Imagine the cashier asking "how are you doing today " ? Me being Dutch answering " well as a matter of fact can you spare 90 minutes and I'll tell you, for me that's Dutch. Don't ask if you are not really interested, it's not considered polite.
There is a store in amsterdam that sells fresh stroopwafels for 13,50 a piece 😂😂😂 Half the country was outraged, because that's just not right. And would most certainly NOT buy one. True, the freshly baked ones are more delicious than the ones packaged in the store, which are already good, but if you can buy 10 normal sized ones under 2 euro's, a fresh one twice as big should not cost over 2 euro's as well. Big fat bye bye if the price is as ridiculous as 13,50 ! They are robbing tourists with those prices. Get one from a markt (small farmers market) in another village... same thing. Amsterdam is not all that 🤷🏼♀️
Well maybe not everybody... i heard some colleagues once at Edinburgh airport asking for a 'seal to plak on' instead of a stamp for a postcard 😂. And my sister asking an English farmer 'do you fock your own cows' was hilarious 😂😂😂.
@@lovetwelve12 Indeed 30 minutes isn't enough then. Even a pack of wolves can't catch a bovine, rip it apart and eat it that quick... and they don't even cook it 😂. I'm not a magic fairy but i do 💫 wish you a nice perfect steak.
About the dutch directness: I've gotten into the habit of asking 'would you prefer an honest or a polite answer?' whenever a foreigner asks me for my opinion.
Large part of the being cheap part to me is in supermarkets, the less I spend and it still tastes well (for food etc)/has a decent enough effect (for example with shampoo or hairgel or something), the more I can spend on other things I enjoy, and on doing things with friends etc.
In Groningen they perfected 'no time to waste' in their greetings. The word moi ( oi part spoken as the oi in dutch hoi ) is used when arriving, leaving and any other greating occasion 😂. Greetings at street street... moi. Arriving at work... moi. Arriving and leaving a party... moi. Even at funerals you can hear some people say when the coffin is lowered into the grave... moi.
Dutch marketing: Normal price 2 Euros. Supermarket sells it for 3.99 and then they do a sale regularly of buy one get one free (1+1 gratis). So you end up paying the normal price but you feel like you got a good deal.
I loved this video. I’m Dutch but i live in Andorra. I’ve been here nearly my entire live and i absolutly see the difference in culture. But i do love to say that i moved here when i was 2 years old, i still got a lot of Dutch in me. And it’s a great thing. I think that it might be because i make people a bit uncomfortable with my directness. But it’s a good thing. People know wat they can expect of me.
One of the reasons we dutch like the discounts is because our economy has kind of created the need for them. If possible people rather shop in Germany, because the normal prices in the Netherlands are on average higher, so with a discount they become more reasonable. There are a lot of dutchies that don't have that much money, everything becomes more expensieve each year but the wages don't rise nearly as much.
Quality in Germany is better too for some items like chicken breast. Sadly too far away now, used to go shopping in Germany once a month, combined with cheaper fuel
I love this efficiency. Making your lunch the evening prior to the workday. Wich is just a ham and cheese sandwich, but never the less gives you a couple of minutes extra before you have to wake up.
Het is schoner dan de meeste wateren in de wereld, het wordt elke 24 uur door een filter gehaald. Ooit naar het Aquarium in Artis geweest? Daar zie wat er allemaal kan leven in de gracht (hint: zeer grote vissen).
I personally don't think I would want to eat 3 hot meals a day, or even 2 for that matter. I feel like I'd be rather sluggish after eating... idk scrambled eggs and bacon for breakfast... and steak for lunch? First off: I'm not made of money, second off: I don't have the time for it. Dinner is something to look forward to with it being the only hot meal of the day. I grew up on bread and cheese, bread and hagelslag, bread and chocolate spread. Never felt like I missed out on anything, honestly.
I think I am an exception concerning directness. I try to speak my mind, but I am selective with directness to the people I interact with. I use a little tact, when I think this is needed. I hate a quarrel, and I am also not very fond of confrontations.
Living in Santiago de los Caballeros as Dutchman with my Dominican/Belgian wife, I just had breakfast 3 slices of bread with cheese; salami; peanut butter and a glass of milk. Between 10:00 or 11:00 I will take coffee with a 1 or 2 cookies. I skip lunch as a retired man and diner is at 06:00. In the evening at 8:00 again coffee with cookies, that what my mother taught me in the fifties.
That one girl saying she does not think she's too direct, seems to be one of the most direct and upfront people in this video. I guess that's Dutch for ya.
10:37 Another Dutch stereotype that probably isn't mentioned in the video because that bike bag in the canal wasn't scripted. Dutch women are very independent, if the contents of her bag is worth saving, she can jump in herself to rescue it. The Dutch don't have a knight with shining armor, we have a prince on a white horse.
Hey Highly, Its so nice to see you really understand the Dutch directness and the meaning of it. Also the reason why the Dutch always wanna save money, is to saving money for the future and the unexpected situations. This way of life has to do with our history. The world trading like the Dutch Indian Company is a good example. A small country like the Netherlands is strong because of its commercial spirit.
Bread and cheese is okay but a real sandwich is a work of art... bread, a combination of dutch cheese and french brie or italian gorgonzola, warm it in the oven, top it with mayo and sliced pickles... enjoy !
I thought the same. You ending your video's with "Show ... all the love in the world", "Love you to the moon and back." That's a lot of love to plenty of people you don't personally know.
I see what you mean. That being said, my subscribers and the RU-vid community saved my life. They picked me up at a time in my life when I didn’t even have enough money for food. Phenomenal real-life friendships have been formed and the kind words and comments have been beyond healing. I feel the love daily and it means the world to me. All I’m doing is reflecting it back where it is deserved.
@09:00 Warm food for lunch Nothing wrong with it. But the kindof food you eat hot often has a tendency to make you drowsy. Which isn't great if you need to work another 4 hours. :)
There are regional differences in how dutch people act. As a dutch person i find people in Amsterdam very direct. In my region, province noord brabant, people are less direct and have different expectations of each other.
9:50 I'm dutch and I ruin his perfect sandwich every day. Take a slice of bread, put butter, some cheese on it, and some ham, another slice of bread. AND HEAT IT IN THE TOASTER. 😃
Nothing wrong with a warm lunch, but it is more expensive than a cheese sandwich. Also, it takes more time to prepare, so actually it's more expensive twice. Also, it takes more time to eat, so it's more expensive AGAIN. So yeah. EDIT: time is money.
The problem is that "The Dutch" as a uniform group of people don't exist. The Dutch society, which contains nearly 18 million people (2/3d of Australia!) is incredibly complex, with many different social, ethnical and religeous or non-religious groups, that all have their own ways of doing things. So except from a few general statements it is nearly impossible to say: "the Dutch" are like this or "the Dutch" are like that... The only few things that you could say about the Dutch that set us apart from the people from other nations are that in general we are very egalitarean and averse to authority for authority's sake. When you want to have Authority in the Netherlands you will have to prove yourself. Even as boss to your employees... And another national trait is "doe maar gewoon, dat is al gek genoeg" (act normal, that is crazy enough...) which basically means that Dutch people distrust people with inflated ego's or people who boast about themselves. O, and then there is the famous "directness", which I think is linked to the previous.
I've also been told that I'm too direct with my opinion sometimes. If I see something from someone I know and I don't like it, I will call it out. But I also found it's certain types of people who can't cope with that and say I'm being mean. The situation that I'm thinking about was 2 guys learning to become drum majors. They posted videos of their progress of Facebook and after saying to them: You're doing good, but here's what you can still improve on. They both attacked me telling I'm always being negative about things they do. According to them I shouldn't point out things about something I didn't take lessons fo myself, but I have plenty of "experience" looking at other people doing what they do. To me that feels like almost the same thing as not being allowed to say a girl is pretty, just because I'm gay. Just because I'm not actively into the subject, doesn't mean I'm not allowed to share my opinion or even facts that I just happen to know.
@@johanv4668 I was talking about being truthful in my replies to questions. Not sure how your reply relates to my post. But I respect the right of free speech, even if it does not make sense to me. I do wonder if that insta like on your comment is yours though 😜
This is a really cool video! And indeed; last evening i heard some others talking in English with a Dutch young guy and i was curious where she came from. Suddenly they spoke about the weather and then i asked them something about it and then i could ask where they came from and it was that 1 of the 2 girls was half Mexican and half Dutch and the other one from Colombia if i heard it correct. Really cool to speak English all around the world🙏❤️
Say what you mean and mean what you say, that's typically Dutch. Although here in the south people are more inclined to sugarcoat negative opinions. Good bread with good butter and good cheese is the best there is! And then sometimes we put some other good things on top like pickled and fresh vegetables and salads, all kinds of sausages, eggs and sliced meat. Personally I can eat hot meals all day. But maybe I'm a bit influenced being half Hungarian; give me lecsó with burgonyás kenyér 6 times a day and I'll be happy ... yes, Hungarians tend to eat 6 times a day. Peanut butter with hagelslag? I've never had that, seen or heard about it. I eat my peanut butter sandwich with sambal (or the stronger Hungarian variant Erõs Pista) or course sugar. If you end up or jump in a canal in Amsterdam, you can't get out; the canal walls are too high. Every year 10 to 20 (drunken) tourists drown in the canals in Amsterdam. The Dutch are not cheap, we're just carefull with our money. The Dutch are among the biggest donators to charities in the world. Love your video comments!
I live in the Netherlands and love it take bread and butter and cheese and be proud off your self from which country you are from but always be honest ❤❤❤❤
Nothing nicer than a sandwich with cheese or grilled cheese sandwich If a Dutch person find someone being direct it is just a nice way of saying that person is rude. Personally i think a little lie so you don't hurt someone's feeling is ok. For example, when someone ask what 8 think of there clothes, and i find them ugly, i will just say, on you they look pretty but it is not my taste
Giving unasked opinions about everything is often called honesty in the Netherlands. Remarks like: “oh I like the shirt you were wearing yesterday way more then this one” is an example😂 doesn’t add anything, but sharing these opinions is very important to the Dutch
We are honest? Well, we're direct. A Dutch person says what they think. (It is not easy to deal with a Dutch person.) A Dutch person always has an answer to something, positive or negative. But I think so when you get to know a Dutch person. That you like the Dutchman.
I don't eat bread and cheese for lunch. Cheese has become way too expensive for that. Thank you Kaagflation! Also, being on time for an appointment? Not in the south of the country. Add 15 minutes at minimum for Brabant and Limburg basically exists in its own separate timezone.
@@fvefve12She was the minister of finance, inflation gets caused by the government printing money. Increasing the money supply is the literal definition of inflation. Ergo, Kaagflatie. But that is not her fault you say? It's the ECB doing that? She's one of the bosses of the ECB so that it makes it her fault still.
Typical Dutch supermarket promotion you've been waiting for for a long time (example): All UNOX brand soup varieties in a bag - get 3 pay for just 1. I went to that shop 3 times in a row and at the end of the day I had a stash at home of about 100 bags (serves 2) of soup in about 5 different varieties. That will last me until the next big promotion, maybe on horsehoe shaped hearty sausages. It's true. But then there are moments when you go and spend that saved money. Maybe go a bit overboard with hundreds of euros worth of fireworks and wine or seasonal beers, or go to the Efteling Theme park resort 6 days instead of just 1. ;-) You save to spend, we just do it alot more extreme than just about everyone else, I suppose. Oh, and while I may go ape for supermarkt promotions, I rarely pass what I think is a true beggar/"traveler" I may encounter on the street without giving something to him or her. Because everyone can one day find him- or herself in such a position, so do give something of what you just saved on stuff.
About I got it in the sale. That is not quite so, because it was first, let say 50 Euro. And then they put up the price with 40 percent, and then they sell it for 50 Euro in the sale. Ha ha I got it in the sale. Think about that. Roelof from the Netherlands.
If you jump in the canal, you can easily stumble on an old bike and really hurt yourself. Chivalry is not dead but just jump into a canal ?! 😅😅 I don’t know about that.
Dutch are direct but i see it like this telling the truth is better than going around it to please someone. Why would you hide your feelings when you can tell it someone can help u. Why being is saving money a bad thing? We like spending but we like to have some savings as wel for unseen consequences
15:49 these are upperclass people..and they do have one thing wrong... the average wage might be somewhat high, but ionsurances are mandatory and expensive, rent, mortgage, car insurance, petrol prices, everything is high priced and gets hiher every year, but worker class wages don't rise with the same amount, so one wants every penny/Euro well spent and worth it, another Dutch saying wise mothers use alot.. "You can only spend your money once"
Of course it was true. In 1491 the farmers of "Kennemerland" (the region north of Haarlem) revolted. It was called the uprising of the cheese and breadfolk. And with all uprisings in history of the Netherlands, it started because of higher taxes.
There's nothing wrong with a steak lunch, but then you have bread for dinner. I like warm meals, so I don't, but it's a rule most of my family lives by, because "you can't have two warm meals in a day"
