You know what, I’m already happy when Americans know that the Netherlands is a country

Honestly I think we're more proud of our 'culture' or way of life than we are patriotic. I feel like Americans love America *because* it's America, whereas Dutch people just love the way we manage to live here... IDK if that makes sense... like we don't love our country because it's our country, we love it cause it's great...

I think one of the things most Americans don't know is that a lot of Dutch people appreciate really dark humor

5 things Americans don't know about the Netherlands..... 1. It's location on the world map? 2. That we didn't stop evolving after the invention of wooden shoes and windmills? 3. That the Netherlands is bigger than just Amsterdam? 4. That Santa Claus is actually based on Sinterklaas 5. That your "Football" should really be called Runball or something, because it doesn't come close to actual voetbal. 😁 No offense Joey! 😘

5 things Americans don't know about Holland: 1. It's actually called The Netherlands 2. Most of us like and trust our police, they are very well mannered 3. We cycle without helmets, which might sound unsafe but Dutch Cycling exams are actually harder to pass than American Driver exams 4. Most of Europe thinks Dutch people are loud and rude. Most of the Dutch people I know think Americans are loud and fake 5. We absolutely hate authority and arrogance (which is why our police system works so well for us). Interns at large corporations actually get paid, are part of the team and are valued as colleagues for the duration of their internship and rarely have to get coffee.

The difference between America and Holland is that the Americans are proud off their country and they want the whole world to know that But in Holland we are also very proud of our country but the whole world doesn’t need to know that

That we pay with actual money, not credit cards. We are one of the few countries that pay with debit cards. I love to spend money but just the money I actually have. No debt for me!

1. We don't need wars to claim territory, we just reclaim some land from the sea when we need it 2. First country in the world to legalize gay marriage 3. You can walk to our Wadden-islands during some parts of the day 4. College isn't optional, you just do it

6. The Netherlands is not a socialist country 7. The Dutch do not euthanize people because they’re old or just bored of life 8. Dutch road infrastructure is the best in the world 9. The Netherlands ranks higher than the US on almost all rankings concerning social issues 10. The Dutch were once a military world power 11. The Netherlands is the worlds second (!!!) exporter of agriculture (after the US) I think “we” Dutch should be a lot more proud than we actually are.

I think the Americans do not know that we have a good social security and health insurance here in the Netherlands. As a Dutchman i'm most proud of that.

can you maybe do what dutch people don't know about america?

We don't tip our waiters like the Americans do. Tipping is a choice, if you love the service or food you can round up the bill...but the restaurant staff gets paid enough and the tipping is just a little (very appreciated) extra.

1. The Dollar comes from the word Dalder, The Dutch Florijn. As in Amsterdam dialect sounds Dollar

What I think Americans don’t know about the Netherlands: 1. It is not normal for most people to eat out a lot. Eating out is so much more expensive here then cooking your own meal so almost everyone eats a home cooked meal (at 6pm!!) every weekday with their family. 2. The Dutch school system is divided into different levels from the age of 12. Children go to elementary school from the age of 4 to 12 and then they go to highschool. In the last grade of elementary school they have to take a test to see on what level they are and with their teacher they decide to what school they go based on the level of difficulty they can handle. After that they go to highschool until their 16-18. The children who are on lower levels leave highschool at the age of 16 and the children on the highest level leave highschool when their 18 to go to college or university. This may seem discriminating to americans but by dividing children in level when they go to highschool you make sure that the lessons everyone gets are appropriate for them. The “smartest” children will get enough challenge and the children with a “lower level” will get lessons that they can understand and the teacher can give every child the attention that they need more easily. Sorry for the long explanation but I want you to understand the system because in my opinion it works really well.

Do americans know that Amsterdam is just a city and not the whole country? There is much more to explore.

Another great video, Joey!! Before I came here for the first time, I didn’t know several of the things on your list. The beauty is, I’m still learning new things about this wonderful country every day (especially from our coolest Dutch subscribers)!! Their knowledge and pride in this country is palpable and to be admired. ❤️

I figured out how little Americans know about the Netherlands when I went to the US on holiday. Every conversation with a US citizen went like this: Person on the street: 'Hey you talk funny, where are you from' Me: 'The Netherlands' Person on the street: '????' Me: 'Holland' Person on the street: '??????' Me: 'Amsterdam?' Person on the street: 'OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHH, AMSTERDAAAAAM! Do you have some weeed for me? HAAHAAHAHA!!! Me: 'NO!!' (I was about 13 at that time... who asks a 13-year-old for weed????)

Many Americans do not know that the Dutch (on Sint Eustatius) gave the first salute to an American ship and thereby were the first to acknowledge the United States as a sovereign nation. ETA: Many Dutch don't know this either.

As you pointed out in the last video, the Dutch directness/rudeness is underestimated. I also found that when I invited foreigners (including americans) that they all wanted to go to Amsterdam, but still were blown away by the atmosphere and the beauty of the city. It is even better than they thought they knew, apparently. Also my experience is that people from abroad do not realise the number of bicycles. They know the numbers, but if they experience it, it blows them away. Talking about bicycles, they don't know that riding a bike in Amsterdam requires knowledge of some unwritten rules not valid anywhere else in the Netherlands to survive it. They also don't know that the Netherlands stylistic culture is nowadays worldwide "en vogue" and most people like it (modern styling). Lastly people are amazed about the use of colors on public goods (stations, bus stops, street lights, bridges etcetera). This was pointed out by an American to me. It never occured to me. But if you go outside the Netherlands, you now immediately notice the lack of cheerful color everywhere.

What maybe foreigners not know is How expensive a house can be, How cheap supermarkets can be if you look good, How expensive food is in Restaurant, How cheap internet is and mobile phone contracts, How very expensive a car can be. And about be proud ... think that is HUGE especially when we are succesfull in a sport. And on top of all .... that Holland is after USA the biggest export country for agricultural goods (not machinery)

I think because weed is legal, less people are smoking it. There is less sneaking around, fun and mystery about it, because everyone can just buy it at a shop (if you’re over 18 of course). Same with drinking, people can drink at age 18. I think more people will wait until they’re 18 because many don’t get interested in alcohol much earlier. So my point is: legalizing things will cause less people to use them.

1. That the Dutch actually settled in the USA before the English did. 2. That almost your first language was Dutch. 3. That the USA constitution and Bill of Rights is based upon a Dutch document. 4. That we also discovered Australia, South Africa, Indonesia, etc. 5. That internet connection is between the USA and The Netherlands and from there to the rest of Europe. 6. That our special forces (commando's) are among the best and operate all over the world. 7. That we do have sexual liberties here and nude beaches but we do respect women. 8. That we love to travel and there's Dutch people in every corner of the planet. Etc.

Things we Dutch do, people dont know, or understand : 1 We point out BS wherever we smell it : 2 We cant stand inefficiency (our view on money falls under this notion too) : 3 We are very direct, which can come of as rude, but we rarely intend it in a rude way, more in a "are you sure about that?" way : 4 We have a dry, somewhat rude sense of humor, its not for everyone i guess, so bite me! : 5 We are more stubborn that people realize, we know where we live, what we've achieved, what we do today and what that means, our country is tiny, our influence is big, we do things our way, because we know it works. ;)

9:07 "I wanna buy [affordable] things": not "cheap things". "Cheap" is a cheap word - lower price for poor quality or quantity. A cheap deal is no deal at all. An affordable deal is a good deal.

In english you say "for a fork and a knife" as a saying right when you want to say something is cheap. In Dutch you say "voor een appel en een ei" (for an apple and an egg)

Americans don't realize how mutch their own culture is influenced by the Dutch culture, especially the New York bay aria.

Hi Joey, love your video's ! You should make a video on the 10 greatest Dutch inventions, you will be amazed.

Well I think that people would come across as more patriotic when they talk to you as a foreigner. We don't really go around discussing fun facts about the Netherlands with other Dutch people lol. I think we are both patriotic and very critical. We don't think our country is amazing to have the things we have because we feel like it should be only natural to have these things, but we also don't think there are many places that are much better.

Also when You are Dutch and you are in Amsterdam ..and you want to order something you have to do it in English In a lot of places, that's so weird right? I like you and your video's 🤗

The fact that New York was called New Amsterdam or is that very old news 😂🙈? : New Amsterdam was a 17th-century Dutch settlement established at the southern tip of Manhattan Island that served as the seat of the colonial government in New Netherland. The factorij became a settlement outside Fort Amsterdam. The fort was situated on the strategic southern tip of the island of Manhattan and was meant to defend the fur trade operations of the Dutch West India Company in the North River (Hudson River). In 1624, it became a provincial extension of the Dutch Republic and was designated as the capital of the province in 1625. (Wikipedia) I love your channel btw😘

Things that americans don't know about the netherlands. 1) That there constitution is actually based on verdrag van Verlaatinghe 2) that we actually turned a sea into a lake to protect us from flooding 3) that we invented the firehose, telescope, microscope, submarine, blue-thooth, Wi-fi, and many more 4) that our aggriculture is so efficient we can feed 10x our own population, even though were one of the most populated countries in the world 5) that we have the longest single war (not war period) in history (Dutch-Scilly war from 1651-1986) but never actually had any bloodshed

Maybe you should make a video about our ridiculous tradations, we have many. (Like holidays but also things like spijkerpoepen and koekhappen, etc)

Our longest day is on the 21st of June, the sun sets at 22.06. On September first the sun sets at 20.29 (so not at 22.29), at the end of September it sets at 19.21. So a whole lot earlier than your stating.

I am very proud being Dutch!

I’m from Belgium (flanders) and it’s a thing that everyone who speaks dutch as a native language (so in the netherlands as well as in flanders) also speaks english like it’s their native language!! The reason for that is that almost nobody in the world speaks dutch so we also know that we can’t communicate with foreign people and our schoolsystems are adapted to it. In flanders it’s even crazier because we generaly speak french really good as well because we have a french (and german) speaking part in our country as well. And when you go to brussels for example everyone just speaks french because then everyone can understand! It’s something international students are always surprised about when I talk to them.

Why we are proficient at other languages ? Over the centuries, lots of other countries have been bossing us around, so we had to adapt. AND that silly Dutch of ours is understood just about nowhere ... The fact that we have TV subtitled is a continuous English course as well ...

I cannot wait to move in December to the Netherlands

I met some Americans in Dublin that were doing a 'European tour' and were going to Amsterdam for 3 days next, and they wanted some pointers. I gave them the main sights in Amsterdam and then started suggesting going by train outside of Amsterdam for an afternoon. They absolutely didn't get that things outside Amsterdam could be nice as well! My personal opinion about Amsterdam: It is nice for a day of sightseeing, but there are about 5 other cities in the Netherlands that I would rather spend that day!

I have a question. How do the Americans see the Netherlands/ the Dutch or just Europe/ Europeans?

1 thing Americans don’t now about the Netherlands is that we have the biggest port in the Western Hemisphere port Rotterdam and the 4 biggest in the world and 5 years ago the biggest in the world.🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱

I feel like it's pretty common to have tried weed at least once but not a lot of people use it long-term

I think you pretty much nailed it; It is not that we're frugal, but yes we like a good honest deal

Actually the sun sets at 20.30 in september. the longest day is when it sets at 22.30 (end of june) or did I misunderstood what you're trying to say?

Actually the sun sets very late in the Pacific Northwest and Northern states i.e., Washington, North Dakota during the summer. Like 11pm and rises at 4am making it nearly impossible to sleep in, but it’s so beautiful here in Washington state, we love all that sunshine. Fall and winter we only have 8 hours of sunlight. 8-4.

When I went to italy I was surprised how early the sun sets

Also, we call ourself a tiny, cold frog country. It's an actual Dutch phrase.

That Socialism is good haha.. Americans are so afraid of socialism it seems that they have no idea that it can actually work ! Just look at our little country :) Also Tax ain't a bad thing :P

How big our XTC revenue is annually and how much cheese and coffee we eat/drink.

I've actually seen a few videos where people say that the Dutch are rude. That is not true. Yes we are direct, if someone is being really loud and/or annoying in public, we will say something about that, and if a friend asks if, like, a dress looks good on them, and it doesnt, we'll be honest. However, the example that I've heard often goes as follows. "The Dutch can be rude sometimes. Don't be surprised if a Dutch person suddenly asks "Hey dude, why are you so fat?" (This example actually made me very angry. We would NEVER) We're honest and direct, but we're kind and careful of not being rude.

Do you ever want to do a meet up? I think a lot of people woud like that.

Just our pronunciation needs some work... That said, they understand sarcasm, and they use it to the max. Certainly with the unsuspecting tourist 😉

Over here in the Netherlands we are not the locals dear Joey. Btw I love your vids. Zo dramatisch en over de top.😊👍💖

Also their are a lot of cultures in the Netherlands, Moroccans, Turkish people, Algerian ect, but a lot of Moroccan and Turkish people

Hallo Joey, Have they any idea about the great dutch influence on the development of the USA. That we founded New York (Nev Amsterdam), that many names there are still of dutch origine (f.i. Brooklyn), that the declaration of independance is based on a dutch document, called the Plakkaat van Verlatinghe. Zie www.nationaalarchief.nl/beleven/onderwijs/bronnenbox/plakkaat-van-verlatinge-1581

At a common university in the Netherlands, more than 100 studies are given in English. That's also a thing.

Ik vind jou videos zo leuk om te kijken. Je bent altijd zo vrolijk en je Nederlands is zo leuk. In relation to your 5th point about my country: Can you make a guide for Dutchies who are on a budget when going to New York? With cheap suggestions, awesome things to do for free etc etc. Yes we can Google but it's always nice to hear about the hidden gems from people who lived there. I'm thnking of going to New York next year for a week or 2 but I hear everywhere that it is so expensive so I need cheaper tips :)

Have you been outside Amsterdam and the Randstad and visites the more rural places in the north, east and south of the Netherlands? There are a lot of cultural differences in this tiny country :)

I like this subtle funny editing! ;)

The reason why the sun sets so late during summer is because we're kinda bonkers. You see, in most places it's roughly 12:00/noon when the sun is directly overhead (or at least, a max of 30 minutes before, or after that time [i.e. your timezone]). So say you had a country exactly 1 time zone wide, let's call it Sprance (Spain + France) and you put the capitol of Madris (Madrid + Paris) in the middle. Madris 12:00/noon would mean that on the west coast the sun's *position in the sky* would be 30 minutes past noon and on the eastern border the sun's position in the sky would still be 30 minutes before noon. Now this would be the ideal situation. You'd have Standard Sprance Time (SST) and your day-night rythm wouldn't be off by more than 30 minutes. But Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Luxemburg and the Netherlands, who are all less than 30 minutes from GMT, have decided to follow Germany at GMT+1. Which means that when it's 12.00, in the Netherlands, the sun is already directly above Prague, a good 40 minutes past noon for us. But it gets worse, because during the summer we shift the clock. An hour. Into the wrong direction. That's right, when it's noon at Istanbul / St. Petersburg, roughly a 100 minutes after the sun was directly above Amsterdam, it's also noon here. Plus, it could get *even worse* because the EU left it for each country to decide which time they'd like and people, who clearly don't understand what summer and winter time (or nonesense and normal time) means. They want us to keep summer time *in the winter* . That means the sun won't rise till about 10:00 in the morning. People would go to the office and children to school in *complete darkness*. Now, especially with the UK leaving, I understand that having the same time as Germany (which is also considering permanent -nonse- summer time) is convenient, but at least shift our daily schedule. Don't start school at 8:30 and have kids cycle from 7:30 or even earlier. Start school at 10:30. Start office work at 11:00. Instead of a 9-to-5 job have an 11-to-7 job. It's the same thing, except you're not in total darkness during the entirety of the winter... It's seriously messed up and could have massive negative health (and thus economic) consequences for our entire population.

4:52 This September, I'm actually going to study to become an English teacher, since I've always loved the language :D

Great timing for your first point as today, June 21, is the longest the of the year. And on a friday no less! Hope you'll have a nice weekend.

I'm proud of our national anthem (with the oldest lyrics (1568-1572) in the world apart from Japan). In the first part 'of German blood' is mentioned and prince of Orange (which is in France) is mentioned and the King of Spain is mentioned (the Dutch national anthem is the only anthem in the world in which the King of Spain is honoured). The Netherlands are not mentioned. Great! And the sixth part of our national anthem ends with 'To drive away the tyranny that wounds me through my heart'. And whenever I see our simple red white and blue flag, I feel happy. Thank you for your video. Best wishes from the eastern part of the Netherlands where all the very old hanseatic towns are, much older than Amsterdam.

One thing a lot of people don't know about the Netherlands is that we had the richest company that has ever existed in the world. The VOC is the richest company that has ever existed if you convert the currency to the one of we use today. We also have one of the most English like languages in the world. There are more bikes than people. We eat the most liquorice in the world. And last but not least: we made a whole province where used to be water. Btw I love love love your channel so much and I hope you make a lot more videos like this one. Nice to see true the months how more subscribers you gained.

21 June longest day light. Also my birthday

We don't spend our money so much because there are a lot of people in the north (friesland, groningen and drenthe) who don't have a lot to spend....

The thing about spending money for me personally (as a Dutch person) is that I work really hard for it and I want to spend my money wisely. I mean ofcourse I go out, do fun things and buy stuff but I also want to be able to pay my rent and go grocery shopping. Dutch people really aren't that greedy we're just very careful about what we spend our money on. Also I think it really cool you actually take time and try to learn Dutch cause it's not an easy language to learn

You're videos about the netherlands are so amazing, they're making me appreciate my country even more.^^

I think we aren't patriotic because when we are with other Dutch people we do not talk about our country as amazing or something. I think it is our way of being nice to you (as a foreigner) to tell you about the possibilities in our country. but I do think if you talk to people from the big cities they will tell you their city is the best.

Did you know that "Yankees" (vanwege de vele Jannen en Kezen in New Amsterdam), was a swear word to the Dutch from the English, and the New Yorkers toke is as a Nickname. The Dollar comes from The Daalder ( a Dutch Coin in the past, Daalder is 1,5 Gulden)

Amsterdam is roughly at the latitude of Edmonton, Canada, and not that far under Juneau. That’s the Gulf Stream for you.

We actually have courses at school where 70% of the classes are in English.

We have a second language in the netherlands, Frisian. And the frisian people are very proud of their language

Most foreigners won't know that there is actually a huge part of the netherlands beyond Amsterdam and maybe Giethoorn

about the longest day. thats in 2 days. june 21st is the longest day (from sunrise to sunset)

I think we speak English on such a high level because now a days, we start learning english in primary school. Last week, I did the Cambridge exam and I am 15. I follow geography, mathematics and PE in English.

22:29 is in june not september in september its somewhere in between 21:00-21:30 goes the sun down, that doesnt mean it becomes immediately dark ofcourse that happens approx 1 hour later, thus meaning there is light in the sky til 23:30 hours in june

I think a lotnof dutch people do like to pay for good quality items, but also a lot of dutch people do not really have much money to just go spend spend spend. I myself rather not pay top prices for ordinary household items so i have money to go on vacation. By the way the children in the netherlands also learn german and french in school from the age of 13 or so, depending on their level of education, like in what they call havo, vwo. And in the highest level of education you can go to wgen you are 12,13 of 14 they also learn the old languages of latin and greek (like the greek from the time before the middle ages). English they learn in school at the age of 4 but also a lot of tv shows in English get subtitles but are not narrated and so if you are small and can't read the subtitles so fast you pick up the language and understand it quickly. That is how i got to understand and speak far more English than in school and so did my sons.

That Amsterdam is the most diverse city in the world. There are over 177(!) different nationalities present in Amsterdam. Such a high number isn't been found in any other city or place in the world.

Longest day is 21 juni. 16.46 hours of sun. The shortest day is on 21 of December. 7.45 hours of sun. But on December 31th the sun comes up the latest around 8.48 and the sun will go under the earliest on December 12th at 16.27 h. We also change the time 2 times a year. It's always in a weekend so we can get used to it. This year it was Sunday March 31th. At 2 AM the clock will change to 3 AM so we lose one hour but the sun looks to come out later and stays longer, so we have more lighthours. Sunday October 27th we put it back one hour from 3AM to 2AM so again we have the most out of the daylight for workinghours.

Funny thing I think a lot of people do not now is that the Dutch language has about 25 different dialects. This includes people from the dutch islands outside of europe. These can be so far apart that people have a hard time understanding eachothers dialect. All while only about 24 million people speak dutch. hahah you did make me realise how proud we actually are...

I think that we are not keen on spending money if we don't have to (and why Americans find it odd) because in America y'all have like 70 credit cards while in the Netherlands loads of people don't have credit cards. And the ones who do are mostly businessmen.

That the Netherlands have really clean water from the sinks and you can drink it as well

Eh, the sun doesn't set at 22:29 the first of september, but at 20:29... After june, the days start becoming shorter again. 22:07 is the latest sunset, and that's a couple of days from now.

What a lot of people don’t know is that we live in THE NETHERLANDS, not Holland...

I have been saying this all the time in the Nederland people are not crazy about drugs children are well brought up and also, the country has less junkies! Red Light District and all stuff in there visitors enjoyed most

American here! Your vids are helping me understand what it's like to be an American expat there. We may be moving there in a couple years and I'm "researching" LOL

Dutch Summer starts @June 21st till the end of October!

We are in fact zo proud of our country that its in fact illegal to hoist the flag at night without spotlights lighting up all colors!

I really enjoyed watching the video. :)

(Oh, and thanks for taking the comments from previous videos into account.)

Funfacts about the legal softdrugs: there are less young people smoking here then in other countries where it is illegal. And there are more ‘Coffeeshops’ in Amsterdam then in the rest of the Netherlands. Pretty crazy : )

That the name of the country is The Netherlands, and not Holland. And that it can upset people to call it Holland. Especially if you leave the provinces of North- and South-Holland. Which is admittedly unlikely because that's where the major spots like Amsterdam, Kinderdijk and the Hague are...

A lot of people (not just the Americans) think that Amsterdam is the Netherlands. And that we are the country with the "Red light district". That is often the first thing they say to me abroad when I say I am from the Netherlands. Fortunately we have many beautiful cities and villages in our beautiful Netherlands. What a nice video Joey !! Thank you. I love this kind of video's. And your vlogs ofcourse!! 😘😘😘😘

Joey, you probably haven't heard Rob de Geus speak english xD. man, man, man xD

I don’t have a top 5 for you, but one of the things that none of my American friends know, is that Gouda cheese comes from the city Gouda. It’s a small city that you can visit, they do a lot of cheese tours and exhibitions for the tourists.

Dutch people actually speak pretty good English. It's just that a lot of children think languages are difficult, and so they lack motivation to learn it. But srsly, most of the people in The Netherlands can speak a whole conversation in English with only some small grammar mistakes. Me and my sister are 14 and 12 y/o, and we can have whole conversations about who knows what in English. We sometimes even think in English. And we're not the only ones. There are also loooots of people in The Netherlands who speak English fluently. Most kids also gets taught French and German for 2/3 years, and if u want, more. There are even multi-language schools where the students are being taught in foreign languages such as English, French and German. On such schools, there's a high possibility there are also subjects like Chinese, Spanish and Latin. So what, Dutch people don't speak English that well. :) Just another fact for you all Edit: about the weed. I really know no one who smokes weed. No one. There are some youngsters (16-25) tryna be cool and smoke weed, but once they realise their friends are quitting, they also quit smoking weed. Many people have once smoked weed, but never did it again. Even better, I've never seen a single coffee shop in The Netherlands in my whole life (u can smoke there), but when I was in France, I saw around 3 shops where u could buy weed and other sigarettes...I was speechless 😅

I’m Loving your videos! I just came back from a vacation in the Netherlands and I’m considering moving there after I finish my bachelors. Any advice would greatly be appreciated💗

For the last point we like to buy things but we like to be efficient with our resource

Love your energy!! Defenitly subscribing to your channel :)

THANK YOU for saying the French are bad at English and sometimes don't even try! I've been there multiple times and I really didn't like the arrogance of them that tourists should just speak perfect French. They straight up ignored me, even if I tried to speak French. And whenever I say this, French people get defensive!