Jeremy Clarkson Meets the Neighbours - Belgium & Holland Pt 1

[TheFarfetchd]

i wish Mr. Penguin was one of my grandpapas

[eetjebeetje]

Hahaha, Jeremy Clarkson is an absolute legend! Belgium is a beautiful country, but they do have some weird sports indeed!

[ManWithBeard1990]

I'm Belgian... I still think it's funny though.

[maykahurkmans]

when was this show made

[Maxmulham]

I'm not surprised to see everyone ripping on America on this video. I'm aware of America's downsides but as a counterweight, every constituence has or at least had a dark side. And I'm sick of people saying America doesn't have a culture. I mean, when it comes to music, didn't America invent hip hop, R&B, Country, Grunge, and Jazz? Clarkson, himself, declares Steely Dan, an American classic, to be his favourite band. I don't care what anyone says, but I fuckin love it here.

[Quin874]

OMG Cows piss out their ass?

[jeroenman2]

belgië - beste bier & chocola van de wereld

[nautbijker]

Jongens, zijn jullie kloar? xDDD

[nautbijker]

i'm from holland

[Brexzor18]

@dhaesejan U MAD BRO?

[goboy51]

Only stupid thing about Belgium is the fact that they still do not have a goverment >.< but Belgium is a nice country to go to in your holidays.

[dylanBBE]

I think belgiums nature is great and some few small city sites. But the most is just ugly...

[bramwul]

ok. I'm a belgian, but wtf, he must have been looking for some pretty stupid stuff to find those. Maybe he should visit the F1 or inBev or Brussels. 

[pross82]

Shit yourself rich has got to be the best fucking game ever!!

[GentlemanDriverWorld]

Hu there, anyone knows the name of the initial piano track ?

[Antari007]

/watch?v=E5XexAj9gvk the perfect song for this

[Monicaplay123]

"Is that exciting?"

"Very exciting!"

Bwahahahahah xD

[Aelexsch]

@dhaesejan

Or Spa-Francorchamps!!!!

And personally i,m going to visit Belgium, because i really would like to see the fields of Pachendaele and Ypres.

Groetjes from holland.

[kenijnbeeste]

wist nie dat "pijpen" ook een sport was, moe ik men vriendin eens egge :)

[banjerboefify]

This is so unrealistic!!!!

The Netherlands is not only Drugs and Prostitution!!

We also have flowers, cheese and windmills, Donkervoort, Delta Works, Van Gogh and other great artists, the singer Anouk, Rai, a great amount of recreation area's, soccerstadiums and our famous polders.

We made it to the Soccer World Cup Finals of 2010 (Jeremy said on Top Gear: "I was supporting the Dutch, because they watch Top Gear and the Spanish don't).

So, the Netherlands and Belgium are more than Drugs!

[banjerboefify]

@banjerboefify And best of all we have ... Heineken.

The beer that people drink all over the world.

We are a small country with big things, like for example the Port of Rotterdam.

This port is the biggest port in the world and still growing.

[flaperke]

What he should have done is get a crate of Duvel and went to the Ardenne with a couple of mates

[rock3tcat]

Shit yourself rich... xD

[Zeggawong]

@rock3tcat I doubt anyone had ever said that before lol

[Northax]

Note the very first Belgian wished he was born in America. I don't blame him for feeling this way, we have it great over here! Our culture, music, movies, Internet, technology, etc. are known worldwide! Thank you, thank you very much! :-)

Jeremy Clarkson is angry because no one wished to be born in UK. LOL! He is still so blind to not see how it's not great to live there! His jealousy of America blinds him so much. His anger of "the colonies" whooping the @#$ out of his beloved redcoats. lol

[unknownunknowns]

@Northax That's why Clarkson is biased. For a better source for travel, Rick Steves, an American, is a better source to know about Europe.

[ArchitekOGP]

@Northax Good luck in one of the most brainwashed countries in the world. Its not just JC who doesnt like America, its pretty much most of the people in the world and for good reasons.

[dangrbitch]

@ArchitekOGP yeah right. that's why everyone risks their lives to come here.

[kenijnbeeste]

@Northax what amarican culture??? your stole the land, ... Put up some buildings... burned "witches"... kill some black man,and al that time America was part of atleast 1 war, thats it, wont call it culture but thats it, the best technollegy is from Azie, and the most cultute you find in europe, (the liberty women... france, and so on),

this is not a hate crime, and ok maybe america tries to solve wars, but face it, every where america tries to help the peopel love it more to see you leave,

[fattoler]

Having lived in Belgium for 3 years, I can confirm that it is pretty dull there. Except for Bruge.

[manualmaniac1]

in soviet russia pipe smokes you!

[bverveen]

Belgie is en blijft een prachtig land ! Groeten uit Nederland ! !

[xXxXJaRRoDXxXx]

feem toon

[Penicks]

i'm belgian, i can confirm that this is exactly how my country is. never visit it.

[Ultimreytor]

I agree. We often complain about our country, but things are awesome here (though I understand it can look a bit awkward if you didn't live here for a couple of years).

We have some nice cities, a very interesting history, great beers, and delicious food. And as a petrolhead, I'm ashamed Clarkson didn't visit Spa-Francorchamps, known world-wide as one of the greatest race circuits ever.

[ps3beatswii]

The best thing about Belgium I can think of is Spa-Francorchamps.

[StareOne]

The thing about Belgium is, we are fucking awesome but we are too modest to tell. The average people in our country can speak 3 languages, we had the presidency of Europe last year, we have one of the most difficult education-systems in the world, our capital is also the capital of Europe, we are one of the richest countries of Europe,...

Jeremy Clarkson is nen held maar ni lache me België

[Ultimreytor]

@StareOne I agree. We often complain about our country, but things are awesome here (though I understand it can look a bit awkward if you didn't live here for a couple of years).

We have some nice cities, a very interesting history, great beers, and delicious food. And as a petrolhead, I'm ashamed Clarkson didn't visit Spa-Francorchamps, known world-wide as one of the greatest race circuits ever. People should just come over here and visit this place.

[zomerdromer]

Just take a look at our political situation, we're not boring at all :p

[theCREAPx]

oh dear if this was belgium over all

[JVPism]

at 5:50 lol thats 1 km from my house hahaha what are the odds OOIGEM

[belgiummeansbeer]

Lol, I'm a Belgian and I didn't even know these sports existed. Although this film is quit old (Jeremy still has got brown hair more or less), I really didn't know. But I can tell you, we're not all that boring! Anyway, it was hilarious to see that :p

[TheBbergner86]

I saw James May in the pipe competition

[TheBbergner86]

The one with the biggest beard is the grand master pipe smoker

[4000marco]

belgiums dont deserve to speak dutch!

[024Vishal]

Shit urself rich? Godammit. Imagine how bored those poor Belgians would have to be to invent something like that,

[DraganDrabic]

America is a terrible place LOL true. I wish i was swiss or norwegian or dutch

[lilrikkie]

We have the penguin man, but u English have Queen Elizabeth II. Umm,they would be a nice couple.

[TheMrbrainwash]

yeah, i live in Vichte

[stonevrscx]

we that cow shiting deal in deweyville,texas. Who was first?

[F2ID78gh]

Anyone know the tune that slowly starts right after the intro .. around 0:48 ?

[Superdofagnes]

I love living in Belgium though.

[infiltratorr]

this is so true. i was only 2 hours in there, and i wanted to shoot myself for no reason.

[LordNelson87]

the intro music is quaint

[MrPhilk77]

From what i see they got hot chicks in Belgium i'd be happy!

[AjaxAmsterdamMartijn]

the dutch flag in the intro is upside down...

[TheDrezus]

HaHAHAHaha, i`m belgian, i moved to england a couple of years ago, this is so funny and true!! Jezza`s obviously joking, don`t be like the kazachstan people complaining about borat, it`s clearly meant as a joke.

[durantealighieri1945]

Darn, as a Canadian, I used to think that Canada was the only boring country.

[JENSDONT]

What is your PROBLEM, clarkson???!!!

Belgium is MUCH better than this stupid video!!

I am very happy to live in Belgium, so GO away if you don't like 'my' country!!

[a155099]

2:26  HOLY SHIT ALBINO

[davyvanvooren]

this is a negative picture on belgium,

jeremy just shows a few dull -old ppl's- events,

making a fool out of the culture.

ppl saying, its not a good place to live, are wrong.

" the grass is not always greener on the other side" is a good way to say what i mean, and guess what... it isn't.

belgium has a lot of top features.

there's not a place in the world i'd rather been born ;)

offcourse, it has its flaws, but every place does :)

so i think, jeremy made a false representation of belgium.

[Staralfur4444]

I live in Belgium too, and I do wish I was born somewhere else. I don't feel proud of my country.

[Drewstorm]

Hey! We had that "S*$T Yourself Rich" in Winnipeg! Except we called it "Bovine Bingo" :D

[TheNoXii]

I'm from belgium...and yes there are people how play those sports...

[Staralfur4444]

@TheNoXii Do you know what town he's in at 5:16? I can't make it out from the way he pronounces it.

[Idontliveinaruba]

I love my country ...

but it's true, I also wish I was born somewhere else !

Belgium is really boring ... but it's still awesome somehow

I've never heard of any of the sports he talks about though >_<

[R1door]

We hebben nog niet eens een programma op de BBC nodig om met de Britten eens goed te lachen! Zelfs ons marginalen spreken Engels! Chapeau!

[allesgoedenmetu]

i live in belguim yey

[Lostinpraslation]

was that map of Europe really missing Sardinia and Corse??? We always make fun of americans' lack of geographical skills but I really wasn't expecting a european tv show to forget about TWO huge islands right in the middle of the mediterranean sea! One being part of Italy and the other one being part of France! I can't believe it! I don't WANT to believe it!

[robiiC9109]

i want the penguin costume haha

[jakexdk]

Thanks for uploading!

[TopGear801]

belgum is the moast supedest boring place in the world or bulgeria

[MrMasterarms]

@TopGear801 yes we know...

[Lutsch]

It's cool he does understand the lady when she's speaking Flemish.

[rock3tcat]

Dutch people are disgusting! :D

[RipVonWinkel]

@rock3tcat Shows your ignorance. this part is all on Belgium, therefore Belgian people. There's no dutch to be seen anywhere.

[balhaar300]

@rock3tcat thanks...

[michiel1551]

I wish I was born somewhere else

Politicians that can't make descisiosn

criminals that get out of jail in a jiffy

high taxes

expensive cars and petrol

stupid rules

etc etc

[LegeStylo]

@michiel1551

Then move to another country, whinning smartass!

[michiel1551]

@LegeStylo sure, deposit a million US dollars on my bankaccount and I'm outta here

[norvegiaostfaan]

i ware drunk yesterday, and this series is just perfect hangover-entertainment.

from a sick norwegian -.-

[michiel20]

that's nothing like belgium

[michiel1551]

@michiel20 Indeed; they just highlighted all the boring things:)

[michiel1551]

@michiel1551 and ofcourse all the stuff nobody actually does...

[Younowkoed]

ITS A PISS, ITS A PISS

[educortazarc]

lol penguin guy

[activedentalfloss]

According to this Belgium may well be boring, but they do brew some sensational ales imo.

[igotnoideawhattoput]

Clarkson's an euro-sceptic~~~ dont you think~~~?

[UnleashedKane]

Its really funny how belgium is such a peaceful country, and one of their biggest exports is Guns (fabrique national)

[incarnedine]

@UnleashedKane Why does that sound odd? I'd expect a country selling it's guns to be peaceful, it's the one where their main import is guns that's not peaceful.

[Fizmoo]

haha this is so funny and yes i'm belgian:) british humour is top notch

[Lolloy100]

They make good beer and chocolate but thats it. They stay weard people. The Ducth are much better:P

[atlantiax]

at least we can spell here in Belgium...

[misterinley]

2:57, whats the tune called?

[HellwrathUK]

It's the themetune to Grandstand! See video with id HLHMxFGqhIs for full song!

Thanks for watching.

[misterinley]

hi, thanks for reply, i knew it was something sport based, but i dont really watch sport on tv. i tried a few grandstand videos and it was different but ill try this one you mention, thanks for the reply and thanks for uploading. this programme has just started showing on blighty and i think it's awesome.

[dethcx22]

haha that penguin man again lol

[roodashtonhall2k8]

shit ya self rich lol

[wwwNooBcom]

OMFG i remeber seing the penguin guy on "Eurotrash" (A erotic tv show during the mid 90's) when i was a kid

[taj7575]

LMAO at the Penguin guy!!

[UndeadDeathKinght]

saw this on tv and the cow sport is the best part XD

[baitsnatcha]

I can never understand the rave about belgian beer and chocolate....sure, belgian chocolate is ok, but it's not like they invented it! Have you ever tasted swiss chocolate?! And who wants beer that's laced with peach, cherry and every other impossible fruit?! If you want proper beer, go to Germany...

[P0L0K0P]

belgians make very good beer and very good chocolate

[Bleamm]

ooigem, da is ier naast de deure

[thegoodtruth]

haha most of the dutch are stupid but then again, a true dutchman does not have that stupid dungrish accent, does not smoke pot or has sex with prostitutes. the real dutchies are old fashioned and good moraled! : )

[Spem27]

als belgie gewoon nog bij nederland hoorde had t tenminste nog een regering

[Fizmoo]

we hebben er 7 jom =p

[TheBravo345]

one word, stella, the beer is good

[MALOSINZ]

"Is that exciting?" "Very exciting!" :) HAHAHA...

[balhaar300]

like Belgium (im Dutch) the people are nice the have great chocolade and not forget BEER!! and the invented the saxofoon!!

[fogodechao]

Belgium invented the FAL rifle that Britain used for decades. RESPECT Quackson!

[qsdftfdsq]

i LOVE the penguin dude

[thetitanjon]

we invented fries we have more than 300

diffrend beers whe have invented the

saxefoon but do we get credit for it?...

[atthepistol]

No. And you know why? Because 60% of all major inventions and discoveries are British. Did your country invent something worth-while, like the telephone, the internet, the computer, the Jet engine, DNA, infa red, radar... I could go on... No that's the point. Yes your beers are amazing but it doesn't quite compare.

[ItsA6StringThing]

Those were created with the help of beer.

[atthepistol]

Whatever helps you sleep at night.

[Ghostdog0007]

A belgian was in the inventor of the world wide web.

[mrgeorgeallison]

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, now the Director of the World Wide Web Consortium, who is credited as inventor and pioneer of the World Wide Web, wrote a proposal in March 1989 for what would eventually become the World Wide Web. He was later joined by Belgian computer scientist Robert Cailliau while both were working at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland.

[Northax]

@mrgeorgeallison America invented the Internet.

[mrgeorgeallison]

@Northax World Wide Web =/= Internet. No one said the US didn't invent the internet.

[JONNOG88]

DNA was not "invented". It was discovered, By Francis Crick and James D. Watson (who was American) in 1953.

[atthepistol]

Wrong. Frederick Grffith *discovered* it. Please excuse my appalling grammar earlier on.

[atthepistol]

What opposed to another British man? I don't know why you've stuck you head in this conversation. I was telling a Belgian that we, as a nation, had discovered more than his country. What is your problem?

[JONNOG88]

There is no problem I agree with you.

[drturfuyfrtyuf]

Hahahaha! Just like Isaac Newton invented gravity, before then everyone had to tie themselves down...

[JONNOG88]

@drturfuyfrtyuf

True

:)

[evklinken]

Don't make jokes about that! My grandmother speared off into the universe!

[drturfuyfrtyuf]

xD

Should have tied herself down. Before they had rope you had to live your life in seconds...

[thetitanjon]

we can be famous about alot of things where yust not blowing everythin up like france or holland.We have the atomium

chocolat an astronaut in space,th largest diamant export of the worled,...

[lullo456]

Belgium indeed is boring (i live there) : /

[Debbie321lopez]

im proud to be dutch.. bird watching? boring..  Nail - shitting is fun xD.

[akamola]

Really Clarkson ??? Was belgium so trivail that you hd to combine it with holland ??? Have some respect for the land of mercator and waffles you wanker !!!!

[dewd101]

i hope everyone realizes that this stuff is almost exclusively for really old, already boring people :p

Ans i had no idea that belgians weren't satisfied with belgium! I wouldn't want to live anywhere else nor do i know one who would want to.

[slothmister]

@dewd101 lol this sort of crazy thing happens all over the world! It is not just you Belgians that have strange "sports". We have similar things in the UK. As for not being happy with where they were born, well, no country in the world is perfect! There are always people that think the grass is greener in another country.

[fumamonourequiem]

the penguin guy its amazing!!!

[87as11]

Does anybody know the name of the piano song that precedes the title sequence? Not sure if its the same song that starts immediately after the titles.

[djcat35]

no its really not, its novio by moby

[87as11]

Novio it is. Thank you

[carlone1985]

I love our bright streetlights!

[draga1990]

hela

ooigem e we zijn dan wel nie zo bekend lik kortrijk of gent, ma wij em wel jeremy op bezoek ( en nui waregem wuk gaje nui zeggen e )

[erico72]

PENGUIN MAN!!!!! yeah

[andrehellm13]

hahahahaha! wtf! soooo boring!

[106419WTF]

We Dutch hate Belgium

lol!

[erico72]

ze kunnen het toch niet lezen

[lullo456]

U moedre est n hoere

[balhaar300]

No we don't....sukkel!

[abhimanyu5]

is it belgian or belgium?

lol why am i asking when i can find out information on wikipedia : )

[HellwrathUK]

People from Belgium are called Belgians :)

[HTrance]

Lol hilarious

[Benji27]

I live in Belgium, and I have never heard of anything like that...

[Suprahampton]

2:43, he's either been out in the sun too long or is wonderfully senile... eccentric & proud

[almore1999]

Belgium must be the most peaceful country in the history of the world...

[supressorgrid]

Whenever Germany aint passing through to invade other countries, it is quite nice.

[erico72]

briljant

[sidensvans54]

Excellent ..love it !!

[Dackel84]

The birds part is so cute! And Jeremy's comments are always hilarious. He's just great

[FODASSEZOR]

I want to be like the penguin guy in 50 years.

[brin3535]

It's a piss! It's a piss! I nearly pissed myself!!! LOL!

[jonkosmoka]

crazy belgians

[Mamakayi]

Sorry wat exactly are those ppl doing in the steets and the ones with pipes??

[liesbeth250]

I live in Belgium never heard of the smoking sport

but those people in the street are sitting in front of a box with a bird in it, and everythime it sings, you mark it on your blackboard.The one with the most wins....I know horrible

Sh*t yourself rich is actually quite popular in holland too.

[dnbwhynot]

Hahaha, the guy at 4:00 was a horsetrack commentator. His name is Jaqcues Pijpen, translated Pipes or giving head :-).

Belgium is famous for beers too, and we claim to have invented french fries.

God, I love being Belgian.

[pitbullo]

It's a piss! It's a piss!

LOL

[magpie1862]

No wonder Belgium is so boring. Look at what they do for fun.

[ThanatosVL]

It's actually very funny to see our national identity being dragged through the mud. Having no national identity sure helps a lot:p.

Hilarious seeing Clarkson exploit all these clichés.

[ThanatosVL]

Thank you for uploading this!