In the netherlands we can always see things coming from afar... except for land armies... those we never seem to spot.

0:50 "You can see things coming from very far away" - Yet we never saw the Germans in 1940

i think, but i am not sure, that you might be Dutch, i think.

Technically, it's called "North-Brabant", but it is casually referred to as "Brabant" most of the times in The Netherlands.

The most unique feature IMO about Amsterdam (and the Netherlands in general) is how neatly aligned the roads and streets are

I guess that's where the words beneath or underneath come from...

The Benelux is also the beginning of the European Union

Groeten vanuit België, uw rebelerende broer!

Netherlands is love Netherlands is life.

Those Dutch borders are wrong, wheres the lower half? AHEM BELGIUM AHEM RESTORE ORDER CAUSUS BELI EDIT: No ones gonna get the Victoria 2 reference.

Jij klikt verdacht nederlands

Cheers Hilbert, that was very interesting and concise. As a Scotsman, this phenomenon of The Netherlands and Holland often being used interchangeably in conversation seemed oh so familiar :D

Its a mediaval tradition to name a region to its wealthiest province or county or earldom. In this case its holland for the netherlands and Flanders for the the whole of te dutch speaking side of belgium. For instance, Glanders was the wealthiest region in the 15th century and therefor the spanish named the low countiries Flandres. Check Alatriste for example. Belgica as also used in these days for the both low countries. There actual name was the 17 provinces. It was shapes like a lion on many late medieval cards.

Do any Dutch nationalists etc still look at Belgium and Luxembourg and think they should be a part of the Netherlands or is that left in the past completely?

Anne Frank and "other things"

Excellent video! I've been to The Netherlands a few times, as well as Belgium and Germany, and I learned a lot from this video, which answered many questions I've always had.

Hey, you said: Holland comes from Holt-land wich means wood-lands. I am Dutch, anderen i always thougt that it came from hol-land, wich means that it's like a bowl. This because a large part of the netherlands is below sealevel, and we, the Dutch, made it possible tout live there and keep it dry. We call that "inpolderen". But i can be wrong, I only wanted to share what i thought it had to be.

The lion thing is so true, my dad still had our family crest and i remember there being 2 lions facing each other. sadly we lost it somehwere in between moving.

Discovered you today and you already post a video. Huzzah!

The UK also has “Holland” as the medieval Parts of Lincolnshire. The etymology seems the opposite to the Netherlands. “As a place-name in England it represents Old English hoh-land "high-land, land on a spur or hill." Online Etymology Dictionary.

They are called low countries, but actually, Belgium isn't all that flat. It's devided in three regions: low-Belgium, middle-Belgium and high-Belgium. They're more or less the same size, so it's only one third that is flat. The Ardens reach up to 700m.

Jongens ik zal het een keer uitleggen, ik kom uit eindhoven. DUS, ik ben een Nederlander en een Brabander. MAAR NOEM ME GODVERDOMME NOOIT EEN HOLLANDER

It's so nice to learn more about the netherlands and the low countries in general. It makes me feel closer to my dutch wife!

We Dutch are tall so we can keep our heads above the water.

is the capital of Fevoland Flavortown?

Isn't Luxembourg considered to be part of the Low Countries area as well?

I like the video Hilbert. It annoys me that a lot of people think that The Netherlands is only Amsterdam, you show that there are more provinces to visit then only zuid holland. O yea, when there is a lout sound or music coming can you please give a warning the dutch anthem ear raped me

Another thing not to forget about Den Haag/Hague: The International Court of Justice

Den Haag is technically not a "city" but a "village".

If people from Poland called Poles, why aren't people from Holland called Holes? Amsterdam's rise was considerably aided by the closure of Antwerp.

hey buddy, would it be possible for you to do a video on the history of Rhodesia?

Poor lion of Zeeland, it looks like it's drowning! 😂😢

Ik ben een Belg en ik vind het Nederlandse volkslied erg mooi.

Your Istvæonic forefathers would be proud.

Amstel dus vandaar dat het smaakt naar slootwater

Are you dutch because you say it too good

The reason we are called the netherlands isnt because everything is flat!! Its because were underneath sealevel

Noord-Brabant, not just Brabant!

Flanders and the netherlands belong togheter. We are one Nation.

Nederlanders boven walen. Hopelijk smelten we ooit weer samen Groeten uit Gent Oost-Vlaanderen ✌️

Uwe pijl naar Namur staat nogal raar

we in Iceland use the name Holland p.s. great video ég hef aldrei farið til hollands I have never gone to Holland

Iv done a family tree that go,s back to 1770 my ancestors came from Exeter and then they moved to Middlesex and then to Essex. Also on my Dads side iv got a lot of German ancestry from Lower Saxony. My great grandmother had a German name Beatrice Kathleen Ehren her family were from Hamburg that's my Grandfathers mothers side and on his fathers side my Great great grandfather was half German his name was Albert Edward Trillo Sugg His family were from Lower Saxony.

België!!!

>Makes an English video. >Keeps pronouncing the names in Dutch. Inconsistency is very annoying.

GRONINGEN!!!!!!!!

Groningen is my favourite city in Holland :)

*H A V E T H E Y B E E N L I O N??*

prostitué :D

Eindhoven can into Randstad

Brabant is not a province of the Netherlands! North Brabant is. The rest of Brabant is in Belgium. Brussels is also in Brabant, your mistake is very ignorant.

You got a new subscriber here! Loving the content, keep it up! Your humour is exactly what i live for!

The Lion of Namur is actually the flag of Flanders with a red line through it. Lions are for the germanic part (Flanders). Gallic roosters are for the french speaking part of belgium (wallonia). Just a minor mistake , I'm really loving your vids btw!

To any Dutch and Belgian viewers, any suggestions on other KZfaq channels where I can find more history videos about Belgium and The Netherlands? Thanks

Ik kom uit Indonesië.. ik houd erg van Nederlands... het is zo mooi en geweldig.. 🥰 (I am from Indonesia... I really love Netherlands... it is so beautiful and awesome)

Thank you for making this video - I've always wanted to know the background. Love all of your videos. Keep up the great work you are doing!

I think I remember hearing that this region was called the low lands because of it being at such a low altitude and significant portions of it being below sea level: beneden de zeespiegel.

Great videos as always! I wonder why you named Friesland first 🙃.

You made a tiny mistake at 1:22 Goeree-Overflakkee doesn't belong to Zeeland but to Zuid Holland.

De leeuw in de Benelux vlag , is het Belgies staatswapen / de Brabantse Leeuw.

Interessant filmpje !! Ik heb meteen ook geliked,geabonneerd en gedeeld !! :D

how were you able to say the 12 provinces perfectly? no english accent? do you speak dutch? (i am dutch btw, as you can probably see from my last name)

Goedenavond, de enige reden die ik heb voor het kijken van deze video is het feit dat ik Nederlands ben.

HOW DARE YOU MAKE SUCH GOOD HISTORY VIDEO'S!!!

Great video!

Your English is pretty spot on! I would've never guessed you weren't native if it weren't for the fact that your perfect Dutch gives it away

You have a wonderfull channel my friend, Blijf zo doorgaan.

Great pronunciations!

Man you're great I just heard about you, subscribed and I'm gonna watch all your videos. Great job

Het zou echt geweldig als je in een video de geschiedenis van Brabant & Limburg uitleggen, en waarom ''Limburg (België)'' bestaat, en waarom NOORD-Brabant in het ZUIDEN van Nederland ligt, en je in België, Vlaams-Brabant,Brabant & Wallonies-Brabant hebt.. Leuke video!

I had a friend in Limburg who called me a Hollander, because "everyone living north of the great rivers is a Hollander". I was flabbergasted and a bit insulted even. I am NOT a Hollander. Nederlander maybe, but really more a Frisian. I have nothing in common with 'hollanders' or the Randstad even. Okay, maybe I am exaggerating a bit, but these things still can be sensitive I guess. Even today.... Fascinating :)

I love your videos. Ikben zelf ook gek op geschiedenis en talen en cultuur, dus ben geabboneerd!

Your Dutch pronunciation is very good.

Zeeland? Would be more correct to point out this contains Zeeuws *Vlaanderen*. Obviously, thus, part of flanders. But occupied by The Netherlands since 1830.

There is one mayor error in your video. It sounds like you come from the Randstad because only people from the randstad would claim that the Dutch use The Netherlands and Holland more and more interchangeably. This is not true. Yes, in the Randstad people do. But in the other provinces there is more and more objection to the term Holland. The countries name is The Netherlands. Holland only concerns North and South Holland!

Just a very minor mistake. At 1:12 it seems that Goeree-Overflakkee belongs to Zeeland while it definitely belongs to Zuid-Holland. ;)

Hey man honestly like ur videos u bring funny and facts together so we learn and laugh

Thank you. Very informative☺

Your English is very good. I wasn't aware you're Dutch until you started mentioning cities like Utrecht. :) But isn't the name Nederland (and "lage landen") related to the fact that it's in the lower region of the Rhine, or as the Romans would say, Germania Inferior (which included the Belgian Ardennes)?

Always wondered about that. Thanks so much.

the flag you used for the BeNeLux flag is the flag used as unofficial flag before the offical flag was made de blag die je gebruikte voor de BeNeLux vlag is de onoficieele vlag die werd gebruikt voor de officieele bestond

Mooi gemaakt man

Technically the citizens of these countries are German (Not the Muslim hoards who have invaded)... They just speak a different dialect of German.

My Oma and Oma both came from Zuid-Holland after WWII in the early 50s. My Oma came from the town of Leidsendam near Leiden, and my Opa came from Alphen aan de Rijn. My Opa and his brothers used a horse drawn wagon to get around until he left for America. My Oma said there was only one car in the entire neighborhood and it was unusual to not see wagons. They loved their homeland, with its small farms, towns, and its flowers, but sadly after WWII, the Niederlands economy was not doing well, especially for farmers. My Oma and all of her side did classical 19th century farming. My Opa's side did dairy farming, and that's why he left for the U.S. He got his uncle to sponsor him, and eventually he bought his own dairy farm. During that time, he met my Oma (they had known each other in the Niederlands before moving to the U.S.), and a while later they would be married, living out their lives to the fullest, to the end of days. Let me know if anyone else has a similar story relating to Dutch (from Holland) origins, and thank you Hilbert for this video. Btw, your name reminds me of my Opa's first name, which was Gijsbertus.

No wonder I like History with Hilbert! My father was from Amsterdam and I still have lots of family over there. Oh yeah, and you put out some very good content. Bedankt!

The Lion of Flanders is actually golden on a black background, you've used Hainaut to also represent Flanders.

good one pretty explanatory..having lived in this country for one year I can understand and enjoy it...thanks and love from India..

Wat is het verschil tussen de lage landen en de nederlanden? Zijn de nederlanden dan nederland + Vlaanderen?

Why do you change your voice when changing between languages?

Great video

Im new to your videos, what is the ongoing joke with the netherlands and that clip you play?

Hilbert, are you dutch? The provincie names sounds good how you say that. But it is north-brabant and not brabant ;)

Great pronunciation :)

Slight mistake on the map, Goeree Overflakkee is part of South-Holland, not Zeeland

Are you Dutch? Your pronunciation of the Dutch names is impeccable.

Looks good, keep 'er going!

I have that Fast Show sketch going through my head now...

Where'd you get that great Dutch pronunciation from? Congrats!

I know that Dutch and Flemish people can nearly fully understand each other but what about Luxembourgish? Can it be understood too?

Are you Dutch? Your pronunciation on those provinces was spot-on