Why The Dutch Turned A Sea Into A Lake
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- The Netherlands is extremely vulnerable to flooding. So the Dutch constructed the longest dam in Europe. And it has never broken in the last 85 years. This is the story of its construction.
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A*f*sluitdijk and ijsselmeer and the ijssel, really bad spelling here
Yes, you're right. My spelling is quite atrocious. I have pinned your comment so people can see the mistakes I made.
You're the first one to point them all out so I've pinned your post instead of others' who pointed out only one or two of the spelling errors.
I have since resolved this issue for future videos by no longer drawing the letters but instead copy/pasting it from a spellchecker directly :)
Dutch is just drunk German
@@therealdave06 German is just drunk dutch
Let's Play Sporcle No german is drunk dutch
@@therealdave06 The other way around then.
Tbh, "Dutch War Against The Sea" totally sounds like a movie I'd watch
I suggest the movie “de storm” from 2009. Enjoy 👍🏻
Google some more about 1953 Zeeland, or Deltawerken. Its the same idea as the Afsluitdijk, but in the south.
You have an ornament called als de dijken breken
Yes I would like to go into the sea with you.........
sounds more like a documentary
If you put “Dutch” in your title, you know 95% of the viewers will be from the Netherlands.
@Sera Hofman wauw goed gedaan
Ikr im dutch
Lol ben er ook
73.1% of viewers are Dutch
Yep
Me being Dutch and just thinking the "Afsluitdijk" was just normal
Here too lmao
Inderdaad
Ik ook
Ja XD
Ja echt ik dacht: meh het is gewoon een simpele dijk
"Dam", said Amsterdam. "We've gotta start building polders and stuff."
Bill Wurtz is really Bill Bestz
what does a fish say when it swims into a wall? "dam"
bill wurtz 😫
@Aiden Rutherford r/woooosh
Civilization 6?
Greetings from Estonia! I've always known about the dams, but this makes me respect the Dutch even more. Thanks!
Hiiele?
heel erg bedankt Bedankt voor het compliment, ik ben ook Nederlands
Or even come to the East of England and see the work of Cornelius Vermuyden. We owe the Dutch a lot they also made land for us.
@@hairyairey first time i hear about that. I always thought the only thing the Dutch gave you was a broken chain ;-)
Estonia best Baltic! (and the others are pretty swell too)
I live 5 min away from the Afsluitdijk, and my great grandfather helpt building it. My grandfather stil works there and does maintenance. It was real fun to see this video 👏🏻
Cool bro nice to hear about it , Netherland great county
🇲🇽 greetings
Last week i talked with a crane operator, he's been working on reworking parts of the afsluitdijk... Apparently it takes almost a century before it needs a new 'paint' job.
Greetings from Ireland - absolutely fascinating video. I was born in the late 1960's and grew up hearing of what the Dutch were doing - but this shows the brilliant engineering work behind it all!
If u wanna learn a masterpiece of dutch culture, learn this word:
F R I K A N D E L B R O O D J E
@@henrydutoit69 no it is a (sausage) bun
Me at 1am: I'm exhausted, gotta get some sleep
CZcams: check out this dam
Me: this will be interesting
You sleep?
😴😴😴 5.45 here.
4.14 here beat that!
Yup dammed you tube work starts in 5 hrs lol it was interesting
And that is a comment that has some Worth
Respect for Dutch people making such a beautiful country Netherlands🇳🇱 ( Holland).
*I love the Dutch DJs most...... Love from India🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳.*
Everbody gansta until the Netherlands builds a road on water
I'm pretty sure you're describing floating bridges, which the Dutch have built plenty of
Hahaha not sure what it means but it sure sounds funny
Uhh the made a very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very long bridge from sealand to south holland
Everybody gangsta until the netherlands builds water on a road
@@Magnus_Ducatus_Chineva i've seen canals on bridges over roads and other canals...
I love how the question was answered in the first few seconds. Everything after that was just explanation, which then had great context.
Zuiderzee: 'I'm a sea!' Dutch: 'You're a lake now...' Zuiderzee: 'What? But I...' Dutch: 'I am altering the deal, pray I don't alter it any further'
Zuiderzee: 'This deal is getting worse all the time!' Dutch: 'Also I will turn half of you into land, and build farms and housing on it'
Zuiderzee: 'Bu...?' Dutch: 'I am altering the deal, pray I don't alter it any further'
I see what you did there....
@@victoriafelix5932 ;P
I understood that reference! Nice one xD
I love this kind of video. Living in the middle of the United States makes it hard to see and know about the natural and engineered wonders that exist in the world. Thank you for giving me a window into the world that I don't normally get to see.
I welcome u to India to visit kailash temple it's carved out of a single rock from top to bottom it took them 135 years to finish the project, it's the world's biggest single rock artistic structure.
P.s. it's a really massive structure
@@abhyudaysinghparmar6055 DUDE! Never heard of it, but that does sound simply amazing! I'm totally interessted in handcrafting and in the history of arts and crafts from small idols in neolithic times to the huge sacred buildings that where built and so richly ornamented in acient, medieval and later periods all around the globe. Definitly gonna look for a documentation about Kailash Temple. Thank you very much! :) - - - edit: lol and of course, youtube suggests the "built by aliens"-pseudo-documentations first xD *ugh* this world ... ^^
my city was in 1400 a coast city and now it is in the middle of the province Friesland. great vid👍🏻
Kut Fries
Welk dorp?
@@henkvandermeer4183 Urk?
@@menice6736 urk is geen Friesland toch....?
@@lennartl.4066 Geen idee eerlijk gezegd
Another title for this video could have been: 'Why a country literally called 'below sea level' always got flooded?"
Not now
Living in the Netherlands for so many years now, I did not even know this yet. Greetings from Maastricht and thanks a lot.
You don’t really need this info in Limburg
@@simonpijnenburg4406 Hahahaha
Limburg is letterlijk totaal anders als de rest van NL
@@arjanvanraaij8440 Yes.. but I am afraid, it will just flood, when the river water gets really high.
Im dutch and the quick awnser is
To keep water out
we need to build a wall and make the sea pay for it
We already did. The Afsluitdijk also generates power. Thus the sea is paying us for the last 40 years.
*Trump wants to know your location*
Make the Netherlands greater again.
It’s huuuge. Absolutely fantastic. Great deal with the North Sea.
@@BillyBoze 60 !
The 1953 North Sea floods also affected East Anglia in the UK, causing devastation in Norfolk - and closing many miles of railway, which never reopened :-(
Yeah, my family were affected in Great Yarmouth and have been told many stories about then.
There's a saying in Dutch that is translated into English something like, "God created the world, but the Dutch created the Netherlands."
Mainland folks didn't like our style back in the day so we built our own land with all the other drifters who floated down the river.
god created the sea, but the frisians created the coast. greetings from the east frisians :-)
@@ingomennenga5291 greetings from the other side of de Zuyderzee ^^ Easten, hert of westen, Fryslan oeral boppe!
God and the Dutch ppl created the Netherlands and the masterpiece.
I like the version “on the 7th day god rested... the Dutch kept building “
Cornelis Lely: _Hey Moses, hold my beer._
Lely>Moses, because his parting of the sea still exists today :D
I hope it was clear that I drew that image of Lely based depictions of Moses parting the red sea :D
@@HistoryScope Yup, I kinda just stole the joke from you :)
History Scope no comparison do but nice try
@@saftsuse866 straight up savage
Ah, so this is where Lelystad has it's name from ...
I live in Lelystad
The correct spelling is Lelijkstad.
@@FailTorrent 😂😂
@@FailTorrent no comment :p
@@FailTorrent tja en dsn heb je almere 🙃
When I visited the Netherlands a few years ago, I think I drove on this for a bit, but I also visited the Delta Works. I remember learning that part of the reason those were created the way they were was to prevent the water bodies encompassed from becoming freshwater like the Ijselmere, to keep the environment and jobs that required salt water (like shellfish farmers for example). I don't see that being the reason for building them like that on the Wikipedia page though...
That is correct. The Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier, or Oosterscheldekering in Dutch was implemented in this way with sluice gate doors that can be lowered into place in case of a storm. This way the tide still flows in and out, preserving the salt-water marine life in the Eastern Scheldt bassin. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oosterscheldekering
The History Channel: "The Dutch were actually Aliens... That's how they built all that, with spaceships and such" 👨🎓
Yes, but you forgot to include the meme line that one guy is famous for:” I’m not sating it’s aliens, but it’s aliens.”
@@pieter-bashoogsteen2283 lol yeah, very true
@@pieter-bashoogsteen2283 The Dutch are incredible people, we have Amish people who are Dutch in America, and those guys are the Da Vinci of building stuff. They can out-build any construction company in America WITHOUT ELECTRICITY. I'm not saying they're Aliens, but only Aliens are that good at building according to the History Channel 🤣
Mario Luigi have you seen the piramides of Gizeh. They’re are really big so that means they’re built by aliens right? I don’t watch the History channel. I’ve never seen bullcrap like that, but whenever I zap to it only boring stuff like American pickers is on.
Mario Luigi thanks, I’m Dutch and appreciate the nice words. The Dutch’re especially experienced in maritime construction. Including building islands, special duty ships (like dredgers), laying cables under water, installing windmills and I guess since it fits nicely with the windmill bit... oilrigs. Sadly most of the time the ships aren’t built here anymore. Some are, a lot undergo some final preparations, but most are built out of country. Our largest shipbuilder (called Damen) builts a lot of its ships in Romania. Good for Romania of coarse, but less so for us.
The Netherlands should run a marketing campaign to increase tourism.
"Come to the Netherlands and we will give you a dam tour and you can spend some money in our dam gift shop so you can take home some dam toys for your kids."
You really think that does not exist already? Well, come and find out yourself.
@@ronaldderooij1774 THis exact phrase was used in Beavis&Butthead do America, when they visit the Hoover dam
@@ronaldderooij1774 ah, dam you!
@@ronaldderooij1774 I see what you did there😂😂
You missed the change to say dam kids
The real question is how the dutch turned a sea into a lake
muhammad wafri I know I know, its just sarcasm and a rhetorical question on how good the dutch are at building dams
@@joshmanson7371 dam!! These dutch
Surround a sea with land it turns into a lake
@@joshmanson7371 how did turning that sea into lake effect the inhabitants of it ?
Did they all die ?
@@appleslover probably yes, so no more seafish fishing, they probably introduced other species of fish that live in non salty water
Respect to the Dutch for their ingenuity. I see they have no use for vowels in their words.
Amazing job dude, there is so little filler in this video. A lot of CZcamsrs feel the need to make videos as long as possible for some reason but I never felt like you were repeating yourself or just rambling. Subscribed ❤️
I saw a comment on a traveling site about the Netherlands, It literally said: Okay so, because The Netherlands is under sea level. Should I take my diving gear? And does the plane land on a boat?..... I was kinda dissapointed by this comment😂😂
What ppl think about the Netherlands be like
Goshhhhhh🤦🏽♀️😴
xD netherlands ... the atlantis experience ^^ hm ... not really, nope xD
@@rumpelpumpel7687 Er komt wel 24/7 regen uit de lucht vallen, dus ongeveer??
@@nuraxgaming6601 nah, not 24/7. You and me, we share a border and i've been on vacation in the neatherlands as a child several times. You have some shiny sunny days in the summer too ;) - it was more like this "hm under sea level must mean under water"-mindset i was joking about. "do i have to bring my diving gear" as if going out for shopping, dutch people would regularly scuba dive xD
Maybe that's why we're one of the tallest people in the world.
We had to keep our heads clear.
What's your height.
Dutchman here me and my brother are both 2m tall and Gramps used to be like that as well
@@HYPER_BRUH_ ate you comfortable with your height?
@@openskies9089 I'm cursed with spiderwebs in my hair and all standard chairs and tables are to low but otherwise I'm fine with who I am
@@openskies9089 I'm was/am still on CZcams.
Fun fact: the Dutch actually once proposed draining not only the Dutch coast, but the whole fricking North Sea. That plan was scrapped because that’s a really dumb idea
tf2 player..
Pretty sure it was an absolute worst case scenario proposition
The Snark i know, a scientist named Hermann Sörgel suggests Atlantropa, a project which drains the Mediterranean. It never really got anywhere
in all fairness, doggerland once was a thing
Did someone say
G E K O L O N I S E E R D
@@catwpants verwijder kokosnoot
Nee I N G E DA M D, maar bijna goed makker
k zocht naar deze comment en ik vond hem eigenlijk te snel
Tijn Zijn backup Ze zeiden dat niemand de zee kon koloniseren. maar na 20 jaren zeg hallo tegen de W A T E R R I J K
deze video is mooi GEKOLONISEERD makkers.
Intriguing. Never ever thought about this before.It's something like the construction of the Panama Canel.
It's the Panama Canal.. but reverse lol.
Thanks for your videos about this subject! This has intrigued me since I was a teenager, when I lived in The Netherlands for a few months.
I have driven across it several times and it is truly an amazing piece of infrastructure.
Dutch people: alters their lands to their liking*
1953: "let me introduce myself"
Flood of 1953: alters the lands to its liking
Deltaworks: 'Let me introduce myself'
The Dutch are amazing people
God Made the Universe and the Dutch Made The Netherlands
@@dutchreagan3676 this!
3:54 while most of the world was embroiled in one of the bloodiest wars in history, the Netherlands were conquered by Switzerland
The joke is that Switzerland has been neutral for hundreds of years so they used the same flag
@@ProjectCZcams and you completely missed OP's joke, good job. 👏
in fact my heart bleeds for the Dutch and i hope they shore their first line of defence even though i am from India. this is the result of identifying myself with humanity and not India. I had visited the Great Holland in the ninties twice. but i did not realise the greatness of the Dutch acomplishment, and the gravity of the continuous danger they face. thanks for this video that i am able to realise things as it is; but i bow to the Dutch for what they have endured and accomplished. Let the Dutch win over Nature with an ingenious use of nature and great enterprise.
Hehe we build big water stopping wall lol
We the best in doing it to
Beautiful comment❤
We are living 5 meters below sealevel at the moment, no problems.
Ya know we taught the Japanese how to do it too.
I'm Dutch and want to thank you for making such a beautiful, loving and respectful comment.
I remember seeing home movies brought by family members visiting here in Canada, about the 1953 flood, taken by my grandparents who lived through it. It affected me a lot.. I even had nightmares about it afterwards. PS I thought it was originally the 1918 flood, but after seeing another of your videos it makes a lot more sense it was the '53 one. But hey, I was only 6 years old then.
Such a cool story! Extra cool your grandfather worked on this historical project. Thanks for the video!
Sea: imma flood you.
Netherlands: Dam
Sea: damn
Compliments on the presentation. Also the other video’s. They are short, easy to watch and full of information. I will recommend these video’s to my (future) friends.
I hope in the future for an episode dedicated to the earlier struggles with water. In the 17th century the Dutch already where reclaiming land, like the “Beemster” in North Holland that protected cities like Amsterdam and Leiden.
But again, great work 👍🏻
Also dutch experts came to England even now called new Holland, they came ro help pump out the "fens"
I almost died on this dam.
My grandfather and I were driving across it when some truck in the slow lane decided to merge towards ours without signaling. My grandfather jerked the car, and we started weaving, but he pressed the gas and we miraculously recovered.
Afterwards, we swore to keep it a secret from my parents, although they found out after a year.
Btw, his first name is Cornelius.
“Never broke in its existence”
2020: May I introduce myself
It broke?
@Deuteronomy 31:6 i will come after you if that happens
It's an amazing piece of engineering. Who cares about the spelling (mistakes happen), it's the story that counts. I've shared it with my New Zealand friends and family.
The canals in Amsterdam (total about 70 km) were all digged by hand. Mostly in the years 1585-1663. Another achievement unknown/forgotten.
@Fred Jansen dude? Hoe oud ben jij? What an ignorant reply by the way.
Je hoort gewoon wanneer iemand uit nederland komt.
Inderdaad.
sossern sea lol
*Echt he? Ik heb best veel landen bezocht in mijn leven, en een hoop accenten gehoord, Maar een Nederlander die Engels spreekt pik je er altijd uit.
@Ich Düse Mischien, Ik bedoel bijna iedere Nederlander spreekt Engels, maar je hoort altijd het accent erdoor, ook diegene die heel goed Engels spreken,
@Ich Düse Ik begrijp je niet helemaal .? Het was geen kritiek op die vent z'n Engels. Hij sprak het beter dan mij, Inderdaad, sommige mensen zeiken over alles, maar ik bedoelde meer van, 'ik heb veel gereisd maar ook al spreekt iemand nog zo engels, een Nederlander haal ik er altijd uit.' Dat is alles.
My uncle lived in Den Haag but back then he was scared that it would flood there so he moved to Eindhoven
Everyone here: *being Dutch *
Me a Flemming: I dont know what I was expecting...
Me not even being European
that really is a wonderful example of the marvels mankind can achieve, you have to admire those men
if there was no "Afsluitdijk" or "Deltawerken" there would be a massive wall of water where I am sitting
2:42 Lely had his plan, Lely always had his plan.
Just a dutch kid playing with sand ignoring his mother calling "dinner time"
His mother says: KIND! ETENSTIJD
@@Notxnn Ik bid niet veur brune bonen
It's beautiful that the dams did not only protect economic value, but also give economic value
It is was named a dijk because they planned to drain the entire Sountern Sea or IJssel Lake so it would be water on just one side, but it never happened, because WW2 came around the door. In which the Afsluitdijk was one of the few places in western Europe the Germans could not take by force.
Is that pronounced like "dick"?
@@robin9793 more like the word "dye" + k, but the ij sound isn't used in English I believe.
@@robin9793 Actually it's pronounced pretty much the same as the English 'dyke'
@@Arado159 I'm fairly sure that the English word "dyke" is just a borrowing from the Dutch word "dijk".
Historically, Dutch engineers were brought over to drain the fenlands of Norfolk, Lincolnshire etc. in the east of England to work their wonders in the Fens. I think I remember reading the same about the Somerset Levels over in the West Country i.e. due to their country's long experience with building flood defences etc., Dutch engineers were brought over to help the local landowners drain those too. Similar attempts were made less successfully to drain the Norfolk Broads.
Whether it was primarily through trade with port cities in the Low Countries or through interactions with Dutch engineers in England, I'm fairly sure the English got their word dyke from the Dutch and therefore it is really us English-speakers (I'm actually a Scot, but of course English is my mother tongue) who are pronouncing the word oddly.
@@alistairthompson8311 there is also no proper translation for 'polder'
I'm very pleased with the Dutch masterpiece, viva Netherlands!!!! I hope China can learn from the Dutch legends about dams
when he said "but in the north" combined with talk of a large barrier...hehehe i will send a raven to inform george r.r. Martin.
While saving alot of human lives for this dam, I can't stop thinking about how much aquatic life that went away that we can't uncover today because they're extinct. I guess beavers would be proud of this dam.
I'm very much pro ecology in almost every discussion you can have that standpoint in, and although I certainly don't deny your claim of loss of aquatic life (although new freshwater life entered the lake, it's not like it is empty), that loss is of the least ecological concerns in our modern time and age, in which so many life is lost or deliberately killed (read up on sharks please) just for short term profit. At least these dams (Delta Werken included) were about the safety of the people and were not built with profit as main reason in mind.
Fresh water lakes have no life in your opinion?
Very little. It was a rough deal for the local fishermen (though it was better than dying in a flood) and the salt water fish did die. But the Zuiderzee was just a shitty side arm of the North Sea. It likely won't have had any special sea life.
@@Tauva bruh it used to be land at all. the only constant is change.
Just putting a pointless fact out there.... that Dutch were the first people who own orignal 13 colonies of US before anybody else.
Immad and created New York and Wall Street...
Very few Americans even know New York was originally New Amsterdam.
@@MikMoen Even old New York was once New Amsterdam why they canged it I I can't say, people just liked it better that way
Mik Moen Lmao what the fuck are you on about? Everyone knows New York was bought from the Dutch. Every student learns about it, everything about the 13 colonies is taught to students in the U.S. Also, it wouldn't make much sense for Mexico or Canada to learn about the 13 colonies, and it certainly wouldn't for any country in Central or South America, so the idea that a majority of Americans don't know about it isn't exactly an astounding revelation
@@Bocchi-the-Rock_ Not nearly everything is taught.
:O This is even better than the ones before! Awesome video, man!
Wait, it was completed 2 years earlier than planned? A government project that didn't overrun?! What
Time is money. And if the Netherlandish hate anything, it's losing money
@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 still waiting for the north sea to pay the tikkie for the afsluitdijk
Work had to be done quickly here as well. If the construction work had been subject to a storm tide like in 1916, all efforts and money would have been wasted.
@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 oow really, ever looked at the Benelux line ?
@@pulsaran were not responsible for any actions taken by French and traitors
Every time he says "dykes", the 13 year old in me chuckles.
🤣🤣🤣
Let the child go you pervert.
Because "dyke" is a slang term for lesbian.
Nobody:
Dutch people: polder here, and polder there...
lol wat betekent dat uberhaupt
A Very dumb person het is een of ander kinder liedje maar de text veranderd
Gert van den Bosch Oh oké, bedankt
When the Dutch say 'Build a wall'..They mean it; -))
Deze is flauw; doe er wat zout over.
The Snark dat is waar.
At least they build useful walls haha
If it was today, Nederland would be some islands because of the eco discussions
Don't worry, it will be a small collection of islands very soon. (Eco discussions or no)
@@spoolofflarn8760 i smell bs.
I live in Amsterdam and here is a street named “cornelis lelylaan”, now I know who cornelis lely is and what he did😅
6:07 "including my grandfather" I didn't see that coming, but wow!
As an American who can trace their ancestry back to the 17th century in Vorden, Gelderland, this video makes me proud
I am glad you put 'Rupees' too in the currency conversions.
I had no idea the Netherlands did something mindblowing like that. Great video!
I have already driven several times over the Afsluitdijk, the detour from Northwest Germany ("German"-Friesland) to Amsterdam and Randstad area is only a few kilometers and the A7 is much more pleasant to drive (much less traffic). I then always stop at one of the parking lots and enjoy the wonderful view. A real miracle of technology! The colonisation of the moors in East Frisia would never have been possible 300 years ago without the help of Dutch hydraulic engineers.
Quality content! Keep it up
Thx 4 taking a lot of information and distilling it to make it so simple and enjoyable.
5:00 Heeele lelijke spelvout :P
I have never been good at spelling :(
I no longer draw the texts in my videos anymore because, apparently, I can't do it without error. :(
@@HistoryScope Good video otherwise, learned some things I didn't know yet. Maybe have someone check your videos for spelling if you tend to make mistakes?
Google is doing that for me now :)
Laat je teksten echt even nakijken door iemand, ook de namen van plaatsen en rivieren. Bijv. IJssel is met twee S’en. Je hebt een leuke stijl, maar zorg ervoor dat je informatie ook klopt.
@@TheRealMrSkippy Tenzij je Deventenaar bent. Die schrijven IJsel met 1 s.
I wish such thinkers and planners existed in my country!
Take a bow The Netherlands 👍
In which country do you live?
@@pieter-bashoogsteen2283 India
Hebben wij de langste dam in Europa ? 😳 dat wist ik niet.
We even have the TWO longest dams in Europe. The "Afsluitdijk" (32KM) and the "Houtribdijk" (30KM). ;)
Interesting video. I remember learning about this at primary school back in the late 70's.
I was curious what is Singapore’s new technology for land reclamation, as they have plan to follow this technology. Thank you.
They hire us. 😎
I don't know if you're serious but I believe the city of New Orleans did in fact hire Netherland engineers to build flood protection after Hurricane Katrina. Cheers. @@BillyBoze
Yeah i did said that in jest.
But 80% of the time it is true Anyway.
Can't say anything about any projects in Singapore, but as per the above mentioned chance it is likely we will be involved.
I can guarantee you 98% sure there will be at least a couple of Dutch supervisors present there.
Let the Netherlanders direct and let the less expert engineers can shovel!! (and I'm Canadian, not "Dutch") @@BillyBoze
@@CLL9262 Dutch Engineers are hired across the world for water engineering. A lot of US cities are looking into said technology to protect against natural disasters now, too.
That's fascinating! Thank you very much from an expat who are learning the history of the Netherlands!
there was a plan to build a railroad on top of the dam but it never happened
I love it. It is and always will be one of the most remarkable projects ever conceived and built.
thank you very much for this video but just one thing
at 05:00 it is written as the afsluit dijk
but generally speaking it is a very good introduction
(i actually live in the polder flevoland)
lowlz13 Then you will also like my new video on how your polder was constructed :)
Avery Thing actually I did I watched it directly after this one ;)
Mooie video! Kwam dit randomly tegen. Leuk om interessante geschiedenis te zien op een niet-saaie manier! Vroeger nauwelijks interesse in history...nu meer...mede door dit soort filmpjes. Well done!
When i think of the Netherlands i think of three things: weed, cheese and wind mills
And now also de Afsluitdijk. 😉
Peder-Willem Gertsen and also steenkolen engels
YOU FORGOT THE TULIPS!!!!!!!
No no no your a rookie if you Think about The Netherlands you think about Geert Wilders and the pvv scammers like Mark Rutte and dont forget de hoeren and i think this is beautifuel 🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱
Its so funny to see these comments as a guy fr o m the netherlands beceuse there aint that much weed or hoes its actually to most of the countries in the world
As an Englishman that has been to the Netherlands many times, we could learn so much from them about flooding and water management.
7:35 George Mcfly 😯
Every time I come to visit my Dutch family in Friesland i ask my uncle to drive us through this Dam. And every time we stop at the middle to see the views.
Amazing place ☺️
I dont know but this person whos speaking sounds like hes dutch himself
idd he pronounced afsluitdijk and ijsselmeer really well
btw he stated in the video that his grandfather worked on the afsluitdijk so he probably speaks dutch
You can clearly hear in his accent that he's Dutch.
Im dutch too
Actually his English has a strong Dutch accent
Your grandfather is part of the reason why i am alive? That's amazing, he's awesome. I love living in Flevoland.
"Hier gaan over het tij de maan de wind en wij."
Excellent report: well researched and very well narrated.
Very interesting love from Malaysia
hey !!! hive five !!! i am a Malaysian too!!!
I love how this man says Zuiderzee and Afsluitdijk
onorginele grap:
G E K O L O N I S E E R D
Kind of interesting to watch a video about us, the Dutch.
I'm from Europe and I'll take my shot at the longest one. Ahem, DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN!
Did I win?
For now
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Not anymore
Minus the n and you've got the longest dam
Beautiful history of Dutch. I'm really craving to visit Netherlands now.
1 - for the civil engineering
2 - for the love the bikes and bike infrastructure in Dutch. Love it.
@@iamTheSnark Utrecht sounds super interesting. Thanks for sharing about that place mate.
Nice vid!
Groeten van een civieler uit Delft ;)
Beeeeton beton beton beton beton beton beton
@@klaveruhh Civielers doen het met een paal, om mee te heien, om mee te heien
@@Dutchlaboratories Ok sorry hoor, maar wat gebeurt hier?