@065Tim

4 жыл бұрын

Only the Dutch are proud of their "directness" the rest of the world actually care about each others feelings and tact.

@leonoormulder2872

4 жыл бұрын

Can't agree on that honestly. I mean no idea if British people beat around the bush (hearing they say; lets be friends" when not liking someone back is clearly that😅 But otherwise no idea if they do it so often). Anyway, I noticed we are more direct then others and specially more direct then Americans. Not really in the rude way but more that we go into detail on everything. Where others just talk very 'in general' about all subjects, we definitely say exactly what we mean, how we ment it etc. We used 5 sentences where others say one. We would ask so many questions if we were in America for example. They really just don't go in on things so deep. I didn't know we went in deep until I started traveling ..

Mag ik je een groot compliment geven voor het feit dat je Nederlands wil spreken? Je doet het heel goed! Ik weet dat wij Nederlanders dat erg moeilijk maken door steeds Engels te spreken, maar dat is uit beleefdheid.

@EliseAcrossTheChannel

4 жыл бұрын

Dank je wel! Dat is lief van je om te zeggen. Ja Nederlanders zijn wel beleefd. Het is ook natuurlijk voor jullie om Engels met buitenlanders te spreken omdat meestal zij geen Nederlands kennen :P

@mariozaal

4 жыл бұрын

Wow je kan echt goed nederlands.(wat ik hier in je reactie zie).leuke video ook.

@TheRealMrSkippy

4 жыл бұрын

Use the Dutch directness: zeg gewoon dat je graag je Nederlands wilt oefenen, de meeste mensen willen je daar best mee helpen. Ik werkte samen met iemand uit India die al een aantal jaar in Nederland woonde (als expat) en bezig was met zijn inburgeringscursus en hij zei ook: als ik in het Nederlands begin, praten ze vaak in het Engels terug. Ik probeerde zoveel mogelijk Nederlands met hem te praten, wat niet altijd mogelijk was omdat het een internationaal team was.

@PickupthePieces76

4 жыл бұрын

Ik denk niet dat het alleen beleefdheid is. Er zit ook een vleugje 'kijk mee eens goed Engels praten' bij. En ook efficiëntie. Omdat een Nederlander meestal beter Engels kan dan een buitenlander Nederlands, kunnen we een gesprek sneller en vloeiender laten lopen in het Engels dan in het Nederlands. Dus dat is dan ook voor onszelf prettiger. Eigenbelang dus.

@swollenaor

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe if you can visit more places outside of the randstad. Daar zullen mensen meer Nederlands terugspreken. Denk aan dorpen op het platteland. Or some medium sized citys like Zwolle or Apeldoorn.

Sowieso een dik compliment voor jouw Nederlands Elise! Dat waardeert iedereen in Nederland! En als je Nederlands wilt spreken zeg gewoon : Joh.. Ik spreek liever Nederlands want dan kan ik het een beetje oefenen..! De meeste Nederlanders zullen jou alleen maar NOG leuker vinder :)

The fact that you are not mantioning Holland pleases my dutch ears

@MVEProducties

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, it’s The Netherlands, not Holland!

@IITerranII

4 жыл бұрын

MVE well i mean if you live in holland,.......

@Ramon314

4 жыл бұрын

@@IITerranII it's just that many people mean to say the Netherlands but are saying Holland.

@thedutchman01

4 жыл бұрын

@@IITerranII I live in Noord-Brabant. And I am just as much a dutchman as any Hollander.

@IITerranII

4 жыл бұрын

Rik Speek i myself live in noord holland

I suspect the cleanliness of places you visited might have something to do with the fact that nobody shows up unannounced here, you have to warn people which gives them time to clean up. Nothing motivates more to clean up than expecting guests.

just keep on talking dutch when they are talking english to you, when they ask where you are from, that's not ment to "personally attack" you, in the netherlands it's part of the culture to show your intrest in the other person as small talk.

@CJ-nd9gg

4 жыл бұрын

We're also quite an open country with a international business and tourism. We feel like we don't impose by making you stuggle for words. Like the french, who seem to feel beneath using any language but their own :p

@mariadebake5483

3 жыл бұрын

But that's a simple, normal question isn't it? Why should anyone think it offensive? I can't get it

What a delightful video! An absolute joy to watch. Wish you the best with whatever you're going through. (Dutch guy but living abroad)

The joke I make with Netherlanders when they notice an accent in my dutch and turn to English, I speak with them in Arabic or Spanish ;) so they have no exit rather than go back to dutch he he the worse part is when I turn to English in deeper conversation :)

@EliseAcrossTheChannel

4 жыл бұрын

Haha damn sadly I only know two languages. I'll need to learn another one then!

@markjacobs1086

4 жыл бұрын

Try that until someone ends up speaking Arabic & Spanish back 😂

@woutervanr

3 жыл бұрын

That's actually genius. The spanish wouldn't work on me, but arabic...

Full agree on the craziness on no free tap water. Annoying for even the Dutch. Force you to buy bottled water for crazy pricing. I never return to does restaurants. Luckely there are enough places where they provide free tap water with food order.

@ChrisMcCandless77777

4 жыл бұрын

No problem ask tap water for medicine use and don't take the medicine then you have free glass of water

@PeterKoenen

4 жыл бұрын

You can always get free tap water at any bar/restaurant. It's a law. They can only ask to pay for bottled water. : ) Good to remember.

@m104skate4

4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes they just won't give it despite the law. Usually when you ask you can get it though.

@Lilliathi

3 жыл бұрын

@Gerard Rietdijk Any place that serves alcohol is required to serve free water.

People turn to English because it feels like a polite thing to do, you try to make it easy for the other person by talking English

@robertdegroot8302

3 жыл бұрын

Sure, but it's actually rude, because you're stealing the other persons opportunity to practice Dutch (which he or she should be given the chance to considering they're in Holland) and you're communicating that you think their Dutch is inferior to your English. Try learning German for example, go to Germany, have people there respond to you in English when you try to speak German, and you'll understand what I'm saying.

Hello Elise, I love your topics and your witty presentation about the Netherlands and the Dutch, I would also like to add to the " gefeliciteerd) is that it is also said to those who are related to the birthday person to congratulate them that he/she is living another year for them (hahaha weird but sweet).

I wish my English accent was as good as her Dutch accent. When I speak English I sound more Dutch than Louis van Gaal. Elise could pass for a native Dutch speaker.

@jochemvanrens8938

4 жыл бұрын

thats quite the extreme there, would love to hear you speak english.

Being someone who had made the move from th U.K. to The Netherlands over 30 years ago it brings back so many memories of how I felt when I first moved here. I'll definitely watch more of your videos. Keep up the good work!

@EliseAcrossTheChannel

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad someone can relate! I know not everyone agreed with my comments but it takes a little getting used to a new country and there are pros and cons with living anywhere of course. How come you moved to the Netherlands? Thanks for watching my video. I appreciate it 😊

@johnatkins5987

4 жыл бұрын

@@EliseAcrossTheChannel I hope you have a great life here (if you choose to stay), I certainly have. I feel much more at home here than in the U.K. Far enough away to be in a different culture, but close enough to get back to family. Succes met je egigen kanaal, ik kijk wel vooruit naar alle toekomstige video's.

@johnatkins5987

4 жыл бұрын

@@EliseAcrossTheChannel Half way through my backpacking through India, Nepal, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia I decided to spend a year in Oz. Met a Dtuch girl i Darwin and.............well the rest is self explanatory I suppose.

Ik had nog nooit van "hospiteeravond" gehoord, maar ik ken het concept. Ik noem dat "vleeskeuring" (meat inspection) :)

@pianogerb

4 жыл бұрын

vreselijk though... ik word het nooit met hospiteren

@twinkharrylwt226

4 жыл бұрын

Bob Witlox het is zeker geen vleeskeuring, wel belachelijk.. maar eerlijk als ik een kamergenoot zoek zou ik ook wel iemand willen waar ik een klik mee heb

@theodoor12

4 жыл бұрын

Dat lijkt mij Vlaams voor een borrel.

@woutvandessel1823

4 жыл бұрын

@@theodoor12 Vlaming hier. Nee, ik heb dat woord ook nog nooit gehoord haha

@ethodda

3 жыл бұрын

@@woutvandessel1823 nooit van een borrel gehoord?

Nooit van een Engelse zo'n goede uitspraak gehoord, top!💪

@EliseAcrossTheChannel

4 жыл бұрын

Dank je wel! Wat lief :)

@leunisvandewege9651

4 жыл бұрын

Vind ik ook.

I had never made the link between midgetgolf and midgets... The stuff you learn

On the birthday congratualations things... I always thought it was about "living" and "surviving". If you think about it, living to reach your next birthday is usually your number 1 job. Succeeding, and helping your family succeed, seems to befit congratualations.

Heel leuk om te zien hoe niet Nederlanders naar ons landje kijken en wat hen daarbij opvalt. Ben benieuwd naar een nieuwe video.

When we had a room available we had like 60 messages from people who were interested. One even offered to pay us €200 if we promised her the room without a hospiteeravond. It’s ridiculous that there’s not enough housing for students in a lot of cities

For me as a Finn, the first culture shock was the lunch, which in dutch terms means a sandwich and maybe an apple to go. I get that its efficient and cheap or whatever but in Finland we always have a proper warm meal around that time. Dutch people mock me and call me "fancy" if I'm making like a pasta salad for lunch. Wtf?

As always a nice video, and while we DO have rather dumpy houses or even neighbourhoods, they're not all that common, depending on where you live. And I really like the fact your Dutch is so good, yeah there's an accent but there's one when I speak English too so... Eh. Not a big deal!

Je bent prettig om naar te luisteren. Zelfs zo, dat als je een minuutje ofzo weg bent van je scherm je gewoon verder luistert waar je op dat moment bent met je verhaal. Is een compliment hoor!

idk what to make of this...on the one hand your awesome but on the other hand your making me feel 50/50 about wanting to move to the netherlands... but you are really awesome so got a new subscriber

@EliseAcrossTheChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks and sorry! This was one of my first video about the Netherlands and Dutch culture and I think I was slightly more negative than I wanted to be. It definitely has its pros and cons like most countries but it's one of the best countries you could definitely live in! I don't know if I'll stay here forever but I'm happy at the moment :) Thanks for watching and I hope I didn't put you off moving to the Netherlands, I just like to be honest about the good and the bad sides

@SerpentLight213

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for being honest though! It would be pretty crazy if i move there in a few years then we meet up by chance. Glad your having a good time.

Je Nederlands is echt heel goed :) "Ik ben gewoon goedkoop en wil gratis water hebben" was perfect, zelfs de 'g' klank :) Spot on! :P

@allison-6600

4 жыл бұрын

I'm from belgium, I speak dutch but I can't even pronounce the "g". In Flanders, we just put "h" for everything lol

Leuke video! Ik woon ook in Utrecht, naar welk sushi restaurant was je? Je positieve review (behalve het gebrek aan kraanwater dan) maakt me nieuwsgierig, haha :)

all the houses and gardens are so perfectly maintained......hmmm yeah don't come round to my place then. Echt een huishouden van Jan Steen.

@evaskjerd

3 жыл бұрын

yvkon 😆😆

You say directness, I say honesty. I think that's a good thing. No need to beat around the bush.

I moved to the Netherlands when I was 46 and lived there for 12 years. After not riding a bicycle since I was about 10 years old, I learned to hop back on and ride one almost every day, year round. I did all my shopping, visiting, etc on it. I'm living back in Canada now and along with so much I miss about the Netherlands, I really miss my bicycle.

That one about birthdays and congratulating family is so true. I'm dutch but I didn't know that was a dutch thing so when I was in Germany a couple of years ago, it was this kids bday so we as dutchies congratulated the parents and they were like why are you congratulating me it was so funny. It was at that moment I discovered that only dutch ppl do this lmao

@woutbakker7319

4 жыл бұрын

Ik heb van m'n derde tot m'n achtste in Australië gewoond en dus pas rond m'n negende kennisgemaakt met deze bizarre Nederlandse gewoonte. Ik was - in goed Nederengels - flabbergasted, 'hûh?, wat gebeurt hier?'.

@spmgijsbers339

4 жыл бұрын

Nederengels is idd best een common ding, you see

@mashalopen

4 жыл бұрын

Russians do it too btw

@princesspearlthumb

3 жыл бұрын

I’m from the US, and I have congratulated parents at/on the birthdays of their children. I didn’t start doing that until after I had my first child though. Giving birth or having a child is really a big deal, and a lot of work, and congratulations seemed to be warranted once I had given birth myself. I haven’t ever congratulated friends though.

@ylvafreijters2535

2 жыл бұрын

Ik feliciteer de jarige en roep dan al zwaaiend met mijn handen allemaal gefeliciteerd . Zo kom je op een makkelijke manier van al dat handjes schudden en kussen af.

your dutch is incredible for someone living here for such a short time!

You have cancer as cancer, and most people say cancer in their sentence when they are frustrated, angry, Furious, stressed etc. Its also used as an adjective (bijv.naamwoord) to the extreme, like : "Dit is kanker lekker". Which would mean: "this is really good."

Je Nederlands is perfect, En het is leuk om zoveel herkenbare dingen over ons te horen !!

You are so funny lol. I'm planning to move there this fall.Hope I'll meet you .

A good reason for having small beer glasses is that you always have "fresh" beer. We drink beer with a "foam collar"on top, which shows that the beer just came from the beer tap and kind of sparkles. If you have a big beer glass and you do not drink fast, part of the beer you drink is dead, as we call it. I know that in the UK you drink beer without foam on top.

@peli71

4 жыл бұрын

As well as a fresh beer is a cold beer!' In the Netherlands we don't like 'dood warm bier' (warm beer without foam)

@CJ-nd9gg

4 жыл бұрын

Do they really dring beer without the foam in the UK? In the Netherlands, if one of your peers gives you a beer with no foam on it, you mock their beer pouring skills.

My cycling through all weather comes from secondary school. Mine was 10kms away. I had 3 other siblings going to other schools, so I couldn’t be brought to school by my parents. We lived outside the city center, so if I wanted to go by bus it would take over an hour, or had to cycle 2kms to the bus stop that had a bus that went ‘directly’ to the town I had to go to. It would still not go straight where I had to go to, so I couldn’t go by bus. Train station was also 2kms away. So whether it rained or hailed, I had to step on the bike. And then would have to walk 10 minutes from the train station to my school. Too much effort to get to the train in time, while cycling took just as much time as the cycling+train+walking, and I would have to prepare for the weather anyway. It was easier to put on rain gear and put my backpack in the waterproof bike bags on the back, and just cycle to school and strip everything there, than having to strip at the train station, but having to put it on again after stepping out of the train. At first I felt so sorry for myself 😂 But after cycling 20kms a day, every school day, for 6 years, I was used to it; there’s no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing 😎 We Dutch people don’t melt from a little rain, haha. I don’t do any sports, and see the cycling as sort of doing sports. I don’t have a drivers license either, so I don’t have a choice, haha! Secondary schools are also so accustomed to their students cycling to them. I had 2 days in those 6 years students were allowed to leave school early because of the weather. Both times there was a storm (coming). I had the wind in my back and didn’t have to cycle some parts, and had branches flying by one of those times 🤣

@EliseAcrossTheChannel

4 жыл бұрын

Haha wow that's impressive! I suppose when you don't have other options then you just get on with it but still commendable! And you're right, je bent niet van suiker gemaakt maar ik wel :P Bedankt voor het bekijken van mijn video trouwens :)

@LaPingvino

4 жыл бұрын

@@EliseAcrossTheChannel that makes you so sweet ;)

Ik vind je accent echt geweldig! Zelf praat ik alleen Engels als iemand geen Nederlands kan of het zelf aangeeft. Ik vind het alleen maar super om een gesprek in het Nederlands te voeren met iemand die een andere moedertaal heeft. Dus ik snap heel goed dat dat vervelend is. En het is super grappig om te horen hoe iemand het land zo anders kan ervaren als je er niet geboren bent!

I like your personality and character! You don’t judge and quite kind and nice! 🐓

The midgetgolf thing never even occured to me...and I've been using that word for 21 years.

Glad you weren't that subjective with your list. The directness and use of bikes are pretty much on point. Also, the ease we speak English is well-known. Your Dutch is great too. I'm Dutch myself and I I type more in English than in Dutch, so much so, that I sometimes am a lost of words when switching back to Dutch when going outside. The social media and internet really changed the way we communicate so not everyone really talks to each other outside that much, unless you live in the suburbs or small towns. I live in the middle of a city so its surprising to me whether or not someone just starts talking to you; beyond the "Hello"..

Hell, you're not mediocre. Thanks for making these videos Elise!

Nice one!

Hello Elise, I lived in NL most of my life but I spent quite some time in the UK. There are a couple of things I like better in the UK. Like in most other big(ger)countries the British people take pride in who they are and where they are coming from. The Dutch don't have that so much or are loosing that very rapidly. There is no clear identity and if there is we are ignorant about it. In stead of being proud of what we have accomplished, we are complaining about the things that went wrong in our history and some people even want to correct that. What I really like in the UK is the Pub & Club culture. There is a club for everything. Vintage cars, vintage steam engines, airplanes everything that is old and ancient is well maintained and taken care of. There are so many old buildings and the landscapes are so nice. If that makes the roads less efficient I take that fro granted. The Dutch are more direct in their approach which can be considered as being rude by British people but most of the time that is not the intention, in fact it is just that we are open in what we think and directly share with others. I think that there is a good relationship between the British en the Dutch. We understand each other quite well.

I can really relate to the bicycle thing, my father is going to his work on the bike as much as he can. I don't really understand that because I am half Brazillian but when he goes with the bike, it takes 2 hours to get there, whilst it's about 1 and a half hours when with the car.

Ik zag bij toeval deze video en zocht daarna je eerste video op. Je uitspraak is erg goed. Natuurlijk is er een accent, maar ik vind dat je de taal erg snel hebt opgepikt. Neem het van mij als Nederlander aan, want zoals je zegt , als het niet zo was zouden we het ook zeggen. LOL. Mijn complimenten hoor.

@EliseAcrossTheChannel

4 жыл бұрын

Wat aardig! Ik vind de taal zo leuk en ik vind het belangrijk om de taal te leren waar je woont. Het lijkt gewoon logisch! Maar het is jammer dat veel buitenlanders geen Nederlands leren. Ik vind het wel indrukwekkend dat jullie allemaal zo goed Engels spreken. Bedankt voor het bekijken van mijn video!

Zo sympathiek én grappig dat ik je op 1,75 snelheid heb gezet, dankjewel 😘😘😘❣️😇👍😘❤️💛💚💙💜♥️💘💝💟

:) Oh WOW ! Gefeliciteerd ! Je hebt mijn hart veroverd ! Jij bent zo een prettig mens om naar te luisteren. Je praat zo ... "natuurlijk" ... Ik vind je direct geweldig :) (oops, sorry, my Dutch directness) No worries, I'm an old guy in his 60ies... Maar als ik jouw video bekijk word ik daar erg blij van. Je houdt mij als Nederlander een spiegel voor en dat is grappig. Wat voor mij gewoon is, is voor veel mensen toch anders. Bierflesjes ... ja, ja ... Een krat bier achterop de fiets ... LOL yes. Wat je zou kunnen doen voor video, is als een toerist naar Zaandam komen (2 train stops north of Amsterdam-15 min.) Hier hebben wij de "Zaanse Schans" met de industrie (wind) molens. Je zult verbaasd zijn. Ik heb er gewerkt en kan je er ook rondleiden en ook op de "Zaanse Schans" met een Kaasfabriekje, een verfmolen, een olie molen, een houtzaagmolen... echt iets dat je MOET weten! Kom eens de stad uit en kijk een keer hier. Op het echte "platte land". ... ! Maar ga vooral zo door met de mensen blij te maken met je ervaringen, je doet het ZO leuk. zo lief ...! Inspirerend !

dutch students do have a love/hate relationship with group projects hahah

the friendlyness still depends on where you live since when you live in the bigger citys you will encounter it a lot less then when you live in one of the more smaller citys or towns

When I was in London with my grandson a few years ago I was glad that I had a half pint of beer . Toen ik in Londen was met mijn kleinzoon een paar jaar geleden had ik gelukkig maar een half pint bier besteld.

Love your list.. .and agreeing to the three kisses, Hi from out Den Bosch

Ik vind je leuk! ^^ Veel dingen wennen waarschijnlijk vanzelf wel en je Nederlands is vet goed!

there is also waiting time here in the referral from GP to hospital can add up 6 to 8 weeks or longer when you unlucky.

That the Dutch started speaking English happened to me too when I visited a hotel in Tilburg. Which is extra weird as I am Dutch, but that didn't stop them speaking English to me. The reason was probably because I attended a concert that drew people from over 50 countries.

That being friendly depends on where you live. Here I say hi all day long, but I live in a small village and I know a lot people here. I would never do that in a city though.

@zkateyguy

4 жыл бұрын

That's so true. In cities it's very weird and awkward to be greeted by a stranger. It's more of a common thing in small villages to greet strangers.

@furansuonedaboy6146

4 жыл бұрын

utrechter hier, ik doe t wel vaak in mijn wijk, zeg maar het 'dorpniveau' aan solciale interactie van de stad.

Hi..Happy to subs ur channel,,,I am vijay from NL

What's the dutch series you mention about directness? I'm moving to the Netherlands and it might be interesting to watch :)

Ik vind het altijd wel leuk om te horen wat buitenlanders nu van Nederland vinden. Het maakt niet zoveel uit waar de buitenlanders nu vandaan komen, maar het is vaak wel ongeveer hetzelfde lijstje. Wat ik bij anderen dan nog wel eens zie is het eten. Met name de kroketten uit de muur en de zoute haring vallen dan op. Maar de engelse eetcultuur heeft ook een reputatie in Nederland. Architectuur is ook nog wel eens een puntje en anderen vinden het meestal geweldig dat Nederlanders vrij goed engels spreken. Ik ben amerikanen tegengekomen die na 20 jaar in Nederland nog steeds eigenlijk geen Nederlands spraken. Ik denk dat je op een gegeven moment de beslissing moet nemen om in Nederland te willen blijven wonen en dan heb je ook de motvatie om Nederlands te leren en dan is het ook leuk. Volgens mij heb je nog niet echt de keuze gemaakt om in Nederland te blijven wonen. De knop moet nog om. Maar oeft ook niet echt natuurlijk. Nederland heeft natuurlijk ook vervelende kanten. Ik denk dat je vaak als een interessante buitenlander gezien wordt. een native speaker engels. iemand waarmee men hun engels kan oefenen. Dat heb je al gemerkt :) Die 3 kussen hoeven niet hoor. Dat doen we alleen bij mooie vrouwen. Het is een keuze

Hi Elise, I'm trying to find a video on how you was actually able to move to The Netherlands? I know your partner is Dutch but are you at University out there? As someone from the UK it is actually really hard to get out to The Netherlands to work now post-Brexit (this is excluding issues with the current Covid crisis!). If you want to get out to The Netherlands to work and are not a 'highly skilled immigrant' it is pretty much impossible now. Love your videos though really engaging/insightful. Take care.

Hey Elise. I am a truck driver. And I drive every day to England and back. And I have to say that it’s a great country. But one thing I don’t understand. Why when people meet they answer a question with a question? When somebody see a other person. They say: how are you? The other person says also how are you. That’s a little bit strange for me.

Loving the videos about the Netherlands! I'm an American living in Germany and am thinking about moving to Amsterdam next!

@EliseAcrossTheChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the lovely response! Sorry you've had to endure the shockingly bad quality of my old videos haha. But exciting that you want to move to the Netherlands, I mean Germany is a great country as well but NL has a great vibe and it's super small so you can visit most of the big cities within a year easily

when you are around the age of 12-17 and you are in ‘de middelbare school’ you have no choice but to cycle to school, it doesn’t matter if it rains or snows.. you’re parents are not gonna drive you to school so you just have to deal with it

@sanne700

4 жыл бұрын

True story, wanna go somewhere? Sure, grab your bike, that's more than an our of cycling, not my problem😂

@ethodda

3 жыл бұрын

Thats Hella fucking true

Net je kanaal ontdekt via de Harry Potter video. Zoals vele andere al hebben aangehaald, je Nederlands is echt goed. Voor goed bier moet je maar de grens eens oversteken met België. Kan je ook meteen genieten van onze wafels en frieten. ;-) Waarom mijn noorderburen het altijd hebben over een midgetgolf is mij ook een raadsel. Hier in België is het gewoon minigolf. Eén van die verschillen tussen Vlaams (Nederlands) en Nederland-Nederlands. Trouwens onze universiteiten worden hier nog meer gesubsidieerd. Een inschrijving kost hier in België ongeveer 1000 euro per jaar. Maar er zijn ook gelijkenissen. Iemand feliciteren voor zijn/haar verjaardag bijvoorbeeld en ook wij zijn dol op fietsen.

Interesting and compliments for your Dutch:) . Some additions/comments: About going Dutch, we don't understand why that is weird as a concept (or why its called that, as Germans take this to another level. The waiter there will even ask if you want to pay all together or separate, in the latter case everybody will mention what he/she had and pay the exact amount. This is not very common in Holland). I admit, its weird to 'Tikkie' your mates exactly for the smallest penny. But generally its like this: if we as a group agree to go out for dinner, we will usually just split the bill evenly with some rounding for tips. Its not so much being frugal, but it feels more comfortable not 'owing' anything to anyone. But if I INVITE people to a restaurant, for example because its my birthday, I wil pay for everybody. Then it would be weird to expect the others to pay. And yes, you pay for water. The main profitmargins in Dutch restaurants come from drinks, not the food (the saying is "they eat you poor, they drink you rich"). So something like free refills would not work here, except at Ikea or so. True, Fu** sh** (mother)fu**** etc are normal adopted words in dutch language, you also hear them on radio and tv. Being foreign words they don't carry the offensive load like the illness swearwords do (which I would never use, its bad karma).

Thanks for this video! How long did it take you to be fluent in Dutch? :)

plus side of beers is you drink them quicker meaning the beer stays colder and less flat. If you drink pints the entire evening at a certain point you speed drops and the last 10-20% of a pint becomes a pit lukewarm and not that pleasant anymore. If you drink from smaller glasses the beer stays fresher and more crisp.

Tap water in restaurants used to be common here as a service. it was the commercial influence of bottled water that changed that as restaurants would have all the bottled water for sale and the handling of a glass and water became an additional cost. In France it is a legal requirement to offer fresh water with a meal I think. Try ordering an "Eskimo flip" next time. A good barman will understand it to be tap water and ice and give you a wink. Those that look puzzled are to be avoided. Your Dutch pronunciation is pretty good already. You obviously put quite some effort into forcing those poor people into talking Dutch with you. Very good,.. make them suffer their own bizarre language ;-) "Goed gedaan meissie!", I'll enjoy watching your further observations. The "Hoi" and "Hallo" is an acknowledgement of your existence in a neighbourhood and a sign they start recognising your face. In many villages you will hear it from every single person you meet in the street up until entering the shopping center. When I came back from China I really had to get used to that again.

We cycle everywhere because we are too cheap to pay for public transport and can't send the bus a tikkie ;-) and also it takes too long, just hop on your bicycle and 10 minutes later you are there instead of waiting for a bus for 10 minutes that stops a hundred times before arriving 20 minutes later. And the birthday one where you say congratulations to everyone is weird for me too, I never got the whole idea because just like you said, except for the parents, the people visiting have nothing to with the "birth", or the person getting a year older. "may I congratulate everyone on that relative/friend getting a year older!" so weird! LOL!

i don't hate myself cycling through the rain, just think to myself 'lekker fris aan het werk' 😂

This list is really accurate 😄

If you dont like the "perfect" Dutch neighboorhoods come to visit Flanders or the 1 more step down: Wallonia in Belgium. You will be so happy! ;-) You will enjoy the potholes in the roads , the shady neighboorhoods with run down houses and the "art of having laws but desperately trying to avoid them" - mentality :-) You are invited! OK we do have also the big ass mansions of Dutch people just across the border trying to avoid the "Fortune"-tax in NL... And of course we have better beer, chocolates and food in general :-)

@dutchman7623

4 жыл бұрын

😂

@ilse2932

4 жыл бұрын

Zeker een aanrader. Ik zit ook liever op een terras in Antwerpen dan in Rotterdam.

@rutgerb

4 жыл бұрын

@@ilse2932 ja Rotterdam ja

@jochemvanrens8938

4 жыл бұрын

i mean if you want to one up that shit you can go to wallonia.

@rubenb8653

3 жыл бұрын

broer, "La Chouffe", de beste. ik had vroeger ook een vlaamse kookleeraar. echt supergaaf. als we nou als landen de koppen wat vaker bij elkaar steken, krijg je de hollandse droogkloterij met de belgische kuntst van genieten. volgens mij kunnen we daar prima feestjes op bouwen

Having to be social, having to say hi to strangers, it's stressful. I grew up in Rotterdam and it wasn't a thing, but now I live in a smaller town and it's difficult

We are really scared of ghosts. If we all keep the gardens and homes nice and tidy, people don't stay to hunt the place. It's a well known Dutch fact.

I am Dutch but I have never heard of ‘hospiteeravond’ XD. En ik denk dat er heel wat mensen het met je eens zijn dat jongeren niet zo vaak dat ‘K-woord’ moeten gebruiken. Ik heb er zelf ook écht een gruwelijke hekel aan. Leuke video’s trouwens!

@hw5614

4 жыл бұрын

Is iets uit het studentenleven. Ik ken het ook niet als hospiteeravond, maar als kijkavond voor een kamer die in een studentenhuis is vrijgekomen. Op deze avond komen geinteresseerden langs en kiezen de andere bewoners uit het huis de nieuwe huisgenoot.

Regarding the beer glasses. Dutch on the whole prefer cold beer. The most popular beer here is pilsener which in English is lager. This should be drunk cold. The glasses are small so you dont have a large amount that can get warm. British beer was always warmish but when lager was introduced the only glasses available were pints and half pints which is why lager is drunk in the UK in a big glass. BTW Dutch beer is twice as strong as British beer. A pils on draught is 5% standard whereas mild and bitter in England is 2-3%.

our beer glasses are smaller because we drink it cold and you guys overthere drink most of your beer at room temprature (right?). so if our beers are like 0.5L then it'll warm too fast (depends on who you are, sutdents dont have a problem with it) so i think thats why

When a train is delayed for a couple minutes, and it would mess up a transfer that a lot of people use, they usually hold the other train for a few minutes as well and they can make up a bit of time by driving a slightly higher speed than usual between the next couple stops until they are all caught up to schedule. That way people won't miss their transfer. But this is only on certain routes. On the other routes they only do it for the last train of the night so people dont get stranded. If you want to know more about (public) transport in the Netherlands, there is a really interesting youtube channel: kzread.info Why are the beers so small? Because the small ones are already pretty expensive in bars and restaurants and clubs. If we sold half liter glasses like they do in Germany, they would be like 7 or 8 euros each. Restaurants are LEGALLY OBLIGED to give you tap water, if you ask for tap water. If you ask for water without the "tap" they sell you bottled water. Restaurant owners like money. Its considered a bit faux pas to ask for it though, if you are not poor. Apparently the waiter in this case noticed you're foreign and probably aren't aware of the law. The reason its obligatory is that a couple years ago, some restaurants started putting a lot of salt on their food to make people pay for more water. Yeah. Oh and "ik ben goedkoop" means something entirely different, its a bit of lewd comment. ;) The phrase is "ik ben gierig".

Just a small point the pub scene in the UK has a different culture than the Dutch cafe scene. Here a tab is automatic in the UK you pay as you go. These days cash is seldom used as most bills are paid with debit cards.

I'm quite interested in the opinion of people from outside The Netherlands. So I've seen a lot of videos like this. Most points you make are very familiar. The small beers was a new one, but that's probably because your British. :) FYI Congratulating everybody at the party is not something that is common in the whole of The Netherlands. I was raised and still live in the south (Noord-Brabant) and nobody ever did this. I only learned about this tradition through my sisters family in law. I think you're right in saying that we are less sensitive to swears than most, but sometimes there's more to it. For example, the reason why Mini Golf is still called Midget Golf (I think) is simply because most people don't realise that this could be seen as offensive. Although most Dutch people understand and speak English quite well, it's still just a second language, at best. Even if they know that Midget can be used as a derogatory term for small people, they often simply don't make the link.

i work in the chesmuseum. you should make a video about it

glasses here are smaller that way the beer doesn't go "dead" as quick cause you drink it before it does that with half a liter or liter drinking it is not as nice cause the glas is thicker and in my opinion you need to chug it to keep it nice and cold :)

I remember one time clubbing my friend almost passed out and these bartenders wanted to make the poor girl pay for her water🤢 C’mon now😂

@missSmile.

4 жыл бұрын

Omg 😂😂😂

I paid >$10,000 a year in the US for my University. That is only tuition fees. Books and so on would probably be >$15,000 since the school is quite near my home (:

Elise, you were laughing while you were mentioning the TV show that best embodies the directness in The Netherlands. 1:32. Therefore I didn't hear the name of the TV show. Was it show called *_First_* ?

@EliseAcrossTheChannel

4 жыл бұрын

First Dates (the Dutch version of course) 😊

@Jacob_Roberts

4 жыл бұрын

@@EliseAcrossTheChannel Thank you.

Je Nederlandse uitspraak is geweldig!

I’m from the US, and I have congratulated parents at/on the birthdays of their children. I didn’t start doing that until after I had my first child though. Giving birth or having a child is really a big deal, and a lot of work, and congratulations seemed to be warranted once I had given birth myself. I haven’t ever congratulated friends though.

It makes sense to congratulate all friends and family of the person celebrating his/her birthday as they all contributed to yet another year of life together. If you would live in total isolation you would probably not grow old, or at least not in good health, being the social animals that we are.

9. The real question obviously is why the h. are the beer glasses in the UK so big. Order 1 beer, get enough for a years supply. Oh, and in The Netherlands we too have larger glasses. Ask for an “Amsterdammer” (0.4 cl) or something similar. Most places can accommodate you. They are more expensive though. 11. The idea of the NHS is actually enviable. The main problem is that for years it has been severely underfunded. That is what has led to the major waiting times. If the NHS has be receiving the funds it needs then it would run smoothly. I would love to have the NHS here, on the condition that it is funded correctly.

We even write our bikes to school EVERY DAY!!

@georgsanders157

3 жыл бұрын

With a pen?

your dutch is awesome btw

Dear Elise, good video and nice to hear you talking nederlands, you are doing great ! for everyone who are come to the netherlands, if you do not control the language to good, just talk in engish almost all people here in nederland between 10 and 40 know english, they can really understand you, the ones who don,t understand it, they have not have a good IQ or have not do there home work,at school . if you are ever needing help or having a question just let me know! Dearest regards.

I remember when the LibDems accepted a coalition with the Tories on a single promise: no tuition fee raise. Tuition fees were promptly raised.

How can we contact you for questions?

I am a Nigerian studying in the Netherlands and I can relate to everything. I would make a video aboit this as well

The fact that I have to congratulate every family member that is present annoys me. I don't even know them all. I just want to congratulate the birthdayboy/girl. To make them feel more special.

Thanks for covering this!! I feel the same since I've moved here 😂🤣 and your analysis about bikes - I swear! If all the fuel and electric vehicles of the world are banned, the Dutch will still survive because they're so used to bikes!! 😂

I've been living in France for 34 years now and unsurprisingly my legal and unwedded spouse is french. Now I'm from Groningen, where the usual greeting when you just come across someone is "moi" (prounounced as as "moï". Her ladyship asked me what all these people found so "mooi", which means pretty...

I grew up in The Netherlands but i’ve never heard of hospiteer avond

@timoord1611

4 жыл бұрын

Michelle is eigenlijk ook alleen voor studentenhuizen

@ingec1736

4 жыл бұрын

? Misschien dat je nog niet in het studentenleven zit. Het is een vrij normaal iets ;)

@isaura844

4 жыл бұрын

We noemen het ook wel kijkavond:)

I would never switch to English if a 'foreigner' was speaking Dutch to me. I would be delighted and amused! ;-)

#12 Dat 'gefeliciteerd' zeggen tegen iedereen is zo waar. Ik kan makkelijk tegen de broer, vader, moeder van de jarige "gefeliciteerd" zeggen en tussendoor tegen een kennis gewoon "hallo" :P maar mensen vinden dat vreemd blijkbaar Of als je iemand niet kent zeg je gewoon je naam en als je de volgende persoon wel weer kent ga je gewoon door met "gefeliciteerd" :P