Forget Amsterdam, Maastricht is the BEST city of the Netherlands! 

I was born in Maastricht and all my family still live there. My mother's family lived beside the Maas. However I had my childhood in Australia, teenage years in South Africa, married in New Zealand and now reside in Australia. Do I miss my homeland ?? Yes and no.. Here in Australia we have the bluest skies and just beautiful beaches.. Australia very young country. Maastricht is so very cultured. Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺

@@avengernemesis7990 daanke jong en veul groete oet Bretagne, fraankriek

@@rangvi1956 Iech bin aafkomstig oet Eisde (Mechele) en veur miech blieft Mestreech mien haufdshtad!

Born in Maastricht, now living in Nieuw Zealand. Sjoenste stad! 😅

@rangvi1956 zo leuk ik woon al mijn hele leven in Maastricht

Certainly not a bad place, easy access to 3 countries!

You live in an awesome place! I envy you, Haarlem sucks compared to Maastricht

I'm poor as hell haha. Don't let money stop you from following your dreams!

Thank you! The outskirts of Maastricht must be real nice too!

Oh you must miss it! I hope you can go back in the near future

Please don’t wear your hat backwards. As we say in Canada, you lose 10 IQ points when you wear it like that

@@daisysmum7336 haha, I will remember if I ever go to Canada! but I usually wear it forwards haha

You are clearly better informed than me haha. Although I sometimes enjoy the mystery of not knowing

It really is! Yeah Netherlands is just too rainy in winter!

Yeah you should! And check out Valkenburg too while you’re there haha

Same! But I live in New Zealand. Wish I could just pop over for a little visit to Mestreech 😊

I only wish we were young enough to make one more move. That’s where we would move.😢

@@accordionchick Well, move then! It’s better late than never. 🤎

You should head back sometime!

Not a bad place to live!

is it worth it for a weekend visit in november ?

Oh interesting, thanks for the info!

That is one amazing place to live!

What's the name of the street? I used to live in the Pieterstraat!

Glad I could help! Be sure to check out that top secret river under the tree hehe

Alote of coffeeshops you can visit!👌

@@joopiedelange8463 shops where they sell coffee? Or “coffee shops”? :p

@@KokoroKompass You can buy coffee, but something else to😁

I looked it up now, apparently it’s a tourist Center. Visit Zuid-Limburg Experience Valkenburg

@@KokoroKompass Thanks😀

I think I read that somewhere! It's not many places that we have such grand bridges. Some of the small bridges we have are really charming too though!

Yes it’s all personal preference. But I think we can surely say that Amsterdam has become overrun but tourists the last few years. It’s a shame people only go there and skip out on the rest of the Netherlands!

@@KokoroKompass Amsterdam isn't Dutch anymore just like many other cities in Europe like Paris, Berlin,Brussels, London etc.

@@markschattefor6997 Well I hated Amsterdam before it was cool, around 15 years ago!

For sure! You’re right next to Belgium and Germany too, so plenty to explore

Yes although you cannot compare Maastricht with Amsterdam for example. Maastricht feels more like a village, in a good way. Much more to explore around the city as well, and indeed 5 minutes from Belgium and a bus goes directly to Aachen (Germany) You will not regret the choice of city at least😊

Yeah there is a lot to see!

True! But it's always a bit sad to see that tourists never take a step outside of Amsterdam.

@@KokoroKompass A large part of the tourists who visit Amsterdam don't walk through a city like you do. They go to Amsterdam to visit the coffee shops and to get drunk and to visit the red light district. They also haven’t an eye for the beautiful houses and museums. The vast majority of tourists who visit the other cities like you , go for the beauty of the city.And if you do a Europe tour, you really don't have the time to go to Maastricht for a while. But having said that, have you ever been to Belgium. speaking of beautiful cities....

@@Hrn250 Yeah it's a shame, and one of the things that ruined Amsterdam for me. I've been to Antwerp and Brussels! Lovely cities.

@@KokoroKompass Yes I understand. I lived in Amsterdam for more than 12 years, but the increasing drug tourism has not done the city any good.I lived in Old South where it was still fairly quiet. The current mayor, Halsema, is trying to reduce this excess burden. The city itself remains very beautiful and is still in my heart. I also had family living in Maastricht and I used to visit regularly as a child. As far as Belgium is concerned: Bruges ( Brugge) and the city center of Mechelen are also really beautiful, I have been there last year and Ghent ( Gent) is also very nice

Oh really? I might be confused with the Dutch term “de middeleeuwen” which end around that time

@@KokoroKompass 1600 is actually late in the Renaissance period, considering that Leonardo da Vinci died in 1519 and he was the major figure of that period. The Middle Ages finished in the 1300s at the start of the Renaissance.

Yeah it feels super undutch haha

Haha, yes it's funny how you can take a single step over the border and things are immediatly so different!

@@KokoroKompass Yes, especially when moving to the French-speaking side. Haha.😉

@@pstviou True! I'm always a bit confused in Belgium if people will understand me if I speak Dutch or not haha

I think they do, but they are not common like in Amsterdam

No, only citizens and residents of the Netherlands can enter unfortunately. This is a municipal law common in cities near the border (to fight drug tourism and crime).

Oh I never about that, I gotta check that out when I go back!

Like anywhere in the Netherlands, horrible and you likely have to pay..

It's simple, stop acting like an American rushing through the place like a coffee addicted hyperactive person with ADHD and go to a terrace or café to drink or eat something and do it there. The enjoyable thing in our burgundic culture is walking around while enjoying a few breaks with good drinks & food. Around the noon you'll have lunch anyways so that's one moment, before that you can enjoy a coffee with a piece of pastry or a cocktail/beer/wine on a summer day, in the afternoon you can have something sweet accompanied with a coffee or some tapas or snacks if you prefer savoury and then its evening and you'll go out to eat again and enjoy the art of eating two to three courses slowly while talking to eachother, which gives you 1-2 hours to dump your load in their toilet. That's like 3-4 potty breaks from the late morning till the evening, most people should be fine with this.

I agree!

That Maastricht accent is really hard to understand haha

Just because an opinion is different than your own doesn't make it offensive.

@KokoroKompass the tone of the title doesn't seem to be an opinion.

I literally say in the video Maastricht is my favourite city!

@@KokoroKompass Why don't you put that instead in the title

​@@lepetitchat123 Maastricht is the best city, exactly what the title says.

@@KokoroKompass according to YOU only

@@lepetitchat123 Whether one thing is better than another is always personal taste. Look, sometimes youtubers need to use clickbait or no one will watch. This is not one of those times. Maastricht is simply the best city in the Netherlands I've visited.

It's all personal of course, but I personally hate Amsterdam and love Maastricht haha.

@@KokoroKompass why are you talking and writing in english? you are from the netherlands. dont pretend that you are an english or american tourist.

@@ronalddijkema7696 My RU-vid channel is targeted towards an international audience, it would be very silly to speak Dutch to them. And English is how I communicate with my partner as well.

@@ronalddijkema7696 Lol he's really not pretending to be an American or English tourist, you tool.

@@Persei1 yes he is, you fool. why is he talking in english? people in the netherlands speak dutch.

Every student can be obnoxious whether they are native or not

Haha, the problem is that I need it whilst biking, otherwise my hair blows in my face and I can’t see! And it’s nice and lazy too hehe