Geography Now! NETHERLANDS

The lowest elevation in Europe yet tallest people in the world. Welcome to the land that...MAKES its own land. The place where water is your biggest enemy and friend. Europe's interesting, meticulous, yet a little crazy and adventurous son, the #NETHERLANDS.
-...Oh and for the record, that random dude is Hannah's little brother.

As a Dutchman, the strong lack of bicycles in your video upsets me. We've even got public bicycle chargers for our electric bikes.

I’m Dutch, I live in the Netherlands.
This guy explained our country better that my history teacher!

The Netherlands really do never forget Canada liberated them during WW2. I am canadian and went to the netherlands for a music festival and was treated so insanely warmly everywhere I went. Very good people.

As a German whose ex is a Dutch girl I’ve got to admit that the Netherlands is still my favorite country in Europe. The Dutch also have mastered combining high work ethics with an relaxed attitude that I wouldn’t have thought possible.

that is actually the first time i hear an american pronounce "gouda" correctly, well done

Hello, I just wanna share some stories about my grandfather who is a veteran and grandfather's friend who is a veteran Dutch soldier.
He ever told me about his struggles when he was still under colonialism. at that time he was caught by the dutch army and after interrogation he was allowed to go home. when he was detained and interrogated, there was a dutch soldier, he was very nice. he brought my grandfather went home at that time. After many years of independent Indonesia, when my grandpa saw the Dutch people who are on pilgrimage at the Dutch cemetery, he talked with them in Dutch because he was fluent in Dutch. maybe at that time the Dutch army who helped my grandfather heard the news in the Netherlands so he visited Indonesia. After that they met again and they became best friends until now. The Dutch veteran also visits Indonesia every year in August to carry out the commemoration of Indonesia's independence. But now he has died. My grandfather is really sad because he has passed away. Im also sad because he was very good to my grandfather and also to me.and now my grandpa also passed away. but I'm sure they must have been happy there:').thanks for read this.always spread kindness and love

We met them just before they shot this episode in VNclip Space LA, and they were the nicest people ever! Thank you guys!

We dont say : “Its raining a lot today”. No, we say “WAT EEN KUT WEER”! And i think thats beautiful.

I live near the Dutch border and i can confirm that the Dutch and Flemish people are the best of friends. And as friends do, we make fun of eachother.

Canada and the Netherlands have an unbreakable bond 🇨🇦❤🇳🇱

I'm Swedish. I had a long distance relationship with a dutch guy. The Netherlands is a really cool country, and I'm happy that I've had the possibility to visit. I really miss Poffertjes!!

This was an excellent video! My Oma actually lived in the Netherlands during WWII, and she met my grandfather there, who was serving for the Canadian military. If you ever heard stories about the "Dutch war brides," my Oma was one of them.
About the music section, one artist of note (no pun intended) is Tom Holkenborg, aka Junkie XL, aka that guy who remixed that Elvis Presley song in the early 2000s. While his early work fused EDM with rock & metal, he went on to make music for video games and movies, including Scooby-Doo, Deadpool, the Sonic The Hedgehog movies, and several films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Me as a dutchman, i can say that the part of "gekoloniseerd" is the pure definition of accuracy

Silently crying because the Dutch guy called my province “North-Holland” when it’s really “North-Brabant” 😂
Also, a small note: Willem van Oranje was NOT the first king of the Netherlands. He was what is called a “stadhouder”. The Netherlands didn’t become a kingdom until 1815 with the first king being Willem I van Oranje (they sometimes get confused because they’re both called Willem).

The Netherlands are blessed with such beautiful, geographical variety of sceneries.

Literally that sets Netherlands apart from all the countries is a the best country wide cycling infrastructure in the world, yet it is not mentioned.

I’ve visited all the Dutch municipalities and I’ve lived in two of them, Aruba and Saint Marten. I’ve been following you on yt since 2015 when I’ve lived in Saint Marten. Thanks for al the ADHD geography info. I’ve learned so much from you about my favorite topic. I’ve visited 60 countries so far. I even visited Afghanistan three times. The country of your first episode. Keep up the good work, Barbs. Greetings from a Dutch, long time fan.

The tallest mountain in the Netherlands are the people.

Hello Dutch people! I’m from Canada.🇨🇦
thanks you for the gorgeous tulips you send us everyone year, it’s very sweet of you to do that and we appreciate it very much! ♥️

As a German, we love our neighbors. I actually worked at Phantasialand (theme park near cologne) this summer and there were a lot of dutch visitors. I then returned the favor and went to De Efteling with a friend and that was a great day.

i love the netherlands and it's my favourite country i visited even though i only went once. people there are so friendly and nice and also damn attractive lol. i wish i can visit again soon love from singapore!

Also a great friend of The Netherlands was Japan. We've had a trade agreement with them for over 400 years without any breaks in between. We were the only country to be allowed to visit when Japan closed the country.
There was some strife during WW2 due to Japan removing Dutch rule over (now) Indonesia because of their oil industry which was vital for Japan's war effort.
But we cool now.

I've living here for a month and I can confirm the awesomeness of this country. And also, how freaking tall is people here.

*Lives in the Netherlands*
*Doesn’t live in Amsterdam*
*Americans asking how’s that possible*

One other thing: 98% of all the MDMA produced on earth comes from the Netherlands, more specifically from the province Noord-Brabant ;)

As a Dutchman, it is my duty to declare that in the name of his majesty, King Willem-Alexander, this video has hereby officially been colonized by the Kingdom of the Netherlands!

The Netherlands is a great country, i love the people alot.
Can't wait to get back there soon

Greetings from Germany. I love the netherlands. They have a national color. That's supercool. And the people are so chill and funny. At least those I know.

One of the most beautiful countries I have ever been to. Kind people great food and quality of life!

In dutch we don't say "I love you so much" we say "je krijgt nog 1.60 van me voor die frikandelbroodjes, stuur maar ff een tikkie" and I think that's beautiful

Love and huge respect! they are very beautiful, polite, good mannered and highly cultural people. Once I had flatmate from netherland and i still miss her, so nice girl! Love from 🇬🇪

I've lived my whole life in walking distance from one of those sand drifts and it's like the most normal thing for me. I never knew they were uncommon.

Four years after this episode I finally visited The Netherlands and went speed skating in The Hague, can’t wait to go back!

Love to the Netherlands 🇳🇱 ♥ 🇮🇪 from Ireland

Love Netherlands, from Indonesia 🇮🇩🇳🇱

10% of people watching this: people interested in the Netherlands
90%: Dutch people

Dutch people are very nice
I love what they are doing for my country
Lots love from bangladesh

So interesting country. Can't imagine an entire country being totally flat. I live in a relatively hilly Czechia, luckily in the Elbe valley which is the flattest part of the country so we have a "preview" of Netherlands there ... including similar agriculture, sand, flowers, wind mills and floods. Still we do see mountains literally everywhere around us in the distance on a clear weather.

Not only farmers but also sailors used clogs; they kept your feet warm and dry, but the main advantage was they wouldn't slip on the wet wooden surface of a ship's deck.

15:25 here to remind everyone that Eddie van Halen's dad was Dutch and his mom was Indonesian
RIP Eddie, heroes are remembered but legends never die

As a Dutchman from a very Dutch Part of NW Iowa in the United States I am very proud of my Dutch Heritage. You are Velcome to visit our Tulip Festival in May!

Netherlands is the most beautiful country I’ve even been to 🇳🇱❤️ people there are so polite, and they always loved to help us find our destinations and all that stuff. I’ve also noticed that they are very open minded and they support every type of choice/lifestyle ❤️
I’ve been to Amsterdam twice and I’m going again this summer 😀 can’t wait 🙌🏼
Greetings from Greece 🇬🇷 💙

The "hmm we should hang out some time" comment from Bangladesh is actually pretty accurate, there are numerous projects of water management in other countries.
The Netherlands also helped with the flooding in New Orleans in 2001(?)

Watching this video is making me very proud being a dutchman.

I've been watching this GN for almost 7 years now just because the content is absolutely amazing, and finally, today is the day I'm using this channel for a school project. Wow.

17:17 'Their little brother they love picking fun on and calling stupid, BELGIUM'
This is so true we have way too many jokes about Belgium 🤪

Loved the video.
Just a suggestion:
There are three officially recognised regional languages in the Netherlands: Limburgs, Fries and Nedersaksisch (Low Saxon).
And then there are the official recognised non-regional minority languages Sinti-Romanes and Jiddisch, and on the special municipalities Papiamento (Bonaire) and English (Saba and Sint-Eustatius).
So basically the Netherlands has 8 languages that are officially recognised.

Thank you so much for doing your research! I've seen so many video's about the Netherlands that talk about "fun fact's" "Need to know's" and "Weird things" but hardly any have actually done any research, which is really annoying. So thank you for making an accurate video :). And yes, Belgium is absolutely our little brother, like New Zealand is Australia's little brother.

Watching this video because i, as a german, visited the netherlands hundreds of times and realized i know nothing about this country. I still love it everytime i'm there

For people who have never been in the Netherlands or aren’t Dutch, try stroopwafels they are delicious! I’m Dutch btw haha

I love the Netherlands. I’ve been listening to edm for years from all kind of genres and after realised that most of the djs and producers are Dutch, I just fell in love with the country lol. Die hard hardstyle fan here!

You know even as a german, hearing johan cruyff described as these soccer players does hurt my heart. This guy was a phenomenal player, but as a coach, he revolutionized the way soccer was played with his tactics and strategies.

Yeah that is fun and all but you didn't mention the most glorious Dutch invention
**F R I K A N D E L B R O O D J E**

Fun fact: New Zealand is named after the dutch province of Zeeland which means Sealand

One thing you probably should have pointed out about the relationship between Germany and the Netherlands is the similarity between Dutch and Low German. Low German is a minority language of northern Germany and the Netherlands, and is similar to both languages, sort of a mid-point on the West Germanic dialect continuum. They also have a shared history as both were formerly parts of the Holy Roman Empire and first areas to convert to Protestantism. Either way, cool video!

As an Indonesian I absolutely love this country

I live in Slovakia (eastern from Czechia and southern from Poland) and my mother's boyfriend was living for three years in Germany - Nord Rhein Vestdallen and in the district that was about 20 km from border with Netherland. When we've arrived there, we went only for trip in Netherlands, just few times in Germany 😃 simply beautiful Netherlands

I loved the video as a dutch person , not even my parents could explain it this well!

You forgot about bicycles, in the netherlands we cycle a lot.

Got to visit there a few times, seeing cities such as Maastricht, Amsterdam and a really great place, 3 landes punt. As a South African learning Dutch, I really wanted to come here, my 8th country

The netherlands is an amazing country - i love to live here!!!

Thanks for the amazing video, I use it as an introduction video to my international students. And it was amazing to spot you guys in the waiting line in de Efteling this autumn :)

This was amazing, thank you. I loved the video as a Dutch person. It was super funny and accurate. Also your pronunciation is completely fine and enjoyable. You did forget about bicycles, that's kind of one of our main things.

Netherlands museums are really top notch, i also got one of those rabbit peluche in the airport in an adorable xmas outfits. greetings from italy.

Netherlands is actually running a massive flood protection project in Bangladesh since the geography is kinda similar, thanks dutch guys

Those old windmills were used for much more than just pumping out water! Sure most of them had that task but there were also mills used for sawing, making paper, flour, or even grinding the ingredients for gunpowder. For some mills it was even possible to swap out the tooling in order to change the task of the mill. These windmills were little factories, but people (like my great grandmother) actually lived in them.

Gostaria
Muito de conhecer esse lindo país.🙌🏾🥰

My personal theory is that the Dutch are so tall so their heads can stay above water during floods, clogs are actually emergency flotation devices (explains why they’re kinda boat-shaped) and the windmills are massive fans to hold back the water so they have time to put on their clogs.

This is an incredibly detailed summary of my country, well done!

What is weird to me is that the dutch language has the intonation of American English... The few times I have visited if someone were speaking however not loud enough to hear exactly what was said I would often mistake them for Americans until I got closer haha

Dutch people are tall because if the country floods they can still stick their head out of the water.
Edit: Mom I'm famous!

Great video, just wanted to add that William of Orange was not the first Dutch king (pretty sure I've heard Dutch people make this mistake as well so understandable). Most historians regard Louis Bonaparte, the brother of Napoleon, as the first king of the Netherlands as he ruled over the Kingdom of Holland which was established in the Netherlands by Napoleon early in the nineteenth century. The first king of the kingdom of the Netherlands as we know it today (established at the Congress of Vienna) was King William I who was a direct descendant in the male line from William of Orange's brother.

All I have to say is that Dutch people have to be proud of everything they have. I probably wouldn't have favorite country if there was no electronic music,especially Martin Garrix!

The conclusion is so clear and efficient. I love it! 😄😆

Absolutely loved this, brilliant job guys!

Limburg ( minor typo on the map in the first few minutes) :D That being said this is what I learned in school, during 12 years of schooling summarized in 1 video. Just a fact about Papiamentu, it's more like Portuguese (the way words are pronounced can sound like Portuguese), it has some Dutch words, but also has Spanish.
The word gezellig is one of my favorites, while the basic translation in English is coziness, it falls short of what it really means, it is used in so many scenarios.

Missing fun fact: the Netherlands is the second largest exporter of agricultural goods in the world. Surpassing China, India, Brazil, and Russia. Pretty incredible for a country 1/10th the size of California...

You could have also mentioned that their East India Company (VOC, who also found that first stock exchange) can be labeled as the world's first megacorporation (like the ones in some of those dystopia fics); they got their own military, currency, their own system on their own! It eventually ended just before the 19th century. (I'm from Indonesia)

Also with the Netherlands and Canada: the Canadians liberated the Netherlands in WWII.
I feel so proud to be of both countries (Canadian of Dutch descent)

Fun Fact: The city of Dillenburg in germany is actually the ancestral home of the noble family of those of "Oranien" which later on became the royal family of the netherlands. But while the roayal family of course has pretty much no influence on the city itself and they have almost no land there except for the castle and the stud farm, they still have close ties to their ancestral land and there are still family members living in the Dillenburg Castle. For that reason the netherlands royal family not only generously supports the city of Dillenburg, they also donate large amounts of flowers every year to the city that are planted pretty much everywhere earning the city of Dillenburg the nickname "city of flowers".

for a small country, the Netherlands produced so much oil paintings... portraits, landscapes and still lifes in particular

Out of all of the geography videos on this channel, this one is by far the most interesting.

Lol eindelijk een 95% correcte video. Keer een ander verhaal als "wiet, klompen, hagelslag en kaas". Heel veel mensen doen geen wiet en zowat niemand draagt klompen. Voor de rest wel trots op dit kleine landje.

There is ANOTHER Dutch dialect spoken in Limburg and Noord-Brabant. Not everyone uses it but alot of people do. And things like Carnaval or the Oktoberfeesten or any other huge party thingies in Limburg and Noord Brabant. Its a sort of combi between German and Dutch

Very interesting video. I actually learned a few things about my own country.

My Sunday School teacher grew up in South Africa ( his parents were missionaries there) just by chance one of my classmates was from the Netherlands- Ted and Tone, short for Antonius, had a few times of joking together. Ted's Afrikaans was pretty well understood by Tone, I sat on the sidelines. I was close neighbors with an Amish family, so knew a little German and then married into a Dutch family. I sorta could follow along. Even the week Tone was asked to lead us in prayer, I still got enough to understand. So that's that.
And P.S. most of the tallest are from Freisland- my Oma was Freis, and they actually have their own language. Handsome good- looking people from there.

You forgot to mention Germans and Dutch are best friends, but if we play football against each other we become the worst enemies for that amount of time, just to be best friends again after.

I’m completely serious in saying that I’ve learned more geography in the past 2 days from your channel than I have from school

The highest peak of the Netherlands is a person

Hello, Geography Now! I'd like to say that you are so funny for people that speak dutch, the way you say Stroopwafel is hilarous.
Imma continue the comment dutch 😁
Deze video was erg leuk, kan er heel veel van leren en het is zo grappig, echt de manier dat jullie nederlandse stad namen zeggen is zoo grappig. Veel respect voor jullie en ik hoop dat je 3 milljoen abonnees haalt!

As a dutch one I can say this was hilarious and of course true. I loved your video!

I love Holland, and I hope to visit it one day.

Dont forget that we ( well most of us ) are “ Very Proud Dutch people “ . And we have WaterMills / Windmills / even LandMills ( some where not used for pumping water , some where used to grint Grain & Corn for the Bakery . ( my father is a Miller ) 😉 at first it was his Hobby . But as he stopped with working for the township as a municipal officer , he started working as a miller fulltime . The mill he works at dates around 1645 and is still standing & still working . 😉😘 xxx from a very Proud Dutch Girl ( Anne) Miek 😘😘💐 ( p.s why is there no mill icon 🤷🏼‍♀️ )

Little correction at 6:45: the sand plots aren't naturally occurring. They are in fact a consequence of over grazing. The Dutch farmers used to used a system called the "potstal" system whereby they would seasonally move caddle from the lower regions to the higher regions ("higher" meaning like three meters). The south of the Netherlands has a lot of loose sand in the ground and the over grazing as well as extreme furtilization from caddle waste led to the creation of these sand dunes. When left alone nature does reclaime them over time but they are actually a really cool place for hiking and internal tourism so now they are maintained.

Kan julle Nederlanders my Afrikaans verstaan? Like as jy doen

You’re amazing!!! 🤩 please continue making videos!!

Great fun. I loved the fact that the presenters made fun of themselves trying to tackle Dutch pronunciations - let's face it, spoken Dutch does NOT behave like you think it might when you see it written out! Oh - and one BIG mistake (I had to laugh) the picture captioned King Willem Alexander and Queen Maxima [12:23] was actually of Willem Alexander and his MOTHER, Beatrix. But that error aside, this was a welcome and informative video on the Netherlands. I love living here.

Love Netherlands from Latvia 🇱🇻❤️🇳🇱

I'm dutch and still learned quite a few things from this video.
Your pronunciation was not bad 👍