Russian in the Netherlands: 6 Things Which Surprised Me | Easy Russian 38 

Many Dutch people ask guests to take off their shoes. Especially in the countryside. You don't want mud on your carpet. Tip: get out of Amsterdam, there is more to this country than the Republic of Amsterdam which isn't even in the same country sometimes but even on another planet.

in Italy the heating gas costs about ten times more than in Russia, that's why we are very careful with temperatures, I guess the same thing happens in the Netherlands. liked the video. ciao.

Wow, this was such an informative, interesting and useful video - thank you so much!

Sounds like the U.S and the Netherlands have a lot in common! Although, I'm not huge on milk..sandwiches for lunch is definitely a thing, the shoes vary, and one usually is responsible for bringing one's own lunch to work. I think people are friendlier in smaller towns, not the big cities.

Funny thing about that 'Tatort' scene... the bearded man is Chiem van Houweninge a Dutch actor and screenwriter.. He was involved with writing scripts for Tatort so it is very well possible that he wrote the script for that episode ;)

im from turkey and im very amazed because everything is the same as russia except the cashier goodbye thing. as i listened u more i was goin crazy like how similiar our traditions are lol :D

Thanks to your clear voice, the Cyrillic subtitling and the English subtitling (was a bit hard to follow all three), I have today learned the word "Суп". Thanks! There is an anecdote about the Dutch traditional "butterbrood(sp?)" sandwiches. I don't know if it's true. After the Second World War, an American official visited the Dutch prime minister Willem Drees to talk about a huge loan of money for reconstruction (the "Marshall plan"). The Americans had some misgivings because Drees was a socialist (or, in American-speak, a "dirty commie" ;-) ). But they didn't know that he also belonged to a religious minority of very strict protestant christians, who considered greed and ostentation a sin. So when the envoy visited, Drees took him home (he lived in a normal house not a palace) and served him cheese sandwiches for lunch. I don't know if milk or maatjesharing with raw onion was involved, it was an important political visit so he probably served coffee or tea. According to the story, the American envoy was so impressed by the way the Dutch P.M. lived, that they changed their mind: "well if their prime minister lives like that,then our money is probably safe if we loan it to that country".

В германии , в частности, город Ольденбург и все его округи, - тоже не снимают обувь. Правда постепенно появляются семьи где снимают. На улице уже не так чисто как раньше

You should definitely try snert (Dutch pea soup). It's a very filling soup, you don't need to eat sandwiches after you ate that.

Клянусь, что у Кати самый приятный голос во всем русскоязычном мире. Мог бы слушать ее часами. Произношение прям все по Аванесову - очень красиво и легко понимать. Молодец!

Nice video. I was curious what you'd say, since my girlfriend is Russian, so I'm used to the differences. But, I must say that The Netherlands is changing, and a lot of things that always were part of the big differences are not valid anymore. I must add 'not everywhere' because the Dutch are very different depending on what part of the country you go to. Also, there are a lot of people from other countries bringing other habits and food. Wearing shoes at home is getting less and less common. Some people also commented on the heating. I can add electricity and water usage to that. My girlfriend says that they were not metered like in The Netherlands, so it doesn't matter how much water or electricity you use. You just pay per household. And we, the Dutch were told from an early age not to waste water, gas and electricity. We are a saving folk... :) One thing I never heard of is drinking milk with your herring. Personally I don't think the two go together, but there might be a part of the country where they like that. I've never seen it. Lunch is also something that is different depending on where you go. In the old days is was common for Dutch people to eat a warm meal at lunchtime. Now, lots of people like their soup for lunch, but bread is also a very popular choice. It's cheap and easy. In fact, the Dutch 'cuisine' used to be a lot like the Russian food. I mean the vegetables we eat for instance. Maybe the composition of the meal is different, but we used to eat a lot of the same vegetables. Ask about the 'forgotten vegetables' or 'vergeten groente'. You'll hear a lot of vegetables that are still popular in Russia. I don't know why we somehow didn't eat them anymore. It might just be that the farmers concentrated on the stuff that was easier to grow in quantities and sold easy.

This Channel has to grow! Good job guys 👏🏾👏🏾😍

The biggest diffrence between dutch and Russians .the Russians act cold but have a warm hart..the Ducth act warm but have a cold hart.

Very well done. I could easily read the English subs. Spasibo of Spasiba ? Thank you !🌷🌷🌷

Intesting, half of my heritage is Dutch. I drink milk sometimes (usually at night). One funny thing I noticed about Australian culture is people only say hello and wave to each other in the country regions. They'll start their greeting from 5, 10, 15 or even 20 metres away!😂 I am from the city and I'm not used to starting a conversation with someone so far away, so I usually walk up to them before continuing to speak. But it's weird!

Привет ) I'm glad to hear you say that it's okay to walk around other people's houses barefoot. Bringing around extra shoes sounds annoying and you're the first Russian to say anything more than "take off your shoes", no one else says what you should do next! Also those interior temperatures seem way too hot for me. It's like visiting the elderly. My thermostat is set for 16.6c. I would need to leave the windows open all winter long, I think, if the city controlled the heat. Спасибо!

Welcome to the Netherlands. To be honest , most people i know take of there shoes when entering there house of the house of someone else. But it is funny to hear your experience as a foreigner.

Once I had dinner with Russians, all Russians guest grab appetizers, starters , main course, and dessert in one time together from the buffet and went to their tables. Other people are staring …whats going on? Must be Russian culture I suppose? After all the buffet was nearly empty, bad luck for other nationalities..

Thanks, I enjoyed that video! I'm Dutch and most of these things do happen, but it would be a hilarious misunderstanding to think all Dutch people behave this way. For example, I never drink milk. Still, you can definitely encounter the things you mention.

My dad would probably turn to ice cube in Dutch home, here in Czechia we are used to have cca 22°C, older people mostly want even more, but electricity and hot water is more and more expensive so we are slowly turning to more western style where you just take some extra cloths, but it's hard for old people, they are used to walk naked at home whole their lives. But we have at least termostatic heads on all radiators in all apartmens, they had to install it cca 10 years ago because it's a law. In shops, it's vice versa here than in Russia, you have to always say hello, thank you and goodbye or you are really rude. When I was in Latvia (where most of cash ladies are Russian speakers), I was really confused because they stare on me like on idiot when I was always sayng hello, thank you and goodbye. :-D

Milk is amazing. We have banana milk, strawberry milk, pistachio/coconut milk, caramel cookie chocolate milk. Drinkyoghurt is also popular in the Netherlands: peach, mango/passion fruit, banana/kiwi, cherry. And then there's Ayran.

Dutch farmers definitely take off their boots/shoes or wooden shoes in the house.

Nice job! 💙

Отлично!! Видео.. Да 👍

We Portuguese we eat soup top for meals! Some atitudes are similar to Russians, other like dutch!

Thank you for this video, I enjoyed it very much. Being Dutch, I know about the Dutch peculiarities, but I found the explanation of the Russian culture very interesting. I did not expect Russian houses to be so hot... you are the guys that drop babies in freezing water right?😁

Мм, так моя угловая сибирская холодильная квартирка - голландская, не иначе🤣... По поводу обуви часто говорят в подобных видео, но здесь ведь банальная причина - грязь, именно ощутимая грязь и пыль. У меня был опыт жизни на Западе Германии, там подошва оставалась белой и это... Затуманивало ощущение, что обувь с улицы, и частенько я могла ходить в обуви, на 1м этаже, наверх, в спальные комнаты уже, конечно, разувалась. Почему я не разувалась, не знаю, так было комфортные, возможно, ходить по кафелю.

The Dutch people in general do take off their shoes once they're home.

For me it depends... if your shoes are clean and the house has a wooden or otherwise insensible floor, shoes are not a problem. It can become a problem if you have a decent or older carpet. It's harder to clean or it could get damaged. But even if the floor gets a bit dirty... you usually don't lie on the floor, so dust or a little bit of dirt should be no problem at all.

Saying hello and smiling to people in the street is not common in big cities. In smaller places it happens more often

I am dutch, but i always take off my shoes and socks

Dear Russian lady; I do not hate Russians in our land. Only your government! So I hope you are still feeling welcome today and the years to come. On topic, the temperature in my house is 75% of the time about 13 of 14 degrees. The times I can stay in bed, do really do count. My bed is always comfortable. Those quick walks to the kitchen or to the toilet... do not bring me on other ideaś. Okay when my cats need their food, I bring on the temperature back tot 15 degrees, and when I start a few hours on the internet... it goin to be 16.5 degrees. But only these few hours, But that is okay, it is confortable for me. But no, I'am not the avarage Dutch person. But still I am not too fond of Russian politics.

I'm Dutch and always take shoes off at home, and I also ask all guests to take their shoes off! It's disgusting to wear shoes you walked on the streets with inside your house.

i'm dutch and i take of my shoes when entering the home

If it's snowing outside, take off your shoes. Otherwise, the remaining snow will melt and there will be wet mud on the floor. Considering that now there is a lot of car traffic and businesses, the snow is not as clean as a couple of hundred years ago. Then by spring the snow melts and it is mud and slush - again, it is better to take off your shoes. Well, in the summer it's already out of habit.

What microphone do you use for this video? I'm a big fan, thanks for everything!!!

Wow!

Привет всем! Soon I wrote just in Russian, anyway I drink everything, like milk, tea, juice and so on, here in Brazil some people take the shoes off and some do not, but we do not care about If you want, some people say "you do not need do this" we do not have a rule for this, спасибо.

Потрисающе!! и мне понравилось выражение ' главное важное"....

We also often get taught don't talk to strangers, but hello, how are you in a village/ neighbourhood is very normal.

Well many people do wear shoes at home, but it has nothing to do with feeling more at home than the owner or anything. it's more of a question of convenience. Just not feeling like putting them on and of again. But we have a good chestnut wooden floor so in order to preserve it we do demand people taking their shoes of. but then they go out for a cigarette and forget to take of their shoes coming back in. It's really annoying having to keep track of that.

perhaps the custom of taking off your shoes in russia and other parts of the world comes from a historical lack of paved roads until recently, so your shoes would bring along a lot of mud, dust, etc.

The first pretty Russian I've ever watched! LOL!

Most things in the Netherlands are the same in Germany

В США, снять обуви в чужом доме - это точно наглость 😅. Очень понравился ролик! Принюхиваю коллаборацию с Easy Dutchом? 🤗

Очень интересно видео!

pretty lady...

We aten vroeger ook koeien tieten of te wel frikandellen. Nu we weten wat er allemaal in zit niet meer.

sang she is so beautiful 🤩

Very pretty

Beautiful face

Most dutch people take off their shoes, maybe if you visit someone you won’t be asked to take them off, but generally.. we take them off. So that’s 1 difference highly dependent on who you visit or where you stay, really.

as a Dutch guy I dont know where the heck you got the explenation from for not taking shoes off. I never heard of it. Besides. A lot of dutch take shoes of in house

In my home you need your shoes out or you return home,im dutch

Я Тексанец и сейчас пока я смотрю видео пью молоко, ха-ха.

7-th thing - No Lada-s on the streets..

ok and now a video with differences between Russian freedom of press and Dutch freedom of press. Or Russian human rights and Dutch human rights.

Если в Голландии моют тротуары с мылом то можно и в обуви в дом пустить. А вот для русских лишить гостя шанса надеть гостевые тапочки перед проходом в жилые комнаты - это кощунство. А пустить в сапожищах с налипшей на подошвы обуви грязищей - например весной когда вовсю тает снег - тем более не вариант.

The shoes thing depends on where you are at in the Netherlands. Or in the world. It's also safe to say that streets in the Netherlands are much cleaner than in Russia, and the thing about Russian streets is that there often is snow on them, which melts in your hot appartments. NO wonder you don't leave your shoes on in your homes, because not only would you be spreading a lot of dust, it would also melt and your entire home would be dirty. www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/951w28/world_map_of_tradition_of_removing_shoes_in_home/ The greeting people in the street is also dependent on where you are at. In Amsterdam this is certainly not the case. Don't forget you are from moscow, a city where over 15 million people live. The gas is simple, we not only want to save money, but also the planet. Russia doesn't care about the environment and litters all of its streets and produces a lot of cheap oil. Therefore you use your energy sources like its free and doesn't affect the environment at all. Also, the lunch thing: in the netherlands the temperatures are far more moderate. It's therefore no surprise that in Russia something hot in the middle of the day is more appreciated. The milk thing is more of a thing in the provinces. Also I wouldn't quote Soviet series to explain things about russia, since it has been a long time ago.

Ну ладно! Мне очень нравится! Здравствуйте.

Oчень хорощо ето видео.

Селедка с молоком 🙊🙉

i*zdrass dutcya ya tabiya luby lou....*

Не все правда))

I prefer Russia. Not Germany! Not "Gggollandia"!

Bы навсегда переехали в Нидерланды??

It is not every where by is is shoes off

Девушка дикая восхищается голландскими сырами, видать в России не доедала поэтому уехала. Эпизод вообще не интересный не познавательный. Люди ненавидящие Россию учат других русскому языку

Thanks guys, these videos helped me get my Russian to a level where I managed to talk to locals and film travel vlogs in Moldova 🇲🇩

Same in Scandinavia we never walk in our homes with the shoes on! Plus in Sweden the lunch must be warm home made food ( no sandwiches):)

When I was a kid playing outside, sometimes also taking kids out of our neighbourhood with me, my mother urged us to take off our shoes. It was dangerous to keep your sandy boots on! Nowadays I only in the evenings take off my shoes to make myself comfortable, to put my feet up onto the couch. I think a lot also has to do with Dutch infrastructure. Streets look kind of clean and also we brush the soles of our shoes before entering a house. I can see how this might be strange to foreigners. Furthermore it is customary we clean the floors at least 2/3 times a week. Especially with little kids in the room or in the house crawling on the floor etc. this would be on daily basis. But come to think of it, aside of the people living in the house, here it indeed is kind of strange to walk into a house not wearing your own shoes. I think 'strange feet in socks' here are considered dirty and we associate it with sweaty feet and humid smelly socks leaving prints (and dna) on the floor haha.

I am Dutch, my girlfriend is German. In the beginning, when I went for a walk with her, I greeted people or people greeted on the street, bus stop, or everybody in the hospital waiting room. And every time she asked me, do you know this person? I said no, they are strangers. She looked at me in surprise.

When i grew up in the Netherlands in the sixties it was also a custom to take of your shoes when entering a home. Btw most people in the Netherlands don't wear shoes inside their own home. It's not a costum anymore to ask people to take of their shoes. But the quests will ask if they should take of their shoes. So it's up to the host to decide. Milk and herring at the same time is disgusting i think it's a parody used in the German tv show Tatort...

Здравствуйте! Я из Италии и могу Вам сказать, что я тоже привык к тому, что я пью стакан молока в течение дня практически каждый день. Это просто моя привычка. Видео Ваше мне очень понравилось.)

Wow what a nice vIdeo! I am Dutch, I don't wear my shoes in the house and I don't drink milk nor eat herring, the temperature in my house is 22 degrees or higher . But I can relate to what you have noticed. Some people in Holland are that way :D Thank you for all the nice videos you make. I enjoy them a lot.

Haha when I was in restaurants and shops in Russia and they didn't say goodbye I thought that was very rude XD

Это было очень интересное видео. На Гавайях, мы также не носим обувь в доме, но обычно мы просто ходим босиком.

As a swede I can say we're mostly like the Dutch on matters like our homes and food, but for the communication part - we're mostly russian! 😅 But also, having an arab background I can most definitly understand e.g. the russian way of lookin at shoes in the house, but also the dutch way of saying goodbye for ages 🙄😁

Добро пожаловать в Голландию. Да мы любим молоко и селедку, но не вместе!

у меня дома никогда меньше 25 не было, а то и 30

We have friends (here in the USA) who want people to remove their shoes upon entering the house. It's gotten to be common enough that it's a good idea to ask when you enter someone's house. It's not the usual thing, though.

Taking of your shoes indoors and having a warm lunch was very common in many parts of the Netherlands, until the end of the nineties. My grandmother used to prepare both lunch and breakfast the day before. We less often greet strangers than we used to, that habit changed the opposite way. That would be a good habit for any country.

I think that our streets are very clean. Where people walk in sand or mud -like farms- they do take off their shoes in the house

The thing with the shoes at home is very true. I think the idea is that most of the time the streets are clean, and all is okay. But it will not be appreciated if you walk into someone's house with dirty shoes. Then you are supposed to mention it, and offer to take them off. Dutch people really do like their personal space. I do get the idea that someone taking his or her shoes off without asking me when visiting would feel a bit uncomfortable. It is very personal. There is a Dutch expression saying 'Een held op sokken.' (A hero wearing socks.) It describes someone who pretends to be brave, but wouldn't do anything when it is really needed. The saying hi to everyone doesn't really happen in big cities. We would have to say hi like every few seconds. But we do greet people who 'serve' us. Like bus drivers or cashiers. They are human beings too. So they also deserve some warm greeting, even if they are strangers who are just doing their job.

I am Dutch and in my experience there are still many houses where people take off their shoes inside (that's what I'm used to too), but maybe it is not as common as in Russia. The rest is all very accurate. I rarely ever turn on my heating so my room can get quite cold in winter, but I like it. And of course I drink glasses of milk everyday :P

Well, you can easily explain the first one: in the Netherlands the streets are super clean. In Russia they're super dirty, with puddles, sand and mud. That's why it's impossible to walk in with shoes

I like the way how you use the memes

Not only in Russia but also in Turkey ,Japan etc etc people take out their shoes in the hall when they enter their house.I like that very much. I think it’s a very hygienic.Jou can take a shower every day but if jou don’t take out your shoes in your house for me jou are not clean. E

Rather interesting! In Austria there is a mixture of these costumes, maybe because we are nearer to Russia?

Ты мне нужен.Потому что я учиться много прекрасно на урок здесь:)💗

...если в России не снимать обувь, дом через пару дней превратится в свинарник. Вы же видите разницу, насколько чистые улицы там, и как это обстоит здесь. я там даже обувь не каждый день чищу. в России это просто онмохелек:) в остальном да, так и есть:) добрые открытые люди, уверенные в своем будущем, а потому расслабленные и великодушные. Обожаю Голландию (простите, Нидерланды) и жителей этой чудесной страны. Спасибо Вам за теплое видео:)

How does our Dutch "directness" impact you? Our blunt direct style of expressing our opinion and/or issues. Either as a client in a store, a customer at a company or worker at the factory to a boss? (there are some polite words and easy talk arround it, but we kinda state our things without too much extra "fluff"). Was a real eye opener when I went to china for a few months. I miss the hot or warm meals, maybe I can survive in Russia just fine :D

Прикольно, спасибо за видео! Я голландцев, и учу по-русски уже год. Надеюсь, я могу путешествовать на Питер для обмена в Сентябре. Ik ben benieuwd of ik daar dezelfde cultuurverschillen tegenkom!

I lived in a dutch village as a child and i always took my shoes of since it was a muddy mess outside. But during my life in the city i only thook them of ones or twice

As a dutch living in Switzerland it's nice to have similar experience. But I want to nuance here. If you walk in a city in the Netherlands (or Switzerland) people usaly don't greet eachother. In smaller towns or when you are walking in the forest they usally do. In Switzerland also most people eat warm for lunch and take there shoes of when they entering their houses, I am used to that now and find it much more hygienic and a good habit. Another great thing I find in Switzerland is the doggy bags that everybody is using so that the streets are much cleaner then in The Netherlands. Dutch are more spontanious then Swiss people and talk easier about their private affairs and show more easily emotions then Swiss people. That is the part I miss here. It is always interesting if you live in another country to reflect on your own country. I wish you a very good time in The Netherlands.

My wife and I went vegan nearly 20 years ago. In the US it has become much easier to find vegan-friendly restaurants, but it sounds like it is still difficult to find many vegan food options in Europe and Russia. I can say that from personal experience traveling to Ireland in 2009 and 2016.

I'm Dutch and I always take of my shoes when inside a house. But a lot of Dutch won't.

Очень интересно. Я учу русский с Easy Russian!

A lot of Dutch people do take of their shoes. When you’re at work in the house, 21° is to warm and you get sweaty. Our winters aren’t that cold, especially around the coast. If you eat a big lunch, you get drowsy afterwards and you won’t be working at full capacity afterwards and it cost a lot of time to prepare. We are the tallest people in the world. Milk and dairy products must be the reason.

Я из Нидерландах и у моей прабабушки дома даже часто около 16 градусов ;-)