How the Netherlands simulated the sea

"Build some models" seems obvious: but this is a story of ingenuity, of using natural resources well, and of a country that humans dragged from the sea.
More about Waterloopbos:
in English: www.holland.com/global/touris...
in Dutch: www.natuurmonumenten.nl/natuu...
Thanks to Dr Van Rijn and all the team at Waterloopbos, and to Lennert and Sander who both suggested this!
Edited by Michelle Martin (@mrsmmartin)
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[@TomScottGo]

When I talked to the Waterloopbos team, they said I'd be able to interview a guide: that guide turned out to be Dr Van Rijn, a world-class expert in hydrodynamics who worked there for 25 years. I am extremely grateful to him, and to all the folks there!

[@thomazk2507]

Video 1 minute ago, comment 1 week ago 🤔🤔🤔

[@JTJT-dt2ul]

@@thomazk2507 ikr

[@yasirsaheed]

1 week ago 😮

[@sannelaces8127]

Are you still in the netherlands?

[@sannelaces8127]

@@thomazk2507 it was a private vid

[@TimeTimo]

ah yes, the dutch accent, even feared by the dutch themselves

[@dagobertduck4557]

Lmaooo

[@ivarbakker4338]

😂😂

[@Eric.T.Cartman]

In su yeer toesousent ...

[@mynameissoz5892]

Yep

[@skoapiee]

Mostly feared by the dutch i would say, we hate that accent the most ironically

[@syfrah]

2030: The Netherlands have reclaimed so much of the ocean that the rest of the world starts to flood

[@justinkoldenhof9039]

That how we create jobs. we flood the rest of the world so we can build things for them. And keep doing it so they have to keep giving us money to upgrade it

[@teun6743]

That’s really not how it works lmao

[@TypicallyThomas]

I honestly believe given our constant focus on flood prevention we may well hold out longer against rising sea levels than most other countries

[@pigboiii]

Not our problem 🤷🏼‍♂️😂

[@setrice9604]

@@justinkoldenhof9039 STONKS!!!

[@lavh4406]

Putting ‘Netherlands’ in the title means 95% Dutch people and 5% foreign speaking watching this video

[@Bennieboy918]

That goes for every country

[@marcogrootjans]

It is kind of satisfying to see how proud we be.

[@lemonde3415]

Hello from Germany

[@degebeundebende993]

Definitely, and I'm not sorry

[@dadutchboy2]

engineer gaming

[@JeanPierreBro]

We simply cannot talk about the Netherlands without a professional with the most Dutchest of Dutch-English accents. I love my country :)

[@pepabacon8873]

MidnightMagnolia jup

[@lorenzoxdd]

Wie niet aa lod of spees

[@JeanPierreBro]

Wie dit mennie studdies ol over de wurld

[@gwaptiva]

The man's accent was atrocious even though his vocabulary hints at academic level reading and writing skills (apart from some major dutchisms)

[@TheEFVG]

@@gwaptiva Be proud of your accent. It is more interesting than having a middle-of-the-road English pronunciation. I love this mans accent, could listen to it for hours.

[@PavarottiAardvark]

Best fact about the reclaimed land in the Netherlands: The place where Schipol airport now is was once the site of a naval battle....

[@WickedMuis]

Haarlemmermeer, true.

[@Highlandword9]

The battle was near it but not directly where the airport is

[@shadowmanwkp]

@@inputsh A more accurate and cooler sounding name would be "ship's hollow"

[@pieter1102]

@@shadowmanwkp or "schip's hell". Words get mangled over time.

[@thegenerousdegenerate9395]

Sorry what now? Can you repeat that? I coulda swore I heard you say that planes now fly where boats once fought!.... Madness I say, utter madness!

[@jespoketheepic]

That accent was so Dutch, I kept unconsciously switching over to Dutch, only to not understand it because the words were indeed English.

[@prncye847]

Exactly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Kylllian]

Jes i dit det eswel

[@sellazlivecops777]

@@Kylllian lmaoo

[@wolkjestories2436]

Too sousand

[@photoo848]

Is it even an accent? I feel he's just going for the Dutch pronunciation every time English & Dutch have a word written the same way

[@DaVince21]

This guy has the thickest accent, yet his English is actually impeccable. You don't often see that combination. Edit: for his generation.

[@timopeters995]

the 'perpendicular' threw me off-guard lmao

[@mishkapelepczuk]

I find him easier to understand than my oma and opa and they came to Australia in 1956

[@Nardi11011]

Lots of reading (technical literature), little speaking ;)

[@jianmingliu2767]

@@mishkapelepczuk oma = grandmother and opa = grandfather

[@Nardi11011]

Well, you should say that "studies have proven" it, but I get what you mean ;)

[@Oldschool_Gamer_]

Ah, yes, the place that builds bridges so water can cross the road...

[@grandtheftautoexpert2040]

Oldschool Gamer the place that made land out of sea quite litterally

[@evathegrand]

Learned that from the Romans

[@c182SkylaneRG]

You know there's a structure like that right at the entrance to The Magic Kingdom in Florida?

[@dionysdumbasschannel7772]

A Q U A V I A D U C T

[@civiere]

@@dionysdumbasschannel7772 aquaduct, without via.

[@jibster5903]

Here's your fun fact of the day from a Dutch guy: this place was flooded with people during the pokemon go era.

[@Fiyaaaahh]

"flooded", I like it!

[@autohmae]

flooded, punny. :-)

[@ruv1610]

As a current pokemon go player, i’d like to know what happened.

[@jibster5903]

@@ruv1610 there were basically a lot of pokemon to catch, there was even a report of someones phone being stolen becuz they were playing pokemon go there.

[@kavertia6261]

Just like Scheveningen? Whatever happened to that pikachu they placed there, anyway?

[@smnoy23]

I feel as far as national stereotypes go, the Dutch lucked out with “they are all excellent hydrological engineers”

[@smnoy23]

They also go crazy for tulips and windmills, but who doesn’t!

[@DavidvdGulik]

@@smnoy23 when the land reclamation really started to get up to speed in the 16th century. Windmills were used to pump out the water. Hence all the windmills. The Dutch found out very quickly that very few things will actually grow in newly reclaimed seafloor soil. Except for tulips, they thrive in those conditions. So it's not that we're particularly crazy about to tulips, it's more that when we learned about it we just thought, "well, let's make some money with tulips then"

[@imageez]

@@smnoy23 didn't tulips screwed everyone in the past because it was expensive until everyone grown it to the point it's not worth anything?

[@qwertyTRiG]

@@imageez Tulips = NFTs.

[@lottekomkommer]

Even though when we were abroad with school a lot of people wanted drugs from us... We are kinda like the waterbenders of the real world though...

[@Jeffrey-qh4dd]

2:05 ‘Hier we have a natural water drop of about vijf mieters’ - dutch people Will understand

[@Commandelicious]

Dutch double letters like IJ are super interesting.

[@Tobi-pp2wz]

@@Commandelicious We also use a lot of oe's Koe Moe Doe etc.

[@blazingblast]

@@Tobi-pp2wz ik sla je met een schoen

[@hendrik457]

@@Commandelicious didnt know that was a special thing about us.

[@dutchkenian6262]

@@Commandelicious We have 3 Y’s in the Netherlands, the short “ei” the long “ij” and the greeks “y”

[@iclaimthisname9767]

"Too sousond" Nice. This dude has the thickest Dutch accent I've ever heard, especially considering his good vocabulary.

[@JoeriSmit123]

Knowing English is one thing, but speaking it is different cook

[@mananasi_ananas]

@@JoeriSmit123 Another biscuit*

[@akka9089]

@@mananasi_ananas r/woooosh

[@Madhattersinjeans]

@@akka9089 I like hearing the waves too. wooosh, woosh. They go. Woosh, woosh. wwwrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. woooosh. wwwwrrrrrrrrrrr. wooooosh.

[@Knakkerman-]

@@mananasi_ananas r/wooosh

[@hirvielain9013]

Tom travelling around Europe exposing regional accents.

[@greenstonegecko]

heb jij iets tegen mensen die geen engels spreken?

[@greenstonegecko]

volgende keer dat ik naar amerika ga, ga ik daar ook mensen nederlands doen praten om dan te lachen met hun accent :) Grappig niet

[@diddy_dante]

@@greenstonegecko het is maar een grapje

[@tijnv.d.w8007]

@@greenstonegecko Hij spreekt toch wel degelijk Engels hoor, het accent is hetgene dat opvallend is. Denk na voordat je onaardig gaat doen.

[@greenstonegecko]

Melkmakker ah het was als grap bedoelt , niet onaardig! sorry voor de verwarring . ik zal beter moeten nadenken int vervolg

[@kylenetherwood8734]

"How should we stop the floods?" "Water loop, boss."

[@s_vb2220]

bos means forrest in dutch water run forrest

[@delieplay]

Nice last name

[@slippinjimmy5683]

Boss is actually an Anglicization of the Dutch word "baas".

[@amanofculture2991]

@@slippinjimmy5683 isn't baas that one fish?

[@NaakteMolrattenZijnCool]

@@slippinjimmy5683 cookie is based on koekje

[@johnmccnj]

The Dutchies are going to do quite well out of any future ocean level rises: "Saaay, that's a nice coastal city you've got there. For a small ongoing fee, we'll protect it from the ocean for you."

[@lolindirlink]

Dutch Engineers have already traveled the world. (As have German or British Engineers for that matter) for their own obvious reasons and so on. :D

[@Dani-it5sy]

Yea they often say: The Dutch are going to struggle when sea levels rise. Ehh. No we are not.. At least not very soon.

[@harrypjotr4987]

Engineers from around the world already come here fairly regularly to learn how we do it, but i'm afraid we don't get much (if any at all) money for it.

[@Dylan-ci3lz]

Gouden eeuw part 2 soon to come?

[@potorius7877]

@@Dylan-ci3lz niet als het aan broeder hugo ligt

[@thelegend8570]

Everyone: **Finds land, builds on it** The Dutch: **Finds water, builds on it** Everyone: ???

[@1D10CRACY]

And now we know where New Orleans got the idea....

[@enricobianchi4499]

what an awful meme format, god i hate the youtube comments

[@IgnoreMyChan]

The legend says it.

[@IgnoreMyChan]

@@enricobianchi4499 This is not only on KZbin ;-)

[@TheRealGirlWeeb]

@@IgnoreMyChan TheLegend27?

[@SolarWebsite]

Interesting that it takes a Brit to point out interesting spots in my own country. Thank you!

[@Ryanape]

Same XD

[@j025hasseenalot6]

Der Stock dat is inderdaad interessant

[@knightshousegames]

Your people are too busy making large structures to make a video about the large structures they make.

[@odw32]

@@SeBi-lv3de I'll trade you one beach for one mountain, and you can have a canal for a piece of the black forest. We are lacking some high cliffs and old trees here 😞

[@tallbeard7111]

Inderdaad, en dan te bedenken dat ik in dat andere stuk polder woon en voor het eerst hiervan hoor :).

[@deepfriedgamer5586]

I don’t know how it is arranged in other countries but in the Netherlands we also have mandatory swimming lessons in school because our country is so full of water.

[@lolindirlink]

Ironically because when there's a flood it's super dangerous to swim in it, And while part of the swimming lessons is "Swimming fully dressed", There's no exercise for having your legs strapped in trash or seaweed and such :') So 99% of the actual use-case of having learned to swim, is completely recreational! :D Yay!

[@frosty2975]

@@lolindirlink The mandatory swimming lessons are more to do with the safety of children swimming in public places. It reduces the chances of drowning. And there are cases were they are tought to swim with clothes on. I remember when I was taking swimming lessons as a kid, that I was asked to put on old clothes next week for swimming. Plus the chances of survival during a flood with someone who knows how to swim vs someone who doesn't is also a major difference.

[@vatsk]

I thought every country got mandatory swimming class... In Belgium we have it too

[@joelmc4811]

We do in England aswell

[@chessergamer1938]

Not mandatory at school or in general, I took swimming lessons but it was completely apart from my school. Also there are still people here that never took swimming lessons while they lived here there whole life. (and yes I am Dutch of course, I wouldn't be saying this if I was not)

[@Zogger568]

The ocean: *exists* The Dutch: How dare you.

[@Metal73Mike]

FYI There is no ocean near The Netherlands, we have the North Sea, with an average depth of 30 meters ;-)

[@ValleysOfRain]

@@Metal73Mike The North sea is a marginal sea of the Atlantic. Marginal seas being a partially enclosed (by islands or peninsulas) division of an ocean. The Netherlands is still next to the Atlantic ocean.

[@Metal73Mike]

@@ValleysOfRain The essential difference between oceans and seas is that oceans are massive saline water bodies that exist on the Earth's surface while seas are vast saline waters that are either connected or not connected to the ocean. The terms oceans and seas are often used interchangeably since they almost mean the same thing. It is, therefore, necessary to note these differences while talking about seas and oceans. Seas are usually smaller and less deep than oceans. In addition, seas and oceans host different kinds of marine animals. While aquatic species are generally abundant in the sea, they are generally less plentiful in the oceans.

[@larsswig912]

*cries in Maldives*

[@scythal]

@@Metal73Mike and there are plans to dam that too!

[@debries1553]

Dutch people calling out other Dutch people for their Dutch accent, huh. As a Dutch person, I felt I had to call that out.

[@CaptainIcebeard]

That's kinda common, though, right? No one is bothered by Dutch accents as much as the Dutch are.

[@caseykuilman9307]

Dunglish is objectively the best accent in the world.

[@fennograas]

Yes wie duts piepol lijk toe doe that because it sounds ferry funny

[@mikaelengstrom6639]

No worries. A ton of fellow Finns were complaining about our English in the previous videos related to Finland. I like the Dutch accent, btw:)

[@marie_icetea49]

i call you out

[@NateandNoahTryLife]

Dutch engineers really outdo themselves. They’ve literally changed the earth.

[@Mike-oz4cv]

It seems to be mostly a matter of scale and effort/money.

[@mauz791]

These people are waterbenders fr

[@FinnT730]

Well, we just need to hope that others will note of it, and one day can do the same.

[@Jujc]

Michael K the Netherlands build it themselves. The time of the voc etc. The country is small but they still managed to overcome all sorts of things. They deserve some spotlight

[@DaL33T5]

New York City, their former colony, is gonna need their help soon.

[@enzymef4387]

Netherlands gets flooded. The Dutch: *dam it!* :D

[@fekl0416]

WHY THE JOKE but its a good one :>

[@fekl0416]

im only 11 months to late

[@enzymef4387]

@@fekl0416 hey, at least "thatOneGuy" and 26 others appreciates it. So thanks! :D

[@astifeux5787]

they flanked us

[@samsunguser3148]

punny

[@woepdiecat]

i love how every single video with ''the netherlands'' in the title or ''dutch'' in it just gets flooded with dutch people.

[@cogspace]

> Flooded I sea what you did there.

[@woepdiecat]

@@cogspace good at least someone drowns in tears from laughing :3

[@Siebje]

IT'S THE LAW!!

[@sellazlivecops777]

@regret A.B true

[@nidgithm]

probably the youtube algorithm

[@Nadia1989]

"I've been in meetings where they fight over every centimetre of the block". As someone who attends multiple planning meetings, I can relate

[@WIckedOmenOfThunder]

Same in electronic, but then every mm :/

[@Quantum-Bullet]

WickedOmenOfThunder nm in smaller electronics.

[@QoraxAudio]

pm in even smaller electronics.

[@wesleyschrijver6130]

Everyone in the comments: "As a Dutch person..."

[@grunzjr6019]

It is highly annoying, indeed.

[@arcanics1971]

A gentleman in Amsterdam told me that I sounded like a Frenchman doing a bad impersonation of a very quiet German when I try to speak Dutch. I took it as a compliment because it sounded much worse to me.

[@luukvanloo7195]

Damn straight

[@ptsg]

As a Dutch person... ... I have to agree.

[@Madhattersinjeans]

How dare the Dutch people try and comment on a video about the dutch.

[@adamgonzales8677]

Venice: we live above and on the sea water Netherlands: "we don't do that here"

[@dicknr1]

The dutch have such a city as well only reachable by boats. So its not like venice only has that.

[@mw3609]

We manage water so well, we've literally pulled an entire province out of the depths of the Southern Sea in 1918.

[@theramendutchman]

And were planning to turn the whole Southern Sea into Even More Netherlands but international nature protection organisations wouldn't let us... Understandably

[@pabz3218]

And there is a plan for a worst case scenario to polderize the entire north sea and connect England to NL, though that is only to show how bad global warming is.

[@tardvandecluntproductions1278]

Almost, we already had Urk. A place we want to put back into the ocean.

[@gekkehansie]

we even put water in pipes and let that water flow throughout the whole country, into every house and building......just because we can....

[@MonodelBuilder]

Rest of the world: fighting WWI Netherlands: Imma raise some land instead

[@SaraWolffs]

For anyone wondering: "waterloopbos" can be quite literally translated as "watercourse forest". And yes, Tom's pronunciation was correct.

[@elimg.3684]

Eh, it's sortof correct. Still a bit crooked

[@needn5796]

XD

[@Breax14]

It was even better than Dr van Rijn's pronounciation at some points.

[@Kaarssteun]

@@Breax14 gasten, eerst even inademen en blij zijn dat een brit de w, a en o goed kon uitspreken

[@Mandragara]

Literally it means water walk forest

[@TheRealGirlWeeb]

Every time you come to the Netherlands, I, being a Dutch person, wonder how you'll pronounce the Dutch words. I honestly think you're doing quite well.

[@JochemKuijpers]

It doesn't help that the Dutch presenter is changing his pronunciation of Dutch words in English though

[@TheRealGirlWeeb]

@@JochemKuijpers True. I was like "Tom does better than a native Dutch"

[@CaptainIcebeard]

@@JochemKuijpers It's too bad. We have few people that can't speak English well at all, then we have a lot of people like this expert who has the vocabulary but absolutely not the pronunciation. Luckily, I think most of us have both vocabulary and pronunciation. But most of us don't have the expertise this guy does.

[@mat2468xk]

Tom Scott studied linguistics (I think).

[@jpe1]

~[Ματ2468χκ] you are correct, Tom has a bachelor’s degree in linguistics. [insert cunning linguist joke here]

[@j_ordinary4252]

Dutch professor: speaks proper English Everyone: do a Dutch accent! Dutch professor: so dis is wat we call de waterloop

[@safe-keeper1042]

Tom Scott has a knack for finding the Remarkably Foreign Guy with the strongest local accent for his videos.

[@Qarnix]

Water: Exists Dutch: G E K O L O N I S E E R D

[@Airborne637]

ZEG MAKKER

[@ryanleeuwis1602]

@@Airborne637 kokosnoten zijn geen specerijen

[@woutertje026]

S P E C E R I J E N ?

[@prinssdgunofficial2400]

W A A R S P E C E R I J E N

[@Feie]

W A S H A N D J E

[@AnimilesYT]

I recently came across a study which was talking about the amount of people who would have to deal with a flood at least once a year if the climate keeps changing. At some point it said that it didn't take the Netherlands into account, which I thought was rather hilarious.

[@MinorZero]

Reminds me of another comment when talking about water rise when someone pointed out contrary to what many videos say you shouldn't worry about them since they are used to dealing with it, it is the other countries that will drown because they have no clue how to handle it.

[@Roozyj]

I do suppose that other river deltas like Bangladesh and maybe the area around New Orleans will have more difficulty indeed.

[@markfryer9880]

I wouldn't call being flooded out as hilarious. Quite the opposite in fact. Flood water presents many dangers and also in the mess left behind.

[@AnimilesYT]

@@markfryer9880 You're totally right about that. The study I was talking about didn't take the Netherlands into account because a large part, if not most, of the Netherlands is already below sea level. But instead of losing land to the sea, we actually gained land by building dykes and draining the inside. There is even a saying "God created the universe. But the Dutch created the Netherlands". So, the study didn't take the Netherlands into account because it would break their model. That was the part I found rather hilarious :) Hopefully this clears it up a bit :D

[@benedicta8237]

I see a lot of Dutch here are proud of their country and they should be! As an 'outsider' who's a student of ocean engineering, I always adore the Netherlands for their brilliant engineering of the sea. Hope one day I can study there

[@c182SkylaneRG]

As a former kid who loved digging little rivers in the sand at the beach and running water through them (and who still enjoys playing with, and simply watching, the snowmelt making small seasonal streams along roadsides and through the woods), this seems like it would have been a dream job, and something that computers, while making objectively better and easier, also completely ruined.

[@BrokenCurtain]

Archeologists will be flabbergasted when they rediscover the remains of this structure about 1000 years in the future and can't figure out its purpose.

[@grandtheftautoexpert2040]

BrokenCurtain if there will be a 100 years

[@jjc5475]

ritual or religious purposes, obviously.

[@RobertShippey]

It will then be down to digital archaeologists to rediscover this video to figure it all out.

[@Andrea-xs4ny]

BrokenCurtain - You mean when they discover it at the bottom of the ocean...? ;-)

[@MrCow579]

They won't have that issue, modern day's data saving will prevent any loss of such knowledge

[@CarthagoMike]

Some of the former isles are still islands in a cultural sense, as those on Urk can surely attest to.

[@justjustin7060]

Fun fact: because of all the incest there, Urk is like the Alabama of the netherlands

[@Dockhead]

@@justjustin7060 lmao what? really?

[@reksie7816]

@@Dockhead no. Alabama isn't even that high in incest

[@korenn9381]

@@Dockhead no actual incest, but many intermarriages between the same families over the centuries, has the same effect as incest. Many genetic diseases.

[@NotMeInc]

WOAR AL MAAR DAN DUUZEND JOAREN

[@2424Lars]

I just visited the Waterloopbos today because of this video! Thank you Tom for introducing me to this little gem of my country that I had never heard of before!

[@AnimalzyNL]

Awesome to see you do a video about this. I actually did a school project on the "Noordoostpolder" (the place where waterloopbos is located) recently, and its quite cool to see you make a video about this. I reckon waterloopbos is something many Dutch people don't know about, let alone the rest of the world, so it's nice to see you share this interesting project with the rest of the world.

[@jamescameron-clarke2560]

Lex Luthor - You can print money, manufacture diamonds and people are a dime a dozen, but people will always need land. It's the one thing we aren't making anymore. The Dutch - Hold my beer.

[@lintycarcass]

Hold my beer more like Hold my terrible accent

[@paulweerheim]

@@lintycarcass joe are just jeloes that u cant understend us yes

[@MrTurbo_]

@@lintycarcass that's just the older generation.... hm, and basically everyone with lower education, and quite a bit of other people as well, nevermind

[@Awesomenes4L]

Hold my stroopwafel

[@spicybaguette7706]

Hold my frikandelbroodje

[@mirjanbouma]

My country! Yes, the Dutch are well known for our skills in water management. We're not usually that patriotic, but in this instance, I'm quite proud of our skills.

[@isaiahdaniels5643]

Patriotism is a blessing and is oft conflated with jingoism. Your country is home to so many engineering marvels. I would be proud and feel no shame. Your marvels reflect your culture, which in small part starts with the individual. The Dutch society is strong to have accomplished what they have.

[@mirjanbouma]

@@isaiahdaniels5643 thank you very much. I'm unfamiliar with jingoism, but I'll look it up.

[@hueban1643]

@@mirjanbouma think basically every dictatorship ever and you have jingoism

[@valentijnbeetz]

Were not patriotic.... every video about the Dutch is littered with Dutch people in the comment section. what are you on about😂😂

[@mirjanbouma]

@@valentijnbeetz doorgaans niet, behalve als het om voetbal gaat. Goede username trouwens!

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

Dutchman: I assure you, you are not being taken in the maling. Me: Make that the cat wise.

[@alexrox321]

Hey Tom, I just wanted to let you know you are honestly my #1 favourite channel. You always show off really interesting places, facts and everything else and no-one else brings content as rich as yours so consistently!

[@jtb6324]

Fun fact: Van Rijn is Dutch for "Of the Rhine". Fitting, ain't it?

[@nvwest]

JT B just wanted to comment it 😂

[@friedmule5403]

Fun fact two: nearly nobody understand the language, but most like how strange and nice it sounds:-)

[@metropod]

"Nominative determinism"

[@djsilversun]

@@friedmule5403 that's completely wrong, if you speak German or/and English you can easily understand a lot of written Dutch

[@grecolonsvila]

@@friedmule5403 Fun fact, Dutch is the easiest language to learn coming from English.

[@JonathanH21]

Well, we all know whats going to happen now the Netherlands is in the title. G E K O L O N I S E E R D

[@Yoeri22]

Zeg makker

[@fennograas]

@@Yoeri22 S P E C E R I J E N

[@mahj]

Hondefluit.

[@fennograas]

@@mahj koeien bel?

[@TimDaOne]

Engels alstublieft

[@Erik-pk8rw]

Fact: Biggest part of the viewers are dutch. Dus iedereen hier zit engels te typen voor jan doedelzak.

[@fableagain]

XD

[@MinorZero]

Oefenen. We have to keep de reputatie dat we all know engels very well hoog!

[@xanderanderson6673]

Wie bitte

[@pigboiii]

@@fableagain nou nou, je hoeft Jan Doedel niet meteen een zak te noemen hoor. Niet zijn schuld dat we allemaal netjes in het engels schrijven.

[@Roozyj]

Het is leuk voor Tom als hij de reacties onder zijn eigen video kan lezen, mocht hij daar ooit aan toe komen ;)

[@JeremiCzarnecki]

Not only is this an immensely interesting place I didn't know about in my favourite European country, but also the clip is in a delightful Dutch accent! Tom, you make the best videos!

[@PaulLemars01]

Thanks Tom, I grew up on Canvey Island in Essex. The reason it's an Island and not a tidal mudbank is the Dutch turned up and made it.

[@nfboogaard]

Amazing... I read that a third of the street names on Canvey Island have Dutch origins because of the Dutch workers that got property on the island in turn for building the dykes.

[@beriorgar]

I'm from the Netherlands, and i never knew this existed. thank you Tom, for teaching me about my own country

[@VykthorKnight]

This channel has got to be the best thing KZbin ever recommended to me.

[@KarenDian1]

I have always had the utmost admiration for brilliant minds... the doers and builders of the world. And this is why I enjoy this awesome channel. Thank you!

[@widget3672]

When you take something out of nature's hands, realise it's now in yours.

[@hkr667]

Disagree. Nature has the power to claim it back anytime. The only thing in our hands is our own survival. Nature doesn't care much either way.

[@widget3672]

@divorcedme Nature persists far beyond us, but are we not a part of nature?

[@Bennieboy918]

@@hkr667 nature isn't some magical thing it has to abide by physics like us

[@hkr667]

​@@Bennieboy918 Sure, but you forget 2 things. 1. Nature isn't one living species, it's all of it together. If a thousands species die this second, nature doesn't care, it is still nature and it still exists. If one species, the human race, dies, then we would care. 2. Time. Nature doesn't experience time. It has millions or billions of years to claim anything back. We can destroy whatever we want. Eventually there is a huge chance the human race will perish. Nature just takes a few million years to recover and keeps on going.

[@Bennieboy918]

@@hkr667 you said that nature can take it back anytime you're contradicting yourself now

[@Trazynn]

-2019: Water 2019: ALBLASSERWAARDPOLDER

[@StephenC050]

I need to hire a Dutch engineer to come and sort out my waterlogged back garden! I’m so glad you aren’t just another KZbin phone unboxing tech reviewer, I learn so much about the world from you.

[@Laluan]

I ride the train that passes that structure. Great to see you there Tom.

[@Kanbei11]

At this rate I wouldn't be surprised if the Dutch reclaimed Dogger Bank

[@NLJeffEU]

Know what your whising for :p

[@FirefoxisredExplorerisblueGoog]

Sssh, don't let the English know.

[@jips5522]

@@FirefoxisredExplorerisblueGoog They'll claim it as their own.

[@emielvandersloot]

There are actually dutch government plans to build a couple islands there to serve as a hub for wind energy and possible future hydrogen plants.

[@SV-mc1jq]

@@emielvandersloot Came here to say this. The Dutch goverment, along with the British and other national goverments plan to create a couple of islands for collection and transmission of offshore wind power.

[@nvwest]

Dr. Leo van Rijn has one of the best Dutch accents I heard in a while 😊 Always happy when you visit my country, especially when it’s about water or bridges.

[@scythal]

water: **exists** Some random tulip-loving hagelslag-eating bois: K O L O N I S E R E N H E T O V E R Z E E S

[@SH-ms3bj]

Don't forget their stroopwafel hunger

[@prncye847]

The slags always taste nice

[@mariekejee18]

Thank you for covering the Waterloopbos! I'm very excited to visit it myself now.

[@Tw-zu5oh]

Should’ve really let know you were in the Netherlands. You have a big ammount of fans here.

[@LeifNelandDk]

Tom's too busy for fans ;-) If you want to meet him, you need to have something interesting. He's said that in a previous video.

[@julkabulka4]

Thank You so much, Tom, for making videos about The Netherlands. I have recently moved in here and it helps me find out things I would have never thought of googling :)

[@OlanKenny]

This was really interesting! Dr Van Rijn really did an awesome job of explaining it.

[@bramhartveld]

This makes me so proud to be a part of the Dutch team as I have studied land and Watermanagement

[@Mastermindyoung14]

Read that as "neanderthals" and was amazed that they could simulate the ocean 😂

[@hkr667]

That's not an insult, that's how I feel about many of my fellow countrymen.

[@LetsGoGetThem]

The neanderthals were much smarter than what has been stereotyped about them.

[@firstnamelastname-we6rt]

@@LetsGoGetThem Just to go a bit more philosophical for no reason: neanderthals lived harmoniously in their environment for hundreds of thousands of years before we showed up. It would be surprising to me if our 'intelligent' species could last as long.

[@McLegg]

Same difference

[@JackDSparrow]

so not just me.... 😄

[@simskii.]

prob 90% of the comments are dutch ppl being happy.

[@607]

How about you? :D

[@covid_chan9711]

Yes

[@sariyanta]

Beautifully made as always.

[@VirtualTurtleGames]

Cool to see video about my own country again! Very interesting stuff, didn't know they build these smaller scale models. Thanks Tom!

[@Blendeture]

Seriously nice shot at the end with that leaf going over the falls!

[@sethrothz]

2 million! Well done Tom!!

[@mousetvalerie]

Congrats on 2 million subs my guy! May your shirts be read and your citations be needed.

[@andrewbradley8047]

Love watching these videos. So much education is short, interesting bursts. Keep it up Tom, BudumTssss!

[@Wordsnwood]

Okay, Tom, you did great on the pronounciation. Now lets see you eat some double zoute drop...

[@zapfanzapfan]

I've been to those gates. They have a lovely museum there with very committed guides, they kept open an hour past normal closing time for me and my friends when we visited.

[@powerfulefteling]

Hello from the Netherlands, always nice to hear about people being here!

[@renkoloef7568]

Currently studying Civil Engineering in Arnhem and learning a lot about the things brought up in this video. Very cool! Also great accent on Mr. van Rijn, super Nederlands.

[@kylian921]

G E K O L O N I S E E R D

[@DeadlyTeije]

[Kylian] dankje, die had ik nodig

[@JustDeiz]

Zeg makker

[@meglestus]

kokosnoten zijn geen specerijen

[@thedutchgamesking8695]

sws

[@jurnelissen7261]

* insert hiddema die:"ik had jullie al verwacht" zegt *

[@TheRealKuif]

That's 5KM from my house, how cool! I've been there on many walks. Thanks Tom for taking a look and sharing this. And in response to other comments, great representation of the Dutss Accent(tm) indeed haha

[@DonQuiKong]

Dr Van Rijn gave a fantastic interview

[@Tony.H03]

Omg I didn't know this existed, and I lived quite near there. Definitely going on an exploration date there! Thanks Tom ♡

[@leopold7562]

Most of the world: "The sea levels are rising! It must be global warming!" USA: "Nah, it's not that, it must be something else." Netherlands: "No, it's definitely global warming. Hey, who wants to see our newest runway?" Denmark: "Didn't this used to be water?" Netherlands: "Nope, no idea what you're talking about." UK: "Yes it did! It was part of our fishing zone!" Norway: "No, it was, but then we took it off you." UK: "Oh yes, so you did. Bastards!" France: "What were we talking about again?" Netherlands: "Wine lake" The Netherlands whistles to itself and saunters off...

[@Healermain15]

Some countries build islands to claim new territorial waters. We just move the beach forward and turn it into a new canal system.

[@nikitamalikov6683]

@@Healermain15 if china wants to claim the south china sea they can *damn* *well* *just* *make* *it* *south* *china* .

[@markvanderknoop131]

@@nikitamalikov6683 they already do so.

[@gcewing]

You've successfully defended the Netherlands against everything nature can throw at it, reached the final level, and now you have to face... the Water Loop Boss.

[@l.ppumba3577]

Thank you tom Scott!

[@TheElvisnator]

Congratulations on 2 Million subs, Tom!

[@EllisPedersen]

And this here is why you go to engineering school in the Netherlands

[@SoniaOReilly]

Congratulations on 2 millions subscribers !! i only joined a couple of months ago and i've been watching sooo much of your old videos i really love them! you're so smart and interesting :)

[@gigglysamentz2021]

Dr van Rijn is great I love it!

[@giovannikleine]

Best vid I saw from you. Greatness

[@arwahsapi]

The sinking Jakarta: "We need the Dutch back"

[@roodborstkalf9664]

Learn from Lagos, a comparable city to Jakarta. They had similar problems and it is now solved.

[@maartenj.vermeulen900]

Ini yg benar, tapi solusi harus mulai dng orangnya tinggal di Jakarta harus berhenti bangun gedung tinggi terus krn terlalu berat. Juga harus berhenti simpan semua sampah di sungai Ciliwung. Krn Belanda sdh ada pikiran solusi untuk Jakarta. Tp mentalitas orang Indonesia perlu ganti. Yg ll orang Belanda bangun banyak kanal di Batavia. Waktu merdeka orang Indonesia tutup semua kanal ini untuk air. Tidak pintar ya? Dan skg sering amat ada banjir.

[@veneering4128]

Joking about the genocides commited by the Dutch isn't funny

[@markknoop6283]

@@roodborstkalf9664 Deltarus came up whit the solutions for Lagos.

[@danii8307]

@@veneering4128 if it weren't for those genocides i wouldn't be here tho

[@laurasanchez7105]

2:24 With certain sections KUT out

[@QualityCarp]

KUT

[@YeeSoest]

Dutch people speaking any language are fun, this was both exceptionally educational and hilarious! Thank you SO much:)

[@TheNightwalker247]

Great video as always.

[@MegaCombatGamers]

I love it when you create videos on the Netherlands because every time you post one, I learn something new about my own country! Thanks!

[@lukassnakeman]

its like if new orleans was well planned

[@mirjanbouma]

When hurricane Katrina happened, I could only watch the news in disbelief. What kind of water defense was that even. It was hopelessly inadequate.

[@stephenm.stouter2238]

If the Dutch built it instead of the French

[@pietervanderzwaan4295]

Mother nature laughs at men but the dutch laughs at mother nature and says G E K O L O N I S E E R D

[@meisjeViv]

Thanks to this video I went to visit the Waterloopbos and it was really cool! Definitely an underrated landmark

[@herooww2572]

I love seeing a video of my own country with information even i didnt know haha great vid!!! Keep it upp

[@midorishiwa]

As most countries slowly lose land to the ocean as sea levels rise, the Dutch slowly gain land to the ocean as their engineers gain knowledge. Soon the Netherlands will be the biggest country on Earth.

[@s6th795]

Tom, please tell me you have enough footage for a 1 hour relaxing sounds of waterloopbos video!

[@EpicCooki]

when i saw the title i already thought of this place never knew a youtuber made a video about it. As someone who is a residence in kraggenburg and lives next to Voorstebos its really nice to see a video about this because its a bit hidden away and it has much history

[@BrawnyFanta]

This has got to be one of the top 5 most fascinating places Tom has been and told us about.

[@dunc71]

One of your top 5...