The Insane Scale of Europe’s New Mega-Tunnel
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It’s kind of Amazing to think that you’ve gone from doing little tutorials and sales pitches for BIM software to discussing construction projects to now basically a full fledge BBC/National Geographic quality shows. Bravo!🎉
What sort of software do they develop?
Thank goodness. They’ve become informative for the world.
I look forward to seeing THIS progress. I don’t see it affecting the environment any more then if it wasn’t built. I think it just makes life better for everyone. Nature isn’t going to be hurt. It’ll be saved.
I was just watching this thinking, wasn't this a voice over information channel. Significant increase is production. Great Video!
Edit for people replying to this before seeing later replies: It's my brain - not my ears or headphones - it tries to process ALL the sounds at once and fails.
I hope he/they will try to make the level of music over his voice much lower in the future so people like me don't get frustrated and click away. I clicked away during the car-driving scene at 2:30 when he was talking lowly (pitch) and the music track made it hard for me to understand him.
Edit: Replaced "Now he/they need" with "I hope he/they will try".
As a German I can say with confidence the Tunnel will be completed before the Motorway connection between Fehmarn and Lübeck will be completed.
Ja, ich warte immer noch auf die Rheintalbahn, zugesichert im Jahre 1996. Voraussichtliche Fertigstellung 2041🤯
Why is that exactly?
I heard it before. Also was in Hamburg in the summer. And he told me we were still driving on the highway made before WW2. And it had never been renewed. And you could feel it was old. With the gaps between the concrete pillars. 😁
@@commonsense31 Slow bureaucracy and NIMBY lawsuits
Someone said similar things about an airport in Berlin. 🤔🤔
@@commonsense31 Something in between bureaucratic hurdles and local protests.
As well as German law requiring to hire the cheapest company to do the work.
I'm actually apart of this project, I work on one of the tugboats assisting the dredger ship and supplying the other ships on project. It's so cool to see this in a documentary... I can show people where and what I do now. Nice documentary
English words are funny.
"a part" means "integral, within something", "the tunnels are a part of the project", whereas "apart" means "SEPARATE from something", "the planning department is in another city, far apart from the tunnel construction".
They are identical except for a space, yet they have opposite meanings.
@@itsROMPERS... American English is very contextual
@@zombl337og That's true, but this isn't a case of context.
"Apart" and "a part" are literally opposite in meaning, regardless of context.
It's pretty weird, that's for sure, but it's true.
Fucking badass bro
@@dadadidadadam weird!
I loved the train/ferry ride. They used this route until some years ago. You were able to take a little stroll on the ferry, watch the waves, have a cinnamon roll and a coffee. Yes, it might have been slower than a tunnel, but sometimes slowing down is exactly what we need. I miss this a lot.
I know everyone says this, but I love how this channel did not turn into one of those one-sided types of content creators. (biggest building ever!!!) but this incredible production team covers many valid and important environmental as well as societal impacts of construction whilst reveling in their beauty and scale.
Yes! 👏 People concerned about the project play an important role as well, because it encourages the developer to improve harm mitigation and transparency. I doubt they would be going to these lengths to reduce sedimentation without people raising the valid environmental concerns.
I very much agree. Rather than just another “Wow, big project!” CZcams maker, theB1M does a fabulous job of balancing the pros and cons… and getting such great direct views on-site is an incredible bonus! THIS is why I’m subscribed.
It’s also fun to see video footage from TheB1M get swiped for other CZcamsrs’ “biggest projects being built!!!!” crap videos.
Agree, the (mostly) American productions are far to shouty,shallow and ´sensational´ to watch. As a European its a pain in the butt. Quality over quantity any time
YES!!!!
Not really. "There are concerns..." followed by "oh well they'll forget about it" is not very far away from "the biggest project ever!"
There are many megastructures that had devastating effects on their surroundings, decades or even a century later. You can trivialize the impact, but that doesn't make facts go away.
B1M is perhaps the most professional CZcams channel I’ve seen. You don’t avoid complex issues, instead you explain them in a language that those not in the industry, such as myself, can understand. We’ll done to you.
Fred is the 🐐
Imagine if the money that goes to wars, would go to more projects like this
your average war creates thousands of projects like this...
@elingrome5853 okay name one from the Vietnam war
I really appreciated the thoughtful approach to the concerns of the citizens and genuinely the editorial felt "kind" towards their concerns. Nice work B1M.
I worked on the construction of the Sydney Harbour Tunnel about 30 years ago. It was constructed in the same way this tunnel is being built.The water quality after the project was completed was better than before the project started. Good management and good ethics made it work, even though we had to work right underneath the Sydney Opera House. No one complains about it anymore
I remember the controversy about water quality, and indeed there were no problems. The funny thing is they’re planning a new crossing of Sydney Harbour and exactly the same objections are being raised again.
When they constructed the Øresund bridge, there were also enviromentalists that opposed it as they said it would destroy the eco system in the strait, due to construction but also due to changed currents in and around the pylons.
After construction of the bridge had ended and the tunnel part was dredged in, surveys found that the eco system had not only, not taken any long term damage, but the new structures had made it possible for new lifeforms to inhabit the waters.
Short time, there were offcourse some upset in the waters, but everything quickly got back to "normal"
You can't improve something, without maybe ruining something else. But i'm glad that you didn't hit the Opera House. Which is, as you know, danish. By design, at least.
@@zigzagtoes Oh I totally agree. If you left it up to the companies to enforce their own standards they’d quickly calculate what they could get away with, and where they could dump blame and responsibility if something went wrong. You’d hope it was the subject of legislated environmental standards, not who made the most noise.
What I really objected to was that the original objections came from people who simply did not want the tunnels built, and they used non-science to boost their claim. For them to use the exact same playbook in the exact same harbour a few decades later seems a bit crazy.
@@albertbatfinder5240 Aesthetic considerations constitute non-scientific arguments. In fact, any arguments concerning values are non-scientific. Science is a manipulative take on reality that renders it predictable and manipulable. Science itself has nothing to contribute to questions of what we should do, but only tells us how to do it. Valuing is an experience that involves vulnerability and passivity, a willingness to be affected by other people, empathy, beauty, and so on. Valuing is not something that the scientific/technological mode of thinking can do. Many scientists have values, but those values are not products of scientific thinking. And there are lots of scientists and technologists who lack values, like the evil clowns at the World Economic Forum or most public health bureaucracies, who gravitate toward fascism because it's the most "efficient" system of human organization.
-- The dark side of science and technology is that they can decay into a lust for power, whether over the physical world or the social world. The founders of modern science were men of humility, of broad intellectual scope, and of religion (Galileo, Descartes, Newton), and one might temper a scientific/technical education with a dose of the humanities, but these have unfortunately been scientized. Cf. Roger Scruton's "Scientism in the Arts and Humanities." (It's searchable by the title.) And it should be no surprise that instances of scientific fraud and sloppy, tendentious work is on the rise, when many scientists are so specialized in their thinking that their capacity for valuing is merely vestigal and atrophied.
-- That an argument regarding a project that affects lots of people is "non-science" is not much of a refutation of its merit.
Is it just me or has the quality of videos on this channel gone through the roof recently? Take this video for example - it is better than many of the documentaries you watch on TV which are often done by production companies with decades of experience and many more people involved in the process of creating those documentaries. Wow!
_Thank you for putting out such high quality content here on CZcams!_
Was just about to comment on the quality of production. Pretty insane for a CZcams channel imo
Its standard 1080p, literally looks like any other video lol
If it was 4k hdr 2160p then i might have understood
Not saying its bad, but not mind blowing either
No it isn't just you. Quality is top notch
Terrific story, unknown of by most of us in Texas. Quite comprehensive, well written, photographed and produced, covering the major and extreme elements of this project while adding significant irony towards the end with the telling of a story of a 60 year old bridge being the first water crossing of the area, its construction being resisted, and how locals now fear losing upkeep, maintenance, and the possible declining future of this sentimental "relic" at the expense of the new Mega Tunnel. Better than a 60 Minutes piece!
Unknown by most of us in Europe too, don't worry.
$7.5bn is insanely cheap, if they can do it. In Australia they want $7bn just to build a train station in Sydney as part of a dream high speed train network
Well, building "whatever" in already urbanized areas such as Sydney will OBVIOUSLY be much more costly. With all the already existing infrastructure, they have to deal with.
A lot of expertise have been kept from the constructions of tunnels and bridges in Denmark.
the two bridges between denmark and sweden are truly incredible, drove over those two last summer at sunrise and was blown away by the sights and the architecture
but did you see the fish and sea creatures cursing at the bridge? that's the real question.
@@SonnyDarvishzadeh It is a curious case because environmentalists complained about the bridge when it was proposed and proclaimed that it would destroy all maritime life in the region. I remember reading somewhere years after it had been built that the sea creatures and plants were actually thriving more than ever.
Two bridges? Are you refering to both parts of the same bridge or?
He means the Storebelt/Great Belt Bridge (between Funen and Zeeland) and the Oresund Bridge.
And yes I agree. Had the opportunity to ride over the Storebelt by bike this year as part of the Tour de Storebelt.
Was truly amazing and not something I’ll forget any time soon.
Whenever such projects, which are expected to bring development and growth, are carried out in the developing countries not favoured by the EU, there is always an avalanche of negative press and howls in the west about the social, environmental, health etc etc etc impact. Anything to hold those countries back and create bad publicity for them, whipping up hysteria and mobilising militant naysayers rejecting every study and expert opinion. As if any project anywhere does not require land, resources, energy and does not entail inherent HSE risks. Even here, a huge peoject like this passing through some of the most densely populated geography, the risks and unavoidable damage are just touched on slightly and white-washed in the end. Double standards on display.
Filming from the field, while interactively explaining topics is WAY better than using lame and repetitive stock videos, like too many CZcamsrs do. Great research and amazing work!
Unfortunately, most of those CZcamsrs that use stock videos simply don't have the sort of clout and access The B1M has, so it's not as achievable for them to simply visit an active construction site.
Then what good are they?
Well made video! Living in Malmö, the Öresund bridge has made a huge impact on the region. People working on both sides travelling daily and the easy access to the Copenhagen Airport is just great. I actually drove from Malmö to Hamburg this summer, not using the ferry between Rödby - Puttgarden. It took around six hours. I think this tunnel will have a huge impact on the region, and it will reduce the travelling time from six hours to around three hours.
Same the bridge is nice, makes a trip to malmø for shopping ect very fast.
I've read about Malmo - world wide reputation as a once beautiful tourist resort, and now a no go area for police and emergency workers alike.
My hats off to all the people in charge of these fantastic engineering projects. You guys rock!👏👏👏
1:39 I want you to know that this clip is from the German _satirical_ programme "Extra 3", so when the host says "It isn't clear wether the positive consequences of this project outweigh the negative ones", it's a segue to a clip of them extensively making fun of the tunnel.
One of finest documentary-style CZcams productions I've ever seen from any outlet, let alone from an independent CZcamsr! Thanks Fred & team!
Better than any TV production
Independent seems a bit of a misnomer in this case. The video is made courtesy of the company building the 7 billion link. I would prefer to hear from an unbiased third party; of course the video has higher than normal production value.
I totally agree! 👍
@@michinwaygook3684 Sad to say, the 'unbiased third party' failed to make a documentary on this subject.
@@michinwaygook3684 I mean it provides 2 points of view, so I wouldn't say so
As someone who lives in Malmö and crosses the Öresund bridge multiple times a week, it was great to see your reaction going across it! I have definitely become desensitized to how amazing it is from an engineering and architecture perspective
I appreciate it every time I'm at Vestra Hamnen.
I have the same desensitization growing up next to the Delta Works here in the Netherlands. But on a sunny day, and the so many (mainly) German tourists driving over that route always get distracted by what they are driving on, seeing (I just said it was sunny, but not anymore) with smashing waves on one side and relative calm 'lake' on the other.
I had a similar reaction when cycling across the Breezanddijk in 1994. It doesn’t have spectacular architecture, but is perfectly designed for its function and location. Beautifully captured by Fred and his techie behind the camera.
I must say, your video content is superb, well balanced, informative, excellently directed, excellently produced, and hits all the key points in a
Ah thank you so much!! We worked so hard on this 🙌
I´m so jelous. You get to see all the great content for the first time.
@@TheB1M It shows.
I love this episode, love how you're on the point in every way and despite clear negligence by oceangate, you still present their flaws respectfully without trying to ridicule. Great video!!!
No, no! We must be politically correct or woke. With today's communication options, what is the need to travel?
HAHA. The world’s airlines, cruise and rail companies are trembling with fear. LOL After taking the fairy at Puttgarden a few times to get to my Danish relatives, I’d pay good money to use that tunnel.
If I live that long….
You're drowning in culture war nonsense
Seeing this video again after over a year it still is one of the best I’ve ever seen, especially for this project.
As I live right there it also is incredible to see how much has changed at the construction site since this video was published
I'd be interested in seeing a video on how underwater trenches are dug, no idea how that would even work haha
I got doubts over the 100€ toll fee.
With an underwater shovel of course
@@sohigh10 professionals use aqua affinity and depth strider, ultimately respiration. Duh?!
@@sohigh10 just place a door and hid in it, so you can dig faster underwater
@@aeonsolo Tbh they might just have a couple conduits set up
This documentry is just pure brilliance and masterpiece at display. The way Fred also covers views of organisation opposing the project despite being biggest construction youtuber is really commendable. B1M truly is the best source to derive info about construction on the planet. Again well done and congrats Fred and whole B1M team. Best of luck for future projects.
Love from India.
The subject looked interesting. But I wasn't going to invest half an hour into a random feed from YT...
(30 minutes later)
Masterfully done. I'm resisting the urge to click another topic. (the wife will be at me shortly. lol)
This is a fascinating project. What a feat of engineering - wow!
You've presented the project so well, explained where and why this is being built. Explained the issues and decided upon solution (and why), then managed to get across the sheer scale of the whole thing.
It's so interesting.
Finally you've not ignored the environmental concerns and issues being raised, presenting pros, cons and concerns without bias.
Great work, more of this content please! 👏
I agree
Amazing project and another excellent video, I continue to be impressed with the quality of the B1M's work.
As to the environment and local effects, the environmental effects such as the silt will settle out pretty quickly. For the local effects while it's a smaller scale I suggest taking a look at what happened with Mackinaw City Michigan. It's a small tourist town of the tip of Michigan's lower peninsula, the "tip of the mitt", and it used to be the only way to get to the upper peninsula was a ferry. Then the Mackinac Bridge, the "Mighty Mac", a megaproject itself, was built and I-75 extended into the UP.
That was in 1957, Mackinaw City is a delightful place and still a small town, it wasn't destroyed at all, and in fact the area is remote enough that just a few miles out of town is one of the International Dark Parks, where you can REALLY see the night sky.
I feel like Fred Mills is the David Attenborough for construction with the quality of these videos. I know it's been said but this channel's progress is as astonishing as the advancements in construction!
Agreed 👍
Yeah, it doesn't sound like a youtube channel!
It's ok Sabrina, you can say it
That is an insult. Attenborough sold his soul when he agreed to lie for the BBC on sham climate change. David Bellamy refused to lie, so his TV career was ended. Attenborough is a fraud.
He really is a fantastic presenter. Sharp looking guy, British accent, well spoken, and personable towards the camera and whomever he’s speaking with.
I just want to say that one thing which might be forgotten here is the incredible rise of the B1M as a channel. They have basically become as big as Discovery Channel's Megastructures in a few short years. What a phenomenal job they've done.
Really well done mate! You presented a balanced view of the project, citing both pro- and opponents, while still being respectful to both. Also, it's just very cool that you got access to the site!
The quality of these documentaries is a HUGE leap above anything else on CZcams. In fact, its composition is even better than the famed BBC documentaries. Great transitions, simple hands-on examples, lovely intonation of narration...
Ai could never
As a German I have to say that we are very lucky the Danish are managing this project, Germany does nearly nothing to it. But it is really important in my opinion and probably the less Germany is involved, the better for the cost, the time horizon and the complexity of this project...
Ya but we still have to build the infrastucture for it. The Danes build bridges/tunnels through the sea, the Swiss are drilling super long tunnels through the Alps, and Germany, which has to connect all of it, is waiting for the new train tracks to appear magically in time...
@@lexymon1 That's what I mean
Ah,dieses ständige schlechtreden.Andere bauen auch Mist.Liebe Landsleute-hört auf damit indem ihr damit aufhört.Eine andere Perspektive wirkt oft Wunder.
@@Commentorist Oh yeah?
I just have to take a look out of my window to look at a piece of road construction that hasn't seen any work in almost two weeks, those wankers just upped and left as is usual while keeping all their shit in place.
Probably cheaper to just store their shit on the toad instead of actually moving it to wherever it might be used next.
Our infrastructure is a crumbling mess, getting another perspective doesn't really help (unless you mean by comparing it to North Korea or Zimbabwe)
Same with the Netherlands. We’ve built a new freight corridor from Rotterdam to the border in the early 2000’s. Germany has not upgraded the connection to the Ruhr area, which means freight trains still have to take the slow route through Germany.
This project will have a huge impact on central-northern Europe. I can’t wait to travel to Sweden by train within a day. I‘m sure it’s like you said, that once it’s there, we would never want it differently.
Awesome video!
As a Pole, same!
To be fair, the ferry isn't too slow either. You can get from Hamburg to Stockholm in about 10h iirc
I just found your channel and your videos are fantastic! I love the way you explain everything and visulise it in a way that's easy to explain.
Extremely high quality content from this channel, as always.
This is one of those videos that makes me sit and marvel that it's free. It's so well-researched, expertly produced and presented that I feel like I should be paying for it. Exceptional work.
I don’t like being in tunnels. Thank you but I’ll take the 500 mile detour.
In fact this sort of stuff is why I *am* paying for Premium and so presumably CZcams B1M. Awesome, in the bigger sense of the word.
In essence you are paying him and the B1M for this video because you are viewing their content. More views of B1M and Tomorrows Build (B1M sister channel) content equal more income from CZcams adsense, CZcams Premium and sponsorship deals, the channels will have a healthy profit margin, Fred and everyone else working for the channels will be on a decent salary.
@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ thanks for the unsolicited bible versus 😂😂😂
I agree,I feel very lucky!!
better than anything on Discovery Channel today
Thank you so much!! ✊
Honestly so true. And they have an entire network's worth of budget while B1M had to think about the algorithm eyc
@@user-op8fg3ny3j You can’t buy the passion Fred and the team have for the subject
@@chriswhite2738 💯. I'm honestly curious how such a small team can pull of all the logistics?
I worked on the Ground Investigation for this a few years ago, drilling boreholes across the water there. It was a very interesting idea and closer to home, the extension of the Tyne Tunnel in North East England was constructed in a similar fashion.
If it wasn’t for amazing journalists like you, Americans like me would never know things like this actually exist. It’s absolutely astounding!
im from EU and i didnt know :)
I'm in Scotland and this is the first I've heard about this, it's fascinating.
Don't put yourself down, you've found this video, you're here watching and learning like the rest of us. 👍
nobody in europe even knows NOR CARES, its 1 tunnel to 1 island that had more than 1 ferry before, NOBODY GIVES A SHIT
I assure you that ABSOLUTE MAJORITY of the Europeans don't have a fckin CLUE about anything related to other parts of Europe. The language divide is huge in Europe plus no European ever cares about what's going on in other European countries.
Watching this one again after some time ago ... boy ... what a marvel of engineering worth a second listen... Thanks B1M for the Great Content!
The sheer number of things that have to be taken into account on these kinds of projects is just anxiety-inducing. The words of the on-site directors about how they learn on the site since there is no manual to these kinds of things make you really think about every single aspect. From simply transporting the goods, casting the parts and moving things around the site to monitoring the sediments movements and carbon emissions. Thousands of hours of just thoughts and planning to keep the project in an orderly fashion from start to finish. Ventures like these are what I consider to be the peak of society's achievements. Great work on the documentary and massive respect to anyone working on the project.
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Danes are often masters of improvisation, while still creating world class results leaving positive impact on the whole ... 🇩🇰😇✌🏻🇩🇰
Proud and happy to be part of the planning team on the German side :)
Great Video (y)
We’re proud of you too lad! Can you share some of the most difficult problems you’ve worked on?
Dam pls tell us about it. I wanna know how fucking hard it is to make something like this
Excellent video, very well presented and articulated.
This is the second B1M video I have watched, and I am now a subscriber! I love informative stories, and this one is fantastic, especially living in the States.
Fred, your production quality has gone skyward. The way that you tell stories is as marvellous as the stories themselves. I really appreciate the effort that you and your team are putting into these recent documentaries! They are truly deserving of that classification. All the best to you & everyone.
America can send BILLIONS to Ukraine to Protect their boarders, but we can't afford one of those in our country...
@@MrHyde-wv8wi muricans love keeping it traditional don't ya? Jk, but seriously though; how come you still don't have high speed trains between your states yet? I really think your radical politics have a huge part to play. Also the immense cultural polarization which is feeding this political extremism.
Germany should demand the repair and guaranteed safety of the Nord Stream Pipelines before proceeding with the tunnel project. Sweden and Denmark refused to give German authorities access to assess the damage and collect evidence. Sweden also refuses to release collected evidence to Germany. The tunnel project should be blocked until the Nord Stream Pipeline issue is resolved
@@MrHyde-wv8wi America is sending money to Ukraine to protect and save lives, not borders. We sat and did nothing before World War II started. It took Pearl Harbor for us to get involved. I think we've learned our lesson.
@@MrHyde-wv8wi One of what, where?
Your work is absolutely outstanding. LOVE your videos.
A giant project. I am proud of our scandinavian neighbours.
Thanks to the B1M Team for this brillant documentation !
@@RepentandbelieveinJesusChrist Somebody is expressing their gratitude towards their geografical neighbours. And YOUR response to that is "repent"?????
Sooooo informative and fascinating. THANKS B1M.😊
Amazing engineering. Hope to pay a visit once it happen later. I wish all the best and stay safe to all involved
The anti-tunnel side got a fair and sympathetic hearing in this video. They weren’t brushed aside or ignored. That’s to your credit, Fred.
The anti-tunnel group, whilst having legitimate concerns, are the same sort of people how are anit-HS2. Late middle-aged/retirees how will be dead by the time the structure is up, running & well established. Typical short-term views, ignoring the long-term benefits.
@@djpalmer31 It is - sort of. The Danes are very enviromentally aware. However all, and I mean all larger bridges caused unforeseen changes in the streams of the Baltic. Stream charts of 20 years ago that didn't change for centuries, changed overnight when the bridges were constructed. While they certainly look out for the environment and I believe it to be necessary, however I also think that we might not yet be aware of what this construction might mean to the area. That being said Fehmarn is not that beautiful - in fact of the German Baltic islands, Fehmarn is probably the least spectacular.
@@djpalmer31 every country has its fair share of crackpots, we have quite a few of those in Italy too
@@PornopietistgeilimBe the Danes are not those, who delayed this project, it's the germans who delayed it by 7 years with their nimbysm
@@mariofanelli8634
Yes, like in Italy nowhere else.
I hope that videos like this one will have follow-ups eventually, where Fred revisits the site a few years into construction (or even after completion!) and updates us on the projects :) Might trigger a spike in views on the older, original videos as well.
Thank you so much for this very interesting video. Reminds me if the quote: it takes hundreds of people making a infrastructure project work, but only a handful to shut it down. Looking forward to your future videos - keep it up!
Totally awesome! I am interested in the procedures they will be using to excavate the trenches and to keep the trenches from collapsing before installing each segment. As a commercial diver I know that it can be a real challenge to keep a trench "open" when laying a subsea pipeline let alone when installing the sections of tunnel. Please create a video on how the installation process will work, I'm sure it would be awesome to see - Thank you!
Superb coverage of this underappreciated mega project. The Danes really have something to offer the world, when it comes to engineering and know-how, particularly within bridge and tunnel construction. Not bad for a country with 2/3 the population of London.
In general i feel my country is going good with public transport, transport in general annddd the climate is something we care about and are working hard to save by engineering new solutions.
@@hunt9087 Exept letbanen in odense
I'm old, but i hope to live long enough to use this great project a few times - future generations will ask why it hasn't been build much earlier! Fantastic what humans can achieve when they work together!
I am amazed that the future generations are allowing it. Where are all the protesters?
@@elwoodbluesmorris2120
RE: "I am amazed that the future generations are allowing it. Where are all the protesters?"
Life is all about change. Environmentalists are usually just neo-Luddites.
One of your best long form docs. good job!
One of the best productions I've seen of a fantastic project Thank you😅
Totally amazing. As a retired engineer, I wish I could have worked on a project such as this. This is astonishing.
They talked about gaskets at 15:06. Do you have any thoughts about what they are made of? They can't be rubber because rubber wears out over time. Maybe they are a composite material that remains waterproof. Or maybe they collapse into their own sealed compartment. The gaskets are a curiosity. Thanks.
@@velvetbees it would not matter what there made of because once the tunnel is covered and pumped out they can take care of the connections from within. By my estimates their spending $3.3million a day roughly. Thats if the bridge is to be completed by 2029
@@velvetbees silly putty I reckon.
Similar design bridge was done in Cork, Ireland to go under the River Lee, no rail tracks though ..
Me too
Those were grand featured elements. Nice video produced here. The shots quality were top tier and everyone in the video were great.
This was one of your best! A+
The consturction site will definitely be landscaped, trees planted. The tunnel will decrease kilometers driven and make train travel actually attractive to replace short haul flights from Denmark/Sweden to Central-Europe
Yep. The opposition is just NIMBYism taking the form of environmentalism.
How many short haul flights is equivalent to the amount or c02 emitted building this!.
@@Robert-cu9bm Given a short-haul flight would produce about 12 tons of CO2, you would need about 160 000 flights if the claim about 2Mt of CO2 was right. If you replace 10 flights a day which is realistic you would need about 43 years to offset it. And this tunnel will hopefully also pull some people from cars, although it still offers four lanes for new ones.
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But the short haul flights also carries hundred of people.
Lots of those hundreds of people will now be in cars using the tunnel creating more co2.
Just running the tunnel adds c02 onto the initial amount.
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Then the tunnel also creates usage that would not have done in the first case.
People who weren't going to fly or travel to either country now have an incentive to do so.
Therefore creating more c02 that they would have without the tunnel.
Your productions are amazingly well done and produced! Also, the fact that you present various arguments for and against this type of project adds to the value for me as a viewer. A fantastic presentation indeed!
I took the Puttgarten ferry as a child, in the late 60s and early 70s. The train rolled onto the ferry, which I thought normal but have never experienced since.
Amazing work!
Yep, I did the same as a kid. Took it for granted and now it is not possible anymore. First train on Danish ferries was in operation in 1872 and the last, which was on the ferry you and I travelled on, Rødby-Puttgarten, stopped in 2019. End of an era.
Great documentary to watch, easy to understand and follow and a great journalist presenting it. Highly recommend watching this is a massive project it's amazing what people can do when you put them together with technology
The fact that the Technical Director, Jens Ole Kaslund, first mentions communication between working crews when talking about what they learned so far, makes me trust this project.
And the production quality on this channel is top notch. Thanks to everyone involved in the creation of these videos!
As a person who often have to travel between Germany and Sweden I'm very excited about how much this will cut off of travel times.
Most likely, Deutsche Bahn will operate the line, we all know what that means
@@tijs1886 I don't, can you elaborate?
@@LiamHayne Deutsche Bahn is famously known for its delays and canceled services
@@tijs1886 I can't imagine them being any worse than Swedish SJ
@@tijs1886 The current Copenhagen-Hamburg line with several trains daily is operated by DSB, the Danish equivalent of DB. There’s also a more infrequent night train service Stockholm-Berlin, which is operated by the private Swedish company Snälltoget. I could be wrong, but I don’t think Deutsche Bahn has expressed any interest in going to Scandinavia so far.
The quality of your videos, something id watch on discovery science at 1am or something, real awesome sir
Yes bravo! Well thought out / executed ‘storytelling’ in projecting objectivity and inform. No matter which side of the for or against infrastructure projects you might land on. No pun intended. Kudos.
When they built the Oresund bridge (Sweden - Denmark) the environmentalists were saying the same thing. But in the end, the outcome was that improved the health of the Baltic sea.
basically environmentalism today has devolved into anti humanism, they are basically leftist and they want total destruction of all humanity...that's their goal...whatever is done its not enough for them...yet they are blind to developments in china...
On the other hand, the project might've taken more care to consider the environment because of environmentalist. The goal isn't always to block a project, but rather to ensure that it's done in the best way.
@@dykam Yeah, those are the rational environmentalists.
@@chemicalfrankie1030 Sometimes people complain for no reason and when the project is finished most people end up loving it. The tunnel has very very few downsides. The upsides in my opinion outweigh the few downsides of the project. People also wanted to stop the great belt bridge. But today most of the opponents of that bridge could not live without it.
Its typicly the german attitude to environmental projects. "YE ITS NICE BUT NOT IN MY NEIGHBOURHOOD".
As Italian🇮🇹 I want to say one thing. The Scan Med corridor goes through the Strait of Messina (the water between the boot and Sicily) and Italian government is getting ready to build a suspension bridge with the longest central span. (Actually the record is 2023m, Messina bridge will be 3300m with a height around 400m.)
How fast can i take a train from northern Sweden to Sicily then? :)
That bridge is really necessary between Sicily and Italy. But this project between Germany Island and Danemark isn't
@@teriod100 How is it not lol? There are 20 million people travelling to mainland Europe going to use it. How is that Sicily bridge more necessary? What?
@@rojavabashur6455 they’re both necessary. There isn’t one more necessary than the other one.
@@HeresTheGenZFlorentineFolks. How many live on Sicily lol and what natural resources they have? Whats the GDP of Sicily?
Very well done. I watched the whole thing and don't regret time time I've spent.
Fantastic video - should be shown to every school kid across Europe and beyond. Not just to inspire Engineers but also Environmentalists, Media and Logistics students etc etc etc.
Wow. You keep hitting new levels with your content, Fred. I had no idea this project was underway, I’m so thankful to you and the team for your hard work. Brilliant video!
In my hometown we have a similar kind of tunnel, construction was actually very similar to this one in Denmark. It was built in the 60' and is probably still the most complex engineering work ever done in Argentina. It goes until 32 mts. deep and has almost 2,4 km tubed section under the river soil. A consortium of three companies was in charge of the project, Hochtief and Vianini plus an argentine one. It completely changed the lives of both cities, for better.
Damn fine video. I also loved when the music changed for the "BORED TUNNEL" segment.
this was brilliant- Thankyou 😁👍
I am working on the signaling system on the Danish side, and my team will eventually participate in testing the train in that tunnel. Incidentally, I happen to be in the background at the 12:51 mark, because I was visiting the museum the day you were shooting.
This is an amazing project, and seeing your documentary on it makes me realize even more how crazy it is, and how lucky I am to be (albeit very remotely) involved in it
Thanks for a great program 👍 🙂
Do you know how they intend to handle water leaks?
@@barondugger probably the same way it's handled in other tunnels of this design. Monitoring, patching, and even replacing entire segments if that's needed because a segment has become too damaged to patch up.
The tech behind the system is not new, the only revolutionary part of this project is the scale which is much less of an issue once the initial construction is completed
How far are the plans for the Daniosh signalling system? I work for DB as a signaller and as of now the old signal box in Puttgarden is still in use. As far as I know DB is plannig an electronic signalbox and RBC in Lübeck. What are DSB's plans?
@@denn120 I know the signal system inside the tunnel is being designed, and some test cases are already prepared. Femern is doing it and I haven't been privy to many details yet, but the work is definitely started. On the Danish side, up to the tunnel, it is included in the planning for the nation-wide upgrading of the signaling system. Standard ERTMS stuff, level 2 so far
@@Its-Just-Zip is that an eve onlin pfp
One thing to note is that there is already plans underway as to what to use the main construction site/factory for when they're done building the tunnel elements for Fehmarn belt, including 'tailored' IMT elements to other projects, and Immersed Foundations for offshore wind-farms
They should build more of these for other parts of Europe that may need it, and ship the elements elsewhere. There are probably plenty of need around the Scandinavian archipelagos.
Also, are these tunnels safer from sabotage or other war harm than bridges? Could they act as a sort of backup for already existing bridge links?
Its really wonderful. Such a fun activity. Keep it up my friend!
Just came across your channel and i think your content is very interesting, keep the good work. greetings from Portugal.
This is a love letter to engineering. I never thought I would experience this on CZcams of all places. Great quality work going on at this channel. Keep up the good work!
I agree, this is probably the most balanced, broad and well-thought-through video about this I’ve ever seen.
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If you like this kind of content, you might love the practical engineering channel. There is actually quite a lot of good content about engineering on youtube, as there are about almost anything :).
@@GabrielPettier I already subscribe to that one :).
@@GabrielPettiersubbed. Thanks
love the video brother, keep it up
2:30 Spending holidays sailing with my parents I got to experience the Øresund Bridge in a way not many get to see it as a young teen and it was a very memeorable and spectacular experience. The bridge is just long enough that at a day with not compleatly clear athmosphere no land is visible. So you are sailing in the waterway in the middle of that body of water, and suddenly this monumentous construction just materialises from thin air, quickly growing to proportions that absolutely drawf you in your smal sailing ship. It really has a unreal component to it. There you are, in what appears to be open water, and then there is this gigantic bridge.
23:08 as a Swede you're 100% spot on about this, having recently bought an apartment in Italy, the idea of flying to there is a pretty sad one to me, current rail connections makes this trip take a little more than 24 hours by rail, and is what makes me so excited by this project.
This and all the new connections that will come from it will make taking the train to my apartment even more feasible. (As I'll still be taking it regardless haha, so much more comfortable).
How long will it take after this project completion?
Ah, retired people with a snowbird home in Italy. Mountains of time on their hands to waste on trains for 3X the cost instead of planes... Brilliant! Why not just take the LONG route then? Why do you care if it is 24 hours by train or 26 hours by train?
Right now it makes sense - it's needed for this guy to get to his holiday apartment.
@@northernhemisphere4906 Well the shortening of the route will remove 1.5 hours, but the biggest issue right now is not length but lack of direct high-speed connections.
When this is completed a lot more people will be taking the same route as me and that can slash many hours from the time it takes for me to travel there as there will be less stops and less switching between trains and a higher average speed.
You live in a tiny country. This job is moving ahead as fast as a glacier.
You will freeze in the dark. If you think some windmill. Will keep even the lights on.
This channel is nuts.
The projects they present, the issues surrounding their construction, and the production values all add up to a superior infotainment experience.
Fred is a great presenter, and this content could easily be on any “ real” TV channel anywhere.
Great job, B1M!
Thank you so very much for making this video in for sharing this video very interesting and we'll have to check into it some more
Amazing 🤩. Thank you for sharing.
The production of this video is just on whole another level! Props to you guys and I'm hoping for the best for all the people behind this channel. Keep it up!
The best propaganda is.
I must echo this comment. Some mainstream broadcasters would struggle to produce such content. Great work 👏
Minus the sound mixing though. Yikes.
Really loving this channel lately, been having a bit of time off work because of surgery and covid so been watching it quite a bit! So much so I’ve hit the bell icon now 😊
Fascinating and really informative!
thanks for covering europe once in a while :D
Engineer in the US here and my company has a division in Denmark that I happen to work with routinely. Love the Danes, great people and great Engineering tradition for such a relatively small country! I hope this project work out very well for them!
C'mon, we are not a relatively small country, just small. On the other hand, we've big brains, and the Viking spirit to make it work.
Anyway, thanks for the nice words. 😊❤️🇩🇰
@@b.v.nielsen8714 lol bro, relatively small just mean small compared to many countries. To me at least, Denmark is relatively small with a population less than NYC alone. Nothing bad about ‘relatively small’ maybe you misunderstand or it means something different to you? Either way, I’ve been to Denmark twice and love it. Great place, great people, history, culture, and great Engineering…despite having so few people compared to the US for example.
@@REDSHlFT Nah, just joking. Glad you like my country. 😊🇩🇰
@@b.v.nielsen8714 Love it, several friends in Denmark, those are my boys and they love to drink great beer too 😂
Expect the fact they had a EU Commissioner from Denmark who gave funding. More tunnel or linear vision on Non Linear planet.
I love the enthusiasm of the engineers responsible for the build. ❤️
Great video, congratulations. I’am from Belgium and never heard of this project so very interesting to learn about it…! Grts
Fascinating! Great video
Great Video!
I expected a short video about a mega project like some of your former videos and got a nearly 30-minute documentary with different perspectives and great shots!
Love it!
It was 30 minutes?
The quality of your documentaries lately has been absolutely incredible, especially with the on-site content. Keep up the amazing work!
Wow...great stuff. Well done!
Amazing video! Inspiring project!
As someone who has lived very close to Rødbyhavn and has visited the center for learning about the project and watching it being build, i hope they ask to use this video. It explains so much so well and would be great when they don't have enough guides. It also add a lot of great video showing everything, which they dont have as much of at the visiting center. It would be a great addition to all their models
Immersed tunnels have been successfully built in a number of locations around the world. However, almost all existing immersed tunnels were built across protected waters, such as a harbor or a bay. Building an immersed tunnel up to 40 meters deep across a stormy stretch of open water on the Baltic Sea is an immersed tunnel on a completely different level compared to any other immersed tunnel in the world!
What about the Channel Tunnel? That goes as deep as 115 metres at some points
@@user-nu1vn3yy9s This project is going to cost €8billion? The channel tunnel cost the same at todays costs. Can someone please explain to me why Dido Harding couldn't build 4.5 of these. After all she took £37billion of our cash. What on earth was it supposedly spent on in an 18 month period ? It took hundreds of the worlds top scentists 20 years to put a vehicle on Mars. The entire project cost £4 billion! So I ask again, where is our money Dido?
@@user-nu1vn3yy9s The Channel Tunnel was built by public subscription. Of course large investors put in much more but my £250 helped build it.
It's all about the immersion!
@@user-nu1vn3yy9s The IPO had a minimum subscription of £250 which is all I could afford at the time. I sold my shares at the top and made a 50% return. I deal in hundreds not billions the World I live in.