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@BritMonkey4 жыл бұрын
Anyone who points out the image at 5:43 is Almere, not Lelystad spends a night in the box. I got the message. You do not need to comment it anymore.
@Jordij4 жыл бұрын
Great video! One thing you missed is the 'maasvlakte' and 'maasvlakte 2'. That's the expansion of port Rotterdam in the North Sea. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maasvlakte_2
@problemchild344 жыл бұрын
He i live in rotterdam the city with the brige in the video
@VulcanicYT4 жыл бұрын
It's Almere not Lelystad
@AudieHolland4 жыл бұрын
For the narrative, it's fine to mention Lelystad, because it was named after the engineer in charge. However, most people live in *that other city* making Lelystad a bit of an oversized town with city facilities but not too many citizens. Because Lelystad is further away and that other city is rather close to Amsterdam.
@Doei9244 жыл бұрын
that was a indeed a picture of almere stad not lelystad
@ColinCartoons4 жыл бұрын
This is why you can’t put water in the nether
@ThisIsArty3 жыл бұрын
goddammit
@SpaceSoups3 жыл бұрын
@@ThisIsArty Dutch-dam-it actually.
@Pickchore3 жыл бұрын
Unless its Bedrock edition. ... and you have a cauldron.
@rewindcat79273 жыл бұрын
🤯
@Tactical_Guest2 жыл бұрын
@@SpaceSoups 💀
@elaynepas76564 жыл бұрын
The Dutch will stop expanding their land until they share a land border with the UK, Norway and Denmark. North Sea? Oh you must mean the North Lake and Polder area.
@Tychovg4 жыл бұрын
What do you think of noord sea polder???
@elaynepas76564 жыл бұрын
@@Tychovg Even though it would then hardly be a sea anymore. The name is something the Dutch would come up with. I like it.
@roos81714 жыл бұрын
@@Tychovg sounds amazing
@hollandswelvaren6554 жыл бұрын
yeah thats waht i think about it
@ijorrit26094 жыл бұрын
We Will Just go around the uk and beyond
@DarthNoox4 жыл бұрын
"The Netherlands declared war against the sea, and the Dutch are winning"
@bootje_65964 жыл бұрын
Goud deze comment
@ahanuabedanu67984 жыл бұрын
@@bootje_6596 ja eh haha.
@razzfn58684 жыл бұрын
@@ahanuabedanu6798 goed onthoude hahah
@ahanuabedanu67984 жыл бұрын
@@razzfn5868 precies 💪🏻
@desmondvz4 жыл бұрын
And that while Australia has lost a war against birds once
@Censtudios4 жыл бұрын
"why spend millions of euros building new land when you can also steal it" The Dutch already stole a lot of land. Been there done that, we wanted a new challenge.
@Ongevraagd4 жыл бұрын
And if people were still claiming/stealing land the UK would have stole it anyways.. or would try to make a deal to get it
@jeromevet0074 жыл бұрын
@@Ongevraagd Don't forget the Germans, French and the Spaniards , Most of the land we stole in Europe has been stolen back after they stole it from us :D , also we parted with a great deal of our country that we all know today as Belgium.
@alexiz.75694 жыл бұрын
I am Afrikaans descendant of Dutch people, South Africa was bought by the Dutch from the Koi san tribes of South Africa many moons ago, but due to the on going wars in the 16th century between British and Dutch on the see, the British tried to colonize with us but we did not stand for their laws and regulation so they enforced us to move with no where to go. This started South Africa's ethnical problem. also fun fact South Africa was used as a peace deal between the Dutch and British at the end of the sea wars. any other places the Dutch went to ?
@everburn4 жыл бұрын
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@Tristanimator_4 жыл бұрын
@@alexiz.7569 indonesia and suriname
@johanjansen64174 жыл бұрын
That's why dutch people are so tall, so they don't drown
@henkdelange31074 жыл бұрын
Humor!
@ProGamerOne4 жыл бұрын
Henk de Lange says the one with the family name as: “The Long”. Nice!
@pryscillachierre4 жыл бұрын
Hahahahahaha
@MeesterGgaming4 жыл бұрын
hahahha
@JaysonVanMeeteren4 жыл бұрын
Ey bro fuck you
@res_-km1kv4 жыл бұрын
I love that is just all dutchies being all happy about this video
@janpeters20264 жыл бұрын
Happy or filling their ego's about something they didn't even do themselves?
@yojasmagic4 жыл бұрын
@@janpeters2026 You can be proud of your parents as well, you know.
@SleepyNerve4 жыл бұрын
@@janpeters2026 is your bloodtype b-? Since you seem like you'll always be negative
@simonevanenkhuizen32284 жыл бұрын
I sure am 😂
@Feyenoord28O8__4 жыл бұрын
Yes we areeee
@timpyrules4 жыл бұрын
The year is 2400, most of Europe has flooded due to rising sea levels, The Netherlands has become an island nation
@Ozymandias14 жыл бұрын
It will be like the corny Japanese comedy movie The World Sinks Except Japan.
@johnking12454 жыл бұрын
And they ditched the EU to join their greatest friends in Great Britain.
@fling-dutchman78424 жыл бұрын
@@johnking1245 we better ditch the EU.
@hanschouwman45364 жыл бұрын
@@johnking1245 sorry you people are not direct and too polite or better said sneaky.
@trxasalt4 жыл бұрын
Its 3400 and the sea level has been high for a long time but the dutch is a big island nation
@idrisseraj52413 жыл бұрын
The same technology can be implemented in Bangladesh too.The country is land hungry,lots of rain and 3 major rivers carrying about 2 billion tons of rich silt from upper Himalayan mountains...
@certaindeath77762 жыл бұрын
if a 1920s netherlands with 1920s tech could done that, it would be pretty easy to do for bangladesh today. it just takes a while until the profits from such an endevour kick in. but they are worth it. u invite netherland engineering students and teachers (cheaper) and start with a smaller project, to develope best practice thats cost efficient and expedient, which u then can expand onto more area
@chrisdecarpentier2 жыл бұрын
In some aspects, Bangladesh and the Netherlands ar pretty similar. With the nations being a major delta of their continents, it lies low, has a higher density of inhabitants than surrounding countries, and overall having the same struggles. I really like this idea, but the main issue would be cost. Bangladesh has a coastline twice the size that of the Netherlands, having a more difficult soil, and needing to displace relatively larger amounts of people to make these dams and dikes possible. I think that over time however, it would be possible to secure certain areas that are most prone to flooding and/or most profitable once secured. The other major factor is achievability, as the country’s economy is growing, it would be no where near attainable for Bangladesh in its current state. Corruption is very high, unlike that of the Netherlands at that time, and the total sum of money would be too large compared to its national purchase power. Also, sustainability is something to keep in mind, which would make it slightly harder. But, with the financial aid of countries and stakeholders and the knowledge of the Netherlands, this would be somewhat doable and honestly pretty amazing to see come to being :)
@yfjl12 жыл бұрын
Yeah, all that precious funding will probably end up in the pockets of the nice politicians and developers :D
@ronaldderooij1774 Жыл бұрын
It was studied, some 20 years ago by Dutch engineers. Unfortunately it was not viable. When you see the figure of 285 billion Euro that is mentioned in this video, you'll understand why.
@-gemberkoekje-55475 ай бұрын
It is going to be hard. There's far more rivers there then here
@ariearie79534 жыл бұрын
This video makes me so patriotic I'm crying.
@litchtheshinigami89364 жыл бұрын
Arie Arie same..
@patersul4 жыл бұрын
Lol.Weird thing to be patriotic about but ok
@ariearie79534 жыл бұрын
@@patersul the greatest inffrastructure project humanity ever created is a wierd thing to be patriotic about?
@patersul4 жыл бұрын
@@ariearie7953 Exactly
@patersul4 жыл бұрын
@@ariearie7953 It's weird to be crying about it.It sure as hell is something to be proud of but cmon tears?Rly?I dont think Americans cried from landing on a moon 😅
@BastiaanNetjes4 жыл бұрын
I N G E P O L D E R D
@anglerfish614 жыл бұрын
lmao ik wilde net gekoloniseerd neer zetten xD
@Redisia4 жыл бұрын
@@anglerfish61 ik ben niet zo goed in nederlandse meme's waar komt dat uberhaubt vandaan?
@anglerfish614 жыл бұрын
@@Redisia Omdat we vroeger de wereld koloniseerden is het koloniseren van videos een soort van zelfspot nu.
@Redisia4 жыл бұрын
@@anglerfish61 Jup dat weet ik, maar is er een bron? Wie is er me gestart?
@anglerfish614 жыл бұрын
@@Redisia that I dont know. Het is al jaren aan de gang namelijk
@d3al3rplays684 жыл бұрын
It's simple. If it ain't Dutch, it ain't much.
@djx644 жыл бұрын
@Frank Clarke And they're such a enowned global super power,, lol
@philippe55234 жыл бұрын
Max van der Weijden precies
@philippe55234 жыл бұрын
Frank Clarke just claiming land isn’t exactly called saving people
@AlexGNR4 жыл бұрын
@Frank Clarke we flooded our country on own behalf, it helped damn much in WW2
@erwinreitsma77934 жыл бұрын
@Frank Clarke you didn't save anything. Your brave grand grand parents did. They deserve our ever lasting gratitude. You don't.
@Anonymous-hx3te4 жыл бұрын
BritMonkey: "When you can do as the rest of Europe did and simply steal it." Dutch: Yep, totally did not steal any land. No sir, we'll build our own land. Yes sir, no stealing here. *rummages some history books and VOC ledgers under the carpet*
@RayHolland4944 жыл бұрын
All land has been stolen one way or another, we did that as well, but we have also made land, where are you from again?
@Anonymous-hx3te4 жыл бұрын
@@RayHolland494 I'm from the Netherlands myself, but I think you might have missed the sarcastic/humorous undertone in my comment.
@daamoxener29094 жыл бұрын
Ssshhhh, we don't talk about that ; )
@MrLlcoolveer4 жыл бұрын
VOC can be adressed to Holland ! Besides those 2 provences the other Dutch have part in this. Especialy the south . They killed 70% of the Brabant residents with all that money.
@Anonymous-hx3te4 жыл бұрын
@@MrLlcoolveer I assume you're talking about the province Holland? The Netherlands is a nation comprised of provinces, yes. But a Dutch province is not the same as say, a state in the USA where the state has seperate laws and government (at least, not to the degree they have there). However the VOC was a Dutch company. Might've been founded and headquartered in Holland but that does not negate the fact that it was a Dutch company. So I'm confused as to what point you're trying to make?
@Freeze0144 жыл бұрын
On the Deltaworks there is a saying: Here the tide is governed by the moon, the wind and us.
@ralph73494 жыл бұрын
A better suited translation is "here we rule over the sea, the moon, the tide and we" mainly because that rhymes.
@Freeze0144 жыл бұрын
@@ralph7349 then better drop the first we as in your version that is doubled. Also its not quite about the sea but the tide, but hey everyone can have their preferences where it comes to translations.
@humphreymoreauw27454 жыл бұрын
Hier gaat over het tij de maan de wind en wij
@majorfallacy59264 жыл бұрын
The year is 2100: London is now completely submerged due to climate change and tensions with the Netherlands are rising as they keep settling on British fishing grounds
@dutchman76234 жыл бұрын
@Douwe Bloot By land expanding the Dutch reached the mouth of the Theems and legally claim fishing grounds up to Westminster... The vast estuary where London once was is know for its kippers...
@corneliusantonius31084 жыл бұрын
This treaty was before the EU
@charlyvanbuuren29474 жыл бұрын
Yeaah something fishy going on...But in 2120 The Netherlands will have made the Noordzee polder and the Uk and the Netherlands will have a landborder...🤯
@mutebanshee4 жыл бұрын
@Douwe Bloot They sold it off, even.
@dutchdykefinger4 жыл бұрын
i was hoping they'd bring doggerland back
@Jakeznk4 жыл бұрын
This video gave me goosebumps, proud to be Dutch
@katmeneer14393 жыл бұрын
made me feel ashamed to be belgian
@herbertherbertic62233 жыл бұрын
@@katmeneer1439 You are Dutch as well. Belgium is a fake country.
@katmeneer14393 жыл бұрын
@@herbertherbertic6223 shit isn't fake if you want to know
@herbertherbertic62233 жыл бұрын
@@katmeneer1439 It is.
@katmeneer14393 жыл бұрын
@@herbertherbertic6223 i hope you got the joke
@islamandthesoul4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful Video about beautiful people. As an African living in the Netherlands, it makes me sad when i meet the youth who have no interest in science and technology. I read chemisty in high school back in Africa and studied about Van der Vaal and the covalent forces and asked myself when there was a debate to remove the statues of the the slave era. I said, why not replace these good for nothing statues with those of these great scientists to motivate and encourage this generation about what make you great? How possible should 5G be difficult for people of this great history?
@ThisIsArty3 жыл бұрын
what the hell are you talking about? i love science and history. im going to major in chemistry and everyone i know also loves science. idk in what part of the Netherlands you live but where i live people are very interested in just that
@comradep85193 жыл бұрын
i have never supported removal of statues until you brought up this great idea, so much better than the current plans
@Cecilia-ky3uw3 жыл бұрын
@timkotim i think keeping the statues is perfectly fine
@Cecilia-ky3uw3 жыл бұрын
And secondly mptivating statues are cringe and make people feel worse not better
@adifferentkindofhuman89533 жыл бұрын
Those statues symbolize the values we venerate. If we keep up statues of slave traders - leisurely, privileged gentlemen who produced nothing in their lives, only speculated and enriched themselves - then our values truly are fucked up. I don't like riots. I feel like tear gassing chimps who go around smashing and looting things, to be perfectly honest. But we should naturally replace old and rotten symbols with new and fresh ones.
@axvic4 жыл бұрын
"They named their new city Lelystad" *shows picture of Almere Centrum*. I'd know, I walk in that exact spot that the photo is taken once or twice every week when heading to the coffeeshop just out of sight on the left side. But go Flevoland! It's quite remarkable to live in a city that's younger than my parents. The buildings, the parks, the very ground is so young and you can tell. Amazing city planning, things just make sense, everything looks new and high tech. Love it!
@AlexGNR4 жыл бұрын
Dat is een grote faal in de video
@maxvandenberg9554 жыл бұрын
Wait... they photographed the train station?
@Natsukiee4 жыл бұрын
Laten we eerlijk zijn. Eigenlijk had Almere de hoofdstad van Flevoland moeten worden😉
@axvic4 жыл бұрын
@@Natsukiee Haha dat klopt :)
@d_o_o_m_e_d59394 жыл бұрын
Natsukiee ja lelystad is kut
@Jaxxobl4 жыл бұрын
Letsgo dutchies, we boutta expand our borders to australia, whos with me
@rubenproost25524 жыл бұрын
Time for a North sea polder, a Baltic polder, Mediterranean polder, Atlantic polder and a Pacific polder.
@moodymoosh4 жыл бұрын
Right here, let's go.
@RAnema-xl2cc4 жыл бұрын
We'll take britain, place our borders next to the northpole, USA, australia, and south africa
@Jaxxobl4 жыл бұрын
Yes, lets build an alliance
@ColinCartoons4 жыл бұрын
Aight
@piccolo9173 жыл бұрын
one of the things that never fails to bring me to tears is a short poem written on a memorial dedicated to both the completion of the deltawerken and the 1953 flood: hier gaan over de tij, De maan, de wind en wij Here the tide is ruled by the moon, the wind and us it's a declaration of victory over the sea that has killed and destroyed countless men, women, children, animals, plants and homes for centuries. I think you have to be Dutch to truly understand how much that means.
@dakkapel34 жыл бұрын
This video: *exists* The dutch: *patriotism activate*
@jellek19653 жыл бұрын
This is the exact mindset we need now! "Where there's a will there's a way", i.e. mission-oriented governance. Massive flooding? Gives us 20 days and we agree on building a massive dam to make sure it never happens again. I want to see those politicians back, goal-oriented not power oriented
@RiekeDobo4 жыл бұрын
For those of you wondering where all that money for the deltaworks came from: in the 1950's an enormous gas field of about 2700 billion m3 was discovered in the north of the country. This has resulted in some 250 billion euro's profit for the government to spend. Most of this has been spent on infrastructure and science projects (mainly in the south and west of the country).
@luxinos71444 жыл бұрын
I'm Dutch myself. And it's all true. It's crazy what we have accomplished...
@martialartist994 жыл бұрын
6:16 “and then they built another dam, just in case” this was so random and totally my humor 😂
@baskoning98964 жыл бұрын
Plan was to dry the surrounded piece of land, just like the flevopolder and such, but environmentalists complained about birds and eggs and fish. So we made it a nature's reserve.
@martialartist994 жыл бұрын
Bas Koning Good to know, thnx
@deborah43444 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@martialartist994 жыл бұрын
Miranda de Mos You see, he was sharing amazing plans/accomplishments, so I got more and more baffled as the video progressed. Was so amazed by everything in the first 6mins and till that point was feeling some kind of glory and power... THEN OUT OF NOWHERE “ah and then they built one more dam just in case” with this tiny black line onscreen which seemed like a joke compared to everything before that 😂 COMMON HOWS THAT NOT FUNNY
@hanisrosli54843 жыл бұрын
@@baskoning9896 good to knows,because when he said another dam for land reclamation i was like dammn leave the remain lake alone,the lake will banish its so sad😅
@tijmenn57444 жыл бұрын
it's so nice getting history lessons, and actually learning something about my own country, from an english youtube channel
@efetasgin79974 жыл бұрын
Haha daarom heb meer geleerd dan gvd 3 jaar geschiedenis op school
@fatih.a374 жыл бұрын
@@efetasgin7997 Oké niet overdrijven nu.
@efetasgin79974 жыл бұрын
Fatih Anaz over nl bedoel ik
@fatih.a374 жыл бұрын
@@efetasgin7997 Dat is ook onzin...
@efetasgin79974 жыл бұрын
Fatih Anaz nee is geen onzin ik doe mavo
@guusjepolman69924 жыл бұрын
I love how he tries to say Dutch names😂 as a Dutch person watching this i just can't stop laughing I'm sorry it so funny
@Margonite4 жыл бұрын
Hahaha ikr
@timliefferink4 жыл бұрын
Same
@F1withNick4 жыл бұрын
Jow nog een Nederlander haha
@DeleteTheElite_4 жыл бұрын
Afsloeitdijk
@rubenproost25524 жыл бұрын
I don't think he tries
@ChrisTheDude4 жыл бұрын
I am greek and i am so proud for the work they put on making this country! This is amazing, hope one day to visit this beatiful land
@marcelimthorn91153 жыл бұрын
You totally should visit. One tip : not all the exciting stuff is in amsterdam. And coffeeshops are everywhere. Not just amsterdam. Seriously, everbody goes to amsterdam for that specific stuff, but we got like thousands of them across the country.
@horowitz8680 Жыл бұрын
Sure, but first you gotta pay that multibillion-euro Tikkie we sent your way ;) You can pay with any bank in the Netherlands. Thanks!
@jcb57824 жыл бұрын
Great video. Always like to see stuff on my home country. These great construction projects always inspire me. We Dutch don’t like dream, but when we do you can be damn sure we’ll follow through.
@Yezpahr2 жыл бұрын
Nice video on my home land. All the big waterworks were discussed here, but we also have a giant network of waterways, lakes and trenches that are just holding water and let it seep into the ground, not taking it out to sea because we're under sea-level dude. We're also experimenting with generating electricity using the salt/fresh water (reversed osmosis). Every time when it rains for longer than 2 days in a row the embankments start sagging and that is usually just left to its fate. The maintenance is poorly thought out. The only things kept under constant surveillance is (are) the sea barrier(s), the rest is designed to sit for a thousand years without being touched.
@MAJmufin4 жыл бұрын
''after a housing shortage in amsterdam'' Hmmm, lets do that again. new island time
@baggiefc4 жыл бұрын
What God ???? Thére is no God . Did anny one See this God ? So wy believing in something you cant see
@Sneder4 жыл бұрын
The markermeer is still open ;p
@MAJmufin4 жыл бұрын
@@Sneder ff wat aarde in smijten
@rickvandam32384 жыл бұрын
Laten we de eilanden connecten
@baggiefc4 жыл бұрын
Rick Van Dam waarom we hebben al Kanaleneiland
@bryelop4 жыл бұрын
I don't know how I didn't find your channel earlier, but I love it!
@fillimonsamsom28624 жыл бұрын
Nederlanders are ameyzing people I love them and I respect them, they're smart respectful hardworking. I wish all of the best ❤🤝🙏make Nederlands great again. I am From Ethiopia , Ik heb zo veel geleerd van jullie Nederlands . Groetjes,Fillimon
@jupix74 жыл бұрын
I am happy that my country is like this now, and thank you Fillimon!! ❤️🇳🇱 Dutch greetings, from Rosalinde🇳🇱❤️
@balazssebestyen23414 жыл бұрын
Nice video, just one correction: the huge agricultural export is actually re-exporting the import, so it's about Netherlands' trade hub status and not its own agricultural output (which is also big for the country's size, but not comparable to bigger countries).
@tiesvanrooij27062 жыл бұрын
As far as I'm concerned we do have huge botanical export, where our tomatoes and crap are grown in these hypertechnological centrals, so we outproduce a lot of other big countries, no?
@balazssebestyen23412 жыл бұрын
@@tiesvanrooij2706 My comment always disappears, I don't know why, maybe because of the links. So here it is without links: The Netherlands is 22nd in the World in tomato production, and 6th in Europe, which is very good for the size of the country, but not 1st. Probably, the Dutch agriculture is very export oriented, it produces much more than it consumes, and has high added value (flowers, cheese etc.). Re-export makes up 28% of the total export, what is big but actually lower than what I heard earlier.
@TheLovemusicguy4 жыл бұрын
Small mistake: around 5:45 when Lelystad is mentioned, the picture shown is a picture of the city Almere. Which is in south Flevoland roughly 40 minutes from Lelystad.
@dimrrider91334 жыл бұрын
i saw it to haha
@zepp1314 жыл бұрын
Lelystad en almere zijn 1 pot nat.
@kermitthevodkafrog70394 жыл бұрын
DJ J.D.V. Grappig
@High_n_Smelly4 жыл бұрын
Scherp 🧐
@MovieMenno4 жыл бұрын
*Happy gekoloniseerd sounds
@metalvideos19614 жыл бұрын
Most Dutch drink water don't come from that lake. Only the regions around it. I live in Drenthe. And my water comes out of the ground in my own province. Same goes for Groningen and Friesland
@litchtheshinigami89364 жыл бұрын
Metal Videos same here for rotterdam.. our drinking water is filtered from the maas
@metalvideos19614 жыл бұрын
@@litchtheshinigami8936 yap i know. believe the water from amsterdam comes from the dunes at zandvoort.
@Shadowstar794 жыл бұрын
Most of North Holland drinking water comes from the dunes. Filtered over hundreds of years and as clear as water can be. It still amazes me that people buy bottled water here... it makes me mad too...
@lifelikeaglitch73434 жыл бұрын
Ik komt uit noord brabant
@dennyvanreeuwijk44704 жыл бұрын
life like a glitch kan je ook niets aan doen ;)
@fvdp47104 жыл бұрын
Now we are making the Afsluitdijk in the IJsselmeer, 2 meter higher. Because the climate chance. It will be finished around 2022. It was and is an eternal during battle against the water for the Netherlands. Lol
@MalePietje4 жыл бұрын
@Wealdend Sssshhhh. It's oké, Wealdend. It'll all be over soon ... Soon.
@sysosmaster4 жыл бұрын
Wealdend what are you on? climate.nasa.gov/news/16/rising-waters-new-map-pinpoints-areas-of-sea-level-increase/ clearly shows that the overall water level is increasing, with some places having a sea level lowering. There is no signs of tilting (there are a few places where subduction plates are lowering the levels like the western USA). Also the water temperature matters (water is smallest at 4°C) Nobody (that is a climate scientist) said the polar ice caps would be gone, they said they could be gone. (Big distinction). If you use source. Actually read them first please.
@moniquedefranca57594 жыл бұрын
Was? The sea always takes back what was hers. Never mess with nature.
@sysosmaster4 жыл бұрын
Monique De Franca maybe read it twice next time before replying. Ha Diep Said “was and is”. Not just “was”...
@AlexGNR4 жыл бұрын
@@sysosmaster my lifegoal is to become a meteorlogist. And yes ocean levels are rising at alarming rate
@ryanh36352 жыл бұрын
Fun coming across this video now. I recently went to the newest bit of fake land. Its not reclaimed, its all just "opgespoten" meaning sprayed on. Just tonnes and tonnes of sand dumped near the coast to create a new port, industrial areas, roads, beaches and wind turbines. Its called the 'Maasvlakte 2' or 'Tweede Maasvlakte.' If you're ever in South Holland (the province) check it out!
@maxvanhoutum2 жыл бұрын
Could you cover more of the 7 engineering wonders of the world? I'm loving this!
@jorandon74384 жыл бұрын
This Guy: why they didn't steal land like other country's. Indonesia: why you bully me
@GamerLord644 жыл бұрын
Yea but when we do England is always stealing it or stoping it like with New Amsterdam that is now called New York because of England
@hollandswelvaren6554 жыл бұрын
thats totaly what they said after watching this vidio
@moodymoosh4 жыл бұрын
*hides history books and VOC stuff* Yeah we didn't steal land
@Flavourfull_calvanized_steel4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣 ik ga stuk= om crying of laughter
@moniquevos4 жыл бұрын
And Indonesia stole and colonized the Molukken. So a case of the Kettler calling the pot black.
@alfosisepic2 жыл бұрын
funny really I live next to the second afsluitdijk and they have a zuiderzee museum where they teach you about building dams. my school would visit the museum and we had to build mini dams. they even have school trips with the school bus going across that dam. the sight is beautiful.
@Itzjoey20034 жыл бұрын
As a Dutch person myself I can only appreciate how well this guy pronounces everything
@ChielK2506 Жыл бұрын
He does a decent job. However he pronounces noord oost polder quite German
@hisgen014 жыл бұрын
Nice Video! May I suggest, it would have been nice if you mentioned the "Maeslantkering" or "Stormvloedkering". This is a huge storm surge barrier protecting the city of Rotterdam and surrounding land for possible floods during heavy storm. The Maeslandkering is as long as the Eiffel Tower and weighs more then four times it's weight. This barrier remains open all the time to let many ships through and only closes during floods. nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maeslantkering
@gert-janvanderlee53074 жыл бұрын
7:00 gaat over de stormvloedkering.
@Germanic-Wellness4 жыл бұрын
My grandfather worked on the Delta works
@inotfunny85064 жыл бұрын
Cool
@SatumangoTheGreat4 жыл бұрын
Just a little detail: polders are not islands, since they are at a lower level than the surrounding water, so Flevoland can not be the largest manmade island in the world. It is probably the largest polder in the world though.
@mamisinate4 жыл бұрын
Amazing! If thing goes well, I’m planning to visit Netherlands for the first time next year!! I’m so excited and even more excited after watching this video! 🤩🤩🤩
@gijskramer17024 жыл бұрын
Its not expanding the shore but shortening them so takes less maintenance
@break11464 жыл бұрын
I want to mention how odd it actually is to live in the Noordoostpolder. Mainly things that you don't think daily about. But there are no buildings actually old. The Noordoostpolder consists of a city in the middle (Emmeloord, where I live) and multiple villages on about 15km (cycling distance) surrounding it. The polder is made up of rectangular lots and consists of mainly straight roads that are named after the village they lead to (you basically can't get lost). Between that is farmland. Also, there is no nature in the Netherlands, because everything is built or maintained to such a degree. The last untouched piece of forest has been cut, I believe decades ago. Farmland is not nature, as many seem to believe. It's industry with a ridiculous high turnover and no regard for the ecology of the soil, unless it increases production. I don't know what my conclusion is, just that I hate it and I love it.
@vile242 жыл бұрын
Love how how you used the Sim City theme for ultimate immersion. Getting nostalgic.
@-xirx-3 жыл бұрын
As a native East Anglian, I have nothing but gratitude, admiration & praise for the Dutch master engineers!
@vincedhilandulay77983 жыл бұрын
They kidnapped 100s of German engineers to build this, even extorted Germany to pay for the dams.
@liammatson475 Жыл бұрын
Late comment but I was reading the comments as I too (as a South Lincolnshire native) have great respect for the Dutch engineers who built our flood defences. The district of Lincolnshire I am from, to commemorate them, is now called South Holland and the “drainage ditches” are known as “Dykes/Dijks” (not be confused with the offensive term of course). My family home sits below sea level and without the Dutch Dykes and Pumping Stations would face near annual floods! Not very well known outside of East Anglia/South Lincolnshire do to their sparse population but many of us whose families have been here for generations and have served on drainage boards have a deep gratitude for the Dutch.
@ronaldderooij1774 Жыл бұрын
@@liammatson475 Thanks! But I am sure you paid a good price for the Dutch advice.
@vijikumar20886 ай бұрын
Such an inspiring story. The amount of hardwork unity thought process that has gone into from learning implementing the best which stands testimony from the past present and the future. Salute those engineers the government and the people who made it happen. Trust me I had goosebumps. Thanks for sharing this wonderful story
@anglerfish614 жыл бұрын
we will nwever stop. we actually proposed to lay dry the entire North Sea (together with Germany) lmao
@jupix74 жыл бұрын
Well then, great Idea! I want to Border with France, the UK, Denmark!!
@SomePotato3 жыл бұрын
A year, late, but on par for the topic, we'll never get an infrastructure project of that size done in time. When the sea level rises, you better build a sea wall on the German border.
@SolidGroundElectronics4 жыл бұрын
I'm loving the Simcity 4 music during the dam build :) 3:00
@ZetaRak4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video! Always entertaining!
@Ptaku932 жыл бұрын
SimCity 4 music playing in the background is a nice touch
@JaccovanSchaik4 жыл бұрын
The picture at 5:43 is actually Almere, not Lelystad. Lelystad is the capital of the province of Flevoland but Almere is the biggest urban center, and is closest to Amsterdam.
@SpaceSpaceCat2 жыл бұрын
I love that you've put Sim City music in the background 😂
@schnauzehunter82824 жыл бұрын
No need too watch the whole video just one word. “BELASTINGDIENST”
@WumpyDumpy4 жыл бұрын
OMFG I LAUGHED SO HARD WHEN I read this
@TijsVsN4 жыл бұрын
a sentence: IK BEN EEN NEDERLANDER
@ramzifidanovski5654 жыл бұрын
Mwhahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahaha i can feel you bro
@moodymoosh4 жыл бұрын
Mood
@MaxwellEindhoven3 жыл бұрын
You can move to a sandbox country in the Middle East if you don't like to pay taxes. But you're damn sure in The Netherlands you are safe. Yes you have to pay some taxes and no, it aint nice to do so. But the money is spend well here.
@jellewiebenga64644 жыл бұрын
'Maasvlakte' in the Port of Rotterdam is also a very big project just like this which you could look into.
@karhammer2 жыл бұрын
To me there's no greater country than the Netherlands. I hope to be able to live and work there someday and if possible even make my family there.
@KindOldRaven4 жыл бұрын
Also: the Netherlands are in-cre-di-bly densely populated compared to most western countries ;p We've got less than 20 million people but when you realize just how small this piece of land is you'll see that's quite a lot to cram into such a small area. I still think we'll sink one day though, there's bound to be that one (completely unlikely, must be something like huge body from space hitting the ocean or something) tsunami or whatever that just instantly floods half the country.
@dutchgameboi28924 жыл бұрын
And then compare that to places like New Zealand which is 5 times larger but only has population of about a ¼ of NL's population
@florisrenkema13244 жыл бұрын
Dont think it's fair to state the Dutch didn't steal lands like the other European colonial powers. From the Dutch Golden Age onwards the Nederlands had control over large parts of Indonesia. The Dutch have a rich history of oversea trade and colonialism, becoming the most important country of the world in seventeenth century. Until the 19th century it was not only building but stealing as well. But very interesting video, well explained.
@bart_grasmat889 Жыл бұрын
absolutely great video lad!
@angularmovement84944 жыл бұрын
I love how dutch words are pronounced by foreigners, lol (not criticizing tho, you actually did pretty good!)
@mahamedaden72374 жыл бұрын
The British guy done it well
@TNT-km2eg2 жыл бұрын
Nice , intelligent people , non aggressive and soft . Great tradition of visual arts ( and cheese production ) both of which I'm fond of
@bobbymcbobmcbilly3224 жыл бұрын
Georgists: *SWEATING PROFUSELY*
@azzy12204 жыл бұрын
this channel is underrated and deserves so many more subscibers
@jesseroel50454 жыл бұрын
The picture when you discribe 'Lelystad' is actually Almere. The biggest of the city's in the polder
@GamerLord644 жыл бұрын
2:47 it says ( Zeehengelsport en kampeer vereniging het wad ) and it means ( Sea fishing and camping association the mudflats )
@multimapping83034 жыл бұрын
Simcity 4 soundtrack! Lovely :)
@joz66832 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of geography lessons in the late 1970's and very early 1980's.
@Tobbedans4 жыл бұрын
I am Dutch, and I did not know 80% of this info. I will go to my room now and be very ashamed...
@pnotic74163 жыл бұрын
Very interesting and entertaining video. I especially like the Sim City soundtrack. Very fitting!
@zameermursalim67524 жыл бұрын
5:46 the city you're showing is Almere
@palantir1354 жыл бұрын
Canals in cities were dug for transporting goods from the harbor to the warehouses and visa versa. They also transported water.
@peterjerman75494 жыл бұрын
Buying land on the Moon: cringe and stinky Buying unexistant land in a future polder: BASED
@nikobellic5703 жыл бұрын
Stretching the classic film footage from 4:3 aspect ratio to 16:9 has the effect of making it more blurry. Original aspect plus fancy border effects probably better, imo. Other than that, this is entertainingly presented. Seriously, who knew a video about shovelling mountains of dirt was good. Will check out ur other vids
@forestreee2 жыл бұрын
The most impressive thing about all this is that the politicians looked into the future and allowed construction of the various dams smoothly, rather than doing nothing.
@TheLouisianan2 жыл бұрын
Basically the exact opposite thing that New Orleans did. It'll be gone within the next 50 years and the Netherlands will probably lose hardly any land in that same time.
@wiesorix3 жыл бұрын
Great video! There is just one thing: it's not the rain that caused the worst floods in the Netherlands but storm surges. Strong north western winds above the north sea can push enormous volumes of water south-east, into the funnel formed by the UK on one side and France/Belgium/the Netherlands on the other. Because not all the water can fit through the English channel at once, sea levels can rise substantially during the storm. When this conincides with spring tide, water levels can be exceptionally high, causing floods not only in the Netherlands, but also in Belgium and the UK. The Netherlands are usually hit hardest just because they're the lowest, but other countries in the region have had to take measures against storm tides. For example, the Thames barrier was built partially because of this. (Also, it seems like a bad idea to protect yourself against too much rain by building dams, because they keep the water in instead of allowing it to get out.)
@ye6704 жыл бұрын
In the Netherlands we have a saying: G E K O L O N I S E E R D
@rickvandam32384 жыл бұрын
GEKOLONISEERD
@Pitbull000004 жыл бұрын
Houd je bek eens een keer , in elke fucking Engels filmpje over NL die domme gekoloniseerd comment
@nickboelhouwer83754 жыл бұрын
oh ja zeker
@michielcoppens63214 жыл бұрын
@@Pitbull00000 niet waar deze meme is grappig
@EvertCFW4 жыл бұрын
G E K O L O N I S E E R D
@XLA-zg1nn Жыл бұрын
As a half dutchie in Western Australia, this was a great video, some footage I haven't seen before
@abdelazizbouzid27974 жыл бұрын
Only one thing is missing from Holland : the FIFA world cup
@PanConQueso0013 жыл бұрын
Ok but the simcity joke, and I mean alongside the topic. *Chef’s kiss*
@nephilimcrt4 жыл бұрын
God created the world The Dutch created The Netherlands
@RenatevanStigt4 жыл бұрын
The proverb goes a little bit different: ‘God created the world but the Dutch made Holland.’ Holland lies beneath sea level. The rest of The Netherlands lies above it.
@nephilimcrt4 жыл бұрын
@@RenatevanStigt That would exclude the Flevopolder and the Deltawerken, so no.
@baggiefc4 жыл бұрын
no not true there is no god and the dutch had to rely on the workers who came to us and these people built it up
@lostintranslation83814 жыл бұрын
@@RenatevanStigt you going to try to tell me that zeeland is above sea level lmao
@DeMonotheist4 жыл бұрын
@@baggiefc je achternaam past goed bij je geloofsovertuiging. God (Allah) is er zeker of je nou wil of niet. Het complete bestaan en leven op aarde is genoeg bewijs.
@catva4 жыл бұрын
just discovered your channel can't believe you don't have over 50k subscribers O_O
@deromeme4 жыл бұрын
It wasn’t true about our drinking water tho, they have lots of other systems to supply our drinking water
@meneerluuk41904 жыл бұрын
Most is groundwater
@robertvanderzwan88594 жыл бұрын
The water to supply the water systems is coming from somewhere .rivers dunes etc depends on where you live . Chanels etc are important to keep the ground water level steady. So we are working with the water not against it .
@panbrood4 жыл бұрын
(No criticism intended) Used to be densely wooded bogs for the most part. We used up all the trees (down to 1% coverage in 1850, now back to 11%). We lowered water level to make (the top of ) bogs into (sinking) farmland. We lowered water level by mining peat. Then again lowered water level by mining (actually dredging) the last peat from the under the remaining farmland. Rivers and rising sea level (dont forget wind) gaining influence all the time... Then this video starts. ps Almere and Lacus Flevo where the names of a natural inland lake, at the actual location of Flevoland, before it became part of the Zuiderzee. So they turned that around.
@brett55424 жыл бұрын
Me watching this video rn so I don't get it in my recomended 7 years later
@StefanVeenstra4 жыл бұрын
More likely we'll be building the defenses upwards. In the Noordoostpolder there's the Waterloopbos, a forest now open to the public where the government experimented water engineering for all across the world in small. From the Zuiderzee werken to the port of Singapore, there's a lot of interest things to see and read while strolling through that forest.
@robvanlent10084 жыл бұрын
We simply running out of space! More and more people want to live here and enjoy our vision on freedom. But we are out of room. We can only go back to ask more from the sea! So ideas about, bigger airport in the sea, or floating cities are under investigation and discussing. We don't fight the water , we did then we had to pay for it by flooding rivers. Water needs room, we negotiate with big water. What do you want, where do you like to go. That keeps us dry most of the time!
@justmike-yt4 жыл бұрын
We aren’t out of room, we’re just wasting a lot of space.
@robvanlent10084 жыл бұрын
@@justmike-yt how are we wasting space please don't say by the farmers fields!
@justmike-yt4 жыл бұрын
Rob Van Lent It’s the truth tho. How else could one of the smallest countries in the world be the second biggest exporter?...
@robvanlent10084 жыл бұрын
@@justmike-yt then pandemic comes? And no farmers left? No import possible than what. Didn't you see the city state of Singapore? All Bank and buildings. No travel possible? We need our farmers! And they need space. So maybe just maybe, you can also say less people have the same results!!!
@terryterhaar74954 жыл бұрын
@@justmike-yt how you ask? Well with greenhouses they made it to the second largest export country in the world Not by fields from farmers
@avie_v4 жыл бұрын
I live in the Noordoostpolder. Fun fact. They used the debree after the bombing in Rotterdam to close the Noordoostpolder. That is why near Creil we have the "Rotterdamse hoek"
@patrickvangelder69434 жыл бұрын
And to top it all of, .... we have: Floor Jansen, Anouk, Simone Simons, Anneke van Giersbergen, Sharon den Adel, Charlotte Wessels, Zora C., all of them big voices in the rock and metalscene. U.S. culture is great, but we have the engineers and the amazones.
@autohmae4 жыл бұрын
Ahh, a person of culture I see. :-)
@Brozius25124 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Arjen Anthony Lucassen (Ayreon) 😁
@Ruben-4 жыл бұрын
Expected a way bigger channel than only 2.7k subscribers to make such quality content!
@mokongthe38563 жыл бұрын
There's no one as insane as the dutch when it comes to battling the sea 😂
@thegaelicgladiator665 Жыл бұрын
The Netherlands The real greatest nation on earth The only nation I've seen build artificial practically and efficiently I love the Netherlands and it will always remain my favorite place to go and hopefully I can move there in the future
@schmilly72934 жыл бұрын
King, you dropped your crown👑
@the_interim3 жыл бұрын
Completed 2 years ahead of schedule... Now that's something I never thought I'd hear.
@xanderschilperoort19114 жыл бұрын
0:57 i mean, we did.. we had lots of colonies
@EdbertWeisly2 жыл бұрын
Mainly in Indonesia
@melanc11322 жыл бұрын
A man who lived by the sea once insulted a Dutch person, he didn’t live near the sea anymore