Why The Dutch Turned A Sea Into A Lake

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  • Опубликовано: 2 мар 2018
  • 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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  • @davidvandenberg8225
    @davidvandenberg8225 5 лет назад +2338

    A*f*sluitdijk and ijsselmeer and the ijssel, really bad spelling here

    • @HistoryScope
      @HistoryScope  5 лет назад +486

      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 :)

    • @therealdave06
      @therealdave06 5 лет назад +182

      Dutch is just drunk German

    • @daspydoesstuff5368
      @daspydoesstuff5368 5 лет назад +671

      @@therealdave06 German is just drunk dutch

    • @victorbaltus1635
      @victorbaltus1635 5 лет назад +44

      Let's Play Sporcle No german is drunk dutch

    • @Saartje05
      @Saartje05 5 лет назад +30

      @@therealdave06 The other way around then.

  • @BassOutcast
    @BassOutcast 5 лет назад +1636

    Tbh, "Dutch War Against The Sea" totally sounds like a movie I'd watch

    • @1628KirsyBoogy
      @1628KirsyBoogy 4 года назад +35

      I suggest the movie “de storm” from 2009. Enjoy 👍🏻

    • @sjonnieplayfull5859
      @sjonnieplayfull5859 4 года назад +10

      Google some more about 1953 Zeeland, or Deltawerken. Its the same idea as the Afsluitdijk, but in the south.

    • @spijkerbroeknl
      @spijkerbroeknl 4 года назад +2

      You have an ornament called als de dijken breken

    • @prosanis1216
      @prosanis1216 4 года назад

      Yes I would like to go into the sea with you.........

    • @burningfires2186
      @burningfires2186 4 года назад +1

      sounds more like a documentary

  • @PaulVOss-pn3bz
    @PaulVOss-pn3bz 4 года назад +2485

    If you put “Dutch” in your title, you know 95% of the viewers will be from the Netherlands.

  • @menice6736
    @menice6736 4 года назад +1972

    Me being Dutch and just thinking the "Afsluitdijk" was just normal

  • @surr3al305
    @surr3al305 4 года назад +803

    "Dam", said Amsterdam. "We've gotta start building polders and stuff."

    • @MercyPrevails
      @MercyPrevails 4 года назад +28

      Bill Wurtz is really Bill Bestz

    • @youngmakzy148
      @youngmakzy148 4 года назад +10

      what does a fish say when it swims into a wall? "dam"

    • @jakegardner7774
      @jakegardner7774 4 года назад +4

      bill wurtz 😫

    • @notphrizby
      @notphrizby 4 года назад

      @Aiden Rutherford r/woooosh

    • @NamelessFG
      @NamelessFG 4 года назад +1

      Civilization 6?

  • @Default_089
    @Default_089 4 года назад +239

    Me at 1am: I'm exhausted, gotta get some sleep
    RUclips: check out this dam
    Me: this will be interesting

    • @user-vw4cg1xq7r
      @user-vw4cg1xq7r 4 года назад +4

      You sleep?

    • @MDKakashi.
      @MDKakashi. 4 года назад

      😴😴😴 5.45 here.

    • @lolguy2793
      @lolguy2793 4 года назад

      4.14 here beat that!

    • @matthewwilliams2709
      @matthewwilliams2709 4 года назад

      Yup dammed you tube work starts in 5 hrs lol it was interesting

    • @olitor2004
      @olitor2004 4 года назад

      And that is a comment that has some Worth

  • @rincewind214
    @rincewind214 6 лет назад +637

    Greetings from Estonia! I've always known about the dams, but this makes me respect the Dutch even more. Thanks!

    • @luilindpere8277
      @luilindpere8277 5 лет назад +1

      Hiiele?

    • @johnsteytler3597
      @johnsteytler3597 5 лет назад +10

      heel erg bedankt Bedankt voor het compliment, ik ben ook Nederlands

    • @hairyairey
      @hairyairey 4 года назад +9

      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.

    • @sjonnieplayfull5859
      @sjonnieplayfull5859 4 года назад +4

      @@hairyairey first time i hear about that. I always thought the only thing the Dutch gave you was a broken chain ;-)

    • @hiddeluchtenbelt6440
      @hiddeluchtenbelt6440 4 года назад +3

      Estonia best Baltic! (and the others are pretty swell too)

  • @Dadendrangg
    @Dadendrangg 4 года назад +249

    Everbody gansta until the Netherlands builds a road on water

    • @Bob-bs9ok
      @Bob-bs9ok 4 года назад +5

      I'm pretty sure you're describing floating bridges, which the Dutch have built plenty of

    • @1001nancymcmillan
      @1001nancymcmillan 4 года назад

      Hahaha not sure what it means but it sure sounds funny

    • @Notxnn
      @Notxnn 3 года назад +1

      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

    • @Magnus_Ducatus_Chineva
      @Magnus_Ducatus_Chineva 2 года назад +1

      Everybody gangsta until the netherlands builds water on a road

    • @zyansheep
      @zyansheep 2 года назад

      @@Magnus_Ducatus_Chineva i've seen canals on bridges over roads and other canals...

  • @matthias8072
    @matthias8072 4 года назад +52

    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

    • @AltijdMatthijs
      @AltijdMatthijs 3 года назад +1

      @@henrydutoit69 no it is a (sausage) bun

  • @martijndejong4049
    @martijndejong4049 4 года назад +36

    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 👏🏻

    • @samuelherman4859
      @samuelherman4859 4 года назад +3

      Cool bro nice to hear about it , Netherland great county
      🇲🇽 greetings

    • @AwoudeX
      @AwoudeX 4 года назад +2

      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.

  • @johngough2958
    @johngough2958 3 года назад +12

    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!

  • @rankingresearchdata
    @rankingresearchdata 4 года назад +17

    Respect for Dutch people making such a beautiful country Netherlands🇳🇱 ( Holland).
    *I love the Dutch DJs most...... Love from India🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳.*

  • @joheishan6589
    @joheishan6589 4 года назад +146

    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'

  • @musicformed
    @musicformed 5 лет назад +381

    we need to build a wall and make the sea pay for it

    • @BillyBoze
      @BillyBoze 5 лет назад +54

      We already did. The Afsluitdijk also generates power. Thus the sea is paying us for the last 40 years.

    • @baconwizard
      @baconwizard 5 лет назад +32

      *Trump wants to know your location*

    • @monkeydank7842
      @monkeydank7842 5 лет назад +9

      Make the Netherlands greater again.

    • @monkeydank7842
      @monkeydank7842 5 лет назад +8

      It’s huuuge. Absolutely fantastic. Great deal with the North Sea.

    • @YouriHL
      @YouriHL 4 года назад

      @@BillyBoze 60 !

  • @saftsuse866
    @saftsuse866 5 лет назад +613

    Cornelis Lely: _Hey Moses, hold my beer._

    • @AwoudeX
      @AwoudeX 5 лет назад +16

      Lely>Moses, because his parting of the sea still exists today :D

    • @HistoryScope
      @HistoryScope  5 лет назад +37

      I hope it was clear that I drew that image of Lely based depictions of Moses parting the red sea :D

    • @saftsuse866
      @saftsuse866 5 лет назад +4

      @@HistoryScope Yup, I kinda just stole the joke from you :)

    • @bennieleip579
      @bennieleip579 4 года назад +1

      History Scope no comparison do but nice try

    • @damiangutomo126
      @damiangutomo126 4 года назад

      @@saftsuse866 straight up savage

  • @Zweihander11
    @Zweihander11 4 года назад +57

    Another title for this video could have been: 'Why a country literally called 'below sea level' always got flooded?"

    • @Notxnn
      @Notxnn 3 года назад

      Not now

  • @marioluigi3801
    @marioluigi3801 4 года назад +112

    The History Channel: "The Dutch were actually Aliens... That's how they built all that, with spaceships and such" 👨‍🎓

    • @pieter-bashoogsteen2283
      @pieter-bashoogsteen2283 4 года назад +4

      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.”

    • @marioluigi3801
      @marioluigi3801 4 года назад +1

      @@pieter-bashoogsteen2283 lol yeah, very true

    • @marioluigi3801
      @marioluigi3801 4 года назад +3

      @@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 🤣

    • @pieter-bashoogsteen2283
      @pieter-bashoogsteen2283 4 года назад +1

      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.

    • @pieter-bashoogsteen2283
      @pieter-bashoogsteen2283 4 года назад

      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.

  • @mrtablesawful
    @mrtablesawful 4 года назад +22

    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.

    • @abhyudaysinghparmar6055
      @abhyudaysinghparmar6055 4 года назад +2

      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

    • @rumpelpumpel7687
      @rumpelpumpel7687 4 года назад +1

      @@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 ... ^^

  • @wesleydjodo8823
    @wesleydjodo8823 5 лет назад +134

    my city was in 1400 a coast city and now it is in the middle of the province Friesland. great vid👍🏻

  • @iainballas
    @iainballas 4 года назад +11

    I love how the question was answered in the first few seconds. Everything after that was just explanation, which then had great context.

  • @everforward8651
    @everforward8651 4 года назад +96

    There's a saying in Dutch that is translated into English something like, "God created the world, but the Dutch created the Netherlands."

    • @disklamer
      @disklamer 4 года назад +8

      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.

    • @ingomennenga5291
      @ingomennenga5291 4 года назад +3

      god created the sea, but the frisians created the coast. greetings from the east frisians :-)

    • @disklamer
      @disklamer 4 года назад +1

      @@ingomennenga5291 greetings from the other side of de Zuyderzee ^^ Easten, hert of westen, Fryslan oeral boppe!

    • @FatBellyChemist1234
      @FatBellyChemist1234 4 года назад

      God and the Dutch ppl created the Netherlands and the masterpiece.

    • @MichaelSmith-fg8xh
      @MichaelSmith-fg8xh 4 года назад +4

      I like the version “on the 7th day god rested... the Dutch kept building “

  • @FriedrichHerschel
    @FriedrichHerschel 5 лет назад +511

    Ah, so this is where Lelystad has it's name from ...

  • @joshmanson7371
    @joshmanson7371 4 года назад +117

    The real question is how the dutch turned a sea into a lake

    • @joshmanson7371
      @joshmanson7371 4 года назад +9

      muhammad wafri I know I know, its just sarcasm and a rhetorical question on how good the dutch are at building dams

    • @appleslover
      @appleslover 4 года назад +3

      @@joshmanson7371 dam!! These dutch

    • @rexdaylawn1609
      @rexdaylawn1609 4 года назад +2

      Surround a sea with land it turns into a lake

    • @appleslover
      @appleslover 4 года назад +1

      @@joshmanson7371 how did turning that sea into lake effect the inhabitants of it ?
      Did they all die ?

    • @ElAdri1999
      @ElAdri1999 4 года назад

      @@appleslover probably yes, so no more seafish fishing, they probably introduced other species of fish that live in non salty water

  • @1FatHappyBirthday
    @1FatHappyBirthday 5 лет назад +384

    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."

    • @ronaldderooij1774
      @ronaldderooij1774 4 года назад +28

      You really think that does not exist already? Well, come and find out yourself.

    • @rolandet
      @rolandet 4 года назад +14

      @@ronaldderooij1774 THis exact phrase was used in Beavis&Butthead do America, when they visit the Hoover dam

    • @sjonnieplayfull5859
      @sjonnieplayfull5859 4 года назад +5

      @@ronaldderooij1774 ah, dam you!

    • @ianbos3581
      @ianbos3581 4 года назад +2

      @@ronaldderooij1774 I see what you did there😂😂

    • @timori5290
      @timori5290 4 года назад +4

      You missed the change to say dam kids

  • @luxembourger
    @luxembourger 4 года назад +25

    Living in the Netherlands for so many years now, I did not even know this yet. Greetings from Maastricht and thanks a lot.

    • @simonpijnenburg4406
      @simonpijnenburg4406 4 года назад +4

      You don’t really need this info in Limburg

    • @The00Doctor
      @The00Doctor 4 года назад

      @@simonpijnenburg4406 Hahahaha

    • @tychojh3078
      @tychojh3078 4 года назад

      Limburg is letterlijk totaal anders als de rest van NL

    • @luxembourger
      @luxembourger 4 года назад

      @@arjanvanraaij8440 Yes.. but I am afraid, it will just flood, when the river water gets really high.

  • @lawrence18uk
    @lawrence18uk 4 года назад +27

    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 :-(

    • @andygreyriderGRN
      @andygreyriderGRN 4 года назад

      Yeah, my family were affected in Great Yarmouth and have been told many stories about then.

  • @wernerboden239
    @wernerboden239 4 года назад +49

    Maybe that's why we're one of the tallest people in the world.
    We had to keep our heads clear.

    • @openskies9089
      @openskies9089 4 года назад +1

      What's your height.

    • @HYPER_BRUH_
      @HYPER_BRUH_ 4 года назад +1

      Dutchman here me and my brother are both 2m tall and Gramps used to be like that as well

    • @openskies9089
      @openskies9089 4 года назад +4

      @@HYPER_BRUH_ ate you comfortable with your height?

    • @HYPER_BRUH_
      @HYPER_BRUH_ 4 года назад +1

      @@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

    • @HYPER_BRUH_
      @HYPER_BRUH_ 4 года назад

      @@openskies9089 I'm was/am still on RUclips.

  • @tijnzijnbackup7048
    @tijnzijnbackup7048 4 года назад +245

    Did someone say
    G E K O L O N I S E E R D

    • @Jeanot-xg6sl
      @Jeanot-xg6sl 4 года назад +4

      @@catwpants verwijder kokosnoot

    • @theramendutchman
      @theramendutchman 4 года назад +3

      Nee I N G E DA M D, maar bijna goed makker

    • @laipelaco5451
      @laipelaco5451 4 года назад +5

      k zocht naar deze comment en ik vond hem eigenlijk te snel

    • @geraldvanlaar
      @geraldvanlaar 4 года назад +4

      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

    • @milandemoor8781
      @milandemoor8781 4 года назад +1

      deze video is mooi GEKOLONISEERD makkers.

  • @florianoberlander8670
    @florianoberlander8670 4 года назад +2

    6:07 "including my grandfather" I didn't see that coming, but wow!

  • @warb_of_fire
    @warb_of_fire 5 лет назад +14

    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...

    • @YtheMain
      @YtheMain 5 лет назад +7

      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

  • @susanvanderweele3251
    @susanvanderweele3251 4 года назад +103

    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😂😂

    • @nuraxgaming6601
      @nuraxgaming6601 4 года назад +5

      What ppl think about the Netherlands be like

    • @kuna7846
      @kuna7846 4 года назад +2

      Goshhhhhh🤦🏽‍♀️😴

    • @rumpelpumpel7687
      @rumpelpumpel7687 4 года назад +3

      xD netherlands ... the atlantis experience ^^ hm ... not really, nope xD

    • @nuraxgaming6601
      @nuraxgaming6601 4 года назад +1

      @@rumpelpumpel7687 Er komt wel 24/7 regen uit de lucht vallen, dus ongeveer??

    • @rumpelpumpel7687
      @rumpelpumpel7687 4 года назад

      @@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

  • @princeofallsaiyans99
    @princeofallsaiyans99 4 года назад +3

    Amazing job dude, there is so little filler in this video. A lot of RUclipsrs 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 ❤️

  • @ALTAI38
    @ALTAI38 4 года назад +59

    Dutch people: alters their lands to their liking*
    1953: "let me introduce myself"

    • @Comred1
      @Comred1 4 года назад +5

      Flood of 1953: alters the lands to its liking
      Deltaworks: 'Let me introduce myself'

    • @appleslover
      @appleslover 4 года назад +1

      The Dutch are amazing people

    • @dutchreagan3676
      @dutchreagan3676 4 года назад

      God Made the Universe and the Dutch Made The Netherlands

    • @AwoudeX
      @AwoudeX 4 года назад

      @@dutchreagan3676 this!

  • @guycore5478
    @guycore5478 5 лет назад +7

    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.

  • @jjenko6366
    @jjenko6366 4 года назад +3

    Respect to the Dutch for their ingenuity. I see they have no use for vowels in their words.

  • @IamaDutch-Kiwi
    @IamaDutch-Kiwi 4 года назад +5

    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.

  • @radopon
    @radopon 4 года назад +39

    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

    • @sadwrld520
      @sadwrld520 4 года назад

      tf2 player..

    • @fishidish
      @fishidish 4 года назад

      Pretty sure it was an absolute worst case scenario proposition

    • @radopon
      @radopon 4 года назад

      The Snark i know, a scientist named Hermann Sörgel suggests Atlantropa, a project which drains the Mediterranean. It never really got anywhere

    • @dutchdykefinger
      @dutchdykefinger 3 года назад

      in all fairness, doggerland once was a thing

  • @unematrix
    @unematrix 6 лет назад +8

    :O This is even better than the ones before! Awesome video, man!

  • @TheColonelCommisar
    @TheColonelCommisar 4 года назад +3

    Such a cool story! Extra cool your grandfather worked on this historical project. Thanks for the video!

  • @georgemallory797
    @georgemallory797 4 года назад +1

    Thx 4 taking a lot of information and distilling it to make it so simple and enjoyable.

  • @1337fraggzb00N
    @1337fraggzb00N 4 года назад +11

    Sea: imma flood you.
    Netherlands: Dam
    Sea: damn

  • @1628KirsyBoogy
    @1628KirsyBoogy 4 года назад +13

    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 👍🏻

    • @alanvt1
      @alanvt1 7 месяцев назад +1

      Also dutch experts came to England even now called new Holland, they came ro help pump out the "fens"

  • @Rudy_188
    @Rudy_188 4 года назад

    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!

  • @Just.yuko_
    @Just.yuko_ 4 года назад +220

    Je hoort gewoon wanneer iemand uit nederland komt.

    • @canofbeans4971
      @canofbeans4971 4 года назад

      Inderdaad.

    • @RS-zp1we
      @RS-zp1we 4 года назад +2

      sossern sea lol

    • @spiritualanarchist8162
      @spiritualanarchist8162 4 года назад +18

      *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.

    • @spiritualanarchist8162
      @spiritualanarchist8162 4 года назад

      @Ich Düse Mischien, Ik bedoel bijna iedere Nederlander spreekt Engels, maar je hoort altijd het accent erdoor, ook diegene die heel goed Engels spreken,

    • @spiritualanarchist8162
      @spiritualanarchist8162 4 года назад +4

      ​@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.

  • @johndoe-qo5ki
    @johndoe-qo5ki 4 года назад +32

    Just a dutch kid playing with sand ignoring his mother calling "dinner time"

    • @Notxnn
      @Notxnn 3 года назад

      His mother says: KIND! ETENSTIJD

    • @johndoe-qo5ki
      @johndoe-qo5ki 3 года назад

      @@Notxnn Ik bid niet veur brune bonen

  • @someoneprobably1016
    @someoneprobably1016 4 года назад +16

    Everyone here: *being Dutch *
    Me a Flemming: I dont know what I was expecting...

  • @deuteronomy3166
    @deuteronomy3166 4 года назад +53

    “Never broke in its existence”
    2020: May I introduce myself

    • @chubber911
      @chubber911 4 года назад

      It broke?

    • @renzo2able
      @renzo2able 4 года назад +1

      @Deuteronomy 31:6 i will come after you if that happens

  • @arunravi4866
    @arunravi4866 5 лет назад +171

    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.

    • @damiangutomo126
      @damiangutomo126 4 года назад +6

      Hehe we build big water stopping wall lol
      We the best in doing it to

    • @Yodawes
      @Yodawes 4 года назад +12

      Beautiful comment❤

    • @mauricej8747
      @mauricej8747 4 года назад +8

      We are living 5 meters below sealevel at the moment, no problems.

    • @arandomcommenter6751
      @arandomcommenter6751 4 года назад +6

      Ya know we taught the Japanese how to do it too.

    • @sammuis01
      @sammuis01 4 года назад +16

      I'm Dutch and want to thank you for making such a beautiful, loving and respectful comment.

  • @TestWizardROTMG
    @TestWizardROTMG 6 лет назад +14

    Quality content! Keep it up

  • @philbrenman2507
    @philbrenman2507 4 года назад +7

    Intriguing. Never ever thought about this before.It's something like the construction of the Panama Canel.

    • @tito_zz9217
      @tito_zz9217 4 года назад

      It's the Panama Canal.. but reverse lol.

  • @LCTesla
    @LCTesla 4 года назад +58

    3:54 while most of the world was embroiled in one of the bloodiest wars in history, the Netherlands were conquered by Switzerland

    • @ProjectYoutube
      @ProjectYoutube 4 года назад +1

      The joke is that Switzerland has been neutral for hundreds of years so they used the same flag

    • @HMN134
      @HMN134 4 года назад +2

      @@ProjectRUclips and you completely missed OP's joke, good job. 👏

  • @Roberto-REME
    @Roberto-REME 4 года назад +1

    Excellent report: well researched and very well narrated.

  • @sgdeluxedoc
    @sgdeluxedoc 4 года назад +4

    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.

  • @Patrone68
    @Patrone68 4 года назад +1

    There's been so many good things done, thanks for making this video this was cool to learn about! :D

  • @CodPlayerNo77
    @CodPlayerNo77 4 года назад

    Very nice video! thank you for making it

  • @panduwidagdo7051
    @panduwidagdo7051 5 лет назад +13

    2:42 Lely had his plan, Lely always had his plan.

  • @itzluc4000
    @itzluc4000 4 года назад +8

    if there was no "Afsluitdijk" or "Deltawerken" there would be a massive wall of water where I am sitting

  • @kumardias9348
    @kumardias9348 4 года назад

    Wonderful video, very well made!

  • @pjbwilson
    @pjbwilson 4 года назад

    Really interesting video, thanks for creating.

  • @krisinsaigon
    @krisinsaigon 5 лет назад +6

    that really is a wonderful example of the marvels mankind can achieve, you have to admire those men

  • @MMijdus
    @MMijdus 4 года назад +3

    The canals in Amsterdam (total about 70 km) were all digged by hand. Mostly in the years 1585-1663. Another achievement unknown/forgotten.

    • @MMijdus
      @MMijdus 3 года назад

      @Fred Jansen dude? Hoe oud ben jij? What an ignorant reply by the way.

  • @chronus4421
    @chronus4421 5 лет назад +2

    Great Video! Thank you!

  • @shpenki7927
    @shpenki7927 3 года назад

    love your stuff! youre awesome

  • @steefwolf7727
    @steefwolf7727 4 года назад +19

    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.

  • @StrattonOakmont420
    @StrattonOakmont420 4 года назад +62

    Nobody:
    Dutch people: polder here, and polder there...

  • @Logiwonk
    @Logiwonk 4 года назад

    Dude, I was wondering about this dam, thanks for the video!

  • @irinkauzinchonok1458
    @irinkauzinchonok1458 3 года назад +1

    That's fascinating! Thank you very much from an expat who are learning the history of the Netherlands!

  • @emirhanakyil9962
    @emirhanakyil9962 4 года назад +5

    My uncle lived in Den Haag but back then he was scared that it would flood there so he moved to Eindhoven

  • @csy897
    @csy897 4 года назад +5

    It's beautiful that the dams did not only protect economic value, but also give economic value

  • @TheGramophoneGirl
    @TheGramophoneGirl 4 года назад +2

    Interesting video. I remember learning about this at primary school back in the late 70's.

  • @SgtPot
    @SgtPot 4 года назад

    Goed uitgelegd! Zeer interessant

  • @nicholascave3012
    @nicholascave3012 4 года назад +43

    Every time he says "dykes", the 13 year old in me chuckles.

  • @spiritualanarchist8162
    @spiritualanarchist8162 4 года назад +9

    When the Dutch say 'Build a wall'..They mean it; -))

  • @stevenwilson5556
    @stevenwilson5556 4 года назад

    Excellent video, well done sir.

  • @joohop
    @joohop 4 года назад

    Great Video Earthling Bless Up

  • @immad9706
    @immad9706 4 года назад +105

    Just putting a pointless fact out there.... that Dutch were the first people who own orignal 13 colonies of US before anybody else.

    • @flyingdutch9818
      @flyingdutch9818 4 года назад +9

      Immad and created New York and Wall Street...

    • @MikMoen
      @MikMoen 4 года назад +44

      Very few Americans even know New York was originally New Amsterdam.

    • @moleanoid3333
      @moleanoid3333 4 года назад +13

      @@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

    • @Bocchi-the-Rock_
      @Bocchi-the-Rock_ 4 года назад +12

      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

    • @MikMoen
      @MikMoen 4 года назад +1

      @@Bocchi-the-Rock_ Not nearly everything is taught.

  • @openthinker6562
    @openthinker6562 4 года назад +27

    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.

  • @isnaelxavier4567
    @isnaelxavier4567 4 года назад +1

    How great job you have done, Dutch guys!!! Congratulations!!! Greetings from Brazil!!!

  • @RoaringEgg
    @RoaringEgg 2 года назад

    This is an amazing video. I need more!

  • @agoradacerto
    @agoradacerto 4 года назад +37

    If it was today, Nederland would be some islands because of the eco discussions

    • @spoolofflarn8760
      @spoolofflarn8760 4 года назад +2

      Don't worry, it will be a small collection of islands very soon. (Eco discussions or no)

    • @AwoudeX
      @AwoudeX 4 года назад

      @@spoolofflarn8760 i smell bs.

  • @andreasosterberg8833
    @andreasosterberg8833 4 года назад +10

    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.

    • @rb3872
      @rb3872 4 года назад +11

      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.

    • @ChrisWijtmans
      @ChrisWijtmans 4 года назад +1

      Fresh water lakes have no life in your opinion?

    • @Tauva
      @Tauva 4 года назад +3

      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.

    • @ChrisWijtmans
      @ChrisWijtmans 4 года назад

      @@Tauva bruh it used to be land at all. the only constant is change.

  • @wanderer2522
    @wanderer2522 4 года назад

    Thanks for the lesson! Now on to more!

  • @AdminNic
    @AdminNic 4 года назад +2

    I love it. It is and always will be one of the most remarkable projects ever conceived and built.

  • @FatBellyChemist1234
    @FatBellyChemist1234 4 года назад +4

    I'm very pleased with the Dutch masterpiece, viva Netherlands!!!! I hope China can learn from the Dutch legends about dams

  • @MartinJohnZ
    @MartinJohnZ 5 лет назад +59

    5:00 Heeele lelijke spelvout :P

    • @HistoryScope
      @HistoryScope  5 лет назад +9

      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. :(

    • @MartinJohnZ
      @MartinJohnZ 5 лет назад +5

      @@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?

    • @HistoryScope
      @HistoryScope  5 лет назад +6

      Google is doing that for me now :)

    • @TheRealMrSkippy
      @TheRealMrSkippy 5 лет назад +2

      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.

    • @Pfooh
      @Pfooh 5 лет назад

      @@TheRealMrSkippy Tenzij je Deventenaar bent. Die schrijven IJsel met 1 s.

  • @kenbobca
    @kenbobca 4 года назад +2

    I am so glad to have found your videos. I enjoy water very much. Have you made any videos about fishing in the Netherlands?

  • @forefatherofmankind3305
    @forefatherofmankind3305 4 года назад +1

    I am glad you put 'Rupees' too in the currency conversions.

  • @tigervv6437
    @tigervv6437 5 лет назад +73

    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.

    • @robin9793
      @robin9793 5 лет назад

      Is that pronounced like "dick"?

    • @Tinky1rs
      @Tinky1rs 5 лет назад +8

      @@robin9793 more like the word "dye" + k, but the ij sound isn't used in English I believe.

    • @Arado159
      @Arado159 4 года назад

      @@robin9793 Actually it's pronounced pretty much the same as the English 'dyke'

    • @alistairthompson8311
      @alistairthompson8311 4 года назад +12

      @@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.

    • @sjonnieplayfull5859
      @sjonnieplayfull5859 4 года назад +1

      @@alistairthompson8311 there is also no proper translation for 'polder'

  • @lowlz13
    @lowlz13 6 лет назад +4

    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)

    • @HistoryScope
      @HistoryScope  6 лет назад +3

      lowlz13 Then you will also like my new video on how your polder was constructed :)

    • @lowlz13
      @lowlz13 6 лет назад +4

      Avery Thing actually I did I watched it directly after this one ;)

  • @davidazinger5639
    @davidazinger5639 4 года назад

    What an amazing story; never heard of any this until just now. Absolutely amazing.

  • @AtvAdventureVlog
    @AtvAdventureVlog 3 года назад

    Thanks for this video. Interesting Doc!!!

  • @MrEngineeringGuy
    @MrEngineeringGuy 6 лет назад +9

    Nice vid!
    Groeten van een civieler uit Delft ;)

    • @klaveruhh
      @klaveruhh 5 лет назад +1

      Beeeeton beton beton beton beton beton beton

    • @Dutchlaboratories
      @Dutchlaboratories 5 лет назад +1

      @@klaveruhh Civielers doen het met een paal, om mee te heien, om mee te heien

    • @Tiemon
      @Tiemon 4 года назад

      @@Dutchlaboratories Ok sorry hoor, maar wat gebeurt hier?

  • @sher-lm6rx
    @sher-lm6rx 5 лет назад +5

    Very interesting love from Malaysia

    • @brandonchan4537
      @brandonchan4537 5 лет назад +1

      hey !!! hive five !!! i am a Malaysian too!!!

  • @eastfrisianguy
    @eastfrisianguy 4 года назад

    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.

  • @swamiboo9375
    @swamiboo9375 4 года назад +2

    I wish such thinkers and planners existed in my country!
    Take a bow The Netherlands 👍

  • @picklethief3121
    @picklethief3121 4 года назад +37

    When i think of the Netherlands i think of three things: weed, cheese and wind mills

    • @RedOrm68
      @RedOrm68 4 года назад +7

      And now also de Afsluitdijk. 😉

    • @rutger2565
      @rutger2565 4 года назад +1

      Peder-Willem Gertsen and also steenkolen engels

    • @NickleMcBickle
      @NickleMcBickle 4 года назад +2

      YOU FORGOT THE TULIPS!!!!!!!

    • @Sam-is6xb
      @Sam-is6xb 4 года назад +2

      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 🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱

    • @bowlocereal123
      @bowlocereal123 4 года назад +3

      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

  • @kenancoskun1913
    @kenancoskun1913 4 года назад +9

    I live in Amsterdam and here is a street named “cornelis lelylaan”, now I know who cornelis lely is and what he did😅

  • @Darkboy2525
    @Darkboy2525 4 года назад

    Very good video ! THanks :)

  • @nikobellic5391
    @nikobellic5391 4 года назад

    Thank you for explaining right at the beginning of the video. 👍

  • @abexuro
    @abexuro 4 года назад +54

    Wait, it was completed 2 years earlier than planned? A government project that didn't overrun?! What

    • @thomastakesatollforthedark2231
      @thomastakesatollforthedark2231 4 года назад +9

      Time is money. And if the Netherlandish hate anything, it's losing money

    • @Jonnesdeknost
      @Jonnesdeknost 4 года назад +7

      @@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 still waiting for the north sea to pay the tikkie for the afsluitdijk

    • @eastfrisianguy
      @eastfrisianguy 4 года назад +1

      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.

    • @pulsaran
      @pulsaran 4 года назад

      @@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 oow really, ever looked at the Benelux line ?

    • @thomastakesatollforthedark2231
      @thomastakesatollforthedark2231 4 года назад +1

      @@pulsaran were not responsible for any actions taken by French and traitors