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Why The Netherlands Isn't Flooding (Anymore)

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How could such a small country construct one of the most advanced flood defences?

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General information:
https://watersnoodmuseum.nl

Construction of the Delta Works: https://geschiedenisvanzuidholland.nl...
http://www.deltawerken.com/Deltaworks...
https://www.water-technology.net/proj...
http://www.deltawerken.com/De-Deltawe...

Hollandsche IJsselkering (Algerakering): https://www.rijkswaterstaat.nl/water/...

Rescue of dike by ship: https://nietbangvoorwater.info/zuid-h...

Footage of the floods and Dutch parliament: https://www.openbeelden.nl/media/26368

Dutch GDP in 2019 in US Dollars: https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/...

If you want to visit: https://www.holland.com/global/touris...

20 Comments

@HistoryScope Creator 6 years ago Pinned

This video has more jokes than any other of my videos so far. Please let me know if you liked it or whether you think it detracts from the video as a whole?
Feedback, as always, is highly appreciated!

@jorispoels3183 6 years ago (edited)

People from new Zeeland watching this realising they've found old Zeeland

@Teutonius88 6 years ago

"And you know it is Dutch, BECAUSE THERE IS A BICYCLE ON THE SHIP!!!" 😂😂😂

@AverytheCubanAmerican 6 years ago

Then, everything changed when the North Sea attacked

@sven518-7 6 years ago

A lot of people think that we're high but we are actually pretty low!

@CarthagoMike 5 years ago

Maas river: "I am about to end this man's whole career"

@Danosta 6 years ago

Like the Dutch Prime minister always says, The Dutch are a superpower in pocket size!

@Bandit-Darville 6 years ago

The Dutch throwing a bunch of money visualized with a single coin is as about as Dutch as it gets.

@rickkode 6 years ago

I live in that village where the ship stopped the flood

@mongislort6440 6 years ago

This video must have taken FOREVER to create, all those animations and contextual(!) pictures in a YouTube video. I'm glad YouTube algorithm finally recommended something nice this time, keep it up!

@ffarkasm 6 years ago

1:38 But then everything changed when THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED.

@AGDinCA 6 years ago

"We've come full Delta."

Absolute gold!

@quintiax 6 years ago (edited)

All your memes about Belgian infastructure caused our dysfunctional government to start massive infastructure works, now we got jams from Antwerp to Brussels. Thanks lol.

@cain4586 6 years ago

I'm still shocked that a channel this good has not even 100k subscribers, truly an under appreciated channel for all the work put in these videos

@aim_kai 6 years ago (edited)

11:46 " So the government decided to throw a bunch of money at some engineers." * one single Gulden coin hits worker in the face *

@lisaschuster9187 6 years ago

US school children all read the story of the Dutch flood of ‘53, and the part that haunts me still is when a farmer goes out to his barn at night and hears breaking wavelets... The two major tsunamis of ‘04 and ‘11 had the decency to arrive in daylight when everyone was dressed and could see.