So as you know

There's a part where I fix some of the small mistakes we made in the episode or I talk about the things that didn't quite

Make it into the episode for one. Yes. I know there are quite a few spelling errors a largest one

Probably being the Vaadin C. Not the Walden C. Honestly. I have no idea why I got that wrong. Sorry

I accidentally used the picture of the king and his mom not his wife

What I meant to say is the Netherlands is the most densely packed country in the EU

Not all of Europe that title actually still belongs to Monaco one thing

I wish we could have kept but I had to cut it out of the video because it was too long

We talked about the massive infrastructure of transportation in the country

They have over 140,000 kilometres of road three thousand kilometres of train track

6,200 kilometers of waterways including over past water bridges and get this over

35,000 kilometers of bicycle paths over a third of the country claims that the bicycle is their main form of transportation on a daily basis

And speaking of which KLM is the world's oldest national airline and ah, they supposedly have the oldest national anthem

I also forgot to mention that there are three recognised minority languages

They are Dutch low saxon limburgish and groanings. I accidentally said that Papiamento was a dutch creole

It's actually more like a portuguese creole with some dutch influence

Apparently April Fool's Day was started here because of the war stuff. I also wanted to talk about the relationship they had with Japan

It's weird because the Japanese were pretty much

Isolated for a long time and the only country they allowed to trade with was actually the Netherland in the 1600s

They set up a port at Jurado

Also, I forgot to mention that for a very brief period of time they actually colonized parts of Brazil and yeah

That's just about it

There's a lot of other things I could have mentioned if I forgot anything feel free to write it in the comments

But in the meantime, we got to get to the flag. So without further ado

My last video before I take a little break and we are actually going to go to the Netherlands fun fact in every episode

I try to wear at least one color that you can find on the flag of the country

this was the first time I wore a color that was not found on the flag only because orange is the national colour of the

Netherlands, although technically, you can kind of put orange on the flag and speaking of the flag

The flag is a horizontal tricolour of red white and blue

Here's where things get a little confusing the stripes in themselves. Kind of don't have direct meanings

But are rather derived from historical incidents that played a role in the country during the Middle Ages

It is said that the colors were inspired from a mix between the colors for the Bavarian coat of arms and the count of Holland

After the Dutch revolt against the Spanish led by Prince William of Orange

The first prince's flag was used with orange on the top instead of red

It wasn't until the 1500s and early 1600s that red replaced orange and there are many theories as to why but many might say that

Over time orange dye would fade into red, which meant red was just easier to use nonetheless for the longest time

They were both used simultaneously. It wasn't until 1937 that Queen Wilhemina issued by royal decree that it would stay red white and blue

However on the Kings Day they fly a regular flag with an orange pennant honoring the royal family and the orange color that represents

Their household keep in mind there's a lot of other stuff that goes into this like there

Was that whole Batavian Republic thing during the Napoleon years now prior to that there under the house of Burgundy with the st. Andrew's cross

blah-blah-blah-blah now

It's also interesting is that as we mentioned the kingdom of the Netherlands is made up of four countries three

Constituent ones in the Caribbean as well as three other municipalities each one of these has their own flag

We don't have time to explain about each one

But basically they each tell a story of history and culture

And at one point they were collectively called the Netherlands Antilles

They use this flag with six stars. And yeah

lots of

interesting history and stuff that goes into this and with that being said it is now time for the coat of arms the coat of

arms comes in three variations

The greater royal version the middle state version and the simplified lesser version each one can be found within the higher-level coat of arms in

This one we'll discuss the middle state version

basically

It's a shield with a crowned and armed lion holding a sword and seven arrows

Symbolizing the seven provinces of the union of Utrecht on top lies the royal crown

Supported on each side by two other Lions all on top of a banner reading in French

surprisingly Lamont and Leigh

or I shall maintain the reason why it's in French is because it was the motto of the princedom of Chillon or

orange and when William of Orange inherited the title when he became ruler

He just kind of kept it plus French was widely used as a lingua franca at the time

So it wasn't uncommon to see it used in many non French native areas and prior to this

They had a few other coat of arms. They were basically the same thing just drawn a little different

Also, you might see this image. It is basically the royal family flag or the royal standard

but yeah, that is basically just about it and with all that being said and done it is time for

Geography mail time. Ooh. Alright guys, so we're gonna just jump into this

But before we do we have some guest stars, you know them they were in the episode Ken and Keith

What's up, by the way, guys? We are going to Europe in March

So if you'd like to meet us in Norway, Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg, or France, let us know

Yes, so guys as you know, we always start off with postcards

Marian sent us postcards from Paraguay

Says hello girl girl. Oh, I don't know if it's for Hannah or Gillian, but it's for me actually

We got a postcard from yon. They're visiting Vietnam right now

Yeah, so so somebody from Eritrea sends us this postcard Thank You Zack. So this is a postcard from Lamar in Norway

This is a Norway postcard. This one is from

Angeline Angeline said she visited a close City called

sorrel Hong sac from Malaysia sends us a postcard from

Thailand got a postcard from Cameron says hello from Singapore. This is cool this from Jamaica from Jonas

It's really cool though, because the card is written in Jamaican Patois pay feed is stumped and put it right

Yeah soul and yet there is no stamp there la bonne Thank You

Jonah's vlog 1 Oh got this postcard here for Matt from Texas. He sends us this postcard from London

I guess he's on vacation there. We got a postcard from David in Toronto, Canada

We got this from Robbie who visited I believe st. Petersburg in Russia Samvel. He's right now visiting Ukraine

Ok

so Matt from America sends us this postcard from Detroit and finally we got one from

Akira who visited North Korea you bought a Kia?

We're getting more things from North Korea. It's sent to us these days and I think it's because uh diplomatic shift

We'll see what happens. But yeah, and now letters and packages letters and packages

We got a letter from Adrian from the Dominican Republic. Whoa, Oh any sense a nice?

100 pesos lovely letter though Thank You Adrian. I got this letter Benjamin from Tennessee

Pretty sure your attack. He's really into conlangs

So constructed languages and he asks me if I can find out what inspired his script style

This really looks like Armenian. There's a lot of Armenian in Los Angeles. Yeah a lot. There's a little Armenia. This is from the Netherlands

Thanks for the postcard. By the way. Sharks are cool

He sent us these chocolates from the Netherlands now, they're not chocolates from the Netherlands now, they're chocolates from Alinea prince tribe bus

We're just gonna break them in half chocolate with salt corn sign coca leaves. Oh, it's cold. Yeah

So in Bolivia, they eat a lot of coca. It's kind of like what they use for

Headaches this is the salted one is assaulted one. Three, two one. Ah your verdict. Whoa Wow

Yeah, that's really really good. It made it really good. I hate the whole thing. All right

All right, next up coca leaves, or you can see the coca wheels. You could totally see the coca leaves. Oh cool

Whoa, whoa filled with coca. I've been on the inside like the centerfold already to one good talker

I would rate it four out of five chocolate bars. They're really good wouldn't eat a gun

I would eat it again rated would eat again. We got a book. Oh, he's the author of this book. Nice

My gift to you, but for one creator to another here's my book as a gift of thanks

Oh, there's also from the Netherlands. Well, we're getting one at Dutch people say this is from Bram

He says this package contains something Barb's told us. He really likes. Ah, this is black liquorice powder. How do I use it?

What do I make something out of it? Oh, can I make ice cream out of this?

No can use I love so Miyake ice cream. I need some water this

Okay, all right we got a package from Josie in New York

Oh

she said that she's sending us more of the

Chinese ornament stuff of the year the pin who sent a lot of these you sent a lot of it something literally a whole box

Happy Chinese New Year. Ken can put it in his dungeon great warned in the pig ear. You're lucky

You're gonna make a lot of money. Oh, not you don't for you. Oh, yeah. I regulate your income. Yeah

I'm in the dungeon for a reason

There's like so many choking hazards with this from Ljubljana, Slovenia Wow

Aren't you a big deal in Slovenia?

Apparently I guess I am I even have a shirt that says that you've got a ton of flags

We got the EU flag the German flag Croatian flag nice. Alright, so basically some dude from the Czech Republic

Okay. Oh my god. Here's this really cool Bank. No Henry. You're an awesome, dude. Thank you for the candies

We're gonna try these out right now

Pretty good. It reminds me of gummy worms, but you know different. Oh, they're like skittles. All right. All right, we got three more boxes

Final three. This was from Gabriella from the Netherlands another dust

We don't want a Dutch man sending in meals today Oh, what is all of these? This is hotter stuff

This is basically sprinkles that you put on your toast for breakfast, Gabriella

Thank you so much for the letter and all the stuff that you send in

We are definitely gonna be eating these snacks. I can see how the honey fights against the black licorice I can say

It's fighting hard, right? I don't know what that I like it. It's okay. Ah

You want another one ki no

This really cool. This is from Mike who is in the military and he is currently on the USS Thunderbolt in Bahrain

I've been a big fan of your series since I discovered the Chad episode

He recently took a trip to Oman and sent a ton of things from Oman traditional Omani hat Wow

There you go feels like a hat Franken Oh frankincense soap dead sea salt bath scrub

for my mom smart

This is a home on cloth basket thing

Jewish and everything can wear

One bottle of Arak this stuff is strong and it is almost like concentrated licorice 50% alcohols more than vodka

What don't do shots of this you will need to mix whatever you pour out with half water and put on ice

Nope, Joe accepted. We do socks. We're gonna shot. So guys before we do this. Just keep in mind

We do not endorse underage drinking here at geography now

If you are underage, do not drink me and Ken and Keith are all drinking age

Keith is not gonna take part in this but we are already now the Sun ooh

Oh

It tastes like liquorice it does these like liquorice. It actually doesn't taste bad. He's that strong

No, I mean Mike you telling us we can't do shots in this. Yes, we can this is not yeah, we're good. We're good

All right, Matthew remain I'll keep you regular could you open this what read

My name is Matthew. I'm an italian-american dual citizen. I currently live in Maine attending college

Flags Oh Dominica. Yeah, I don't kind of open it

So fun fact, but I'm actually an Eagle Scout. Are you really I am and finally Wow

Scranton ah Polly Ken and I have both watched every episode of The Office. It's so good Wow

All right guys, so that's just about it before we go, you know what time it is

Yeah

Ken and Keith are gonna pick out a name from this bag which has all your return addresses and whoever wins gets a

Jog, Rafi now button and notepad and if you don't win you can get these off of geography now calm

The winner is Julia from Jerusalem Hector prompts

All right guys, so thank you for everything I would love putting your hometowns and country's on display

You've just been flagged anything. You guys want to say left before we go. Uh, we'll see you in Europe. See your mom in Europe