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My grandfather was in love with a Scottish grandmother in his 80s. He brings Dutch gin and cholade springels and cheese and goes home with Scotish Wiskey every month. He says Scottish people are a lot like the Dutch. English people are a bit different. Proud that at his age he travels a lot to Scotland for love.

As a Dutch person, luckily the three times kissing on the cheeks has almost disappeared thanks to the Covid, yay for me. (Muisjes)mice are sprinkles with a core of anise seeds on toast/rusk.

Rokjesdag is not at all as she explains. Its rather that on the first sunny day you see more skirts, as you do anywhere. There is no expectation or tradition to it.

Watching all the videos where people from all over the world reacting about The Netherlands, makes me feel kind of special. Also funny how some think about the things they react to. Born in The Netherlands it is all so normal to me. And actually we Dutch wonder about things from around the world too. Why do it the hard way where there is a much easier way, like using a bike to use for transportation where it was actually build for. When I was in the USA to work at a Summer Camp, we had lunch. I got myself a slice of white bread, put some butter in it and then peanut butter and chocolate sprinkles. All of a sudden I had about 50 children around me and they all said: “I want to see you eat that…” And I did and enjoyed. Two days later all these 50 children were doing the same and enjoyed it too.

There's no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.

The kiss is mostly a family thing. Often used after the saying: 'Till next time then (huh?)' ;)

The Dutch accent comes out when she say's words with the Dutch G in it. We call it a soft G "Zachte G" common in the South.

The three kisses came only a few decades ago. In that time, it gave a lot of confusion. No idea where it came from, no idea why it became popular.

The term skirt day comes from France. It’s a movie, “La Journée de la jupe”. The word was introduced in the Netherlands in 1996 by author Martin Bril. He was a bit of a sexist. It’s not an official day, it’s an observation. It’s a day that suddenly a lot of woman decide to wear a skirt. So skirt day can only be established after the fact. The apple syrup she mentioned. She called it stroop, but that’s stroop is made of sugar. Not of apples. And putting cheese on apple syrup isn’t typical Dutch. It’s typical for the province she coming from. The cheese the use is originally Limburger, also called Hervé. The Dutch have a lot of different cookies. The word cookie comes originally from the Dutch word koekje. There is also lot of different kind of candies. More variety than in other countries.

3:24 Cycling in the rain and a force 7 headwind, I survived! I was a bit damp 😉...I could wring out my clothes🌨

I grew up with 2 Dutch parents in Canada.. And we often had appelstroop. But I have never ever heard of throwing cheese strips on top of it! I was more of a hagelslag guy. And got a lot of strange looks from my classmates when they found out that my sandwich was made of pure chocolate.. Either "sprinkles" or flokken (flakes).

The worst weather I cycled through was probably back in '90. There was so much (head)wind I couldn't get ahead, so I had to walk. (11 Bft, 5 C, no rain).

The start was so confusing, she looked so Dutch and then went on sounding British 😂

never seen of heard of frying mars bars in Netherlands, this is her making this up

The dutch accent is more a kind of clarity of tone. I can always recognize it no matter what language they're speaking. There's often also a lot of "uh..." when the sentence stalls out and they're thinking of the next thing they're going to say. You see that a lot in sports interviews.

I am 54 years old and live my whole life in the Netherlands, but 5 kids on one bike? Never saw that? And otherwise i made a picture of it to show it to my friends hahaha

Worst weather i have rode my bike trough is a serios storm that will stop you in your tracks if you get it head on, or blown half across the road if it hits you from the side, all the while having so much rain no rain cloths protect you as it just runs trough every part it can. The plus side of it is not many other people out on the road.

As a Scottish man you’d settle easily in our country The Netherlands 🇳🇱 😊. Especially having seen your reactions.

She’s a student so she may do things differently than the average dutch individual. Three kisses is only with family or friends and it’s not necessary. You don’t often do it with strangers. There you give a handshake. We indeed cycle everywhere in every weather but we also take public transport or the car. Helmets are on the rise, especially by elderly people. We certainly don’t fry everything but maybe she as a student does. We cook, bake, fry and deep fry like everyone. She shows mostly deep fried snacks and I’ve never seen anyone frying a mars bar. Rokjesdag is real but isn’t mandatory. It’s more a piece of folklore. Chocolate sprinkles are great. We also put ginger cookies on bread. Stroop (apple juice cooked until it gets thick) is great and some people eat it with cheese on top. Birthday parties are different. We usually sit in a big circle or circles. There is coffee or tea with (apple) cake. Later on other drinks are served and several (dutch) snacks are served. Yes, we in the south eat vlaai. So good. You can hear she’s dutch a tiny bit when she pronounces a G. But she’s from the south where the G is pronounced very softly. Muisjes are anise seeds covered in sugar. Snack walls are everywhere. Yes, one warm meal. Usually around 6 pm.

11:33 its a national holiday here. The entire country goes ballistic. People out on the streets celebrating and having a good time. Outdoor bars pop up everywhere. If you have never seen it or experienced it I would recommend it big time.

I saw deepfried pizza in scotland, it terrified me. My gf said it´s a typical snack food, mainly among kids.

Majority off the Dutch kids go to school whole year on the bike , myself also biked in +38 degrees as in -20 degrees and wind and rain ofc that are things what Dutch kids experience on the way to school 😂

i like unusual combinations so i will definitely try stroop met kaas other combinations to try are peanut butter with hagelslag or fruithagel

when i was young i lived in a small town , and had to bicycle every day to my school 15 km away , so through al kinds of weather , hehe You get used to it :)

3:00 If you look more closely at the picture you will see he is standing at a crossing and is getting ready to start moving. I don't think he will be actually cycling as the kid in the middle is occupying his saddle. That said, I don't deem it impossible he has found a way to ride it. Usually it s mothers with multiple kids and multiple grocery bags. Gotta repect the Dutch moms, hauling 3 kids to the supermarket and riding home with 20Kg in groceries on that one single bike.

I once cycled when it was below 0 celcius and it had rained that day. The road was so slippery that I instantly fell on the ground when i tried to turn my bike. My bike slid to the other side of the road! It was kinda funny😂

Haven't seen her video before, allthough i am even Dutch! And now i am also going to try the thing what she likes on bread! What i did aome years ago was Nutella and cheese on bread, or Nutella and "ossenworst" (don't know what is that in English) but it is delicious! 😊

Really like your Scottish accent, nice video because I'm Dutch.

My granddaughters are Dutch although their father is Irish and their mother was Russian . Through them I've learnt how young children are when they start learning to ride a bike and get used to travelling with theur parents on bikes. They learn the rules of the road early too. They also must learn to swim in a country of water. I'm there all the time since it's only 1 hour and 30 mins from Ireland.

whats also really good on toast is peanutbutter with those choclate sprinkels :3

her dutch accent was about the diffrent dialects we have in the netherlands we dutch peolpe can instantly hear where they are from just from the way they speak dutch

people have two birthday parties. one with family where you chat and catch up with each other. and one with friends where you party hardy.

Her accent is audible when she pronounces "hard" gutterals like "g"

We're basically neighbours and bro said "countries east of France" xD

Vlaai is good but theres nothing better than a home made apple pie, grandmas recipe. The secret is soaking the raisins in rum for about an hour :D

First time I've heard of stroop or chocolate sprinkles with cheese on top. That's a weird thing to do.

About the Dutch accent, I think she meant when she says words in Dutch.. I immidiatly heard she's from the south because of her Dutch accent (when she talks Dutch) her English has a "English accent" as we learn in schools here in the Netherlands (My accent isn't proper English though).

haha your Scottish accent sounds very much like one of my two expat neighbours, one is English from Sheffield area the other Scotsman from Edinburgh. This Laurie Robyn girl speaks a very almost perfect "proper English". Her name indeed is not a usual Dutch name but perhaps she's born from 1 or both British parent and raised bi-lingual. Her Dutch accent definitely is Limburg, with "soft G" ao.. I am Dutch, Amsterdammer to be precise born in the capital 67 years ago, and used to be Britofile-Anglofile so I can relate to Laurie in a way. The Dutch customs what can I say. About the cycling pretty much true but I don't cycle at all anymore. We don't fry up just about everything anymore, but yes loads of deep fried snacks we have. The 3 kisses on cheeks actually hails from a French catholic habit that probably came to NL in the times of Napoleon but not sure about that. It mostly is used among family, relatives, good friends and acquaintances. all sorts of stuff on bread like sprinkles. Depends, there are many who don't crave that and would settle for a slice of ham, salami, cheese instead of the sweet stuff. We don't eat much toast, rather slice of bread or a bun. We do like toasty though! Perhaps she means round shaped rusk where she says toast.. we call that Beschuit. with blue sprinkles when a baby boy is born and pink for a baby girl, that is a habit. Diabetes type II absolutely is on the rise in Netherlands!! Also obesity. Snack walls, ah yes. Best known franchise is FeBo. Originally from a small bakery-coffee corner in Amsterdam Ferdinand Bolstraat famed for its croquettes. Hence FeBo. The circle of chairs and snack table at birthdays is a bit old fashioned but yes, still a custom in many families. Personally I have never heard of Rokjesdag, but that's just me I suppose. Kingsday is a national happening. Monarchists will decorate everything in orange for sure, and even republicans may join the variety of ways to celebrate. Free markets for adults but also specially for children selling their old stuff, then buy other people's junk to sell the next year. Crazy habit haha. music festivals everywhere, pubs overcrowded and people dancing and drinking on the streets incl. city centre areas such as the Amsterdam canals and squares. Oh and Vlaai, oh yes that is typical Limburg, but much loved everywhere else in the country. It IS delicious. Laurie hasn't mentioned Vlaggetjesdag, which is also a big thing. If you like herring, that is. First day of the new catch, usually somewhere in June. this year 2024 Vlaggetjesdag is 22nd June and I cannot wait!!!! One can wake me up any time for a delicious herring and forget about the onions!

Yes, we go all out for kings-day. Especially in Amsterdam. A hotel room in Amsterdam on kings-day will cost you a fortune and you need to book it for at least a year in advance.

A Scotsman posting tons of content about the Netherlands, yet he is living in Malaysia. And he never reacts to any comments. Now how weird can it be?😅

In April 1978 I was in Peterhead. 12 C. Scots were walking the beach in t-shirts.

Yeah, Kingsday is a pretty big thing here. There's flee markets, and activities for kids, and stages with DJs where a lot of alcohol and drugs are consumed. It's just one big party. Nothing posh about it at all, just people having fun.

The 3 kisses is fairly recent (if you're old, like me) and came from Brabant province I think. Western Brabant I gues, because I'm from eastern Brabant and no kissing whatsover. Bike-wise: we have bakfietsen (bin-bikes) which used to be freight-bikes, but are now used mostly to transport children. Rokjesdage is not really a thing. And yeah, adults eat all that stuff, I'm not one of them. Ok, I have eaten garlic cheese with honey and that's great. The birthday thing is tragically true... Vlaai is from Limburg and some parts of Brabant, like were I'm from. Limburg on the other side of the river Maas (Meuse in French/English) from where I lived.

As a Dutch person I can understand your Scottish better than her English 😀

most terrible weather I biked in was summer, 35 degrees cycling home from work, I have rain any day, but 35 degrees isn't fun

The bschuit met muisjes when a baby is born: made from anis because anis helps the moms milk flow

it's not strange to find similarities between scotland and th netherlands... all through the 16th, 17th and 18th century the netherlands was the main european trading partner with scotland. there were even a couple of dutch ports that were mainly populated with scottish merchants, and probably a bunch of smugglers too.

I immediately heard that she is from the south, because I am from there too 😃

Cycling? there's very few weather types that would prevent us from cycling. For years I worked in Haarlem while living in Amsterdam which is about a 16 mile commute. I rode that every day by bike, even in blizzards with about 4-5 inches of snow on the ground. Regarding speaking English, we Dutch are considered to be the most proficient in speaking English of all non-English speaking countries. If she is a foreign exchange student in England, she probably would have been on the upper end of the proficiency distribution to begin with, and through emerging into the language 24/7 she would have improved her proficiency even more, even to the point of losing her accent.

Dutchie here 1. Nope me and my friends give eachother a hug, a stranger will get a handshake 2. Yup, im not made of sugar, i go on my bike everywhere.. also doing this since i was a little kid 3. Frying marsbars?? I thought that was only in the New Kids skitches :p 4. Yup, rokjesdag is a thing but not all women do this and that is totally okay :) 5. Nope, not hagelslag on my toast. But i love cheese and strawberryjam together on a toast 6. Hate those birthdays. Me and my friends always celebrate it a bit different with metal, beer and a nice bbq with lots of meat. With my son i go to an amusement park. For the rest i don't celebrate my birthday with my family because i dont have none anymore. 7. I am from Groningen which is in the northern part of the Netherlands and our nr1 food is the eierbal. A deepfried egg in a ball of ragout. She is correct about the vlaai though... they are delicious from Limburg!! 8. Yes, beschuit met muisjes is a thing but we made a pie in the blue color. And nope im not celebrating Kingsday, just because they dont have decent music anywhere :p its just horrible :p 9. Yes, the FEBO walls, they are great! 10. I eat 2 warm meals each day because of some health issues that is a bit much to explain in english.

I had my two daughters for dinner last night, they demand Dutch pancakes with cheese and sirup and whipped cream, prefferably with strawberries as well. Let your animal brain go wild, it's always devine . Feel free, eat your tosti's with ketjap and sambal, oystersauce, teriakki, sweet hot chilly saus, musterd and mayo, etc. etc. feel free to enjoy food. All also recomended with old cheese actually. And I don't even smoke weed.

I never saw a deep-fried marsbar here in the Netherlands!!!

You said (probably by accident} that the netherlands lies east of France but we are located to the north-west of France. And the 3 kisses are simple. As kids we are taught when crossing the street to look left, right and then left again. It is the same with the three kisses your head goes left, right, left. Rokjes dag is not sexist, and usualy it mostly means that you have to wear sunglasses even if the sun is behind the clouds. But it's a nice tradition. Appelstroop you can compare to marmite for consistency only then with a good taste instead of a bad taste. The mice she was talking about are anise seeds with a sugar coating.

Dutch are being thought Britch English at school mate. Major fact she forgot is the Stampot met rookworst

Three kisses, no not everybody and not in the whole of Netherlands. And its more an female thing.

stroop ham and cheese yummmmm my favorite topping on bread or toast

6:36 she is again wrong, here... stroop isn't made of apples, only apple stroop is hence the name, duh.. stroop is a sticky molasses, honey like, but made of sugar..

I love the concept of skirts day, and it's not like anyone will mind if you don't wear a skirt. It's a lovely way to celebrate the weather, but I'm just not enough in tune with the weather or up to dat with the news to realize when it is

we cycle in snow

Most Dutch children are already cycling at the age of 3 or 4, that is in our DNA. We can do magic on the bike🙃

East of France? We live above, haha

Kissing you do, when greeting a woman. Otherwise it is a handshake, but not a sweaty, barely touching handshake, bit of firm grip is expected. However it is true it is 3 kisses, left, right, left. Most other countries only do 2 kisses. If your kid is 4, he can ride his own bike, besides you on yours. She is wrong, we do not fry chocolate at all, I have NEVER seen that being done by anyone in The Netherlands in over 4 decades. Not sure where she gets that idea from.

Why do they always show a boterham met hageslag as a single, undfolded slice. Either fold it or use two slices.

Ofcourse we sit in a circle on birthdays, what else ? in a strait line ?

Rokjes dag is not arraged it just happens😊

the colored bolls are Anise Seed bolls... well they are made from Anise Seed

Diabetes is a massive problem. Besides heart disease, dementia, and other old age sickness like that, its one of the top causes of death.

*North of France

- We do three kisses but I dont like it. Its usually for acquaintances, family and friends. When you meet eachother for the first time we usually shake hands and say our name. - Im not a fan of the apple stroop cheese combo, I dont like sweet and savory on one sandwich. One thing I do like tho is Peanut butter and chocolate sprinkles, thats an awesome combo. - Kingsday is BIG. Usually there are fleemarkets all around, in every town, during the day. At night the people who like to party go to one of the hunderds of parties taking place. The parties are like festivals, lots of booze and (live)music. Oh and everyone wears orange, our national color.

Because the Netherlands never wins the World cup, we just go out every year and go crazy on Kings day. Everyone dresses up in orange, everyone goes out to party, everyone has a good time....and the next day we all go back to normal. See you next year!!

Yeb, three kisses is the norm here. Sometimes even with strangers.

(I'm Dutch) The 3 kisses kinda watered away since covid. I've never heard of any Dutch people deepfrying mars bars. Neither stroop with cheese. Yuck. Could be things from a certain region she's from.

Times are a-changing. Nowadays 5-6 o'clock dinner is almost impossible for a lot of people. Depends on the home situation. Apple syrup I've never liked. Also a personal thing. The 3 kisses are really touching cheeks and puckering in the air. 😁 Actual lip kisses are very rare and a lot more personal. King's Day is a public holiday for most people when it falls during the workweek.

Kings day; full squares and everybody and there mother dressed in orange. O and beer, a lot of it.

We are north of France, not east lol

Haha yeh man. If it's a birtday it's 3 kisses. boom boom boom.

For me the Dutch accent was clearly present, but her English hasn't been influenced too much by US American English. Sounded pretty much the way I learned it in school so many years ago.

Only famelie

Three kisses because France Napoleon invaded us twice

According to this list I'm not very Dutch for a Dutch person myself........I guess understand them a bit. Though I must say my family is a bit counter traditional. The 3 kisses.... can't stand them myself, it feels very invasive of my personal space no matter how much I like you. I always opt for a handshake if I can get away with it. I only accept kisses like that from my closest family if they really insist. Skirt day .......rokjes dag............pff never XD. Nobody can force me in a dress or a skirt. But yeah it's a thing, still nobody is obligated to do it. Though if you are a guy who wants to wear a skirt i'm not stopping you. XD Apple Stroop.......disgusting. with cheese......even worse. Nothing wrong with just the sprinkles though, but I don't eat them alot....not very healthy. Ugh and the birthday doom circle..............Boring and hate it. Snacks are good though. The pies are good. Pie is better than cake most of the time. Dinner at our house is around 19:00. due to work hours and being stuck in traffic.

Who eats stroop with cheese?? If you do... What is wrong with you?? 🤣

The three kisses are fading out. It is very formal and many changed to just one or two. The deepfry thing is absolute nonsense, i can assure you. No idea where she got that from @ all. On rokjesdag woman are not expected to wear a skirt or dress, but they can if they want to, and many do. Kingsday is a day off for everyone. Sure its the King's birthday, but most just celibrate the day off in Orange 😉.

Misd 2

man to man : shake hand man to woman : 3x kiss woman to woman : 3x kiss

for a Scottish man it is skirt-day every day?

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Wij hebben wel muziek en wij lopen wel rond op verjaardagen, is dit iets dat in Limburg gewoon is?

I'm Dutch but what??? Chocolate sprinkles with cheess on top? She's weird

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To be honest man- she is bragging about not having an accent. There is none. Chapeau for speaking English that well- and she knows it- and than saying; you can hear i'm from the south. Pretty cocky if you ask me.

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Cant even hear her dutch accent.

no ho ho ho every man kisses an other man hoh ho no no i kiss just the ladies