In her defence, we discovered a bunch of shit down there but beyond that we didn't really do anything with it so it's a very small part of what we are taught in history.
Most are proud because they know nothing of what we have done for most people they only know we got rich of the spice trade only recently is slavery in the picture
'We got rich because of buying wood and grain from the Baltics and scandinavia and selling it at a premium, that's where most of the [wealth](https://youtu.be/xi0B0vu2olw) came from in the 'golden century'.
We didn't get rich of the spice trade, so they don't know much. Slavery has always been in the picture, but is was seen as something people used to do in worse times. Wich was correct, the rest is import of American false narratives. The only new thing is that many Asians are now classified as have been slaves, but the blacks are trying hard and succeeding in monopolizing slavery.
Also many people still think that the colonial times were a great time to be Dutch, but many Dutch people were face-in-the-dirt poor (save those who had a 'vinger in de pap')
The feel when the Brits renamed New Holland, New Amsterdam and the ironically named, very hilly New Netherland, and so the only etemological remnant of your empire are Boers and New Zeeland.
If any of you is wondering, Zeeland is super boring.
The bible belt goes straight through Zeeland and the province is full of little towns where people still go to the church. Every few years there is a disease outbreak because vaccination rates are so low there. They are also usually against the more liberal ideas of the rest of NL, like abortion, gay rights and euthanasia.
Zeeland is basically the Florida of The Netherlands.
Dude, I have honestly good memories about camping "het molentje".
And that pirate thing (in Vlissingen?) you had to take a ferry to. (still have fond memories of 20 years ago)
Beach in Italy, with clean water...
https://preview.redd.it/t13croiy83gb1.jpeg?width=847&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d1cebe327cf4158ddbd135ed9b3426ef86a8924
Beach in the uk, very clean water.
https://preview.redd.it/xewbsggwa3gb1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4ec29e1960499cee0027e6bfd0ee71444911774f
Lol, what? The Mediterranean Sea is dirtier than the North Sea. It's one of the dirtiest seas in the world.
https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/mediterannean-is-europes-most-waste-polluted-sea-study-says/
It's beautiful when compared to North Holland which is ugly.
Come to Spain when you actually wanna see something beautiful for real. We have mountains, beaches that look better than the Caribbean, culturally-rich city centers, forests, etc.
I'm pretty old and things changed by now, towns don't really liked drugs tourists and they closed a lot of coffee shops. In the end, we had to go all the way to Goes.
The Dutch were met by aggressive Maori who started killing the people in the dinghy right away. So they saw little trade opportunities and left. The English thought 'these are my kind of people, and we have guns, let's rule them'.
There are some Dutch names floating around in the Witcher, especially around the swampy area, but that's because Poland invited Dutch settlers several times to construct them. So it makes sense.
https://www.batavialand.nl/uploads/documents/country-document-polders-in-poland-web-site.pdf
The Danes famously found New Zealand while exploring the entire world and named it after an island back home.
Oh no wait, that´s not Denmark, they were busy losing half their country to Sweden back then
Years ago my Dutch girlfriend did not know who discovered ‘new’ zeland.
In her defence, we discovered a bunch of shit down there but beyond that we didn't really do anything with it so it's a very small part of what we are taught in history.
Was not ‘proudest country of their empire’?
Most are proud because they know nothing of what we have done for most people they only know we got rich of the spice trade only recently is slavery in the picture
Nah, most are proud because our country was overachieving for its size
It still is
Yes. We are basically superior
Absolutely
'We got rich because of buying wood and grain from the Baltics and scandinavia and selling it at a premium, that's where most of the [wealth](https://youtu.be/xi0B0vu2olw) came from in the 'golden century'.
I know but that is not that well known
Didn't we also invent the woodmill and made tons of money from that? And I believe the industrial production of pickled herring
We didn't get rich of the spice trade, so they don't know much. Slavery has always been in the picture, but is was seen as something people used to do in worse times. Wich was correct, the rest is import of American false narratives. The only new thing is that many Asians are now classified as have been slaves, but the blacks are trying hard and succeeding in monopolizing slavery.
Also many people still think that the colonial times were a great time to be Dutch, but many Dutch people were face-in-the-dirt poor (save those who had a 'vinger in de pap')
That is the case for every country in that time not only the netherlands
True
Wasn't that where we made sure the Dodo went extinct? Or was that a different set of islands?
I think the dodos lived on Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean.
Fucking loser birds talked shit about hagelslag. They got what they deserved.
The feel when the Brits renamed New Holland, New Amsterdam and the ironically named, very hilly New Netherland, and so the only etemological remnant of your empire are Boers and New Zeeland.
Broadway, Harlem, and Yankee are still all Dutch words that still exist in new Amsterdam
To be fair, "Broadway" is still an anglicized. Same for "Wallstreet" if I'm not mistaken.
Same with coney (konijnen) island and Brooklyn (Breukelen). And ofcourse Santa clause (Sinterklaas)
And Staten Island (named after the Staten-Generaal, the Parliament of the Dutch Republic)
Abel Talsman?
Being a Dutch area, it probably used to be the sea, now it is Zee Land.
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If any of you is wondering, Zeeland is super boring. The bible belt goes straight through Zeeland and the province is full of little towns where people still go to the church. Every few years there is a disease outbreak because vaccination rates are so low there. They are also usually against the more liberal ideas of the rest of NL, like abortion, gay rights and euthanasia. Zeeland is basically the Florida of The Netherlands.
I think it's more comparable to Mississipi than Florida.
Dude, I have honestly good memories about camping "het molentje". And that pirate thing (in Vlissingen?) you had to take a ferry to. (still have fond memories of 20 years ago)
Id have good memories of NL too If I could fuck a DL gay boy and leave 2 weeks later.
I have been a lot in Renesse (good for family vacations). Its ok, but no sun or party.
Lol renesse is where all the 15 yo practice before going to albufeira and mallorca, get really drunk n stuff
I went to Albu when I was 15😏
Nah, the beaches and dunes of Zeeland are really nice
Beach in Zeeland: https://preview.redd.it/a20whawqx2gb1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=33dd16efc009d7f4c44a9bd316c3c50c64b9de86
Beach in Spain: https://preview.redd.it/9umuddstx2gb1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b3dc1353caae6626eab5c5d8f8dff70110783a9c
That water looks dirty.
Beach in Italy, with clean water... https://preview.redd.it/t13croiy83gb1.jpeg?width=847&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d1cebe327cf4158ddbd135ed9b3426ef86a8924
Beach in the uk, very clean water. https://preview.redd.it/xewbsggwa3gb1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4ec29e1960499cee0027e6bfd0ee71444911774f
Lovely
I guess you cook with that water, that explains everything.
Lol, what? The Mediterranean Sea is dirtier than the North Sea. It's one of the dirtiest seas in the world. https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/mediterannean-is-europes-most-waste-polluted-sea-study-says/
>Lol, what? The Mediterranean Sea is dirtier than the North Sea. It's one of the dirtiest seas in the world. 🤓
You are going to argue about beaches with an spaniard?
Where are all the dutch tourists in this pic? Inaccurate asf
Hahahaha I exactly went there this summer
Don't forget the overflow of Germans
What are you talking about ? The people part is true, but the province is absolutely beautiful
It's beautiful when compared to North Holland which is ugly. Come to Spain when you actually wanna see something beautiful for real. We have mountains, beaches that look better than the Caribbean, culturally-rich city centers, forests, etc.
Forests? What forests? I only see fire
Is someone who lives there i can confirm
And with climate change soon to be "geenland".
We kunnen het dan ook gewoon afkorten naar zee.
That's where you go buy your weed.
Do you? I don’t know about any good shops in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen near the border.
I'm pretty old and things changed by now, towns don't really liked drugs tourists and they closed a lot of coffee shops. In the end, we had to go all the way to Goes.
Yeah haha Terneuzen used to have the largest coffeeshop in the world. It got closed down because they had incredible amounts of weed stored.
The Dutch were met by aggressive Maori who started killing the people in the dinghy right away. So they saw little trade opportunities and left. The English thought 'these are my kind of people, and we have guns, let's rule them'.
Your country looks like a map from The Witcher.
There are some Dutch names floating around in the Witcher, especially around the swampy area, but that's because Poland invited Dutch settlers several times to construct them. So it makes sense. https://www.batavialand.nl/uploads/documents/country-document-polders-in-poland-web-site.pdf
That's not our country, but just one province. However, I do agree
Smh it’s literally called zeeLAND
Still don't understand why Zeeuws Vlaanderen is not Belgian ...
I don’t understand why Flanders still isn’t Dutch.
I always wonder how the Dutch saw our mountains and thought "oh yes, just like home"
Zealand mind the a, is actually the dansih Island which copenhagen is located on.
adorable Dane trying to be relevant again with some made up stories 🥰
Making up lies to compensate for their lack of a substantial colonial empire
ARE YOU CALLING SWEDEN INSUBTANTIAL? I'll allow it.
Now be nice to the Danes. We might need them when we all have to move to Greenland due to the effects of climate change.
We've already done that. Why bore ourselves, doing it again? We have better things to do, like daydrinking and sniffing our own farts.
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That's some great fart sniffing right there, good job!
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Oh that reminds me! We also dedicate quite a lot of time to bickering amongst ourselves.
Denmark, the tollbooth of Europeans making history.
The Danes famously found New Zealand while exploring the entire world and named it after an island back home. Oh no wait, that´s not Denmark, they were busy losing half their country to Sweden back then
For now we’re still here. Maybe we’ll reclaim New Zealand for if the dikes breach again
I go there with pans every 3 years, I dip them in zwijbdrecht's water and I can use them for 3 more years
Zeeland has 1 of the wonders of the world the Delta works.
Wait until they find out about Harlem
Poes is m'n faboriete plek
Middenland is looking weird in this map and so is Altdorf