What are the DUTCH Really Like?

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• I feel like the directness really helps a lot. Whenever I ask a friend if I look good, and they say yes, I know I actually look good. I don't have to think "Oh but what if they are just saying that".

• Really great video! Dutch society is a beautiful dimension to discover! 😄

• Genieten is enjoy, enjoyment. There s A word for it in every language i think

• I was married to a dutch man for 45 wonderful years. It says it all.xxx

• I really like the dutch way of living/communicating. I see some people in the comments that say ooh I'm just gonna be rude back. And there lies the problem. Dutch people don't intent to be rude. They are just direct. And other dutch people understand this and don't take it as rude. Foreign people who don't understand it and are like " ooh i'm just gonna be rude back" have very different intentions. Their intent is to be rude.

  • But I do want to point out that some teenage boys are rude and use the "culture" to hide behind. That is not culture, those are just rude.

• I studied French in Aix en Provence, France with students from around the world. The Dutch students were universally disliked for talking loudly and incessantly in class.

  • We know 😂But atleast were enjoying our lifes haha

  • Really? I think French people are one of the most disliked people in the Netherlands.

• It sounds contradictory how the dutch are known for be so tolerant with diversity and at the same time being jugful if someone doesn't act "normal" 🤔

  • @@roddo1955 I don't know that side at all - to me (a Dutchy) it would make much more sense to get the nicer/more expensive things when having guests. Partly perhaps as a way of showing off, but I think it's mostly about respecting your guests and wanting nice things for them. Like, I'd want to treat them, but want to save money when I'm just eating on my own... I'd think it's a waste to spend money there & will just save it for special occasions (like with guests) 😊

  • It's spelled "libtard"

  • Stop whining Roddo.@@roddo1955

  • Oh and as a dutch person of foreign descend: they say they are tolerant but....I much rather be accepted. Eventhough I'm dutch born and bred, according to the law, I am an 'allochtone/allochtoon'.

  • Thats the dutch way. We say we're honest but really...we are quite two-faced. They will point at someone ordering a bottle of champagne. And the next day, they'll order the same bottle online and drink it at home. That way they don't have to share😂 but they will break out the cheap bottle when you visit. In other cultures it's usually: give your best to your guests. The dutch will gladly take it(saves money😂) but they are more like:' keep your best for yourself and give your guests the bare minimum😂

• let me be direct: the tallness is not a stereotype but a fact.

  • That's because the Dutch live below sea level and constantly have to look over the dyke to see if water is coming in

  • Me being 5'3/160 😂

• 3:39 "we like discounts" while there are 3 big "SALE" signs behind them. Spot on 😆

• If you don’t complain, nothing will ever change for the better, except for the weather.

  • @@shoelacedonkey The same with a white christmas. We’ve been complaining there are no more white christmasses. Since they started measuring in, I believe 1900, we only had about 7 or 9 white ones. Have to look up the exact amount, but it’s very low. As if we had a white christmas almost every year in the past. For the first part of your reaction, you are right. It might not be complaining, but it is the ability of walking up to your “boss” to say, wait a minute, I don’t agree, I have another idea, without being reprimanded.

  • There's a difference between criticising and aimlessly complaining I believe. The weather is a good example of aimless complainig, not much you can do about it besides trying to take a positive perspective. (little known and mostly denied fact; it only rains 7% of the time in the Netherlands. Unbelievable but true).