American Reacts to "8 Surprising Facts about the Netherlands!..."

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As far as I (Dutch) know children can only work from 16yo and up. 12yo perhaps may work as early morning paper deliverers etc. But I've never seen those youg kids working in supermarkets or so

Mind you, even though small groceries tend to disappear in favour of "large" supermarkets (not half the size of Wall Marts) most of them can be reached without the need of a car

Yes the Neths import garbage from e.g. Italy. To burn in a better way than Italy goes. And then gaining "points" in the climate agreents. And sending chemical garbage to Africa in order not to lose points. Smart eh?

Even though I have been here just over 20 years, I still get a surprise when I see young children (5 years and upward) passing by our house on the canal, alone or with a friend in a boat. It is not unusual here for children to have such freedom to go to the park, or boat on the canals. They also have to pass swimming training and exams from an early age, with clothes and shoes as well as bathing costumes so they have a chance of surviving if they fall in water or there are floods. Also don't usually have an issue with teenage pregnancies as sex is treated as normal and teens are well aware of precautions if they are going to begin a sexual relationship with their partner.

se set Almere a city in The Netherlands

Almere is the name of the mentioned city.

Public transportation in The Netherlands is pretty good. Certainly compared to the US, but also compared to some of the other European countries.
However, you easily find a Dutch person complaining about the Dutch Railway. But at the same time the Dutch people should realize a bit more about the quality we are used to.

About the minimum age you are allowed to work here is about fourteen years. Keep in mind that there has been a time that it was allowed to have kids working at very young age.

Almere is the most boring ugly city in the Netherlands. What she said about not having stores in the street is just bad city planning. Nobody knows what happened there. Btw no one seems to talk about the south, where the weather is way better than above the rivers.

Almere is a city in Flevoland. It is built in the 1950-1960’s. They buit it like an American city with all the different zones. All the other cities in the Netherlands are obviously much older and have in all neighborhoods small shops etc. So no it is not normal, only in Almere. Apperently she only compairs Almere.

Amsterdam is oke, but go to the south and visit the sities Breda, Maastricht and Den Bosch.
I am Dutch.

We Dutch take care of our poor and stupid. We give them a roof above their head and an income so they don't need to rob stores to feed and dress their families.
That's why the crime rates are so low over here and your 16 years old daughter can ride home alone on her bike at midnight from a meeting with her friends without having to fear getting robbed or raped.
Fearmongers are not welcome here.
There's no need for fear in the Netherlands.

If you want to learn more of the public transportation in the Nederland. Look up Not just bikes on you tube.

Hi, mr. Localia, u r gettin in a Dutch state of mind. 48 yr. old, Who travelled all over. We wellcome everybody. Once the IND( Dutch immigration and naturalisation service) clearse them they R in. ( we don't question them) but if the do wrong(IND) we will lead a gaggle of kids in a parade to challenge them.

Almere is in the province of Flevoland and it's fairly new compared to the other 10 provinces. Because of the towns in Flevoland ( build since the 70's) they are still work in progress, missing a lot of greenery and old charm. In most cities and towns we have supermarkets at a walking distance, so maybe Almere has some subburbs that are not very close to supermarkets etc.
I know many Dutch think Flevoland is the least attractive province and many 'new- dutch' people move there, also because it is cheaper.

the trash has become a comodetie like gas and oilel and coal,so if the surply of rececble trash is low we need to by it to produce energie..sorry for misspeling

People think Almere is an ugly city because it's a new city, only like 50 years old or so. So it has no history, that's why people don't like cities like Almere and Lelystad. They are also build differently. In almost every city and town shops and living is mixed. The average walking distance to any supermarket is only 1 mile.

The hottest will be about 38 degrees Celsius. (but doesnt get that hot so often per year about 4 or 5 days.) Most of the time its between 18-25 degrees in summertime . When it's about 20 degrees Celcius the coats come off. In the winter time its about -5 till 3-4 degrees celcius in winter.(and yes it can be -15 degrees celcius, and that's also not often just like the 38 in summer).

yes we have the sweet to put on bread. But there is an unspoken rule that you first eat a slice of bread with cheese or a meat like ham or so. The difference is that the kids get to school by bike or on foot. So they are much more active then kids that get taken to school by car.

The jobs for kids are paperroutes. a few hours per week. Not full jobs. She is russian, but she is not really on point on some things she speaks of. She looks at it from an expats vieuw but presents it as a fact. And that's not quite true.

Yes the public transportation is really really good.

Depends on te city. where the shoping centers are. Some are combined. I live a 5 minute walking distance from a supermarket. And there are people living above it. So yes we do have them. Then we have the citycenters with more shops. And we do have mall-like stores. But the netherlands is small it's 4 hour drive north to south and about 3 from east to west.

The city she talks about is Almere. It's located in the province Flevoland

Almere
and yes they bought garbage to burn for energy

Almere.

we have one of the best public transport system in the world

it used to be colder here. but every year it seems to get warmer. snow is pretty unique nowadays in the netherlands. which is a shame. i love snow.

Die boterham hagelslag (soms want ze krijgen ook weleens pap of een gebakken ei enz.) is niet zo erg ze krijgen ook gezond eten zoals fruit (mee naar school) en groente. Kinderen mogen pas vanaf 13 jaar werken.

City: Almere (all mer: latin mer is sea)

I watched this as well
(ofcourse I did, i'm Dutch and we seem to watch anything labeled 'dutch' on YT)
we are proud but not in your face, we show it by watching all YT's labelled Dutch something.

Fun little fact. She comments that eating chocolate for breakfast is unhealthy, however studies have shown that eating chocolate with your breakfast may aid in lowering your blood sugar levels for the day, lower the hunger feeling and help you burn fat. Plus, cocoa triggers the brain to release endorphins which makes you start the day with a mood boost. So yes, chocolate sprinkles for breakfast makes you start the day with a smile and isn't as unhealthy as you may think ;) Of course, moderation in everything.

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She is an American expat.

Do we import garbage? I'm not really sure. But we do have power plants that are fuelled with garbage, so I guess it's true. Of course we only burn the stuff that otherwise won't be recycled. We also import wood as fuel for biofuel plants, which caused a bit of a scandal when it turned out that the countries the wood was imported from were cutting down their forests to fill those orders. That wasn't what we intended when we thought of renewable energy. The biofuel plants are generally regarded as a failure, they're also not as clean as they were supposed to be. I'm not sure, but I think we don't have any more active landfill sites. It's either recycle, export or into the fire.
Almere is a bit of an odd duck. It's built in the Flevopolder, and the land was only laid dry in the latter half of the sixties. The ideas in urban design from that era were not nearly as developed as they are now. Mistakes were made and lessons were learned. Most large cities have a historic city center which Almere does not have.
Safety is generally not an issue. Though I wouldn't be comfortable wearing a rolex in the touristy parts of Amsterdam at night.
Public transportation is generally pretty good. All major cities have train stations connected to a national network. Most large cities have subways, trams or a trolley bus system. All cities have a bus network, and the busses go to smaller rural towns too. And for private transport, the roads are very well designed and maintained, and cycling is a real (and safe) option for local transport. Though owning a car is very convenient, with some planning and cycling you can actually live without a car in your houshold if you choose. Though it depends on your circumstances too.

i like the video but learning about the netherlands from a russian doesn't make sense to me, sure there are russians who know alot about the netherlands...she....not so much.

Almere right to Amsterdam only 20 km in Flevoland our self-made province, In the Netherlands, we do not have many days below 32F or 0 Celsius, the average is about 15 Celsius or 59F Shopping is always in certain areas, local shopping is nearby in most cases not more than 500 meter, public transportation is one of the best you get to know. From 12-year-old, children learn how to make their own money slowly, from 14 they can start in some jobs like supermarkets and 16-year-old can do normal jobs in most company's.

this one is also nice; Dutch vs. USA Economic Model: the Complete Middle Class Experience

its really good wy have bus, streetcare's ,taxi, metroand trains and you juse a cart wath you put money on and wen you go in bus ore streetcare wen you get in you blibb in and wen you are on youre place you blib out.

it can by 10 below 0 and trow the wind it will by a lot colder.15 below. and wy ware only scarfs and clufs and hat with snow

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yes its trow the make new thing from it

the Public Transport in the Netherlands is very good. its simple to use and your busses and stuf dont get stuck in traffic. because, there are a lot of people choosing for the bike because every-thing is not far away (store's, barbers etc)