My family immigrated to Pella from the Netherlands in 1855. Since then, I am the first person born outside of Iowa. Pella has a special place in my heart!

@medmark77

4 ай бұрын

My ancestors were on that boat too! Henrick Van Maren and family were some of the founders of the town.

Awesome! I'm from The Netherlands and it's nice to see such a Dutch town. I think "Klokkenspel" is best pronounced as "Clock 'n Spell". When you pronounce it as "peele" (instead of "spell") it sounds German 😋 Nevertheless, great video as usual 👌

@user-bf8bt2wf7d

3 жыл бұрын

speeI / speIen means game or "pIaying" doesn't it? as in "stop een keer met deze hoofdspeIen!!" Dutch / German Iook simiIar on paper but I find sound so much different - Not mutuaIIy inteIIigibe IMO - Iike comparing Mandarin with Cantonese or Hokkien

@kallisto_ofzo

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-bf8bt2wf7d Yes, but he made sound a bit German. That's all I'm saying :)

@aristaeus2514

2 жыл бұрын

@@kallisto_ofzo I think he might be right on this one though, the old dutch probably sounded like spiel as well (im not an expert so dont take my word for it) En ja ik ben ook Nederlands ;)

@lucasrem

2 жыл бұрын

The animated figures are not Dutch, Klokkenspel means the symphony of the 'Church' Bells, a carillon of Bells causes its sounds harmoniously together, able to play tunes through a Keyboard or a automatic system. I guess u should use the German word for it, schauspiel, glockenspiel, a play. i can't find any dutch word for it, poppenkast met bellen? These dutch people here?

@rover335

2 жыл бұрын

As a native Dutch i thought the same!

I'd love to visit Pella someday! My 5th great-grandparents Huibert Muilenburg and Klazina Versteeg landed in New Orleans from Vuren in 1848 and came to Pella in 1850

So sweet! This totally makes sense for Iowa. My mom’s family was sponsored by a Dutch family when they came to Oskaloosa, Iowa, US. There was a huge community there too. ❤️

So funny to see those Dutch names everywhere (Jaarsma, van der Ploeg). You'd fit right in there with your name, Mark Wolters! Do you have Dutch (or Northern German) heritage?

I’m from Iowa City and my family has gone to the tulip festival every year for as long as I can remember. The letters are to die for!

Thank you so much! I would probably have never heard of this town if it wasn't for your video. Now I have to visit one day... Thanks again! 😁

You are so enthusiastic just watching you made my day!

My brother went to College in Pella. Nice small town!

@Fredwilson45

3 жыл бұрын

Go Panthers

It's funny, because I'm Dutch and I can tell it's imitated and not real in The Netherlands. You can tell it's in the states. But it's nice to see that there's some Dutch inspired buildings! Would love to visit

@FreedomOfSport

2 жыл бұрын

It has the look of a themepark.

@jinjunliu2401

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's not necessarily imitated, but just stuck in time. As the earliest Dutch immigrants that came to Pella were probably at least a hundred years back, that architecture was applied and remained isolated from the change that happened in the Netherlands over the years.

@RustOnWheels

Жыл бұрын

@@jinjunliu2401 The architecture it mimics is like 17th century but the dead giveaway is cars everywhere, and parking spots all over, and of course the rest of the infrastructure. Dutch cities are walkable, they rarely allow cars in the center (or at least heavily restrict them). You park your car in a big parking garage and walk the rest of the way. That’s illegal in America (building code by GM).

@marcelmoulin3335

Жыл бұрын

@@RustOnWheels Yes, the ubiquitous cars are unfortunate. One does not necessarily find the "gezelligheid" in Pella that one would find in the Netherlands. (The streets are too wide, and the buildings are generally American.) Nevertheless, Pella is different from most other American towns, and a visit is well worthwhile. (Ik ben Nederlander en ik vond 't best leuk.)

@lanavandutch5591

Жыл бұрын

@@FreedomOfSport Exactly, everything looks brand new. I’m from Nijmegen the oldest city in The Netherlands,over 2000 years old. We have the old buildings and stuff.

I grew up here. It’s a cool place overall

I absolutely love seeing videos like these!!! I live in Pella and seeing and hearing that people love Pella and are amazed by everything is awesome!! Just want to you know even living in pella we can’t get over how GOOD Dutch letters are when I get one I want another!!! Tourist may annoy us sometimes but I absolutely love living in pella!! Hope you come back soon would love to meet you!!

@Thatonemale

2 жыл бұрын

I know you, you are kamryn’s sister

Vander Ploeg bakery is also a town favorite.

My grandparents honeymooned here in the 50s! They loved their Dutch heritage.

Hey Mark! Ryan here from Patreon. Wanted to say thanks for the postcard and koozie! I am actually staying in Dubuque, Iowa on my way to Wisconsin next month! Hope all is well and look forward to your next adventures!

This is so weird hahah, looks so Dutch, but at the same time very American as well.

@woltersworld

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly!!! :)

@f.jgouda810

3 жыл бұрын

@@woltersworld Well Manhattan NY ( The former Nieuw Amsterdam ) does 'nt look Dutch..😅

@YgramNolles

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's the typical wide roads and of course the many pickups

@r.v.b.4153

2 жыл бұрын

@@f.jgouda810 It's a shame they demolished it all for their skyscrapers and didn't just build aruond the old town. Could have looked like a typical European old town

@f.jgouda810

2 жыл бұрын

@@r.v.b.4153 Sure is a shame...

Never knew about Dutch letters! Great!! 👍😎 thanks!!

Man I’ve been in Des Moines since 1981 and never once step foot in Pella, but after seeing your videos, it will be on my things to do. Thanks for sharing.

I've visited a few times and it's always a good experience. Pella also has a nice meat selection.

I love Pella, i deliver to the Central Market in Pella twice a week.

Wauw… would love to visit the town….

Try Holland, Michigan. Tulip Time Festival every year also. Very similar.

Never knew about this, on the bucket list now and looking forward to try out and compare the Dutch food over there :P

grew up in Pella and have been watching a lot of your videos lately so this was totally trippy mane

I'm from the Netherlands, but Moved to SC. It's cool to see this clash of Dutch American, I'll have to visit sometime, as well as Holland, MI

It's actually "klokkenspel" instead of "klokkenspiel"

@woltersworld

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Boris!

Didn't know this before ! Really nice ! Greetings from the city of Gouda, The Netherlands.

@woltersworld

3 жыл бұрын

Would love to visit you all next trip to the Netherlands

@melle4390

3 жыл бұрын

@@woltersworld I dare you, I double dare you, to visit and stay at any place in the Netherlands BUT the Hollands! I feel that 99,9% of alle the tourist videos off our country take place in the Hollands, a bit of Utrecht, and maybe Giethoorn. Yet there are so many more beautiful cities, towns, and places to go and see!

@f.jgouda810

3 жыл бұрын

@@woltersworld Goodmorning ! More than welcome overhere in The Netherlands !

@f.jgouda810

3 жыл бұрын

@@melle4390 Completely right !

@1helluvaguy738

2 жыл бұрын

Love your cheese!

Holland, Michigan is worth a visit. Windmoelen Island and Dutch villiage

My extended family used to go to Pella every 2 years for the week of thanksgiving. It was my grandmother’s hometown where back during WW2 she was run over by the milk man on a horse drawn buggy! Still love that town tho

You are awesome.

Thank you for taking the extra time to cover this wonderful town! And giving Iowa props in general ☺️ For all the trips you’ve taken around the world, it’s refreshing that you covered lil ole Pella. Love the videos!!

@woltersworld

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Andyman's FT. I appreciate it. I am glad we can showcase some nice towns around the world and around where we live.

I live here. Its a beutiful city.

Lived in Iowa my whole life and I have yet to go there

You should do one on Iowa State Fair and Field of Dreams

the S shaped pastry (baket staaf) is supposed to be the S for Sinterklaas (where Santa Claus is derived from) usually only available for purchase in november/december its supposed to have an eggwash on it and is golden brown and shiny looking if a dutch bakery has it during other months it is just a regular stick shape

I’m from Pella!

funny to see the blades of the windmill turning without any sails on the blades.

Albany NY settled in the 1600's by the Dutch has a heritage and architecture from its Dutch heritage. also a tulip festival with 70,000 varieties of tulips.

First of all Walter! I Love your videos! Thanks for the advice, knowledge and tour, Second of all this is Beautiful, I’ve been to the Netherlands several times and I’ve never been to America! Pella, Iowa here I come!! I’m always here to support you and your videos big love Matty here from Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Orange city iowa is very Dutch aswell

I went to Upward Bound & Central College in Pella. Been to Tulip Time several times, and usually make a trip once a year because…Jaarsma!!

@woltersworld

3 жыл бұрын

Jaarsma was the bomb!!!

@2:01 To be even more correct, it's not a "KlokkenSPIEL" but "KlokkenSPEL". The city seems to have many names from the two northern provinces of the Netherlands, Friesland and Groningen.

Wow this looks so Dutch 🙂groeten uit Dordrecht, Nederland. 🌷

@Adam.deVries

2 жыл бұрын

Greeting from Adelaide Australia

G'day from Adelaide Australia nice city. Hup Ajax

I am from Pella! I am so proud of our Dutch heritage! Our Tulip festival is always the first Thursday, Friday, Saturday of May. Thank you for making this video! It gives great exposure to our small town!

@Adam.deVries

2 жыл бұрын

And so you should i am proud of my dutch background as well.Gday from Adelaide Australia

@simianto9957

2 жыл бұрын

Your last name is so Dutch!!

@ashleyuitermarkt9443

2 жыл бұрын

@@simianto9957 My ancestors were fishermen who sold their fish in the markets of Gelderland. Uitermarkt means out of the market.

@simianto9957

2 жыл бұрын

@@ashleyuitermarkt9443 That's very interesting, I wish I knew some more about my ancestors aswell.

@bodoor8172

Жыл бұрын

@@ashleyuitermarkt9443 do you speak Dutch? seeing your last name I would assume you do. As a Dutch person I find it strange when I see people of Dutch descent who don’t speak Dutch.

You should visit Hermanm MO. Nice small town with lots of German heritage. Good wine too.

@abdellahmouaddine8549

2 жыл бұрын

No Dutch, not German...

Great video!Shout out to Lynden Washington , lots of people from the Netherlands settled here in the early 20th century.The Lynden Dutch bakery is incredible,!

The architecture intrigues me as it feels so familiar, yet has such obvious differences (compared to authentic architecture of those styles in the Netherlands).

@picobello99

2 жыл бұрын

I had the same feeling. It looks somewhat Dutch, but not Dutch at the same time.

Hi Mark, great video as always. I think Holland, MI is the most Dutch city in United States, but I may be wrong. I haven't been to Pella, but Holland definitely worth visiting.

Huh? I never heard of this. I must visit this place😄. I love learning about towns like this. Your channel is awesome!

@woltersworld

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bubba

Hey its my town! Lol

I thought it whould be New York. But that's maybe to old because the Dutch made their settlements there. A very good history book that reads like a novel is Russel shorto's revolution song, a story of American freedom. Or in Dutch lied der revolutie. For the cover they used the painting of Washington crossing the dalaware. What you can find in the metropolitan museum of art in New York.

Great video! But I wanted to see even one bike :-)

Every year for Christmas my Oma gives me and the rest of her grandkids chocolate letters. It's a tradition for the Dutch, the pastry letters look delicious!

@rockroll2787

Жыл бұрын

We do this on the holiday of Sinterklaas every 5th of december. You get the letter which your name starts with.

As a Dutch person I can tell that the "Dutch Letters" can be found in the Netherlands, but: 1. It is associated with a children's holiday called "Sinterklaas" on December 5 (ps "Sinterklaas" translates as "Santa Claus" and December 5 is not a typo). 2. The S is clearly a connection with "Sinterklaas". 3. A "Dutch letter" is called an "Amandelstaaf" or "Banketletter" in the Netherlands 4. They are mainly available a few weeks before "Sinterklaas"

@deleteddeleted8542

2 жыл бұрын

Could also refer to our founder who’s last name started with an s

@Aelsenaer

2 жыл бұрын

@@deleteddeleted8542 that is indeed a possibility. I do like the heritage idea with a Dutch Christian holiday for children. But that's a personal opinion 😉.

In Japan there is also a town that looks Dutch

That does look very classic Dutch! I bet there have been some Dutch settlers there. The only thing modern Netherlands has a lot that I don't really see there are lots of bicycles.

@deleteddeleted8542

2 жыл бұрын

I mean that is quite literally the origin of the town chief

I live here! Lol

Fascinating to see cute Dutch houses next to big fat American roads that look more like runways than pleasant European streets.

@deleteddeleted8542

2 жыл бұрын

Think about it this way though, we have way more space to work with compared to you guys. So we have no need to go small.

@weetikissa

2 жыл бұрын

@@deleteddeleted8542 Yeah, you do. All of that car dominated space makes the pedestrian experience unpleasant and distances too long to walk. Density is more about the width of the street than the height of the buildings.

I live right near Holland, MI. We have Tulip Time and all sorts of Dutch stuff and soooo many people from the Netherlands!

@woltersworld

3 жыл бұрын

Don't worry, we will get up to you guys soon!

The Tulip Festival is AWESOME! And I love seeing all the Dutch costumes and eating the Dutch food!

Pella is also home to Vermeer Corporation, the heavy equipment/agricultural manufacturer. Just outside of town on Vermeer road. A lot of good jobs to be had in Pella so the town is very well off. There's also the college which has a nice little campus. Very unique little town. Very much rooted in religion as well. If you go in the post office, there is a mural inside of Dutch people being persecuted for their religion and then taking a boat to America. This carried over into a law against mowing your grass on Sunday. In the apartment I lived in there for a time, the landlord said I couldn't vacuum on Sunday 😂

@RustOnWheels

Жыл бұрын

Sounds a lot like the fundamentalist ‘black stockings church’ - a fundamentalist Protestant group - in The Netherlands. The Netherlands until halfway last century was a very devout Christian nation. You had the Protestants in the north and Catholics in the south. There were clashes between those two but that was ages ago and mostly led by foreign countries (Catholic church being supported by Spain and France and Rome of course).

As a Pella Resident, I was happy to see this video. I’m glad you like the Dutch letters but Vander Ploegs are better. Lol

Thats's amazing!

@woltersworld

3 жыл бұрын

THanks Marcel!

Do a video of “The Donts of Visiting Puerto Vallarta, Mexico”

Do they have herring?

have you ever been to holland michigan? I'd say its pretty dutch. :D

@woltersworld

3 жыл бұрын

hoping to get there later this year

@scottrgood

2 жыл бұрын

Maine has towns called China, Mexico, Poland, Peru, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Paris etc... I kid you not! Would be cool to do a montage video of all of those, but probably wouldn’t be too exciting! 😊

Really fascinating, do some people still speak Dutch there?

@russbear31

10 ай бұрын

There's only a handful of people who still speak fluent Dutch in Pella. The language will probably be lost soon. More than 60 or 70 years ago you probably would have heard a lot of people speaking Dutch on the town square on a Saturday morning. My great-grandfather immigrated from Haarlem, Holland, in 1915 and settled in Pella. There are few old timers like him left, and the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of these immigrants never learned to speak Dutch fluently.

Hey Wolter! I love your video. I have to add though, from a Dutch person's perspective this city looks unmistakably American. ;-)

@rickyratcomics

Жыл бұрын

I can see dutch influence and how someone who hasnt been to the Netherlands would think that. It doesnt look like an american city or at least compared to the places Ive lived but because it was built in the modern times it has wode streets and more cars etc

Holland, MI has tulip time every spring. They have an "amusement park" called Nelis' Dutch Village abd there's also an attraction called windmill Island that has the only fully operating windmill from the Netherlands in America.

As an Dutchman I can confirm, this is Dutcher then Dutch. It makes me really proud to see this!❤🇳🇱🇺🇲

This video is very interesting and intriguing

So excited to catch this video … luv finding hidden “little” int’l gem countries wi the U.S.

Your Iowa videos have been killing it! You should be on the state payroll

@woltersworld

3 жыл бұрын

hahaha. would be nice

Those Dutch Letters look pretty tasty. Too bad I have never seen those here.....in the Netherlands ;-) But looks like a fun place to visit, even if to me as a Dutchman this is just plain weird. As for the most Dutch place outside of the Netherlands, when travel is possible again you might want to visit Huis ten Bosch, a huge Dutch theme park in Japan. With lots of replicas of famous Dutch buildings most of which I have never seen back home....

@XedossX

3 жыл бұрын

They're supposed to be banketletters i think. They just look weird in this video.

@WizardOfOss

3 жыл бұрын

@@XedossX Doh! You're probably right but I hadn't recognized 'em at all....

@woltersworld

3 жыл бұрын

Don't worry, i've never seen American sauce in the US, but I see it all over Europe :)

@Nynke_K

3 жыл бұрын

I'm just amazed that they sell those letters year round instead of only in November/December, before Saint Nicholas! Very lucky. I'd definitely buy one if I was ever in the area

@WizardOfOss

3 жыл бұрын

@@woltersworld I have seen that sauce here indeed, never actually tried it.... Whenever you're in the Netherlands again, you might want to visit America, Limburg. Doesn't look very American though...

Those Dutch letters look lovely! 😋

this is the funniest thing I have seen in a while

@clearashazy431

2 ай бұрын

Don't be lame bro

If I'm ever neer Pella, I pay a visit! I don't know what it is with us Dutch people. But we just love to look at out siders implementatie Dutch things. Those cookie letters... ow god nightmare. We alway get them around 5 december at work (Sinterklaas - Santa Claus). It's filo dow with a semi soft filling 'amandelspijs' that's almonds and sugar. It's to much for me, so I alway make my 'opa en oma' grandfather and mother happy by bringing it to them 🤭. I recommend instead 'pepernoten' if they sell them. They are small crunchy cinnamon like cookie's. There the best!

@wombat723

Жыл бұрын

I live here in pella. I'm sorry but we ain't dutch

I know of Pella because I am an architect and they brought a group of us from their West Chicago plant to tour the mothership, cute town! Was there 2010.

Looks like The Open Air museum we have. It is a tad but too Dutch.

Holland, MI “hold my beer”

@woltersworld

3 жыл бұрын

don't worry LG. i will get there ;)

@HanBaby82

3 жыл бұрын

Dint forget Zealand MI, and Grand Rapids. My grandmother was a Versluis. You're not much if you ain't dutch"

I live in Pella! We keep everything vintage.

Hmm you must have missed the Huis Ten Bosch theme park in Japan , it could be mistaken for Utrecht haarlem , den Haag or amsterdam . A theme park that is actualy a dutch city

I'm heading there this year for their tulip festival but I would argue that Holland in Michigan is a bit bigger and has even more dutch stuff! You should check that one out!

@lazardprodz

Жыл бұрын

I am from Pella. Which days will you be going? Saturday is a mess of people fair warning.

@LukeGeeTravels

Жыл бұрын

@@lazardprodz oh really?!😅 i was hoping saturday/sunday but it wouldnt really be fun with big crowds hmm

@lazardprodz

Жыл бұрын

@@LukeGeeTravels Thursday/Friday is the community’s favorite because of the smaller crowds. Also if possible check out the marching Dutch in a parade. Just went to the rose parade!

@LukeGeeTravels

Жыл бұрын

@@lazardprodz thank you so much for the tips! Unfortunately with work, the soonest I can get there is saturday.. unless i go this weekend but i’d miss out on all the festivities😅

@lazardprodz

Жыл бұрын

@@LukeGeeTravelsThe tulips did come early this year… they’re pretty good rn actually.

what about Holland, Michigan?

💖😳😳😳😳Thank you!

@woltersworld

3 жыл бұрын

you're welcome

Have you been to New Glarus, WI? It’s Swiss!

I'm from the Netherlands and I've never seen those letters over here nor tasted them. Chocolate letters are very common at the end of the year for celebrating Sinterklaas (the feast of St. Nicolas). BTW Pella isn't a Dutch name. Pella was the capital city of ancient Macedonia where Alexander the Great was born.

@Joostuh

2 жыл бұрын

Banketstaven ken je niet?

@gobinajager7832

2 жыл бұрын

Banketletters en banketstaven

@rockroll2787

Жыл бұрын

You can literally buy those everywhere with Sinterklaas 5th of December.

Where the bicycles at?

if i ever decide to move to the US, that'll probably where you'll find me

You ever heard of Holland Michigan…

Om even te reageren op alle negatieve antwoorden van Nederlanders die nog nooit in Pella zijn geweest.... Van een filmpje kan en mag je geen conclusies trekken. Ik persoonlijk heb het geluk gehad om meerdere malen Pella te mogen bezoeken. Ik vind Pella een mooie weerspiegeling van de historie van Nederland. Zo moet je het gewoon bekijken, niet als het huidige Nederland. De Vermeer molen komt daadwerkelijk uit Nederland. Vanuit Groningen afgebroken en in Pella opnieuw gebouwd. De "Dutch letters" van Jaarsma bakkerij? Die zijn daar het hele jaar door te verkrijgen. Niet zoals hier alleen rond eind Oktober tot ergens in December. Ik moet wel zeggen dat de pudding broodjes die ze daar hadden toch wel iets anders qua smaak waren dan dat ik hier in Friesland gewent was. Dat heb ik hun toen ook gemeld :) . Feit is, voordat je via een filmpje gaan oordelen..... Ga er eerst zelf een keer naar toe en oordeel dan!!

This is great 👍 can you find the most Greek town in the USA? This is great this kind of information! Different 👍 Thank You 🙏🏼

@tosht2515

3 жыл бұрын

Mark references Tarpon Springs quite a bit in his Florida videos. He has in-laws there. Would be cool if he did a full video on the Greek influence there. 👍

@kouklakee

3 жыл бұрын

@@tosht2515 Great ! But I’m wondering if Tarpon Springs is the place with the most Greeks ? I have been there and ate at the best restaurants and saw them gather the sponges ! Real cool

@KhanadaRhodes

3 жыл бұрын

@@kouklakee i believe it's got the highest population of greeks outside of athens or something like that. i've been there and there's definitely a lot of greek places to eat, far beyond just a gyro or something.

@marylusung8470

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. Tarpon Springs, FL. People come from all over for the Epiphany celebration.

@woltersworld

3 жыл бұрын

Tarpon Springs (like said below) is sometimes called the most greek town in the US

I never have eaten a Dutch letter like you are showing in your video in my life, and I’m from The Netherlands. We have chocolate letters for Sinterklaas and they are yummie. Thank you for this nice video.

@picobello99

2 жыл бұрын

Nooit een banketstaaf/letter gegeten?

We don't have those giant roads in the middle of small villages in The Netherlands. As someone from The Netherlands I have got to say that a lot of things look like (old) Dutch architecture but those giant asphalt roads with the giant cars and parking lots really ruin the Dutch vibe. If they would have made the streets a lot smaller and used bricks instead of asphalt and remove most of the parking lots it would look way more like a historic Dutch village centre. edit: 5:19 For example in The Netherlands his kind of street would be a one way road with a seperated bike lane and wide sidewalks on both sides. Probably also with a lot of traffic calming in place for cars and no parking spaces.

So very nice, if it’s to good to be true it probably is

I didn't know that Pella Iowa is a Dutch city in the United States. Love this video! Very informative and interesting!

You haven’t been to Holland, Michigan

No Albert Heijn though

OW wow!, never knew about this!. Do the folks there also speak proper Dutch?.

@r.v.b.4153

2 жыл бұрын

Some of the elders speak a Dutch dialect of south Guelderish (as that's where a lot of the folks were from), and they may also speak standard Dutch