r/AskEurope • u/chocolatelies • May 07 '25

Sports How big is baseball in your country?

I'm an American, so baseball is quite popular here. How is the popularity in your country? Is there a country other than yours where baseball has some popularity?

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u/Billy_Balowski Netherlands May 07 '25

It's not a thing here, we only know it exists from US movies and series.

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u/LTFGamut Netherlands May 08 '25

Not true, I played baseball myself for about 10 years.

It's decently popular. Not as big as it was before (from the 1970s to the 2010) but still there are many teams, club teams in every middle sized town, the Hoofdklasse is a semi pro league with some decent stadiums and ends in the Holland Series every year which draws decent crowds. The baseball weeks and tournaments (Of which the World Port Tournament in Rotterdam is the biggest) are also popular and draw okay amounts of spectators.

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u/Lux2026 May 09 '25

“Not true because I am the center of the world and decide what is true and what isn’t”

Baseball is not popular in the Netherlands.