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.

This video proves something else about the Dutch. We indeed speak the English language very well.

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 🤷🏼‍♀️

In my 30 minute lunch break there is no time to get a warm steak and eat it. A sandwich with cheese is fine! I enjoy it. 😂

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.

Can it come off as rude for some people? Us dutchies: "Yes but we dont care"

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.

Hey, at 10.38 that's David Wen! :-) I just watched his latest video with the English word of the year "niksening":-)

Lol, that bag falling in the canal. As long as there's no one drowning they won't get it out, lol

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.

9:45 Great thing about the cheese sandwich, if you have a toaster you can make a toasty out of it. Warm bread an molten cheese.

Niet in de Gracht springen! Heel smerig water!

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.

Girl drops her bag in the canal dude: oh that's a shame! what you gonna do now? That's Dutch! Aint no one gonna jump in a canal for someone else's bag

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.

Just finished making my lunch box packed with bread with cheese and ham for my workday tomorrow 😂

My mom, even at a high age, used to tell one of my sister's neighbors who really is a weirdo 'W. you're a weirdo', lol.

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.

To sum up Dutch directness I always like to quote the unsurpassed Fabrice Lig (Sirenal - Wasteland); ‘‘no more mindgames, why waste the time’’.

Ik hou van steenkolen Engels echt fantastisch.

"do normal" 😭😂

The Dutch girl saying "whoa, you're really direct" (4:00) says that really directly...

lol ... a warm lunch may be very nice, but a sandwich with cheese (or something else) is much quicker.

We don't 'do fake' very well, we rather be transparent.

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.

we do overuse the word love he said while the scrolling txt just showed loved 😎

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.

Bread and cheese ready in the fridge 😂 But at work I also like to put a bit salad on it. Gives it a fresh taste and less dry.

Its dangerous jumping in canal , they mostly full of bikes

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.

15:38 Money doesn't grow on trees, it's easier to spend money than to earn money.

9:17 calm down... you need food,, have a 🧀cheese 🍞sandwich... with butter.. 🤣

I am the complete opposite in regard to spending. Definately considered a bad trade here😂

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.

But we do have many types of cheese😂😂🤪🤪And usually we like our own directness, but not always someone else's😉

I like how you like the dutch 😂

Imagine this watching from Flanders ... I'll leave the reactions to you 🙂

We don't want dinner twice a day, lol. Good bread and cheese is sooooo good! I don't want steak as lunch, yuk.

Mabye thats's why people in the USA are bigger than the dutch because we don't eat steaks for lunch but bread with cheese hahahaha

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 !

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. 😃

his thoughts are quick, this is what came out, "the rest of the world is tired of being deceived"!

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.

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.

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.

Talking about the weather, today it's good!🌞😂❤

When you are coming to the south of the netherlands.....the sandwich is different...much more on it....because in the south they love food..

3 hot meals a day?! You crazy? That's way to frivolous.

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.

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.

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.

We also dont care a lot about people's feelings getting hurt when the truth is being told.

Dutch people are transparent❤

If we were so stingy, our economy wouldn't be thriving the way it is. We're just the right amount of stingy. 😉 Thanks for another good one brother. 😊🌷

Love this video

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"

All the love in the world, bro!🧀👍🏻

bread and cheese is of no use, you won't grow anymore!!😂😂😂

@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. :)

The Dutch directness. The Netherlands is like the Larry David of countries.

The fact that you like my land Is nice i like it here too😂

Broodje kaas, lekkerrrr

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'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.

facts over feelings

We Always complian about the weather because we cant controle it thats way

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!

If people ask me a question, they get my answer. If people don’t want to hear my true answer, than don’t ask me a question. Just sayin’.

I am dutch, but I definitely never ever eat a cheese sandwich and if I did absolutely no butter 😂😂😂😂

Only if I lunch in a restaurant 😂

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🙏❤️

Its human to go for the discounts,not typical Dutch.

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

Is this in the netherlands? They speak so good english. Proud to be dutch😅

Beef, butter, bacon and eggs once or twice a day until full = Superfood.

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.

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

I myself live in Leeuwarden or as americans would say north amsterdam

In my local coffee shop I see mostly Dutch people. And the odd expat or tourist of course, but most are Dutch.

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

If you must eat warm twice a day, you can roast your chees sandwich

The Dutch bark themselves to spare a dog. Oh, and they cry with one eye to save tears.

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 ❤❤❤❤

well I just hate to run around the damn bush .. I say everything direct and honest

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.

Bread and cheese here 😂

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.

So I don’t think you have tried Dutch bread or cheese ☺️ Multiple variaties in bread ànd cheese, just jummy 🤪

If you want directness, visit Rotterdam, Den Haag or in the North (Friesland).

cheeseheads 😁Kaaskoppen

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.

About a visit with or without an appointment, I think that is age dependant. Older people don't make such a fuzz about it.

10:34 it is dangerous to jump in the canal, you don't know if there is something under the water, a bike for example.

Bread and Cheese is Cheap !

When the Dutch are direct and one thinks it is rude. . They should Let there soul callus over.

We maybe go for the discount, but we also give a lot of money for charities…

11:37 or say we are from Holland, when actually from Groningen for example.. Netherlands/Nederland!... Not Holland

Sorry no pennies in The Netherlands so can not save them 😊

It cannot be very healty eating 2 or 3 warm meals a day.

I've always said it the only people not liking the directness of Dutch people are Dutch people