The reason that queen Beatrix is celebrating her birthday on April 30th is because of the weather. January isn't a very good month to celebrate a huge party outside (cold, snow, etc.).
@Pollocketful I'm not religious, and neither are most Dutch people. The biggest religion is Christianity, both Catholic (south of the country) and Protestant (most of the north).
It just came to my mind that having a "vrijmarkt" on queen´s day - which is the
national feast day like 4th of July in the US or 14th of July in France - is very,very,
very dutch and it fits the country with it´s trade traditions quite well.Trade is more important than anything else in the Netherlands,so why shouldn´t it be done by everybody on
You, boring? You don't seem boring from your videos! But I do like festivities, so a friend from Den Haag showed me queen's night there and queens day in amsterdam. Woooow! You're not boring, Canada is boring. It's kinda festive downtown lately because the city's hockey team is in the finals for the Stanley Cup, but it's the only time I have ever seen it like this. Nothing is a bigger deal than NHL hockey here (when we're winning). Not my thing though,
The Prince's Flag (orange-white-blue) that was used during the Eighty Years War, was replaced by the red-white-blue flag in the French time. The red in the present flag will never become orange again, because the NSB used the Prince's Flag as their symbol.
@jayshko No. All people speak some English, but most not this well I guess. I went to a bilingual (dutch/english) school & both girls in the video lived in north america for a couple of months :)
@dutchforn00bs I think he or she might be talking about the accents, which are so seamless. Compared to the "General American" English accent, there's a hint of something different about them that identifies them as foreign, but compared to the accents of many other non-native English speakers, they are remarkably easy to understand. I think it's because Dutch is one of the closest major language relatives to English (Scots and Frisian aren't quite "major"), meaning less pronunciation conflict.
@wicaco When saying languages are closely related this isn't ususally about the sounds and phonological rules of a language. So Dutch people understanding English grammar, or vocab easily might be attributed to the languages being closely related, but not necessarily the accents. Have you ever heard any with a strong Dutch accent speak? We have a lot of things in Dutch (eg devoicing of final consonants) that can make English hard for Dutch speakers to correctly pronounce :)
@dutchforn00bs So you guys are just really good, then! :) Come to think of it, there was an argumentative Dutch exchange student in a few of my government classes two years ago and he did have a very distinctive accent. I don't know how I forgot about him.
@wicaco I think the biggest difference between the NL and countries surrounding us is that we don't dub TV shows and movies when they're in foreign languages, but we subtitle :) The same is done in most (all?) Scandinavian countries, and they usually speak good English too :)
@RedKremlin17 It's kinda because Dutch, English and German are all three Germanic languages. Many words are the same, mean the same or are pronounced almost the same. Like the words 'that' for 'dat' or 'the' for 'de'. And because we dutchies use most of both languages, we pick them up much faster than French (no offense) people do.
a lot of non english speaking people pick up english and the accent in which to speak english by watching american television and movies and music, so they always have a US hint to it.
I really enjoyed your videos, although I already knew all this :-) But as long as the "Mevrouw" in the Burger King Amersfoort starts to speak English with me although i ordered in Dutch, i guess there is still a lot to learn :-) For your other fans: Orange, because the Queens family is the Oranien-Nassau-Family - in Dutch: Oranje-Nassouw and 'oranje' means the colour orange too. Strange but true. Ik wens je nog één heel fijne zondag. Groetjes uit Amersfoort.
@rodeui2011 Hoi! Don't worry about the mevrouw at the Burger King.. most Dutch people love switching to English when they here an accent, even if it's barely there.. :D so it's probably not you. but us. xD.
@dutchforn00bs Van harte bedankt voor de snelle reactie :-) Wat ben je van plan dit jaar koninginnendag? Dat is mijn eerste koninginnendag in Nederland en ik ben nog op zoek naar inspiratie. Ik zou het heel mooi vinden, als je nog zon mooie onderwijs video voor woorden zoals vaak, soms, ezv. en preposities (op, naast, achter,...) maakt, omdat die in Nederlands heel anders zijn dan in andere talen die ik ken. En ik ken vele talen :-)
@rodeui2011 Ik weet nog niet wat ik ga doen! Ik ben denk ik in Utrecht, en ga waarschijnlijk wel even kijken wat iedereen aan het doen is.. :) Maar ik weet het nog niet zeker.
haha ik ben blij da ik geen nederlands moet leren eigenlijk best een moeilijke taal maar vlaams goh k'zen blij dak da kan spreken voor mensen die ni nl of be spreken zal da muug moeilijk zen
I looked up the websites you listed. You are lucky to have such an awesome group of friends. How did they all come to speak English so well? Was it from listening to pop music? The Queen karaoke thing was hilarious LOL.
The English is mostly from TV and school, I guess. Nearly everyone in the Netherlands can speak some English.. Dutch people who are on the internet, however, have to know quite a lot of English (or, you know, we wouldn't understand). As for these friends specifically, one is an English major and both lived in an English speaking country for 4/5 months :)
and what if Queensday is on a sunday..? we move it to saterday! 0:)
and without notice....
how sad being the queens mother: waking up on your birthday all excited, just to discover that everyone is in bed with such a hangover that that hangover even has an headache.. must suck missing your own party
THIS IS SWEET!!!! When I visit, I'm going to around Queensday. Im learning Dutch right now and will not go to Nederland until I am pretty fluent. But this day sounds awesome!!! Perfect for gifts for people back hom. People in Holland arent that patriotic? Screw that. The read red white and blue!!! hup holland!!!
I'm really relieved Queensday was without any terroristic crap this year, too bad that 5 May was screwed up instead. :( Your English sounds pretty good, have you spent any time abroad? And where do you come from in the Netherlands, you sound a bit like you're from the Utrecht area. :) Groetjes uit Maastricht
@Auremin May 5th? What happened? I heard that it was super busy, but nothing bad happened, right?
I lived in Ireland for about 3 or 4 weeks.. but that is not much longer than a holiday xD And, well, you can probably tell from my accent that it's not very Irish xD I think that I learned my English mostly from YouTube.. and from school :)
I'm from Zwolle, actually ^_^ I think my Dutch doesn't really have a region-bound accent.
@dutchforn00bs No, basicly nothing really bad happened, just some weirdo screaming in the middle of the 2-minute-silence. As a consequence, people panicked and started running away from the guy (who was standing in the outer rings of the group) and a lot of people got trampled over and stepped upon in the panick. But still, it's just a sign that our society is really on-edge and that someone screaming is immediately interpreted as a 'terrorist attack'. Sucks!
@dutchforn00bs Oh and, Zwolle, I couldn't have guessed that. I basicly know a Rotterdam accent (because that's where I'm from myself), Limburg accent, Brabant accent, Amsterdam accent, Den Haag accent, Friesland and Groningen accents and then there is for me the 'Utrecht' accent, aka the 'normal' Dutch most people speak (which apparently can't be defined as 'Utrecht'). ;) You're right, it's not region-bound!
I was there this year it was AWSOME. I was in amsterdam city centre and i didnt see any sort of flea market there was just a massive party on the streets and in the canals, as you walk through the streets the music changes and theres djs on roof tops and honestly it was the biggest celebration i have ever seen and last year i was in belfast for saint patricks day and it was tiny compared to queens day.
@gargoor I asked Lianne (she's also in this video) to make a video explaining that, because she knows a lot about it :) I don't actually know how it works exactly, that's why :D
What is up with the orange? The flag is red white and blue, so how did orange factor in to all this? Did they just decide, "You know? I like orange." XD
Can we take the metro or something the Queen's day night at 22 pm from airport to downtown ? Thanks for your answer :)
Stan619RO 2 weeks ago
The reason that queen Beatrix is celebrating her birthday on April 30th is because of the weather. January isn't a very good month to celebrate a huge party outside (cold, snow, etc.).
LindsayFamilyGuy 1 month ago
@dutchforn00bs
What is the majority of religion in the Netherlands? What's yours?
Pollocketful 1 month ago
@Pollocketful I'm not religious, and neither are most Dutch people. The biggest religion is Christianity, both Catholic (south of the country) and Protestant (most of the north).
dutchforn00bs 1 month ago
Come on Guys its just an excuse for another Holiday , He he
tpmbe 2 months ago
LOL Nederlanders zijn gek
TheMasenko 4 months ago
Nice that you explain it all! Groeten van Brazil!
SwenneOfferhaus 6 months ago
queen's day == party , who cares about the queen any more ... which is a good thing normal people never had they're day .
phonecpus 6 months ago
wat is your own channel???
ninoboeing 6 months ago
@ninoboeing it's "lidespam" :)
dutchforn00bs 6 months ago
Ok, that makes sense. Thanks
Robert21970 7 months ago
It just came to my mind that having a "vrijmarkt" on queen´s day - which is the
national feast day like 4th of July in the US or 14th of July in France - is very,very,
very dutch and it fits the country with it´s trade traditions quite well.Trade is more important than anything else in the Netherlands,so why shouldn´t it be done by everybody on
the national feast day ?
uwed100 7 months ago
@uwed100 oh, that is interesting! Never thought of it that way.
dutchforn00bs 7 months ago
dutchmen never have king???
EvanC0912 8 months ago
@EvanC0912 We've had 4 queen's in a row, but the next in line for the throne is a guy :)
dutchforn00bs 8 months ago
@dutchforn00bs ooh i see.. that's why in my history textbooks (in colonial period chapters) there's only the names of queens of the netherlands. LOL.
EvanC0912 8 months ago
that was pretty funny ;p groet je vriends (i hope it is correct) ;p
pawlacz1991 8 months ago
...bin terug von mijn erst Nederlands training...hey hey... Ik heb het in Jeroen Bosch Instituut....Vught is mooi stad....hou ik ook Nederland...
femtophysiker 8 months ago
You, boring? You don't seem boring from your videos! But I do like festivities, so a friend from Den Haag showed me queen's night there and queens day in amsterdam. Woooow! You're not boring, Canada is boring. It's kinda festive downtown lately because the city's hockey team is in the finals for the Stanley Cup, but it's the only time I have ever seen it like this. Nothing is a bigger deal than NHL hockey here (when we're winning). Not my thing though,
alpine1080 9 months ago
@alpine1080 Canada is awesome, not boring :D (I've only ever been to Alberta, though :p)
dutchforn00bs 9 months ago
Why isn't the flag of the Netherlands orange?
Robert21970 9 months ago
@Robert21970 Well, that would sucks even more LOL
TELEFOON87 8 months ago
@Robert21970
The Prince's Flag (orange-white-blue) that was used during the Eighty Years War, was replaced by the red-white-blue flag in the French time. The red in the present flag will never become orange again, because the NSB used the Prince's Flag as their symbol.
jhcfight 7 months ago
@M2BugVsCommonSense what?
jayshko 9 months ago
KONINGINNEDAAAAG <3
LiovaElise 9 months ago
if you ain't dutch you ain't much
logelamutp 10 months ago 10
Oh, I didn't know you still had a queen in the Netherlands! Wow, how uncultured and American am I?
ShesAnOddOneInntShe 10 months ago
Are you and your friends American? you live in holland but your english sounds typical american...
jayshko 10 months ago 7
@jayshko Nope, we're Dutch :)
dutchforn00bs 10 months ago
@dutchforn00bs do all dutch people speak english so well?
jayshko 10 months ago
@jayshko No. All people speak some English, but most not this well I guess. I went to a bilingual (dutch/english) school & both girls in the video lived in north america for a couple of months :)
dutchforn00bs 10 months ago
@dutchforn00bs I think he or she might be talking about the accents, which are so seamless. Compared to the "General American" English accent, there's a hint of something different about them that identifies them as foreign, but compared to the accents of many other non-native English speakers, they are remarkably easy to understand. I think it's because Dutch is one of the closest major language relatives to English (Scots and Frisian aren't quite "major"), meaning less pronunciation conflict.
wicaco 8 months ago
@wicaco When saying languages are closely related this isn't ususally about the sounds and phonological rules of a language. So Dutch people understanding English grammar, or vocab easily might be attributed to the languages being closely related, but not necessarily the accents. Have you ever heard any with a strong Dutch accent speak? We have a lot of things in Dutch (eg devoicing of final consonants) that can make English hard for Dutch speakers to correctly pronounce :)
dutchforn00bs 8 months ago
@dutchforn00bs So you guys are just really good, then! :) Come to think of it, there was an argumentative Dutch exchange student in a few of my government classes two years ago and he did have a very distinctive accent. I don't know how I forgot about him.
wicaco 8 months ago
@wicaco I think the biggest difference between the NL and countries surrounding us is that we don't dub TV shows and movies when they're in foreign languages, but we subtitle :) The same is done in most (all?) Scandinavian countries, and they usually speak good English too :)
dutchforn00bs 8 months ago
@dutchforn00bs
except for kids and teen shows even when they are live action
easyjammin 7 months ago
@jayshko Why should we speak in an english dialect, never. By the way it's the Netherlands not Holland
Ludgerhoek 7 months ago
@jayshko People from the Netherlands tend to speak good enough English. It's one of Earth's many mysteries.
RedKremlin17 7 months ago
@RedKremlin17 It's kinda because Dutch, English and German are all three Germanic languages. Many words are the same, mean the same or are pronounced almost the same. Like the words 'that' for 'dat' or 'the' for 'de'. And because we dutchies use most of both languages, we pick them up much faster than French (no offense) people do.
MYN4M3IS4M3 3 months ago
@jayshko
a lot of non english speaking people pick up english and the accent in which to speak english by watching american television and movies and music, so they always have a US hint to it.
almanseaton 6 months ago
Hoi Lidewij!
I really enjoyed your videos, although I already knew all this :-) But as long as the "Mevrouw" in the Burger King Amersfoort starts to speak English with me although i ordered in Dutch, i guess there is still a lot to learn :-) For your other fans: Orange, because the Queens family is the Oranien-Nassau-Family - in Dutch: Oranje-Nassouw and 'oranje' means the colour orange too. Strange but true. Ik wens je nog één heel fijne zondag. Groetjes uit Amersfoort.
rodeui2011 11 months ago
@rodeui2011 Hoi! Don't worry about the mevrouw at the Burger King.. most Dutch people love switching to English when they here an accent, even if it's barely there.. :D so it's probably not you. but us. xD.
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rodeui2011 11 months ago
@dutchforn00bs Van harte bedankt voor de snelle reactie :-) Wat ben je van plan dit jaar koninginnendag? Dat is mijn eerste koninginnendag in Nederland en ik ben nog op zoek naar inspiratie. Ik zou het heel mooi vinden, als je nog zon mooie onderwijs video voor woorden zoals vaak, soms, ezv. en preposities (op, naast, achter,...) maakt, omdat die in Nederlands heel anders zijn dan in andere talen die ik ken. En ik ken vele talen :-)
Fijne avonde gewenst, Bastian
rodeui2011 11 months ago
@rodeui2011 Ik weet nog niet wat ik ga doen! Ik ben denk ik in Utrecht, en ga waarschijnlijk wel even kijken wat iedereen aan het doen is.. :) Maar ik weet het nog niet zeker.
dutchforn00bs 11 months ago
Get ready for Queens' Day again !!
Best day of the year, National holiday :-)
GeertWilders2000 11 months ago
HeeeeeeeeeeY My Birthday is on April 30 ^_^ yaaaaaayy :P
NickvanS17 11 months ago
April 31 4'26 04.31 ?! :-)
WidgetAmsterdam 1 year ago
haha ik ben blij da ik geen nederlands moet leren eigenlijk best een moeilijke taal maar vlaams goh k'zen blij dak da kan spreken voor mensen die ni nl of be spreken zal da muug moeilijk zen
pienbuster198 1 year ago
I looked up the websites you listed. You are lucky to have such an awesome group of friends. How did they all come to speak English so well? Was it from listening to pop music? The Queen karaoke thing was hilarious LOL.
hugstablebear 1 year ago
@hugstablebear :D:D Queen is awesome.
The English is mostly from TV and school, I guess. Nearly everyone in the Netherlands can speak some English.. Dutch people who are on the internet, however, have to know quite a lot of English (or, you know, we wouldn't understand). As for these friends specifically, one is an English major and both lived in an English speaking country for 4/5 months :)
dutchforn00bs 1 year ago
I think I love koninginnedag!!!!!
TheFropsy 1 year ago
I think I love koninginnedag!!!!!
TheFropsy 1 year ago
and what if Queensday is on a sunday..? we move it to saterday! 0:)
and without notice....
how sad being the queens mother: waking up on your birthday all excited, just to discover that everyone is in bed with such a hangover that that hangover even has an headache.. must suck missing your own party
Vivalasandy 1 year ago
@Vivalasandy Does not matter,her birthday is in Januari haha;-)
Choefoe 1 year ago
@Vivalasandy that from that comedian! (:
cetje102 1 year ago
Nice video! You should defenetley do some more cultural stuff, maybe Sinterklaas too? Or something else :)
mariesu92 1 year ago
@mariesu92 yes. I'll definitely do one about sinterklaas.. I think around the start of December :)
dutchforn00bs 1 year ago
great video, thanks.
djallen16 1 year ago
great video.thank you
djallen16 1 year ago
THIS IS SWEET!!!! When I visit, I'm going to around Queensday. Im learning Dutch right now and will not go to Nederland until I am pretty fluent. But this day sounds awesome!!! Perfect for gifts for people back hom. People in Holland arent that patriotic? Screw that. The read red white and blue!!! hup holland!!!
tpayne8518 1 year ago
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Really lovely video! Love it
MagicalSunrise1984 1 year ago
I'm really relieved Queensday was without any terroristic crap this year, too bad that 5 May was screwed up instead. :( Your English sounds pretty good, have you spent any time abroad? And where do you come from in the Netherlands, you sound a bit like you're from the Utrecht area. :) Groetjes uit Maastricht
Auremin 1 year ago
@Auremin May 5th? What happened? I heard that it was super busy, but nothing bad happened, right?
I lived in Ireland for about 3 or 4 weeks.. but that is not much longer than a holiday xD And, well, you can probably tell from my accent that it's not very Irish xD I think that I learned my English mostly from YouTube.. and from school :)
I'm from Zwolle, actually ^_^ I think my Dutch doesn't really have a region-bound accent.
dutchforn00bs 1 year ago
@dutchforn00bs No, basicly nothing really bad happened, just some weirdo screaming in the middle of the 2-minute-silence. As a consequence, people panicked and started running away from the guy (who was standing in the outer rings of the group) and a lot of people got trampled over and stepped upon in the panick. But still, it's just a sign that our society is really on-edge and that someone screaming is immediately interpreted as a 'terrorist attack'. Sucks!
Auremin 1 year ago
@Auremin Oh, right, I heard about that (only because 3 of my friends were there), but that was may 4th! ;D
dutchforn00bs 1 year ago
@dutchforn00bs Right! :D I wasn't paying attention. XD
Auremin 1 year ago
@dutchforn00bs Oh and, Zwolle, I couldn't have guessed that. I basicly know a Rotterdam accent (because that's where I'm from myself), Limburg accent, Brabant accent, Amsterdam accent, Den Haag accent, Friesland and Groningen accents and then there is for me the 'Utrecht' accent, aka the 'normal' Dutch most people speak (which apparently can't be defined as 'Utrecht'). ;) You're right, it's not region-bound!
Auremin 1 year ago
I will be studying in the Netherlands next spring semester, so I will be there for Queen's Day, which is exciting.
thephoenixvera 1 year ago
@thephoenixvera Oh, yes! Sanne told me about that :D When will you come here? :)
dutchforn00bs 1 year ago
@dutchforn00bs Probably around late January until early May.
thephoenixvera 1 year ago
I was there this year it was AWSOME. I was in amsterdam city centre and i didnt see any sort of flea market there was just a massive party on the streets and in the canals, as you walk through the streets the music changes and theres djs on roof tops and honestly it was the biggest celebration i have ever seen and last year i was in belfast for saint patricks day and it was tiny compared to queens day.
imudger 1 year ago
Je moet wel betalen voor een plaats op de koninginnedag :P Maar verder goed uitgelegd ;)
TekkenRulezz 1 year ago
@TekkenRulezz Bij ons niet hoor!! :p
dutchforn00bs 1 year ago
@dutchforn00bs Geluksvogel ;)
TekkenRulezz 1 year ago
thanks! sounds so fun! cant wait ro get there!
tiffytiffy03 1 year ago
Yay Lianne!!!!
princeword 1 year ago
@princeword I'm feelin' teh love :p
dutchforn00bs 1 year ago
amazing video ,,,,
can u give a brief idea about how is the political system in netherlands ruled ?
gargoor 1 year ago
@gargoor I asked Lianne (she's also in this video) to make a video explaining that, because she knows a lot about it :) I don't actually know how it works exactly, that's why :D
dutchforn00bs 1 year ago
omg dit is zo cool :D
sangXroyal 1 year ago
Hoi Lidewij, I'm ATravelingman from twitter. That's some wicked cool Koninginnedah history... or should I say Herstory, lol.
Travelinman777 1 year ago
@Travelinman777 haha, I'm glad you like it ;D I didn't know all that history stuff either, so.. yeah :D
dutchforn00bs 1 year ago
What if we have a king? Kingsday? o.O
MarcHoekig 1 year ago
I can be a little dense sometimes, but why did Sanne say April 31st? Joke?
74coneill 1 year ago
@74coneill That's just me being an idiot :p
booksandquills 1 year ago
@booksandquills You're no idiot, Sanne--simple mistake!
74coneill 1 year ago
your videos are going to come in handy in a MONTH.
chiquitabanana 1 year ago
@chiquitabanana WOOPWOOP :D:D
dutchforn00bs 1 year ago
wow i like ur way of celebrating this day. now i know when i should visit the netherlands. it should be on the Queens day!
paj4ica 1 year ago
@paj4ica May 5th is even more fun!! In my opinion.. it's our liberation day, and we have free music festivals all over the country :D
dutchforn00bs 1 year ago
What is up with the orange? The flag is red white and blue, so how did orange factor in to all this? Did they just decide, "You know? I like orange." XD
ehmkay 1 year ago
@ehmkay The orange is a reference to our royal family. Their last name is "van Oranje" (I think xD) which means 'of orange', so, yeah, orange xD
dutchforn00bs 1 year ago
Great videos, please keep making many more
4lots 1 year ago
@4lots Thank you <3 I will! :)
dutchforn00bs 1 year ago
Queen's day sounds pretty awesome! I love the collab clips :D
CosmicScaleFactor 1 year ago
@CosmicScaleFactor I love them too!! :)
dutchforn00bs 1 year ago
about an hour ago I was thinking.... what exactly is queen's day? Thank you!
7649460 1 year ago
@7649460 Awesome! :D <3
dutchforn00bs 1 year ago