The star shaped town is my hometown Naarden, it was build this way for defending against siege warfare, its simply put verry hard to attack this style of defence because the star shape dont gives any blindspots for attackers to find cover, that with sometime’s multiple layers of moats make’s it a pretty strong defence back in the day

@florisdejong7975

Ай бұрын

There is also a town called Brielle in the netherlands, very simular looks. Also quite a pretty town.

I laughed my ass off in history class when the teacher told about the Raid on the Medway. Brits "Ye lets hide the fleet upriver" Dutch : "Their fleet is just a little upstream, we can go there.. sure we can", blew up half the English fleet and took the English flagship with 'm Hahahaha such brutality.

@bastonor

Ай бұрын

The Dutch paid for their meals in taverns they happened upon. The English, after the raid, didn't

Michiel de Ruyter the greatest admiral of that time....between 1600 and 1700

What you might find interesting is the fact that many Scots served in the Dutch army in our 80 years war of independence and in our colonies. An interesting Scot is John Gabriel Stedman. He served as a captain in the Dutch army in Suriname, a colony were the Dutch did terrible things to the slaves. He wrote a book about his experience there. It's called: Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam.

Lots of popular sports besides football. Field hockey and rugby, track and field, handball, volleyball, basically anything where being tall gives you an advantage haha. And we have a decent amount of tennis players. Of course, cycling, both indoor, road and off-road. A lot of people also do winter sports like ice skating, skiing, etc. We are usually well represented at the summer and winter Olympics. Oh and lets not forget about swimming and water polo. Personally I like to go running, cycling or swimming a couple times a week to get some cardio in.

@dutchman7623

Ай бұрын

Sailing, wind surfing, snow boarding... chess, checkers, billiards, darts..., car racing... Everything actually!

@TheSuperappelflap

Ай бұрын

@@dutchman7623 ah yeah sailing, wind and kite surfing, forgot about those. kayaking on the lakes is quite a good workout as well

the star shape was for defence in 1500 - 1600 !

Flemish is a Dutch dialect. It is even one of the dialects that served as a model for the development of modern "general civilized Dutch". It does sound a little different and sometimes they use slightly different words or syntax, but it is completely mutually intelligible. Dutch in relation to German, English and Frisian is a Northwestern European gemanic language and not really mutually intelligible, although the languages are closely related and share many words.

You are turning into a dutchman. The way you correct his pronunciation of gouda is just perfect 17:19

If you like to learn about Dutch history. I suggest you start with the Dutch Revolt or the 80 years War. The war the lead to our independence. This documentary is in Dutch, but you can turn on the excellent subtitles. The channel is by Paul H. I suggest you start with this episode: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hpt7ra-vddLPabg.htmlsi=Y_iEKldRBS88Ife7

5:36 that's what we call a "fort." Its used in wars by and against Napoleon etc. There is numouris forten. Around the country i have one close to my neighbourhood fort Rhijnauwen. They are often in a star shape like. Som like fort Rhijnauwen are a Little different tho. Fort Rhijnauwen for example is coffered with al these plants and Stuff to make it blend into the area. From the other side of the water it just looks Likes it a random lake/river.

I used to go skating to Naarden vesting (fortress). I could step on the ice just outside my backdoor, skate the 35 km's to Naarden, eat Dutch pea soup, skate around the fortress, eat some "koek en zopie" (and or more pea soup) and then head back. I'll never forget the feeling of skating on the black ice on the large lakes (very smooth and translucent ice, so it looks very dark) we had to cross and the sound it makes when skating on it ... Sadly, we haven't had winters like that in a long time ... I can speak with Flemish people perfectly; Flemish is basically Dutch with a different pronunciation and accent and words, but perfectly understandable for me. But I'm from the south of The Netherlands, Belgians are my brothers and sisters. And yeah, I can also speak with South Africans comfortably in Afrikaans I think most Dutch people are quite proud of the colonial history but more and more have come to recognise the wrongs that have been done in those days to the original people. That it was not all glory. Hence, the king and the government made official excuses to the people in the former colonies. We can't undo what has been done, but I think the realisation of the fact that colonisation has brought a lot of misery to many people is seeping in

There are several star shape (bastion) forts in the Netherlands. The most beautiful is imo in Bourtange. A lot of Dutch people (60-70%) speak/understand German. They have learned it in school (3-5 years). People/ children who live near the German border learn it from a young age.

@hagalaz793

Ай бұрын

Kasteel de Goede Hoop is another Dutch building....but in Cape Town, also the oldest building in South Africa.

Geography Geek has a lot of fun/educational videos about the history of The Netherlands. If not all/most countries/significant historical moment.

THE GOLDEN AGE ,IS VERY INTERESTING. !

@qwertyuiopzxcfgh

Ай бұрын

In English, it's called the "Dutch Golden Age" ;)

I'd say Dutch Dutch and Belgian Dutch is just as different as English English and Scottish English, it's different, but you can understand it.

Flemish differs from Dutch in only a few ways. Yes we can understand each other most of the time, but Flemish doesn't have that hard G we have (Hagelslach, Kachel, etc) and often don't understand our sayings. On the other side we need to focus to get that soft G Belgians have.

The boss remark about Peter Stuyvesant was a joke. Boss comes from the Dutch baas which means boss but English didn't have a word for that. The Americans liked it because it didn't have any feudal meanings. It just means the one who's in charge.

15:30.. in WW2 dutch people actually resorted to eating those tullip bulbs... and then there was this other story you might want to learn about... there was this huge flood in 1953 like 75% of the country got flooded and so many people died... it was then that the Dutch people started to fight the ocean and claim back our land... its a very important history story from The Netherlands.

Other sports we excel at, many times ending in the medals at WC or Olympics: Volleyball, Athletics, Hockey, Cycling in different forms, Ice Speed skating, marshall arts (Judo, Kickboxing, etc) Hors riding (dressage and jumping), Surfing, Sailing, Rowing, Swimming, Waterpolo and many others. The town surrounded by water is a fortress town from the 16th-17th century. Water was used as a defence wall. There are a few in the Netherlands. About colonialism, of course most Dutch people now realise or start to realise that colonisation is not something we should be too proud of. On the other hand, it was the sign of the times in those days. And lets face it, nowadays it is not countries that colonise, it is big multinationals doing it. Of course the former colonies are sceptical, although in general the Netherlands has friendly relations with most former colonies. We are also the first former coloniser that officially apologized to the former colonies for its colonization and slave trade. That happened last year, to the people of the Dutch Caribbean, Indonesia and Suriname, as they suffered most. There is a great series on the Dutch 80-year war, kzread.info/dash/bejne/hpt7ra-vddLPabg.html (with English subtitles) Enjoy!!!

@qravenp

Ай бұрын

China is flatout colonizing africa as we speak though

Star Forts can be found all around the world,there are several channels on this topic on KZread

Flemish is the same language as Dutch, but with some different words and dialect. A bit like the difference between Scottish & English. Dutch people can only understand German when learn it at school. I had 4 years of German in high school.

@forkless

Ай бұрын

That's a bit of a overgeneralization. I understood -- as did many other fellow countrymen -- German before I even hit the 'kleuterschool'. Large parts of the Netherlands back before cable television had these contraptions on their roofs called antennas which they used to watch television. For many border area Dutch this included a far larger assortment of German TV channels than Dutch TV channels back then.

@gertstraatenvander4684

Ай бұрын

@@forkless Yep. My father never had it in school but could communicate in German. I learned it before I ever got it in school, I just learned to spell it there, lol.

@forkless

Ай бұрын

@@gertstraatenvander4684 Die Sendung mit Der Maus!

@gertstraatenvander4684

Ай бұрын

@@forkless Dat ja.

We the dutch are on a road to reckoning to our shared history. Both with caribbean, Suriname, Indonesië and all african partners. It is hopefully a road to redemption... and no, no colonialism

There should be some remnants of Dutch colonialism in Singapore. I don't remember what it was, a VOC warehouse, or colonial government house, or church, or graveyard, but there definitely is something there. Flemish is officially exactly 100% Dutch (in writing, Belgium Netherlands and Surinam make official changes every 10 years, by treaty). But it is hard to understand each other the further one was born from each other. I don't understand spoken Flemish dialects, even the "Tussentaal" (in-between language) is difficult for me. I was born north of the Rhine, so that explains it. I am not proud of the colonial times. But I am a bit proud that the Netherlands still holds the record for the longest war of independence ever (80 years). And it was very bloody at times. At the same time founding a colonial empire and fighting off the Portugese, the Spaniards (obviously), the British, the French, the Bishop of Münster and the sea itself. All that with only 2 million inhabitants. The Netherlands was a very efficient country, it still is to this day.

@dutchman7623

Ай бұрын

I think you are referring to the 'red square' in Malakka Malaysia, build with Dutch bricks.

it's the same difference as ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH. THEY CAN ALSO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER.

That star shaped town was probably Naarden. Naarden is an example of a star fort, complete with fortified walls and a moat. The moat and walls have been restored on numerous occasions, most notably during the French era (1795-1814). en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naarden

@marcovtjev

Ай бұрын

Another famous one is Bourtange: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourtange_(fort)

English, German and French are all much more different outside the countries named after them than Dutch/Flemish is. It's just that Flemish is an older name yet the country is much younger. So in the end the language got named after the country where the most speakers of it are, but the old name lingered in Belgium for obvious reason. But the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname have established a Taalunie, Language Union, that determines the spelling and probably some other stuff. Which is more than you can say for English. Swiss French and German are more different too. As for the dialects, okay there are Dutch dialects in both Belgium and the Netherlands that are beyond me, but the same goes for some Austrian or Swiss dialects of German. French is not my forte :| but it seems the Swiss don't use quatrevingt (literally fourtwenty) for 80 but octante and nonante for 90.

6:49 a Flemish accent is easy to understand. The Flemish langues is harder. They sound different and have a lot of different weurds actually. Flammish is more close to old Dutch than what we speak in the Netherlands.

I would start at the 80 years war for Dutch history. It is super interesting and the start of the country.

Dutch and Flemmish people will probably always understand each other. I'm from the South in The Netherlands and our dialect sounds a lot more like german. But even between towns there are dialect differences, and the dialects in the towns near the border sound almost completely German. People from the north in the Netherlands will probably have more trouble understanding someone from the south. A German will probably have an easier time.

belgium use some other words for some things like we do and the G in the dialact is more than here but we can understand eachother good

It is very easy to understand Flemish, similar to British and American English are mutually intelligible. Afrikaans is a bit harder to understand as its grammar is simplified, among pronunciation and vocabulary differences. German is even harder to understand, although many of us have learned it. However, the vast majority (96%) can comfortably have a conversation in English, while only 71% could do that in German.

Check out the anglo dutch wars. Will be interesting for you :)

Field hockey, swimming, sailing, surfing, handbal, cycling, football, skating, and american sports.. and athletics

Most cities are star shaped, be it usually less known and less obvious. In the Middle ages it helped to not only getter a better view on an approaching enemy but also to tactically place canons in defense of a city. Just as a moat around the town helped to against enemies. Flemish developped from Dutch. It came about due to the separation of Belgium from The Netherlands. If memory serves at the treaty of Atrecht. The guy only ffed up when it comes to religion, it is Calvinist NOT Catholic. We had 80 years of war against Catholicism, something this guy seemingly missed. But so many people do, it was even the origin of Aprils Fools. (Try figure that one out, no fun in telling all things.) Tulipmania you need to discover for yourself, but the tulip was not Dutch. However some credit where it is due, you are about the only Anglophone who pronouncec Gouda correctly, kudos !!!

He forgot the dialects of the province of Limburg. If you can understand dutch that won’t mean you can understand these dialects. Flamisch is like Scottish for English. He forgot there were people living in the Netherlands in the stone age. There are burial mounts in several parts of the Netherlands and there are stone monuments, Hunebedden, from that time.Then came the Romans, the Franks etc.

Because you're a football fan, maybe it's interesting to look into the history of Dutch football. For example: How did the Dutch clubs develop and what's the Dutch football culture like? I would love to see that!

Besides football the Dutch are great in kickboxing and MMA and they even have their own style. Famous Dutch fighters: Rico Verhoeven, Peter Aerts, Badr Hari, Sem Schilt, Bas Rutten, Ernesto Hoost, Ramon Dekkers. Martial arts are also very popular as leisure sports. Also (speed) ice skating (despite the lack of real winters) and F1 (Max Verstappen) are important sports in the Netherlands.

The view on colonialism is probably roughly the same as in the UK. Ofcourse local populations got exploited, but at the same time it's impressive for such a small nation to be able to do that and keep it save from other European powers. The Dutch had relative more trade posts and fewer colonies than the UK/ GB, so let's exploiting of people in that sense but if I remember correctly the Dutch did relatively more slave trade. The Netherlands weren't always that densily populated. At the start of the 20th century the Netherlands had a smaller population than Belgium. It's in that century that the Dutch tripled in population were similar countries (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium and Switserland) 'only' doubled in population.

maan that dude goes full mather of fact with half baked facts

hockey,tennis,ice-skating,swimming,volleyball... i think that are the sports most Dutch people do and ofcourse soccer. 05:55 its a star fortress, a defence line the dutch word is Vesting

You mentioned that you live in Malaysia. The Netherlands also had an influence in the coastel erea in the past, as can still be seen by certain historic buildings and places in the city of Malacca.

Flemish is a form of Dutch. But much like what you speak is a barely comprehensible form of English, Flemish is not always easy to understand. Tha mi duilich, I couldn't resist the temptation. 🙂 But the comparison holds pretty well.

Im curious about your accent. Where did you grow up? (I’m originally from East Kilbride) I’ve been living in Holland for thirty years. As a Scot living here, my best advice would be come over and visit!

7:02 German is indeed Pretty similar to dutch. However there is two types of German, you have low german. And high German wich is also called Nedersaksisch or niederdeutsch. Niederdeutsch is way more like dutch and has the same pronunciations and stuff. Infact Eastern Netherlands speaks dialects of niederdeutsche. Eastern Netherlands is basically german. We have a long history of the Anglo saxsons. Especially the saxsons. Wich is a Shared history. A Alternative map of europe could be frissia in the north and west Netherlands and Saxonia in the eastern and western/northern Germany. The saxons dont stop on the modern border. Its a very long history the saxons were around far before the roman Empire. And far After it. They are the typical Dutch farmen. Only when ww2 came the're identity's somewhat splitted. Before ww2 we were the duütsch people both the germans and dutch. This is also the reason that Germany's German name is Deutschland. And they call themselves deutsch. And we are dutch. Its litterly the same weurd with a different pronunciation. Maybe a video about history of saxons would be a thing to react to. It explains a lot about the modern times and most people dont even know.

Regarding colonialism, the Dutch are quite proud of their history. Personally, I think it's due to our small size we are more proud of how big we used to be, but there's increasing attention about the massacres (especially in the Moluccas). Jochem from Present Past has a very good video about it: kzread.info/dash/bejne/h5mptdZxgqy_ebA.html

@giselavaleazar8768

15 күн бұрын

I'm Dutch and I'm not proud of colonialism. What I am proud about is our fight for independence from Spain, religious tolerance, battle against water. Ofc without trade/money we wouldn't have survived as a nation, because we could not have paid for a large enough army to keep the larger countries at bay. Up to a point you can be proud of Dutch trading prowess and entrepreneurship. I don't think that we are very much interested in any former colonies or colonial past, but that it's likely true for people with a ancestral connection.

The flag is red-white-blue, but in the past groups used orange as top color to illustrate their loyalty to the House of Orange-Nassau. Imagine UK labour using red, and the conservatives orange. And colors were not strictly defined in those days, so a little variation was always there. Until a law passed that defined the flag (darker), and made it differ from the one Luxembourg was using (brighter). And to stop Dutch Nazi's from dishonoring orange.

Another video that might be interesting to react to is; The Dutch Fleet and the Raid on the Medway As far as I am aware as a result of that raid Dutch monarchs to date are still not allowed to sail the Thames in a formal capacity. Gotta love tradition! 🤣

As far as colonization is concerned, most Dutch people are proud of their history. New York, New Zealand, Australia. Just look at this list on Wikipedia: - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_the_Dutch_colonial_empire - We don't flaunt that, but history must be seen in its time. In retrospect, it is always easy to condemn past actions. Slavery, and massacres (Banda Islands) are now receiving a lot of attention in schools and museums.

The difference between Flemish and Dutch is the same as the diffrence between Welsh and English

You mention about our colonial past and if we are "proud" or " dissapointed". I would say it more neutral, the past is the past and there is nothing that I a current Dutchman can do about it. It happenend, theres that. But the other factor is that I do feel kind of interested that our small country did a lot in that day, we even were originally the first Europeans that discovered NZ,Australia and Tasmania. Tasmania is called that way because of a dutch man called Abel Tasman, New Zealand is called after our province of "Zeeland".

6:35 Well, Lando Norris mother is from Vlaanderen like Max 💪

The stretch of sea bordering the north is mostly the Wadden Sea, not the North Sea.

Some words in Flemish is different than Dutch, but it for the most the same so we Dutch talk to each other with the Flemish part of Belgium. Not the south part because there they only speak French. They don't lear Dutch in that part of Belgium.

5:50 It used to be a fortress with cannons at every point. you would think where are the big walls. but they are never there, instead they built dikes around it and canals so that the dikes can absorb cannon impacts. a stone wall would be in ruins 6:45 its 99% the same. Like england en america. Much people understand german but its not the same it sounds the same thats why much people understand but not everyonecan speak. I live near de border of germany i speak it a little bit

they didnt chaange the orange becasue its easier to see, its because the people didnt want the countries flag to symbolise a single family but to represent the country as a whole. since the country has been a republic since 1500s the people didnt like that a family had so much power in the country.

What I wonder is is how did a Ger-boy end up in Malaysia and which part exactly?

Theres too many historical figures to mention. In terms of philosophy and politics, men like Erasmus, or Thorbecke. Piet Hein, Michiel de Ruyter, great naval commanders. And of course explorers, Abel Tasman, Willem Barentz. Many great scientists. Too much to mention in a youtube video.

6:40.. yea my sister lives in belgium and most dutch and belgium people can just underdstand eachother.. german is way more different.. and if there are words that we dont use you can easly ask the belgium people to explain what it is.. its more like a person from England speaking to a person from Scotland.. i mean you guys have such a strong accent but you can olso understand eachother am i right.???

The Flemish accent is the same to Dutch as Scottish is to English. I feel like that would be the best way to explain it. Culturally speaking the Flemish are MUCH more reserved and not as direct as the Dutch. Culturally they're very much different.

The Dutch are the best non native English speakers in the world 😊

2:05 we are olso very good in darts, and swimming and ice skating or the tour du france.. yea i,m a proud dutchy... you could better ask what the Dutch people CAN'T do.. we rule the world whahah we are good at everything.!!!!

Dutch religion chart; 50% atheïst 25% ietist 13% christian 7% other

The last 400 years in 1 minute.. no too shallow.. try 1602- 1789. In terms of tulips: 1630-1645 or so. And think of coventry where many dutch went to.. and then went back t leiden... and usa.

Mert, i have playlist with videos from different channels. Im not specialist, but as Nederlandic 😉 i just check on foolishness and so, typos i give a 😉 to it, but some making it to much, like Walden islands instead of Wadden islands 🤣

NOT EVERYONE IS ASHAMED OF THAT !!!!

The netherlands is a delta.. biggest after Amazon and another in the world..

frieland is more hard to understand for people that life in south or middle we cant almost not understand

Uhm, we traded new amsterdam for caribian territory for the symbolic price of 1 florijn

Nice reaction, sadly the original video is so surface level

To bad they always only show Amsterdam! The Netherlands is much more than only Amsterdam.

windmills were mostly used for wood sawing its just that the ones that are still standing are the ones that were water pumps. the windmills are the soul reason the netherlands had a golden age since they could make ships in way less time than any other country

Subtitles s.v.p.

i can Vlemming better understand than hollanders

Please react to: The Netherlands: Beyond Amsterdam (Rick Steves' Europe)

Dutch people are divided about our colonial past. Most white people are proud of it but the coloured people not so much.

Reson byin sjaped likke dhat canons

Our colonial history is being taught at school. And countries like Surinam & Indonesia only got independent in the 20th century. We are not proud of colonial history, but we do talk about it a lot.

Pre-2000 Holland used to be synonymous with the Netherlands. It is only in recent times that certain people have a problem with the naming. Do we still use Hup Holland Hup when we cheer on our national footbal team? Look at all the Philips electronics throughout its history and it's all stamped "Made in Holland". TVs, CD player, cassette decks all made in Eindhoven are stamped "Made in Holland". Look at old travel brochures and it's all travel to Holland (referring to the whole of the Netherlands). This was a choice made by the whole industry in the Netherlands, because the world was familiar with the name Holland and so the choice was made to use Holland and "Made in Holland". But suddenly after 2000 a certain generation are making a stink when non Dutch people are still using it LOL. Sure, the industry has now switched to the Netherlands and "Made in the Netherlands", but for decades we've all been using Holland.

@DenUitvreter

Ай бұрын

No, no civil servant has ever used Holland in any official capacity since Louis Napoleon.

@genx-tv

Ай бұрын

@@DenUitvreter I never said in official documents. I said the Dutch industry used Holland, hence I referred to Philips and tourism, and even football. Do you even read?

@DenUitvreter

Ай бұрын

@@genx-tv Yes, I read the words "we've all". I just wanted to nuance what you said, in the sense that it was tourist marketing and product marketing in which of course money prevails. In lots of the country 'Hollands' does mean from Holland or is a characterization. No, not everybody sings Hup Holland Hup for the same reason.

@genx-tv

Ай бұрын

@@DenUitvreter Sure, but it was no biggie when in the past when we stated we were from "Holland" (meaning the Netherlands). Things now have changed, of course. I used "we've all" because Dutch people from all over the Netherlands have been using Holland to signify "the Netherlands" for a long time now. It was just a thing, because the industry did it, football did it, it was baked into culture, so to speak. Sure, a percentage of people in the past would not have used the word, but a large part did. It is only in the last decade I have found (through KZread) these strong objections towards the use. Granted, cultural preference changes over time, but I still don't mind the use of Holland to signify "The Netherlands" myself. I grew up with it, I don't mind.

This video like many on the subject are WRONG about using Holland as a synonym for The Netherlands. Holland can be informally used to describe the Netherlands, we Dutch still do so ourselves. If you read comments on here that say otherwise they are just triggered Dutch people who are ignorant of their own language. The linguistical term for this is called pars pro toto (part on behalf of the whole). Hup Holland, hup! (EVERY. SINGLE. DUTCH. NATIONAL knows we are talking about The Netherlands then, except when they hit the KZread comment section).

Holland Holland Holland Holland Holland Holland Holland Holland Holland ! I will continue to say Holland as it's the only part that matters

The Ntehe4lands seen trru amarican eyes.

Ice skating, were in the top mostly, Tour du france, were have had top teams for years. Swimming, every dutch has to have his/her A diploma swimming, you kinda have to living 5 meter under sea level. Running, if a float comes you can run first swim later ;) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_at_the_Olympics were pretty competative just look at the medals.

Shame the video is full of BS. The Netherlands is very much a protestant country despite the catholic majority, the Dutch didn't rebel against spain because of taxes but because of catholic spain wanting to torture and burn all Dutch protestants at the stake and the Dutch catholics didn't want that either. The declaration of independence and the Dutch Republic was the result of the codification of the freedom of conscience, and therefore religious tolerance. There was no Golden Age of colonization, there was a golden age because the Dutch were the first modern capitalists who had more merchant ships than the rest of Europe combined. Colonization was initially to take the war for independence overseas and had no bearing on any gold, it had on the cultural blossoming because of all the new knowledge about the world. Regurgitating the ignorant and racist idea of 24 dollars of trinkets and beads is not pretty either. Manhattan was traded for 60 guilders in metal goods with the shrude traders the native Americans in that region were. The natives didn't have metal, so axe heads and pots and pans were very welcome, and 60 guilders equals a few thousand dollars these days. For most Dutch Dutch colonialism is synonymous with the Dutch Golden Age were they were the bulwark of freedom and threatened and attacked by kingdoms and empires much bigger like Spain, Britain, France, Germans and often several together, and they stood up to them and got through with their 1.5 million people while becoming by far the richtest country in the world, the most modern country in the world and leading in science and art. It's now fashionable to act like slavery and other human rights violations were not acknowledged and are only now, but that is false. There simply wasn't that much of it under Dutch colonial rule and things were far worse in the past anyway, that was just a given. It's also a trend to falsely claim that it made the Netherlands rich. It didn't. The Netherlands never knew steady economic growth. That is also nonsene. It was very wealthy in the 15th and 16th century, it exploded in the 1590's all through the early 1700's, it regressed in the late 1700's, the Netherlands were piss poor after the Napoleontic occupation, got wealthy since the late 1800's again with the colonies often operating at a loss, was piss poor after WWII en became extremely wealthy again with the colonies only costing a lot of money.

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