The Netherlands: Beyond Amsterdam

After Norway, Ryan and I headed down to the land of the Dutch! We visited several cities across a 2 week span. It was highly enjoyable and we would love to visit again!

[PoisonTheOgres]

I think the loud 'school kids' were probably university students-to-be. The fraternities have introduction weeks (and lots of hazing rituals) in the summer before the first semester starts.

[EdEditz]

The Russian flag is actually based on the Dutch flag because Peter the Great spent time in The Netherlands learning to build ships. That's also why St Peterburgh has canals. Inspired by Amsterdam.

[Sahi_PK]

The reason that you didn't smell marihuana so much outside the city center of Amsterdam is that there are much less tourists. I seriously don't know any Dutch person who ever did drugs, but all my foreign friends did it at a certain point in their lives.

[r.i.p.theovangogh]

Well, well over 17 Million makes the Netherlands (or Holland) bigger than
Portugal, Greece, Sweden, a.s.o.
It is the most dense populated country in Europe.
Because of the well thought out infrastructure you wouldn't realize this
travelling through-out the country.

B.t.w. the French took over the red-blue-white flag because The Netherlands was the first republic in Europe after the antiques of Greece and Rome.
Tzar Peter the great also took over the
red-blue-white after studying shipbuilding and city planning while he lived (anonymously) in Dutch Republic
as a kind of tribute after he build St.Petersburg with the help of Dutch ingeneers

[loonygoons]

So nice to see people actually exploring more than just Amsterdam.
Loved that you guys went to Maastricht, it's great imo.. there's also a mountainbike tour you can take in the caves all the way to a town called Valkenburg wich has some really amazing scenery as lots is build with marle.

[stevencassidy]

Your Australianess came out "its smaller then New South Wales" and you seem amazed by the size of the houses. This is the way we do things in Europe

[CharlesvanDijk-irbl]

The urinals are also used for the TV crews when they need an advantage point for an event.

[RichardRenes]

The 'caves' in the St Pietersberg are not actually caves but the result of quarrying marl. Such quarries are in quite a few places in southern Limburg (Valkenburg is famous for them).

[johnvroonhoven]

LOL apparently the Efteling is located in 's Hertogenbosch (DenBosch) these days.... won't be long now before they'll call the Efteling 'the Amsterdam Theme Park'.

[weeardguy]

Ah 2:49 no, that's not a traditional Dutch lunch ;) Soup for lunch isn't all that common and though there are probably quite a lot of people who like a kroket, it is not traditional to eat for lunch. Judging by the fancy wooden tray it was served on and the bread used, this was a 'hip' restaurant that probably charges you the pretty penny for something silly.
A traditional Dutch lunch would be pieces of bread with cheese or some meat. Peanut butter or sandwich spread is another option. For someone with a sweet-tooth, there has to be a slice of bread with chocolate sprinkles.

[sampuharich]

watching this as a dutchy thinking since when do we eat kroket on top of plain bread?

[OP-]

The blue tulip on that picture on the bag of bulbs DOES NOT exists .

[Joey-ctbm]

The Dutch made the first colored flag for a nation.

[aheroyaheroyalproductions]

7, 22 Febo Alitomatiek, ...Haha !! (Automatiek)
But you read it right, i am Dutch i also read it like that.
they use a style of letters, where the U looks like L I .

[ronaldderooij]

Don't tell me that as a Norwegian, you never saw an electic car. Over half of the cars in Norway is electric! Don't tell me you never saw bulbs. And don't tell me you did not know that the Dutch flag was red white blue (I know the Norwegian flag has the same colors and a cross in it).

[sanderjansen]

Its a “Cooker” and a lot of households have them.

[corneliusantonius]

The Russian flag was designed by Tsaar Peter the Great who did an aprenticeship on a dutch shipping works?

[r.v.b.]

Efteling isn't in Den Bosch >:(

[walkgirl]

Ha St Pieter is about 20km from where I hang out :D

[weeardguy]

7:20: Cute, but I understand the confusion. What you thought to be an L and I, is a U ;) It says 'automatiek', something that translates to like automat.