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Targe
United Kingdom14103 Posts
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jimmyqgr
Netherlands16 Posts
[QUOTE]On November 05 2013 21:32 jimmyqgr wrote: [QUOTE]On November 05 2013 21:19 Hot_Bid wrote: [QUOTE]On November 05 2013 21:15 Wout wrote: There's a traditional windmill just northwest of the city center, my grandpa used to work there. You should go and visit it some day. google maps: [url=https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!q=52.099341+5.115587&data=!1m4!1m3!1d34569!2d5.1149433!3d52.0985995!4m14!2m13!1m12!3m8!1m3!1d26081603!2d-95.677068!3d37.0625!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!4m2!3d52.099341!4d5.115587]https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!q=52.099341+5.115587&data=!1m4!1m3!1d34569!2d5.1149433!3d52.0985995!4m14!2m13!1m12!3m8!1m3!1d26081603!2d-95.677068!3d37.0625!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!4m2!3d52.099341!4d5.115587[/url][/QUOTE] I have two serious questions: 1. Does viewing this windmill in person have any advantages over just looking at a picture of it online for 2 minutes? 2. Do older windmills serve any purpose other than historical decoration?[/QUOTE] Hey man, I live just down the street from that mill and: 1. Yeah because you should see it up close, smell the wall and hear the wood crackle (dunno if that's a word). 2. This isnt a working mill anymore but a biological butcher. If you wanna go out sometime too a party PM me, we will show you around :D[/QUOTE] OK DONE a few questions 1. what is a party 2. do people speak english there A few answers: 1. Vodka, beer and people. 2. do people speak english where? you are in the netherlands :D | ||
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Technique
Netherlands1542 Posts
On November 05 2013 20:54 Hot_Bid wrote: 3. Food OK here is what I miss most about NY. In NYC there were like 20 places open 24/7, 5 of which were very good, all delivery range that I could get food from at like 4am. Not the case here. Restaurant and delivery is expensive. Some of the local food is pretty good though, I like the farmer's cabbage (this weird mashed potatoes style green stuff) and somehow the bread here is amazing. I also ate these sweet ball things that they normally eat at New Years, those were good too. Why is the bread so good? I don't understand. Maybe the bread in the US was just shit and this is normal bread, not some next level yeast infused with cocaine. ''sweet ball things'' :D It's called a ''oliebol''. And for sure, I was surprised how relative cheap food was in restaurants in New York, especially the fast food ones that we have here as well like McDonald's and the Chinese restaurants. Then again, in Norway everything is like twice as expensive as in the Netherlands, so it can be worse. | ||
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Kyuki
Sweden1867 Posts
On November 05 2013 23:22 y0su wrote: I think it's similar to visiting one place in the USA and thinking most of it is the same. There's a lot of similarity and differences within the continent(al areas) and especially a lot of the generalizations hold true. It's quite interesting to read about how another American's experience moving (from a different side of the country) to (a different European) country is still very similar. Great read! 4 stars  I too just have a problem with this "europe" thing. The differences between countries in europe are huge, and not very comparable to differences of different states in the US imho. I do agree though that alot of people that don't live in the states does the same mistake. However consider this: If a person said something along the likes "People in Toronto wear hats! Seems like everyone in North America wears hats". Which is similar to " For instance I like see movies like this one and Europe just doesn't have these." The Netherland is the Netherlands, the city of Utrecht is the city of Utrecht. It's naive to go about calling the experience "Living in Europe". Just the fact that very few countries (brittish islands..) speaks the same language should be enough to differentiate. I see this so often from first and foremost americans, and I experienced it myself very recently when I visited my sister in Florida. I just find the phenomenon rather strange and, how to put it... Feels like a naive worldview? | ||
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TheKefka
Croatia11752 Posts
my life is not that exciting. I will be attending Blizzcon, MLG Columbus, and DreamHack this next month fu hotbid | ||
KadaverBB
Germany25658 Posts
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herMan
Japan2057 Posts
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mcc
Czech Republic4646 Posts
On November 05 2013 21:25 Kipsate wrote: the only asian for miles u lie our bread is mwah, its not actually that great but America's bread is really bad. Hotbid should try German/Czech/Slovak/Polish bread (good ones, there are also plenty of bad ones), the best in the world  | ||
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UmbraaeternuS
Chile476 Posts
I'm thinking of moving to Europe after I get my neurology residency finished in a few years, and I'm torn between Germany or the Netherlands. Reading this kind of thing helps me put things in perspective. | ||
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Amblygon
United Kingdom57 Posts
And on the bread discussion: I nominate Finnish bread as some of the best bread in the world. :D | ||
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Technique
Netherlands1542 Posts
On November 06 2013 01:43 mcc wrote: Hotbid should try German/Czech/Slovak/Polish bread (good ones, there are also plenty of bad ones), the best in the world Well it's a lot ''heavier'' than most Dutch bread. Just personal taste really. | ||
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Chezus
Netherlands427 Posts
 .Generally you can get like a tour of the windmill and learn about some history. Might be fun for tourists :p. Older people might not speak English as well as you're used to, so you might need to find a proper tourism focused one :p Also, On November 05 2013 21:41 Saechiis wrote: You're saying you don't want to visit a random historical landmark and take a picture of yourself there (probably in the rain). I'm starting to doubt you're asian. This | ||
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TRAP[yoo]
Hungary6026 Posts
funny to see how american people look at certain stuff in europe :D you should really try and taste as much local or european food as possible. i know that you can get most of the stuff in the states aswell but the taste is just not that great in comparison (no italian restaurant in the states is really "good") | ||
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BlitzerSC
Italy8800 Posts
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TheKefka
Croatia11752 Posts
On November 06 2013 02:13 BlitzerSC wrote: Is 180cm really considered tall ? I thought it was the average for white men. in Netherlands yea,hotbid is chinese | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18301 Posts
On November 05 2013 20:54 Hot_Bid wrote: 5. Entertainment There's no movie theaters here and they only play the biggest movie releases. For instance I like see movies like this one and Europe just doesn't have these. I'm going to fiend on movies so hard when I visit the US. However, I do watch a lot of sports and movies online through entirely legal means because it's much easier to find entirely legal sources for those entirely legal things here. Heh, between the Louis Hartlooper Complex, 't Hoogt and Springhaver, Utrecht has more than its fair share of small arthouse cinemas. The only real thing wrong with Utrecht's cinemas is that small Hollywood movies get no show time at all (it's either blockbuster or arthouse, nothing in between). On the upside, small Hollywood movies are either good, and fall in the arthouse category, or just plain suck. On the upside, Pathé Arena is about 30 mins away by train, which is probably the biggest cinema in Holland (dunno, maybe Rotterdam has a bigger complex?). Now learn: Oh, and 5 stars just because it's about Utrecht! | ||
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Fuchsteufelswild
Australia2028 Posts
The Netherlands has some of the tallest people on average. I think average white male (globally) might average around 1.77 or so. I was looking at this Wikipedia page just a few days ago, so have a browse if you're interested. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_height | ||
itsjustatank
Hong Kong9176 Posts
Why is the bread so good? I don't understand. Maybe the bread in the US was just shit and this is normal bread, not some next level yeast infused with cocaine. they use real sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup | ||
Chexx
Korea (South)11232 Posts
On November 06 2013 01:32 KadaverBB wrote: You really should try german bread, or maybe you should not, because if you do, you will never want to go back. We fucking own bread. I saw in a documentary over 2000 different kind of bread do we have in Germany! | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18301 Posts
On November 06 2013 02:38 itsjustatank wrote: they use real sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup WTF? The only sugar that's in bread is a tiny pinch to make sure the yeast does its job. At least, in proper bread. In the industrially processed crap that WalMart sells as bread there's probably gallons of high-fructose corn syrup. There is also no real wheat to be found, which is the main point why actual bread is so much better: it has actual flour from actual cereals. Same reason cheese in Holland is so much better than the stuff sold by WalMart. It isn't something created in a chemical laboratory and then rolled out in a massive factory, but is made following the same way cheese has been made for ages, just with modern machinery to save on manual labour (such as churning the milk). | ||
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