This is one of the top anthems in Europe. Beautiful melody, and the Dutch sing it with such affection and pride. For me it is right up there with the Welsh national anthem.
@stuartrussell3490 I agree Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika is superb, lyrically, musically, linguistically. Beautiful. Also agree about GSTQ/GSTK - it’s dreadful beyond words 😖
@@massif9680 Hmm A lot of mean protestant propaganda. The Spaniards had a lot of trouble to march any army towards The Netherlands anyway. People in the North of the Netherlands know only fairy tales they learned at school. Not the truth. :(
I love how you can see their true emotion poured when singing. When more and more teams barely (or don't even) sing the National Anthem. These are proud Dutch girls and its a welcome sight in a Europe with less and less identity.
Or even, in my country, kneel down and expect to be praised for it. To hell with that...I've come too far to get here. I stand at attention and sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" the way it's meant to be sung, and I'm very glad that these Dutch players are showing patriotism for their country. I still have family over there, but I haven't seen them for quite a while because of COVID restrictions and all of that.
German men must married dutch women. .dutch women are most beautiful women in europe and for german civilisation..because german women not like children ....
The anthem dates back to 1575 which makes it the oldest song to be an anthem. It became official in the 1930's. The first official anthem of the Netherlands was "Wien Neerlânds Bloedt" but it never was popular among the Common volk. Instead, the Wilhelmus did the job. It's a song honouring our founder, William of Orange-Nassau.
@@dutchskyrimgamer.youtube2748 I've heard something about "Espajne" which I suppose means Spain, I think it speaks more about the independence of the Netherlands
Hahaha 😂 Drink beer and eat cheese 😂😂😂 🌹❤🌷 Maybe you can already start learning the language 😂🙋 Oh yes and start eating 'kroketten'. You'll never want another nationality😀🌷🌹
@@margalitvanbergen6620 Many thanks for the cultural tips. And yes, I enjoy your beer and cheese but honestly prefer your gin bars and Indonesian food. And being fluent in German,P'll have no problems with Dutch--once I get the trick of speaking German while eating potatoes! Culturally speaking, I admire your intelligence and tolerance; Spinoza and Erasmus would be proud as is, I suppose, Verhoven...
@reindeerkid After having stolen everything from indonesia as a colony, it's laughingly ironic that the dutch now seem to prefer indonesian food to their own!
I'm from Indonesia which was known as Hindia-Belanda, Netherlands is our brother from far away. Maybe we kill each other was but now.. I love Holland and the people ☺️🇳🇱❤️🇮🇩 Wilhelmus
Opino lo mismo compatriota..y despues algunos dicen que las leonas son las mas lindas de todas..obvio, zafan y para el "barrio" son lo mejor..pero comparadas con estas chicas no les llegan ni a los talones en belleza..
Not very likely. Some of them would probably try out their Spanish language skills, but King Filips II and the Duke of Alva are definitely a thing of the past. Today's Dutchmen are sympathetic to Iberians, which is due in part to the fact that Sinterklaas ('Santaclaus') and his Moorish helper Zwarte Piet (Black Peter) come over from Spain on a steamboat each year to spoil Dutch cildren with oranges, sweets and toys.
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It's interesting, my countrie's anthem was autocensured by our governement due to the injurious lyrics against Spain, I think it was a wrong decision. There is some paralelism with Netherlands in some way and I'm happy to know we both defeated the Spanish Crown ;).Greetings from Argentina
@phenom thank you!!! No in Italy we've no field hockey, or maybe at slow level.... there are some good teams in hockey on ICE. j said it could be' interesting to follow this sport because j see these Dutch girls are so beautiful 😀😀😀
I'm always remember the lyrics of Netherland national anthem when Spain vs Netherland in final FIFA World Cup 2010 *Een Prinse van Oranje vs Den Koning van Hispanje
There's even a line in the lyrics that states that the Prince of Orange "is from German blood..." To think that in modern times it's the Orange team that keeps the Germans honest...
J - LB I am curious the line where it says “ am I if Dutch blood” is that William the silent asking if he is accepted as a Dutch citizen since he’s the prince of orange for most of life or referencing the fact that he was Hanoverian and debating if was Dutch or German? I’ve heard both theories for that line and it always confused me sicne there was no semblance of a German state in those days
J - LB thank you! I speak very little Dutch but love the song so I always wondered why that was posed as a question. I was actually shocked to find that the Wilhelmus was a poem William wrote and later generations put to music. It always amazes me watching Dutch teams at international competitions and the pride they take in their national anthem it’s quite the opposite from what I’ve experienced here in the states
He did so, despite the fact that he was murdered on the orders of this Spanish king. Yet he left behind the oldest national anthem with lyrics (1570), something Spain still does not have!
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Proud people. Proud of their country and not afraid to sing so. And not going to take a knee because spineless suckups want to cram a lie down their throats. Stay strong, Netherlands. Get strong, America.
@@hansmuller3924 gibt es doch...aber wenn hierzulande jemand so emotional mitsingt, dann macht er sich doch gleich verdächtig, Faschist zu sein. So sind wir eben in den letzten ca 70 Jahren "erzogen" worden !
If people sung their National Anthems like this we would all be at peace If this doesn't put a tingle up your spine and tears in your eyes - you should have gone home!!
