Hello everyone! Thanks for all the kind and welcoming comments, I really appreciate it ☺️ If anyone has some questions they’d like me to answer, please leave them down below 🩵⬇️

@petermages9482

2 ай бұрын

Welcome back to Europe. I am German and hundreds of years ago all countries where members of the 1. Reich, or Holy Roman Reich of Germen Nations. I am glad if all white people escape before.... Anyway. Welcome back!

@maxw7118

Ай бұрын

Is it smart to do this but go from nl to sa . Your opinion please 🙏.

@LeandroMuntendam

Ай бұрын

Hoekom jy het a Nederlands paspoort. Is jou ma a Hollandse vrou? Jou lastname klink Frans. Daai Franse het ook geveg teen die Hollanders oor die mag in Suid Afrika ne? Is dit reg?

Welkom in Nederland. Bedankt voor de reality check ten aanzien van de leefomstandigheden. We vergeten hier weleens hoe goed we het hebben door het geluk in Nederland geboren te zijn.

Feeling free isn’t measurable in a currency, it is priceless. Enjoy the Netherlands 🇳🇱

@kaydesign

2 ай бұрын

PS My ‘top tip’ for things to experience here is a visit to the Kröller Moller park. Visit the statue garden and try the free white bikes to explore the National Park. A unique experience 😃👍

I made the move some time ago and the last few years were the best of my life. As you said going down to Paris for a long weekend, spending a day in Antwerp or going hiking in the national parks around Utrecht is just something that was never possible a couple of years ago. It is also the first time in 25 years I really felt safe.

My daughter's boyfriend is from South Africa. The English-speaking part, namely the Johannesburg area. But he had lessons in Afrikaans at school. He has now lived in the Netherlands for over 5 years and speaks Dutch quite well. Nowadays he also has Dutch nationality and he is very happy with that. I wonder what he thinks of this video.

Welkom in dit kleine landje. Veel succes.

@martebarnard

2 ай бұрын

Dank uw wel! 🇳🇱☺️

😂Marté & Jaques welkom in Nederland. I hope the transition is not to hard on you, but at least give it some months to get familiar with all we have to share.

Ik hoop dat jullie het Zuid Afrikaanse zonnetje mee genomen hebben 🌞

You are more then welcome here! Nice to have you!

Lekker dat jy ook Antwerpen toe gekom het. In die somer moet jy seker ook my stad Gent besoek. En Europa is so klein, jy kan maklik baie ander lande en stede besoek, selfs per trein. Ons, Vlaminge en Nederlanders, heet julle hartlik welkom!

@martebarnard

2 ай бұрын

In die 5 weke wat ons al in Nederland woon is ons al tenminste 10 keer vertel hoe fantasties Gent is - ons wil graag besiek! Hartelijk bedankt vir die warm verwelkoming ☺️

@DrErikEvrard

2 ай бұрын

@@martebarnard Gent was altyd die mees Oranjegesinde stad in die Lae Lande. Ons was 'n Protestantse stad, maar die Spaanse Inkwisisie het hier verwoesting gesaai, en dit het ongelukkig gelei tot die verdeling van ons land in wat nou Vlaandere en Nederland is. In Gent vind jy 'n standbeeld van koning Willem I, die laaste koning wat ons in gemeen gehad het.

Welkom in Nederland. We kunnen van geluk spreken dat jullie voor dit land hebben gekozen om naartoe te emigreren.

This is my second reaction and I must apologize for totally forgetting to welcome you to the Netherlands. My fellow Dutchmen were fortunately more hospitable. So: Welcome 😀 I love the setup of your argumentation, with the Pulls and Pushes. I am also subscribed to immigrants from the USA. There I am surprised when safety isn't the first thing on their list. They all love the freedom they find here, but for most people it takes a while to really TRUST the freedom everywhere they go. With South Africa I learned about big parts that aren't safe for everyone (especially women) but safety is seldom a thing for tourists. It makes me glad that you experienced the safety so quick. But take care, in the Netherlands, at places with many visitors, I will also take good care of my stuff. I am waiting for the video when you (two) buy your first bike(s) 🙂

Marte heel veel geluk voor jullie beiden in Nederland .😘

The freedom from fear of being a victim of crime is truly next level. I also think you should not be afraid of calling out BEE, which is basically just apartheid 2.0. The intention may have been good but its killing SA right now - for the reasons you mention like loosing highly skilled engineers and other professionals. Enjoy your stay and I hope to bump into you at some point 🎉

I lived in Belgium for past 5 years as a PhD student and it was great, but I had no easy way of staying longer, can be more difficult to find a job if you don't have work permit yet. So I'm back in South Africa, loving some aspects but struggling with others, it was nice to see your views and experiences. I miss cycling everywhere the most.

Welcome! I liked your video. Wil be hard as an expat even if you know some South Africans here, but spring and summer are coming and Holland will smile at you. Btw Culture shock is not a shock but will slowly (!) creep on you. Expats all had that experience but you will grow over it. Good luck and keep your sense of humor.

Welcome to our humble country and have a lot of fun when not working. As you mentioned we work to live and not live to work. Have a great time👍🥂

Welcome home🧡

Welkom in Nederland. En aangesien Afrikaans jou moedertaal is, hoop ek jy plaas ook meer in Afrikaans. As dit nie te vinnig gepraat word nie, is dit ook vir ons Hollanders maklik verstaanbaar. Maar vir eers. Lekker bekendstelling en weer welkom.

Die Afrikaanse taal is so lekker-ons almal in Nederland en Vlaandere behoort oor te skakel na Afrikaans. Haha. En inderdaad, die Kaap is pragtig, maar welkom-as Afrikaners wil weggaan, vir watter rede ook al-moet hulle standaard 'n verblyfpermit of paspoort kry.

Loove dit! Kan nie wag om julle nuwe chapter op video saam julle te volg nie 😄🫶🏼

@jaccovermeulen2762

2 ай бұрын

als Nederlander is dit Afrikaans eenvoudig te volgen

@nfboogaard

2 ай бұрын

Dit is niet moeilijk om te verstaan niet 😊

Nice. Very welcome to the Netherlands 🇳🇱 new subscriber here. There is such an awesome journey ahead of you.

Nice video. Welkom in Nederland 🇳🇱

Amazing. I’m loving the videos! I hope you enjoy your new home. What do you do now?

i'm very interested in the "Push-Factors", why people decided to leave their country. Because I know already, what it means to live and work in the Netherlands. Since i'm native Dutch.

Welcome in Europe. Enjoy life in the Netherlands and visiting neighbouring countries like Belgium and Germany. Greetings from Köln (Keulen, Cologne).

When speaking Afrikaans you can probably get by by just speaking slowly; most Dutch will be able to understand you; I myself find it quite charming. It will take a little time to adapt for us, but after that communication will be quite doable. ( It's easier than understanding many of the dialects spoken in Limburg, or the Frisian language spoken in the Netherlands). At our engineering firm in Eindhoven we do have a South-African colleague, who does speak Dutch, but sometimes reverts to South-African. When in an conversation I tend to hardly notice it. Could be that we have a multitude of nationalities in the office - some more fluent in English, some less, and some speaking Dutch at different skill levels - that makes one more adapt at understanding deviating use of language. You will undoubtedly have noticed that speaking English - even the South-African dialect 😜- will not raise any eyebrows. The Dutch are recognised as the most proficient English speakers of all non-English speaking nations.

I ken je man niet, maar ik heb het idee dat jullie het prima gaan redden hier. Welkom.

@martebarnard

2 ай бұрын

Mijn Nederlands is nog niet zó goed, maar ik ga even proberen! Hartelijk bedankt Ronald ☺️🇳🇱

@frankvanham6563

2 ай бұрын

Hi ,I'm a Dutch. 2 years ago I had a job offering at the west cape . Went there for 3 months. I was amazed by South Africa her beauty. But.. M made Friends who were from Durban, who litterly fled to Capetown as a last resort in s,.africa. All the closed and fenced communities and guns made me decide not to want to live there aswell . And the baboons were scary too

Ek is 'n gereelde besoeker aan jou moederland, veral Kaapstad en omgewing, wat my hart gesteel het. Die keuse wat hulle gemaak het was beslis nie maklik nie, maar die push factors is 'vire baie mense ´n harde werklikheid. Ek wens julle albei baie geluk en voorspoed toe in Nederland.

Ooh ek is so bly ek het op jou channel afgekom. Deel al die info asseblief! Ons sit in Amerika en ons wil NL toe trek.

Welcome to Kikkerland - may you be happy here

Hello! If you have some French Huguenot roots, like many Afrikaners do, it is one more reason to come and visit France, it is so quick (3 h 30 min) and convenient to take the high speed train from Amsterdam to Paris.

@martebarnard

2 ай бұрын

Hello, I am 50% French Huguenot (my maiden surname is Roux) and I adore Paris! I’m certainly visiting again soon ☺️

I'm curious to know, how did your friends in South Africa react to your decision. Were they angry? Were they jealous? Were they supportive? Did they say they'd do the same if they could? En: welkom in Nederland!

@martebarnard

2 ай бұрын

I’m very fortunate to have wonderfully supportive friends. They weren’t angry, nor jealous. Half of my friends are already living abroad and/or are planning to move in the next 24 months! Baie dankie ☺️

Push factor for the Netherlands: The weather.

@martebarnard

2 ай бұрын

🤣🤣 I am trying to stay positive about it, but I do miss the sun (everything else, like people’s friendliness is making up for the lack of sunshine!)

@daphneschuring5810

2 ай бұрын

The grey weather time is almost over. And you see everybody located outside when the sun appears.@@martebarnard

@dutchladylover

2 ай бұрын

@@martebarnard If it's any consolation, even for the Dutch natives the amount of rain this 'winter' is extreme! 😂🤣

@speerboom

2 ай бұрын

The summer half of the year is fine. Lovely even with the long long nights. But from November through February it‘s too dark, gloomy and usually damp for me. I can manage November because I can still live off the summer we just had, December is also okay because of holidays. But come January… oh hell no! Single here and no kids so nothing to stop me from flying off to sunnier destinations for as long as I can (4-7 weeks usually), so by the time I get back March and spring are just around the corner. This way I have skipped many dreary winters AND I have seen so much of the world backpacking my way around. And in summer I usually have some time and money left for a short visit in Europe. Because yes, Europe is great too!

@alfonsbuter3761

Ай бұрын

Even though your story is very clear, it’s hard to imagine one would leave a magnificent country like SA. I am fantasizing of emigrating to south africa.

So wise NOT to buy into New Zealand , which would NEVER offer you your smooth course of immigration. Welkom in Nederland ,!!!

South Africa and Western Australia namely Albany are almost identical.

Welcome to Morokkoland

South Africa's loss, The Netherlands gain.

aa kk wel everyone knows the real reson for moving atm.. and iam not blaming

😍

Welkom in Holland :)

@martebarnard

2 ай бұрын

Hartelijk bedankt! 🤍

@vincentliet7995

2 ай бұрын

Hoop ook dat ze welkom zijn in Nederland

Always sad to have to leave your country, even when we tell ourselves we want something different it's not a neutral thing if you are moving from a poor to a rich country - no matter how much you like the destination culture you are still abandoning your home in part for material conditions/circumstances beyond your control. Anyway, I hope SA gets better and stops bleeding people. I hope the same for my country of Brazil, which is not in such a dire situation but we lost perhaps 1% of our population in the last 6y due to emigration. It isn't supposed to be like this. During almost every other time of history Brazil and South Africa were never emigration countries.

Welcome, I hope the move works out for you. So, the best thing about the Netherlands is that you are close to Belgium! So true!

You forgot to mention the weather as a reason to move to Dutchieland 😉

I can't see why south africans with Dutch heritage can't just come home to the Netherlands, they even speak 'sort of' Dutch.

@ms-jl6dl

2 ай бұрын

They're not Europeans.

@bertbaur3066

2 ай бұрын

@@ms-jl6dlehhh... there are a lot of non Europeans in the Netherlands

@ochrechap

2 ай бұрын

Then they should go. It would then mean they never were South African to begin with. After all, they stole the land from people who were already there. Living peacefully. So yeah....please leave. On the other hand, things always happen for a reason. Had they not come South Africa, I would not have existed. Their blood runs through my veins. Partially. So, I am descended from the Dutch (Dutch heritage), amongst many others.

@ochrechap

2 ай бұрын

The language they speak iis a mix of Dutch, Khoisan (indigenous people), Asian dialects (Malaysian and Indonesian), bit of French, bit of German. In summary = Afrikaans!

@buddy1155

2 ай бұрын

@@ochrechap In 1500 the world population was less than 500M so 1/20th of the population today. Back then there was lots of land without an owner, something that is unimaginable today. Nobody had to steal land everyone could just take land as there enough readily available. The bottleneck was labour to exploit the land, no machinery so everything had to be done by hand. I speak Dutch and Afrikaans is extremely close to Dutch, it is mainly the order of words that is different. And some words that are uses are old-Dutch or have a slightly different meaning in Afrikaans. The only influence I can hear is a bit of English. Nothing else. However Indonesian has an extreme Dutch influence, as Dutch was thought at schools in Indonesia, If you hear any similarities between Indonesian and Afrikaans that is because Indonesian is influenced by Dutch.

Suid Afrika het n hartseer land geword. Geniet wat jul nuwe land jul kan bied

The ANC, muahahahaha

Hallo, first, welcome to the Netherlands, but, why do all people from other country's want to live jn the most expensive city, Amsterdam? Groetjes.

@martebarnard

2 ай бұрын

Hello! I do not, I’m down South in the Brabant-area :) for educational purposes I used Amsterdam (the most well-known city) for this video. Fijne avond!

@bertoverweel6588

2 ай бұрын

@@martebarnard Oeps, Brabant is een geweldige provincie, heel veel geluk in ons kikkerlandje.

@ArnoutVanderMolen-fr8gi

2 ай бұрын

Dat kon ook haast niet anders anders was de reistijd naar Antwerpen aanzienlijk langer geweest

Most South Africans come to Australia. Similar lifestyle

Sal julle ooit huis toe gaan weer of is julle hier vir die long run? Hoekom of hoekom nie?

@martebarnard

12 күн бұрын

Sjoe baie moelike vraag! Ek sal nie omgee om in diepte te gaan daaroor in ‘n video nie (laat weet as jy dit sal wil sien), maar kortliks is dit nogals moelik om te sê tans. Hang af van soveel faktore wat mens nie kan beheer nie (verkiesing uitslae, werksgeleenthede, of gesinslede in SA siek word, kinders hê, die lysie gaan aan…). Ek sou graag eendag wou terug trek, maar dalk sal die ideaal wees om te “swallow” tussen die twee eendag (soos 8 maande in Nederland, 4 maande in SA). Maar sjoe, sal ‘n great werk moet kry wat dit toelaat en gun! Haha

Understandable since South Africa is a failed state since apartheid went down

@FOLIPE

2 ай бұрын

It was even poorer before but I guess that didn't affect some people

@Gnybr

2 ай бұрын

@@FOLIPE No, during apartheid it was a first world economy and by far the most advanced economy in Africa

Going to a foreign country has it's ups and downs. As the grass is never greener on the other side, never. But what I know and experienced today in South Africa. O.K. shortly if I was a politician I would give everyone a passport and say go...go and travel. Travel really opens one's eyes and mind. Especially for your children and oneself. Forget about people just focus on what U can learn in a very short space of time...thru communication and interacting with people. Etc. I am afraid U don't get to that level of understanding and education in the present day South Africa...I moved out of South Africa in 1970s to study in the U.K. As which I'd used my head back then, and not having returned...to a once what was beautiful country...now here everyone is not safe is the first priority secondly no work prospects and security for family and friends...😢😮😢. Just very sad indeed... Good for young fellas go for it. U will have bo regrets...U have my Blessings hah.😊😅😂

Hi! You say you are a Dutch national and then state that you are foreign language i.e. Dutch. So can you elaborate on that

@martebarnard

9 күн бұрын

Sure! Dutch by birth, but born and raised in S Africa :)

Forgive my add ons but, I have to add just for the record. 😅. In the olde days what stood out on your C.V. was Knowledge, Experience and Expertise. But nowadays it should rather read "Race" Gender and Stupidity...that things work in South Africa or how they should not work. As we can now see thirty years hence how things are not working.😊😅😂...

Ahem... I had the opportunity to use the taxis here in the North West...And nine times out of ten. The taxi driver only deals with small cash the taxi driver didn't give my full change and if ge did, he would past my small change along to the passengers back to me. By the time it arrived by me there was nothing left of my small change...😅 Then top of that I had just done some shopping and just because I had an empty seat near me. On which I could place my groceries, the taxi wanted more money. He wanted me to pay him extra for the empty seat...and besides there some very creepy creatures on board the taxis who watched my every move...😢😮😢. Tru story I and my sister just counted ourselves lucky at the time...but to walk thru to the taxi rank as we were the only whites there we had to get a police escort just for fews times we were there...😮... Call it madness or stupid, I don't know, but at times when one is hard up, times sometimes call for desperate measures...😅😊.

Apartheid was abandoned too fast. The country wasn't ready. Apartheid was bad but SA (everybody) is of worse than before, not justifying Apartheid but critisizing the transition. The people were not well educated and the well educated leave (brain drain). When electricity is at random it will not attract many companies to invest in SA. SA is a downward spiral.

Ja maar waarom is deze video in het Engels??, doe lekker in het Afrikaans/Nederlands. Welkom terug van weggeweest!

@martebarnard

2 ай бұрын

Mijn Nederlands is nog niet zo goed, maar ik zal even proberen! 🇳🇱🇿🇦

antiwhitism 101

I hate it when people try to live by comparison...comparing us to rest of the World. Living by comparisons is problematic as it is the cause of all wars, strife and misery in the World. As everyone wants U to be a wannabe as U can't be more than what U are...this is where we must accept our uniqueness just everybody is unique in themselves this is only way we can learn from each other..."Race" and "Nationality" is irrelevant... for example there is no such thing as an African American U are either African or U are American as this Historically Incorrect. As mentioned U cannot be more than what U are. As this seemingly doesn't apply to the Religious bigots and Politicians who with their simple idealogies want to white wash everything in the World.😮...

Truth is, even if unspeakable for liberal Westerners, White history in South Africa is ending. Nearly every word in your video speaks about this. Welcome back to your homeland.

@AsscherMazzelaar

2 ай бұрын

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@martebarnard

2 ай бұрын

An interesting and thought provoking comment. I think I’ve learnt during my time in the legal field that any polarizing blanket statement is likely to be met with disagreement - which is normal and fine. There are many “Westerners” who would never leave South Africa. Their families, livelihoods and friends are there. Also interesting to note that it seems that all the races living in SA are equally frustrated and fed up with government. They are genuinely a joke and should be punished for crimes against humanity. There is a lot of pressure on the upcoming elections and there have been record amounts of people registering to vote - mostly people between 18 and 30 which is very exciting! The youth wants change :)

@lumbraci

2 ай бұрын

@@martebarnard Be aware...people who support Geert Wilders active. Populist leader.

Maybe also lose this annoying American habit of apologising for your privilege. The default should be that you can be safe outside in the street.

@martebarnard

2 ай бұрын

Hello! Thanks for the feedback. It’s not because of any American concepts; rather, from coming from SA which has such severe wealth and privilege disparity. I agree that it should be the default!

Van de regen in de drup.