Thanks - I am too!

Yeah me to

Same

Dido

Same!

Wow what a coincidence

Tof

@McTommyboy same 😂

They must be rich af lel

@@Ramimer they were, no kids, nice jobs

Zelfde lol

ik ook man

100th like, don't forget me.

I want to but I don’t live there lol

Hoi

Thanks a lot!

L.K. Britton I couldn’t agree more.

yes

1000liker

L.K. Britton your a very nice person

Thanks a lot? Haha, as in it was completely wrong or spot on...? (:

completely wrong hahaha. But don't worry, dutch is really wrong to pronounce correctly for foreigners, some tones don't exist in other languages.

Half-Asleep Chris. Eiland is more pronounced *ailand*

What's pronounced Eiland in the Netherlands would be EggLand if put in my head's version of Google Translate. Dutch is a hard Language, Don't worry. The Moroccans are worse.

Fenna Van Der Wall I would have said it as Pap-En-island. Pap to rhyme with rap and tap. En to rhyme with hen and Ben. Island to rhyme with Ireland .

@{Sabrina Wong} That comment was from when this video was 2 years old

R kleyn she’s still a native Dutch speaker then... (Flemish) Belgians speak Dutch

@@imremd Sure, and her accent is lovely, but it sounds nothing like what a local would call it. All the phlegm would have been removed from my throat by the time I've pronounced the word "gracht"

Imre Degenhart actually, Flemish and Dutch are two separate languages

Mikail van Dartel flemish is basically a dialect

wou net zeggen lol..haar accent klonk niet nederlands nee

I didn't know that, that's really cool

www.history.com/this-day-in-history/new-amsterdam-becomes-new-york

There’s still (new) Harlem on the other side of the water, named after the Dutch town Haarlem.

New Amsterdam was sold, for that time it was a good deal, but it was like 7 or 8 euro's...

@@rubeushagrid8990 Yes it was sold. But it was not a good deal. It was sold under high military pressure by the english forces that surrounded the town. The inhabitants started to build a wall against these forces, but it wasn't finished (just a mount of dirt) before the ultimatum was handed to them. Nevertheless, when they took over the town, the English named the street next to that pile of dirt Wallstreet. :)

yeah

Ikr! Amazing feature!

Jurandy969 HAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH 😐

I literally saw a Dutch person the first time I was in Amsterdam cycling with someone on the back whilst drinking a GLASS of wine in one hand and smoking a joint in the other. Shits n gigs man

Rebecca Kilby-Leahy lol, a lot of English teenagers rent bikes after school and ride around, using no hands at the park. I once saw someone holding a backpack in one hand, and two shopping bags in the other

@@friendusesthisaccountnocom9928 You 'once saw' Haha we see that everyday

Jurandy wait, what do you mean?

Thanks a million, I wanted some of my own and I thought it would be a nice way to sort of book-end the story. And it means there will be a 'Houses of Amsterdam Part II', at some point in the next 5 years or so.... hahaha

@@HalfAsleepChris great, I'll look forward to this next year

@@HalfAsleepChris it’s five years in 2022 it’s time

@@DoItKeen You're right - I must do it!

Yeah completely, from what every says, I expected it to feel almost seedy, but felt completely safe the entire time. Thanks a lot!

Not being able to go confidently anywhere around my accomplishments at any time surprised me when I was in Darry (when I was 19 solo traveling, not having booked early enough 😅😑)

I live one town over from Amsterdam and even I learned a few new things haha. Glad you enjoyed your stay.

Stijn Besteman haha dat was precies wat ik dacht

« Dat is geen nederlands! >:o »

Seriously? And then you ask yourself why we hate such Dutch people like you. Why do you always have to despise us and laugh with us...? Does it make you stronger, you pathetic bully?

Anastasia Zamurujev He’s just saying that she was speaking flemish even though the video was about the Netherlands that’s all... He was kidding...

@@ProKilirsha It's a joke, we don't actually dislike Flemish people. Personally I really like the Flemish accent, though it isn't really fitting for a video about Amsterdam.

That’s so cool that you used the hook!

I was born in Holland but grew up in NZ. I went back to Holland and recognized many of the buildings. While I was there I noticed that the buildings slanted forwards at the top sometimes on both sides if the house was on a a corner. I presume it was to make it easier to lift items up the pully wheel.

@@George-ie1si I always thought that was to get more floorspace while paying less taxes. Also the ground is soft so sometimes they houses just tilt because of that.

@@HalfAsleepChris It's funny when noobs try to use the hook. They forget to attach a line to keep it away from the windows or they just don't secure it well enough. Seen washing machines falling down from 3 stories up and what not.

@@George-ie1si It was also just to make it look more impressive when on street level. And all the houses are build on poles drilled into the ground to a layer of sand. In the old days they used a layer of sand that was not very stable. Later they started drilling deeper to a second layer of sand. If they start tilting by themselves there is something wrong.

Thanks! I don't think I'm gonna be able to beat this video for a while haha, took over a month to make

Thanks a lot! These passed few weeks it has gained about 5k views, so looks like it's being picked up :)

Omg ikr! These deserve so many more views! Keep up the good work and don't give up you will get there!

Thanks very much!

She's technically a native Dutch speaker since Dutch is her native language but it still feels like a scam

Forwards sloping facades were protection against rain. The thin brick walls without a cavity are simply not waterproof. Water lists, oil from the masonry, but also the escape from the façade limit the chance of rainwater penetrating.

On top of that half the wooden foundations have either sunken deeper into the ground or rotten away.

@@mardy3732 That's also what I thought. Or have we been lied to all our life??😲

Mardy That only goes for some houses which are actually unstable. If that goes too far, you’ll see beams and poles outside to support the facade to keep it from falling over, until renovations allow the building to stand straight again. But Oost West is right, the slope was rain protection, it wasn’t so much for the hoisting.

I reckon someone lifted up a heavy fridge and the whole building tipped over a little bit

I am dutch as well haloo

Thanks a lot, happy to hear it!

have you ever heard of flemish?

@@justsomeflagwithinternetac9383 vlaams? Belgisch Nederlands? (assumed you spoke dutch there) You mean Belgian Dutch?

Well, I mean technically he is right. The official language in Flanders is Dutch, not Flemish, so Mika is still a native speaker of Dutch. If you say 'here we have a native English speaker', it would be equally valid to have a Scot pronounce it or a Texan. It's just that some Flemish linguists decided in the 19th century that they'd prefer taking over the standard language from their northen neighbors than to code the massive array of Flemish dialects the common folk spoke at the time. Nowadays some people would argue Flemish is a language and not just an accent and group of dialects, but it's not officially recognised as such.

@@musicismydrugxo8217 sure but the thing is, in this context, 'native' also refers to that specific country they are in. Because the pronounce certain names from that country. So even if she is native to the dutch language, her version of the dutch language does not originate from the place whose names they are trying to pronounce properly.

@@mistrants2745 I see where you are coming from and you are definitely right there! In your first comment you just made it sound like a Flemish person isn't a native Dutch speaker and I wanted to give some more context to people who might not be aware of the entire history of standard Dutch in Belgium

Je deed niet huilen

Hey thanks a million!

ikr, its so cute. Music and all

Ew girl watch your mouth

@@HalfAsleepChris Not gonna do something about a swearing kid eh

@@liampepe6013 calm down. Hes not offending anyone.

Thanks very much!

Thanks so much! :)

Thanks very much!

Thanks, I tend to make videos about whatever I find interesting at the time, and also tend to get bored super easily... Thanks!

Thanks a lot! Greetings from the UK!

Thanks a lot!

Thanks a lot!

Thanks a lot! I spent a lot of time on this video so I’m glad to hear it!

Hahahaha ja

Hello from Surrey, England. Thanks a lot!

Haha hello from Salem Oregon

Thanks +charliebadger!

There's this song with the lyrics "in ieder mensenhart daar vind je Amsterdam" (In every human heart you'll find Amsterdam).

That's adorable 😂

Thanks a lot! It's a wonderful place

Optidorf terrible audio mix I agree

Yeah I know I had to focus to hear the words they were saying but maybe that's because I'm deaf in one ear

definitely Belgian.

Same language, different accent

@@Arominit true, but it would've been cool if someone with an Amsterdam accent had done the voice over. The Flemish accent is really beautiful tho.

If you visit more small towns you will see them. And alot of farmers still wear them.

@@maddenplayer35 agreed, I live in a small town and often see people who work e.g. unloading trucks wearing them to protect their feet. Not usually as a fashion item, though :)

Plot twist: he staged that part of the video to add to the feeling of it 😉