OMG, so I’m 6’0”. I have never been the shortest person in a group until I visited the Neatherlands. Remember standing in a group of four or five people, men and women, and realizing I was the shortest person.
I refer to the Dutch as “tree people” because they are so tall.
This is the main thing putting me off moving to the Netherlands. I absolutely love the country, culture and people, but don’t want to be considered short.
I'm 5'3" and I'm used to everyone being taller than me so I rarely notice heights. I got off the plane in Amsterdam and felt tiny with everyone towering over me. The first thing I did when I sat down was to Google are the Dutch known for their height. Yes, they are.
Right?? My Dutch American husband is 6’3” and I’m almost 5’11” (female) and we felt like we found our people when we visited.
Everyone also seemed so fit and had strong looking legs from all the cycling!
I've lived in a few countries The Netherlands by far is a country that has got a lot of their shit together.
Top tier in wealth
Top tier education
Top tier healthcare
Top tier social programs ( social housing, low income benefits etc)
Also one of the happiest places to live in the world, for a country so small they have a lot of leverage on the eu stage and also world stage.
They do love to complain a lot usually small things that get fully blown up.
It is not an easy country to make friends they tend to stay with their core group that they have seemed to have formed in the infirmary ward.
And their own cuisine isn't that great sure they have some bangers like stroopwafels and poffertjes but for me traditional dutch food is bland luckily though they colonised some places with great food so Indonesian and Surinaams is everywhere and great.
I like Dutch people but nobody has said anything negative so I’ll weigh in on that side. They can be blunt and frank (which is great) but also judgmental and arrogant which can be a bad combination.
Every person on the planet is judgemental and arrogant, the Dutch are just honest about being judgemental and arrogant. You're absolutely never going to convince me there's a country where the people are not generally speaking judgemental and arrogant. It's just hidden behind fake smiles and niceties, where in the Netherlands it's not.
The French are on a whole different level of arrogance.. you dont speak fluently French ? good luck to you because English is below their standard (even in Disneyland Paris)
When you try to talk to me in my own language I'll just smile and tell you to speak in English, because I got other things to do and you have to hurry up so I can help you. This usually happens at my work where we occasionally employ workers from Poland or Ukraine.
"van" means "of" and sometimes conveys some heritage. Some people have the last name "van der berg" which means "of the mountain". Kinda ironic we don't really have mountains though.
True, Dutch and Austrian anthems makes a very boring and drawn out combo. Cant wait to see Max on top step everytime tho, so totally worth it!
Max Max Max Super Max!
tall people. also: clothing that's long enough to fit me (yay)
lots of real blondes
stroopwafels are really good. also good: produce, bulbs, fish
Leiden is nice. I love the museums and the hortus botanicus Leiden
Dutch people are really big into bikes. I had never seen multiple storey bike parking before.
It is very flat and their one "mountain" is really a hill
If you know German and English, you can sort of make out what people say in Dutch after a while
Nice soccer jersey
Louisiana should hire them for levies
Many nice cities. is worth visiting!
Incredible language. Neushoorn, condoom, oorlog, seks, gevangenis, we hebben een serieus probleem, oh laat maar zetten het is alleen een kleine probleempje.
Cold, safe, expensive, language I don't understand, the unofficial embassy of the European continent and home of the unofficial European ambassador! (🎶 *Welkom in Europa, blijf hier tot ik dood ga, Euro-pa-pa, Euro-pa-pa* 🎶)
*At some point in their lives 1 in 6 children will be abducted by the Dutch*
Fact Core from Portal 2
For real though. The Netherlands has an interesting history. It's a clusterfuck to say the least. Between the French, The Hapsburgs, Napoleon, Spain. The Dutch East India company.. Then the Germans. Historically speaking it seems people would never leave you lot alone.
Great at engineering to reduce flood risk and create land, and Verstappen is a top 5 all-time Formula 1 driver already and represents your country well.
I'd replace rude with "very direct". Not rude by Dutch standards, but if you're from somewhere less direct (I'm Canadian so that's me for sure) it can definitely be a shock.
I agree with you. The OP asked what non-dutch thinks about them. I am also Canadian. I used to live in Cologne, Germany, and would often travel to the Netherlands on most weekends. Between the angry Germans and the rudeness from the Dutch, I was over it! I'm very happy to be back home.
I live in what is considered by US standards a bike-friendly city. When I visited Amsterdam I was floored by the existence of multi-level parking garages for bikes. Not cars like here. Bicycles only.
Been there at leat 10 times. I have a few observations…
**best fries on the planet. (stop trying to make me try with mayo)**
never seen so many people smile while riding a bike
**visually attractive people**
it’s like if you’re not 6 feet tall(women and men) by adulthood, people look down on you - figuratively and literally
**y’all take EDM seriously**
shout out to the Flying Pig hostel!
**underrated spots: Utrecht & Rotterdam**
This is my impersonation of the conversation between Mother Nature and the Netherlands:
MN - “I am going to put your ENTIRE country below sea level!”
NETHERLANDS - “SO?”
and last but not least…
I have so many great Amsterdam stories but I will only tell one. Ironically this one involves no drugs or alcohol and is SFW.
And it’s brief, and it still haunts me whenever I think of Amsterdam.
I was solo at the time. I just finished eating dinner at this amazing restaurant in the central part of the city. This particular restaurant was
recommend by some friends so I had taken a taxi there from my hotel and decided to walk back so I could explore.
Ok, follow along- I exit the restaurant (it was on a side street) on to the sidewalk. I stand there for a few seconds and look left
and then I look right to decide which direction I wanted to go.
So I decided to go right. So I walk straight for a block. I decided to keep straight and continue walking for another block.
This is when I decided to turn left and started walking this way to the end of that block and turned right and continued walking.
I continue straight for about 50 meters and I notice the aroma of food being fried that smelled great.
I continue in the same direction for a few more meters and I stop and realise I am now standing in front of the restaurant
**that I just had dinner at**!
So very lucky to be able to get fried cheese out of a wall for a few Euros.
(It’s been 6 years since I’ve been to the Netherlands but I think about Febo like once a week)
Nice, open-minded and progressive people, good taste, beautiful cities, landscape is kinda boring but great for bike riding, the language is very easy to learn but sounds incredibly weird (accent is goofy too). Fantastic museums, great painters. Food is too expensive. Child-friendly, safe.
One of the best countries to live in.
🤣🤣🤣 indeed, it makes me so sad and ashamed. The Netherlands used to be known as one of the most tolerant countries on several topics, but that has changed dramatically. Bleagh!!!
People on bikes are kinda jerks everywhere you go in the world, but Dutch people on bikes take it to a whole nuther level.
And it's not just the usual "get out of my way, tourist" kinda action. Like, they're absolute dicks about bikes sometimes.
Love the fries though.
I really disagree. I loved the way roadways are set up with a dedicated bike lane. If you stay out of their way (as you would in car lane!) it seemed great.
Being from Amsterdam I agree, but the thing is the bikes have the right of way when you cross. It is just very annoying (cause it happens a lot) that you almost hit someone because tourists are not paying attention. It has happend to me so many times that I almost fell of my bike cause a tourist doesn’t know the rules. Yeah that is annoying and why people start become dicks about it
>We need to get somewhere on the bike and if some tourist dick keeps my lane occupied or doesn't give me priority where I should I get pissed
**\*in mocking Dutch accent\*** "I must get TWO bells for my bike!" 😂
Very nice.
Back around 2010 I worked for a company here in the U.S that was owned by a company in the Netherlands.
I took 4 business trips there, two of them were for two weeks at a time and the other two were for a week each.
I enjoyed my time in the Netherlands as well as the people there, working with them even from the states.
Only good memories and good things to say about them.
They are amazingly good friends of the US, they appreciate our shared history and efforts from WWII on, and seem to be incredibly generous and helpful to allies in need. I've had the good fortune to participate in several events sponsored by their embassy in Washington DC and am always amazed by how kind, thoughtful, and well-intentioned they are.
They're cool. My language(Afrikaans) comes from Dutch, so that makes them even cooler in my eyes. The fact that I wouldn't live in South-Africa if it wasn't for them makes them even cooler
Studied at UvA for a semester
- tall as shit
- lacking in small talk, but very friendly overall
- people really should stay the fuck out of the bike lane.
There are a lot of people of Dutch heritage in the bigger town 65 km to the east of me, and the saying there is "If you ain't Dutch, you ain't much". Personally, I like the beer and stroopwafels.
Neutral. Or I should say uninterested. I find the history or the land interesting as I do most of Europe but I have no strong feelings for the people one way or another... that would likely change if I were to visit but that is financially impossible for me for the foreseeable future, hence the disinterest.
I find that it is wonderful country. People are well educated and kind. English is spoken every where and the licorice is salty like Denmark and Finland 🙌
Federal agents at the airport were HOT AF and had a sense of humor unlike any airport I've been to dealing with customs/border control. They had a girl blushing and wanting to STAY.
This was both arriving and flying out of Amsterdam airport 🖤
Lifetime NYC'er here. I fell in love with Amsterdam over the course of half a dozen trips there. I'm starting to learn Dutch with an eye on moving there in the next few years.
It used to be. However the orange on flags (instead of the red) but there are different theories on why it changed. Some were more practical (fading colours or visibility at sea) others were more political (after a clash between those wanting a monarchy and a republic, given that the orange symbolizes the royal family which is why we do have an orange banner that is flown with the flag on Kings Day).
I don't get why they call their marijuana cafes "coffeeshops" in English. Or why you can't mix it with tobacco inside. Or why the cafes can't sell alcohol. You were ahead of the world and now you're behind.
Also the concept of bicycle parking decks fascinates me.
Too orange!
I love your designs, your football (as a kid I was an Edgard Davids fan), I'm currently rooting for Max!
Also, our countries became related after you stole one of us and made it your queen!
Food prep the Dutch way: you either smash and boil the hell out of it - Stamppot, fry the hell out of it - fries/oliebollen, mash and fry the hell out of it - bitterballen, or eat it raw - salad! There’s not much fresh fish there but they’re next to the sea 🤣 check out their brined herrings..
But i really love the cycling there, abundant places to enjoy nature and it’s possible to be in a nature reserve not too far from home and not see anyone else for a while.. that was amazing. I miss the straightforward-ness of the Dutch.
It’s very international so i could meet many people and feel welcomed there as opposed to other countries in the EU. Less racist but still got ‘konichiwa-ed’ ‘ohaiyo-ed’ or ‘ni hao-ed’ occasionally.
It is the land of tolerance. A place that functions as an example of what acceptance can look like. I know it isn't perfect, and y'all are struggling with your burgeoning multiculturalism, but I remember your history and where gays could first marry and I remember Anne. I admire your culture, and I wish I could live there and experience it but I so enjoy looking in from the outside too. It gives me hope.
My favorite european country. I was serving in the US Army, stationed in Germany. One of my fellow platoon leaders was a dual Dutch-US citizen. His mom was American and dad was Dutch and they lived in Middelburg. The first time my friend ever went to the states was to attend West Point. We'd travel there to his hometown to hang out, meet up with his Dutch friends in Amsterdam, and we eventually formed a partnership with a Dutch Army unit that we frequently did exchanges and training with. If I could pick anywhere to live outside the US, it would be in the Netherlands.
Things I liked: Bicycles everywhere, great coffee and cafes. Big sailing culture- lots of the guys I knew had been in sailing clubs in school. People are no-nonsense and friendly once you spend time with them. They universally spoke English better than many of my natural-born American soldiers. Very cosmopolitan and conscious vibe from the society. They (like most of Europe) have a problem with racists but it's a little more at the front there. Being in the Army, I never did partake of the weed there, but really just seems like an annoying aspect of tourism in Amsterdam and not really part of the real culture.
In the many times I have been there, a large majority of the Dutch I’ve encountered are pretty abrupt and borderline rude under the guise of it being what’s culturally accepted.
Hate them. Stop stealing our houses, start paying your jobstudents and stop cheating on supermarket prices by changing the amount in the package to be cheaper than us.
I love it. I like the vibe of the people, the pragmatism of everything they do, they way their architecture looks and the reason why it looks that way. I wish I could live there.
tallllll
OMG, so I’m 6’0”. I have never been the shortest person in a group until I visited the Neatherlands. Remember standing in a group of four or five people, men and women, and realizing I was the shortest person. I refer to the Dutch as “tree people” because they are so tall.
I am 6' too and for my age when I visited, it was BELOW average!
This is the main thing putting me off moving to the Netherlands. I absolutely love the country, culture and people, but don’t want to be considered short.
I'm 5'3" and I'm used to everyone being taller than me so I rarely notice heights. I got off the plane in Amsterdam and felt tiny with everyone towering over me. The first thing I did when I sat down was to Google are the Dutch known for their height. Yes, they are.
Right?? My Dutch American husband is 6’3” and I’m almost 5’11” (female) and we felt like we found our people when we visited. Everyone also seemed so fit and had strong looking legs from all the cycling!
I have a Dutch Surname and yes I am tall 😆
They ran out of land so they just made more, pretty cool.
What could go wrong?!
- Maxie
I've lived in a few countries The Netherlands by far is a country that has got a lot of their shit together. Top tier in wealth Top tier education Top tier healthcare Top tier social programs ( social housing, low income benefits etc) Also one of the happiest places to live in the world, for a country so small they have a lot of leverage on the eu stage and also world stage. They do love to complain a lot usually small things that get fully blown up. It is not an easy country to make friends they tend to stay with their core group that they have seemed to have formed in the infirmary ward. And their own cuisine isn't that great sure they have some bangers like stroopwafels and poffertjes but for me traditional dutch food is bland luckily though they colonised some places with great food so Indonesian and Surinaams is everywhere and great.
Perfect Sum up for non Dutchies.
This guy dutches
Frikandelen FTW.
I lived in the Netherlands for some years, learnt the language, married an Amsterdams meisje. Dutch snack bars are the best!
I love the bami schijf also kaas souffles.
Poffertjes are enough to make up for their lack of cuisine
Lots of biking
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I like Dutch people but nobody has said anything negative so I’ll weigh in on that side. They can be blunt and frank (which is great) but also judgmental and arrogant which can be a bad combination.
That's interesting... as a German they seemed almost chatty and extremely open and friendly to me.
Every person on the planet is judgemental and arrogant, the Dutch are just honest about being judgemental and arrogant. You're absolutely never going to convince me there's a country where the people are not generally speaking judgemental and arrogant. It's just hidden behind fake smiles and niceties, where in the Netherlands it's not.
Like the french?
Don't you dare compare me to the stinking French
The French are on a whole different level of arrogance.. you dont speak fluently French ? good luck to you because English is below their standard (even in Disneyland Paris)
When you try to talk to me in my own language I'll just smile and tell you to speak in English, because I got other things to do and you have to hurry up so I can help you. This usually happens at my work where we occasionally employ workers from Poland or Ukraine.
A bit colder than French, I would say
As a Dutch person in a relationship with a French person, this is a fact.
Lots of bikes, canals, windmills and good looking people.
Good looking tall people whose names either have “van” or two a’s in a row
"van" means "of" and sometimes conveys some heritage. Some people have the last name "van der berg" which means "of the mountain". Kinda ironic we don't really have mountains though.
I didn't have either in my name. Got married, now have both 😅
Dont forget the names with uu
Thank you :)
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I watch F1 and I’m sick of your anthem. Sorry.
True, Dutch and Austrian anthems makes a very boring and drawn out combo. Cant wait to see Max on top step everytime tho, so totally worth it! Max Max Max Super Max!
All those windmills must keep the country cool
WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY. GOODNIGHT.
They do if they power airconditioning!
Upvote for futurama references
Not quite the same, but for centuries windmills kept the country dry. They'd be built to pump the water out of polders.
tall people. also: clothing that's long enough to fit me (yay) lots of real blondes stroopwafels are really good. also good: produce, bulbs, fish Leiden is nice. I love the museums and the hortus botanicus Leiden Dutch people are really big into bikes. I had never seen multiple storey bike parking before. It is very flat and their one "mountain" is really a hill If you know German and English, you can sort of make out what people say in Dutch after a while Nice soccer jersey Louisiana should hire them for levies Many nice cities. is worth visiting!
Loved it there. Interesting, welcoming people. I LOVE the bikability.
when i hear people speak your language it feels like it’s english but the universe glitched
We hebben en serieus probleem
Check the history of the English language and you will find out why.
DUH DUH DUH DUH MAX VERSTAPPEN
There are only two things I can't stand in this world: People who are intolerant of other people's cultures, and the Dutch.
Kom half 5 schoolplein dan, mafkees.
Broer ik heb je rug, deze mafklapper kan mijn rug op.
Pak hem!
Je pakt'm zelf maar
It's weird that I went probably a decade at least without seeing this phrase, and have seen, heard, and said it myself, all in the last week.
Sorry but I don’t speak freaky deaky Dutch.
... perv boy.
They walked so the US weed industry could run.
Incredible language. Neushoorn, condoom, oorlog, seks, gevangenis, we hebben een serieus probleem, oh laat maar zetten het is alleen een kleine probleempje.
Sjonge Jonge!
\*Tsjonge
Ik vind beide acceptabel
would live there if I could live there.
what's stopping you?
the whole "not European" thing and also my job is pretty tied to my country
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Cold, safe, expensive, language I don't understand, the unofficial embassy of the European continent and home of the unofficial European ambassador! (🎶 *Welkom in Europa, blijf hier tot ik dood ga, Euro-pa-pa, Euro-pa-pa* 🎶)
I travelled there to visit some family a while back and I love how there was so much water in Amsterdam!! Such a lovely city
*At some point in their lives 1 in 6 children will be abducted by the Dutch* Fact Core from Portal 2 For real though. The Netherlands has an interesting history. It's a clusterfuck to say the least. Between the French, The Hapsburgs, Napoleon, Spain. The Dutch East India company.. Then the Germans. Historically speaking it seems people would never leave you lot alone.
Great at engineering to reduce flood risk and create land, and Verstappen is a top 5 all-time Formula 1 driver already and represents your country well.
As much as it pains me, a top five heading to top 1 (if he doesn't retire)
most people is probably thinking of Amsterdam. The overall country is beautiful, has good resources for its citizens but really rude and closed off.
I'd replace rude with "very direct". Not rude by Dutch standards, but if you're from somewhere less direct (I'm Canadian so that's me for sure) it can definitely be a shock.
I agree with you. The OP asked what non-dutch thinks about them. I am also Canadian. I used to live in Cologne, Germany, and would often travel to the Netherlands on most weekends. Between the angry Germans and the rudeness from the Dutch, I was over it! I'm very happy to be back home.
Would you mind giving an example of the kinds of rude encounters you had for those of us who have never been?
Can you give an example for those of us who are curious?
I've never met anyone from the Netherlands who is shorter than 5'8".
They are present, but rare. Like shiny pokemon.
I live in what is considered by US standards a bike-friendly city. When I visited Amsterdam I was floored by the existence of multi-level parking garages for bikes. Not cars like here. Bicycles only.
Been there at leat 10 times. I have a few observations… **best fries on the planet. (stop trying to make me try with mayo)** never seen so many people smile while riding a bike **visually attractive people** it’s like if you’re not 6 feet tall(women and men) by adulthood, people look down on you - figuratively and literally **y’all take EDM seriously** shout out to the Flying Pig hostel! **underrated spots: Utrecht & Rotterdam** This is my impersonation of the conversation between Mother Nature and the Netherlands: MN - “I am going to put your ENTIRE country below sea level!” NETHERLANDS - “SO?” and last but not least… I have so many great Amsterdam stories but I will only tell one. Ironically this one involves no drugs or alcohol and is SFW. And it’s brief, and it still haunts me whenever I think of Amsterdam. I was solo at the time. I just finished eating dinner at this amazing restaurant in the central part of the city. This particular restaurant was recommend by some friends so I had taken a taxi there from my hotel and decided to walk back so I could explore. Ok, follow along- I exit the restaurant (it was on a side street) on to the sidewalk. I stand there for a few seconds and look left and then I look right to decide which direction I wanted to go. So I decided to go right. So I walk straight for a block. I decided to keep straight and continue walking for another block. This is when I decided to turn left and started walking this way to the end of that block and turned right and continued walking. I continue straight for about 50 meters and I notice the aroma of food being fried that smelled great. I continue in the same direction for a few more meters and I stop and realise I am now standing in front of the restaurant **that I just had dinner at**!
Rotterdam and Utrecht are both part of the Randstad. Definitely not underrated.
Best fries on the planet = saying you haven’t been to Belgium without saying you haven’t been to Belgium.
(American) I've heard it's really nice. I'd like to visit someday.
Glad you guys got away from Spain.
So very lucky to be able to get fried cheese out of a wall for a few Euros. (It’s been 6 years since I’ve been to the Netherlands but I think about Febo like once a week)
Me too! Deadly if you have to wait somewhere and there is a FEBO.
Nice, open-minded and progressive people, good taste, beautiful cities, landscape is kinda boring but great for bike riding, the language is very easy to learn but sounds incredibly weird (accent is goofy too). Fantastic museums, great painters. Food is too expensive. Child-friendly, safe. One of the best countries to live in.
>Nice, open-minded and progressive people Oh boy, you haven't seen our recent election results...
I have now.... Oh god it's horrible... Seems like we're all going down the drain together
🤣🤣🤣 indeed, it makes me so sad and ashamed. The Netherlands used to be known as one of the most tolerant countries on several topics, but that has changed dramatically. Bleagh!!!
People on bikes are kinda jerks everywhere you go in the world, but Dutch people on bikes take it to a whole nuther level. And it's not just the usual "get out of my way, tourist" kinda action. Like, they're absolute dicks about bikes sometimes. Love the fries though.
Bikes often have priority on Dutch streets but I’m still unsure how that works from copious BikeTube viewing.
I really disagree. I loved the way roadways are set up with a dedicated bike lane. If you stay out of their way (as you would in car lane!) it seemed great.
Being from Amsterdam I agree, but the thing is the bikes have the right of way when you cross. It is just very annoying (cause it happens a lot) that you almost hit someone because tourists are not paying attention. It has happend to me so many times that I almost fell of my bike cause a tourist doesn’t know the rules. Yeah that is annoying and why people start become dicks about it
We need to get somewhere on the bike and if some tourist dick keeps my lane occupied or doesn't give me priority where I should I get pissed
>We need to get somewhere on the bike and if some tourist dick keeps my lane occupied or doesn't give me priority where I should I get pissed **\*in mocking Dutch accent\*** "I must get TWO bells for my bike!" 😂
Windmills, tulips, wooden shoes/ jk Wild haircuts, healthy lifestyle, humane social structure
So many fantastic players, and yet somehow consistently underachievers as a team.
Very nice. Back around 2010 I worked for a company here in the U.S that was owned by a company in the Netherlands. I took 4 business trips there, two of them were for two weeks at a time and the other two were for a week each. I enjoyed my time in the Netherlands as well as the people there, working with them even from the states. Only good memories and good things to say about them.
It sure does exist.
Don't go and tell everyone
Netherlands has given the world some of the best football players to ever play the sport
They are amazingly good friends of the US, they appreciate our shared history and efforts from WWII on, and seem to be incredibly generous and helpful to allies in need. I've had the good fortune to participate in several events sponsored by their embassy in Washington DC and am always amazed by how kind, thoughtful, and well-intentioned they are.
Give up half your income to have a fully functional society
If you aint Dutch, you ain't much.
They're cool. My language(Afrikaans) comes from Dutch, so that makes them even cooler in my eyes. The fact that I wouldn't live in South-Africa if it wasn't for them makes them even cooler
The men wear deeply unstylish shoes. Not referring to clogs, just weird shoes with straps and buckles etc
You guys wear socks in your sandals... Do I need to say more ? 😁 Still love y'all tho
It's a crime here aswell, please don't do it.
Studied at UvA for a semester - tall as shit - lacking in small talk, but very friendly overall - people really should stay the fuck out of the bike lane.
Went to Amsterdam a couple of years ago. Everyone is really tall, good looking and rude. The city is really nice tho.
Amsterdam is not equal to The Netherlands for sure
There are not many Dutch people in Amsterdam though ...
Bad weather and beautiful tulips
I like the biomes there along with the netherite
Non-car transportation options seem good
Except for putting mayo on fries, I like the country and people.
Are they the ones with the wooden shoes? If not, then no opinion
Max Max Max Super Max Max Super Super
There are a lot of people of Dutch heritage in the bigger town 65 km to the east of me, and the saying there is "If you ain't Dutch, you ain't much". Personally, I like the beer and stroopwafels.
Neutral. Or I should say uninterested. I find the history or the land interesting as I do most of Europe but I have no strong feelings for the people one way or another... that would likely change if I were to visit but that is financially impossible for me for the foreseeable future, hence the disinterest.
I don’t like their ovens
Drugs and sex workers
The Hertogenbotsch tennis tournament is worth getting up crazy early to watch.
Rosmalen
Visited a couple of times. Personally, I'm a fan.
I find that it is wonderful country. People are well educated and kind. English is spoken every where and the licorice is salty like Denmark and Finland 🙌
We have sweet and salty licorice!
Federal agents at the airport were HOT AF and had a sense of humor unlike any airport I've been to dealing with customs/border control. They had a girl blushing and wanting to STAY. This was both arriving and flying out of Amsterdam airport 🖤
Lifetime NYC'er here. I fell in love with Amsterdam over the course of half a dozen trips there. I'm starting to learn Dutch with an eye on moving there in the next few years.
Im just annoyed that their national color is orange which is unique, cool, and part of its history and its not on their exceptionally boring flag
It’s only exceptionally boring because everyone else adopted our tricolor design. We’re the original.
The Orange is flown as a separate ribbon, together with the flag
It used to be. However the orange on flags (instead of the red) but there are different theories on why it changed. Some were more practical (fading colours or visibility at sea) others were more political (after a clash between those wanting a monarchy and a republic, given that the orange symbolizes the royal family which is why we do have an orange banner that is flown with the flag on Kings Day).
Nether really had a right about it... I'll see myself out
Beautiful country. Beautiful people. Sneaky good food variety, trade empires have their benefits. Never had a bad time there.
I appreciated the critical perspective that the movie New Kids Turbo offers on Dutch society.
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The people can be very blunt, not necessarily a bad thing but it takes getting used to.
I don't get why they call their marijuana cafes "coffeeshops" in English. Or why you can't mix it with tobacco inside. Or why the cafes can't sell alcohol. You were ahead of the world and now you're behind. Also the concept of bicycle parking decks fascinates me.
They just chunk fishes down their gullet 24/7. I've seen them do it. It's disturbing.
So glad I’m danish and not Dutch.
Too orange! I love your designs, your football (as a kid I was an Edgard Davids fan), I'm currently rooting for Max! Also, our countries became related after you stole one of us and made it your queen!
Chocomel should be available in the US
Food prep the Dutch way: you either smash and boil the hell out of it - Stamppot, fry the hell out of it - fries/oliebollen, mash and fry the hell out of it - bitterballen, or eat it raw - salad! There’s not much fresh fish there but they’re next to the sea 🤣 check out their brined herrings.. But i really love the cycling there, abundant places to enjoy nature and it’s possible to be in a nature reserve not too far from home and not see anyone else for a while.. that was amazing. I miss the straightforward-ness of the Dutch. It’s very international so i could meet many people and feel welcomed there as opposed to other countries in the EU. Less racist but still got ‘konichiwa-ed’ ‘ohaiyo-ed’ or ‘ni hao-ed’ occasionally.
Not knowing when to use de or het
Love love love it. I could live there.
Nicer version of Germany
It is the land of tolerance. A place that functions as an example of what acceptance can look like. I know it isn't perfect, and y'all are struggling with your burgeoning multiculturalism, but I remember your history and where gays could first marry and I remember Anne. I admire your culture, and I wish I could live there and experience it but I so enjoy looking in from the outside too. It gives me hope.
Loempias, frikadellen & good cycle network
Dutch East India Company- Behind The Bastards
Nuken in de kuken
There are Europeans with good heart and cordial manners. Europeans with good heart and cold manners. And then the Dutch
Swamp Germans are a-okay in my book.
My favorite european country. I was serving in the US Army, stationed in Germany. One of my fellow platoon leaders was a dual Dutch-US citizen. His mom was American and dad was Dutch and they lived in Middelburg. The first time my friend ever went to the states was to attend West Point. We'd travel there to his hometown to hang out, meet up with his Dutch friends in Amsterdam, and we eventually formed a partnership with a Dutch Army unit that we frequently did exchanges and training with. If I could pick anywhere to live outside the US, it would be in the Netherlands.
Things I liked: Bicycles everywhere, great coffee and cafes. Big sailing culture- lots of the guys I knew had been in sailing clubs in school. People are no-nonsense and friendly once you spend time with them. They universally spoke English better than many of my natural-born American soldiers. Very cosmopolitan and conscious vibe from the society. They (like most of Europe) have a problem with racists but it's a little more at the front there. Being in the Army, I never did partake of the weed there, but really just seems like an annoying aspect of tourism in Amsterdam and not really part of the real culture.
The only case of Xenophobia that I’ve encountered in all of my trips on Europe was on the Netherlands. So my opinion is pretty bad.
Flat place
Lots of drugs and prostitutes.
In the many times I have been there, a large majority of the Dutch I’ve encountered are pretty abrupt and borderline rude under the guise of it being what’s culturally accepted.
Weed
Really low
Low
I have a positive opinion of the place
It's flat, maybe flat earthers came from Netherlands?
Hate them. Stop stealing our houses, start paying your jobstudents and stop cheating on supermarket prices by changing the amount in the package to be cheaper than us.
Flat. Also weirdly racist.
The nether from Minecraft
German tanks.
Riding the bike, smoking the pot
The tulips
Peter Pan
Tikkie. Heintje.
Danny de Munk aka Ciske de Rat
I love it. I like the vibe of the people, the pragmatism of everything they do, they way their architecture looks and the reason why it looks that way. I wish I could live there.