The Faster Way to Move House in Amsterdam 

i think the paint turned from wet to dry at 12:51 though it might just be some parts of it but for sure the paint is dry at 15:05

If you think you're going to lose Dutch viewers over watching paint dry..... Guess again buddy.

'ten minutes... of watching paint dry' I audibly and excitedly gasped

Actually … I started watching movies like this because I was ignorant. I cycled all my life (and I still cycle). But I always thought cycling was "normal". Videos from people, like you, who showed it was not normal, opened my eyes. And I am grateful for that. PS The paint was a relaxing blue ;-)

I mean, even though i'm dutch, i don't live in Amsterdam so about half the stuff you point out is either new to my ears or i hadn't thought of it as uniquely dutch before. Plus your voice is nice to listen to as well.

You might have missed the best part about the moving lifts, they get called 'gevelridder' which translates to "facade knight' because they mount the facades of buildings.

The Dutch always like to have their beliefs reassured

Did you see how fast that DUTCH paint dryed... ITS AMAZING

I mean, your goal is to encourage Dutch infrastructure in other countries, right? I can't think of a better way to accomplish this than by having us point out how normal Dutch infrastructure is.

"This channel is gonna be mostly for foreigners" G E K O L O N I S E E R D "Oh crap, not again"

Happy to say that I'm one of the 4.9% from the US that find watching paint dry a zen experience.

Only 75% Dutch? Come on fellow Dutchies we need to get into the high 90's.

If you make video's about the Netherlands, expect the Dutch to overflow your Channal.

The houses leaning forward because of the hooks pulling heavy weights is a cool detail

Under all videos about anything Dutch, you will see us commenting about our superiority over the rest of the world. We KNOW that our country is pretty awesome. And we like to have that reaffirmed constantly.

i’m from brazil, and i hope your content has reached more countries that are not the Netherlands hahaha! it’s just amazing seeing how much things are different here, especially in my godawful city. oh, man, i wish i was living in Amsterdam and this desire started after i watched just a few of your videos! that’s like, since yesterday!

I watch your videos from the Netherlands but only arrived in October. I wouldn't be surprised if you have a large expat community enjoying your videos. We're IN the Netherlands, but we're not quite Dutch.

His voice is so calming, and perfect for this 'boring' content. A Dutch house tour would be nice!

1:31 Hahaha West Stinkhoek, pannekoek, pieterszoon coen, whoever made this is very in the know and quite funny

Well, that is one way to get above YT 10 min mark.

I used to work as a mover when I was young and that moving elevator excites me to no end. Damn, I wish we had those!

Yep, these things are standard for most of NL. Even when you’re moving into a larger terraced house, you will often get one of those lifts, just because the stuff that needs to go one or two stories up is so much easier when it doesn’t have to go through the stairs. (Also I think on our last move we had a literal hundred boxes of (heavy!) books, so that might have contributed to the movers’ desire to oh please get a lift.) PS: there is a wide variety of levels of service for a move. Many younger people with smaller budgets and less crap to move will just rent a van for a weekend and then buy pizza and beer for all their friends - not unlike in other countries, I think? - but when you move up in the world, especially to the “we wrap it for you” level, there is a point where it becomes cheaper to rent a lift for a day than it is to rent a bunch of extra burly men - and the lifts are cheap enough and ubiquitous enough and the burly men are expensive enough that that point comes quite quickly.

I'm I the only one slightly annoyed by the 2 smudges of paint on the white wall in the bottom right corner?? 😅😅😅

I have to say: I really laughed out loud as you told the next ten minutes would be watching paint to dry! :D We don't have those kind of moving elevators here in Finland but most of our (two or three pane) windows can be opened with a standard window key with hinges on one side. Some moving companies that deal with bigger stuff such as pianos can rent cranes to lift those heavy things down through a window instead of trying to fit them through narrow door openings.

I am one of your 2.1% German viewers and I found it fascinating that I was actually able to see the paint drying. I can't wait for your next video, 1 hour of boxes being transported on the moving company's elevator.

I've never seen them here (Gelderland province) And i've worked in a professional moving company, we did it all by hand, using stairs if no elevator present. the marks on the wall are just made by amateurs who rushed through (Heavy i suppose?). I've moved lots of couches, closets and whatnot through the most impossibly small stairs, but where there's a will, there's a way! Just takes some patience, some brute strength in some cases, and an eye for maneuvering large objects through small doorways and stairwells :') Kind of similar to packing bags and playing tetris... you know when you're good at it. p.s. your hands are great "Bumpers" they can take a beating and a small scratch easily heals, However scratches on furniture or walls can be a pain in the ass!

Greece does moving elevators and my parents used them to move out of a second-floor flat. I have yet to come across these in the UK despite being here for 10 years. We also bashed our stair walls when moved into our current flat and it was painfully slow and horrible for our backs.

Thank you for the education. We can take what we’ve learned (US citizens), and present very agreeable arguments to our municipal leaders to rebuild in more efficient and economically friendly ways for its citizens.

G E K O L O N I S E E R D

I have nothing to do except 4 university projects so paint drying it is... enjoy the watchtime :D

16:05 I actually enjoyed the time to absorb and digest the interesting contents of this video!

I just wanted to say, while yes, I am in the Netherlands, I'm not Dutch, so still learning a lot. And while the city where I'm from is supposed to be "bike-friendly", your channel has taught me so much about just what makes Dutch streets so much nicer. So one more follower whose views you've changed, not just reaffirmed, despite RU-vid statistics :P Oh, and keep up the good work, I love your channel. :-) PS. Watching paint dry is relaxing at times, so no judgment please. Haha

Without those windows, this would be really difficult. Would have loved this when in college and moving every semester with everyone else moving at the sane time.

For the scene at 4:21 , the box says "Please cut with a knife, don't pull off the tape". I'm glad you've read the instructions ;)

i can smell the paint wtf im confused, nobody is painting in my house

Very timely video. Ex-pat from U.S. Just bought a house near Weesp. Moving next month. Fortunately just a few blocks and just 2 floors - no outdoor lifts needed. 28 moves...wow. We've only moved around 15 or 16 times. The last was international move from US to NL. We packed the shipping container ourselves. Also had to unpacked it when the hired help proved to be incompetent (rough!) Love your channel. Great stuff! Bedankt

I didn't think you were actually going to show 10 minutes of that 😂

I am not Dutch, but I have studied medicine here for four years already and had to learn proficient Dutch fast. So I feel like NL became my second home, and I must say - this channel is gold. Because I don't actually learn anything new - I just like watching good stuff about Netherlands

Going off of memories of a trip to Amsterdam 33 years ago, I knew about the hooks. The Dutch stairways were incredibly narrow and in my hotel the elevator was very small too. I hadn’t noticed the slight slope to the street facing walls. It makes sense though. What I haven’t seen in your videos that I’ve watched were the devices that kept drivers from parking on sidewalks as they do (or did) in other European cities. I’m referring to the Amsterdammers (metal posts) that I recall being everywhere. Have they been removed or are they just in older positions of the city where I spent most of my time? Someone told me that the word Amsterdammer had three meanings. The first was the demonym for a person from Amsterdam, the second was the metal posts. I can’t recall what the third one was. If you know, please fill me in.

9:56 wow this part is especially calming Ok, let's get back to it

Last house move - 3 months ago - using a Smart ForTwo (a convertible even - not even a full tailgate). Bookshelf units, bikes, tables, book crates, ovens, the lot! Like a TARDIS.

I particularly enjoyed the part at 12:02. Very clever turn of the plot! Thank you for great entertainment!

The last ten minutes were really captivating! My pulse is still racing from it!

The most exciting ten minutes in a long time! :)

Bets paint drying video I have ever watched. 5 stars. A moving tour de force, a masterpiece. The emotional range is incredible. Can't wait for the sequel.

The last ten minutes were the most exciting!!!

After seeing some of your videos two weeks prior when I went on holiday for Florida. I really starten noticing the difference from how roads are there compared to here. Even saw some cyclers on the highway roads. Which I found very creepy to pass by there in Florida. They did not look over there shoulder when the road went from a 3 to 2 lane drive.

If someone is doing something right, I doubt it would hurt to reaffirm it to keep them doing it.

@ Not Just Bikes: All newer buildings in Netherlands of 4 floors or more are required to have elevators these days, but even then, 4-5 floors up, this is the easiest way of moving house.

UK here, my friend once had to take out the front window to get her sofa in, but not anticipating this had to leave it in the front garden and get them to come back the next day to do it hoping it wouldn't rain overnight. I had to take off my front door to get out one of my two (identical!) sofas that had somehow warped and grown a few cms longer than the other in the years I'd been living there. No chance of lifts or going out the windows here, just lots of winding stairs and trying to find the right angle while channelling Friends and shouting "PIVOT!"

Well... with the Corona lockdown, watching paint dry is a fascinating pastime, after 2 whole months of Sundays..

My mom is from the Netherlands and I wondered how movers had adapted in recent years. This is a really brilliant way to move!

That "real hockey" comment definitely triggered me

I have a plan to move to the Netherlands from Japan. Your videos teaches me a lot and motivate me.

Yep, i am one of those Dutchies watching your videos. Not for confirmation of greatness of the nation but more to understand what urban planning is all about. You point out stuff that i have taken for granted for all of my life. The stuff about zoning laws influencing your need for a car to go shopping for instance and the bicycle high ways without traffic lights. I never noticed either of them until you pointed them out to me.

“What is wrong with you, why are you still watching this” startled me😆

OMG, this is like watching the end credits at a movie, all in the hopes of seeing some secret scene.

The hooks on residential blocks were originally for the (weekly) delivery of coal. Sometimes the rope, pulley and bucket required for this still hang there.

Guess I’m one of those 5% US viewers. And now I’ve joined the 1% of US workers that commute by bike.

Watching paint dry, is like watching grass grow, is like watching the 10 km speedskating, which I love.

Belgium, UK, Canada, Netherlands... I am just curious, why do you move around so much?

It is quiet, no bij de at the last 10min. Thanks for learning so much about my native country. And yes Belgium could learn much from your channel. Good to keep a mirrow up.

Your videos are not boring, I must admit that not a lot of videos on YT is so much cool to watch.

Southeastern USA. We rented a similar hydraulic ladder to move many heavy boxes of flooring to our second floor, through a front window. Such ladders are normally used here to move bundles of asphalt shingles up top for a roofing job. I like the removable window system.

"Here is 10 minutes of watching paint dry". 😂

🇨🇦 viewer here. That would be a great option for furniture delivery. No having to yell "pivot" for a couch

Haha you weren't joking about watching the paint dry 😂 Great channel, keep it up!

I am a parrot enthusiast. The other night I watched a video of yours and remarked to my girlfriend "hey, isn't that where we saw all the ringnecks on my birthday?". And right here at 3:39, I heard one squawking in the distance. Amazing. I know that some people consider them a pest, but it's so sweet to have them around (and yes I know there's lots of word on them being an "invasive species", but this is sort of an anthropocentric term. No empirical studies have actually found the local feral ringneck populations to be causing any damage to Dutch flora and fauna).

14:16 OMG HAHAHAH LMAO! I JUST CANT!

In the 90s and early 2000s I stull used the hooks and a pulley to move in Amsterdam, I didn't have money to hire a company since I was a student. We even used it to get 20 barrels of beer up an old "pakhuis" where squatters lived. The pakhuis had a build in pulley system which worked great!

I must be honest… I skipped the last 10 minutes :P Being from the Netherlands but living in the south, I had no idea about this hahahaha

Fucking incredible. I'm so rarely really surprised by RU-vid content. You nailed it.

Let us know the video analytics for the second part.

Ha! Nice info on your move but I skimmed through the paint drying until the very end. I enjoy your posts immensely.

As a young man, designing my future house as all young men do, I included just such a plan. Large, full swing out windows with anchor points for block and tackle. Once again, I reinvented the wheel.

Your videos are uniquely paced with the calm voice. I like it as an architect its interesting

I had never seen this before but then again I don't live near taller buildings, but in a 2-story house, so it isn't as high up, and our top floor doesn't have large windows anyways.

Nearly everybody in Italy uses moving elevators when moving house. Italian apartments do not have sash windows but 2 door windows that open fully inward so you do not need to remove window parts to get your furniture and belongings out. Many Italian apartments have balconies as well which makes the moving job even easier. There! Besides the Dutch, the U.S.Aians, the Belgians, the British and the Germans, a Sicilian who enjoys uninteresting content like the one often found in Not Just Bikes videos.

Moving to Amsterdam from Toronto in 6 weeks. Very excited :)

Thanks to all the wealthy expat, we can’t live in Amsterdam anymore.😂😂

Dude... I know you'll never see this but you've been popping in and out of my recommendations feed for some time but... Having me watch paint dry was it. I'm subscribed and will play the whole 10min.🤣😂😅

Classic paint drying trick... I love it. Done as many moves as you have al in one city! More paint drying please - like the colour!

It's not boring to learn how people do things in other countries. For the most part, it makes me wish my city planners watched these videos, too. Nice paint job, BTW!

With my busy schedule, I could never find time to watch paint dry. By watching at 2x speed it only took 5 minutes. Thank you so much!

Thanks to you i start to love netherlands !! I’m from Colombia

Your videos are great: Very well researched, excellently scripted, recorded & edited. Though, watching your paint drying was INDEED wholly unnecessary!

i was really prepared for him to be joking abt the paint. no joke was found ..

I think the closest most American apartments got to "Easier to move" is having a freight elevator some where in the building. Narrow stair ways, small halls, tiny windows. Nothing about moving is convenient and probably why a lot of renters just leave their furniture behind for the landlord to deal with. It's not like your ever getting your deposits back anyways with most Landlords.

That paint drying was amazing. I've never been so amazed at it.

#3:11 ,That was not entirely the reason why the wall was built leaning forward, it was used to prevent rainwater from passing through the single-stone wall.

I have FINALLY found a video by someone who understands the joy of the absurd. Well, it was better than watching golf. Thanks for for the informative presentation. I am renovating an old schoolhouse in Minnesota and had thought about how to move furniture into a second floor. Remembered the hoisting hooks and will probably install one, just need to figure out the best practical configuration.

Subscriber from the US here, I get recommended your videos a lot and I watch a lot of them.

i think I'll move to Amsterdam real soon whenever i get the first chance to do it

OMG! The end KILLED me! I put off watching this episode because it is much longer than your normal content so I was like meh, I'll skip that as it isn't really about the bike infrastructure/urban planning. But I was revisiting your page to see if there was anything I missed and gave this one a go! So funny! Great video as always. Get some new content up soon!! Please!! :)

moving elevators are common. we had them since 1990 in germay. my dad had a moving company and my brother bought one in 1990. and they where around before.

Yes, we stayed watching to the end. We had a coffee and talked about moving to Amsterdam while watching your wall dry 😁 plus watching until the end helps your channel stats 😉

These elevators have probably been invented to get tons of solid roofing tiles to the top of large city houses. Maybe some moving company innovated with increasing regulations on how much you could have your employees do backbreaking work. Although more efficient, these mashines don't come cheap (for the customer) and are usually used by those moving companies whose customers don't have to pay out of their own private pocket (but ISO norms matter). I've seen them in action for at least 30yrs in Germany, so maybe theres a correlation between markets where you both have roof tiles and high income/more stringent OSHA laws.

"What is wrong with you? Why are you still watching this??" "STEP ASIDE BOYO YOU'RE OBSTRUCTING MY VIEW TO THE DRYING PAINT"

Those moving cranes / elevators are brilliant! There's a couple places that we've lived, that those would have been fantastic!

Every apartment building with more than 3 stories has to have an elevator over here