De Afsluitdijk: Why The Dutch Built A Motorway In The Sea

[@fruitsalatwithfruit]

A freaking motorway over the ocean.. and still has a bicycle trail.. I love the Netherlands

[@nienke7713]

Of course there's a bicycle trail, how else would you cycle across it?

[@AXELVISSERS]

@@nienke7713 but why would you? It takes hours and you see .. nothing 😂

[@nienke7713]

@@AXELVISSERS goed voor je conditie 😉

[@bartbatenburg]

Actually 2 bicycle trails when the rebuilding is done :)

[@h.f.r.8173]

bart batenburg why would you need two bike lane

[@TheITWarrior]

It's so weird that I view the afsluitdijk as very mundane and normal as a native Dutch guy, but when you think about it it's quite an extraordinary piece of engineering. Thanks for visiting it!

[@TheTimTraveller]

Ha, yes, I guess if you're Dutch it's always just been kind of... there. But (along with the Houtribdijk) it's quite unique to the Netherlands, we don't have anything like it in the UK and I can't think of anything similar in the rest of Europe either.

[@napoleon950]

@@TheTimTraveller Have you visited, or are you planning on visiting the Delta-works? they're also pretty impressive

[@TheTimTraveller]

Hey @@napoleon950 , I've not visited that area of the Netherlands yet, my (real life) work usually takes me to the northern end of the country. They look cool though!

[@weeardguy]

A Russian friend that (at some point) visited the place where I live (still at my parents place...) at some point asked what my dad's hobbies are. He told her about acquiring sattelite-pictures that gather weather-related data, and then told her about the Afsluitdijk 'as it can be seen from space'. She immediately turned to me with a completely surprised and maybe even a bit scared look on her face: 'Have you been on it!!!!?' It's indeed so funny to have that thing there why it seems so extremely fascinating to foreigners. (to conclude: no, she has not seen it yet, but we will take a trip down and over it sometime)

[@henryb.2941]

@@TheTimTraveller you should have a look there, it is a amazing..... The American Society of Civil Engineers compiled a list of Seven Wonders of the Modern World, and this is one of them.

[@nashwagemakers]

we also built the afsluitdijk because literally everything in the ijsselmeer "bay" was flooding whenever it stormed. this afsluitdijk was mainly made for protection not just because we thought "hey we need a new highway and new land" those where like only small reasons

[@1258-Eckhart]

except on the island of Urk.

[@nashwagemakers]

@@1258-Eckhart urk is now part of the noord post polder and yes but urk had dijks if I'm right

[@j.p.vanbolhuis8678]

In fact the Road,or better said possibility of land crossing was perceived as a drawback, as it would open up a backdoor into the "waterlinie" (set of military fortification with planned inundations.).When they built it finally, at the height of pacifism, it was provided with state of the art fortifications (for the time), but not from military budget, as that had to be slashed, but from the infrastructure budget. Designed by the ministery of Defence paid by the ministery of infrastructure. :)It worked. In 1940 the germans did not pass until capitulation.

[@respectedgentleman4322]

But shows how to turn a bad situation into an even better one

[@thegamer5367]

@Terry Summers You: > be nice to other peeps Also you: Uses all caps

[@maxxammax0]

Water: exists Dutch people: *ITS FREE REAL ESTATE*

[@cppl6574]

Fact

[@JasperJanssen]

Ber P. You know that the zuiderzee was basically caused by some floods in the Middle Ages right? That used to be land. Well, land-ish.

[@jamesdavison1786]

regould221 way to play along with a joke

[@jaumegenaro7673]

@@regould221 better than spending it all on military and getting involved in wars that aren't their own

[@Ramotttholl]

why is this a comment? its just common sence!

[@Jerbod2]

This is the first time I've seen a PROPER fact video with no cliché's and what have you. Also thanks for not just visiting Amsterdam, but a regular city like Leeuwarden as well.

[@apveening]

My only beef with that is his naming and pronunciation, (correct) Dutch instead of Frysian.

[@MixMasterMarx]

I am sitting on an exercise bike this morning from California surrounded by fire, smoke and Covid. These videos are literally the only thing keeping me together. Thank you for making them.

[@qjtvaddict]

Netherlands is overrun with Covid19 too

[@christoguichard4311]

The Dutch are incredible engineers. Most people here in the south east of the U.K are completely unaware that it was Dutch engineers, who were brought over in the 17th century, who created many of our sea defences and sea walls. They even built the embankments of the Thames.

[@kasimirdenhertog3516]

The Dutch even helped Napoleon get out of Russia alive by building a bridge in the freezing Berezina river 🙂

[@frisianmouve]

Can only imagine those 17th century engineers giving some handy dandy maps of the Thames and Medway to Michiel de Ruyter😂

[@BarnOwl61]

To be honest, the English engineers built the Noordzeekanaal. A very important waterway from the Amsterdam harbour to IJmuiden and the Noordzee.

[@whittakerwinstanleyiii4051]

Given the North Sea is relatively shallow why don't we take more of it? England could certainly do with more. As could Belgium, Netherlands and Germany.

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

Dutch politician: “ok so hear me out, we drain the ocean”

[@DreadX10]

And the rest goes: "Waarom spreekt u in de Engelse taal? En weet u het verschil tussen een zee en een oceaan niet?"

[@MegaDraadloos]

@@DreadX10 En de rest heeft er geen actieve herinnering aan

[@A_Haunted_Pancake]

Dutch Politician: "I want you to put a huge dyke right there" - Many years later - Dutch Politician: "Oh, You build a giant damn. That's even better than my idea !"

[@DubGathoni]

Thats not the politician talking, that's the drunk engineer.

[@ThermoMan]

“Like many 80-year olds it’s in danger of becoming a bit leaky” Lol

[@dannygroom3327]

That's when they use a young Dutch boys finger....

[@emilitious7886]

@@dannygroom3327 what the fuck?

[@NiekNooijens]

@@emilitious7886 he's referring to an old dutch legend of a boy plugging a hole in the dijk during bad weather with his finger for several hours until reinforcements arrived, saving a little town. but Danny wrote it a way you could interpret it as a sex joke.

[@Hadewijch_]

@@NiekNooijens Not a Dutch legend. It is an American story about the Netherlands.

[@ErilynOfAnachronos]

@@Hadewijch_ According to Wikipedia the story first appeared in a French book.

[@sander7165]

My great grandfather was actually one of the men who made it!

[@devonwinter454]

Dan was je overgrootopa niet heel rijk in die rond 1900

[@sander7165]

@@devonwinter454 dat was hij ook niet. Hij kwam uit noord Noord-Brabant en was griendwerker in de Biesbosch. Edit : het zal wel eind jaren 20 en jaren 30 geweest zijn (tijdens de crisis ) er word namelijk gezegd in de video dat er begonnen werd in 1927.

[@devonwinter454]

@@sander7165 ja oke dan klopt je verhaal en het was vgm inderdaad rond 1929 door de crisis in amerika die nederland toen ook trof

[@romi3996]

So was mine that's cool!

[@timzeinstra]

Mijne ook

[@jimbateman225]

Beautiful to see. Thank you, from the U.S.A. The ingenuity of man never ceases to overcome.

[@kormiedema]

And the Afsluitdijk road (A7) is the longest straight road of the Netherlands. There is even been a day they closed is for an F1 car to race on it.

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

They also closed off the Houtribdijk once for that.

[@DreadX10]

What do you think happens when the bridge has been open for a couple of minutes (clearing the asphalt of the afsluitdijk of traffic) and a bunch of motorcyclists gather at the soon to be green light?

[@basveltink1001]

As a Dutchman i’ve not even been on the Afsluitdijk.. bucket list thing in my own country lol

[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

Ik wou verbaast zijn. Maar ik ben zelf nog nooit bij de detlawerkerken, keukenhof, of kinderdijk geweest.

[@daanblueduofan774]

@@-gemberkoekje-5547 Ik ben nog nooit in de Keukenhof geweest en ik woon er 15 minuten rijden vandaan

[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

@@daanblueduofan774 oh wauw

[@lync254]

Saaiste weg ooit.

[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

@@lync254 dan ben je nog nooit in de great plains geweest jonge. Of de outback. Of Siberië, of heel veel plekken.

[@Joop.23-2-63]

God created the world, the Dutch created The Netherlands............

[@Ricardowieringa]

@@frenkoutdistrict8160 no its just a common saying

[@035gogmofo6]

@@Joop.23-2-63Just shut the fuck up. fucking moron

[@timvanrijn8239]

Nice saying Leuk gezegde

[@willemgroen7546]

@@035gogmofo6 you shut the fuck up

[@Joop.23-2-63]

@@035gogmofo6 ??????????? Zulks obsceen taalgebruik vind ik enigzins ongepast, daarom is een welgemeend excuus uwerzijds op z'n plaats.............

[@kaasman78]

The IJsselmeer used to be called the Zuiderzee. Before the Afsluitdijk, the niet current lake, was actually a sea...with tides and all. The Afsluitdijk was also built to protect coastal towns from flooding.

[@henryb.2941]

yep and before it was the Zuiderzee, it was land.. The area flooded in the middle ages

[@andzzz2]

@@henryb.2941As was the Waddenzee on the other side. Also, a fair amount of that flooding was due to human stupidity. The water management and engineering are very impressive, but were definitely learnt the hard way!

[@MeLikeToast]

I actually live in Zurich. Really fun to see everything i drive along every single day.

[@gbraal]

Goed verhaal, lekker kort

[@TheTimTraveller]

Dank je!

[@rebecca5521]

The Tim Traveller dafuq hij is nederlands

[@Froot99]

rebecca xoxo Nee denk gewoon een gevalletje google vertalen 😂

[@Dentheman1995]

@@rebecca5521 Hij komt uit Engeland. het dankwoord is vrijwel voor iedereen bekend in iedere taal. Net zoals jij het kent in het Engels, Duits, Spaans, Frans, Japans, etc

[@getonien]

De eigenlijke bedoeling van het comment vertaalde Google translate niet helaas.

[@Jesyx]

US: We claim new territory Dutch: We make new territory

[@Digalog]

awwee we make territory we so awesome in compawwwisonnn... stom nationalistisch gedoe

[@Jesyx]

@@Digalog ik was een grap aan het maken, ik snap dat het onorigineel is maar dan hoef je niet meteen zo nijdig te doen

[@RaphaGamerNL]

Digalog Gekkie

[@dieseldog00]

Ten billion tons of Greenland's glacier ice melted last week so the Dutch will have to make even more new territory to keep from flooding.

[@VickiVampiressYT]

To be fair, our people are the founders of New York and built until we sold it to the British, so we make territory on territory we've claimed! Double whammy.

[@fryfrysk]

On your trip, you passed the Lorentz sluizen ( briefly shown in the video on your right while passing) . These sluices are used to drain the IJsselmeer from rising waterlevels as some rivers flow into the IJsselmeer causing this rise. This is done almost every day ( except in hot summers) on low tide of the Northsea preventing salt water coming in. During very hot and dry summers, like this year and last year, the IJsselmeer serves as a source of water for the surrounding polders allowing water to come in though preventing them from drying out. And of course as source of drinking water for the province of Northern Holland ( Holland actually is an ancient name for only the western part of the Netherlands and nowadays refers to only 2 of the 12 dutch provinces , namely Northern Holland and Southern Holland ).

[@vibemunster]

The Dutch are reclamation experts and have helped projects globally, huge respect to their engineering techniques.

[@SiardHoutstra]

Thanks for this video! As a citizen of Leeuwarden, the Afsluitdijk is very normal and I use it quite often. Videos like this one remind me of how exceptional the Afsluitdijk really is. :D

[@chrisharrison3598]

I remember very well a school trip we had to Holland in 1958 when we stayed in Noordwijk-aan-zee. One of the daily outings was a coach trip across the Afsluitdijk as we circled the former Zuider Zee. It was always amazing at the Dutch ingenuity of fighting the sea. Another project that we were shown was the beginning of the Scheldte Delta Project which to me was an even greater ambitious project. For the rest of my life I have always been interested in the engineering skills of the Dutch people to keep them safe from losing all their land.

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

The Dutch are good at big stuff. When an oil tanker is stricken , it is usually Dutch contractors who are called in to rescue it.

[@Ozymandias1]

The Dutch raised the Kursk. #mammoet

[@DreadX10]

Too bad the USA didn't ask for our help when going to the moon; we would have brought the moon a bit closer before making that long journey. ;-)

[@Reactwithlove33]

Yes! My father did! By Smit Tak now Smit Salvage.

[@RamboTim]

This aged very well. (Evergreen rescue is being done by a Dutch team also)

[@andreacalisi4699]

Three guesses who got the Evergiven unstuck in the Suez canal today...

[@NorthernChev]

Tim, you deserve all the attention your channel has garnered you in the last year. Here's to an expansive 2020!

[@andremaccarini1656]

"Standing majestically looking out over the waves... next to a bin." lmao xD

[@jelledittmar]

I live in Emmeloord, in the middle of the polder. Its acutally quite impressive to see how much work went into building the land I now call home.

[@xenonn7275]

All the cities didnt exist. Urk: am I a joke to you

[@TheTimTraveller]

I know, I messed up! One day I will go to Urk and apologise for this in person.

[@willembruins9103]

@@TheTimTraveller Urk was once an island. The people that live there still feel like they live on an island. For example, they talk about 'on Urk' instead of 'in Urk'.

[@frisianmouve]

Urk is a joke though, there's a disease with excessive bone growth only in Urk because of all the incest

[@xenonn7275]

@@frisianmouve this is half true, it used to be true because it was a secluded island and because of that there was a lot of incest. This incest caused a lot of diseases that are nowhere else to be found in our country, but nowadays most of those disseases are gone.

[@lauwke123]

Maastricht to Urk...No, you're not a joke. You're like us, a you're a village, a rather unique village.

[@TheWattanneh]

My favorite road. I live in Leeuwarden and have family in and around Alkmaar so I regularly go over this motorway. The view is always different and beautiful.

[@jacquelinevanderkooij4301]

Real story.. I one's send a letter to Zurich in Frysland, the Netherlands. The letter went from Zurich (Switserland) back to Zurich Netherlands). Took 14 days 🤣😂

[@Ozymandias1]

The same happens with Australia and Austria. Sometimes people send letters to Vienna, Australia or Sydney, Austria and they end up in the wrong country. They have protocols for that at the respective mail agencies.

[@MyButton123]

@@Ozymandias1 how do these protocols work?

[@OnTourWithGerrit]

The Problem, the Zurich in Switzerland actually writes as: Zürich or if not available you can use Zuerich.

[@raakone]

@@Ozymandias1 and Slovakia and Slovenia regularly exchange erroneously routed mail.

[@daredaemon8878]

@@OnTourWithGerrit Yes but people make mistakes all the time and a postal officer who does not know about the existence of Zurich Friesland and is thus mistaken but trying to be helpful simply assumes you forgot the umlaut and forgot to mention the country and sends it off to Switzerland. He's wrong, but it's exactly the kind of human error that happens from time to time. Similar but genuine errors like that are corrected by postal officers all the time because they have an obligation to try to deliver the mail.

[@Amalunatic]

As a Dutch person this was a great watch and very informative! I live relatively close to Leeuwarden and had no clue there's a bus that went over De Afsluitdijk!

[@MrFlaggerty]

What a wonderful and informational video, yet again! Keep on doing what you're doing! I'm looking forward to your next video!

[@TheTimTraveller]

Cheers MrFlaggerty!

[@neoeldexter]

Great video. Thanks to that dijk my grandparents met eachother, later on I was even born in the Wieringermeer polder. So it has some relevance.

[@tardismole]

Productivity. Is that the official word for it? :D Absolutely love your sense of humour. Two likes from me.

[@TheTimTraveller]

Cheers tardis mole!

[@hiphop111fan]

Wow. I was in Alkmeer last year. (I'm from Canada). I loved the town!

[@JB-pk8vm]

hmm let's click on this youtube vid might be cool. And then I see myself cycling at 0:54, small world after all.

[@SycoonGaming]

Je zou ook maar in Leeuwarden wonen! Hallo!

[@JB-pk8vm]

@@SycoonGaming ik werk alleen maar in Leeuwarden

[@joostglas5631]

Je zou maar in Friesland wonen!

[@lukaseldenrust2637]

Ik woon ten zuiden van Leeuwarden, maar Ik ga naar school in Leeuwarden Gotta love the Frisian villages

[@utetopia1620]

How did you know that was you?

[@acontentthief4999]

Its funny seeing my favorite youtuber visit a place where I live like 200 meters from. Now im gonna be constantly reminded of this video.

[@tristanvanniel3502]

The dutch were like : tief een eind op water

[@TiiqawxHD]

Flikker op omrijde

[@jessegroen4271]

JeBentMislukt helemaal mee eens

[@TiiqawxHD]

@@jessegroen4271 xD

[@TomHiel]

TheAsiangiga 😂 good one. 1 more like from me.

[@qWolfey]

boot??? nee wij maken gwn een weg xD

[@HelmuthGerka]

Man your videos are amazing, they are informative, entertaining, quick and direct with subtle touches of humor. Perfect in every way.

[@fennograas]

My recommendations: here is a six month old video for you to watch Me: ah shit here we go again The six month old video: doesn't disappoint

[@Janszler]

people were able to make interesting videos SIX MONTHS ago?! who knew...

[@fennograas]

@@Janszler I knew but most of the time yt recommends a video it's really werid videos

[@mickeypopa]

@@Janszler Yeah, he's a bit of a new age hipster dickwipe who wants everything fresh and made this morning.

[@writenamehere0000]

Oh shut up please...

[@fennograas]

@@writenamehere0000 what took you so long?

[@kettelman]

This was the first video I saw with Tim, back in early 2000. And it's still one of my favorites.

[@afrarunduml1170]

Okay, know I feel like a real jet setter. I drove there last year in the summer. I thought it is so amazing! I love the Netherlands, hope to make there one day vacation again. Love from Germany ♥️

[@kicka11]

This channel has been a great find. Tim has a keen sense of humour, good video

[@johnstandley4333]

The dijk was not built solely for new polder land, but also to prevent flooding . ( That's why the houses on the island of Marken were built on stilts.) I was in Marken 3 weeks ago, my third visit.

[@roodborstkalf9664]

Exactly the planning was started after the big floods of 1916.

[@alanking8814]

Nice to see you video in it, Tim. I have travelled over it many times as my parents in-law live in Harlingen. And from my view I think it’s a marvelous piece of engineering.

[@jonathanscott7372]

I rode the cyclepath on the afsluitdijk into a strong headwind many years ago, but remember well still. I thought the ride would never end, it was such hard work.

[@chrisoddy8744]

I know the Dutch have the World Headwind Cycling Championships, but 29km of that is probably asking a bit too much....

[@hellmuthschreefel9884]

Absolutely love all of your videos. Informative ... and funny. What's not to like.

[@TheTimTraveller]

Thanks Hellmuth! I'll try to keep it up...

[@damoncrush4185]

Amazing. Since my first visit to Netherlands I keep getting surprised by these people and their craftsmanship in building and water handling. I wish I was Dutch... but I’m miserable Russian.

That is indeed miserable. Sorry, dude. We can't all be Dutch. And we never colonized that shithole.

[@rogerwilco2]

I have a friend Oleg, who became Dutch. He's from Moscow.

[@fritsvanswinderen4532]

The Russian Tsaar Peter the Great came to the Netherlands in the 17th century to learn about shipbuilding and formed a friendship with the Dutch royals. Eversince that time the Dutch and Russia have had a close friendship wich was somewhat tarnished by the rise of communisme and the cold war, and especially now since the MH17 event and the current leadership. But ties between the dutch and russian people have always been close and warm.

[@joostprins3381]

No one is miserable by his place of birth, only lucky or unlucky.

[@rutgerb]

Such true words.

[@2.7petabytes]

I by chance came across your channel today. I’ve watched several of your videos now. Let’s just say that I’m quite impressed! I miss Europe! I haven’t been since 1985! Very enjoyable videos! Subscribed!! :-)

[@hannahsmovies5612]

there's actually another road like this between lelystad and enkhuizen and it's quite a bit thinner, which is why i like going over that one more haha

[@j.j.1064]

Absolutely loved it. I love learning new things.

[@Robstar0]

Nice video! You missed only one interesting fact (that I could think of), which is that when they created new land (polders) they reduced the number of Dutch islands by one. The village Urk used to be an island, but now only half the ex-island borders with water. Edit: I found someone else mentioning the same, and someone adding that there was a second tiny island that met the same fate: Schokland. Which, according to Wikipedia, was "an elongated strip of peat land".

[@apveening]

I noticed it also ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKOZq5aDoZeLo9k ). And the remark about Schokland is also correct, people used to live there until 1859.

[@apveening]

Additional note: The former island of Wieringen joined the mainland in 1930 when the Wieringermeerpolder was created, an essential part of the building of the Afsluitdijk, so the total reduction of islands (in this part of the country) is three.

[@thetruthisoutthere6870]

Wow, how have I ne er heard of this motorway before, seems like an incredible feat of ingenuity!

[@DreadX10]

Understandable, 'Lely' and 'Lenin' look alike.

[@PopcornSandwich]

Wonderful video, thank you Tim

[@TheTimTraveller]

Cheers Dan Dandan!

[@ericplace367]

I like how get about on public transport in the various countries you visit and show this to us

[@scottcped]

100% truth: In 1997 I interviewed and landed a job with Fortis Audit Service In Milwaukee. There was a team interview portion. They had an auditor on loan from the parent company in The Netherlands. He asked me, “I come from a country in Europe, known for windmills, tulips, and wooden shoes. What’s the country’s name”. I replied, “The Netherlands”. He immediately stated, “HE’S HIRED”! 🤣😂

[@skyfeelan]

nice one

[@shahmmehmood]

Thanks very much for introducing beautiful place on earth, excellent road design work done by engineers and designers.

[@bornwithoutclothes]

Lol ive been living in the Netherlands for 37 years and ive never been here yet.... thanks for the upload now ive seen it ;)

[@1allanbmw]

I've crossed it before. You aren't missing a whole lot. Lol!

[@rebecca5521]

Senne Nikkels whahha

[@rebecca5521]

Senne Nikkels zobdroog

[@dikkertjefap9709]

SynapseOverload Meen je dit? Je woont al 37 jaar in Nederland maar je hebt nog nooit de Afsluitdijk gezien??

[@bornwithoutclothes]

@@dikkertjefap9709 Ja ik meen het... nooit aan gedacht om te gaan kijken..

[@amiausUSA]

In October 1983, my late father drove my family across the Afsluitdijk, from Haarlem where we ate lunch after visiting the Madurodam in The Hague, to Leeuwarden where we stayed for the night. We picked up our then-new 1984 Volkswagen Scirocco from the Karmann Factory, drove it in a kind of clockwise direction through France, south England and eventually to Emden, Germany, and the Netherlands was along the way. I was only 11 and had to sit in the back seat.

[@AbhiKohli]

Loved it! What a piece of engineering! The Dutch are brilliant that way.

[@cakemartyr5794]

Love this, especially the Lely bit. Drove over in about 1990 when I lived in The Netherlands. Stopped off at the café too, and water was lapping in! Posted a postcard from the letterbox by the café. Thanks for the nostalgia trip in your witty style.

[@gradyzyner7423]

I've ridden this road several times. It's a tremendous engineering feat. Or maybe it's just many feet of tremendous engineering.

[@coincupboard]

It is a spectacular spectacle. I couldn’t get over how long and straight it is! I got a commemorative coin token from the halfway point at the top of the tower. 👌 Thanks for the video.

[@Pointer243]

Yes you visited my country! Great vid!

[@TheTimTraveller]

Dank je wel, point point!

[@straystay7606]

@@swupel3622 Is that an austrian stereotype about the dutch? 😂

[@swupel3622]

Stray Stay haha no

[@meme0taker87]

@@swupel3622 why did you delete you're comment now i can't see why he thought it was what australiens think of the dutch TELL MEEEEEE

[@swupel3622]

immortal men And BTW Austrians live in the Alps or Vienna, Australians live in the desert or Sidney

[@McRocket]

Fascinating and (IMO) very, well presented. Thank you.

[@TheRealTricky]

Thumbs up for the good attempt to say stuff in Dutch. Although I can still hear you don't speak it natively you came very very close, and that's more than I can say for many other videos about the Netherlands. Nice trick about Alkmaar being in Holland in context of Holland only being a part of the Nethelands, I almost fell for it! But you gotta remember that I'm always annoyed by people not caring about the difference between Holland and the Netherlands. Never known there was a bus going over the Afsluitdijk... Then again, I live close to the Belgian border, so I live pretty far from that place. I've been on the Afsluitdijk myself only once during my entire life... 🤣

[@TheTimTraveller]

Dank je wel! It's good to know that I came close :) I always try to be accurate and say The Netherlands when possible, but sometimes it's just easier to say Holland... and when the Netherlands Tourism Bureau calls its own website Holland.com then whose fault is it really :P

[@TheRealTricky]

@@TheTimTraveller Oh yeah, it would be about time that some official channels learn to say it right. Makes me hate the names such as "The voice of Holland" and "Holland's got talent"... Those names imply I can't compete there no matter how talented I am, right? (since I live in Noord-Brabant). I didn't know that the Dutch tourism site was holland.com (I guess it's obvious why I never looked for that)...

[@TheRealTricky]

@Reg. Oper. Team Ik zou de laatste zijn die dat zou ontkennen. Veel Nederlanders hebben er al moeite mee... 😉

[@guuslombarts9004]

Ik woon zelf ook 10 km van België (dus in Nederland, niet in Holland), toch geef ik de voorkeur aan ‘I’m from Holland’ ipv ‘I’m from the Netherlands’. Dat bekt gewoon minder lekker

[@TheRealTricky]

@@guuslombarts9004 Gemakzucht :P

[@pommydiva1]

thats amazing. what an experience to drive right through the middle of the sea like that. thanks for the post :)

[@Mphjens]

Hey Tim! We live in Leeuwarden, it's cool to see it from your perspective. Hope you enjoyed your gehaktbal met frietjes.

[@TheTimTraveller]

Thanks Jens! I was in Leeuwarden for a few days, it's a really nice place, I feel a bit bad that I only showed the bus station in the video :) The gehaktbal was, of course, delicious...

[@thejeeder3333]

Liwwadde de gekstee💛💙💛💙

[@wpowerwagon]

Interesting, and thanks for sharing your thoughts and great videos

[@jentulj9611]

I think the Dutch are the best builders in the world. You just have to see their infrastructure, it's unique and wonderful.

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

There are problems with foundations in the Groningen region.

[@ervinnurmalinda7062]

I love your voice tim! And your unique information about Europe I hope someday i can travel to Europe

[@Urahara12squad]

Thanks for the video, this saves me a trip going all the way up there. While living in the same country I've actually never been there.

[@TheTimTraveller]

Haha, glad I could help! Yeah it's a long way to go to see something that is essentially a really boring straight road :) but if, like me, you're in the area and you have to go that way anyway, it's worth stopping off

[@alexhutchins6161]

Ive now seen three videos and i loved each of them. The impossible cross way. The hotel on the border and this. You have earned a subscription my good sir!

[@tdmike3624]

You should make a video about the Oosterscheldenkering or Maeslantkering, both a massive storm surge barriers. The Maeslantkering is one of the largest moving structures on Earth and the Oosterscheldenkering is a 9km storm surge barrier sometimes referred to as the 8th Wonder of the World.

[@j2ster891219]

I love this! Very informative and hilarious. Love the flow of the video. Food looks delicious!

[@winsomelorainepeter6773]

I love the Dutch and I think they are some of the most intelligent and brilliant people on this planet!

[@bramvanduijn8086]

Nah, we're just regular people in unusual circumstances.

[@rogink]

I can't believe I've just stumbled upon this video - literally an hour after planning my cycle route up the Dutch coast and then from Alkmaar to Leeuwarden. OK, it's probably Google watching everything I do...

[@gardendormouse6479]

When I visited the Netherlands, I wanted to drive on this motorway, but never got a chance to. Next time. The land the Dutch reclaimed from the sea, looked so surreal to me. It was so perfectly flat. It was like a billiards table. I visited a couple in Volendam (sp?). They lived about 10 meters from the sea. It made me a little nervous, to look out their windows and see this vast expanse of ocean.

[@TheExplorder]

Euhm, North Sea. ;)

[@nnakarenina]

Lake, Volendam is at the Markermeer ( Markerlake)

[@joostprins3381]

Well we do live in a big delta, it’s all from a big ancient river out of the east the Baltics, Eridanous riversystem ( and not the current rivers).

[@jrsoto8284]

I love Europe! Much respect from Southern Cali!

[@user-iu2um8fd8n]

I cycled over this...was pretty cool, there was a very strong wind coming from behind from the sea, so I was super fast, like 30-40km/h with almost no pedaling.

[@dirkmeier5115]

I cycled over the dam as well, but the wind was coming directly from the front. It was really exhausting and I couldn`t go faster than 15 km/h.

[@samvangelder4201]

Well, on a different part the Netherlands holds a 'national championship of cycling against the wind', yearly, in stormy weather. (Sorry, no Englisch translation availbale: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/NK_Tegenwindfietsen)

[@jenergomes]

I'll keep my 10 points and invert the -20 points because there are two Hollands in the Netherlands, the South and North Holland. ;-) Thank you for the video, I spent 11 days of my European vacation in The Netherlands but I never noticed that motorway on the map.

[@pkd19]

On 1:55 you call the sea on the left 'the Northsea',but it's actually called 'the Waddensea',behind the Islands it's the Northsea..Still very good video!

[@rogerwilco2]

Waddenzee is part of the Noordzee.

[@Joop.23-2-63]

@@rogerwilco2 And the North sea is part of the Atlantic?

[@speerboom]

99rsk Yep

[@fogel76]

Took a drive on this on a beautiful clear blue day. Easily one of the most beautiful roads ive ever driven on. Fun fact, this road is where they tested out a new high speed limit and when it opened the road had the highest speed limit in the country!

[@alvaro4k]

Your videos are amazing. So well told and excellent storytelling all around. Thank you.

[@pepijn23]

Ive been with the scouts to de Aflsuitdijk by Sailboat.

[@bicyclist2]

Very cool. I got to go to Amsterdam once in August 1990. Thanks.

[@OndrooGaming]

Your Dutch accent is excellent

[@TheTimTraveller]

Yesh it ish

[@favdoggam]

Maar niet zo goed als dat van mij😂

[@paffie9319]

@@TheTimTraveller Goeiedag!😁

[@christiankarl3496]

​@@favdoggam I'm a bavarian living near the border with the czech republic and i had no problem understanding the sentence you wrote. in high german it would be "aber nicht so gut wie das von mir." in my local upper palatinate dialect i would write it like this _ "owa niad so guad wei des vo mia" ... there's quite some similarity ;)

[@chrispza]

DERE OPA There were many firms and people from the Netherlands contracted to construct the Richards Bay harbour in Zululand. They occasioned much resentment by referring to Afrikaans as kitchen-Dutch.

[@fokom6328]

Great video, keep up the good work! Greetings from the Netherlands!

[@martinmachiels]

Hi, one thing. It is actually called IJsselmeer (Lake IJssel) on the left and the Waddenzee (Wadden Sea) to the right and NOT North Sea once you are on the Afsluitdijk.

[@scottlewisparsons9551]

Thank you for a good video, I also enjoyed Arnold’s information.

[@alejandrayalanbowman367]

Now you need to try the Copenhagen to Malmo crossing.

[@davidw1518]

It was much better when you could do it by helicopter!

[@joostprins3381]

Tunnel, bridge, my father used to work on the tunnel part and was living in Kopenhagen, made by Dutch contracters, I have been in the tunnel before it was even a tunnel, I stood at the end, one side water, other side us, later we were on the ship above which was dropping stones on the sides of the elements, very impressive piece of engineering, you people can be proud of it!

[@dutchwargamer9836]

Hé, I live in a small village close to Alkmaar. Always funny to see something that is very normal to you through the eyes of a tourist. Love your channel and greetings from Groet (small village somewhere in Holland)

[@lynette4119]

Poor Lely. Comes up with a great idea and ends up with Lelystad named after him - a city known to many as Lelijkstad "ugly city".

[@justingame7053]

Nooit van gehoord

[@Citrus2345]

Wie de fuck noemt Lelystad lelijkstad

[@marcodemoes7604]

@@Citrus2345 ik en ik woon der maar meestal noemen wij het hier lelijkdorp

[@NickGalama]

nog nooit iemand Lelijkstad horen zeggen, wel Stelystad.

[@TheCRSIN]

Wtf nee haha nooit

[@CasperUK31]

So glad I found this channel. You're a watchable Tom Scott without the forced ticks and with longer videos. 👍😂

And of course there is a bike path

[@シロダサンダー]

Playlist of good videos about the Netherlands created! This is video #1.

[@pinokio3785]

Dont set your expectations to high. Its a pretty boring road xD. But its nice to stop at that parkingplace and feel the breeze and just chill a bit.

[@semperamici1548]

You missing the point "time traveller"made. Its about the engineering not that it is a boring road. ps. The most motorways are boring.

[@hettekloosterman16]

Very cool to see a part of my birth town Leeuwarden through this video!

[@Britspence381]

Interesting video! I would love to visit the Netherlands. I'm a native of Virginia, U.S., but traced some ancestors on my Mom's side to Doesburg, Holland. Their surname was actually Doesburg, was 'anglicized' to Dusenbury in the States.

[@joostprins3381]

Auch, Doesburg is in the province of Gelderland, part of The Netherlands, like Noord and Zuid Holland are 2 provinces. The don’t like it to be called Hollanders, although they all scream “Holland, Holland,..... “ when the Dutch soccer team is playing... it’s complicated, but hey, we are Dutch, why make it easy. :-)

[@Britspence381]

@@joostprins3381 Thanks for the reply!

[@blade_20]

Just found your channel thanks to the randomness that is the YT algorithm - Great vids, great humour and educational! What more could one ask for! And gehaktballen met pinasaus en frieten, yumm yumm