Deventer was a bit of an impoverished worn down mess only a few decades ago but the inhabitants really managed to turn this city around to make it the gem it is today. I'd consider living there today for sure! The Ijssel river makes for a stunning view in the spring and late summer light and there is a lot of nature around Salland where you can cycle or hike for hours on end. Added bonus - You are right on top of major rail and highway arteries which makes travel to and from Deventer really easy.
YEH!!! Thanks for coming to Deventer. And very nice that your visited our restaurant. It's a honor to hear that we are better than Poppy's😘. We love Poppy's food, so to hear that we are better gives us an amazing feeling and a great mindset 😇😀.
I just love that you apologize for mispronouncing Rookworst in an episode on Deventer, which you then consistently mispronounce. It's so on brand! I mean that in the nicest way possible 😁 Love to see you guys explore!
@@velovoice47 hahah lanzarote - yeah, that's our bad. in full disclosure, we thought it was "lanzarot-eh" before we went, but on the flight, the transavia pilot kept saying "lanzarote" so we were like "oh, we were wrong!". but we weren't wrong -- he was! ibiza - fair enough. we know the correct pronounciation. we should have used it.
@@buncharted No worries - I was only teasing, really! I had the benefit of hearing both words for many years before I had to open my mouth and say either of them, so I avoided those particular pitfalls! Emigrating (USA>UK) 25 years ago was good training... I'm preparing for many more years of embarassment ahead with our move to the Netherlands....
The thing you call "honey cake" is commonly referred to as "ontbijtkoek" (breakfast cake), so definitely on point with the comment on how well this works as a breakfast food! All supermarkets have some of these, but Deventer is rightfully so very proud of theirs.
What you call honey cake here, we would call kruidkoek (spicecake) or ontbijtkoek (breakfastcake) So indeed Alex it's fitting to have at breakfast. Several parts of the Netherlands have their own local recipe. I often have a slice (or multiple) with some butter together with a cup of coffee at breakfast.
Adding Deventer to the list of towns I hope to visit. I basically re-do what you both do and then walk around a little bit before I hit up the next town on the list. Very ambitious but I tend to do 2-3 towns max in one day. I only have 5-7 days on average. Solo travel!
I am not from Deventer, so there's no chauvinism about it, but I still think Deventer is the prettiest Dutch town we have. I love all towns and cities in which it can still be seen that they were once part of the Hanseatic League, and there are several of those in NL. Even prettier ones in Germany, Poland, and, of course, Belgium (nothing beats Bruges), but there is no place within our own borders where I can dream myself back to the 12th century as easily as in Deventer. It's one of my happy places, whether I visit it in my mind, or just take a train and walk the streets with my own feet 🙂
I was born and raised here. Still live here. And i will never leave. But sometimes I forget how beautifull the city really is. Its normal for me. KOMOPTAN!
Same here! Recently I took the small ferry to the other side of the IJssel, from that side I watched the river, the Lebuïnuschurch, the Welle, and realized how much I love this town. ❤
Oh yeah, one last thing, we also have a couple of very interesting events over the year: - Deventer op stelten is a theatre festival with its signature street theatre and other on place peformances from artist all around Europe. - Zomerkermis is a big fair all around the city with movable rollercoasters and other attractions. Its during the summer. And there is also a pasen version during last day of march and the first week of april. - Dickensfestijn or Dickensfestival is also a theatre festival where people dress up as characters from the Charles Dickens saga. And also just as people from that erra. - Deventer Stadsfestival is just a music festival. - Biggest bookmakret of the Benelux or Europe (not shure😅). If I miss one, let me know fellow citizens!😂
- Boekenmarkt, first Sunday of August. The biggest book fair of Europe; - Hoogtevrees, during Deventer Op Stelten. Live music in the Worpplantsoen, the oldest park of the Netherlands; - and a lot lot lot more 😂
When I was a kid, I watched how they filmed scenes for the movie "A Bridge Too Far" in Deventer. Yes, the movie is about a bridge in Arnhem, but they filmed it in Deventer. (Corrected, I had originally typed Nijmegen.)
Deventer is great! I lived there for six years. Eetcafé De Sjampetter is great to eat at. Burgerweeshuis is a great venue for live music. They have the famous Charles Dickens festival, Deventer op Stelten (Deventer on stilts) streettheater festival, café De Heks (the Witch). Definitely worth going!
I liked the playful mood of this video and I think it fits Deventer very well. Deventer is really beautiful and so are a number of cities and villages close to it. I was born and raised in Amsterdam, but surprisingly I considered living in Deventer a couple of years ago. Could be an interesting choice. There are a lot more places to discover in this country so happy hunting!
Lived in Deventer for 6 years. Love it everytime i go back there. The place is just so beautifull and relaxed. Also the countryside around the city is very nice.
I started to live here a year ago. Wonderful city with lots of cultural things to do and the countryside surrounding the city is really beautifull. I don't think I'm ever going to leave.
On the Brink market in Deventer you should try the Tantuni wrap!!! It is streetfood made bij people originated from Mersin, Turkey. But is is so good!!! As a Deventernaar I consider is typically Deventer food!!
Damn, i'm on holidays for a couple of weeks and you drop a video about my city😄 Glad you liked it, although I see you chose a different city to live in 🧐 Also, congrats on the 5k subs and a year in the Netherlands🥳
Hey that's my current hometown :) Deventer is locally pretty well known as a very popular place for young families with children in the area. Of course bigger cities like Utrecht and anything in the randstad (Amsterdam, Den Haag, Rotterdam) is really nice, but it's further away. Of this province, Deventer and Zutphen are usually the cities people visit in this area. Zwolle is a bit more north but also often included in the list of visits.
❤ Deventer , picturesque medieval Hanseatic city, It's a pity that you can see little of that in your video . I also love the beautiful large square De Brink, with many catering terraces where you can chill.
@@longbow857 Unfortunately I missed the medieval atmosphere of the town in your video, too little time I think ? because there was a lot of food to eat 😋 😉 The atmosphere at De Brink is indeed different when there is a market. De Proosdij is indeed the oldest stone house in the Netherlands and dates back to 1130. The Bergkwartier and Noordenbergkwartier have a medieval street pattern and Walstraat is famous for the annual Dickens festival in December.
Finally, you visited the place! Glad you liked it and there's so much more to see actually. In september there is this national monument day where you can visit normally closed venues.
I think your pronunciation of Dutch words in general is impressive. Even rookworst. It's just the initial w that gives it an English flavour. That's right, the w at the start of "rook" The w is huge in creating English accents in Dutch as well as Dutch accents in English. It's all a matter of putting it in where it shouldn't be, or leaving it out where it should be in. Street and Straat are great examples. It's easy to speak English with a Dutch accent: say "street" instead of "stwreet" It's easy to speak Dutch with an English accent: say "stwraat" instead of "straat" Same with rookworst: I hear you say "wrook" instead of "rook"
Very cool to see you visiting my city! The Deventer koek has an inportant history to it. It was made in the middle ages for the sailors. This stuff keeps, so they took it on their ships and even if they didn't get to go ashore for weeks, they'd still have this koek to eat. Saved lives. When I drive from the A1 to my home, I drive past the koek-factory, and occasionally it seriously stinks up the place, hehe. But I enjoy eating it. (There's also a koek flavoured liquer you should try!)
Deventer & Zutphen are both cities i'd consider moving to. Beautiful architecture (like towns in the Hanseatic League are liable to have), laid back atmosphere, plenty to do and pretty decent railway connection. I have a soft spot in my heart for Deventer, but Zutphen deserves a special mention as the price of a house in the historic city centre seems historically much lower than in other parts of the country.
but going to any place other than Talamini on the Brink market for ice cream is definitely a crime :,) no worries, good excuse to be back. ooh and visit the stoelendans!
Deventer is the location where they filmed "A Bridge too far" . It also sports the largest bookmarket of Europe and don't forget the Charles Dickens fair in December.
Yes that house is actually that old, Alex. One if not THE first stone built house in the Netherlands. Beryl's fish and chips is our favorite to go to place. Too bad you skipped desert at Beryl's. They have magic stuff on the menu.
Every manufacturer of Cheese has their own flavours. Especially cheese from farmershops can even have a different taste during the year. Like graskaas is made af the milk after the cows are back outside in spring
Deventer is an active Transition Town and it has many transition initiatives, permaculture projects all around and a flourishing ecological economy. The Aardehuizen in Olst are also something to check out.
Ooh boy, now you are spoiling Deventer for us Dutchies. :-) We love our hidden gems! Just erase this video or audiodub it and say you were in old Rotterdam or something like that :-) Please, please, please let Deventer be a normal Dutch city with not to many tourists.
Yes found your vlog about Deventer haha. Nice. Yeah the beauty and the liveliness of the city are just two of the many reasons why moved to Deventer. It’s a shame you couldnt find a place here. But please do another video coming spring. You went to the wrong ice cream shop, you need to go to Talamini. And also you missed brewry Davo and ‘beach’ café Meadow
Talamini is older, bigger, more beautiful. I lived my life in Deventer for about 30 years and was e frequent visitor before that for about 15 years (probably longer but without any memory) But Gio's is giving Talamini a challenge! Everyone in Deventer should try them both and make up your own mind! But the best Italian Ice cream I ever had was at Ligeon's Ambachtelijk IJs in Lochem! half hour drive from Deventer and totally worth the drive!
Did you notice that bridge in Deventer? That is were A Brigdge Too Far is filmed most of the time. Pretending it was the Nijmegen Waalbrug, which city you visited before!
Hi there, I think Deventer is one of the nicest cities in the Netherlands, my favorite city is Maastricht. The Netherlands is a beautiful country has so much to offer, also visit the east of the Netherlands, the Achterhoek is a region in Gelderland, it is a pity that many tourists often only go to Amsterdam and the surrounding area, while there are so many beautiful villages and towns throughout the Netherlands
As someone who has lived in London and coastal towns in England, you never get great fish and chips in London. Head for a small coastal town and a chip shop that looks like it’s long overdue a refurbishment but has a queue of customers for good UK fish and chips!
There's Shalom Grill, where they serves my favorite spare ribs (halal of course!), Ayf Doner (best Iskender Kebab), and CHCO, where you can taste the hot choco like the Belgians :D
Deventer koek looks like ‘ontbijtkoek’, breakfast cake/cook(ie). Have never eaten it so don’t know if tastes the same as ontbijtkoek. Funny though that you said you definitely eat it for breakfast.
To answer that last question. You put your bucket under it and yank a lever to pump water into it. It is a public well and the lever is probably missing these days. I don't think your suggested alternative would work that well, but it would make for an interesting scene. The "Deventer Koek", keeps well for ages. I once caused a bit of a crisis with it. I'd found a several months old loaf of that as a kid and had shared it with my friends. Calling "koek uit het wilde westen" as I was a big fan of cowboys and Indians and gifted with tonnes of imagination. Some weeks after that, my mother was asked by the mother of one of my friends to please tell her where to get "koek uit het wilde westen" as she couldn't buy that in any shop and her son was driving her nuts going on about it. It took a while to figure it out,..
If you are interested in books definitely visit Deventer again on the first Sunday of August. That is biggest biggest booksellers market of Europe is organised in the city.
Funnily enough, at the Deventer Koek ("Honey cake") section, when at the store with the wrong cake, next to the coffee are 2 "Bijtjes" which are the small versions of Deventer Koek, so u actually had it already there with the coffee ;) (First shot there before panning up shows them).
Cool you guys are finally in the east of the Netherlands. A lot of people from the west are never really interested in the east of the country so they don't come here that often. We see more Germans here. Tourist still pick the west over any other side of the Netherlands eventhough it's less crowded in the rest of the country and there's way more nature, especially in Gelderland. I personally live in Gelderland in de Achterhoek near Enschede. I love it here. Deventer is one of the better cities in the East for sure. I would also recommend Zwolle, Enschede (because the most people in the east live there), Arnhem, Zutphen and Nijmegen. Also if you guys like towns as well, I would also recommend Winterswijk (it kinda feels like a city but isn't) but, keep in mind a lot of Germans go there, so sometimes people say stuff in German there.🙃
You visited Deventer already! I just commented on another video that you should;-) This is defo one of the best places to live. I grew up here. Now living in Harfsen (a village south of it), but there is no other city in Netherlands that has a square (the Brink) like this. It's absolutely magic when you saunter across it in the evening, lights everywhere! Doesburg has a better waterfront imo, but other than that, there is nothing like Deventer. If you ever move here, let me hook you up with all the great places! You've probably heard about 'Deventer op Stelten' en 'Dickens', but there is so much more to enjoy here.
De venter nam 's morgens de trein naar Deventer, en 's middag was de vent er :D (the peddler took the train to deventer in the morning, and in the afternoon the guy was there) ps: another great video!! I always like the food moments haha
Thanx for visiting my home town. If you decide to live here you are most welcome. I don't know where you got the information that Deventer was heavily bombed during WWII. Deventer remained as good as unscathed, although there was a loss of live. Almost the whole jewish community disappeared, and some resistance fighters lost their live. And 4 civilians were executed when the Canadian liberators had already reached the outskirts.
If you would come to Zundert, any day because it’s the birthplace of Vincent Van Gogh, or next month for the strawberry festival (with free strawberry stands but really packed) combined with the maquette festival where they show te miniature floats for the biggest dahlia flower parade (always the first Sunday in September) and they’re announcing the order of the procession… Not to hear Americans pronounce Van Gogh “different” but you need to visit a deli (?) with local farmers products (dry sausage, yogurt, milk, cheese and ice cream) so I can hear the owners English and your pronunciation of “D’n ouwe sigaar” (the old sugar the shop is located in a former sugar shop) and the owner a farmers son with a own carnavals hit who also was selling merchandise of his work outfit for the kids. Long story short it’s a local phenomenon
I love how you pronounce Deventer as if it's 'The Venter'. It's actually more pronounced like 'Daiven-ter'. Phonetically 'Daiven-ter' comes closer to how Dutch people pronounce it. But I'll forgive you.. 😉
Hey Alex and Michelle, It is great you intend to visit all provinces of the Netherlands! So most people think The Netherlands are pretty liberal and not too religious. Did you know there is actually a bible belt in the Netherlands? It is a region that runs from the south west to the north east. And getting pretty close to Rotterdam (there is a strict religious community in Capelle near Rotterdam) and also pretty near Deventer. Kampen has a strict religious community and villages like Staphorst are known to have a community of people that are referred to (mocking and not very respectful ) as Zwarte Kousenkerk. Especially on Sunday those people are very strictly dressed in modest and traditional clothing with for the women no make up and with skirts or dresses, long hair and men in black suits and usually a flock of children as contraception is regarded against gods will. And during a poliomyelitis wave those people won't vaccinate as you can not fight the ways of God. They ban modern music and tv etc. my estimation is that there are about 2 million people that are strictly religious.
2 miljoen strict gelovigen? get real! Dat is meer dan 10% ik zou maar weer even een nieuwe schatting doen. Slechts 3% is namenlijk gereformeerd,en daarvan een nog kleiner percentage reformatorisch en dus Zwarte Kousen.
Not trying to disrespect a city like Deventer, but since you two are travelling a lot I'd say somewhere in the center of NL would probably the best option if you ever gonna move. In reach of the Airport and close to the bigger cities Amsterdam/Rotterdam/Den Haag and Utrecht which is like the main trainhub in NL.
party property here. be aware if you want to live outside big cities, you probably need a car. ublic transport is less frequent and distance are bigger
As a Zwollenaar (some one from Zwolle) I am bias towards Zwolle. It is slightly bigger than Deventer, has a rich history as well. It is (for buying houses) slightly more expensive than Deventer. But if you don't mind commuting by car/bus or train (i would suggest train) then Olst or any of the smaller towns around Zwolle or Deventer for living in. They are cheaper buy a house in, and since you can just hop on a train (or take a car if you need to) to get to the larger towns in like 20-30 minutes it offers a lot. PS most towns like that have Saturday markets as well.
England puts fish and chips on a plate and claims it. But good chips are certainly to be found in the Netherlands (and I do admit the Belgians are generally even better at it). But I'll definitely say that the Dutch do fish better than the English. Better variety, but also just better deep fried battered fish.
I can easily believe that the fish and chips was better than what you can get in London. It's not so much that British food is bad; it's that they seem to take PRIDE in it.
