glad y'all enjoyed the video -- thanks for watching! ❤

@evertjethoe

Жыл бұрын

Charlie, if you really want to know way more then befriend my old neighbor and friend. He has 2 channels i know. 1 is Jan Rossing and the 1st clip is named Beer me up. His other channel is his running channel. Yes he runs in places in Holland. Rosso's Running Channel

@jsb7975

10 ай бұрын

It is NEDERLAND *or* HOLLAND. If you put North- or South- in front of 'Holland' you get the provinces. Everybody says HOLLAND as well as NEDERLAND (The Netherlands) Same thing. There is an extensive amount of highways that go up to 16 lanes. Every family has at least one car. You bike mostly within cities not between 😅 B.t.w. Dutch infrastructure and highway-ingeneering is worldfamous for it's design and systems. There's a lot to find on internet.... 🎉

We are obligated to pay a insurance fee that’s about $160,- per month for basic insurance and that covers almost everything. You can insure yourself for various other things like dental care & physiotherapy. We also have a own risk fee that’s at the moment $400,- per annual year. No one in the Netherlands has to worry about doctors fee or hospital fees above your personal yearly own risk that you have to pay.

@ChantalAngeles_

Жыл бұрын

Yep, still sucked visiting the hospital twice (only conversations, no treatment or anything) and having to pay more than €300 though. I think it's still pretty crazy tbh.

@ChantalAngeles_

Жыл бұрын

Depending on your income you do get money to pay for it though, for example, I pay €139 per month for my insurance but the belasting gives me €155 to pay for it. This is because my income is low, the higher your income, the less you get. (jij weet dit maar info voor Charlie).

@Kronos_LordofTitans

Жыл бұрын

Plus if you don't have any income you get enough money from the government to cover that insurance and out of pocket expense.

@kingmickey666

Жыл бұрын

385*

@J.S.R.Berendsen

Жыл бұрын

Own risk should be reverted in my opinion

On 1 januari 2022 there were 9,142,277 cars in the Netherlands There were 23.4 million bikes, for 17,5 million people (don't know the date of this data) (it's from 2021)

Use of car or bike is pretty depending of where you live. In larger cities bikes are way more practical and fast than cars. You often won't need a car, because of the good public transport system, and the bikes. However, when you live in smaller towns or villages, public transport is there but not as frequent. I live in a small town near the German border, and absolutely use a car. And for shorter trips or nice weather i take the bike.

@Peacefrogg

Жыл бұрын

public transport is good, but expensive. In rural areas you do need a car. But the kids often still go to high school on their own, sometimes even a bike ride of an hour.

I am dutch. Last summer we visit several citys in the USA. We were in shoch about the many drugs addicted people we saw and openly use of drugs on the street at SanFrancisco, Los Angeles and even Hawaii. We had never seen that. Unbeleaveble USA build de biggest bridges, las vegas is totaly over de top bus USA can't help these people.

The way how they used the car is different. I do everything by bike but have a car for the weekly grocery, familie visite ,Holiday and sometimes shops and locations outside the city

Hi guys, good to see the two of you together again...!!...greetings from Amsterdam......

Basic health insurance for everybody, if you work or not, is 137,50 euro's monthly. Most expensive is the top insurance 180 euro's and that includes everything you want to be insured for. Children under 18 years old are co-insured with the parents and don't pay for anything. You have the own risk on your insurance, it's 385 euro's a year and you can pay make a monthly payment instead of the full 385 euro's. Children under 18 years have 2000 euro's for braces and 18 and above have only 1000 euro's for braces. I pay 137,50 a month and once in a while when the insurance send you a bill for your own risk you pay it. Have a nice day and weekend.

The big airport is Schiphol and that is located in North-Holland, so technically the aircrew is correct when they say you'll be landing in Holland xD

Glad to see you both together in this video. You both looked happy. Good to see. Brings joy to my heart. But yeah Insurance isnt free, wel the Government can pay you back indirectly, if you have a minimum income or dont have your own income. But outside of those you have to pay for it yourself and have an own risk. There is more than just healthcare also, you also have your car insurance, insurance for your home, etc.. and there is an insurance from your work, so you are covered if something happens there. ✌️

This is really quick. That video is just released.

@mariadebake5483

Жыл бұрын

Yes I just watched it too!

@chubbymoth5810

Жыл бұрын

@@mariadebake5483 Join the club,.. I was as surprised.

so glad to see u 2 bk filming together n u look happy 🥰

As the Netherlands always has done in history is adapt to other countries iso letting them adapt to our country (its one of the reasons the Netherlands were so successful on world wide trade (especially with Japan) so if it's easyer for other countries to call it 'Holland' just role with it, if it generates more traffic than 'the Netherlands' Healthcare isn't free but it's affordable (130 euro a month with reduction on lower incomes) and a Max deposit of 385 (base) per year so no matter what happens to you, you'll never pay more than than like 2000 euro per year, wether that's surgery, MRI's, hospital stays, etc

@gaelle4328

Жыл бұрын

That’s really expensive. But how much taxes do you pay and what if you have cronic illnesses can they refuse to insure you.

@mariohendriks1

Жыл бұрын

@@gaelle4328 Insurance companies can't refuse chronic patients. Also for people with a low income the government provides a compensation for the insurance bill. For 2023 that's €154 per month for people that make less than €25000 per year.

@annehoog

Жыл бұрын

​@@gaelle4328we pay a bit more taxes, but those are paying for thing Americans pay out of pocket. Things like healthcare, welfare, education etc . In the end Americans end up paying more in taxes plus out of pocket than Europeans do.

As for the healhtcare, if you are minimum wage worker here in The Netherlands (moved here about 2 years ago) you can apply for what they call zorgtoeslag (roughly translated as healthcare allowance), which is about €150 and does completely cover my insurance (I have the most basic one).

@dutchgamer842

Жыл бұрын

The most basic one is terrible if you actually need health care. You have to pay a lot out of own pocket most of the time with the cheapest insurance

Hello Charlie, good to see you both together again!

Where does free Healthcare come from? It's just your obligation to have health insurance. Nothing is free here 😂.

@JacobBax

Жыл бұрын

It comes from the time it was collected via taxes. So it didn't felt you payed for it. And a lot of countries still do this.

@eriktabbers3599

Жыл бұрын

@@JacobBax okay makes sense. In reality you always pay somehow though 😂.

@I.Toverheks

Жыл бұрын

The rain is free😏

We sometimes call our country Holland (mostly in songs and non-official stuff), and it's also those provinces yes.

@TerrenceWeijnschenk

Жыл бұрын

Also: 'Nederlandse haring' doesn't quite have the same ring to it as the alliteration 'Hollandse Haring'. So I guess calling the country 'Holland' in songs, poems and marketing is a form of 'free expression' ('Dichterlijke vrijheid'; the freedom of a poet).

Amy, there is this happy sparkle in your eyes I haven't noticed before this way, what's different? :) Good to see you guys again

About the cars.... depends on which area you are in ... here in the south it is about 50/50 cars/bikes

Yes Netherlands has a lot of water, but it is not like you walk out the door and step in a canal. Most of our water is being flooded to the sea but the wetter areas are around the coast and where the major rivers pass trough like the Maas and the Rhine. More inland there is way less and even parts that would never get flooded if we have a major disaster.

In the 19th century, several canals were filled in, as towns lost their function as fortified towns, because of floods and for hygienic reasons and to create more space for road traffic. In the late 20th century and this century, some filled-in canals are being restored because they have largely lost their function as streets for cars. Some streets in the Netherlands have the words Gedempte X Gracht in their name. Having health insurance is required by law in the EU and EEA. Free Universal Healtcare is NEVER free for tourists. Tourists from outside the EU and EEA may be refused entry at the borders of EU and EER countries if they do not have health insurance and or too little money (cash or credit or debit card) with them.

For much of it's history most ships had their port in the province of Holland. Hence anywhere Dutch traders went, they would tell they came from Holland. As a result in many countries the word for the Netherlands is some form of Holland. In China it was olanda for instance. Many of the other parts of the country were either economically insignificant due to having been warzones, not being involved in trading as much or having been those half-pirates that wouldn't sign the peace treaty as privateering was so profitable. Zeeland turned out to have not signed the peace with Spain we found out in 1992 so was legally still at war and it's inhabitants might have plundered Spanish domains. Yeah,.. funny how one can forget such a thing. People often forget that nations in this period didn't exist yet. People were from a town or area, often owned by some aristocrat. Countries as we know today simply didn't exist yet. Passports didn't exist till the later part of the 19th century. Health insurance is not free, but really cheap compared to the US. You pay a low monthly fee of around 140 euro's per adult (kids will be included till age 18) and have an own risk per year of a whopping 380 Euro's. Additional insurance is available as well for dentistry. I pay a whopping 25 per month for that. The own risk is mainly to keep people from going to a doctor for every little ailment or blister. A Karen filter. Weed is not legal partly because of international pressure in .particular the say no to drugs mafia who profit from that being illegal. So we have laws to say it's illegal, but taking a medical perspective on it, made it "condoned". Drug use is legal, trade is illegal. The desire to legalise it is longstanding, but until recently it was impossible and changing standing laws can be difficult. Other nations now have more progressive legislation as the Netherlands. Being a frontrunner at first, getting caught up and surpassed. The same was applied on prostitution. As it wasn't physically harmful by medical standards if health standards were met and there clearly was a longstanding proven demand for it, it was condoned. The nice thing about legalising things is that you can then demand and apply requirements to them apart from getting taxes and taking funds from criminals and thus lessening corruption. Personally I would legalise other fairly safe drugs as well for those reasons. Fighting it only feeds corruption and criminality while you cannot control the safe use. We have open discussions on the topic and even TV shows about how to use and what the effects are, but legalising it is very hard under international law and sanctions that might apply. Fun fact MDMA was legal till 1994. At that time it was mainly amateurs that would make it for the fun of it and spread it freely or very little cost. It wasn't a big issue. Only after it became illegal it became an industry. Pretty much the same as what happened in 1930's US with the prohibition. Moonshiners ended up running Chicago. Dirty money ends up in real estate where all the top crooks are so illicit profits can be whitewashed in house price increases.

Loved the video! The no car thing is more for in the city's. If you don't live in the bigger city's you kind off really need a car. Public transport is pretty good, but not as reliable I guess.

Most Read light districts are gone now, even in A'dam

You two look relaxed. Hope all is going well. 🥰

It was in 1815 that Holland became officially a province of the country, but indeed it was to powerful in relation to to the other provinces that in 1840 it was decided to split it in two provinces. Which also split the capital Amsterdam from the political capital Den Haag and as so balance between the provinces was established.

Our voting system is way different than that of the US. We don’t have something like *weight” of a state/province in elections. We have individual votes and chairs are won by the amount of people nation wide voted.

@chubbymoth5810

Жыл бұрын

Yes, but Holland was top heavy due to more than half the population living there, so it basically ran the show for much of history. So we decided to create a bit more diversity then.

@StevenvanderGraaf

Жыл бұрын

@@chubbymoth5810 most people stil live in the north and south Holland per square kilometer. It does not matter for elections like the US that has electors in more or less amount per state.

Healthcare in the Netherlands is privatized and payed through obligated healthcare insurance (it is illegal to not have healthcare insurance). Everybody in the Netherlands has healthcare insurance, even the homeless have it. It costs about 160 Euro per month at a minimum and covers most of your healthcare costs, but if you use healthcare services the first 385 euro each year you have to pay yourself, with the exception of consultations at your general practitioner / family doctor.

your description of the laws surrounding weed are pretty good. its essentially tolerated and decriminalized at the lower level. the USE of any drugs in the Netherlands is not illegal, it has to do with basically the Dutch equivalent of the constitution, which states a citizen owns their own body and is allowed to do with it as they please. because of this law, they can not directly make the usage of anything illegal. they can only make other laws, such as banning the ownership of things, the transportation of things, the trading of things. i think it is for this reason too that we have legalized prostitution. because the government can not directly tell anyone, "you are not allowed to sell your body" so they regulate things surrounding it instead. and then instead of focusing on making that business harder or impossible to practice, they focused on making it safer and regulated, many people do not know that prostitutes here actually have minimum wage laws, and health insurance from their employer. and in this case with weed. the growing, transportation, and selling of it is still illegal. but it is decriminalized at the lower level. you are allowed to have 5 grams on you and then the law will basically pretend you don't have anything at all. its tolerated to a certain point. the coffeeshop for its part, is allowed to sell you 5 grams maximum per visit. but you are basically correct, the coffeeshop still has to basically buy its weed illegally because obviously they are buying allot more then 5 grams, and therefore are transporting more then 5 grams, and someone is growing allot more plants then the 5, you are allowed to have for personal use. its always seen as a very liberal law. but its really not, medicinal stores in California don't have to buy their weed illegally, and their growers don't have to grow it illegally either. in many ways the laws in some US states, far surpass the ones here. some interesting lawsuits have come out of these laws though, including one of an elderly couple that had been growing and supplying for coffeeshops for years, being raided and then had to appear in court. but then these people whipped out all manner of paper work they kept over the years, and even provided proof they had paid income taxes for everything they ever grew, and so they argued that because they only sold to coffeeshops, and paid income taxes, the government enabled them ,and profited off of them. the court agreed with them, so they won their case and were never convicted :p

For health care there is a payment a month around 130-150 euro's. This montly payment covers everything, so no extra bills in your mail like in the US. If you are a low income household you can get a compensation for those costs (so it would almost be free) Kids till 18 years are on their parents payment, so also free in a way. Hopefully this excplains your question ;)

@DasTarD

Жыл бұрын

It doesn't cover everything, you still have to use your own excess of €385 euro.

@greenknitter

Жыл бұрын

How is it if you're self employed? How much does healthcare cost then? Thanks and greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪😊

@rikkyrixt

Жыл бұрын

@@greenknitter it is still the same. Getting healtcare has nothing to do with your job. Healtcare is a different sector.

@greenknitter

Жыл бұрын

@@rikkyrixt I see, thank you.

In Germany, prostitution is completely legal.Prostitutes pay taxes and all levies like any other professional.If they become unemployed, they even receive unemployment benefits from the state like any other worker.They are entitled to paid vacation,paid sick leave and much more.If they work as a self-employed person, the same rules apply as for all other self-employed persons in other professions.

car is mostly used for longer distance, like work. or weekly groceries. rest is done walking or biking. because shops are spread around, so at lot of times shops at 500 meters from home

A brief history of the Netherlands and Holland The Netherlands remained a kingdom after Napoleon's defeat. At that time, the area called “Holland” made the biggest contribution to the entire nation's economy and wealth. As such it became the commonly used name to indicate the entire country.

You pay a premium every month and that gives you access to health care. The premium is about 120 euros a month. You can go higher with extra coverage. Now, what is good that if you are under a certain income you get subsidised by the government and that can be up to almost 100%.

Healthcare in the Netherlands is mostly free. "Vanitycare" will cost you. It also higly depends on the package you have.

Love to see you two happy😄 have a good day you all😁

Yeah we have a weird system with cannabis😅 for consumers it's legal to buy and smoke weed from a coffeeshop. It's also legal for a coffeeshop to sell weed.. but...... it's illegal for coffeeshops to buy weed!!🤦😅 Weird right?😅It's like telling a bakery that you can sell bread but not buy flour to make it 🤷😅They have to buy through a backdoor and hope the cops don't see it. It's also illegal to grow weed.. for everyone! But they are starting tests soon with growing legal weed for coffeeshops.

When I hear/read the word "expat", it makes me think of a package courier in a white delivery van. Don't ask me why. 😁

All kids have free health insurance with the same coverage as the parent with the most elaborate health insurance program. And always free basic dentist coverage for kids.

strike that's probably why more people are going by car because the buses are on strike and at the moment it's really hard to tell when they're running

if u have boat you can actually reach each and every town or city in the netherlands it is that connected :) i have done it myself with a canoe :)

I would say that some areas like Amsterdam have a lot of bikes and while almost everyone owns a bike, they often will have a car too and choose which vehicle would suit for their trip

You have to watch soul to soul travel,they live in Rotterdam now,they went back to the USA for a visit,and now they say we will never go back to live in the USA.its a great channel

Laughing out loud at that first guy: 'Everybody rides a bike, to work, to school, to the prostitutes.' About the weed: it's not legal legal for coffeeshops to sell weed and hash, it's allowed. It is however illegal for them to buy the weed/hash. It's an insane and typically Dutch compromise. Oh and you can have 5 plants, which is why they sell packages of 5 seeds. It's not so much that we don't have bikes, but most people also have cars. I personally don't. I don't need it in my city (Nijmegen, Gerlderland, no canals. town on German border, so lots of Germans in the coffeshops, we have a red-light street and what is called a tippelzone, a streetwalking zone, which a lot of the big cities have, Nijmegen is nr 10 on the list, tippelzone has a drive-in where they can legally have sex with prostitutes in their CARS, a lot of those cars being German btw) and when I go elsewhere I take a train.

The weed thing is pretty weird, you're allowed to hold up to 5 grams on your person, but it's illegal to own a growing plant.

There's still more bikes than cars. But the big difference is the bike infrastructure, that makes riding a bike a safe option.

Holland is the part of the "young" nation where it all happened: government for example. The most importacities are there too, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Leyden, Haarlem, Delft, The Hague.

There are still wayyyy more bikes than cars over here, and they get used wayyyy more than cars. (It's just that over the years more and more people can afford cars)

07:20 more cars comes from more immigrantrs who can't or won't ride bikes, that is also to be incorporated in to this. And the chiildren that are now getting 17 are allowed to start for drivers licence, and it is cooler to go by car then by bike.

I need to drive 20 to 25 minutes to get groceries. That’s what it’s like to live in Zeeland and in the middle of nowhere. There is a little supermarket but those are so expensive

Healthcare is not provided by your employer, which is a difference with the US. Everyone is basically obligated to get health insurance, which has a reduced government rate for the unemployed and students.

So we are a family of four and we have 8 bikes. It's pretty normal for people in the Netherlands to have more than one bike. And two cars... We can choose the way we travel. Our kids are students and can use public transport for free.

About the "House Hunters"... I have no idea what that particular person meant with that but possibly it has something to do with the huge housing shortage we've been experiencing here in the Netherlands which was already overcrowded even before tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees also came here. Now I personally completely understand those refugees being here, but I could imagine some people being a bit unhappy or confused about people who have no other reason to move here besides "Oh, The Netherlands looks like a cool country, let's just go and live there, surely they have plenty of housing and hospitals etc available...and just look at how cheap their healthcare is...."

@iandekker4950

Жыл бұрын

Our government needs to listen more to their own citizens and help them out instead of focusing on foreign affairs all the time

@yaldenskigaming5371

Жыл бұрын

@@iandekker4950 Well, that's an opinion but somehow I fail to see the relevancy. Thank you for sharing though!

@iandekker4950

Жыл бұрын

@@yaldenskigaming5371 you're welcome

About health insurance, everyone over 18 pays a monthly fee for your health insurance with companies like for example Menzis or VGZ or some other company. It depends on what kind of policy you want or need what you pay for it. There is a basic insurance which covers most common things which is about €150 and this years 'eigen risico' is €385, collected by the insurance company. When you use prescribed medication you pay for it via the 'eigen risico', some small medical and dental work is also paid via 'eigen risico'. Surgeries and hospital stay cost you no money as that is paid by your insurance company. People with a small salary or who are on benefits can get a part of the monthly insurance money back via 'zorg toeslag' that also applies to renting a home or apartment with 'huur toeslag'. That money is paid out via the tax authorities. Kids till 18 are insured via one of the parents as is in the States. Near the end of the year the Government decides what amount the 'eigen risico' is.

Holland or The Netherlands, people cannot even agree on that here. Whenever there is a soccer match with the national team, everyone is chanting "Holland, Holland", while at the same time correcting others when they call it Holland... Another fun fact on prostitution: In some rare cases you can actually get coverage by your health insurance to visit the prostitutes

We do have more bikes then people but so much a lot are just thrown away or left on train stations so I’d say it’s about half half

I am dutch. Parking the car next to a canal scares me. Esp when the kids were still small i had nightmares about that.

Coffeeshops are not only for tourists. They're found all over the Netherlands even in areas where there's virtually no tourists. We do be liking our weed, don't get it twisted.

Health insurance does cost you. However, little known fact is that health insurance is compulsory and the fine for it is about the same as it costs to have health insurance. The only way I know you can get free health insurance is to be unemployed and homeless, but that's a whole lifestyle change that isn't worth the free health insurance. As far as I know, there's no difference in health insurance cost for permanent or temporary residents (as I think that would be illegal, based on article 1 of the constitution, which deals with discrimination. Everyone present in the Netherlands is to be treated equally in equal situations)

I was born and raised in Amersfoort (Utrecht 2nd biggest city) and i’ve been smoking pot for 13 years now 😂 it’s not just the tourist, btw love your channel man!

Inthe Netherlands it is legal to buy weed at a coffeeshop but max 5 grams a person who is 18+ years old. But if a policeofficer finds it on you they are allowed to take it from you. Also you cant carry more than 5 grams. Healthcare also isnt free, but the law says you need healthinsurance. But you have options and the government gives you most of the money you need for the insurance.

Charlie where do you guys live? (state/city). Its like 20:00 overhere now so it's probably early afternoon at your place? Just curious. Keep up the good work. Even for me as a Dutch person its interesting how people experience the Netherlands from an outside perspective.

@eriktabbers3599

Жыл бұрын

@@ItsCharlieVest alright cool, i would have guessed upper east coast but the state is kinda hard to figure out haha. But cool video subject man. I checked out this kind lf thing myself too because i work for a Korean company with expats. Funny to hear outside perspectives. Usually people base their opinion because they only been to Amsterdam. I mean i cannot judge all of America by visiting one place either. This one was actually a decent video you picked. Have a nice day bro.

About the health care its sort of free we have a system If you have citezen ship you can get a (Zorg toeslag) from the goverment "Sum of mony to compermise monthly expenses to your health insurance". Every one needs to have one its around 120-300 euro depends what insurance you get, and for example i pay 152 and get 154 euro zorg toeslag (Monthly) what you get from the goverment depends on your income the more you earn the less you get. You also have some thing called Eigen risico (Own risk) this is the amount you have to pay before its free, around 385 min to 900 max depends on what insuarnce you get. So if you breake a leg like i did it costs 5k BUT I just pay 385 and the rest is for the incurance. So its kinda free i dont see how just paying 385 (You can pay in parts) is not basicly free. And it resets yearly so when you pay your own risk you can break as many bones as you desire and it gets payed for you

I work in a coffeeshop (not in Amsterdam) and it is definitely not mainly tourists that buy. Here in the shop 85% is Dutch or lives in the Netherlands. Yes, in Amsterdam city center it's tourist based, but if you go beyond that to other districts of Amsterdam, you'll notice the locals. If you look up Covid lock-down The Netherlands coffeeshop, you'll see how many people depend on soft drugs.The lines to the shop to last minute buy were endless.

@jimnirvana5841

Жыл бұрын

je moet toegeven dat dat best grappig was :P

@strayfever

Жыл бұрын

@@jimnirvana5841 Om te huilen, haha. Ik was een halve dag "vrij" en toen waren alle shops weer open :')

The 5 grams is for personal use only. If you possess more you are considered to be a dealer.

The netherlands has a high car densety like most countries. even one of the highest in europe, becouse there are many people living on limited space. but travelingh has to do with having choices, how to go to different lokations. you can travel by car to work, visit a frend or doing grocery's by bisicle and visit a concert or sports event by publick transport. it as all about having the freedom to choose how to travel to different lokations.

Good to see you both again

I think we dutchies use the term “holland” because it easier to say than “the netherlands”. I use holland more than the netherlands or die niederlande (german)

We dont walk on wooden shoes,the toerist come for the coffeshops,and the red light district

The thing about the growth in cars is misleading because ofcourse more housholds have a car then 50 years ago. I can believe that but what makes the Netherlands a bike country is that beside the car we use a lot of bikes. In America if you own a car you will use it all the time(if it's correct what I have heard) in the Netherlands there are times that the car stays on the same place for multiple days or even weeks because we like our bikes. So the fact that the amount of households with a car is increased doesn't say much about our bike culture.

There are many more bikes than cares but most bikes are abandond but litarly every one has atleast one bike next to the car

One bike, one daily car and two classics. I mostly drive, because of health issues, but i regularly go to the convinience store by bike. It's only half a mile away. I pay €125 monthly for my health insurance. In 2019 I gave birth in the hospital (not usual here) and bills racked up to around €7500, but I only had to pay €70 for lab tests. For some weird reason that's not covered, lol. Besides that, I get 2 shots of B12 a week from my GP's office (free), I'm on birth control (free), vitamine D (free) and have used other medications on and off over the years, most of them for free. So, health care is definitely not free here, but MOST of the time, it's pretty cheap.

just because a household owns a car, that doesn't mean that the car is the main form of transportation for everyone in the household.

Januari 2024 9,1 million passenger cars and around 23 million bikes, so....And about Holland. I now live in France but even I use both The Netherlands and Holland. From video's like this I get that there are some Dutch people that get sort of upset if foreigners say 'Holland' to the Netherlands but Holland isn't the same as the provinces North- and South-Holland, that's why those words are added. In a way both names mean the same and come from long ago when it was called (together with a part of Belgium) 'the low countries'. Under sea-level.

It is LEGAL to buy weed in the coffeeshop. The shop pay taxes and the customers. You can't buy and have more than 5 grams with you. Drugs and Amsterdam....it's mostly about tourists :) There was a tolerance policy for 15 years, but it is FULLY legalized 8 years ago. So the gentlemen is wrong. You can have plants, it is about buying and selling. The limit is 5 grams, not 8. Canals...owh yes we do have a lot. Rotterdam is NOT a new city but very old (she is wrong). It was for the most part bombed and rebuilded. Haarlem, Den Haag, Delft...all big and old cities in Holland (coast) have lots of canals. When you live in the city you don;t need a car. But many Dutch people travel at least 30 miles to their work. Many go with public transport and bike, but ofcourse we have good highways and cars. You are right about the splitting up. Now they want to merge north Holland with Utrecht and the Flevopolder (land made in ijsselmeer) Weird politicians Yes prostitution is legal in the Netherlands. Before 10 years ago it was allowed. I am very happy for them. They do not need pimps, don't go with men and are not on the streets, they are their own boss, they pay taxes and have good healthcare. Proud to be Dutch. Prostitution will always be there....rather our system than the "skidrow" system. Healthcare is not free, but it is a low amount you pay. If you can't affort it, government will pay. We pay 140 euro's a month and with that everything is covered, except dentist, fysio etc. Taxes help people who are older (with pension) or live from minimum wage) These people are nice but are not really aware of the facts. Prostitution, abortion, soft drugs and euthanesia are LEGAL by law. Thank God.

Leuk dat je dit doet nog steeds😂😂😂 iam from th e nethetlands

Neder-land means under or low-land. Hol-land means hollow- land. It's basically the same.

The health care used to be paid by youre imployer of the bruto salary. Today you have to pay for you're self of youre netto income. And only covers the basic package, if you need extra like dentist then you pay extra. Also I'm dutch, but I'm also a achterhoeker a area close to the German border, this earache has also a history maybe you find it interesting to look it up.

The Holland/Nederland relationship is much like England/United Kingdom: the first is part of the second, and strictly speaking they're not the same, but still the part is used to indicate the whole. It's not just a misconception of foreigners, natives do the same thing: in expressions, songs: 'Hart van Holland', "Ik hou van Holland, landje aan de Zuiderzee". Cars: I never owned one (nor had a driver's license) until in my 50's. And have again been without one for more than a decade. Pot and all that: I never smoked even tobacco, but buy for my wife. The 'koffieshops' are part of a toleration system, but the rules can be arbitrary, and vary from city to city, like opening hours and somewhat funny: one of the shops had a system where for each gram or so you would get a sticker on a card, and a full card would give you some free pot. Much like several 'normal' stores would. Call it 'frequent flyers'. Until it was forbidden by a new rule. Maybe they thought saving stickers is addictive?

Healthcare is never free. It is either payed by taxes you payed or an obligatory insurance. The idea that it is a set amount and you do not pay extra when visiting a doctor gives you the feeling it is free. Anyhow, it beats the US system hands down.

Charlie, here is a fun fact about the clogs you showed. You thought the three crosses represented Amsterdam, but I'm afraid not.. I should know, I've been wearing clogs all my life and I still do. What you have are the standard pattern laquered ones. Back in the day they were the cheaper option footwear and the pattern is meant to resemble "real" shoes, with two "flaps" tied togetket with shoelaces. Once you see it it's very obvious. I have the same use them around the house, easy slip in when you need to step out, warm and comfy in the winter.

I used to go to the coffee shop just to play cards and chess with my friends and then bougt a gram and a pre roled back home. Btw the redlight district has been around since the 15th century but it wasn't actually a legal profession bit just as with drugs it was gedoogd so they stil allowed it. 2nd edit no healthcare is not free I pay a monthly fee of €131 for insurance,but get €93 of subsidies back so pretty cheap still.

Charlie about 60% also have a car, it,s for the longer distance. Like myself i have 3 motorcycle,s for fun, 2 bikes and 1 car .

Americans tend to see The Netherlands as Amsterdam , it's like People thinking of America with just New York City or L.A .... and forget everything else 🤔😉

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Yeah,.. if you've been to New York, you've been to the US.

In the pronce of Friesland, there citiies with canals too.

The funny part about this i am guy sitting in Amsterdam as high as one can be buying weed for 30 years. And thinking yeah that's pretty much correct. But i don't complain being one of the exceptions.

Charlie you have some weird misconceptions about Dutch healthcare. It's completely separated from your paycheck. You only pay income tax through that. You have to negotiate your own contracts with healthinsurance. The fees are much lower than in the US and the coverage is way, way better. But it's not free by any stretch of the word.

They say that Rotterdam doesn’t have canals like Amsterdam, but Rotterdam has an whole river through the city, so there is lots of water too

I'm from the Netherlands and the local people smoke a lot of weed so the coffie shops do not depend on tourist

healthcare is never free , u pay for example. 100 euro a month for healthcare , at the end of the month u get a return of about 60%. there is the own risk factor at play here though depending on how much u pay each month for health care you get a higher or lower own risk limit / more free visits at chiropractors etc.

Healtcare was free, but not any more, now you pay adleast 200 euro a month and than it depends on your treatment

I think that with house hunters they mean that looking for a house is difficult in the Netherlands as it is getting overcrowded from so many people wanting to live there. So instead of just looking for a house, you actively hunt for one

Weed and hash are not legal. It is decriminalized. This means you are allowed to carry 5 grams in total.

I pay 200 eur a month for my healthcare, and everything is included. Operations, dentist, medicin, everything

Big changes are coming for immigrants, including education, guaranteed income, healthcare premiums, language requirement, etc. And that's for all of Europe. Just yesterday new laws were approved in France.

A lot of Americans don't know the Netherlands, they think Europe is a country ....

And healthcare in NOT free!!! I have just basic insurance which costs me 135.95 a month....

Even if you are on the dole(welfare) you pay 170 euro a month health insurance ,this includes a certain amount dentist fee if you do your check up twice a year.I think only the UK has free National Health insurance.But you don't have to worry if you need a ambulance those are included probably in any country all over Europe.Cars are only necessary if you work outside your city or village,18 million people own 21 million bikes or even more.Lovely to see you both together again

Charlie. If you wanna immegrate (sorry for butchering the english lingerie) to the netherlands , its best to have a technical background or teaching skils.

I pay €187 per month in medical expenses. But that's for the most complete package. 100% dental coverage and 32 x physiotherapist. With an excess of €375 per year. Basic insurance. Costs €105 per month. And then 75% to 100% will be reimbursed. But also with an excess of €385 per year. Greetings from Gerben and Gabrielle. Spakenburg, Netherlands.