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the water baby a very warm i don't know let me tell you something if somebody can
actually get me a house in the netherlands at a cheap low cost because i'm poor um
i promise you i would live there i love that scenery bro the water
gets me welcome to you all we're back with episode number two on our journey throughout the world
and this time we're visiting the netherlands because you know why not my name is kenneth and
i'll be your host here today but before we get into things let's make one thing crystal clear
this is not holland yes you heard me right if you're saying holland you're doing it wrong
pollen was early referred to as a common name for the two provinces north holland and south holland
but as of january 2020 the dutch government officially dropped the nickname of the country so
now there's just the netherlands okay well it actually always was but yeah now you know let's
move on the home of the windmills and tulips but believe it or not there is so much more in
this country like being the healthiest people in the world in regards to diets now how's that oh
somebody from the netherlands if you have anybody that you know in terms of legality um you know
paperwork type stuff i'll let you boy in the email like i'm dead ass like if you know anybody
where i can you know get something done over there where i can you know possibly see a future in the
netherlands highlight you boy i'm dead ass because he just said healthy i'm trying to be healthy too
i think the netherlands is actually really wonderful i've said two countries before
america finland always will be my heart right and i've said that finland is like a second home to me
like the netherlands literally is doing the exact same thing possible with all the cheese
that they eat or being the most physically active population of europe well that one
is pretty obvious it's because they ride bikes all freaking day yeah trust me when i say this
they love their bicycles anyway these giants yeah we get into that later on seem to just have it all
you definitely do not want to miss this episode so ladies and gentlemen cheese
lovers and liberal people we present to you the red white and blue and apparently orange
the netherlands there's a lot of countries with those colors a lot of countries took those colors
oh and hold your breath because the sea will try to drown you while you're here
quick country facts located in northwestern europe this low-lying country which by the
way is the actual meaning of netherlands is kind of sandwiched between belgium and germany
like most countries in europe being close to germany that is
with a total area of 41 850 kilometers squared it's one of the smaller countries in europe so the
netherlands is literally right beside germany so if i visit germany i need to go to the netherlands
um okay okay and also this guy's video is really informative i'm sorry that i'm talking so much
but it's really informative ranking in on the 32nd place in regards to land area right above moldova
and just below like really just below switzerland the kingdom of the netherlands also includes a few
more places in the world first there is a place referred to as the dutch caribbean that contains
the islands of bonaire st eustace and saba then there's a few more islands that separately belong
to the kingdom and go under the name of the abc islands named aruba kurasao and bonaire again
then there's also the island named since martin the north sea is located to the north and west
of the netherlands and it's continually eating the land itself in fact there is a dutch saying
god made the earth but the dutch made holland and yes i know i said there was no such thing
as holland but they referring to the provinces i mentioned earlier which is where most of dutch
people live nowadays but don't get it twisted here the country is called the netherlands
nothing else but what did they mean by that saying well in fact almost a third of the netherlands is
below sea level and if it wasn't for the people the dutch country wouldn't even be there today the
dutch came out strong fighting the sea itself by building a series of canals dams dikes and pumping
stations that over the years made it possible for the water to go through the country rather
than over it and today there are more than 4 400 kilometers of dikes rivers and canals shielding
the low-lying country this is also the reason for all the windmills you see around the country they
were simply used to drain the land of water and help the dutch survive oh and there's three major
rivers that cross the country to help with the flow of the water they're named the muse the shelt
and the rhine so with whatever land service the dutch had remaining they had to be creative with
it and find innovative solutions for everything and i guess they did because they have about 17.5
million people living in this area something that makes the netherlands the most densely populated
country in the european union and in fact one of the most densely populated countries in the world
dutch is the official language of the country a language most similar to german if anything
dutch or netherlandic as it can also be called but probably shouldn't it's also spoken in belgium
with a bit of a dialect but here it's called flemish most people in the country also speak
english and often a bit of german or french as well then there's friesian which is spoken in
the northern friesland region also it's worth mentioning that the african language of south
africa is basically dutch with an african twist the religion of the netherlands is kinda roman
catholics but i say kind of because only about 20 percent of the population identify with its
religion actually about half of the country's population don't identify with any particular
religion at all today the netherland embodies the liberal middle road of having both freedom
of religion as well as freedom from religion and there's a strong growth of eacism which can
be described as a faith without a religion so basically freedom freedom of religion freedom
from religion i like that i like that i actually like that so it's not a situation where you are
you know prevented from being in a religion and it's not a situation where you are forced to be
in one i like that i really like that because i hate it when people force people forcing someone
is the worst thing ever because forcing someone will allow them to do the opposite it's really the
worst thing ever bro see a person saying i don't believe in god but i do think there is something
out there the flag of the netherlands consists of three horizontal striped lines with the colors red
white and blue in the early days the red stripe was actually orange to symbolize the prince of
orange which the rebel province fought under in the independence war against spain between the
years 1568 and 1648 but since red was easier to see at sea how do you like that fun they changed
the orange to red and so these have been the official color since the 19th of february 1937
when queen wilhelmina made the decision however most of us have seen the orange color still being
representative of the netherlands especially in different sport events so what's up with that
the simple answer to that orange color refers to the dutch royal family the house of orange nassau
and their ancestor william of orange who is the founding father of the netherlands but this kind
of turns us into the history segment of things so let's jump right in there shall we history segment
alright so try to keep up now because we have a lot to cover and i'm running out of space with a
script but for the purpose of history let's bring ourselves back to the prehistoric times of roughly
250 000 bp to a place called the low countries this place is generally understood to include
the territory of what today are referred to as the netherlands belgium and luxembourg
this is where we find the first remains of human life in the netherlands
but take a leap in time until the year 1275 and the founding of amsterdam the greatest planned
city of northern europe this city has always been well known in history and played a very
central part in the history of the netherlands then in 1568 spain came to ruin all the fun
with the spanish king and his governor in the forefront they tried to dominate the netherlands
and introduce its taxation there so there was war war war war war then a little bit of war
and some more to that as well all in all we're looking at 80 years worth of war against spain
until 1581 where the united provinces declared their independence from spain
then comes the discovery period or the golden age of colonialism if you so will
and boy oh boy was the dutch a force to be reckoned with here they expanded all over the
world and discovered new lands left and right from america to asia africa and south america the dutch
had colonized them all so by the mid 17th century they were actually the biggest maritime power in
europe yeah suck on that spain one of the more known stories is the one of how director general
of the dutch west india company peterman we bought the entire manhattan island for 24
but is it true though no it's not story has it peter offered some trinkets and glass which with
today's value would be around 24 in exchange for ownership of the land to some natives he ran into
peter felt like a boss obviously since he had done the deal of well ever but the deal didn't turn out
that well in the end first the natives who sold in the land didn't actually own it sorry peter
you've been scammed and also the dutch turned out to have very little interest in colonizing the
area after all this led to the english naval force simply sailing into the harbor in 1664
and took over to amsterdam without firing a single shot charles ii of england then later gave the
territory to his brother james ii of england the duke of york and the land was later named new york
the netherlands then started a slow but constant economical growth and implemented important
constitutional reforms which led them to be a liberal and modern state in world war 1 the
country remained neutral but in world war ii like most of the european countries they were invaded
by german troops in 1940 after a few years under terror of the nazis the whole country began to
suffer the burden of war so when the nazis tried to incorporate the netherlands into the third
reich they fought back after the difficult years of trying to reconstruct the country right after
world war ii the netherlands had exponential economic growth in the second half of the
20th century and today they're one of the most developed and wealthiest countries in the world
fun facts talk to me baby so what's some fun facts about the netherlands well for starters dutch men
are the tallest in the world they have been on top for quite some time now with an average
length of 1.83 meters but the women aren't exactly short either averaging at 1.69 meters
only losing out to the women of lot i don't even know my height oh so the men in netherlands
averaged six feet so i would not be too left out if i was in the netherlands then and the women
are 5'4 okay that's that's that's still short for me no i'm not throwing shades don't get personal
but i'm just saying that's a that's that that's a woman at height for me in terms of what i
think but six feet six feet that's a that's a decent but i don't know that's a decent eye
that average is not bad i think it's fine yeah then there is this absolutely fascinating fact
about this country did you know that the character orange because of the dutch
back in the 10th century the vegetable was actually white or purple but as you know orange is
a big deal in the netherlands so as a tribute to william the orange the dutch farmers tried to make
their carrots orange and we all know the result of that then there's the flowers or more specifically
the tulips now there is an understatement that these are a big part of the netherlands but did
you know that about 75 of the entire world's flower bulbs are exported from the netherlands
pretty crazy when you think about it as we mentioned earlier the dutch have been a really
clever people using their creativity to find ways to save their land from the sea trying to drown
them one of the things they made are windmills and there are actually over 1 000 of them throughout
the country and speaking of being creative the city of amsterdam isn't that completely
built on top of over 1 million wooden poles which extends around 12 meters into the ground
the city was built on a very wet swampy land so talk about trying to see the possibilities
instead of focusing on things being impossible and you didn't know they love bikes they love them
so much that the dutch owned more bicycles than any other country in the world about
22 million of them are present in the country so that's more than one per person on average
did i mention that they love bikes so what famous people does this country have
and what things are they known for in the world well besides bikes tulips and windmills there are
a few more things that they should have credit for well for starters it's home of the world's
first stock exchange established in 1602 by the dutch east india company if you've ever been
to the netherlands chances are small you've missed that they like cheese the dutch have
a long history of cheese making but the most famous one is without a doubt the gouda cheese
then there is vincent van gaal most of us have heard this extremely famous painter he's one of
the most influential figures in western art and he made over 2 000 artworks in his lifetime his
most notable works being starry night sunflowers and the siesta this country is just amazing and
it would take me a day to tell you every single thing about this place we could mention anne frank
and frank and frank what it is yo if anybody came to the end of this video who is that girl because
i was she involved in something regarding world war ii please let me know because i
would love to actually learn about that because i've seen a video of it but i don't remember
let me know i know somebody had to come to the end of the video but either ways guys
this video's ended right now so shout out to the dutch folks man y'all got a beautiful country
i'm proud of y'all for what y'all been doing over there especially with that land um but i'm out of
here guys so um if you're not subscribed do subscribe and uh i'm out of here guys peace