I Had A Few Hours In The Netherlands And Everything I Knew Was Wrong

Gouda cheese was never made in Gouda. And the Netherlands never legalized drugs. Two of the most famous facts about this country are wrong — and the truth is so much better than the myth. I live and work on a cruise ship, which means some mornings I get a few hours in a city I've never seen before. This time it was Rotterdam, and a town older than Amsterdam an hour inland. Plus: a 350-year-old marble carving of a man cheating on a scale — on the front of the building whose entire job was honest weighing. 🎵 Music: Epidemic Sound 📸 Instagram:   / dananurbekova   📍 IN THIS VIDEO Rotterdam · Gouda · Sint-Janskerk · De Goudse Waag · Markt square 🎬 NEXT VIDEO Why Rotterdam doesn't look like anywhere else in the Netherlands. It isn't a happy story. 💬 Tell me in the comments: what's the one ordinary thing you'd miss most after a month at sea? 🔔 Subscribe if you like places that turn out to be hiding something. #Netherlands #TravelVlog #CruiseLife #Gouda #Holland #Rotterdam #CruiseShipLife #SoloTravel #HiddenGems #TravelStories #DutchHistory #GoudaCheese #ShoreExcursion #EuropeTravel #TravelTips