these cities of the country of the netherlands and these countries in the kingdom of the netherlands
are together known as the dutch caribbean and their citizens are dutch citizens which because
the kingdom of the netherlands is a member of the european union means that these dutch caribbeans
are also europeans oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh the complexity
oh my gosh bro wow do you see how complicated that got in less than 10 seconds bro wow
hey guys welcome back to flooring reacts today we're going to be checking out a video about
the netherlands again because we're doing a series here at lauren rex where we're doing
a bunch of videos related to the netherlands because uh this month almost is it april april
it is for the netherlands so um we do a lot of videos here at foreign reacts fourth the
netherlands throughout the entire april so sit back and uh enjoy the journey learning about the
netherlands as much as possible as i can in an entire month so let's get right into this video
it's uh titled holland versus the netherlands so um if you're not subscribed subscribe
i'd really appreciate it as usual this is foreign reacts we do foreign reactions here everything
done here has to be foreign to the reactor so obviously i'm not supposed to have knowledge
about what i'm reacting to i'm not supposed to know that come on now that's not a reaction
but anyways guys let's get right into this video welcome to the great nation of holland where the
tulips grow the windmills turn the breakfast is chocolatey the people industrious and the sea
tries to drown it all except this country isn't holland it's time for the difference between
holland the netherlands and a whole lot more okay the correct name for this tulip growing
windmill building hagoslog eating containership moving ocean conquering nation is the netherlands
but confusion is understandable the general region has been renamed a lot over a thousand
years including as the dutch republic the united states of belgium and the kingdom of holland but
it's not just history that makes this country's name confusing because the netherlands is divided
into twelve provinces groningen helderland limburg nord brabont zeyland which by the way is the
zealand that makes this zealand new friesland with adorable little hearts flags flavorland really
ah bro education is disgustingly amazing sorry guys i always say the most horrible words ever
and combine them together disgustingly amazing whatever i'm just a crazy guy but that is what
makes new zealand what oh my gosh i never knew that i love learning these things man i i can't
believe i'm actually enjoying learning things that i thought i would never have any interest in bro i
i strictly loved technology growing up man that's all i was about computer science computer tech
now i'm doing geography project and here's the confusion nord north holland and azad
south holland these provinces make calling the netherlands holland like calling the united
states dakota though unlike the dakotas which are mostly empty save for the occasional jackalope the
two hollands are the most populated provinces and have some of the biggest attractions like
amsterdam and kokonhof chances are if it's dutch and you've heard of it it's in one of the hollands
even the government's travel website for the country is holland.com officially because it
sounds friendlier but unofficially it's probably what people are actually searching for confusion
continues because people who live in the hollands are called hollanders but all citizens of the
netherlands are called dutch as is their language but in dutch they say nederlands spreckened
netherlanders in netherland which sounds like they'd rather we call them netherlanders speaking
netherlandish meanwhile next door in germany they're deutsche bakken deutsche deutschland
which sounds like they'd rather be called dutch this linguistic confusion is why americans call
the pennsylvania dutch dutch even though they're germans to review this country is the netherlands
its people are dutch and they speak dutch there is no country called holland but there
are provinces of north and south holland got it great because it's about to get more complicated
the netherlands is part of a kingdom with the same name the kingdom of the netherlands which
is headed by the dutch royal family the kingdom of the village contains three more countries and
to find them we must sail from the icy north sea to the caribbean and aruba kuriko and sin martin
these are no territories but self-governing countries within the kingdom of the netherlands
and as such they have their own governments and their own currencies geography geek side note here
while aruba and kuriko are islands and martin is just the southern half of a tiny island also named
saint martin the other half of which is occupied by france and also named saint martin so despite
being separated by belgium on the european map the kingdom of the netherlands and the french
republic share a border on the other side of the world on an island so nice they named it thrice
but why does the kingdom of the netherlands reach to the caribbean anyway because empire
in the 1600s the dutch always looking to expand business laid their hands on every valuable port
they could for a time america's east coast was new netherland with its capital city of new amsterdam
there was new zealand as mentioned previously and nearby the king of the islands new holland though
the empire is gone these three caribbean nations remain and while four countries in one kingdom
isn't unheard of it doesn't stop there because the country of the netherlands also extends
its borders to the caribbean and three more islands bonaire sent eustace and seba these are
not countries in a kingdom but are cities in the country of the netherlands and they look the part
residents of these far-flung cities vote in elections with the dutch government just as
any hollander would though weirdly they don't belong to any province and they don't use the
dutch currency of euros they use dollars instead it's kind of like if hawaii wasn't a state but
technically part of the district of columbia all the while using yen these cities of the country of
the netherlands and these countries in the kingdom of the netherlands are together known as the dutch
caribbean and their citizens are dutch citizens which because the kingdom of the netherlands is
a member of the european union means that these dutch caribbeans are also europeans oh my gosh
oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh the complexity
oh my gosh bro wow do you see how complicated that got in less than 10 seconds bro wow
they use dollars instead it's kind of like if hawaii wasn't a state but technically part of the
district of columbia all the while using yen these cities of the country of the netherlands and these
countries in the kingdom of the netherlands are together known as the dutch caribbean and their
citizens are dutch citizens which because the kingdom of the netherlands is a member of the
european union means that these dutch caribbeans are also europeans so in the end there are six
caribbean islands four countries twelve provinces two hollands two netherlands and one kingdom
all dutch wow whoa mama hey that was a that was that was some good information that was
some good information i never knew some caribbean folks had what you'd say dutch
you know what i'm saying hey golly wow it pays to learn wow that's amazing but either ways guys
i should actually make that uh catchphrase at foreign pace to learn it anyways man anyways
guys i appreciate you all for the support and everything man shout out to all the hollanders
the dutch folks shout out to all of you guys man this was a video that just blew my mind boom
wow i loved it though either ways guys i'm out of here until next time peace
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