Thanks for watching the video peeps! Oh btw there seems to be confusion in the comments about what I studied. I studied a Psychology-related masters in English, I did NOT do an English Language masters :P so no I didn't 'cheat' by studying my own language in another country which seems to have appeared in the comments lol

@therealdutchidiot

3 жыл бұрын

So, I figured I'd donate because your content is really funny. Turns out, it says "Campagne niet gevonden". So that won't work...

@EliseAcrossTheChannel

3 жыл бұрын

@@therealdutchidiot Aw that's very nice of you to consider donating and thanks for letting me know about the link problem! I've updated the link in the description so it should work now :) I'll leave the link here too but if you've changed your mind, that's also fine! Thanks for just watching my video(s)! gf.me/u/yuafwq

@tudormiller8898

2 жыл бұрын

Great video, really informative. I'd love to move to Rotterdam from London. Have things changed in The Netherlands for Brits since Brexit ?

Third reason to learn Dutch: They may speak English to you, but oftentimes they will speak Dutch to each other in your company and you wil not be able to follow the conversation anymore.

@Snowshowslow

3 жыл бұрын

I was going to say the exact same thing! I feel like this is emotionally a very important thing, because it can lead to you feeling left out.

@RH-ro3sg

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. If your goal is just to _functionally survive_ in the Netherlands you can get by without knowing Dutch (e.g. an internship or job you know won't last longer than a year or so). If you truly want to _live_ in the Netherlands (e.g. form friendships with the locals), you probably should learn Dutch - it would be worth the investment. Or be content with never really leaving the expat bubble.

@markjones1500

3 жыл бұрын

Agree completely about learning Dutch. I've often heard people say Dutch is such a difficult language. Not true, it's similar to German in many ways but without all the unnecessary grammar. Admittedly some of the pronunciation is tricky for native English speakers.

@lukasmolenaar

3 жыл бұрын

@@RH-ro3sg i now people who work on the university and the never want to learned dutch and live for 20 years in the Netherlands.

@twinkharrylwt226

3 жыл бұрын

I think it’s because they still think in dutch and the translation can be hard for some.. when i was younger i used to have that.. just an automatic switch so yeah 😊

I personally make it a special point not to mention in public that the damn alarm test woke me up again because it's always on a monday at 12 noon. ;-)

In the Netherlands many people also think that cheese slicers are a Dutch invention, but they were actually invented by Thor Bjørklund from Norway.

@Roozyj

3 жыл бұрын

I was so confused when I went to Norway and they were so proud about their cheese slicers, when I had always assumed they were ours to be proud of xD

@cvb6089

3 жыл бұрын

WHAAAAT??? No i refuse to believe that ( even if it's true)...

@karel3112

3 жыл бұрын

Did we at least make the cheese the Norwegians were slicing?

@cvb6089

3 жыл бұрын

@@karel3112 Good one (goeie)...

@StudioMargalima

3 жыл бұрын

They were actually invented by Kees Schäfer, a German Dutchman.

It was a month ago, I was walking along a busy cycle path while I was eating a nice sandwich when the monthly siren went off, a tourist was shocked and almost fell over, fortunately we Dutch people are used to unexpected noises due to the New Year's fireworks and so that sound didn't bother me. In the meantime I received a text message from Edwin's brother, keep a distance of about 1.5 meters or something. While I was struggling with the sandwich and the phone a mosquito managed to sting me in the neck, nasty little insects! The tourist had recovered a bit and asked me the way to the center in English. Cross right at the next intersection and then follow the signs for the center, I politely explained. At that moment I saw an acquaintance cycling past, with a shaved head, it turned out that he had just had a hazing from his new student association. In the distance I heard the sound of two bicycles crashing into the tourist who had tried to cross the cycle path, how careless can you be? And this is how you describe a typical Dutch scene, without referring to tulips :-)

Waking up from the alarm?!?! :D You seriously slept in :)

Really funny you mentioned the 'verenigingscultuur' in the netherlands. I always thought that would be under the radar for most people.

I am learning Dutch at the moment for about 18 months now, i love it, it is a crazy language. Don't get me started on the grammar. 🤣🤣🤣

@jegilday

3 жыл бұрын

Very true😂🤣🤣

@patatpannenkoek4875

3 жыл бұрын

i’m dutch and i barely understand it

Love the videos, keep them coming!

In many cases society, club or perhaps association may translate pretty well to ‘vereniging’, but a ‘studentengezelligheidsvereniging’ (the type of hazing/frat-culture clubs you’re referring to) is something so specific, that these translations don’t really work well. Simply because in all college towns there are many clubs, societies and associations for students and/or university personnel, but there are typically only a handful or less ‘studentengezelligheidsverenigingen’ that can pay for their own exclusive ‘sociëteit’ (clubhouse)-often in the city center-and only one or two of them are (what they themselves consider to be) ‘the real deal’.

I learned how weird the rest of the world views the sandwich culture on my first day of my internship in Spain. During lunch they were all looking at me "what the hell are you eating???"

Never heard remarked before that we have more mosquitoes here. But yeah, we're a water rich country so it is to be expected I suppose. The monthly alarm testing is a good thing, but it can freak out outsiders. I read a story once about refugees from a war area (Syrians) that totally panicked when it happened the first time, because no one had thought of telling them ....

@billyriedel6449

3 жыл бұрын

She must have not been to Florida

Thank you so much for adding your video. This would've helped a ton back 18 months ago when I was experiencing an unpleasant degree of culture-shock. The tulip one just blew my mind. One thing I would add to this list is: Don't swim too far out into canals. Maybe people from the UK know this, but we don't have canals where I'm from. So save a life & tell a friend to not swim too far out, because chances are they will drown in the strong current in the middle, which is a lot deeper as well.

There is a whole structure behind the alarm, when it goes of, I also get a phone call, and I have to identify myself, so they know the system functions properly and they can reach me fast. If it is for real I have to appear also.

Regarding fireworks: Where I used to live there was a tunnel for cyclists behind my apartment building, and this tunnel was a favourite battleground (for lack of a better word) for children living in the area: groups of school children would converge there and throw fireworks at each other and at passers-by. I'm not that afraid of fireworks myself, love to light some at new year's eve, but I would avoid this particular tunnel around new year's eve, simply because I feel quite attached to my eyes, ears and extremities. Regarding frat boys: have you been introduced to Dutch comedy show Jiskefet, and "De Lullo's" in particular? It's a series of sketches where the Jiskefet members play these horrible frat boys in a very stereotypically but also (to me at least) very recognizable fashion. Other than that, I agree with you - I never understood that part of Dutch culture myself. I was looking for a link to De Lullo's, but apparently a lot of material has been removed from YT and moved to Amazon Prime.

i was always love going to the netherland

When I first started studying, I joined a student society that 'equality between members' and 'no hazing' as their main selling points. While I understand that nowadays, most of what the more traditional societies do is mostly theater ('just for fun'), hazing still feels very vindictive to me, i.e. just because the senior members had to go though some shit during their initiation, they believe junior members should to.

I would just use ‘fraternity’ (even though most are mixed-gender) or ‘association’ to refer to a vereniging. I think ‘club’ is generally associated with either a night club or a senior gentleman’s club.

@EliseAcrossTheChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Ah ok good to know thanks!

@---fc2ph

3 жыл бұрын

Or sororities (female equivalent of the fraternity) as mentioned is fine too

Tot de volgende keer!

15:00 don't really see this either, atleast not where it has ever been an issue for crossing or anything like that. You just kinda walk and it will work itself out, unless there are cars involved.

bedankt voor de koffie Gunther , that cracked me up

I would add to this list your bank cards may not work! Particularly if you're going to a more rural/less touristy area. Several places only take maestro and if, like me, your country hasn't issued Maestro in years and switched to Mastercard, it ain't gonna work. What's worse is lots of places are moving towards cashless and then you're completely stuck. So always have cash just in case, but also be prepared to get stuck. If you're coming for a while then you'll probably get a Dutch bank account anyway and your problems will then be solved, but for short-medium term visitors it's a bit of a nightmare.

im watching this in the middle of the night and im at the mosquito part and i got bitten by one (i live in the netherlands thats why this is relevant)

These videos are so awesome.. I have been trying to learn dutch on and off for three years now and I really want to move to the Netherlands. With Brexit that seems like it's gonna be even harder to move. But please keep making these videos.

There is the Netherlands and there is Limburg. Seems to be a different countries. I was stationed at a NATO base U.S. Army in Brunssum, NL (L) in the south 1968-70 different dutch language and more relax. A different living standards. The people are so nice.

Thanks, I learn a lot about England from this. What county are your coming from? You sound like from the South - South East. , Surrey? Kent?

@EliseAcrossTheChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Haha I mean I did live in Surrey but it's complicated because I've moved about 7 times and have lived everywhere between the top of Scotland to the bottom of England. I spent the most amount of time in Cornwall though. Most people find it difficult to 'peg' my accent and even I don't know what it is but I definitely sound more Southern than Northern so your guess was pretty good

Ik vind je video's supergaaf. Kan niet wachten tot de volgende!

I'm 15 and I recently visited Amsterdam and I fell in love with it, I want to study in Amsterdam psychology but I'm too scared to tell my parents because they wouldn't let me study in another country (I live in germany and here the schools/universities wouldn't take me you need a really good grade (abi 1.2) and I dont have that it's a bit complicated) I love love love to watch your videos and I hope I'll get it together and tell my parents before it's too late for me

@le_lilalotje7834

3 жыл бұрын

Just try to have an open conversation with your parents about your reasons why you would want to go to study in NL. Nowadays there are so many examples from people studying abroad. If they have a lot of worries and questions maybe you can find who does it currently or did before to share their experiences. Good luck!

@fatisummer9106

3 жыл бұрын

living in another country and speaking multip languages is a very big plus on your CV when you start a job hunting, finding a job is extremely hard these days, doing what others doing won't get you anywhere , you need to be special

@beykebablover9564

3 жыл бұрын

@@le_lilalotje7834 thank you so much this makes me so much comfortable 🥺

@beykebablover9564

3 жыл бұрын

@@_alex_407 thank you so much for making me feel more comfortable 🥺

@beykebablover9564

3 жыл бұрын

@@fatisummer9106 thank you sossososos much🥺

Top channel Elise, je hebt hier alvast een Belgische fan. Het zou echt leuk zijn moest je eens een video doen over het Nederlands VS het Vlaams, ik denk dat dit voor jou ook wel eens heel interessant kan zijn, er zijn namelijk heel wat Vlaamse woorden die Nederlanders niet gebruiken (en wellicht omgekeerd ook) zoals een schotelvod en kuisen (vraag maar aan Kris). In ieder geval super goed bezig en over dat Vlaams mag je me altijd contacteren hoor ;-)

@RH-ro3sg

3 жыл бұрын

Niet alleen andere woorden, ook andere manieren van zich uitdrukken. "Moest je eens een video doen" bevat uitsluitend woorden die in Nederland ook alledaags zijn, maar toch denk ik niet dat een Nederlander het zo zou zeggen, die zou waarschijnlijk meer iets zeggen als "mocht je eens een video (willen) maken". Dit is overigens volstrekt niet als kritiek bedoeld, maar puur om te illustreren dat er wel meer verschillen zijn tussen hoe Vlamingen en Nederlanders zich uitdrukken dan alleen die iets andere woordenschat.

By the way the loud fireworks are mostly illegal fireworks from Belgium and Germany.. they are very dangerous some are basically like grenates And there are more bugs last few years didn’t die bc it doesn’t freeze badly enough anymore :(

Preparing to move to the Netherlands after Corona stops shutting down the world. Love your channel!! Unluckily I now know enough Dutch to know when I disagree with people politically on language exchange apps. The word mondkapjes drives me nuts now.

@EliseAcrossTheChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Ah nice, good luck with moving to the Netherlands man! And glad you like the channel :) Haha nice that you're getting political with your Dutch already but I feel you, I'm kinda done with all the corona politics. I get too mad about it otherwise. We should just all do our best to be considerate of others :)

@John-mr7fu

3 жыл бұрын

Yup. It's so easy to just trip over, too. Mij, op een taalchat-app: "Na het coronavirus crisis wil ik naar Nederland verhuizen! Zou je met mij willen om praten te oefenen?" Ze: "Dat is allemaal vervalsing." Mij: :o "ehh... met mij gaat het goed en met jij?"

@ArrowRaider

3 жыл бұрын

Good to know it isn't just in the US people feel the need to scream their obsessions with believing it is all fake.

@chubbymoth5810

3 жыл бұрын

@@ArrowRaider Sadly that virus of ignorance has spread along the internet as well as the modern path to doing fascist takeovers in Reifenstahl style with modern means. So far that has received a far amount of counter culture, but the cancer is growing.

@Anonymous-sb9rr

3 жыл бұрын

That's interesting, 'cause I'm Dutch and I have heard a lot of people talk about the virus, but not much about mondkapjes.

Thank you for calling out our dirty secrets: fireworks mayhem and hazing. At least these past years both are getting pushback, finally.

The west and north of the Netherlands originally was a swamp/estuary. Hence the insects.

Having to learn Dutch ? - First of all it depends whether you're (seeing yourself as) an Expat or an Immigrant ! Immigrants HAVE to learn Dutch. Period. Full Stop. - But expats ? How much Dutch is worth learning ? - Over a BILLION people in the world speak English (including secondary speakers), but Under 25 million Dutch .. So ? ONE WORD a DAY !!

I French person once said to me: "All the English speak French, they just won't speak it to me."

Hey. Love your videos about the Netherlands. Just an idea for future videos: maybe add clips to illustrate your points? Like when you're talking about the sirens and insects add clips of the sirens going off or a short clip of all the annoying insects in your home?

Yes, learn dutch, you don't have to speak it, just understand it. I've worked with multiple English people who i talk dutch to and just reply in English. also a dutch boyfriend will help.......ik ben nog vrijgezel:P

@paulbee2362

3 жыл бұрын

That’s good to know I’m learning it. speaking it scares me but I know if I can just get to understand it it will be a great help to me.

My Dutch friend speaks English better than most English people! Whilst an English person can get by on a holiday, I do think it is (at the very least), extremely rude not to bother learning the local language if you live in a country. I live in Sussex, so I think I would really enjoy the firework culture haha.

The alarm goes of at the first monday of the month at 12 noon, so you must be really lazy if you go back to bed after that!

Just how bad ARE the mosquitoes there? I’ve yet to visit the Netherlands, but I have travelled throughout Europe and North America, and I can still say that Canada is the worst for it 😅 we often joke in Ontario and New Brunswick that eagles and mosquitoes fight for air superiority lol

Pavement, cycle path, road, trams, road, cycle path, pavement again. It's like the old game Frogger.

@2ndviolin

3 жыл бұрын

... and now Covid zombies as well. 😉

Yeah, the Dutch all speak English and, you know, that’s OK. Until you walk into the cafe with your boyfriend and his mates go: “Hee, Koen, ben je nou nog steeds met dat trutje van overzee?” And you go: “What did they say?” And your boyfriend says: “They’re happy to see that we’re still together.”

There's almost no mosquitos in compares to Omsk region. Can you imagine? If you just step into the forest all your skin turn grey l, just because of number of mosquitos.

Also. I love the videos. I’m from Germany and love the Netherlands. It’s interesting to see a different perspective on this wonderful country.

@EliseAcrossTheChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Aww thanks man! Germany is also a great country, only been to Berlin and Cologne but I really want to visit Munich and Hamburg at some point!

@MrKnuspel2

3 жыл бұрын

Elise Across The Channel if you guys ever come by Hannover or Brunswick and need a guide, let me know. 😊 it’s a bit off the path of touristy things but I love it here.

@MrKnuspel2

3 жыл бұрын

Elise Across The Channel and of course you need to see Hamburg and Munich. While I’m not a “live in the big city” type of person, they are amazingly diverse and pretty.

Still water e.g. in gutters of the roof are the main cause of mosquitoes in our habitat.

I live in the netherlands in my school everyone is for one football club called Ajax but i, for another one called Feyenoord, now everyone calls me herres

Just a Question , have you been to other places in the Netherlands besides Amsterdam?

@EliseAcrossTheChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah actually I live in Utrecht! And I've visited Amersfoort, Arnhem, Nijmegen, Leiden, Rotterdam, den Haag, Apeldoorn, Deventer, Maastricht and a few more places. Amsterdam is alright but kinda overrated :P

@timofransen3744

3 жыл бұрын

@@EliseAcrossTheChannel you should go to Breda , that's my city ... and just like Den Bosch it's in North Brabant and just as beautiful as that city 😁

@EliseAcrossTheChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Well I loved Den Bosch so if it's just as beautiful then I should love Breda! I'll check it out for sure :)

@Anne-yv6ny

3 жыл бұрын

Groningen should be on the list too. Its so cute, only a bit farther away but so worth it

About the tulips, that they originate from Turkey, is also not true. They were introduced in (northern) Europe by a Turkish embassador (Google it). They originate from North Africa / Greece all the way to China and Siberia. But heck, spaghetti does not originate from Italy. All that matters is who makes money off it, right? ;-)

you like your bubble!! yes so typo Brittish!

We got a lot of insects because we have a lot of bodies of water in which they lay eggs

You can turn off the government tex messages if it freaks you out.

If you get spooked by fireworks, then never go to Paris on 14th of July. You are supposed to dance arm-in-arm on the squares, especially on Bastille Square while adolescents throw firecrackers among the dancers (called "pétards" in French or "rotjes" in Dutch). I found that quite a disturbing experience and at some point was afraid my calf would be blown off but found it impolite (and not conducive to the love affair) to quit. Compared to that, Dutch fireworks are child's play, although each year some showboating adolescents become one-handed.

@EliseAcrossTheChannel

3 жыл бұрын

That sounds awful! Will definitely avoid that then haha. Maybe I'm just a baby with fireworks but kids don't really play with fireworks in the UK so it was just new for me

12:20 I don't think this exists atleast I have never seen it.

What kind of research jobs are you looking for? Like PhD/doctoral research?

Fireworks are only at 31 december.

No the total anarchy associated with the Dutch and fireworks is quite peculiar to them. And the UK has gnats..

So, I just got here from your video about your 7 mistakes, and I have to admit that I had to laugh a little bit, because it seems you added an 8th one while you posted it! Which would be to think that you could mention Sinterklaas without having to shut down your comment section. ;)

@EliseAcrossTheChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha well the comment section on that video was intense. Basically everyone correcting me on every point I made (particularly with sinterklaas and the origins) so I thought I could temporarily disable comments so I could feel sane again but I didn't realise disabling comments deletes them forever whoops :P

The fireworks are like.... WHAT THE F...!!

Who brings entire loafs of bread with them to the library ?! And more so how is this a common thing, I've never seen this.

U were talking about the ptsd right i actualy have net a couple of syrian refufees who really strugled whit this

Now I’m first. Finally!

The mosquitoes like foreign blood, no matter where you live. In holland they rather have a mosquito foamless pint of good British blood than the plain ol' Dutch. Vice versa in the UK.

Lekker ding 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 i looovveeee

Okay people, you heard it! Let's make that 10.000 dream come true! 🙈

Spend a New Years in Berlin before you come to Amsterdam and then it will seem tame here.

Top tip, if don't want mosquitoes, never have the lights on and a window open at the same time. Insects will flock to the light.

no dutch person near a big city is going to be ''walking around the city center enjoying themselves'' it's all to small that's for the tourists:P

@danashcroft961

3 жыл бұрын

plus theyre too cheap to waste the shoe leather...

You were in bed during the alarm? 😲 that is at 12.00! My bf (isn’t from the Netherlands) keeps making jokes about my sandwiches. Cause he will never voluntarily eat a sandwich for lunch!

@EliseAcrossTheChannel

3 жыл бұрын

I mean when I moved I was a student and going out a lot. Don't know if that makes it better haha. Sandwiches are so easy though for lunch! I mean if I can be bothered I'll prepare a salad or extra leftovers but if not, two slices of bread and cheese. BOOM. Done.

@KristaHuisman

3 жыл бұрын

@@EliseAcrossTheChannel So true!

When I saw you ending.... Do you have Indian ancestors?

Be observant: Your instincts are wrong. Because you grew up with a different traffic direction all your automations are off....

You don't have to learn dutch to be or stay here! Learning dutch helps you to understand us .you really need the old to understand being really dutch. And its not by passport.

That is a disgusting bread that you were showing there, Elise. An American bread!!

Those awful societies are an old tradition intended for students to build a network after moving to live in the town they study. In general they organise dinner for people that have trouble boiling water for low prices. The hazing thing is probably a leftover from guild rituals. Most of those societies are quite awful, but there are some that have other standards than mercantile excess and misogynist behaviour. Every university has information on the societies associated with it and what the general idea is. In general they are a good reflection of political ideology in the Netherlands as well. I have a nice Dutch word for you to learn. "Verzuiling" Though more fluid these days, it still explains a lot about the Netherlands.

Thank you! Sure, we can speak English, but it isn't native to us, that means you simply lack both the vocabulary but also the intimate understanding of English.

When you like to have a good paid job.. go work in the fish industry 😬

Are you the weird one? Or a weird one? Either way you'd so fit in my little circle of friends, all a bit wacky in their own way😄. Doe maar normaal, yeah right that's no fun at all😉

Yeah, finding a job which doesn't require you to be able to speak Dutch is almost impossible.

You are really cute and funny. Always stay fully yourself!!

@EliseAcrossTheChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Aww you are too kind Eric! You seem like a lovely person yourself :)

Bekijk eens youp van het hek over deze “ verenigingen “

This being stressed out from bicycles is a thing that will pass by quickly if you just get used to bicycles. Take a bike and go on your bike for an hour through the city yourself. Learn how cyclists think and all will be well.

Really, NO ONE?

good content. One slight correction, Tulips do not originate from the Netherlands. They do nowadays come from the Netherlands. And the fireworks will slowly be abolished. It simply got out of hand. Too many people hurt, and too many birds, dogs and cats in panic and too much environmental pollution. Your Dutch is excellent. But doing a master in English as a native speaker sounds to me like a bit of cheating the system, don't you think?

@p_mouse8676

3 жыл бұрын

How is that even close to cheating? In some cases and jobs it's actually mandatory to have a master degree in a language, even when you're a native speaker. Similar for teaching in a certain language. Studying a language is an awful lot more than just being able to speak it.

@ronaldderooij1774

3 жыл бұрын

@@p_mouse8676 Studyin a language is a lot of work. But it makes it a hell of a lot easier if you have spoken it from birth. And if you can get a PhD the easy way by doing exams in things you did from birth in a country where students did another language from birth, I cannot see that you can say "it is not even close to cheating". I don't mind, I wish I would have had the shrewdness to study Dutch in England. Easy peasy!

@EliseAcrossTheChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Ah thanks for the comment and good to know about the tulips and the fireworks. Yeah I like a celebration of course but then you hear about accidents and people getting hurt with fireworks. What do you mean with the cheating comment? I wanted to do a Dutch course but there wasn't one available for what I wanted to study and at the university I wanted. Plus my Dutch level wouldn't have been high enough at the time to have been able to apply. You need to meet a certain level and I just didn't have that unfortunately since I wasn't even living in the Netherlands when I applied :/

@RH-ro3sg

3 жыл бұрын

@@EliseAcrossTheChannel My guess would be there has been some confusion between "master in English" (as in: a master in the field of the English language), and 'a master given in English' (but in another field). I'm inferring you meant the second-- not that I think even the first would have been "cheating" anyway.

@EliseAcrossTheChannel

3 жыл бұрын

@RH @Ronald de Rooij Oh right haha, yeah it wasn't an English master sorry, it was a Psychology master given in English is what I meant

On 1 december 2020 fireworks with loud bangs are forbidden. Last New Year Eve a lot of severe accidents happened. Your wish has been heard. The next New Years Eve will be a relatively quiet and safe.

@danashcroft961

3 жыл бұрын

what about the 364 other days in Amsterdam, massive booms middle of the night til at least may

🤔 In my student years (80 s) most students were not a member of a society ( most annoying were the richboys societies and their members =Koorballen). Don't know how it's these days...

I'm Dutch and fireworks culture (outside of New year's eve and Queen/King's day) can f*** right off ! Hate that stuff going on all December (And half of November).

Tulips not dutch what the hell is even that

@vissertje1983

3 жыл бұрын

Tulips come from turkey originally😅☺

I do like your videos but what you call the netherlands, is mostly just amsterdam though.. Most things you mention in your video doesn't really happend in the rest of the netherlands.. Besides that, keep it going. Love hearing your interpretations of the dutch (amsterdam) culture 😉

@EliseAcrossTheChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment but I don't live in Amsterdam! I have never lived there, I live in Utrecht and I've visited a lot of other places in the Netherlands. I've also spent a lot of time in Apeldoorn and everything I said still applies to other places and not just Amsterdam. I know a lot of foreigners make videos about the Netherlands but really it only applies to Amsterdam but I don't live there and I'm not a massive fan tbh 😛

Iam Dutch and had a girlfriend from America(we lived together a few years) Things i noticed : - Dont insult a American as a joke in front of others. They dont like it. - Dont talk politics. They get angry in discussions. - Americans are perfect. If its something bad it comes from another country. Excuse my French? Going Dutch? But she noticed going Dutch(at dinner) is bullshit. She never seen that happen in the Netherlands. - The bitch loved stroopwafels - Pancakes for dinner are weird untill you bring her to a pancake house

can there be a separation between Amsterdam culture vs. Dutch culture? The capital has it's weird kwirks

@EliseAcrossTheChannel

3 жыл бұрын

I dont live in Amsterdam so .... yeah

It's not you. Hazings are ridiculous.

@RH-ro3sg

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think they are that loved in the Netherlands generally, except perhaps by the people who are(or ever were) members of such a society themselves. There have been some scandals concerning hazings that went too far in recent years, so nowadays these societies are expected to "behave" themselves and not go overboard, and it may yet be tighter regulated in the future.

You can get a job if you speak Polish

Are you an Israelite?