Nobody lives on Griend, a tiny sand island in the Dutch Wadden Sea. But 800 years ago, it had farms, a village and a monastery. So what happened to everyone? And why is the island not even where it used to be?

In this video, we follow Griend from a medieval community, through the devastating St. Lucia's Flood of 1287, to an island that slowly drifted across the sea while shrinking. We look at how the Dutch tried to save it, why holding a moving island in place kept failing, and how a huge sand restoration in 2016 changed the plan. And we find out how birds, seals and seagrass have given Griend a new purpose.

CHAPTERS
0:00 The island with no one on it
0:22 The island that lost its people
1:12 When Griend was a real community
2:19 The flood that changed everything
3:48 The island that started walking
5:07 The last people leave
6:18 The fight to save Griend
7:42 The storms that broke the plan
8:54 Giving Griend sand to work with
10:19 Then something unexpected happened
11:56 The island is building itself
13:21 What happens next?

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