I think I've lost a bit of my directness by living abroad but how about you?
Well I lost some friends while living abroad
I hope not but I'm afraid so
Dutch are very, very direct
very straight to the point.. yeah I dunno - we just say what we think to people
for my idea is always good to just be direct like it will be way more efficient
directness yes that's definitely a thing I noticed this one.. I had to work in the UK
up there if you get feedback it's like "ah that's excellent I really love
it. That's amazing, but maybe we could take it into slightly
different direction". In the Netherlands we just say "that's really bad we should fix this.
this is awful" They say they have the best day ever and
they had the best coffee in the world and we're just like "Yeah, we had a good day"
and yeah "was nice." They try to make things better or seem better than they actually are
I like it, but I'm Dutch so yeah. It may seem rude but it's actually
it's nice because people know where they stand
If people are direct and they're like honest with me I can better handle that
You are the tall one. You are the blonde one and you have the blue eyes
We've got them all!
Yes. Yeah but we are not!
Very true
We drink so much milk.
Can I stand up as well?
Maybe I'm a bit taller. I'm not sure
Well maybe it's your curls
Me too!
I used to think not so much but now I've been to a lot of different countries I think yes - we are tall and blond
You can go first
discounts, getting a good deal.. that's very Dutch
Conscious about money?
I definitely think that we are cheap
Yes we are. Sorry! My father is Indonesian and my mother is
Dutch and the grandmother from an Indonesian side, she always told me like
"hey, here you have five euros. Share with with your friends and go out, you know
and do things" and my Dutch grandma grandma always said "here you have five
euros. Don't share; it keep it to yourself."
I saw one time to shop in Rome. It was called expensive. If they would put a
shop in Amsterdam with the name expensive
nobody would enter the fucking shop. Going to restaurants and buying wine
you don't look at which wines are nice, but which one is cheapest and has the most
alcohol in it and that's just a Dutch way of thinking I think
If you say that it was very expensive then you are the b*tch
I definitely prefer to go Dutch, to split. It makes me feel more comfortable
We like to go Dutch. That's the normal thing in the Netherlands
In Dutch you have an app called Tikkie. So if you buy something it's about 20 euros you send a Tikkie for 10 euros
so the other one can pay
It's the best thing ever. It's really convenient
No, no. It's not true at all
Almost every Dutch person has tried weed yeah once in our time
When I lived in Holland I never get stoned yeah when I was 15, then I tried it
By the time you're getting 18, 19 you're just over it. My international friends smoked more
than my Dutch friends for sure. apparently the French are like whoa
they're like way way up top and in the Netherlands is like, I don't know number
six or whatever. When you're young you try it out, I'm not like that kind
of person I don't think there's a lot of those people that are the same in that
way as well
Yes, that's true. I came here by bike!
Definitely. I miss my bike. I'm the weirdo who lived in Amsterdam for four years and didn't
have a bike and every time I say that Dutch people are like "what's wrong with you?"
It's so true. We cannot get around it. Couldn't be more true, yeah
There are actually more bicycles in Amsterdam than that there are people
Once you turn 3-4 years old you just get a bike for your birthday or
you have a bike already. It's your first gift!
People are really surprised about it elsewhere but we can actually drink alcohol and afterwards go home
watch out if you go there because you'll you'll be hit by a bicycle
No, watch out for the tourists going on bikes. Yeah, they're dangerous, they're very dangerous..yeah
And it's also cheap. Very cheap. Don't forget. Cheap and convenient
"Oh where you from?" "The Netherlands" Oh Amsterdam. Smoke weed, smoke weed
it's about the weed smoking. That we are always stoned
That's getting annoying. They always ask me "Where are you from?"
"Amsterdam? No? Nevermind" and you say "No, I'm from the North of Holland" "Oh I love Amsterdam!"
They think that the Netherlands is Amsterdam and that Amsterdam is the
Netherlands and there's nothing else. I feel like that's true. (Where are you from?) Amsterdam
That we really appreciate honestly.
that we really think that that's the way to go. Everyone think that all Dutch people
talk English very well but that's not true
That we're not cheap
That Dutch is Netherlands and Deutsch is German. We are great campers
We're innovative. It is true. We have a technical university in Delft and they come up with
some pretty smart shit every year, but I have no clue what!