Hi! as someone living around this area. It is renovated and improved since the design from the 60's turned out to be a disaster. And indeed it was very dangerous. Nowadays it is not that bad. Two things. 1. There are only around 800k people living in Amsterdam. In the Bijlmer area where you went live about 25k people in 14k houses. And as massive as these buildings are, believe it or not, the density of that area is lower then average in the Netherlands, so it is really not crowded at all. 2. You walk a lot on the bike path mate!

@dieg

5 ай бұрын

Completely agree with this . I grew up in the Bijlmer in the 80s and it was different story then but nowadays it’s way safer

@Driz7ziahs

5 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 I was cringing so hard, but nobody used their bells... which was freakin irritating.

@FaiT90

5 ай бұрын

haha lekker pik #2 (for my non dutchies: nice one bro #2, the bike lanes)

@DPA55

5 ай бұрын

True

@emilversteegh6772

4 ай бұрын

Look i just hate it when people go to the BHijlmer and show the absolute worst, ive lived here my whole life and i have never seen a fight i have never seen like gangs and such and i have never felt unsafe anywhere in the bijlmer. its so sad that people dont show the cultural capital of amsterdam that it is. the amazing markets and great public transit. even friends of mine still believe that the Bijlmer is a dodgy place even though everyone here is ten times more friendly than anywhere in amsterdam. i have never regretted living here and i feel like people should know that the Bijlmer isnt a "hood" its the pinacle of improving something that was at some point a dodgy place. kind regards -A friendly dude who lives in the Bijlmer now you have an amazing day and come visit the bijlmer sometime!

I love how he plays gangster music in the background while childs are playing, birds are chirping and people are riding bikes😂

@brandoncaldwell5242

28 күн бұрын

This is definitely not getting at all

Imaging being in “the hood” and the most scary moment is walking in peace and quiet. Small housing is common and normal in the small and densely populated Netherlands. IKEA like houses are mostly build after the war and a bit later when there was a big shortage of houses. They are also quire common all over the country.

@the_real_theus5482

3 ай бұрын

wait till its night and u see people with knifes and balaclavas everywhere.

@pphnxxx

3 ай бұрын

@@the_real_theus5482 doesnt happen, i be in schilderswijk alot. worst "hood" we got and its hella peaceful. you can see who are dealers though and who def would carry something but you act like they'd rob people who arent gang related

@menace2society759

2 ай бұрын

@@pphnxxx it also depends on what you look like a person that looks like a "civillian" wont have issues at all

Hiii Dutchie here that lived in Amsterdam. The protection is mainly to keep graffiti artists off the tracks, the scene is big there and metro’s are considered high value in exposure. Also unfortunately, they are also used to keep people off the tracks that have made certain decisions.

@bdurrrr

4 ай бұрын

The spikes and barbed wire at 6:49 are there for graffiti reasons indeed. This was a hotspot for train painters for decades. It has now been equiped with sensors, and most people avoid this spot, hence the spikes are still intact. Previously those would've been destroyed by the painters.

@kevynlemoing8208

4 ай бұрын

It's amazing to have inside stories from dudes who live there 👌.

@harry_lapzwans

3 ай бұрын

The first red building is senior housing(60+) toen the red building on your left are mainly docters lawers high Middleton class houding, you didnt see the lake? Beter show the west side if you are looking for a ghetto.... ganzehoef/kraaiennest is pretty dirty....

Good to see you in the Netherlans Spanian! The Bijlmer is fortunately less rough after rebuilding the area after the EL-ALplane crash and getting rid of most of these giant flats

@hkjb2002

5 ай бұрын

The people made a documentary about it how much they missed the old giant buildings

@jonathanwilson4016

5 ай бұрын

Anywhere to get info on the redevelopment I have to write a paper on area regeneration

@hkjb2002

5 ай бұрын

@@jonathanwilson4016 You want to find out where about and what is rebuild?

@jonathanwilson4016

5 ай бұрын

@@hkjb2002 yeah how it was improved and what they did to make the area better

@Nielzonvlammen

5 ай бұрын

When you going to Rotterdam? I think there is a lot more hood. Rotterdam South, close to the centrum and a lot more. Love your videos brother

To their credit, the community keep it looking as nice as possible, there's 10x more graff on the way there then actually in the hood.

@Wil_Dsense

5 ай бұрын

That’s because they have to go all the way across town to the coffeeshops to smoke up and get their supplies etc so before they get back they are already getting restless and have to express themselves so they can’t help but bust out some Graff before they reach the Hood… Probably… 🤯😂

I've been there quite a few times and it's really chill. Maybe it used to be dangerous but it defo felt way safer than anything in the Brussels or Paris or Lille suburbs. We had our car break down once there and people were super helpful.

@theflyingdutchguy9870

4 ай бұрын

its because most of it is hidden. its not nearly as on the nose as a lot of other big cities in europe

@gandulfcharpentier282

4 ай бұрын

@@theflyingdutchguy9870 no, I know as I know some people there that ain't saints' but quality of life is so much better there. It's not a competition, it was actually a compliment, only dumb fucks are happy they live in an unliveable dump....

@rather_be_a_cat

4 ай бұрын

Twenty years ago when I lived in Amsterdam I went there 100s of times and never once had any issue with anybody.

@LinePetersen

4 ай бұрын

The Netherlands are not Scandinavia. And what you are looking at is not Scandinavian inspired. Look up "Brutalism". Kind Regards..Line

@nelkboyzzz5566

2 ай бұрын

It is always save for people who got nothing to do with gangs or drug crime

Actually the plane disaster in the Bijlmer was a cargo plane from El Al, it was in '92 and didnt crash right after take-off, it got into problems after take-off but then turned back, ignored flight control instructions and did a sort of huge spiral shape before crashing on 2 appartment buildings.

@battlefieldP4Fbeta

4 ай бұрын

Soo... Plane go boom still?

@lucasrem

4 ай бұрын

v3lv3t1988 overweight issues. tower trusted the jews, old friends... Now, we know what was in it, trust them ?

@inthelight565

3 ай бұрын

I was there. Groeneveen.

@eho6380

25 күн бұрын

@@inthelight565 what was it like

@joeharisay

17 күн бұрын

It had nothing to do with not following flight instructions. The accident was caused by faulty fuse pins (big ass main bolts that connect the engine to the airframe) that became overstressed by and fractured off the plane. Engine 3 fell away in the incorrect manor it was designed to (it flew to the side rather than falling down and away from the plane) and destroyed engine 4 and a large section of the leading edge on the right wing, thus creating unprecedented amounts of drag on the right wing. As the crew called mayday and went for a turn and emergency landing, the standard procedure of slowing down for landing created so little lift and increase of drag on the right wing the plane then fell into an inescapable bank. The pilots did nothing wrong the CVR transmission show nothing but professionalism from the pilots, the blame lies square at the feet of the plane's designer... Boeing. Which they've seemed to have a much longer history with than the current whistle blowers are even alleging.

I have social anxiety, this is my way of traveling the world. Loving your stuff Spanian. The Variety of the channel is fantastic. Keep it up brotha.

@jeush9223

5 ай бұрын

Shadow box when you feel the anxiety coming on lad doesn’t matter where you are, let’s oggg 😂

@publicliarbility7531

5 ай бұрын

lol such an aussie reply bruh. @@jeush9223

@Tee12343

5 ай бұрын

You need to get out more

@publicliarbility7531

5 ай бұрын

i use to travel alot. I developed ptsd after something and now i prefer to stay home in my garden with family. but you are right. @@Tee12343

@Z3N1T4

5 ай бұрын

I'm just lazy

Love that you catch public transport everywhere. You could easily Uber or taxi anywhere, but you really see the real world through public transport 👏🏼 FYI.. talking about all of your travels, not just Amsterdam/europe

@cerebralcoitus

5 ай бұрын

Sydney boy for sure

@stephpom5373

5 ай бұрын

Love to see him come to the US hoods

@paddypaddypaddy3

5 ай бұрын

Its really good in amsterdam everyone uses it

@MaartenvanderVeeke

5 ай бұрын

not really a reason to use uber in Amsterdam. It costs like 50 euro's for a 10 minute drive. While public transit takes you everywhere

@jen6420

5 ай бұрын

@@MaartenvanderVeeke I’ve visited multiple times and love Amsterdam! However, the comment I made wasn’t just referencing Amsterdam

They actually wanted to give you the parking ticket for free. In the Netherlands we pay out front and most of the time we still have time on our ticket, so we give it to someone driving up.

@peterbrittain1963

3 ай бұрын

we do the same in australia , better to give the ticket and parking space to someone else , save a stranger a couple of dollars

@bluegold-wt3hs

27 күн бұрын

Wow nice to see Germanic cultures actually living in a positive way. Unlike allemania

@GG-qj2rh

10 күн бұрын

Back in the day in Glasgow you would pass on your all day bus ticket to someone at the bus stop if you were done with it.

It’s nice to see you walk around my neighbourhood. The Bijlmer has transformed into a desirable place to live. Two to three decades ago, it wasn't an ideal choice. Today, there’s a different form of crime (at a higher abstract), mostly unrelated to the general citizens, except for some street robberies and burglaries but those happen everywhere, of course. One thing you should keep in mind in to have a happy life in the Bijlmer is to simply mind your own business. Most people are kind but direct and very creative. Nice video, enjoyed it 👍🏼

@psveindhoven8200

4 ай бұрын

Ik hoor je niet praten over station bijlmer waar 30 buitenlanders mensen gaan lastig vallen en mensen op het treinspoort gooien?

@cheewiers9059

4 ай бұрын

Lekker brunooo

@dutchman3260

4 ай бұрын

​@@psveindhoven8200 Gooi jij Eindhoven ook even onder de loep?

@tariqreingoud

4 ай бұрын

@@psveindhoven8200😂😂 kom je weleens op Bijlmer station? Dat gebied is het minst onveilige gedeelte van de Bijlmer. Weet waar over je het hebt.

U know wat spanian. Real talk. So so happy for u man. Out there living your best life seeing the world, having fun whilst making tons of money, better yet away from trouble, no crimes, hurting nobody. It doesn't matter it took til your early 30s to have that realisation, whats important is that defining moment that made u the person are today. U took that step put in the effort. Good work man. Inspiration to many to come. Keep kicking a$s mate! I wouldnt say ur doing good. I'd say ur doing the best bro. Whatta a will!

Amsterdam has a liveable hood, surprised on how clean it is.

What's interesting is that the Bijlmer project was once built as this utopian commuter haven for middle and upper middle class families. The project was a massive failure and slowly it got populated by groups that were quite far off the original target group. I do agree with the folks in here that things got much better over the past two or so decades. Love your vids, bro 🔥

@lucasrem

4 ай бұрын

Weirdo people design societies, their office, at the Wibaut, Autobahn through the City. Change is coming now, who are those refugees there ?

Great video Mate Bless AND thank you for showing what I haven't ever seen before ❤

The end of the line is where a lot of graffiti is going on on the trains that are left for the night. That is why it is fenced of like a jail. The first area where you just got out at Gaasperplas is called Nellestein, and that neighborhood is less worse and more expensive than the other parts of the Bijlmer. The appearance of a hospital ward is correct, because that part IS a hospital ward! The central building is where old people live that need daily care, the building around it is where people need care but less of it or they want to be close if they need it in the (near) future. Nice to see parts of Amsterdam where I grew up, as seen by someone like you. Thanks!

I used to live in Osdorp and my best mate in Venserpolder. Any time i went to see him i was able to travel alone as a female. I never felt unsafe and went to Bijlmer frequently. I moved to Antwerpen a few years ago and i know for a fact Charleroi is seriously way worse than any part of De Bijlmer.

@nathansevereijns

5 ай бұрын

I'm from Borgerhout, often compared to Mexico of Belgium. Living there for most of my life, I really can say that Brussels and Charleroi, Liege is worse. I have heard grenades go off and guns being shot. But its only gang on gang crime. You only get into trouble if you are looking for it. Belgian media lies for attention.

@TigerBoyX15

4 ай бұрын

It depends what races are inhabiting these places and their Mindset...

@chillealex666

4 ай бұрын

Exactly this

@bahadelyamamoto8272

4 ай бұрын

ik kan je komen bezoeken als je wil

@lucasrem

4 ай бұрын

naomig1920 vluchtelingen er in dumpen, die haat cultuur van Halsema en die PvdA waarom alle kapot maken, waarom de haat voeden !

That first neighbourhood, Gaasperdam, is actually a pretty fancy neighbourhood. You may not notice it from outside, but the flats are large and luxurious. The everage dutch person can't afford those. They are also not public housing. Most of the residents own those flats. It is close to a popular body of water that even attracts tourists so that is how the housing there is better then in the rest of the Bijlmer.

@barbararouwendal8708

2 ай бұрын

i know, just saw one on funda, 140 m for 249 k...still a lot but with 2 salaries you can buy it

So rivella..so much excitement, expectation. Layered with great choice of music. I am Dutch and love the way to see through your eyes🙂 my eyes live this everyday👁️

This channel has grown exponentially. From hood talks and school sieges. 30k subs too 450k. It seems like it’s flown by. Well done anyoss

Your journey is truly inspiring for many and is super entertaining to see and experience these locations witchya

Gaasperplas in summer is chill af, of course it's eerie when you are there when it's cold, but come in summer and it's really nice. Lived in bijlmer all my life, wouldn't trade it for any neighborhood in the country.

Hey Spanian, love what you do & Thanx for sharing your videos....Deadly😊

I used to live there and I remember that this bizarre quiet in de Bijlmer that you mentioned was creepy indeed. Though I have to counter that things are slightly better during the spring and summer time. That notwithstanding many areas always had this pervasive feeling of dread which kept people (including me) inside which consequently made things worse outside on the streets. Over the decades many housing 'experts' have had their say over how to save the Bijlmer from further decline, a problem many politicians for a long time flatly denied even existed. Ambitious politicians rarely care for those living on the fringes of society. I wish we could have had this video decades ago to show what it really feels like. I think you have captured the atmosphere in de Bijlmer pretty well. It may not look like your classical hood - but living there it often felt like one. A modernist nightmare that is effectively cut off from the city life in Amsterdam. Things may have improved over the years but the overall situation is still bad by Dutch standards. As an afterthought; many of the people I knew who grew up in de Bijlmer didn't consider it a troubled hood. They either adapted to its depressing reality or got out when they could.

@tuttifrutti5300

5 ай бұрын

When did you live in the Bijlmer? Could you share some stories of the crazyness you encounterd. I'm from the Netherlands as well btw.

@Harni891

5 ай бұрын

The silence is almost always sign of hoods in Northern Europe, Im from Denmark, and vollmose is also super creepy silent, no people outside etc. People just hidding from the gangs and shootings etc!

@quitjewesje9774

5 ай бұрын

Huhhhhh its winter. We are hiding from the cold not from the gangs LOL.

@cgarr04

5 ай бұрын

I mainly hear the nature in Bijlmer. Especially around the Bijlmerweide and Nelson Mandela park - you don't even hear a car because there are not many busy roads nearby. It's beautiful. I have walked around South Africa and Brazil at night. Bijlmer is not comparable to being afraid to walk around after dark. I'm often sleeping in a tent on the side of the canal and nothing happens. Maybe some drunk guy on a bike saying good luck with the fishing. Y'all are funny staying indoors. 😂

@sdz1761

4 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠@@cgarr04I agree. People can really exaggerate. Although things happen in our hood, it’s not as bad as people say it is. I used to live in the city center and have seen a lot worse people being agressive or harrassing for no reason. I don’t experience that in the Bijlmer.

The start of this ep shows how much this series has grow. Span is becoming a full journalist now in the beginning he was just wandering

It's probably beautiful in the summer when everything is super green.

@claudiavalentijn1457

2 ай бұрын

it is! Greetings from Amsterdam

@dumpmuch

Ай бұрын

I have found my people, Majoras Mask is the best game I have ever played in my life (And I played a lot of titles)

Thanks for the video!🤗

This guy is a legend💪🏻

@raine6634

5 ай бұрын

why is he?

@jamiersonrolani8330

5 ай бұрын

​@raine6634 the question is why isn't he

@Brody-Aleksander

5 ай бұрын

​@@raine6634🤡

@Jumoana

5 ай бұрын

idk man he feels like one of us except hes entertaining us with videos doing stuff we want to do or are curious about.@@raine6634

@chrispolitis

5 ай бұрын

Definitely a GOAT, fkn this year is gonna be big

Spanian, you should visit Germany. Places like the Bahnhofsviertel (Kaiserstraße) in Frankfurt or the Kölnberg in Köln! Also there are literal cities with only housing estates, like Gropiusstadt in Berlin but basically they exist in every major city in Germany.

@SuperTravisbickle

5 ай бұрын

He did go to the Bahnhofsviertel, he kept joking about it in later vlogs and calling everything Bahnhofsviertel. I don't know if/when he will release the video though.

@ZICO_BEATS

5 ай бұрын

@@SuperTravisbickle In which vlogs did he talk about it? When was he in the Bahnhofsviertel?

@Itsmetheworldsgreatest

5 ай бұрын

And they are all Islamic shitholes

@lilol8761

5 ай бұрын

i have family who live in a housing estate in berlin its so safe 😂 best ghetto in europe for sure😂

@ZICO_BEATS

5 ай бұрын

@@lilol8761 Ja klar, Deutschland ist schon sehr sicher. Vor allem wenn man in nichts involviert ist, kann man eigentlich überall wohnen und sein ohne große Probleme zu haben.

I live in Amsterdam city centre but I regularly go to Bijlmer shopping centre (Amsterdamse poort) and it's actually quite nice and "gezellig", never thought of it as the hood.

In summer with nice weather this hood looks even much better than you have experienced now 😊

Nice to see you walk in my neighborhood on KZread. I still live @ Gaasperplas (Nellestein) and love this side of Amsterdam! "You just passed my house." That's right, on this side, you can't hear anything!! Thank you for sharing!

That spiked fencing at the station is to stop both Graffiti Writer's and ticket jumpers I believe. Being end of the line a lot of panels get done at those spots.

@Hansen710

5 ай бұрын

the kids probetly ran acros the lines when the train came, my guess is this is to protect the traindriver from running down a kid..

@bigvilleboy3963

5 ай бұрын

Correct

@drewson5886

5 ай бұрын

@@Hansen710 those spikes you see on the wall are the same one's used on their train yard security fences.

I lived there for 2 years. I actually loved the vibe and nothing bad has ever happened to me. The video brings back some good memories :))

In 2006 I was backpacking around Europe and found the most lush camp-site meters from Gaastaplas station. The train ride home from the city at night after some mushrooms was an eye opener

Exactly, do not judge an area by its appearance👍Actually, the gun crime in northern Europe tends to be higher than in the South. For example, Sweden is the country with the highest gun homicide rate of the whole EU. (luckily, the EU-hoods are still safer than in many other parts of the world, such as US, LatAm etc.)

@blarfroer8066

5 ай бұрын

That's because southern Europe is more careful about whom they let in. Sweden and the Netherlands are the worst examples of being just a bit too open. And now the extreme right has gotten a lot more powerful there.

@IvanhoeElTerrible

5 ай бұрын

no hahahaha. I'm from Spain and unfortunately my country is a sieve of legal and illegal immigration. The only good thing is that the vast majority of blacks and Arabs from Africa prefer to continue the journey to Northern Europe, and therefore have more high crime.@@blarfroer8066

@_morris184

5 ай бұрын

He should go to Rinkeby, Rosengård etc. Only Mexico have more bombings than Sweden.

@tonyspeight9549

5 ай бұрын

99% of that gun crime in sweden from immigrants

@ericoneill4495

5 ай бұрын

We know why bud

Its been cleaned up over the years. Hoods all through Amsterdam. South-East. East. West and North. Central. Nieuwmarkt, red light district. Dont get it twisted, Amsterdam used to be ACTIVE. They've cleaned up a lot of tte Bijlmer and moved the population to other parts of holland. Like Almere. No jokes. Amsterdam dont play! But yeah, best city in the world. Love your work Spanian.

@barbararouwendal8708

2 ай бұрын

oh come on there are no hoods in amsterdam and certainly not the red light district, that is all yuppy and hipsters now, north is the most fancy neighbourhood in the world I just read because of all the extravagance clubs etc West is becoming more and more expensive too. Even our famous people live in south east now because it is big and close to everything. there are parks everywhere.

Very good video and as someone living in Amsterdam its nice to see how well you portrait it without being biased. Bit further to south(east) of where you were is Holendrecht which might be worse. Also internesting to go on a summer evening through the Slotermeer area.

@daanjansen7327

5 ай бұрын

I live around Holendrecht it is not so bad really. Reigersbos however.

OVER REACTING ,,,,

U know it’s a good day when u see that notification pop up saying walk though the hood 🙏🏻

I'm Aussie and I did demolition here after a plane hit one of the high rises in about 2002. You should of seen the inside of some of these flats. One was painted red. Everything red, floor, walls, toilet even the windows. We found a few rooms that had farm animals in them.

@chiefauditor1683

5 ай бұрын

That’s Fucken wild

@glennwall552

5 ай бұрын

Yar came a cross that in Berlin horse in a lift no one appeared to worry. Chook on balconies hmm normal I was told.

@noodles7011

5 ай бұрын

@@mystic2982 not sure what the go was. I was just told a plane crashed I the area. I didn't speak the language. I presumed it was pretty recent to when I was there.

@mystic2982

5 ай бұрын

@@noodles7011 ​ @noodles7011 Sorry for being skeptical. Apparently it did take several years due to the extensive damage, unlike 9/11 clean up which only took 10 months - they had a LOT of help - which is why I got a bit confused.

@noodles7011

5 ай бұрын

@@mystic2982 long time tho hey?

See i respect this alot Span, i grew up and lived for 30 years in this neighbourhood. They rebuild and gentrified the neighbourhood alot, it looks amazing compared to the junkies and needles we came from. Putting new houses in place of our old flats and flattening the roads so theres nomore underpasses and stuff. Its nice now 😅 Thank you for highlighting us bro

I have been working as an electrician in most of the worst hoods in Stockholm Sweden. It is usually very quiet during day time. The workers are working and the rest are inside or sleeping. I don't know what time it was when you got creeped out by how quiet it was, but that is normal here in sweden at least. But after business hours the whole area wakes up though, especially during the warmer half of the year.

@Liammulli

5 ай бұрын

You have the open border gang to thank for that. Sweden used to be a nice place not long ago

@TigerBoyX15

4 ай бұрын

That's because the No Goods come out after 6 pm

@davidc4408

4 ай бұрын

Sweden is great before they let them in ☻

You need to go to glasgow Scotland and see the situation there

Happy new years Spanian, I don't tend to follow many stuff on KZread just scroll through or listen to football podcasts or some mafia stuff, but I watch everything you upload you do stuff no one else does it's wonderful to watch, we see hoods in the south America and central America but no one is doing what your doing, I'm always intrigued too see what hoods are like in Europe I'm from Birmingham UK so I no what it's like over here but in Europe I don't have a clue and you showing us is quality, and the videos from Australia are class aswell 👌

Watched it Thanks for the vlog Assieman

love how theres a bunch of youtubers are coming to the bijlmer lately, ganna great for its economy! wont be to much of a ''ghetto'' anymore in a few years (imo it already isnt a bad neighbour hood because theres lots of these types of neighbourhoods in the netherlands but still) would love to see some youtuber go to ter apel JUST SAYING

Nice bit of Spanianeering assessment of the concrete carports!

love these videos, great stuff, very eye opening.

Love these videos! If you need ideas for future videos you should check out the swedish hoods around järvafältet (rinkeby, tensta, etc.). That's where the whole gang war going on in sweden right now kicked off.

We love our open curtains man… let in the sunlight ☀️ love ur work man. Greets from the Netherlands

i love the music you use in these videos, it is so eerie and haunting and just adds to the vibe of the whole video, love your work brother❤

@mickandtraceycope7826

5 ай бұрын

Love the music too👍

@gareth6861

5 ай бұрын

Does he produce I wonder, or one of his mates?

DOIN DOIN ADLAY. THANKS FOR PUMPING OUT THE EPISODES BRA.

Great channel. I hope you get your own Netflix series. Would be deserved

You got no clue how beautiful Amsterdam is, you lucky to get there

Spanian you a boss , the stuff you have overcome is incredible, from drug addiction to prison to allsorts and now you have turned youre life around .. hats off too you brother , big love from the UK 🇬🇧 💚💪💥

I only realised as an adult how rough my childhood neighbourhood was. I had nothing to compare it to at the time. In my second year of high school my parents moved to a completely different part of the country, middle class, safe but I didn't really think about it, I just missed my old home and friends. Now when I remember where I was born and spent the first 11 years or so of my life I see it as it was, rough and full of sketchy behaviour. I remember one evening hanging out with my friends playing in an underpass. Grown man walked by and just punched me to the ground.

@f.dmcintyre4666

5 ай бұрын

What?........That's wrong.............Punching kids is bad.............Happy NY...............Blessings.............

@AM-bm9rs

5 ай бұрын

if u didnt realise u probably didnt have it that rough

@krisztiankadarkuti3320

5 ай бұрын

@@AM-bm9rs So True!!! I always realise that we are living in the hood :D It was easy. Everywhere i see gritty, rough, loud, filthy and ugly housing.

@thetreatment

5 ай бұрын

As i kid, maybe 12, i went to a creek with a mate and bumped into a fella fishing. he randomly got me to my knees and held a fishing knife to my neck as a joke… He then laughed at my petrified look..

Brother- hit up Vienna when you get the chance. Awesome place, great architecture. Along with Vienna check out Salzburg, Budapest & Prague. Some Vlogs could include; Dachau Concentration Camp (Munich), Hike to the Eagles Nest (Salzburg), Neuschwenstein Castle or Oktoberfest (End of September). Can all be done in 3 weeks as they’re all close by to each other. The culture, history and emotional impact is perfect for the vlog 🤙🏽.

The airplane crash was early 90's, not mid 80's. October 4th 1992 to be exact. I was 10 and remember very well. A girl in my class had a lot of family members living in the Bijlmer.

I've been to Amsterdam 3 times. Love the place.

Honestly, in summer it probably looks pretty nice

Shout out to Spanians Mrs for letting him roam free range around the world to make this content. My Mrs wouldnt let me out of her sight for a second, the Klingon.

Enjoying seeing my city thru your eyes! Go again and see it in the Summer :-) (It was an ELAL Cargo plane -- there is a whole controversy around that event!!)

Best video of the year

Spanian ,The G.O.A.T!!! ❤ 🇦🇺

Your pronunciation for Kraaiennest was spot on. Also no, you don't always have to press the button to open the metro's doors, it's dependant on the driver, about 70% of the time in Rotterdam (at least when i get on) the doors are opened for you, especially when it's very busy on the metro. As far as trash goes in my own neighborhood, it's quite trashy and we go through stages depending on who lives here and who gets kicked out their homes, we've had rat and mice infestations for years.. :) The thing about the Netherlands is that we really like our nature, most of our places look pretty good regardless of the kinds of people living there. Without saying particularly where i live, i've heard and seen plenty of things where i live, from junkies to gunshots. It's just mostly when people think of bad places or hoods that violence or poverty is instantly a driving force but that doesn't have to be true everywhere, so where i live you're mostly fine walking about both during the day and night time, yet plenty of people get stabbed or shot here, i hear the lifeliner and police helicopters frequently, from 4-5 times a week to potentially multiple times a day.

welcome in my hood !! :d hope you had a blessed day in bijlmer !!

Over 32k veiws but only 1.8k thumbs up. Ya want to watch give Spanian a 👍. Support the Brutha. Top shit keep it up Span. 🤝

Amsterdam is one of the safest places I’ve ever been to

@bookinsights1092

5 ай бұрын

Because you probably lived in safe areas(aka white areas).

@seamuspadraigsanders431

5 ай бұрын

Give it time you're just under Romania at the moment, in 20 years you will probably rival UK, Sweden, France, Germany etc

@claudiavalentijn1457

2 ай бұрын

I live in a mixed area in Amsterdam, very safe. Have you ever even been here?@@bookinsights1092

Just found your channel, it's really good.

That was nice and grounded, good stuff. And then you improvized a Gaasperplas vs Bijlmer turf war out of thin air so I thought that was a little uncharacteristic. Anyway, nice idea for a channel to just walk around random infamous places.

Loved how this video turned out. Showing respect and honest feedback on something that works. We always hear negative comments & feedback about so called ghettos etc but loved the positivity at the end 👍

@ShirleyPrescott-mt5nk

4 ай бұрын

Yes, so great to not have the posh view of someone from a garden suburb somewhere, but a real person who knows that a clean, reasonable location is a bonus in social housing.

I’ve been a fan of your videos for quite a while now so its class to see you walking around my estate, and even saying you really liked it! This estate has a sense of community that i’ve not experienced anywhere else, and its much safer than anywhere i’ve lived.

Cool to see you in NL. Compared to the rest of your videos it's pretty nice here :). Nice you mention Ernesto Hoost! The OG k1 fighter.

That long park you walk through in the middle is the A9 motorway that cuts straight through and a few years ago they covered it with a tunnel and created the park as part of renovations and renewal. Some highrises have been demolished and replaced with lower buildings.

An Eets New Year Uncle ANIOSSSS 🥳🤩🎆

Don't be deceived, Europe, even northern Europe, is a harsher place than Australia. I picked up on this fact within a day of being in the Netherlands on a holiday there in 2015.

As a Bijlmer resident I can say this is one of the safest places I have ever lived in. Really chill, people smiling and minding their business.

Thanks for being honest in your docu.

Now visit places in Belgium like Kiel, Antwerp or Molenbeek, Brussels. Completely different world and atmosphere.

@wilmeerdandat348

5 ай бұрын

Molenbeek is not really safe to walk around with a camera. People over there can be very hostile.

@tuttifrutti5300

5 ай бұрын

Molenbeek is a good one.

@badmanthings

5 ай бұрын

There were plenty of riots going on in both these places last night. 😂

@1991enduro

5 ай бұрын

​@@wilmeerdandat348is that due to the immigration problem facing Europe as in middle Eastern and African migrants

@wilmeerdandat348

5 ай бұрын

@@1991enduro Its mostly Moroccans living there and to a lesser extent Algerians and any other African groups. There is a lot of gang activity going on in these places and a lot of crackheads walking around who would go through extreme lenghts in order to get their next shot. I wouldn't advice any foreigner to go up there alone.

You're a great virtual tour guide. It's like being there, even the sketchy bits 😂

I really enjoyed this vid, you should also give the neighboring countries a visit Germany, Belgium and also France has some interesting places... As a urban style photographer from Belgium we have a lot of different styles of hoods, some like in this video but others like Charleroi are very different.

I'm from Norway and I went to Amsterdam in December 2022 and my hotel was in Bijlmer (Cheap) No one told me it was unsafe and I felt safe being there. I like how you are basically where the plane-crash happened and pointing at the buildings and going "Look ! Bang! Bang! Bang!" - Reminds me of that scene in The Dictator in the helicopter and he talks about his Porsche 911 .. x)

one minute he's in darwin next minute he's in fckn Amsterdam 😂😂mad man keep up the videos brother respect the grind💪

Nah I lost my shit when you saw that little car driving past 😅 that was too funny

Went to school for 5 years and lived there for 7, all years absolutely fine and we still go out to eat in the "oh so spooky" shopperhal because there you can find the best Moksi. I litterally never had an issue, my girlfriend also. Yes when I first went to school there where a lot of overpases with shady individuals but those days are long gone. ❤ bijlmer

You should visit this place in the summer it will be a whole another vibe🎉

Should of gone to Geuzenveld-Slotermeer / Slotermeerlaan "da real HOOD of Amsterdam". I know the neighbourhood very well as well as all of the areas in Amsterdam. Spent many years there in Geuzenveld-Slotermeer. I know a lot of the locals they will tell you the same about the area. 30 minute tram journey from centraal station lad. Great video Spanian keep up the good work champ as always.

@Abe-or3fo

5 ай бұрын

Gv heeft stille werkers bijlmer heeft luide antis je snapt waarom hij hier ging toch

If you go to the netherlands again you should visitk kraaiennest, or go to some places in limburg. There's not much tourism here in limburg, but there's 3 cities in limburg that are in the top 10 of most dangerous cities in the netherlands.

coming from central europe, i love what you said in the beginning of the video. „people need to get off of that thinking that a ghetto/hood needs to be dirty.“ the houses dont make it hood. the people and actions in this area make it. every bigger city has „dangerous“ areas. with high/higher criminal rates. higher rates of poor people livin there etc.

Holland is one of my favourite places in the world. Unfortunately haven't been able to get back to EU for afew years now. Btw those spikes on the train fence are to deter graffiti writers painting the train.

Great video mate. You should make a hood video in London. That would be such a good video.

@toocharged

5 ай бұрын

But what hood is he gonna choose theres so many in london and the projects in london have been knocked down so theres hardly any high towers anymore like it used to be

@jethrox827

5 ай бұрын

What's the worst in London?

@keithdavies4009

5 ай бұрын

Criminal record. Ur majesty wont let him in

@user-lp5vk8sn3k

5 ай бұрын

London is shite now awful place

@ian_r125

5 ай бұрын

@@toocharged Hight towers doesn't mean bad area. Those tend to be the buildings where the most vulnerable people are housed. There's still hundreds of them in London.

Love the vids bro, when you want to come South London, shout man 😎

I think it a nice looking estate .. has loads of green spaces and it’s very quiet .. I could live in this estate

Ye I worked in customer support and this elevator company refused to send a mechanic to this tower at 19:43 late at night because they said its a 2 man job. One to do the job and one to watch his back.

looks nice and clean tbh

i moved out to the bijlmer 4 years ago, i grew up in a nicer neighbourhood. it's cheap skate and dirty, and i like the raw vibe. fortunately i haven't had any unsafe experiences yet. by the way, don't walk on the bike lane! pet peeve of every dutchie ever and pretty dangerous lol. great vid ;)

Big up lad respect spanian.

Amsterdam is so clean no matter where you go

@sjorsdoves90

5 ай бұрын

Zeedijk area isn’t so clean my mate… but thats the charme

@koolade76

5 ай бұрын

Nor the De Negen Straatjes there’s dog shit everywhere