What do you think the dutch people are?

not so much anymore nowadays ...

I totally agree with you. All the same in other parts of the Netherlands. Dutch people just make friends with the Dutch only, speak (preferably) only Dutch during the breaks and after them (even on the lectures, where language of instruction is English), cook (bad) only Dutch staff (not really but.. ) ...they are just too nationalistic I think.
The University I am studying at is supposed to be international, but it is actually not, IT IS MAINLY FOR DUTCH. Yes they all speak English here, but it doesn't really mean that they are internationalized.
I agree on a climate as well, HORRIBLE, I was sick whole winter and spring. Always windy (cause no mountains here), RAIN and almost no sun.

Hi there eveyone,

I would like to comment on this because of my experience with dutch society.

Dutch people are which i know - (many)

* Playing Secure - like to play safe in social life beside work, wich can be very boring :/

*Ironic - Nice point to chill the air

*Moody - Many dutch people i meet because of the weather effects are pesimist wich they think realist

*Very Direct - Very honest opinion.

*Unsecure about them selves - They call that (zelf beschermen) if u say to the dutch i am good at that thing Dutch will look at u like u r aragont

*Well Educated - Most of them knows what's happening.

*No Passion - Dutch do not understand the passion, because there is no logic in it

*Social Life - In a conversation they expect u to be open, but i dont know if u will get the same back

*Friend - Making a friend it can be pain in the ass, because they dont trust easily. Once u hit it they can do anything for u. simple as that.

*Humor - They dont like sarcastic jokes which we think is very funny

Last but not least - They think they are not racist but most of time they are complaining about imagrents

there's some good ones in there actually . specially the last one ...

Dutch people always try to speak the language of the people they are talking to. In school we (I'm dutch myself) have English, German, French, Spanish, Latin and Dutch. Though only English and Dutch are required subjects. You do have to choose French or German.

This is a good thing, right? When we come to for instance Germany (we don't hate them really, but we don't like them either) we'll always try to speak German, we think it's rude to speak your own language in an other country. When someone from Germany comes here, he'll speak German, and we'll answer in German. The same goes for the French and English. Almost everybody speaks English here. I can't image that we won't talk English to a foreign student, but it's normal we'll talk in Dutch to each other right?

And by the way:

We think Germans are unfriendly and don't have a proper sense of humor, and are very nationalistic.
We think Belgians are nice, but talk funny.
We think the French drink wine all day and eat breadsticks. Nationalistic too.
We think English people have a great accent, are nice, but don't have taste.
We think Spanish people are very nationalistic but have a nice language, and we like the country.
We think Americans are fat, eat hamburgers all day, and are very dumb. Politically very right wing too, 30 percent of the people doesn't have a life insurance there, in the Netherlands (or Holland, as foreigners like to call it) that is required. Poverty is a really big problem in America, we don't have a lot of that here. The difference between rich and poor is bigger there. We don't like Americans really, we like the country though.
We think Italians are all involved with the mafia (which they are) and eat pizzas and spaghetti all the time.

That's about it. We're not very nationalistic, but we don't like countries that are. America, France, Germany, Spain, etc.

dutch people suck big time! they are a bunch of sneaky people who are very intolerance. Think about the deportation of the jews..many dutch people sold jews to hitler..

'That's about it. We're not very nationalistic, but we don't like countries that are. America, France, Germany, Spain, etc.'

You dutch all hate every country..Thats wat makes you all Nationalistic!

I agree with you! They always speak dutch and make only friends with dutch people..no mather what..