The french actually stole the dutch flag

Ik heb wel echt respect voor deze man om zo intensief onze taal te leren.

The Dutch flag 🇳🇱 is the 7th oldest in the world, we did not copy the French flag 🇫🇷. (More likely, the French copied us 😇 and all other countries who went red-white-blue).

love how this guy talks with so much passion about our little country!

The most American people who try to speak Dutch sound like Americans when they are a few weeks in the Netherlands. This man sounds like a Dutch man who lived in Amerika for a few months.

was really impressed when he said 'goedemorgen', sounded just as any native speaker. ur doing great!

goed gesproken, je kan goed nederlands.

Interesting video! One side note though; the reason people bring their own bags to the store, is because since 2016 it has been mandatory for stores and businesses to charge people for plastic bags, in order to cut down on plastic waste. So it is better overall to bring your own bags. Just a little side note :)

I'm Dutch and watching this American talk about my country is so fun

The Dutch flag is one of the oldest in the world... *older then the French one*

I have an anecdote about our hospitality. (I'm Dutch) I work in a restaurant. One afternoon business was REALLY slow, until an American woman came in. While ordering she mentioned how she was looking for a place to stay, since the apartment she was supposed to start renting fell through. Since we didn't have much to do, me and a colleague proceeded to spend the next 30 minutes helping her find options for lodging as soon as possible. And my colleague went out for a smoke with get afterwards to have a bit of talk to help her calm down from a pretty stressful situation. We Dutch might not be quick to make friends or strike a conversation with a stranger. But if we're asked, a lot of us are glad to be of help. And if we have the time, we often try to help as well.

The title should be "American is in love with the Netherlands and the Dutch life style". Look at how his eyes light up :)

People working in a restaurant have a living wage,...they really don't need your tip. That's a huge difference.

The first moment he talked Dutch I could hear he lives in the North of the Netherlands :-)

His Dutch is so good, great job dude! I'm really impressed

Awesome to see an american talking so passionate about the Netherlands. Groetjes uit Alkmaar!

The Dutch didn't copy the French flag, in fact the Dutch flag existed before the French flag. De Nederlanders hebben de Franse vlag niet gekopieerd, in feite de Nederlandse vlag bestond al voor de Franse vlag.

Ok but he's gorgeous and I love how enthusiastic he is about explaining the intricacies of dutch language and the netherlands

I could listen to this guy for years. So educated. Also love your voice, very calm.

I have no idea how I got to this video but this guy is so damn adorable, I stayed for the whole thing 😂😂

The substance inside the loaf of bread is called "amandelspijs" 👍

This guy should become the liaison between The Netherlands and USA. His interest and knowledge is already astounding. Well done mate.

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Can't do worse than that ambassador Trump appointed.

It's amazing to hear how Americans behold or see The Netherlands. Your perceptions are realy fun to hear about. For us it's just normal but it's special to hear the suprise in your explaintions. Nice to know and to hear. Love it!!

And of course there are only dutch people in the comments :)

De uitspraak hoeft niet “hard” te klinken; Het zuiden van Nederland klinkt “zachter”.... 😀 Je uitspraak klinkt wel 👍🏽

correcting one mistake: most of us do give tips....they are just a bit less than americans might expect

Oke maar waarom kijk ik dit haha. Ik moet echt gaan leren oeps

He IS a SHINING Example of an American ,educated, polite, and soft spoken

I live i the south and our g is softer than it is in the north..I'm guessing that is easier to learn when you are a foreigner...

When you said you served in Alkmaar my mind clicked and now I recognize you, hope you’re doing good, lots of love❤️

As an American-born Dutchman who moved to The Netherlands 46 years ago, I am impressed by how much you have learned in such a short time. Not all you say is correct, but it's wonderful that you are so positive about the Dutch culture.

Your say Amsterdam like a real Dutchy, well done 👍

Ik ben Nederlands en ik heb echt veel geleerd van deze video!!! Dankjewel! Je Nederlands is echt goed, bravo! :))

This is so interesting to watch!! Really cool to see your view on our little country :) Rotterdam ayyy, your pronounciation is really good as well

Yes, we do tips. But the big difference is that it isn't neccesary

My husband and I loved watching this! How fun that you started talking about Alkmaar, we lived there for many years! Great to hear your positive opinions on our country and people! We hope you will have many more great experiences in our small but lovely country 😁👍🏻

*G E K O L O N I S E E R D*

You are always welcome in Alkmaar. You are talking real passionate about the Dutch. 👊🏼👍🏼

2 minutes into the video and I must say I'm pretty impressed with your Dutch! Keep up the good work! =)

Tipping isn't obligated, but usually if we feel the waiter/waitress was kind & the food tasted good, we do tip a fair amount 😊

I'm struggling with the "r", it just soooo hard, i learnt Dutch for a year but till now i never get it right

Greetings from Alkmaar! Been living here my whole life and glad you like it that much

Enjoyed this. My daughter lives in Hilversum near Amsterdam. I LOVE it there. They do almost everything better than in the US IMO. Beautiful! So many people in such a small space yet wide open fields and I believe the second in the world in exports. So many progressive yet earth-friendly ideas like their recycling, for instance.

You're always welcome in Alkmaar :) I loved this video but you had me when you started talking about Alkmaar! Also great job speaking dutch!

I really love these video's. It gives me a great feeling about my people! Thank you sir for taking your time to integrate into our society!

Taal is identiteit, taal schept intimiteit, opent deuren, schept gemeenschap. En Alkmaar is inderdaad erg mooi.

Goeie uitspraak!! Leuk om te horen hoe fijn je ons land vindt en hoe geïnteresseerd je erin bent :).

Thank you, it does resonates. Greets from the Netherlands.

Love how you know our language so well!! Greetings from the NL

I love that you love the Netherlands, agree with nearly everything you’ve said. Well done!

Small correction: the 'french' influences are actually coming from Latin

This guy knows more about my country than I do. I've been living here for 26 years.

For a tourist I really reccoment visiting Deventer, a lot of pretty old buildings.

The Dutch that you spoke soundex great! Especially goedemorgen. What I am wondering though if you went outside of Holland? (since you mostly talked about the landscape/nature in Noord-Holland

Love how hes so interested in The Netherlands, also the history of it

"haagsche" is a nice one to mess with foreigners on the guttural though also: have you ever been to leiden? the "leidse R" sounds quite close to the american R, and they don't really speak out the D eitehr, they call their city "leijen" :') i live nearby in Alphen aan den Rijn (or as we call it: afval aan den rijn), and we have a weird mix of randstad language, it's pretty verbally agressive and borrows a lot from haag's and rotterdam's worst, and randstad dialect is probably the fastest spoken dutch too (try looking up some work from Jules Deelder, it will knock you right out even as a dutchman :D) we have colloquialisms like "waffere" which means "wat voor een", it's absurd lol when i come to limburg and speak the way i'm used to speak, they look at me like i'm the devil.

Leuk, hoe je dit doet. Ik hou van je energie. Je geeft me een glimlach op mijn gezicht 😉

Dutch flag used to be orange, white and blue. Later we switched to red, but the orange is still there with the orange banner on top of the flag.

2:55 dutch flag is older then the french flag unless you look at french wikipedia (idk if this has been updated)

Alkmaar baby! :-) It is really nice to hear what he appreciates about ' my' city and other Dutch things as well.

Dankje wel , you gave me inspiration and hope to continue learning Dutch, you are a Good person. 👍

Even with just the few dutch words in, I know this dude speaks dutch very well, especially for a USArican

Greatz from Amsterdam (Netherlands) nice story and your are right that the people that life in the netherlands need too now the language.....

Im from alkmaar ! Love to hear you liked it!

The reason for headquarters in the Netherlands has nothing to do with the language... just taxes

Awesome video! Imo you speak Dutch very well 👍🏻

The “almond butter” is called Amandel Spijs. And the bread a Stol

The bread you referring to is called a stol. We eat it mostly around christmas and easter so we say it is a: kerststol or paasstol. Its really nice!

Hey, my school is in alkmaar. Nice video, nice explanation. Have you bin in the vest? (a theater)

Nice Alkmaar , i am also from there ! Great video

Applause for his "Keukenhof" ;)

De bollenvelden beginnen in Lisse, Zuid Holland. In Noord Holland het start in Bennebroek op de grens met Zuid Holland .

Hi I’m from WAFFLES 🧇 🇧🇪

Typical dutch food among students AGV tje oftewel aardappelen, groente en vlees😂

Ik ben van belgië en vind het knap dat je zo een moeilijke taal probeert te leren

The Netherlands are "small" ... yeah but did you know Belgium & Luxembourg were originally officially PART of The Netherlands but after the war with France (invasion) it changed! ... Do you know that Manhattan was originally owned by The Dutch and called "New Amsterdam" (look it up!) ... The Dutch Fleet was 3 times bigger than the British that explains why the "Colonization Effect" worldwide is easy to see: Most of Australia met The Dutch before the British ... Indonesia (and part of India) was part of The Dutch Kingdom ... Suriname was part of The Dutch Kingdom ... The US Constitution is mostly based upon the Dutch Constitution ... Parts of Canada had many Dutch Settlers (influences) ... South Africa was part of The Dutch Kingdom and I can go on and on and on ... Like did you know that Japanese for a long time ONLY wanted to trade with the Dutch VOC (mostly Protestants) because they would not interfere in their culture like the Catholics want to do! ... The First Multinational Bank System Ever was created by the Dutch! ... So much that people do not realize!

What's his name?

the bread is called a "stol" :p sugarbread is white bread with like clusters of (kandij) sugar in it, really tasty

Ik vindt het geweldig wat deze mam doet!!

I'm born and raised in Alkmaar, love talking him about it

Het brood dat je bedoelde op het einde heet 'kerststol' (Is ook heel erg lekker)

this guy is awesome

This boy knows it man

when I studied in the states as a dutchie I had a lot of trouble to speak English without an accent because I needed to change the cavity of my mouth to change the sound. And every time I went home every 6 months people thought I was English because I spoke dutch with an English accent just because I did not want to change the cavity because I would be back in the states within a couple of weeks. Now I am unable to change it within a small span of time. Plus my English got really bad since I am living here again.

goedemorgen went very good.....mevrouw was a clear accent lol

Its just funny uow he talks about the Netherlands how great it is and the people who live there are like😑are country isnt even that special

im very delighted that you ,try and actually speak pretty good dutch my friend.

the colours of the flag have a special meaning other countries also used. The Sugar bread is called spijsstol (sugar bread is something else, Frisian actually).

Love the fact that most of the views of this video are from Dutch people 😅 americans should watch this sometime😉

Super, je Nederlands is zo goed, je hebt zelfs het Nederlandse accent. Nu misschien naar België en Vlaams leren ? 😄 da’s toch nog anders.

So funny when an american speaks about the netherlands😂. Greetings from a dutchmen

He explains it quite well actually!

I live in north Holland. Close to alkmaar. U have to go to little villages like volendam, monnickendam, de rijp. Or go to the Zuiderzee museum. Zuiderzee museum is a little island where they live like in the past. Good video.

There is a restaurant in Alphen aan den Rijn (Zuid-Holland) where you eat inside a windmolen. There's probably more of them but it might be worth a try!

+10 for this great american!! He really put effort in knowing our country... wish we all put effort in knowing one another here.. every in rijswijk close to the hague? Give me a message!

Your Dutch is really good!

It’s funny that you start out talking about the vowels and the american accent, bc to me dutch sounds like an American speaking Flemish (Belgian here!)

It's good to see how positive he is about us😋 mostly correct as well. Cute guy😉 The Hague is called the legal capital of the world because there are so many legal institutions seated there, like the icc for example.

Easy Learning Dutch because I'm Dutch

Mad respect for this man! To speak this level of Dutch and know all this, mad respect brother! English channel, see a lot of Dutch comments, not going to do that!