An American's 5 Biggest Dutch Culture Shocks! (Compared to Germany) 

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Whahaha, that's a good one.. 😋

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Die had ik nog niet gehoord! Geweldig!

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We generally tip out of generosity, not cause we have to. So if we do it's just something extra and not even everytime. So some waitress have some nice amount extra when a lot of customers are in a good mood, but since prices got up this year people are happy they can afford to sit down and have something to eat/drink. So tipping is getting less

For about 10 years ago, discussion rose on the subject wether plain tap water was a consumption to be paid for or not. As it turned out it had to be seen as something you should be able to ask for, because people used water as a necessity of life (e.g. to take their medicine). Second reason was that drinking plain tap water should replace bottled water anyway, because of the fact that tap water in The Netherlands is premium quality and spring water comes in plastic bottles, we should get rid of because of enviremental reasons. But then: some of the restaurant owners didn't like the concept of free tap water, because *every* glass filled with it cost them money anyway. First of all: you'd like to drink out of a clean glass, right? And they're obliged to serve you that. Then the discussion took another turn: other restaurant owners claimed tap water to be a basic need you shouldn't pay for. Yup... but then again: some restaurant owners proclaimed it as a freebee, but in fact they didn't because they calculated just a few eurocents on the dish or beverage to compensate for the 'free' glass of water. Most of the Dutch think it's annoying when you have to pay for a glass of plain tap water but we've got to be honest regarding the fact that clean tap water has to be paid for anyway; even by restaurant owners. But if you ask nicely for a glass of water because you need to swallow your pills, my experience tells me that the waiter/waitress responds to that with giving you the freebee, because hospitality is important to them. Not always, but very often it all works on the basis of social interaction and relying on your charms (ahem...) Nice vid. Thnx for posting.

@@MSMediaRotterdam Mostly they don't have a problem for free tapwater for people taking meds. Even though the tapwater is always drinkable in the Netherlands, it tastes differently in every city/village.(doesn't have to do with the quality, it has to do where the water is pumped up and the filtering process, you can also see it on drinking glasses in some areas if eventually has more chalk residu on them). Bottled water has a more consistent taste.

in the States once, I had a Waitress chase me out to my car and shout at me, because she thought my tip wasn't big enough! lol ... I told her, "I regretting tipping you at all right now. And I wont be coming back. Well done".

That's not really true anymore, at least in the Netherlands. It is one of the worst jobs you can have in the Netherlands. You will earn maybe 20k euros a year, which is very low considering how expensive it is to live here. No job security (zero hour contracts) and you are expected to work crazy hours. It's often done by students. There are a lot of better paid alternatives with much better job and social security. Especially after covid most of the cafe, restaurant and hotels are under-staffed. It's now common to have a QR code on your table to order your food or drink online.

yes, in the netherlands it is more common to speak english to foreigners. I am in highscool and i can also already speak english

Elburg is bible belt. No tv = shit english.

Yes Paul is right. No idea why people in Elburg prefer German speak. I guess when you live about 10-20 km from the German border it is to be expected. But Elburg is more like 60 km from the German border. Still it's a nice place. i was there once visiting their local brewery. btw you look fantastic. Realy natural and honest

You are the most casual polyglots on the planet. There’s only enough room in my head for one language. I’m fluent in Dutch but it costs me some of my English. You can get away with popping an English word into a sentence in NL - but if you try putting a Dutch word into your English in England, they think your having some sort of seizure. I tried my Dutch out on some Germans in Berlin - they found me ridiculous.

Spoke English already in primary school, for some reason I really liked speaking it, and it wasn’t hard at all! But that’s probably also because I was into movies and gaming a lot. Anyways, had German and French as well, but hates those. Dropped those subjects as soon as possible. But now I’m an adult… I actually wished I didn’t drop them. German is basically drunk Dutch (or vice versa), and French could be handy as well as most French people tend to be a bit ignorant when it comes to speaking another language like English… which they all learn @ school, but just don’t wanna use.

I agree. Most people I met speak perfect English. They say we speak a bit, but once they start talking, they are almost fluent.

Hi Gert-Jan, no worries about that! I appreciate your support here in the comments too:) Thanks for explaining that about the scanners! How interesting. I wish I could’ve tried it out while I was there :) and cool to know that German was offered in high school. That probably explains why the waitresses knew it :3

Fun fact with those scanners and self checkouts: They aren't as random as they claim. It is based on time in the shop compared to the number of items in your cart/basket. If little items but way to long in shop... check. If many items but way to short in shop (yes, that is a thing)... check. You can simply test this out by shopping like you normal do for few items and next time shopping those same items but have it take 3 times longer. (have a chate with the nice girl/guy at the meat section, I know you want to)... I guarantee the second time you have a "random check"

Thank you! ☺️

Zal wel specifiek dat dorp ziin

Sag mal "Germanen" auf englisch. 😁 Das ist nicht dasselbe wie "Deutsche". Wusstest du das "Diot" auch "deutsch" bedeutet und davon das Wort "I-diot" herkommt?

There were multiple tribes and they went to war with one another.

@@marlan5470 Korrekto!

@@RickDistance Words with similar meaning can move places. Take the English Sea , Dutch Zee , in German Sea becomes Meer and a lake becomes See. But you can understand how such a thing can happen if modern German is High German and they had no contact with actual salt water bodies. Also no doubt that in English some word derived from Meer also exists for smaller fresh water bodies.

@@marlan5470 They became different tribes over time who fought wars with each other. In Dutch war means 'to be in a state of confusion' which shows the similar origins but sometimes they morph into having similar but different meanings. It is also interesting to look at how the Romans described the locations of the different Germanic tribes in order to estimate which have a more natural language relationship. But it used to be just one tribe. Aryans or Indo-Europeans.

Well depends on which level and region i only got english which sucked i wanted to learn german and french

Some villages were cities before and some villages are still officially cities. In the 19th century they ebolished the "stadsrechten" law, small towns that wanted to stay cities could request this at the government, if they didn't they became villages. Now a city is a town with at least 20 000 inhabitants in certain area together with in the same municipality, an in industrial area of a certain degree in that municipality and at least some area of city center.

Thank you for your educational comment. Now it makes more sense :)

@@HiFromHamburg Greater parts of the Netherlands are flooded by German tourists each year, especially the Holland coastal regions, as well as Sealand and the West Frisian (Wadden) Islands. And historic small towns like Elburg. So most people in the tourist branche speak German and English too. In the greater cities in the Holland region however, English is way more common than German.

Correct we love to smile!

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Aw thank you Jennifer ☺️ if only everyday could be a good hair day 🥲 haha

*Gelderland

Yea thank god for those brave English and allied forces. Or we would be speaking German (nazis)🤮

From 7 years? I only had it from the 7th year of primary school and I'm also Dutch

Aw thank you 💕

So isses

Zumindest die geilste Stadt Spaniens

Bred must of course be written as bred

Nederland ook Pays Bas genoemd.

Answer: to Adele Tollius-Bennet: True, but I only mentioned other translated names for the country The Netherlands in relation to the English language not all other languages in the world. Greetings, Johannes Walraven ( Hans).

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Thank you ! Since I don’t live in Hamburg anymore I thought going back to Lamblike would be nice. And the name doesn’t bother me anymore like it use to

I just accept that I suck at German 😆. There's a reason I dropped the subject after 2 years. Nice to learn the "basics", but that book about grammar exceptions to the basis was 4x thicker... Since my job at a laboratory doesn't actually involve (much) German at all I get around fine (and even German work instructions I can make heads & tails of).

So be happy then. In the US you would have been shot.