hey guys welcome back to foreign reacts today we're going to be checking out a
very interesting video this one is coming out of the Netherlands but it's by an American and
uh shout out to him uh he's been in uh the Netherlands for a minute now so shout out to
him a link will be in the description check out the original video show some love uh exploring
the foreign that's the name of the channel shout out to exploring the foreign anyways
but the title of the video is do you only Dutch people do this so I guess we're going
to be going through things that only happen in the Netherlands assumably but either ways
um let's get right into this video and uh thank you for watching it's almost summer
so that means one of the things you may be seeing here in the Netherlands is backpacks
on flagpoles now if you're like me a foreigner that moved to this country you may be thinking
that's kind of cool that you guys actually have a flagpoles uh off the house uh here in Finland
I've seen a lot of like polls the flags are not flown or whatever ever however you say
it very often unless it's a special day but I do see a lot of flagpoles in uh homes here in
Finland which is actually interesting yeah you didn't see flight polls in America you'd see
ones that look like that which is cool what is this people in the Netherlands when they
graduate from school it's very common tradition for them to hang a backpack on the flagpole and
this is the number one thing on my list of unique things here that I've seen in Dutch culture oh
my bad all right all right take your time Big Dog considering my fall to the floor that's
a nice transition to my next point and that's floor installation here in the Netherlands you
see when I was looking for my first apartment with my girlfriend you should have saw the look
on my face when she started talking to me about paying for a floor I thought painful floor what
do you mean the floor just comes to place but that's not the case here in the Netherlands
it's very common when you rent an apartment that you paid for the floor so either you buy
a new floor and you have it installed or you pay for the previous renter's floor don't believe me
this was our apartment floor before we moved in and this is while it was being installed
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you see behind me here and Dutch is called a look alarm this was installed throughout
the whole Netherlands during World War II as a warning against German Air Raids but nowadays
it's just used as a warning against hazardous public events such as fires and throughout the
whole Netherlands on every first Monday exactly 12 p.m for a minute and 26 seconds this alarm
is being tested and for Dutch people they grew up with this yeah I don't know stop stop stop
I couldn't even stop because I was just getting bam in my face like what going on hold on hold on
hold on stop right now stop stop stop first of all what you're paying for the floor what do you mean
hold on how much does it cost to pay for the original owner's floor I didn't miss it I heard
it I was just a little bit zoned anyways how much does it cost to pay for the original floor and
you gotta pay for a new floor if you don't want the original boy I mean I'm not gonna hold you
it kind of makes sense uh but Apartments can be thrown in and out like so quickly like you can
be out of an apartment in like six months right unless you're doing some sick lease where it's
like a a year plus you know what I mean but um that caught my eyes and then this alarm thing bro
imagine that that is culture right there 12 P.M every first Monday of each month that goes off for
a minute and 29 seconds if I'm not mistaken that is insane that is culture that is cool the one
before that where you got to pay for the floor bro that got me flabbergasted that got me like what
pay for what hey y'all gotta explain that to me a performers like me when we hear this we think
speaking of safety the Netherlands one of the most played safe countries in the world how do I know
that the insurance culture here in the Netherlands you know in the U.S it's common to have health
insurance home insurance and car insurance but in the Netherlands it's taking you to a whole
other level for example when I moved here and I talk about insurance with my girlfriend's father
the conversation looks something like this yeah you have to hope well the the uh yeah yeah and um
we ain't got an insurance for somebody breaking we got that South Carolina Vibe we got the shotgun
why are you in my house boy I'm sorry but for real though let's be real um home insurance is
kind of not a bad thing though like let's be real like I I'm not really rocking with it but it's not
a bad thing because let's be for real if I if I got a home right and um let's say what can I
show on camera that is not weird okay let's say I have this thing that I already did show on camera
right let's say I have this and somebody you know they they hopped in my home they they took it
with the insurance I can get it back you know what I mean because I'm paying insurance so yeah
it's sort of in my humble opinion like a money you know thing for uh insurance companies
however it is actually beneficial in my humble opinion so I'm not going to really red flag that
I'm more gonna say yeah it's it's a Vibe ain't nothing wrong with it on the show and yeah okay
I don't know what yeah okay a song called
so as you can see in this video that is insane that is a lab liability insurance bro like so
you go out in the postman somebody smack you all the bike you get hurt you guys that's a lot of
insurance I ain't gonna hold you doing quite a bit of acting but to be honest I should really
make my profession because here in the Netherlands it seems to recycle the same actors and actresses
for every movie and TV show if anyone from NPO or RTL is watching this feel free to contact me at
contact exploringtheforum.com and as someone from Los Angeles the home of Hollywood it just really
stood out to me how small the entertainment industry is here in the Netherlands to be
honest if you watch any kind of movie or TV show you're bound to see at least one of these people
foreign [Music]
and today I'm going to test you on how much you really know Dutch culture in
this conversation there were two very important things said listen closely
which one of these things is actually commonly done in Dutch culture is it okay oh boy
which one of these is the Dutch culture answering with your name ending quotes I love you uh
I'm gonna say a I'ma say a I don't know I don't know I really don't know
I don't know because I love you I I'd assume as mother mother-daughter relationship be ending
a phone call that I love you I'm gonna go with a oh we got baby let's go do I know the Dutch folks
if he said there we commenting it's called common sense baby let's get it
even who's this the person that's called is expected to present themselves not the
person answering on the flip side ending a phone call when I love you is something you'll really
never see Dutch people do actually in general the Dutch brace for I love you is not really
something to use so commonly Dutch people have a more serious view of that phrase it's mainly
used within a romantic relationship and not something commonly thrown out between friends
or even family whereas in the US we say with pretty much anyone in our Circle friends family
Partners not to say that we don't mean it when we say I love you but I feel compared to Dutch
people we definitely use a lot more casually and something that they take a lot more serious now
thanks for participating in the show let's head to the world [Music] okay we're on the
way to the borough and something I can't help but recognize is how calm and organized Dutch
people tend to drive you see generally speaking Dutch people tend to follow the rule of staying
more towards the right lane and only using more outer Lanes when you want to go faster and pass
people up and for me coming from Los Angeles I was used to driving looking something like this
Hey Hey Hey Hey listen I've never been to a lady before but I don't think y'all can do
New York I don't think y'all can do New Jersey I don't think y'all can do that listen to me
when it comes to driving that's the worst place to ever be New Jersey New York in my
humble opinion hey imma just hand it to you man it's different over there it's different
you bro we chopping up we going and it's like everybody doing their own thing everybody just
going bro like I'm telling you it's different bro I don't know about La like that but um hey
now one of my favorite and most unique things that I've experienced so far here
in the Netherlands is a Boral culture world's basically when you get together with a group
of friends or family and you're just having a whole bunch of different snacks typically fry
snacks such as Pizza Bowling and also just having a beer to beer and yeah it's just a
really nice because they look Vibe because that looks weird and I know in other countries for
example Spain they have like Tapas and all that kind of stuff but there's just something very
different about the world I can't explain it you got to just experience it yourself
[Music] yeah bro it's still American to this day he's like how are you
I got it that's just the natural American reaction hey how are you yeah all right
yeah okay all right here's a peek at some of the food you will get at a typical bowling all right
it was super super good as always and now it's time to pay and get up out of here
so knocking my credit card controller uh now what you just saw was something that was very
very surprising for me when I moved to this country and the US is very common to be able
to use credit cards just about anywhere and it's not really a good thing but it's a very
very credit card dependent country I would say but here in the Netherlands that's not
the case those people are not really fond of using credit cards they really just stay
within their means and just use you know the money that's in their bank and if they
can afford something then they don't buy it so so you're trying to tell me that a
card machine is actually there it's just that they don't accept credit cards oh
there's no way Germany is a Cash country
however I assume Germany uses credit cards where there are card machines that is really a shock
for me one of the bigger cities like Amsterdam or Rotterdam most likely they take credit cards when
you're some of the smallest cities or some of the villages it's a good chance that they don't
take credit card this is something I experienced a lot when I lived now what are some of the bigger
cities like Amsterdam or Rotterdam most likely they take credit cards when you're some of the
smallest cities or some other Villages it's a good chance that they we only accept my yes
MasterCard credit card this is something I explained a lot when I've lived in Bulls for
example or when I'm into small village at my girlfriend's from quite often they don't take
credit card now thanks for joining me on this journey of 10 unique things I've experienced
and seen yeah I appreciate it though appreciate it man so I'm not gonna lie to you bro like his
Dutch experiences really um beautiful uh you know chilling with her uh pops and Moz and they in the
video that's so tight you know I rocks with that you know I rocks with that for a country
that I I think a lot of people hate on you know because I remember I did a reaction video about
racism and crap like that with the Netherlands a blackface whatever part of their culture and
I was like nah bro like if they not trying to mock like what is it then right it's cool
right but it's beautiful to see that I really actually you know love the fact that the Dutch
are loving uh him and embracing him you know shout out to the Dutch and shout out to buddy
right here man exploring the forum for sure but um beautiful videos always I learned a lot uh
things that I never knew I don't think there was anything in this that I actually knew but
um appreciate the lessons man and thank you guys for watching I'm out of here peace