Taken from the Sea | Dutch Province of FLEVOLAND

In their war against the sea, the Dutch have taken an entire new province from what was the Zuiderzee. Flevoland in the Netherlands is the largest land-reclamation project in the world and is larger than Bahrain or County Dublin. Some former islands and towns such as Urk and Schokland are now surrounded by land. How did they construct the polders and how did the plan the cities, agriculture, transport and economy of the new Flevoland province of the Netherlands?
As the Dutch saying says "God created the world, but the Dutch created the Netherlands".
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[@GeographyWorld]

Merry Christmas everyone!

[@adamj6105]

Merry Christmas, GW!

[@JamesKerLindsay]

Merry Christmas, Geography World!

[@ipadair7345]

happy christmas sorry for being late

[@MrAdriancooke]

I have a huge admiration for The Netherlands in general and for the creation of Flevoland in particular: absolutely awesome achievement 👍

[@max__pain]

Interesting video, the Netherlands is an impressive country. Hello from a fellow Corkman, watching this in Cafe Eco ;-)

[@JamesKerLindsay]

Another great video. Have been looking forward to it. Such a fascinating topic. We hear about the land reclamation, but I never knew how it was done. Thanks. I hope all is well at your end.

[@briocheoleary5043]

I never knew about the new islands.. do you have any good links to info on them. Cheers. Loved the video . Did you see : The Tim Travellers video on climbing the highest peak in flevoland..

[@GeographyWorld]

I did watch The Tim Traveller's video. I loved the silly but great idea of climbing the 7 metre mountain! For links to information, I left some in the description of the video.

[@stevewells5450]

Amazing feat of reclamation by dutch engineers no horizons with the ever improvement and scientific knowledge they have.hats off to solving the abyss.

[@bywd]

Very interesting! always love to hear other peoples view of our little country (especially since I was born in Lelystad). Awesome to hear how your dutch pronunciation is beter than that of ANY english speaker I have heard so far (and I've heard many)

[@historicallyaccurate2880]

Great video so happy you uploaded

[@whatshouldidowithmychannel]

I first knew about the province of Flevoland in 2017 from Kids Learning Tube's Netherlands song, but I never knew how it was formed before I watched this video.Your videos are very interesting, keep up the good work!

[@samuelvdlh2200]

Really interesting video thanks! (P.s. your pronunciation of the Dutch words was not bad :P)

[@Mr_Man12344]

Nice video! Also, this was somehow posted on my last birthday.

[@jeanionesco7472]

If you go on google maps by the wexford/wicklow border you'll see a part of wexford sticking into wicklow just look

[@Bolognabeef]

Isn't Lelystad on the southern polder? Also aren't the delta works on the West of the Netherlands, not the east?

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[@GeographyWorld]

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[@georgedc80]

Nice video. A little point of feedback: The deltaworks are not located in the south east but the south west of the netherlands 😊

[@BundsKanzler]

I live in Almere!

[@mikezwaneveld5734]

Me too

[@letheas6175]

Nice video! It seems you've done your research, really nice! Greetings from Flevoland (Ps: Love living there, the only downside is the fact that I hate Almere with a fierce passion. But hey, every province or region has their downsides right!)

[@BundsKanzler]

Lelystad is boring and anything else the best city in Flevoland IS Almere

[@letheas6175]

@@BundsKanzler Lelystad isn't boring, it has, by a large amount, the biggest influence on Flevoland's tourism. I believe it was around 38 percent and Almere at 20%. This is because of the lack of, literally any, big attraction in Almere, something which is absolutely mind-boggling for a city so big. Needless to say, you're wrong. Ps: Not trying to defend Lelystad here though, my favorite place in Flevoland is Zeewolde.

[@BundsKanzler]

@@letheas6175 are you even dutch?

[@letheas6175]

@@BundsKanzler Yes, I mean, obviously? It's such a Dutch thing to do, to hate on Almere. It's literally all over Dumpert, KZbin, even in the media on TV (also various shows including ZML, Klikbeet) not saying that's the reason why I dislike Almere. Because as I said, that has to do with the lack of attractions (also the lack of green areas/forests/and such. Which has been steadily decreasing even before the decision to sacrifice scarce park areas for Floriade) it's a city that very much feels like the density of other randstad/vinex cities, but without the benefits of it being in a highly urbanised environment (such as attractions or touristic spots). I do like the mobility system and some of the buildings (the WTC) though. It's not a terrible city, I just dislike it that's all. To each their own, right?

[@BundsKanzler]

@@letheas6175 en btw klikbeet haat totaal niet op Almere ze maken er geintjes over a paard en als je of Dumpert lelystad opzoekt ofzo dan krijg je ook haat. Vriend elke stad in Nederland word gehaat door een menigte a hond

[@souptime8635]

Flevoland is impressive but is it as impressive as the history of the Republic of Minerva ?

[@FS84727]

Flavourland

[@spiralmapping9899]

Wish I had the Certain Swagger of Conquering the Ocean

[@stefanomagari6921]

Molise non esiste

[@Bolognabeef]

Your accent is very dutch but apparently you're Irish lol

[@boredspector]

First comment

[@GeographyWorld]

Congratulations!

[@johnsteijns5394]

Amazing!