24 Hours in Amsterdam (we were SHOCKED) 

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In my opinion as a Dutchy, the traditional pancake is the sweet one. Traditionally only with a topping of 'schenkstroop' which is a thick syrup, or icing suguar/powdered sugar.

The only country in Europe I have been to is the Netherlands, Amsterdam in particular. I was there for 5 days, 4 nights in 2015. I had a ball. I did some partying but also Van Gogh museum and the Anne Frank House, so not everything was a party. This 77 year old would love it so much to be able to go back again! Enjoyed your video, look forward to your next!

I had not been to Amsterdam for years, but finally returned last Easter for the Vermeer exhibition. Just rekindled my love for the Netherlands, and am looking to visit again sometime.

I have watched your videos for quite a while but realised today that I had never commented. I'm a Londoner by birth but have lived in Glasgow since 1992 but was visiting Poitiers (France) when you came to Glasgow so I didn't get to meet you. I lived briefly in The Netherlands in 1990, so I visited Amsterdam often but lived quite far away in a region called Limburg (very close to the German border). I think you gave an amazing overview of the city, trying different foods without focusing on the obvious landmarks etc. It wasn't featured in your video but I hope you managed to try the machine-operated fast-food chain called FEBO, they have small glass doors/windows where you insert a few Euro's and purchase warm hamburgers, Frikadallen, Nasi Goreng, Bami Goreng and other Dutch-Indo Chinese snacks. I love your wonderful, warm personalities and enjoy your vlogs immensely. Happy travels and thanks for your wonderful content xx

The transit around Amsterdam (and in the rest of the country) is really good, so for the next time, look for a much cheaper hotel in one of the towns outside the city. Most of those towns have their own charm and sights as well.

A Dutchie here! Though Amsterdam is nice and it's the place most tourist understandably go, The Netherlands has so much more to offer. Many if not most things found in Amsterdam you can also find in other cities around The Netherlands. There are many old medieval cities often far older than Amsterdam that have so much to offer. I was born and raised about 30km from Amsterdam in an own called Leiden which played a vital role in the history of the Netherlands. A fun fact: Leiden is the birthplace of Rembrand van Rijn. If you ever decide to come back to the Netherlands, instead of just going to Amsterdam rather take the time to visit cities such as Leiden, Delft Alkmaar, Utrecht etc etc. You'll be surprised that a.) it is often far cheaper, less touristy but have just as much to offer if not more. Amsterdam just has the name and don't get me wrong as I also love Amsterdam but do find it to focused on tourist. If you love tulips, maybe next time visit the Keukenhof which is tulip heaven on steroids. Another thing I would like to comment on is the fact that most people speak English in the Netherlands. Studies have shown that the Futch out of all non-native English-speaking nations speak the best English in the world and 90 to 95% of the people will gladly be able to keep a conversation going in English. We get English at school from a young age. I remember I was around 10 when English was introduced at school. Now, English is a compulsory language at most high schools aside from Dutch. The Dutch being traders by nature understand that the key to turn a trade into a success is that you need to learn the language. Last but not least, all non-Dutch movies and series except children's movies series subtitled instead of dubbed. This greatly helps with learning the language. Anyway, glad you enjoyed Amsterdam.

Did you notice all of the shops advertized in English? They're here just for the tourists. The pancake one, the cheese one, all of the flower market. Amsterdam has changed completely in the last two decades. It turned from a regular dutch city to a party city for tourists. It's something I regret. Since I live here I know the few authentic shops that are left. The inner city has hardly any anymore. The rest of the city might fall prey to you well meaning people ;-)

Would recommend a Rijsttafel - a rice table, a very laid back meal of 20 or so courses - tiny portions. A vegi or a meat version is available.

Haha the Katten Kabinet looks pretty awesome! As cat people, this is a must see! Happy Birthday Jeremy! 🧄

Love Amsterdam. Such a great place. Best place to visit is the Begijnhof. A slice of magic in the city centre.

You fell for just about any tourist-trap they came up with. The centre of my city has become a no-go area for us ( and for an art historian like me) because of this. We hardly ever eat pancakes, certainly not for breakfast ( yikes). Tulips, cloggs nor tourist-cheese are part of our life. Congratulations, you have seen the Disney version of Amsterdam.

5:18 The literal meaning of Nieuwe Spiegelstraat is 'New Mirror Street', however the street, just as of Spiegelgracht (gracht means canal), is named after a family name. The street and canal are probably named after the writer Hendrick Laurenszoon Spiegel.

Loved the video! Yes, I agree, Amsterdam is a wonderful place, I try and get over once a year (it helps that one of my best friends lives over there so I can crash at his house!) and I always have a great time. It's such a shame that so many folks think Amsterdam is just about, well, the coffee houses and the Red Light District... it's a beautiful city with so much to see and do. 😊

We speak English and not only in Amsterdam, there is more than Amsterdam.

I love the Netherlands. I first visited when I was seven. One of my mother’s cousins married a Dutchman as did one of her friends. The Dutch Free Navy (the ones that were at sea when the Germans invaded) was based in my home town , Holyhead, during WW2, which is why so many local girls married Dutch sailors.

thank you for this...i have been to amsterdam several times and i learned a bit more with this video.....the cat art gallery (huge cat fan here) and the garlic restuarant....thank you.....if you go in summer the parks are amazing to hang out in, go try more art galleries but book ahead for main ones, and just drink beer in a bar along side the canals....

The Netherlands has great reliable public transport so I recommend booking places to stay outside of Amsterdam. There are amazing options out there for cheap that also get you to Amsterdam central really quickly

Ive been to Amsterdam and Rotterdam loads as where I live in Hull the over night ferry sails every night from 9pm to Rotterdam and that ferry journey is an experience its just an absolute piss up some right mad stuff happens worth every penny...

love dutch pancakes, so many to choose from and they're all good.

Amsterdam is really lovely & one if ny fave European cities. Thanks for sharing so many bew things like the cat musem & garlic restaurant.

I've been to Amsterdam many, many times over a 30 yrs period. If you don't know the town, however, and you are a US citizen (I'm not!), then this video is a useful, painless introduction. Few cities pack so much history into a compact area as does "the Dam". Watch the video, then visit the town. You will not be disappointed.

I love The Netherlands. Definitely enjoyed my trip there, albeit 15 years ago now. Looking forward to taking my children once my youngest has read Anne Frank’s diary.

Happy Birthday, or as the Dutch would say: gefeliciteerd! 🥳 Thank you for visiting our lovely city and we're happy you had a blast. We can't wait to have you again. 💖

I love Amsterdam so much, that Garlic Queen restaurant looks so fun

We thought Amsterdam was so pretty and lots to do! Funny story ( Please dont judge us, we take Parenting very very seriously) But when we went, it was supposed to be just me and Hubby, but our son jumped in and said....Hey if im going to choose anyone to go Amsterdam with its you and Dad ( I panicked but said ok hes 19 and at least he will be with us) So off we go to one of the whacky backy places, and my hubby said, Im not trying it, will take you both back to hotel when youve tried a joint🤣 I explained to the girl we only wanted a mild joint as our son had never smoked anything in his life before (she was shocked🤣Anyway she gave me this joint but our son didnt know how to inhale, so my Hubby started showing him.....yep by time our son understood how to inhale my Hubby was stoned, grey and the look of panic on his face, all he kept saying to us was....im soooo ashamed, I was supposed to takecare of you 2, we stood him up and we got either side of him to get back to hotel, we then realised we had taken the turn into redlight district, so then my son is looking at all these women, were both now dragging my hubby through this one road, his feet had stopped working by now and all I wanted was churros n chocolate sauce! We finally seen a taxi because Hubby wanted nothing else but to go to bed, so we put him in it, gave taxi driver the address to hotel (who was laughin by the way at hubby) Me and our son went to find churros, walked back together laughin our heads off saying, some Hubby/Dad he is😂 Moral of this story is....dont expect a mild joint but expect to laugh! My son to this day who is now 29 says it was the best 3 day break hes had and wouldnt have wanted to go with anyone else other than his Parents🤣🤣🤣 Thankyou for reminding us how pretty Amsterdam is. Love Rose xxx

My husband and I are garlic-holics, we would totally eat at that garlic restaurant and enjoy it very much!

And don't forget the rest of the Netherlands, it's not only Amsterdam 😉

Born in Amsterdam, so happy that i left and live in sunny Portugal 8 years ago. Never went back. But i had a great youth and time there. ❤👌 ❤❤❤

Why are Americans so damn awkward using cutlery? I sat here squirming at the cackhanded attempt to hold a fork. 😂

My favourite city in the world! ❤

Lived there for 6 months and loved it . A day walking around the city and sitting in cafes is magical . Thankfully the AJAX football team were doing well when I was there , so enjoyed a few games . Only downside was a few really steep staircases I'd to climb .

Thank you for visiting my country and I'm very happy you had a good time ☺ Also, thank you for making such a nice video about it! The filming and editing both is done so well. You guys are very professional 💯👌 I have to watch another video of yours now 😃

Great video. I Love how open-minded you guys are.

For your information : A 'spiegel' is the Dutch word for ' Mirror ', so the antiques street is called The Mirror Street.

Ahh take me back! I went to Amsterdam back in June with some work friends! We had an amazing time. I can’t wait to go back again!

A fascinating tour, thank you ❤❤

Beautiful city. Loads of them around Europe, we're spoiled for choice. 🙂

Tip from The Netherlands. The pancakes are eaten rolled up like a burrito or tortilla or crepe. I love the one with spec..bacon. hope ppl will visit other cities than Amsterdam. Harlem is beautiful and near by. also The Hague. rains are great and easy. Utrecht University city, like Amersfoort. Go south to Zeeland. Wild life reserve De Velum..Little village Hoenderloo has a Van Gogh museum in woods. is crazy some ppl think Amsterdam is the country.

The wooden shoes are called Clogs and they are still used in certain areas. The tulips when they were popular I think it was the 16 - 1700 could be classed in the millions of dollars nowadays for individual types.

7:39 Correction, English is taught at elementary school (group 7). So it's around the age of 10 years old. Some schools do it even earlier.

The flower market used to be the best place for cheap flowers, nowadays it is more of an expensive tourist trap. They did a test last year with the flower bulbs they sell there and more than 80% of the bulbs dit not hatch 😂

I like how Jeremy is rocking his one sock up, one sock down look for his birthday! 🧦

You had me at incredible food. The dutch wooden shoes are called clogs.

Well that puts Amsterdam City Hall firmly on the visitor map - in a city of history thats history I am down with

In my opinion the best canal tour is by Those Dam Boat guys. Whenever we have family or friends visit we book a tour with them and it never disappoints.

It's a cakestand of delights, from the bottom ring all the way to the elite top rack of cultural excellence.

We love Amsterdam - it is a bit worrying to see how many houses appear to be ready to tip into the canals at any moment. Also good luck getting in any of the big museums if you havent booked ahead

A few recommendations for the next visit - the Vondelpark, the Albert Cuyp Market. the Portuguese Synagogue (Visserplein), Dutch gin (it's called jenever, and it comes in old and young varieties).

Great video. We're going in 2 weeks time. Missed yous again! Darn it! 🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Your surprise about Amsterdam was entirely you own choice. Kudos to you! You mostly avoided the touristy parts and chose some excellent alternatives. Good choice on the boat ride. Splendid choice on the garlic restaurant, made my mouth water. A daring choice would have been to enter a cheese shop, put down 10 Euros, and ask the shop keeper to cut slices of cheese. Starting at very young and ending at very old cheese. You'd be amazed about the differences in smell, taste and structure.

Love your Amsterdam single day tour!! it’s great!!!

When in the forces I was posted to Waldenrath and Holland was not to far away,we went to a super store to buy things what we liked.One interesting thing was we tried horse meat sausages but we had to hide them at the customs going back to Waldenrath,West Germany.Horse meat is very nice so anytime free we would go to holland.Holland houses we saw looked like UK housing and the Dutch were very frienly to us too which was totally diferent to west German older people.

It''s so funny, in the States, pancakes are considered breakfast food, in France Crépes are desert. In the Netherlands it's dinnerfood, that's why we have savory choices. I find it amusing to watch Americans in a video go get breakfast and they are going for pancakes.

Spiegel straat means mirror street. thanks for nice your video BENJAMIN from Amsterdam God BLESS YOU BOTH.

The Garlic Farm in the Isle of Wight holds an annual garlic festival where you can get garlic beer and ice cream. They also have a restaurant and shop in the farm site where you can purchase lots of garlic produce.

some recommodations to visit some more dutch places like rotterdam,the hague ,Delft (delfs blauw) alkmaar(kaas markt)

I think it's hilarious that the American and the British way to pronounce Van Gogh both do not come close to the Dutch way of pronouncing it. I suppose the British way is the closest as it attempts to vocalise the gh, but both g's are vocalised guttural Dutch g's.

Next time when you visit Amsterdam, try using a hotel outside of the city and use public transport to see the sights. That's much more affordable and you can stay a bit longer. 24 hours isn't much for any city.

12 isn't early to start learning a language at school. Learning a foreign language before the age of 8 is compulsory in most education systems throughout Europe. I suspect the age you were quoted was a bad estimate!

That was a fun video thank you

Hello. In 1999 my employer asked me to work in their Dutch daughter company call Telfort. We were supplying telephone and cordless service in competition to KPN the home company. I had an apartment on Brouwers Gracht one of the canals. I was there for 4 years and I only met one person who couldn’t speak English, she was an elderly shop assistant. My colleagues who were all Dutch spoke English so well you could tell them jokes and they would understand my humour. I was supposed to attend Dutch classes but when you are working on 24 hour 7 day a week shift system if your not working then your probably sleeping. My colleagues didn’t want me to take classes. They would prefer it for me to keep their English up to scratch. The only Dutch words I learned were the usual please, thank you, hello good-bye, oh and some swear words. They may speak good English but if they hit their thumb with a hammer then some “flowery” Dutch words come out. Every time I had visitors they would always want a tour of the Red Light District, one highlight was a shop called “The Condomerie”, yes it had a big display of assorted condoms, the usual to the ver unusual, the oddest ones I saw were a set of the Simpsons condoms!

traditional Dutch pancakes are sweet: ther is butter and sugar on it and also some melasse... that' s it... no cheese, appel or whatever..

'Shopping is an experience' is a typical thing to see these days. Everything has to be special. Not only in Amsterdam. It IS one heck of a city tho:)

Good stuff, thanks! Tbh, I'm a little shocked that you're shocked by Amsterdam. I can't think of anywhere in the world that feels more like it is supposed feel than Amsterdam 🤣 (OK, maybe NYC too lol)

1:30 I've had a pancake with thai curry before, it was great. But traditionally at my place we use syrup and powdered sugar with our pancakes. We like sweet stuff haha

I like your dog. Reminds me of my dog who died in 2009

Nice thanks ❤

Wooden shoes are called: Klompen

Spiegel=mirror. But in the netherlands a lot of streets are named after people. Like writers, politicians and other famous people. So i think the nieuwe spiegelstraat was named after someone called Spiegel.

If you like camanbert french cheese and roasted garlic you can cook both in an oven and eat with a fresh bagget heaven ?you can also order in advance an indian garlic stuffed chicken curry ? it normally has about 24 plus cloves in it and is as good as it sounds ?

I'd like to know what it was that shocked you?

We go regularly on the ferry North Shields (Newcastle) to Ijmuden and Amsterdam.

Like your nice way of being reserved and talking in a low respectful way!

Lovely video, I really enjoyed it.

I'm trying to work out if the guy who enters the pancake shop at 1 minute and seven is a fellow you tuber called the Bondi Treasure Hunter. He does a lot around the canals of Holland I believe.

You've been fooled! When people talk of the ""interesting window shopping" in Amsterdam, they mean you should check out the red light district at night... Yes, it really is a tourist attraction! Same goes for the "interesting" cookies in the coffee shops.

If you love garlic so much, search the internet for a French recipe: chicken with 40 gloves of garlic. I have been making it since forever. It is absolutely delicious!!

Do you not roll up your Pancake?

As someone living nearby (suburb of) Amsterdam I never go to the centre anymore. It just became a circus for tourists. Nothing to be proud of anymore

Regarding shopping experience the 9 streets are nice but a little overhyped in my opinion. I've heard a while ago that the most diversity (not amount) in shops has Haarlem, which is located nearby Amsterdam and easy to reach by public transport.

Actually you visited some of the more usual tourist traps. The pancake house serves odd food, in my opinion. Apple and cheese, okay, but the other one? Most Dutch pour syrup on pancakes, or jam, or sugar. And some have them with cheese and fried bacon. The cheese shops are only for tourists and the flower market is mostly trinkets nowadays. The city of Utrecht has a better and more interesting flower and plant market on Saturdays. The boat trip showed you all of the town CENTRE, but there are other neighbourhoods that most visitors don't see. The fact that everyone speaks English fluently is slightly exaggerated; I worked as an English teacher for over 30 years, so my view is slightly different. The fact that one is addressed in English everywhere in Amsterdam is not something that all Dutch people are happy about. Still I hope you had a nice stay, though one night is rather short to take it all in.

Such a sweet couple, you are very welcome. We would rather have tourists like you instead of the drunk bachelor parties from our dutch provinces.

Thank you for visiting my country. Amsterdam is a lot of fun and beautiful, but please come back and visit more countries like, Deventer, Amersfoort, Nijmegen, Den Bosch, Breda.

As a dutchie i am not a fan of Amsterdam at all. So if i can avoid it i would..But i understand why tourist want to see it..I am glad tho you guys had a great time.

Why do you guys hold the fork like that? In Holland we all hold our fork the same way (as we are taught) , just check it out! We call it 'table-manners' .

2:18 in general you don't have to tip in the Netherlands. Unless you wanna give your waiter a little extra or just want to round out the bill. But it's not obligatory since there are laws here that guarantee a fair minimum wage. Just so you know.

Dordrecht is a beautifull city, there you have a museum, Hof van Nederland, there you can see a movie , over the beginning of Democracy, 1n 1572 just in that building.

if you return, get a hotel in haarlem its way cheeper and less touristy than you take the train to Amsterdam and in 15-18 minites you are at central station which is in the heart of Amsterdam as you might have noticed. the zeevaart museum (maritime museum) is a forgotten museum but so worth visiting, you can even board the replica of a ship from the spice trade in the 1600s. if you want to visit the van Gogh museum and/or the Anne Franck house make sure you reserve a spot online long before. there is a card you can get at the VVV in the white building across the central sation that grants you traveling with the puplic transport, give discount on museums and some restaurants. Thx for the tip of the garlic restaurant, i've not heard of it before, nice to learn about your own town from tourists who are really interested in the town and not the partiying. btw spiegel means mirror. thanks for sharing your experience. i loved it

I enjoyed ur video. Ill definitelh try the garlic queen n cat museum

You should eat an apple pancake with poedersuiker 😉

The wooden shoes are clogs. Dutch Cheeses - Edam & Gouda. English is taught at school as a second language

I absolutely love Amsterdam, my favorite city on the planet but the rest of the Netherlands has so much to offer , the people are wonderful, blunt and to the point, they call a spade a spade and if you try to speak Dutch they will appreciate it but very quickly tell you to speak English.

You can add garlic to anything edible..but that's not to say you should

Oh my, your visit to the UK went so fast. Missing your UK experiences already. Enjoy travelling around Europe.

Even before 12. Most of the Dutch speak it good enough because all British or American series are subtitled over here and most popular series here on tv or streaming are of the English speaking countries. So yes, if almost everything you watch on tv is either American or British and you do that for the last 50 years, that works better than a textbook at school. I say good enough, because even then we're not native speakers. The French adopt a different system, 70% percent has to be French on radio and television, I can understand why they do that, but it is a disadvantage as English ( and Spanish) are a kind of lingua franca (ironic much).

Of course, Dali in the Cat Museum, not Picasso ;-)

I went to Amsterdam 2 weeks ago and my first points of call were also PANCAKES Amsterdam and Kitten Kabinet! Hope you also tried some Stroopwafel!

For dinner you really should have tried a good indonesian restaurant. For lunch you should have tried the Febo

I love roasted garlic but I think I would pass on the ice cream.