Holland

[gwhyhate]

Way to go Holland! You have a budget surplus in a world of idiocracy. Don't bail out your neighbors and the euro they need to take their medicine and deal with their failures. The U.S. could learn from you. Good luck in the coming year!

[bioxeffect]

my last name is Holland and im not joking my great great great grandfaster came from there :D

[Trashcansam123]

I plan on visiting Holland maybe in college. A beautiful country with nice peope (so i hear). A bit of a photographer myself, I want to visit the country.

Of course being a war historian I'll start with the "Operation Market Garden route". I'll start in Arnhem and go backwards down to Nijmegen and Eindhoven.

[xFootball2011x]

@Trashcansam123 Yeah I am 14 years old and moved to the United States I live in San Diego CA, but I lived in the Netherlands for 11 years and to be more specific in Arnhem, and if there is one thing i can tell you is that its beautifull and peacefull there its an awesome place to visit too.

[THEDESKMONKEY]

hey nice song, nice pics too...shame about the comments

[JuicyZoo]

LOL,look at the comments here,such a bunch of morons, this song isn;t even about the netherlands! BTW,I live in Holland now and love it. beautiful country,civilized people and, WEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!!

[schaferhund11]

This vid is about Holland, Michigan, not about the country Holland.

[DeividDjOfficial]

nice!!!

[supermafiaone]

fuck holland :D 

[MikeUtdFC]

Holland's a great country! Spent 3 of the best months of my life there. Zandvoort aan zee and Haarlem!! <3 The dutch are great people too!! Brilliant. Will be back for sure! Simply amazing.

[greekgod218]

This is so pathetic. Most of the idiots on here are talking about the WRONG Holland! Morons. For the record, I am from Chicago, and Holland, Michigan is beautiful! Always love making trips out there!

[razvan1928]

fuck holand the land of whore's

[GreyKarma4]

@marydawggs Theres a lot of countries like that nowdays :/ But I see your point, I live here too but I live in the west, in Gelders, its not as overly populated there.

[tandrewt219]

Stop argueing about Holland!!! This is just some fucking amazing music!

[roveld12]

Ik hou van holland!

En houd je mond constantinadina

Love holland

[GlitteryGuineaPig13]

Holland rules! One day I will visit Holland if nowhere else in the world, Holland is THE place for me!

[GermanPatriotic]

@GlitteryGuineaPig13 Holland in US or Holland in the Netherlands ? XD

[GlitteryGuineaPig13]

@GermanPatriotic There's a Holland in the US??? XD I never knew no Holland as in the Netherlands!

[domihomie]

@TheEuropeanDream You should go visit a doctor.

[LerkaDerpa]

@constantinadina Are you retarded? Learn to read and speak English you sick pedo.

[constantinadina]

@LerkaDerpa Hey, dutch pedo and illiterate idiot !

You forgot a comma or two, so, don't teach me.

Go and smell your plastic flowers, eat your weed and kiss your "wife" buttocks hahaha!

[Sistem02]

Holland, a country of pedophiles, gay and lesbian

[chsxtian]

@Sistem02 USA, a country of rednecks and racists

[JuicyZoo]

@Sistem02 you r pathetic.

[LerkaDerpa]

@karimsiali You'll have to learn to communicate properly in English. I'm having a hard time understanding you because I don't speak retard.

[karimsiali]

@LerkaDerpa go learn it or translate it on google

[LerkaDerpa]

@TheEuropeanDream You're a dirty gypsy. Everything you say is invalid. Go away, gypsy scum.

[MrDCRex1988]

Beautiful photography to go with a beautiful song. Makes me want to visit Holland, MI

[karimsiali]

fuck u holland

[LerkaDerpa]

@karimsiali Fuck you harder, asshole.

[MaxwellEindhoven]

You know the mistake is easily made, the name Holland has nothing to do with Michigan, besides the Dutch people that settled there in 1847. Look at all the names of the villages surrounding Holland, Harlem, Groningen, Zutphen, Vriesland, Drenthe, Zeeland, Noordeloos, Overisel, Graafschap. They all refer to Dutch cities or Provinces. Please don't act like the whole world knows Holland, Michigan. People expect to see the original.

[PrincessCelestia7]

um, no. That Clock building isnt in Holland because I went there and its not there so yeah

[valyazhnaya]

@PrincessCelestia7 Holland, MI. Read the description. so yeah.

[MaxwellEindhoven]

@valyazhnaya The two provinces of Holland in the Netherlands literally have 300 times as much people than Holland, Michigan. People from the original Holland expect to see the original.

[editedguy]

@Blindmanstaring it's called the the

Netherlands, holland is just two

Provinces, north and south holland.

They speak Dutch, :D

[vanbarneveld]

@ProuDToBeDucth Im born in the Netherlands, I live in Canada

[LetArtsLive]

nice song and great images

[vanbarneveld]

@ProuDToBeDucth first of all its Nederland not some english dutch mixture you made up, and secondly these arent even of the Netherlands, its Holland Michigan in the States

[loveablemeggy]

this song is from season 2 of weeds

[Levi060606]

Kijk naar levi060606 voor betere filmpjes dan dit

[PastaIsCrazy1]

@mrsladybaoho Move to Hoorn, nice city.

[guessitwasloaded]

Such an excellent song and an awesome town (the one this song's about in Michigan, that is)

[kimbonka]

@godspeedyou1996 hahahahahah wrong holland.

[skat479]

@godspeedyou1996 the song isn't about Holland the country haha

[koslives]

there are way too many comments from stoners in amsterdam who have rekindled memories from these photos...

[gallowswood]

nice song and great images!

[MsHumanDisease]

Nice photographs, that's how I know Holland. Never knew some people liked Holland so much, though. I'm Dutch as well :]

[Apotcheon]

holland rocks i live in holland pownage

america is by the way also pownage

[nk47digitalnatives]

Best morning song ever!

[XdePiX]

Weeds :) god, such a great show to find out lesser known music!

[mandilawasabi951]

@XdePiX

I KNOW RIGHT?!

[HollandStefanholland]

in the winter you can trow snowballs

and in summer it's hot

[ilcs15f]

@hollandproduction AWK.

[liesbatty]

Wow, the place Holland in MI really does look a bit like places in the Netherlands, quite funny :)

[LuvPepperMint101]

my great grandpa is from holland! :D

[Knifingbabies]

I want to sincerely thank you Sufjan, for making music for us Michiganders.

Chris, from Burton MI

[c1e2b3a4l5l6o7s]

yeah hardstyle!!!

[LOLLIEGEEFMELOLLY]

Nice pictures although im from holland.

[TheSuzanTV]

@deroberstkrieger

WIN

[Haldir1996]

in holland they are all gay and red GREECE is the best country in the whole world from us have start everything the olympic games the democracy and the alphabet yo ucant reach us!!!

[TheCoolermaster24]

@Haldir1996 Pff i live in Holland and i am not gay, good for you that greece was a nice country 2000 (!) years ago lol. By the way "from us have start everything"? learn some proper english grammar and keep your sad arrogance for yourself since WE are paying for you gay national debts ;) Greece + Economy = FAIL.

[TimmehTRP]

@TheCoolermaster24 Owned.

[favoritevideos55]

@TheCoolermaster24 haha, wake up, asshole. the only thing you're paying for is to bail out the banks. Greeks are suffering. the euro was a failed experiment forced upon southern Europe by countries with current account surpluses to widen those surpluses even further. Wake up and get a clue, the amount of racism coming from you supposedly tolerant and forward-thinking Dutch is a disgrace. Disgraceful and disgusting behavior by a large number of Dutch people (not all, but you included). Fuck you

[TheCoolermaster24]

@favoritevideos55 I am absolutely not a racist. Why don't you first read Haldir1996 his comment before commenting on me? And yes the Euro is a fail is southern Europe, maybe the strong Northern economies should just make their own (northern)Euro haha perhaps. But speaking of the Greeks suffering, its partially their own fault I mean Greeks know very very well how to avoid taxes.

[muappa]

@Haldir1996 hahhahaah YEAH i'm from holland but i think your country is GREAT hahaha can you give holland some sun from greece?????

[PlasmaSky]

@Haldir1996 ... Too bad Greece hasn’t actually contributed to society since ancient times :D

great vid btw Holland looks like a nice place to visit.

[maysoon24]

theres this guy called 'bikemaninasia' on youtube who says racist things about almost everyone , especially people from holland ...he's disgusting, i think he should be dealt with

[Blindmanstaring]

Do they speak Hollish in Holland? Or what language do they speak?

[Morphoza]

@Blindmanstaring Dutch. Holland is part of the Netherlands. Holland's also a city in US, Michigan, where they speak English, hah.

[DerOberstKrieger]

On another note, I've been to both Holland, Michigan, and Holland the country.

Win?

[DerOberstKrieger]

The intro reminds me of another song and I cannot put the name on it at all.

Gah that is aggravating.

[Itsk0de]

I just wanna go their for defqon 1 and what not :D

[RojekSoram568]

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[noname98765432100]

what a great video of a beautiful country :)

[zegger90]

vavilon

[justincuth]

Man... I recognized a lot of those pics, especially at the beach with the peer.. I swung on those swings too.. I lived in Hudsonville for like 12 years (I'm 14) ..Now I live in Brazil and I visit every summer or winter. Sufjan Stevens is in my top 5 favorite bands and the Michigan album is my favorite. Just amazing memories in West Michigan, and Sufjan Stevens. I miss living there so much. Thanks so much for posting this.

[ironkarhu]

is everyone here called fabritius? i want to know cos my roots are from holland and its my second lastname

[freakshowXES]

beautiful

[kallik09z]

im part Dutch and proud of it X3 <3

[cristinacreates]

it's not fricken netherlands it's in michigan!

[BurntByTheMoon44]

This might be weird, but my absolute favorite part about this song is after he stops singing the words. I'm not saying that I don't like his voice, but I just love the extra horns in the song! Ah man, so beautiful.

[Wallekot12]

For a real Dutch treat, just google:

ik ben verliefd sha-la-lie sieneke

LMFAAAOOOOO

[proudtobedutch100]

as finishing touch god created the dutch

[Wallekot12]

@proudtobedutch100

and to annoy the shit out of real football fans

...god created the Neverlands.

[killapanda848]

im glad to live in holland mi hahaha

[COSPIRACYS]

mijn land is mooi

[Camillia2008]

one of the most beautiful songs i know...

[izan31]

Who cares where the pictures are taken. The song is amazing, that's all that matters.

[Mr1234niels1234]

ther is even an village that names haarlem thats funny isn't it hahaha but i live in the netherlands and really the village holland in michigan isn't how holland looks holland have much city's and pretty much farms but the mils are not so famous in the netherlands.

[ace1059]

HOLLAND MICHIGAN IN THE MID WEST OF THE UNITED STATES, sufjan stevens is from michigan u dummie :) sub me please i sample sufjan

[raadyousif]

so beautiful country !

[adamannerain]

holland...>>Hope.Our.Love.Last­.And.Never.Dies...its cool ar?

[MrMudkipKing]

From England, Holland Rules

[TheSilverr]

The Netherlands, Sometimes a bit too much organised ;) Its way to good to live here.

Trots om een nederlander te zij ^^

[jhfjhflhbjhk]

Maybe it's not our reputation we need to work on.

Maybe it's Europe that needs to work on it's perception of the US.

Euros and their inferiority complex.

If you have any specific complaints about US policy, please voice them. I love hearing outsider perspectives. But why should we care what our "reputation" is in Holland? We're not one person, you shouldn't like or dislike us just like that.

When I rag on Holland, MI I do so as part of a regional East/West political rift in our state.

[waussur]

really? it really looked like my country which is holland well the photo whit the swings said it cause who puts a swing on a beach were glad we can put our towel down to ly down to.

(AMERIKA do something about your reputation in europe it sucks the only thing you did wright was (is) southpark)

[nwLohmann]

I love to visit this state one day. Getting a little bit tired of the country. Love his Sufjan Stevens' music. Do you know why he wrote about Holland Michigan? Has he lived there?

[pointzero8]

@nwLohmann Sufjan was a student at Hope College, which is located in Holland, so he spent a portion of his life there. I've lived in Holland for 15 years and even though it's a smaller town, there's lots of different scenery and you should definitely visit! Spring is the best time to come.

[corbitwilson]

Yes. He went to Hope College, which is located in downtown Holland.

[superfriezz85]

do tinkst seker dat de ljippen krek as de roeken de aayen in de bjemen leze

[superfriezz85]

ik mis het wietroken

[euphoritch]

zeg maar waar je woont!!!!!...dan kom ik een keer langs met een lekkere dikke vette paf!!!.....say wherever you live , and i will hop by and we have a big joint toghetter

[valyazhnaya]

The pictures are from Holland, Michigan, a state in the United States of America.

[swizzlecheeks]

@HoumaneNL omg if u don't stfu i swear i will kill u these pictures are in HOLLAND MICHIGAN yes Michigan that's in the U.S not amsterdam TRUST ME i lived here all my life and these are pictures of holland mi

[HoumaneNL]

@swizzlecheeks My last comment is posted like what? 2-5 months ago?

So you stfu or I WILL KILL YOU DAMNIT

[HoumaneNL]

@swizzlecheeks Fucking retard

[rubiosensual]

I would like to go to the Netherlands!!!

[Buzzoro]

Har Har! I live in the Netherlands! =D

[hxcflavor]

I am from Holland and I feel very grateful to have such a beautiful tune dedicated to my city.

[jakestupidme]

this song is about the singer (sufjan stevens) and his childhood growing up in  Michigan in the united states sufjan stevens is my music hero

[haffira]

hi, i love this song, but can you post the lyrics as well? and also, i'm get myself some tulips..! lol..

[SAWAHisJAMAZING]

It's funny how people think he's singing about Holland the country. He's singing about Holland Michigan! Get it right people! Anyway great song!

[HollandProduction]

I live in Holland Lol, Holland/Amsterdam

I've been everywhere in these pictures ;L

[Galefox]

Really? Because this isn't in Europe.

[valyazhnaya]

Yeah, uh, looks like you've been partaking too much of Amsterdam's national flower... These pictures were taken in Holland, MI. I swear. I took them.

[HoumaneNL]

Do they steal the Dutch culture?

I live in Holland,Europe and we have mills, beaches, tuplins and cold weather (mostly)

[jhfjhflhbjhk]

Holland Michigan was founded by Dutch immigrants. The entire west coast of the state is Dutch. The representative from Grand Rapids is named Hoekstra and the Van Andels and Devos families own every other building in Grand Rapids.

Personally, I hate the Dutch, and everything west of Lansing.

[virtusi]

Go Fuck yourself! Dutch or die!

[euphoritch]

you can not hate the dutch ...because you do not know their culture...believe me . i am a dutch man ....and there are no dutch in that coastline yiou are talkin about....you know shit about our litle friendly openminded people....hate them??.....how the fuck is that?

[valyazhnaya]

@jhfjhflhbjhk Excuse you? You're not much if you're not Dutch!

[CiceroCrane]

@valyazhnaya I agree!! Haha but I have several Dutchie friends and it goes something more like "if you ain't Dutch you ain't much." :)

[MrJesseklamer]

@jhfjhflhbjhk

why do you hate the dutch?

[CAZPARkour]

@jhfjhflhbjhk Hey, do they also speak Dutch in Holland Michigan ? :D

[kelseyyk18]

@jhfjhflhbjhk unless you're Polish, like Manistee...

[henk30720]

@jhfjhflhbjhk I personally think I hate you cause your stupid writing

[TimmehTRP]

@valyazhnaya Nah, he's just lying :L

[Fruitjoke]

@HollandProduction Really, I did not see you once xD

[324guy324]

@HollandProduction

lucky bastard;)

[LazyNutcracker]

We love you Holland.

From Israel :)

[Sfentami]

Love u 2!

[missmacfluri]

Thanks Holland, in you land born my heart..

great country, great people, great love...

[msclvr48]

Beautiful. Love your slideshow! :)

And Sufjan..well, gotta' love him. This is one of my faves of his. <3

[bark1986]

it is about the netherlands

[Ardkok]

no its not... Sufjan Stevens made a lot of songs about countrys in the US. Like Chicago, and this song is about Holland, in Michigan

[bark1986]

i'm confused .

[Ardkok]

Yea me too xD In the description it says: pictures made in Holland, MI (michigan). but the movie, at the end, says they're made in 'Dutch Village'... but, anyway, who cares.

[Galefox]

Holland is a city in Michigan, dutch town is probably a little area of Holland.

[Galefox]

Dutch Village.* The reason they have those names is that there's a fairly decent population of Dutch descendants in the area.

[Sfentami]

den pame kala....HOLLAND first and foremost is the name of an area covered by 2 provinces (north and south Holland) in the Netherlands. Na!

[Galefox]

This song is about the city of Holland in the state of Michigan in the country of the United States of America. :V That's why he talks about being on Lake Michigan...

[kingelking]

i love holland

[yand3r]

Looks creepy since im from usa but i want to visit and explore =]

[Sfentami]

Creepy? U must be freakin' nuzzz. Talkin'about whatcha see in the mirror when u wake up mate?;-p

[zomby0085]

great country.I am enjoying it.

[IncaRoad01]

One of Sufjan's best.

Simply Beautiful.

[mixitup222]

Wow ..very beautiful.

[fhoieoifejnf]

Could you give me the picture from 0:40, please?

[fhoieoifejnf]

Omg...i would like to have the picture from 2:29, too ;)

please, please, please

[greenplanet2400]

Wow! This song is sooo beautiful. Good video, too! I added it to my favorites and my folk playlist.

[Oniisan608]

The picture you have of the HHS Marching band was from 2005, I believe. The person playing the sousaphone is a friend of mine and someone I graduated with.

[valyazhnaya]

Yes, indeed it was from 2005! :)

[threehere]

i lived in holland. not a huge fan of the song though

[gallowswood]

Nice! The photos work well with the song.

[adamdurand]

My favorite song.

[TearsOfRain141]

I <33 this song so much,lovely pictures to go with it :)

[Mykaa123]

I have grown up in Holland and you have really captured this small towns beauty.

[Lianneee21]

Town? It's a country actually:)

[televisedsuicide0]

It's a town named after a country.

Why speak about what you do not know?

[TheTreesAndTheGrass]

this song is about the small town in Michigan called Holland. haha, but you're right, it is a country too. :)

[Latvian77]

very sad!

очень грустно!

[gorri175]

I am from spain and I was in Holland last summer, I loved it, it's a very nice place and I'd love to go back there. good video

[VinallahFrosting]

favorite by him. good video.

[IMABBALLPLAYER]

I used to live in Hamilton, MI, which is right next to Holland. It reminds me a lot of Holland.

[yeunewb]

nice. and nice profundity in the photos. good post!

[existentialistcat]

He is so good at expression by combining words and music... it completely draws me in

[ZenAesthetic]

Lovely.. This song brings automatic joy when I hear it.. I love driving at night and listening to this.

[Robin1970]

For Dan. As beautiful as he is. x

[beautyqueen89]

absolutely lovely

[mcjollyman]

beautiful

sufjan is the man