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@Sebastian-fk3gs

29 күн бұрын

Do the Geography of Latvia🇱🇻 next.

@DaveSCameron

28 күн бұрын

What happened to the little Dutch boy with his finger in the dyke holding back the sea from flooding Holland?😂😂 👏👍📚

@DaveSCameron

28 күн бұрын

@@Sebastian-fk3gssounds like a great idea yes.🇬🇧

@jordyp3696

11 күн бұрын

game is unplayable as too many players cheat by using several accounts.

Recruiting an army of pirates and just flooding the battlefield to get them there sounds like the most bad-ass thing I’ve heard.

@thany3

19 күн бұрын

Desperate times called for desperate measures. I don't think it'd be an option anymore today though, and let's hope it'll never come to it 😬

Technically, the Dutch are Earthbenders and Waterbenders.

@kadeadams2308

29 күн бұрын

Demi-Avatars!

@anglo-dutchsausage344

27 күн бұрын

They also built a wall to stop the wind, as you might see in a Tom Scott video, sooo..... also Airbenders?

@frisianmouve

27 күн бұрын

Can we include airbending for the windmills?

@chinchillatwitch7234

24 күн бұрын

So we dutch are the avatar, but we havent learned firebending yet?

@anglo-dutchsausage344

24 күн бұрын

@chinchillatwitch7234 Italians once diverted an actual lava flow to save a town when Mt Etna erupted. They must be the Firebenders then

That story about Leiden’s wall collapsing is actually insane. The Dutch empire ended up being one of the most important driving forces in shaping our world today, it’s kind of crazy to think that if the Spanish commander wasn’t so quick to retreat, history could have been vastly different.

@Sam-xd9xt

29 күн бұрын

It might've. The Spanish tried to cut the rebellious territory in half. Comparable to how the British planned to isolate New England in the American revolution. Only Leiden stood in their way.

@dasja9966

27 күн бұрын

I sometimes wonder how the USA would look like if us dutchies wouldn't have swapped new amsterdam for suriname.

@apveening

25 күн бұрын

@@dasja9966 There wasn't much choice, the English just took New Amsterdam and offered a part of British Guiana in reparation after that war.

@dasja9966

25 күн бұрын

@@apveening true, can't argue with that. Still curious how America would have grown up if the dutchies wouldn't have lost that war though.

@apveening

25 күн бұрын

@@dasja9966 Fair point and what is now called the USA would probably have a similar name in Dutch and be speaking Dutch (as I understand it, it was a pretty close call already).

The Dutch are really good at re-using stuff too, that's a good characteristic. Case in point, in my neck of the woods, (UK) we had some Electric locomotives that were surplus to requirements in 1969. (We had changed our electric system from 1500vDC to 25,000vAC, and the 1,500vDC system was very isolated, and a year later was made freight only. Thus we didn't really need 7 express electrics!) So, not expecting any takers, we put them on offer, as a first step to them being scrapped. The Dutch railways said "Yes, please", bought them and just made a few minor alterations (new, more modern pantographs, mainly) and got another 15 years out of them. Which is 1 year longer than the service in the UK! Only 6 out of the 7 were used in the Netherlands, as one had suffered a minor fire before export and was thus used for parts. So the Dutch also have spotting things that can be re-used as a national skill.

@thany3

19 күн бұрын

It's in the minds of many people here (NL). You wouldn't believe how often someone says "Don't toss it, I can still use that for something!" I think it's a lingering mentality from wartime, when we were forced to be frugal, which may have sparked some creativity in terms of how we can reuse stuff. Small stuff around the house, mostly. But also trams. I believe it was something like 15 years ago when the regional transportation company in Utrecht purchased old trams from Sweden. Just some minor upgrades, and they still got a few years out of them until the new trams that we have today, were ready for deployment.

@darrellbeets7758

Күн бұрын

Lol that would be me X D i have to force myself to trow stuff out, i always have ideas how to rebuild or reinvent it haha

As an overly sensitive Canadian ( we have a big country just south of us that , well , sometimes blows pretty hard ) I must commend you for mentioning the British AND the Canadians in regard to WWII Dutch liberation. This is seldom done and for me indicates that you actually researched well for this well presented and informative video. I will now subscribe to your channel ( no applause please , we heroes shun attention ). Good work like this that is not sensationalized nor sins by commission or ommission is rare.

@Dutchguy.94

28 күн бұрын

I dont think any Dutch person whose (great)grandparents or parents lived through the war, will leave out the Canadians from the story. We dont send you 10.000 tulip bulbs each year without good reason.

@robertdavenport6705

28 күн бұрын

@@Dutchguy.94 Oh ,I do understand and love the Dutch remembrance of the Canadians. I was speaking of most American,or even British at times, productions forgetting to mention the Canadians. I in no way intended that comment to include the Dutch. s

@DaveSCameron

28 күн бұрын

Top comment and I too am sensitive about this Americanisation of almost everything, from literature to history. Best wishes from your friends in Liverpool 🇨🇦☘️📚

@Leyrann

28 күн бұрын

There was a ton of Canadian involvement in liberating the Netherlands! I wouldn't actually be surprised if the forces that liberated us were _primarily_ Canadian, based on how many individual locations are said to have been liberated by them.

@moladiver6817

28 күн бұрын

​@@LeyrannThe Canadians were definitely the largest group of liberators, quickly followed by the British. In 1945 the Americans only crossed Dutch territory in the most southern parts of Limburg as they were mainly focussed on pushing through to Berlin. For that reason there's only one American cemetary in the country, in the town of Margraten. I visited it once as part of a school trip. Quite impressive! But yeah the Canadians stole our hearts back then. Lots of relationships were forged and till this day Canadian veterans are celebrated in person in The Netherlands where they are received as true heroes. Old black and white photos taken during the liberation show people holding flags and banners with a maple leaf. This strong historical connection with Canada will never be forgotten by the Dutch. I would like to add there were also Polish soldiers taking part in our liberation. This is often overlooked but they too played more than a minor role.

Finally a non Dutch youtuber that correctly pronounces Dutch names haha

@donnathelightningbug

29 күн бұрын

Bro hij zegt "zouderzee"

@aeiouaeiou100

29 күн бұрын

@@donnathelightningbug Bro heb je andere amerikanen het wel eens horen uitspreken. Er was laatst een youtuber die Zwiederzie zei

@donnathelightningbug

29 күн бұрын

@@aeiouaeiou100 Ja precies, hij spreekt Nederlandse namen verkeerd uit.

@aeiouaeiou100

29 күн бұрын

@@donnathelightningbug Dit is ongeveer zo goed als je kan verwachten van iemand die nog nooit Nederlands heeft gesproken. Engels heeft geen "ui" klank.

@xxxBradTxxx

29 күн бұрын

I will never pronounce "gulden" properly. I have a Dutch friend who showed me an old Guilder, then he corrected me when I pronounced it "hol-den". "It's with the back of throat ghu sound" he said.

I work for a company owned by a Dutch corporation. It really, really blew their minds when they bought the company and learned about how the sick care, erm, healthcare and insurance works here in the U.S. 😂

@joostprins3381

27 күн бұрын

Yeah, we think that if you handle people with decency they will repay you for that by being loyal. In the US I would be homeless at best, probably dead just because of healthcare, living now for 7 years with cancer, using about 3000 euros per month on medicines only, and it cost me only the normal fee you have to pay here for healthcare, which is about 200 euros a month (including your own risk). I also had an operation and been in hospital for about 3 months, this amount would have killed my bank account in the US straight away.

@apveening

25 күн бұрын

US companies usually have similar but opposite experiences when taking over continental European companies.

@ludoludoma

21 күн бұрын

Most Europeans think this about USA healthcare system not just Dutch .

@apveening

21 күн бұрын

@@ludoludoma Not only Europeans, also Americans who have lived in Europe for more than about a year.

@croozerdog

18 күн бұрын

@@joostprins3381 and we're happy to work for your treatment, stay strong bro

Excellent video. Better and more informative than most. Deserves likes and clicks galore. Thanks from Charles in Amsterdam.

@GeographyGeek

28 күн бұрын

Thank you for the kind words!

Aren't dutch people (specifically engineers) also pretty sought-after in the world for projects related to water, dikes, land reclaiming and stuff like that?

@dotz7616

29 күн бұрын

Yes, just ask Egypt, Singapore, New Orleans and Dubai

@Flipflopfinnley

11 күн бұрын

As a dutch person i can confirm

I've always loved geography and maps. Love this channel.

@DaveSCameron

28 күн бұрын

I could never find my way around it myself..

I’m from the Netherlands born and raised but have immigrant parents from Surinam and Ethiopia. Never knew these things, very interesting! And I have a lot more respect for my country now.👍🏾👍🏾

@TheSuperappelflap

29 күн бұрын

Typical

@jollygoodgordon5580

29 күн бұрын

@@TheSuperappelflap typical what?

@jollygoodgordon5580

29 күн бұрын

@@TheSuperappelflap haha appelflap

@TheSuperappelflap

29 күн бұрын

@@jollygoodgordon5580 typical fpr immigrant to not even bother to learn anything about the country or culture despite living here for decades

@Timspt8

29 күн бұрын

Top te horen man

You mean Earthbenders, protecting themselves from Waterbenders.

@GeographyGeek

29 күн бұрын

That’s fair

Great informative video. I myself am from Vlissingen or Flushing in the region of Walcheren that was involved in WWII. The 'Battle of the Scheldt' is sometimes called the forgotten battle, because the battles talked about are usually about the liberation of the Netherlands. So thanks for mentioning the biggest WWII operation on Dutch soil that was crucial for the logistics part of the liberation of Europe. In 2020 a well-produced war movie from the Netherlands was made about the battle that is a recommended watch! And also here in Vlissingen, the operation and the primarily Canadian fighting force are remebered every year🇳🇱🇨🇦.

To expand on exporting our water managing skills: back in medieval times, Dutch peoples were invited to settle in eastern Romania (according to Living Ironically In Europe's latest video) and on the Polish coast (as part of the Ostsiedlung) to drain the swamps!

@apveening

25 күн бұрын

Also several places in the Baltics, Königsberg (East Prussia), Berlin/Postdam and many more.

Oost West, Thuis Best

@BartSliggers

25 күн бұрын

Moderate yet consistent rainfall 😅

@rayvg7709

20 күн бұрын

​@@BartSliggers Bent toch niet van suiker?

Thank you for reinforcing my Dutch god-complex

The reason people don't think of the Netherlands as a powerhouse _is_ because Dutchmen don't talk about it, but it's _not_ because of humility. It's just that most Dutchmen would rather talk bussiness than talk about how special they are. Dutchmen are kind of cold and blunt, and I say that as a Dutchman myself.

Thanks for this excellent video. I've written a small vocab here for Hungarian viewers. leverage = kihasznál (üzleti szempontból), under the radar = észrevétlenül, lowlands = alföld, flood prone countries = árvíz által veszélyeztetett országok, by some estimates = becslések szerint, eat away the coastline = elmossa a partvonalat, relentless efforts = irgalmatlan erőfeszítések, land reclamation = föld visszaszerzése, gain the upper hand against the elements = felülkerekedik az elemeken, storm surge = vihardagály, drainage system = csatornarendszer

As a Dutch person, with this video I also learn from what has been achieved by the Netherlands in history. Please continue making such videos.

Excelent video! It is unfair to compare our cities to other cities in the world, as we have made a concerted effort to keep our individual cities small but extremely well-connected. A fairer comparison would be to treat the Randstad as a single city. Even though it includes the cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Den Haag and Utrecht, it is about the same size as the New York metropolis. Though I am sure the Ruhr area would want to be treated likewise ;-)

We miss you! I want more content ❣️❣️ you do an amazing job

I am from the Netherlands and from the UK but the history between Rotterdam (I don’t live there anymore but I did) and Amsterdam and their rivalry is also very interesting.

@guadiheredia

13 күн бұрын

GUADIII mi canal

Small tip: remove the background noise of your audio recordings, very easy to do and very satisfying as a listener. Nice video! Well done

This also explains why the Dutch are tall, they would drown otherwise

Another great video, thank you.

As the old saying goes: "God created the Dutch, but the Dutch created the Netherlands".

@johnjimmies8256

29 күн бұрын

He said that right as I read your comment 😮

another banger, no surprise

As someone who's grown up there I appreciate you mentioning Naarden!

Geography is not just physical, political and demographic as well.

Nice video. 👍

I made the like count "nice" (yes, despite being 55 I am still a juvenile when it comes to those things) I had no idea that de Geuzen were called Sea Beggars in English, what a stupid name!!

@cyberleone00

29 күн бұрын

The english are full of it anyways

@DenUitvreter

29 күн бұрын

@@cyberleone00 Indeed, they were much better enemies than they were friends. The English kicking the sea beggars out of their ports did even more good to the Dutch independence war than the Duke of Leicester quitting his 'help'.

@Emphyrio7

29 күн бұрын

It's an example of linguistic reappropriation. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geuzen#Origin_of_the_name

2:11 1000 FEET???? The Netherlands (just like every civilised country) uses METRIC. The tallest point stands at 322,4 METER over sea level. 2:41 There were many casualties, but the exact number is unknown. The number 100,000 is "symbolic of a lot and, taken literally, completely fictitious".

Just they forgot to store the sediments flowing downriver. Had they done that maybe the Waddensee would be habitable.

I'm an American farmer, I know and am friends with a number Dutch Farmers They do tend to be the best farmers and they are very cheap lol The Dutch also happened to create most of the technology at least in dairy farming that I know of that's my specialty They make all the robotic milkers milking systems and stuff like that.

Not forgetting that the Dutch are the ones who travelled to east Anglia in the time of Oliver Cromwell and reclaimed huge quantities of land from the North Sea from The Wash all the way down to Cambridge. #Flatlands

@guadiheredia

13 күн бұрын

mi canal de Argentina

There's another flood defense, the IJssel Line, build between 1950-1960

I want to thank you for this information on behalf of my fellow countrymen.

We DO have a mountain. The Vaalsterberg is considered a mountain as geologists set the height at 300 meters to be considered a mountain. The Vaalsterberg is 322 meters.

@GeographyGeek

27 күн бұрын

To be considered a mountain it’s 300 meters above the surrounding area not 300 meters outright.

@steiner554

27 күн бұрын

@@GeographyGeek it is 322 above NAP and is considered a mountain. Look it up.

@GeographyGeek

27 күн бұрын

@@steiner554 I did. 322 above NAP does not make it a mountain. It’s 300 compared to the immediate surrounding area. It may be called a mountain in a country that doesn’t have any but I have ant hills in my yard taller than that.

@tisyaa4294

23 күн бұрын

Bruh .....​@@GeographyGeek

@Morvven

19 күн бұрын

​@@GeographyGeekShots fired. But allow us one mountain please :(

11:03 hee molen de Valk. Nog nooit dronken geweest daar bij Bassie😂

. shout out to .. itchy boots .. “ alaska “ ❤

@guadiheredia

13 күн бұрын

my Chanel de Argentina

I build a castle in the swamp….then it sank…..

@RealConstructor

27 күн бұрын

Not when you build it on piles. That’s how all houses in the west and north are build. My house is build on prefab concrete piles driven 22m into the earth, through the weak peat ground to the first load baring layer of sand. In my town 23m below the surface. And the surface is also 6m below sea level. In former times the piles were wood.

@pauljohn5554

27 күн бұрын

@@RealConstructor apparently you have no taste in Monty pythons humor. lol

@RealConstructor

25 күн бұрын

@@pauljohn5554 No

The winds here are equally consistent as they are insistent... XD

naa we solved the real flodding issue. these days its mostly just basements. we even deleted most of our lakes. (in our i mean Holland not the netherlands) as i recently took some year 1500 map diving of the area. but i wish the US luck with solving thier tornado issue. unless you call building your homes out of paper so its easier to rebuild a solution. i myself think more of hobit house style might solve it.

I scrolled down a whole 3 messages before I saw the first: "As a dutch person"

@jacobwillemvandervelden7216

17 күн бұрын

as a Dutch person I laughed at this

@group555_

17 күн бұрын

We are so incredibly arrogant

I can see my house at 10:38 !

I love being Dutch, and now feel even better.

it is a river delta. uit has been sort of ok for the last couple of hundred years. This, however will change fast. NL has no new delta works plan against rising sea levels.

The 12th province of the Netherlands, Flevoland, was added on the first of January 1986, not in 1996.

Wow I learned some Dutch history even tho I'm from The Netherlands

There is no denying it now, yes we Dutch people, are waterbenders.

Error at 2:04 Aruba, Curaçao, and St. Maarten are not part of the Netherlands. They are the other countries in the Kingdom, but not part of the country.

@GeographyGeek

29 күн бұрын

Idk if I’d call that an error but I probably should have said the Kingdom. The Kingdom is the sovereign state which of course is a country. They are both referred to as the Netherlands.

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Im upset you didnt mention the company ASML. ASML is arguably the most important company of the 21st century. Without it we would not be able to manufacture modern computers and it is a dutch company.

@apveening

25 күн бұрын

@facepalm486 "Philips" with a single "l" please. And yes, it is a crying shame that company went down, but it lives on in the spin-offs like but most certainly not limited to ASML.

"If it ain't Dutch, it ain't much!"

@DT-wp4hk

28 күн бұрын

Groen links

When you showed Amsterdam i immediately smelled the weed😂 I was there a few weeks ago and wherever you go you smell weed

low but fertile, that's the exact problem every delta/river civilization faces, maybe someone should coin a term for this conumdrum

Fun Fact: the Dutch EEG is bigger than the land part of the Netherlands.

Explaining why it’s geography directly affected how good the economy is explains why the Spanish try to take it from them

The Spanish name for the Netherlands is Los Países Bajos, which also means “the Low Countries.” In conversation, I have also heard this name extend to the other countries in the Benelux region, which also includes Luxembourg and Belgium.

@kitcutting

29 күн бұрын

NOTE: when talking about the specific regions in Benelux (Holland, Wallonia, Zeeland, Flanders, etc.), there are obviously proper Spanish names used for these regions. Los Países Bajos is used for the Netherlands, but apparently isn’t completely exclusive to just the Netherlands.

@giselavaleazar8768

28 күн бұрын

The Netherlands and The Low Countries used to refer to the same area. The lands which came in possession of the Habsburgs and so became ruled by the Spanish king. Since the creation of the free Dutch Republic this terminology slowly became to mean different things. Nowadays in The Netherlands we use these two: Nederland: translates to Low/Down Land (singular) and is known as The Netherlands to foreigners. De Lage Landen: translates to The Low Lands and is used for the Benelux countries as an entity.

@mormacil

27 күн бұрын

The Low Countries historically refers to those three countries in English too. While the Netherlands has the same meaning as the Low Countries they refer to different things.

@apveening

25 күн бұрын

Comparable to the French "Les Pays-Bas"

Un paese incredibile

Holland is this world's backbone!

@badboattail

21 күн бұрын

Sure thing, unfortunately: the other 10 provinces (like Friesland, Limburg or Noord Brabant) are not really helping much. In Holland (the name for the combined provinces of Noord and Zuid Holland) all the money is earned.

@KimmieArgyshev

10 күн бұрын

@@badboattailbwahahahaha the delusional hollander that we know and hate! 😂😂😂

We Dutch don't give a fuck nature is moving for us

We are real life waterbenders

We are just hyper evolved fish

We need them in New Orleans.

@TheSuperappelflap

29 күн бұрын

George Bush doesnt care about black people

@apveening

25 күн бұрын

Are you going to listen this time?

@cmotherofpirl

25 күн бұрын

@@apveening I did. We need them in Nee Orleans, because the Army Corp of Engineers and the corruption defeats that city.

@apveening

25 күн бұрын

@@cmotherofpirl Part of the Dutch lesson, get rid of corruption.

@TheSuperappelflap

25 күн бұрын

@@cmotherofpirl i remember hearing the army corps of engineers built a new dam there, and they sunk a bunch of pillars into mud to hold the dam up. spoiler alert, at the next flood, that entire dam is going. you wont just get a tsunami, you will get a tsunami plus a thousand tonne metal sheet washed away by the pressure. mud is not a good building foundation.

"Hello" from 12 feet under sea level safe and dry. 2:59 No wait, the saying goes: "God created the Dutch as the Finishing Touch."

@MB-co6qj

29 күн бұрын

That's a different one!

17.9 million people actually

Hello iam am from the netherlands btw hoi allemaal goede dag

Man, I'm proud to be Dutch! 💪🏼

What is the familiar nick name of Netherland?

@badboattail

21 күн бұрын

Kikkerlandje (little frog country).

@bertbeinaaf8314

19 күн бұрын

Holland

@badboattail

19 күн бұрын

@@bertbeinaaf8314 Holland is the name for the combined provinces of North and South Holland. That's not a nickname.

@KimmieArgyshev

10 күн бұрын

@@badboattailare you dumb? The question wasn’t: “what is the familiar nick name of the two most delusional provinces?” 😂😂😂

Can i ask about YaGog and Magog where are them?? The first map montioned them behind the wall and they are montioned in the Quran they are peoples each one of us equal 999 to them

You pronounced them almost good but it is so funny how it is really hard for non Dutch people 1❤ out of the Netherlands

wij Nederlanders zijn goed met water. In de tweede wereld oorlog was water ons wapen tegen de Duitsers

While you mention the risk of flooding you consistently forget the major risk that is existing near: France, UK, and Germany simultaneously. 3 of the most warmongering invasion heavy nations having a border with us directly advantageous to them (land for France/Germany and Sea for UK). Just imagine having 3 imperial colonizing warmonger USA's sitting on your borders for your entire existence. Quite frankly the fact that the Netherlands exists is a miracle made by Dutch hands (mostly our ancestors). The fact that it can against both nature and man's greatest efforts is an incredibly feat of human resilience.

@tanyaali3992

29 күн бұрын

Miracle maybe. But they did colonialize a greater part of Indonesia which aided in their success greatly with the natural resources it provided.

@JABN97

28 күн бұрын

Arguably the fact it was 3 instead of 1 superpower on our doorstep helped us survive. When the French invaded, the Germans & English helped. When the English blocked our trade, the French and Germans would team up with us. When the Germans conquered us, the French died for us and the British called in Canada and the USA to liberate us. And the one year all 3 teamed up on us (Rampjaar), they pissed off the rest of Europe and fell into bickering within a half year. Balance of power and all that. None of those 3 could afford the other gaining our resources permanently, and thus had reason to keep us supported

@jandron94

28 күн бұрын

Sachant également que les Pays-Bas ont le contrôle de l'embouchure du Rhin, le fleuve le plus important économiquement et sur le plan industriel pour les Allemands... Pour les Français les Pays-Bas ne sont pas géographiquement très important du moment où la France ne revendique plus toute la rive gauche du Rhin... Commercialement les Pays-Bas ont un besoin essentiel de l'Allemagne et de la France car à eux deux c'est x10 le marché intérieur néerlandais... Il suffit de voir le volume des échanges commerciaux entre les Pays-Bas et l'Allemagne pour constater que les Pays-Bas font parti du "hinterland" économique de l'Allemagne (avec l'Autriche, la Belgique, la Suisse...)

@apveening

25 күн бұрын

While not really colonizing, there was a fourth major imperial warmonger around, now mostly overlooked because of its more recent policy of neutrality, Sweden.

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I am required by my Dutch heritage to upvote and comment on this video. Consider yourself (but only with your consent) colonized.

Actually, for at least a third of the Netherlands, staying under the radar is very easy and requires 0 effort - heck you might even mistake it for the sea at first... XD

water? more like... future land

De windmolens hebben de gouden eeuw mogelijk gemaakt. Door zaagwindmolens.

14:26 Another example of Dutch methods used in other places in the world are the artificial islands in Dubai and Abu Dhabi

I am Dutch and approve of this message. It is worth mentioning that our farm exports are so absurdly huge because of the destructive fertilizers that the farmers use. The Dutch care more about money and efficiency than their own nature and soil. The calvinistic tradition is more implicit now but very much alive and a not only a part of our economical policies but also a part of personal relationships. While famously tolerant, Dutch people are also very direct and might seem a little more afraid of individuality than some other western cultures. This can feel repressive at times but it’s almost like people deal with it willingly (mostly unconsciously) for the greater good: stability and wealth. Also worth mentioning: most of the Netherlands used to be forests or swamps, but almost every tree was cut down during the golden age, to sell the wood.😂 Mostly for ship making. ALL the forests and natural reserves you see today are manmade. Great video!

@apveening

25 күн бұрын

While you have a point, the major reason our agricultural exports are so absurdly huge is because re-exports are included in the number. Fresh flowers are imported from all over the world to be auctioned in Aalsmeer and be exported again. American grain for Germany goes for a large part through Rotterdam. Amsterdam is still the world center for cocoa trade. The Netherlands is also a major importer of agricultural products, but that is never mentioned. And agricultural products aren't alone in this category, the Netherlands is also both a major importer and exporter of oil and oil derived products.

18 күн бұрын

@@apveening That's interesting. The land use (almost all the land in the Netherlands) and the productivity are also, relatively, very high. And that's detrimental to our nature and land, in the long run and we are seeing the consequences already. But of course this could be fixed by different policies (which many people have expressed they don't want...). We'll see. I'm glad we are in the EU and that there are rules we have to abide by.

Water defenses would've been badass back in the day

calling the Seabeggers pirats is not entirely fair. They were a mix of Pirate and freedom fighter

@apveening

25 күн бұрын

Most of them were privateers (holding letters of marque).

@robvoncken2565

25 күн бұрын

@@apveening that would be the captains so minority on board 🙂

@apveening

25 күн бұрын

@@robvoncken2565 That would apply to the ship and sailors as well, sea law 101.

Star forts all over the place. .

Like if you are Dutch

12:13 "New York" (or New Amsterdam) was a colony. Surinam (or Suriname) never was. The British (forcefully) traded them. But hey.. now we have ASML.

@maartentoors

28 күн бұрын

Het helpt een beetje dat we onderling kunnen LACHEN over ale malle yuo tup videos.. xD

Tssk. In the country outline you left our westernmost province out. That blue bit is ours! 😤

I would like to provide another reason for our success. We are one of the smaller nations and have always been. So wasting an opportunity is not something we can afford. China being late to a new technology was fine for them for a lot of their history. If we were ever slightly caught out of position we would be destroyed by all pur neighbors, just look at the disaster year.

Why defend it, simple becouse its ours to defend.

I am ducht

yall really need to stop acting like the netherlands is a utopia, WE HAVE WAY TO MANNY PEOPLE! Like, 16 million people to much! (we now have like 18/19 milion)

@GeographyGeek

12 күн бұрын

Better take some more land

@SERMareep2007

8 күн бұрын

On it​@@GeographyGeek

Why does everyone keep perpetuating the lie that Amsterdam was the first Stock exchange? It's the oldest surviving yes, but the first Stock Exchange was in Brugge the Dutch word for it is still the name of the Family who held it Van Der Beurze. The Stock exchange in Bruges was first held in 1370, 300 years before the Dutch stockexchange started.

@Vlugge_Japie

27 күн бұрын

Maybe it's because of the things that were exchanged. I thought in Amsterdam it was the first time that little parts/shares of an actual company could be bought by the common man. I think in Brugge they traded other things.

@crazyciler50

27 күн бұрын

@@Vlugge_Japie well yes In Bruges it’s true that there were no shares in companies for sale, but still then … Antwerp had such a stock exchange that did sell them in the 1500’s still almost a 100 years before Amsterdam…

@bertoverweel6588

26 күн бұрын

​@@crazyciler50Of wich company they had shares 100 years before in Antwerp?

@crazyciler50

26 күн бұрын

@@bertoverweel6588 fair enough you're right I looked at the history in English and there is a difference in commodity exchange and stock exchange... so I was wrong, probably got confused because in Flemish they're both just called "Beurs".

@bertoverweel6588

26 күн бұрын

@@crazyciler50 No problem, it could be right so I wonder't wich company it was, nice day.

Poseidon ain't welcome around these parts

The saying goes: god created the land and the sea, but the Frisens created the coast.

"A temperate climate certainly helps productivity". What is this, 1930?

@GeographyGeek

28 күн бұрын

Most of Netherlands’ history happened before 1930.

@snefokk_i_heiene

27 күн бұрын

pissing your pants commie?

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

Zuider zee werken...just call it south sea works, theres this beautifull thing called ur own language...just try it dont say stroopwafel call it a syrup waffle or a dutch waffle idk lol if u cant pronounce it simply dont. If ur video was in dutch completely it would have been fine but ur video is english so why mix in dutch words and terms that u are pronouncing wrong?

is this an AI generated/written video? It's close to being accurate, but there are so many small mistakes that could very easily be prevented

Not disagreeing that Dutch accomplishments are often a bit overlooked, but the reason for that is definitely not that the Dutch are supposedly "modest" (my guess is that the true reason is that global popular history is very Anglosphere-slanted). Many Dutch people have an almost comical superiority complex that is similar to that of other post-imperial modern day nations like the UK or France.

@Tr786hala

28 күн бұрын

We found the Belgian dude ladies and gentlemen

@daansandee7296

28 күн бұрын

En omgekeerd hebben Belgen een minderwaardigheidscomplex, maar dat is ook wel begrijpelijk.

@OGruurd

27 күн бұрын

Om eerlijk te zijn ben ik het met je eens. Groetjes uit Friesland.

@mneoud

21 күн бұрын

@@OGruurd Ik kom uit Brabant en ben het helemaal niet met hem eens.

@ylondes9927

20 күн бұрын

Waar heb jij het over pik?