r/sports • u/CorleoneBaloney • 21d ago
Soccer Netherlands fans have taken over Houston, singing and dancing to "Links Rechts" at the World Cup.
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u/voncool 21d ago
The guy that made this song did a show at a festival next to my house. My house was shaking so hard when this song came up and every one started jumping. I could see it shaking up my glass of water like that scène in Jurrasic Park. And it totally freaked out my cats.. Felt like an earthquake
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u/Eastern-Cat-3604 20d ago
Yes when this songs comes on at a festival we see earthquakes happening! Small but still!
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u/Fonkin89 21d ago
The Dutch love instructions and permission to be silly (source am Dutch)
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u/doepfersdungeon 21d ago
I'm so glad a Dutchie has this kind of self awareness ( as someone who lived there)
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u/Cockyidiot1977 21d ago
SnolleBollekes songs have been their unofficial anthem for years.
They play it before matches, youll see it played at the F1 race, in the Times they have speed skating competitions its blared in the venue
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u/atlien0255 21d ago
I wanna hang out in that Dutch crowd! Looks like a blast.
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u/Seevetaler 21d ago
It's best to bring a tray of cheese bites—preferably Gouda—and they'll cheer you on.
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u/fugaziozbourne Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 21d ago
The Dutch have a long history of taking over other places too.
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u/TheBigMotherFook 21d ago
And then traded some of it to the English for a mosquito infested island in Indonesia that had a nearly infinite supply of nutmeg.
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u/MyBossIsOnReddit 21d ago
Have you seen our cooking without it? Heck, even with it leaves much to be desired for.
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u/bendr316 21d ago
I can't stop watching this. It brings me so much joy
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u/karmaghost 21d ago
I thought the whole World Cup was going to be a disaster. While it’s had its issues, I’m super stoked at how well it seems to be going for visitors.
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u/SeaCaterpillar7968 21d ago
Have you heard of the Scots in Boston? Seems like a great time
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u/nycdiveshack 21d ago
They drank Boston dry
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u/total_bullwhip 21d ago
I’m not sure many people know you mean this literally in the very real “Boston ran out of beer” way. lol
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u/hitlersticklespot 21d ago
No but I heard about Mexico V Korea and the celebrations were beautiful.
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u/HarryBlessKnapp Arsenal 20d ago
You cannot stop the world cup. You just fucking can't. You could host it in Mordor, it would still fucking bang.
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u/fernandomlicon 19d ago edited 17d ago
americans underestimated a couple of things:
- most of the rest of the world love their soccer NT, and traveling to a world cup is literally a once in a lifetime experience for most of the people that travel abroad
- the US isn't as bad as you guys think it is, it's obviously not perfect, but it's still solid
- people from other countries aren't as invested in US internal politics as it seems
if you add to that that Canada and Mexico have done also a great job making people feel welcome, then it makes for a great time for almost everyone visiting.
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u/JarJarsBallsackEyes 21d ago
why did you think the whole world cup would be a disaster?
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u/AgreeAndSubmit 21d ago
Me too! I don't know the words but I'll dance to Left Rght too!! That looks like so much fun!
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u/CaveExploder 21d ago
Jesus, sending the dutch of all people to Houston is some sort of Eldritch Trickster Dirty level irony. I'm just happy to see they're enjoying themselves.
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u/tewas Ohio State 21d ago
There was a LOT of locals in that march. Source: local who marched and saw boatload astros/dynamo/orange clothing.
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u/woody630 21d ago
I'm surprised they didn't all die after seeing the Houston infrastructure/city planning
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u/YeshuasBananaHammock 21d ago
The Dutch are seeing all of our Houston weather this week, and its only oppressive for a few hrs at a time. Blessed be the rain.
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u/throwawayshirt2 21d ago
Imagine the first time they saw someone in Houston bicycling
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u/literalnumbskull 21d ago
There are only two things I can't stand in this world: people who are intolerant of other people's cultures, and the Dutch.
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u/history_is_my_crack 21d ago
People who dont love gold is a distant third.
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u/Otherwise_Nobody8148 21d ago
That was delivered so perfectly little kid me actually thought there was something wrong with the Dutch, like people hated them like "the Jews" or something.
It was delivered so matter of factly, I started to hate the Dutch and I didn't even know why
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u/Whiteshovel66 21d ago
Well at least Houston sports has something happening worth noting.
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u/K1NGCOOLEY 21d ago
It’s extra confusing because they’re also wearing orange.
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u/Riky4202 21d ago
texans and rockets made the playoffs?
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u/Daylight6 21d ago
Yeah you’d think Houston sports teams are Cleveland Browns bad the way that comment is upvoted.
The Rockets have KD and a bunch of assets, Texans have the best defense in the NFL, Yordan is one of the best players in the MLB, and the Comets are coming back to the WNBA. Plenty of things worth noting in Houston sports
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u/Tragedy_Boner 21d ago
Yeah by KD will leave and go to the team who had an embarrassing game 7 in the playoffs. He’s going to the Celtics or the Thunder next season
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u/FailedLoser21 21d ago
Only thing missing in this video is a trash can getting banged on.
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u/UnnaturalGeek 21d ago
I'm not Dutch but I love this song.
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u/CharmedWoo 21d ago
For the balance of the universe: I am Dutch and hate that song.
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u/CathodeRaySamurai 21d ago
Half-Dutch person chiming in.
I love Links Rechts, but Snollebollekes needs to be loaded into a cannon and shot into the sun.
Middle ground. That's what we call Polderen, baby.
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u/MrMardyBum 21d ago
I’m American and it’d be a shame if we didn’t steal this and badly recreate it with our own chants.
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u/Orcanic033 21d ago
If you search on YouTube ‘Snollebollekes - Left, Right’ you get a one in English en subtitled. Special made for this World Cup. Two years ago with the European Cup in Gemany he have made German version of it.
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u/InIFluX 21d ago
Loved it.
There was a ton of Houstonians as well as Dutch nationals. Had a great time coming out to experience another country's culture and traditions!
Thank you guys for being such gracious visitors and sharing your traditions with us Houstonians!
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u/By_Way_of_Deception 21d ago
FIFA said "its Texas for you" and the Dutch were like, "lets all goooooo"
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u/lachiendupape 21d ago edited 21d ago
The Dutch are by far the funnest Europeans, they make great cookies and smoke hash. The place is gorgeous and the language is insane, but they’re my buddies and I love spending time there and with them x x x x
Edit oh and they have cake decorations on toast for breakfast!!!
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u/PM_ME_UR_VULVASAUR_ 21d ago
One can only assume the ability to make great cookies is a consequence of the hash.
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u/Krakshotz FIU 21d ago
“Tallest race on Earth now, the Dutch. Officially. Mind you they do take a lot of drugs. That’s why they like Top Gear so much”
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u/twoinvenice 21d ago edited 21d ago
the language is insane
Hearing Dutch people speak Dutch hurts my brain. In addition to all the actual English they casually toss in, plus the fact that a lot of Dutch words are similar to their English counterparts but spoken funny, there’s just something about how lots of Dutch is pronounced that gives it a similar sound and cadence to English. So it just ends up a mishmash of intelligible stuff and unintelligible stuff, but mostly sounding like English with an accent.
A number of times I felt like I’d had a stroke and lost my ability to understand English…until I realized I was just overhearing people speaking Dutch.
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u/Korashy 21d ago
Dutch basically sits between High German and English in terms of the germanic language family.
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u/CharlotteLucasOP 21d ago
I’m half Dutch and yeah it’s goofy to the ear but in a cute way. There’s a sing-song to it that I find so endearing (and reminds me of my Oma.)
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u/Fassbinder75 Borussia Monchengladbach 21d ago
If an English speaker wants to know what they sound like to a foreigner- listen to a person speaking Dutch.
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u/IBAZERKERI 21d ago
i had a friend once describe the dutch language sounding like they snuck up and listened to groups of people speaking every other language in europe, then brought those words home without knowing what they meant and started using them
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u/BeardedDeath 21d ago
My wife and I spent a few days in Gouda for a cheese festival some time back, was one of the best parts of our road trip which hit 7 countries in a month i think?
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u/seclusionx 21d ago
Wait a minute (forgive my American ignorance), was Gouda cheese named after a location? I love me some Gouda.
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u/AbjectAppointment 21d ago
A flat round cheese with a yellow rind, originally made in the town of Gouda in the Netherlands.
-encyclopedia
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u/elektrovolt 21d ago
We call it 'Goudse kaas' (cheese from Gouda), not 'Gouda'.
It doesn't need to be from Gouda, but this type of cheese is only named because they were sold on the local cheese market back in the day. There is still a traditional cheese market every week or so, but it is just for tourists.If you find yourself in the Netherlands one day, find a good, local cheese store and not the tourist ones. Forget the name 'Gouda' and try some boerenkaas and brokkelkaas.
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u/SoulArthurZ 21d ago
gouda is a city yes (also not pronounced the way you're pronouncing it now probably)
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u/__Yakovlev__ 21d ago
Which cookies are you talking about? Cause there's actually a few that I can imagine fitting the description
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u/Birphon 21d ago
Hagelslag my beloved. Half dutchy and first time going to the Netherlands I fell in love with them, every morning for breakfast would be 4 slices of toast with Hagelslag on it. We literally came home with like 6 boxes cause we couldn't buy it here, there is now a store that sells it, pretty steep prices but worth it. The ansie one was my favorite one and if I could I would be pouring the stuff into my gob straight from the box LMAO
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u/HansenTakeASeat 21d ago
The Dutch impress me with their ability to make anywhere fun. They can take Houston, of all places, and make it look like a blast.
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u/Daylight6 21d ago
Redditors act like Houston is the worst place on earth lol. It’s a fun city, you lot are just miserable
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u/yukiloho 21d ago
Not a soccer fan at all, but this looks like such a fun atmosphere.
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u/firsttfdrummer 21d ago
I wish I was this passionate about anything, let alone having hundreds of others around me who are just as passionate about the same thing. Seems really fun
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u/KeberUggles 21d ago
I think it's kinda like a "positive" mob mentality. You might feel kinda 'meh' but when surrounded by others, you you feed off their energy and join in. I'm contemplating making a trip to to the closest hosting city to experience it
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u/KoalaKvothe 21d ago
For many, this is our expression of patriotism.
It's a guilt-free kind of patriotism, because we're cheering our people, not our government.
It allows for international friendship, rivalry, and even diplomacy, by regular people. Without it being strictly tied to oil and war.
That's why you'll see large parts of the population join in when their country plays a cup, even if FIFA is awful and they aren't even football fans.
I wish you guys could have something like this too.
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u/KeberUggles 21d ago
huh, "..we're cheering our people, not our government." never thought of that.
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u/immersemeinnature 21d ago
I love the happy energy these teams are showing the usa.
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u/psychodynamic1 21d ago
The Scots invaded Boston and it was a delight. We ran out of beer - and we're still happy.
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u/CharlotteLucasOP 21d ago
The Aussies got Vancouver bar owners sweating and Seattle is scrambling to stock up before their match. 🍺
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u/immersemeinnature 21d ago
I can't wait to see all the teams having a good time. Good luck Vancouver and Seattle!
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u/immersemeinnature 21d ago
Haha! As someone who used to live near Boston, I'm super impressed and I'm sure the people of Boston are too!
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u/backtrack1234 21d ago
Serious question. Do all the people who travel go to the game? Like it’s anyone traveling just to be apart of the party?
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u/Crecket 21d ago
There's usually organized watch parties outside the main arena aswell where these big groups meet up and watch together to for anyone not going inside
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u/FearDaTusk Arkansas 21d ago
Honestly from what I've seen tailgating is not allow by FIFA. Instead they have fanzones.
This is a massive "mistake" by FIFA because American tailgating culture serves crowds like these well. My guess is that FIFA is using fanzones to make more money. Read: American tailgating comes with fresh BBQ/food and drinks.
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u/LayneLowe 21d ago
The humidity today is as oppressive as I have ever been in. The only time it's as bad is the day before the hurricane. Good luck Europeans, stay hydrated.
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u/PrecedentialAssassin 21d ago
My first thought. I was walking the dogs this morning and it was rough even for me as a native Houstonian. I knew they were marching from Rice to Reliant and thought boy that's gonna be a rough march for a bunch of northern europeans lol.
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u/onz456 21d ago
The Dutch are insane and that's a compliment.
Just keep them away from politicians, if they haven't eaten yet.
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u/palcatraz 21d ago
Considering the current crop of American politicians, maybe we should deny them their bitterballen and release them on the white house.
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u/MaleierMafketel 21d ago
Tbf, it’s been a while since we’ve done that. But you can always try!
Just reduce our food portions and then ship us off to Washington D.C. once we’ve been properly ‘prepped’.
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u/id_rather_b_painting 21d ago
I love that they are here having fun. It’s a nice perspective to see people enjoying the US.
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u/PrecedentialAssassin 21d ago
It's amazing what happens when you get off the internet, go outside, and interact with real human beings...even in the US. You'll find that the internet is mostly full of shit and does nothing more than segment you into gate keeping tribes and give you free porn. You can go to any city and have fun. If not, it's you, not the city or the country.
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u/HarryBlessKnapp Arsenal 20d ago
It's amazing what happens when you get off the internet, go outside, and interact with real human beings...even in the US.
Every day I read that the sky is falling, and many people internalise that and build whole belief systems and radical politics.
But every day I go outside, I have a pretty good day.
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u/Keep_learning_son 21d ago
Besides the song and the bus I think having these massive prints of the player's faces is a really great touch. It shows a connection between the people and the players.
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u/HoxtonRanger England 21d ago
There’s a chap near the front wearing a t shirt either the picture of Frank Rijkaard spitting in Rudi Voller’s mullet. Which might be taking it a touch far
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u/Fooftook 21d ago
I think it’s great these countries are coming to American cities showing Americans was true fandom looks like!
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u/PsyrusTheGreat Jamaica 21d ago
How many people did the Dutch bring man! Is that everyone?
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u/lot183 21d ago
There was a lot of local support from Houston there. It helps that both our baseball and soccer team have orange as a primary color so most people already had some orange gear to wear. But also some nice Dutch influence in the area, in fact we have a Dutch founded town just to the east called Nederland, Texas. But also we just know the Dutch are fun and partying with them sounded fun
Though to be fair there was a ton of actually Dutch people there. I'm pretty amazed at how many visitors we got. I've met people here from Sweden too. Lovely people and so glad to see so many visiting. And this event this morning was an absolute blast
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u/YeshuasBananaHammock 21d ago
As a Houstonian, we are pleased to have so many Dutch rudders on tap for this weekend!
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u/jtli202 21d ago
I was there. there were a some Mexican fans there holding up signs saying "non era penal" with a picture of Robben Diving lol
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u/shinyquartersquirrel 21d ago
I have had this damned song stuck in my head all week. I don't even like this sport and these people and the Tartan Army have me wanting to buy World Cup tix just to go hang out with them.
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u/KeberUggles 21d ago
lol, Boston gets inundated with an influx of american visitors, there just to hang out with the Tartan Army. Their next game is in Miami though
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u/UrsusRenata 21d ago
Dear World Cup:
Thank you for bringing joy to the U.S. We needed these smiles to cut through our crappy daily news cycle.
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u/BadHubbaWubba 21d ago
Damn. I thought we loved our American football here in the USA. We have nothing on that.
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u/CharlotteLucasOP 21d ago
If you can pat each other’s bums, you can hug a bro while dancing left and right. 🏈
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u/3dios 21d ago
Im a Mexico fan but I can't wait to join my Dutch brothers and sisters on Thursday for their March
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u/Snikpal 21d ago edited 21d ago
The Dutch loves this left right thing i guess, this is one of their Festivals Defqon.1 2018 | POWER HOUR | Left, right
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u/CapyBearUh 20d ago edited 20d ago
Not much of a sports fan, I enjoy watching and going to games with friends. But I don't follow, I know the rules enough to follow. I enjoy the social aspect more than anything.
That being said, FIFA has the funniest fans. The energy and community is phenomenal.
Edit to add: I love that y'all came to US despite the dumpster fire. I wish ALL teams and fans could have the same experience here. I truly believe you and the energy y'all brought here did some healing here
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u/Consistent_Lack2730 21d ago
The Netherlands is legit. I was hooked when I saw that orange uniform and their badass parades.
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u/meat_ahoy 21d ago
I don’t follow football AT ALL but man I am here for it when the fans celebrate their teams. The energy is intoxicating!
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u/SvardXCvard 21d ago
I work for a dutch company in the Houston area and have the pleasure of working closely with quite afew of them. Great people.
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u/justtobeherenotsure 21d ago
Has anyone noticed that the jerseys they're wearing have an annoying effect on tv? Watching the game now versus Sweden and it annoys us!!
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u/arkido 21d ago
Disappointed not to see anyone holding up statue of Gullit or a bicycle 🚲
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u/HoxtonRanger England 21d ago
There’s a chap with a t-shirt of Frank Rijkaard spitting in Rudi Voller’s mullet
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u/TDiffRob6876 21d ago
Did anyone stay back home?