The North Sea explained

[@FactSpark]

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[@willjohn1117]

What song do you use at the beginning?

[@mishapurser4439]

pls do Irish Sea next

[@josephdennis9573]

Putting the map of the Hansa over the other map you were using was real slick

[@an4189]

Being from the North East of England the North Sea is something I have looked over, swam in and sailed all my life. On days it looks calm and serene, then on other days it looks apocalyptic. Many of my ancestors were coal miners or shipwrights, but my biggest interest has always been my ancestors who were sailors. My granddad was a merchant sailor during WW2 who had to sail through the artic to try and supply the USSR. The Russians created a medal for these people but due to the Cold War it was unaccepted by the British government. While my granddad died a good few years ago my uncle has got that medal on his behalf.

[@paulbennett772]

Greetings from another NE lad - Darlo

[@violetnight9043]

@@paulbennett772Northumbrian here. Darlo is a really nice place. Have some great memories of the railway museum and eating at the Wetherspoons.

[@scottwhitley3392]

NE Scotland for me. 90% of the time it looks apocalyptic here 😂😊

[@adamatch9624]

Where about you from? Just curious as I also sail

[@mattias2576]

Very much relate to this as a norwegian, albeit from the other side hahaha

[@a.soraparu773]

Great video. I dont think much about the North Sea as an American, but knowing about his historical and strategic significance was really insightful. Its like yeah you hear about the North Sea, but rarely do I see content focused on a specific sea zone. Great work man. Truly fascinating stuff.

[@GingerJoberton]

I'm from the UK, I knew a few things about the North Sea - I was first drawn to it listening to our shipping forecast (BBC Radio 4, it's a weird tradition thing) whenever I'd hear 'dogger'. But this documentary taught me so much. Well done to the creator.

[@KO-xe8vj]

Nobody a American

[@yinyanglovebomb]

Yup. Well said

[@bobsmith3291]

Americans know nothing about the rest of the world that’s why

[@daanklas776]

North sea is one of the worst seas in the world

[@PrinceWalacra]

The border of the roman empire in the Netherlands was more to the north than depicted here. The Rhine river (that ends near what is today Katwijk) was the frontline which had numerous Roman settlements along it.

[@MeteorMark]

The Limes.

[@I_Don_t_want_a_handle]

The Romans also invaded Cornwall, there was no border on that peninsular.

[@corneeouwehandt]

Katwijk is 800 years old this year

[@itmatterednot]

@@I_Don_t_want_a_handlethought they only reached just beyond Exeter (Isca)?

[@I_Don_t_want_a_handle]

@@itmatterednot The Romans conquered Cornwall pretty much straight after Devon. Restormel has Roman ruins. IIRC Isca was in Wales on the Bristol Channel, opposite Gloucester (ish) - decent site to visit if you get the chance.

[@saradomin9742]

Nice and informative video on Vesterhavet. Hope you're doing well and congratulations on finding a worthy sponsor :)

[@TheJay1471]

I live 200 yards from the North Sea in Scarborough , my parental home is Primrose Valley ! , so I do know a wee bit about it , seen some proper storms growing up and the after affects of the beach which was great when i lived at home used to find all sorts washed up , my favourite thing when i go home to see my mum is sitting on the beach on a cold but sunny day in winter when there is no one about and its about a mile to filey and 3 miles roughly you can walk past Reighton sands to an old rusted wreck , its so peaceful feels like your the only person on the planet ! , great upload pal thank you !

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

But Scarborough is on Lake Ontario......one more town/city in Canada named after in the U.K. cheers

[@kw8757]

@@buckodonnghaile4309 Does the Canadian Scarborough have a fair?

[@HT-gv1be]

Bridlington here 10 mins away

[@outthere9370]

​@@kw8757😂😂

[@eastfrisian_88]

Thanks for the video! I live in northwest Germany in the immediate vicinity of the North Sea, it can be really beautiful, but also merciless, as some of my ancestors on my mother's side had to experience and some of them lost their lives on sea.

[@lokischeissmessiah5749]

it's not that bad. As a brit we know the south west with the open atlantic is way worse. All of the worst storms come from there. 115mph winds last year trashed my house and came from the atlantic hitting our southwest coast. By the time that same storm reached mainland europe and the north sea coast it had lost a lot of energy and was much weaker. Look up the waves in cape cornwall. Likewise scotland's west coast is far worse than it's east coast for winds and large waves. West UK is windier than the east, because the open atlantic is rougher and more dangerous than the north sea. North sea is simply traversed more often so more people encounter storms there.

[@stuartbailey-zn1pg]

If anyone ever wondered where is the equivalent "South Sea", it was the Zuider Zee in The Netherlands - now the IJsselmeer, after being dammed and mostly reclaimed to create Flevoland.

[@rienkhoek4169]

Which is weird, considering it isn't much more than a bay in the North Sea.

[@gisbertvonromberg2227]

In the German language there ist the word "Südsee" (South Sea) which is used for the tropical pacific. Also the Baltic Sea is called Ostsee (East See) an the Mediterranean is called "Mittelmeer" (Central Sea).

[@elspoocho4637]

@@rienkhoek4169 it's a local name, don't take this too seriously

[@k7u5r8t4]

Well, in Danish it is called "Vesterhavet"!! Because it is to the West of Danmark!! To the east of Danmark lies "Østersøen". Because it is to the east of Danmark!! Go figure.

[@rienkhoek4169]

@@elspoocho4637 No i just think it is funny how countries can sometimes take over a name from another language and other times, they might mean the opposite.

[@venividiviking]

As a former fisherman and trawlerman, all i can say is: The north sea is a damn beautiful place to work. Especially a summer morning, with a cup of coffee on the compass, heading for port with the fishhold filled up 👌👍☕😎😁

[@myst16]

I've been watching videos of North Sea waves 🌊 😂😅... is it as crazy and scary as some of those show?

[@helenevigdal2531]

Yes. Especially in winter time.

[@venividiviking]

​@@myst16It certainly can be. Especially in december to february.

[@kadrorkkrk]

You forgot to mention one of the main city’s in the North Sea when it comes to oil and renewables Aberdeen

[@luckydb83]

Amazing video, as always. Such a pleasure!

[@eoachan9304]

You appear to have left out that Doggerland once was joined to Europe and the lands of the UK, as well as neglecting to mention that it also had many freshwater lakes, streams, swamps, and rivers supporting a productive forest biome(open and dense) as well as many types of animals...and humans :)

[@CLOCKCHASER2222]

Place is full of mucky old camper vans now, generally rocking and anybody welcome to come knocking

[@gett_]

This guy is very underrated and deserves more attention

[@samuelgarrod8327]

😂 which guy? It's AI!!! 😂

[@SeverityOne]

@@samuelgarrod8327 With some dodgy measurements... 200 something miles (not square miles, and not 200,000 square miles).

[@archiemaclellan6228]

When I worked on the oil rigs off Aberdeen I was told the Texans who helped build the oil industry described the north sea as "like outer space... With bad weather"

[@jonathancollard3710]

Nicely articulated video… well done and thanks.

[@yannickdirkse9726]

Awesome video, really enjoyed watching it! :D 🇳🇱

[@dennisspqr]

I'm surprised you completely left out the area's palaeolithic history as one of the most populated areas of Europe thousands of years ago, when the North Sea was 'Doggerland'. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggerland

[@Train_Eat_Rest_Repeat]

Damn KZbin didn't nerf your link

[@dennisspqr]

@@Train_Eat_Rest_Repeat ?

[@Train_Eat_Rest_Repeat]

@@dennisspqr it normally deletes comments with links to combat spam bots

[@OnlyGrafting]

This is about the North Sea though doggerbank is but a footnote. Sure the land was there but that's not the sea is it? Plus, it's been reshaped and moulded by ice ages and erosion over countless centuries. It's now something different beyond pail, the North Sea.

[@pyramidsinegypt]

I was going to comment something similar. A whole video about the North Sea and not a single word about Doggerland seems not only a missed opportunity but an actual oversight.

[@magicknight13]

You got my dad and I absolutely transfixed for 12 minutes 😂🎉 great video, I subscribed!

[@benwinter5871]

At 7:42 the map is incorrect, Scotland was and is still part of the United Kingdom and has been since the acts of union in 1707. Before this the two kingdoms were still joined under personal union (the Union of the Crowns) since 1603.

[@anthonydolio8118]

Just great! Thank you so much.

[@J_Gamer_Mapping]

The warped map of the Hanseatic League at ~7:40 is great.

[@williswameyo5737]

Great video, I am fascinatef by the Geography about the North Sea, Love from Kenya 🇰🇪

[@OxterMcLaughlin]

Great video. Thank you 👍

[@lenora_v1366]

That was so interesting, thank you!

[@gordon1545]

This is really good but I feel like there's one wee omission - in terms of the number of people who worked in it, the lives lost and the importance to the communities surrounding the North Sea, it would have been worth talking about the rise and fall of the North Sea fishing industry.

[@PeopleandPlacesTV]

Nice vid! Just spent a day on this very sea. What a place!

[@arrontp948]

I appreciate well researched videos like this. Thanks!

[@benasjokubauskis7807]

Great video!

[@EvilTurtle97]

2:00 maybe you meant it different but 12,000 years there weren't towering dunes where the wadden islands are now. Those then hinter lands were all full of vegetation without coastal features such as sand dunes, those developed later as the sea started rising. The 'sand towers' you talk about only developed relatively recently, as for a long time there was a large sandwall (developed around 4000 BC) which over time started breaking in more and more places. This all happened in the last few thousands of years, saying coastal features such as towering dunes covered in front of Germany's coast at the time makes no sense, as the coast was hundreds of km away at the time.

[@216-i6p]

Thanks for the vid! I really needed the North Sea 'Explained' 😅

[@MurraydeLues]

Very well explained. Thank you

[@TescoOfficial]

Why was Scotland not highlighted as part of Britain?

[@--SPQR--]

That was roman Britain. Hadrian's wall.

[@I_Don_t_want_a_handle]

@@--SPQR-- No, there is another map later where RoI is included but not Scotland.

[@beefchops1400]

My uncle ( now deceased ) used to be a mechanical engineer on the rigs in the 70s and he used to tell me some stories about how vicious it could be….monster waves ( 100 feet in some cases ) and hurricane winds battering the rig, terrifying!

[@readjake768]

The port of Felixstowe is much larger than the port of London

[@Ravlog_23]

As someone who grew up at the North Sea (northern Germany) I always assumed nobody outside of northern Europe knew anything about it😅 I only recently found out that it’s pretty infamous around the world for its stormy and harsh weather conditions.

[@philiph6488]

Excellent video

[@janmartenhoogebeen4980]

Being Dutch I am familiar with the Noordzee en especially the Waddenzee with those islands (Ameland being my favorite) is spectacularly beautiful.

[@jamiegalbraith4874]

Great video, however the gas and oil deposit map at 10:29 is the wrong way round. Green is oil and red is gas!

[@geoffwright9570]

I know from personal experience that when holidaying on the east coast of the UK that the north sea was always colder than south coast resorts.

[@margreetanceaux3906]

Great video! Much obliged!

[@grantmcarthur2669]

Great video, I’m sure though that in your graphic where you show the oil fields as being red and the gas fields green in the UK, I think they are the wrong way around.

[@ecopequeno]

Congratulations for your channel. Please consider making a video to explain the fascinating geography of Mexico.

[@NietzscheanMan]

Nicely done. Subbed.

[@GodfreyTempleton]

A good little documentary. Lots of info in it.

[@t.robinson4774]

07:50 Why isn’t Scotland part of the UK according to your maps?

[@khangembamkumar7274]

Good Content 💯

[@SapphicFireGames]

the port of antwerp and the port of zeebrugge fused together (yes i know they are not connected but they decided to fuse them) so now its the port of antwerp and zeebrugge

[@Olleetheowl]

How do you get LONDON as one of the 4 largest ports? It’s not been a port since at least the 1980s. And arguably since the 60s some sixty years ago.

[@Blackadder75]

a) it might have been a port for most of the timeline this history video talks about. b) most of the goods that are shipped to England ports at the actual coastline end up in the London area anyway

[@Olleetheowl]

@@Blackadder75 so, are you assuming that very little of the goods imported by sea (ports like Felixstowe for instance, which is massive) wind up in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Bristol, Plymouth, Nottingham, Leicester, Cardiff,Salford,Derby, Hull, Liverpool,etc etc etc?

[@Blackadder75]

@@Olleetheowl i was talking about ports in the southeast, half of the cities you name would be supplied from the Irish sea or bristol channel. not the north sea

[@Olleetheowl]

@@Blackadder75 but nobody else was… so, each time I mention something, you qualify it.? Felixstowe (Britain’s largest import terminal) is firmly on the North Sea. And arguably in the South East (Not that it was ever a criteria, even in the Video).

[@Blackadder75]

@@Olleetheowl /facepalm have a nice day in Felixstowe or where ever you live

[@Appowl]

great work

[@bremnersghost948]

For me the most interesting feature of the North Sea is the Silverpit Crater, Reminds me of a submerged Richat Structure.

[@pilotnl]

Extra points for your accurate pronunciations in various languages! 🎉

[@MeteorMark]

Very nic summary, dut on the map of the windfarms you forgot the several small and big ones offthe Dutch West Coast. I have seen them being built as a Lifeguard at Castricum Beach. A major landfall of power cables and a huge 380KV Traansformer Station has recently been realized at Wijk aan Zee next to the site I work at. It will handle all power of the mega farms that are being planned or already under construction far away from shore. Thanks for the video, and I will check out more!

[@simongren2690]

I enjoyed that!

[@Sveinn7]

I fucking love creators like you

[@PeteCourtier]

What’s with CE? AD please

[@280SE]

I was looking out at the North Sea from Suffolk the other day and noticed how brown the water is. Does that fade away when you get further out to sea? Perhaps it’s just the silt on the coast being churned up? Can anyone enlighten me? 🤔

[@FanOfVocaloids]

I don't know much about the North Sea around Suffolk, but where I've seen it from Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Scotland, it's always been reflecting the sky, from quite turquoise over deep blue, to grey. I've never experienced it looking brown. Perhaps it's to do with the silt like you suggest?

[@louis-philippearnhem6959]

Brexit sewage?

[@HT-gv1be]

Where I live in Bridlington it’s very dirty brown colour and then a 5 minute drive up the coast to flamborough where it’s chalky it’s almost a clear colour

[@Arvivez]

Im from Aberdeen arguably one of the most important cities on the north sea.

[@mikkelbdker7186]

2:52 Skagerak is connected to Kattegat not the Baltic sea

[@PoeCompany]

Fantastic

[@kw8757]

0:57 Since when did 500,000 Sq/km equal 220 miles?

[@louis-philippearnhem6959]

220.000 indeed

[@PeterWallis-mh9qg]

Why is Ireland highlighting when say Britain and as well why is Scotland not highlighted

[@erikwick]

TikTok took me on a whole North Sea terror spiral. I honestly had no idea it was in this area. The videos made it seem like it was out in the middle of nowhere.

[@lordomacron3719]

Hmm not watch yet but wondering if Doggerland will be mentioned?

[@chendaforest]

The land under the north sea is known as Doggerland, which was inhabited by humans prior to the end of the last ice age ~ 12 000 years ago. Animal bones and even human artifacts have been dredged up by fisherman for decades. Dogger bank was an upland area which later became an island which was gradually subsumed by water. It may have survived as recently as the building of the first pyramids, although had probably been abandoned by then as it would have been a flood prone marshy land only suitable for visiting fisherman or maybe seasonal occupation.

[@trnogger]

It should be mentioned that the North Sea makes wind power so attractive for coastal nations - the unique situation of the North Sea guarantees constant strong winds, making the "what if no wind blows?"-question of people adverse to renewables utterly ridiculous.

[@ChrisMartin-b7l]

The wind doesn't blow constantly. The UK and others already exploit quite a bit of the North Sea for offshore wind - some of the largest installations in the world and this doesn't avoid wind power potential dropping to insignificant levels more frequently than you would think.

[@trnogger]

@@ChrisMartin-b7l Ah yes, more insane propaganda by the nuclear fanboys. Did you all sleep at school when weather formation was taught to you? The worst drop in wind power production was in 1994, when wind power production was reduced to 25% of capacity for a period of six hours - not by lack of wind, but because the wind parks were hit by a storm that necessitated a partial shut down. If such a storm would happen today it would reduce the produced wind power to the "insignificant level" of 60 average-capacity nuclear reactors.

[@williamsjm100]

@@ChrisMartin-b7l Agree, when all of the wind farms are running, then everything is pretty good. Trouble is that the system is vulnerable. A lightning strike (not reduced wind even) a few years ago knocked one of the biggest arrays offline and we had a partial brownout across a big chunk of the UK.

[@I_Don_t_want_a_handle]

Relying on any one source of fuel is stupid, to say the least. There is also the question of 'standby'.

[@EtherealSunset]

I don't understand why we don't use a tidal system like they have in Orkney to generate power. There's always a tide.

[@remconet]

Surprised not more was said about the Dogger Bank, since it was still an island 8000 years ago.

[@elbruno3515]

The north seas boarders shown on your thumbnail kinda look like the Boarders of the GoT Stark controlled North

[@gordonlawrence1448]

There is some evidence of wars and invasions going back far before 43AD. For example whoever wiped out the beaker people in the UK roughly 4500 years ago. The Tollense battle pre-dates that. That said the two sides at Tollense probably came over-land but there is an argument that one came by boat.

[@chaganlalmeghwal2590]

The North, often referred to in various geographical contexts, typically represents the uppermost region of a geography map, corresponding to the direction of the North Pole. Maps are traditionally oriented with north at the top, a convention established in medieval Europe. This positioning helps standardize navigation and geographical representation globally.

[@bineuroticity]

It's claimed that the eastern market town of King's Lynn was the first British member of the Hanseatic League. We hold a Hansa festival here every year!

[@hathhath2444]

Oh I hated every time I had to go on a ferry. Never experienced choppy waters, but it was still anxiety filled time. I spent it sitting next to the closet with life vests! Actually prefer the Eurotunnel! There's sea above me and only one way in and out, but still better than seeing every wave 🙈

[@nolongerlistless]

Choose: the *busiest* sea routes [the better option] or the *most busy* of sea routes.

[@lucidrians2641]

why is scotland not coloured in for britain

[@GimmieCookie]

Don Quixote called, he wants his windmill delusions back.

[@sunnyjim1355]

Great video to check out War Thunder ads... just a pity some content about the North Sea kept interupting them.

[@manicmonochrome7098]

Wonderful video. As someone who enjoys making the trip between the UK and the Netherlands over the North sea, it's all very interesting. Throughout much of the route you pass refineries and wind farm developments.

[@timofransen3744]

Fun fact : most of the North sea is very shallow between 30 and 90 meters , only the north is a bit deeper ......

[@frontsidegrinder6858]

Love my westcoast here at northern germany, amazing.

[@margreetanceaux3906]

Only one point of criticism: this could and should be a 2 hr lecture.

[@snowman01]

0:04 Northern Ireland is not part of Britain, it's part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

[@I_Don_t_want_a_handle]

It's part of the British isles, though. Agreed the map is daft.

[@CC-si1fi]

why repeat ?

[@williswameyo5737]

Rotterdam is one of the busiest ports not just in Netherlands but also along the North Sea,

[@davidbaxter4910]

THE HISTORY OF THE NORTH SEA IS VERY INTERESTING...

[@johnmelrose3774]

10:06 shots fired. Insignificant country. Norway is hardly insignificant.

[@MrTheKing771]

i wish we had Doggerland island or something out there to explore, sad that everything is under the sea.

[@oufc90]

Well, not everything thankfully! I mean countries could be smaller than they are. I’m British and I like living on an island so personally I’m glad it’s there

[@HT-gv1be]

If doggerland was there the world would be a very different place today. Almost certainly

[@saxon6]

Great video. I wouldn't count the North Sea out as new oil extraction methods continually develop.

[@andraslibal]

The visuals are stunning however the First World war German boundaries in either WW1 or WW2 at 8:14 are incorrect. With such stunning visuals, a bit more care about historical accuracy is needed.

[@isaacjaros23]

Vikings was a job title, not everyone was a Viking

[@Karvelas_]

Like Romanians

[@DenUitvreter]

7.40 The Dutch took over from the Hanseatic league not that gradually, but in a matter of decades by industrialized shipbuilding, an efficient merchant ship and low intrests through central banking. Britain might have gotten navy supremacy at the end of the 17th century (when the Dutch Republic had taken the English throne btw) but the Dutch kept dominating the trade in the North Sea and the Baltics for much longer. Global trade didn't take over from the Hanseatic League, the Dutch did, the British nor any other couldn't compete and moved onto the oceans. The Dutch moved onto the oceans too, but initially to take their 80-year war with Spain and Portugal over there, not instead of their European trade but on top. Trade with East-Asia took a year sailing and another year sailing back, the Americas about half of that, that remained a tiny part of the trade until the steamships.

[@lokischeissmessiah5749]

"when the dutch took over the english throne btw" lmao. the jingoistic propaganda of the dutch is insane. You mean when the english parliament decided an english female protestant heir to the throne and her dutch husband should be joint heads of state and planted them on the throne and asserted the supremacy of parliament over the monarchy in england? Do they actually teach history like that in netherlands? No wonder your universities are so far below the British ones in world rankings. No no i get it. I'd feel that inferiority complex as a dutchman too. After your cheap shots at an england divded by civil war after civil uproar were innefective once england became politically stable and dominated the world militarily and remins a cultural powerhouse to this day whilst the dutch fades into obscurity. It makes sense you guys have to BS history to make yourselves feel better.

[@DenUitvreter]

The English parliament decided that the Dutch Parliament would build an invastion fleet twice the size of the Armada, and get an army of 40.000 together and have London occupied with no English soldiers allowed near it? The same parliament that was sidelined by a catholic absolutist king while no protestant had a legitimate claim to the throne? The Glorious Revolution myth as the birth of your current parliamentary monarchy as an English development coming from within was hanging by the thread of 7 lords inviting him, but even British historians have acknowledged that Willem contacted them and asked to be invited for propaganda reasons. No, for Dutch reasons this is hardly part of Dutch education and the self serving British version has been mainstream for ages. The facts show it was a Dutch Republic's initiative because of enemy France, it was not even about the English throne. The Dutch had been beyond that medieval shit for over at least a century. We see all of these self serving anglocentric chauvinistic falsehoods popping up in history videos here. The British had only global trade left, so the European trade must have had disappeared and wheat, wood, wine, beer, cloth, rye and whatever was now shipped from Asia in a full year of sailing instead of a couple of weeks sailing to the Baltics? Yeah right. The British shifted to global trade because they couldn't compete, not the trade itself.

[@lokischeissmessiah5749]

@@DenUitvreter He literally faced no opposition when he arrived. Your fantasy goes out of the window acting like this was an invasion and not an invitation. He would have had no place had it been for his wife who was the legitimate heir. The fact that he was a male, and was only made joint ruler just adds to that. I don't know why you're hung up about the british not being able to compete with the dutch. We beat you in half of the anglo dutch wars, inculding the most important one: the final. After that you were left in ruins. We decided which colonies we would allow you to have, and we took those of yours we wanted for ourselves, with nothing the dutch could do about the matter. If it's a competition, the brits clearly won. And the dutch being past the medieval? We had a sovereign parliament, and an overthrow of the monarchy before you. You were catching up with us, not the other way around.

[@DenUitvreter]

@@lokischeissmessiah5749 He didn't face any opposition because the legitimate absolutist king got a nosebleed and fled to France before the big battle. His wife was not the legitimate heir either, otherwise the Dutch would have waited it out. One of the reasons he hardly met any resistance was the size of his fleet and army and his effective propaganda campaign, asking a few lords with no power to invite him while already preparing the invasion was a part of that. How do you imagine that invition: "Come over, we are going to has to remain a surprise but bring a fleet twice the size of the Armada, 40.000 soldiers, a printing press and John Locke over." ? This is a video about trade, you start about the wars the English started against the Dutch Republic and against free trade. Because they couldn't compete in trade and had these medieval reflexes against the Dutch Republic that put the 'modern' in 'the early modern period'. The only reason the English matched the Dutch navy mostly was the trend towards heavier gunships the Dutch couldn't go along with because of their shallow home waters. The Dutch were never interested in being the most aggressive conquerers and imperialists, we even let you claim our succesfull invasion as your own revolution without being able to name one revolutionary act by an Englishman involved. That's also somethign typically British, because you don't know anything about other countries history you assume you were the first. But the Dutch had parliaments for ages and when the king took power back to enforce religious persecution they claimed inalienable rights including the freedom of religion, and declared the king, Philip II of Spain to have left the throne by becoming a tyrant. This was in 1581, well before any other and surely the Britihs got any such ideas. So the Dutch had parliaments (with commoners mostly, not nobility), balance of power, freedom of religion, freedom of thought, speech and print, full fledged capitalism with effectively a central bank in the early 1600's, and after a Dutchman arrived with an army and sat on the throne the British suddenly all had this too? What a coincidence, suddenly they came of with the Bank of England and free trade. They had their ally against France instead of the treachorous English going behind our back to attack together with France and catholic Germany like in 1672. It wasn't a coincidence that the radically modernized Britain 5 times the size of the Dutch Republic would take over afterwards, allthough it took Napoleon's invasion for Britain to take over from the Dutch Republic as the world's biggest trader. Capitalists as they were the Dutch didn't care the British doing most of the geopolitical fights now and understanding how to make money too, because the filthy rich Dutch simply got ROI through London now too. The fact that you take pride in Britain not honouring the agreement and taking the colonies is also telling. All the Dutch wanted since the 1560's, freedom and free trade basically, they got and secured it through exporting it. By making more money than anybody else and being copied, by printing more than half of Europe's books, by being a place where people like Descartes, Spinoza and John Locke could write their ideas in freedom and kickstart the enlightenment, by invading Britain, by having their DOI copied by the American rebels, by giving those rebels their guns and ammo, by shaping NYC with it's melting pot and the American dream. How did the Dutch lose? As some British tourist tot the Netherlands famously said: "If this is decline, I'll have some of that!"

[@lokischeissmessiah5749]

@@DenUitvreter you are whining about the british feasting on dutch decline due to their political instability when the dutch did exactly this in the 1600s to the english? King james fled because his army abandoned him. We were a protestant nation. No serious historian agrees with your assertion that the dutch had the manpower to take the british throne themselves. As for wealth, it comes in circles. There were times before the dutch height when england was wealthier than the dutch, especially due to wool export, and the times after when the english were. Yes, ofcours the dutchman claims british success was down to his man william.on the throne. Ignore the fact that the industrial revolution, the greatest technological leap mankind has taken in all of human history occurred solely and was inmovated solely by the british. You guys took a century to catch up and copy our discoveries. That is why we are a more inpressive nation than you. That is why we are culturally relevant and you are not at all. And do not act like the dutch were nobler and kinder to their colonies than the british. You were literally even more savage. The brutality of the dutch east india company makes the britiah one blush.

[@hugolafhugolaf]

Geography is fascinating. We, humans, are so small…

[@ottosaxo]

Yes, you are right. On the other hand, nobody but us living things seems to care about geography and feels something like fascination. Without us, it would exist for nothing at all. It seems like even the miracles on distant moons and planets eagerly wait for the moment to be seen and realized by some living spirits like us.

[@hugolafhugolaf]

@ Bro, this is way too deep…

[@douglassauvageau7262]

The evolution / impact of the Hanseatic League upon contemporary Western life is significant.

[@milansikela8383]

Love your videos. Always been fascinated by the North Sea. So many amazing countries border the North Sea. I always figured that being surrounded by land on all sides (except toward the northwest) would shelter the North Sea from storms from the Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean, but the North Sea appears to have crazier weather than both. At 0:57 said the North Sea is 220 square miles in area...think meant 220,000 (two-hundred and twenty thousand) square mlles in area. Thank you for the awesome content.

[@ottosaxo]

Take a look at some hurricane force winter storms that didn't even touch the North Sea, but took a path across the inland areas much further south. You can find documentations about those if you search for "European windstorms".

[@TheRealRedAce]

Its below sea level, so it filled up with water. That about covers it I reckon.

[@carelgoodheir692]

Look at the north of the Netherlands and you'll see an indentation, light blue like the sea in the map at the start of this video at first and then dark blue as it zooms in. That was (before it was dammed and turned to fresh water) the Zuiderzee = the South Sea. The North Sea is named that to contrast it with that South Sea.

[@alexeychernyavskiy4193]

Calling Norwegians a "rather insignificant nation" is kind of pretentious. Even before finding oil, Norway had already developed a strong democracy. This helped the country not to fall victim of the Oil curse, unlike Saudi Arabia, Venezuela or Russia.

[@magnusfiskvik509]

Good comment; this. Adding; Norway has created two significant and often overlooked moments in world history. First, in 1814, we developed our constitution, which remains one of the oldest active constitutions globally. Second, as early as 1274, Norway became the second country after England to establish a comprehensive legal code, 'Magnus Lagabøtes landslov'. While we are currently grappling with the challenges of our oil-based economy, Norway has a unique advantage: a substantial pension fund. However, in recent years, we have seen a tad decline in economic diversification, reminiscent of the "Dutch disease." Our public sector has grown significantly, but there is a need for more effective policies to incentivize other sectors and promote sustainable economic development and prepare for 'Norway post-oil'.

[@chrisg4rr377]

Very good point. Norway also brought us Ikea.

[@martijn2246]

​@@chrisg4rr377 Ikea is swedish

[@chrisg4rr377]

@@martijn2246 I know. Highlighting how insignificant Norway really is

[@Draregkoeliekalie]

​@@chrisg4rr377 lame buddy :)

[@pieterjan29]

I always look for hours to the sea.

[@nickeypetersen5622]

As a dane its interesting now a days since my country have plans of building a artificial island in the middle of this area. The plan will be a kind of making green energy and a test station. If this plan is good or bad, we dont know. Maybe it instead destroy life around the chosen area. Or if go well, could produce energy to other countries in europe as trade ofcourse. And give some amount of continuous income to the state. Future will show.

[@JIHN-2451]

I live on the norf sea, near Hornsea.

[@FirefoxisredExplorerisblueGoog]

Before the vikings, Frisians dominated the North Sea. A power vacuum was created after the Franks annexed Frisia in the Low Countries and the vikings came to dominate the North Sea next. Frisians were well known and trusted traders and merchants, their coins were used as far as the Middle East.