The Sea Wall That Saved a Nation

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  • Опубликовано: 29 дек 2024

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  • @andrewb2281
    @andrewb2281 4 года назад +3143

    The Dutch sea walls have always been impressive and interested me, so this was a great video from the best engineering and construction channel on RUclips. Also, impressive how people were able to build the walls originally without modern technology, and cool to see the innovation in modern technology to make what was impossible possible!

    • @mfaizsyahmi
      @mfaizsyahmi 4 года назад +26

      > without modern technology
      they have steam ships and barges

    • @royqwerty8506
      @royqwerty8506 4 года назад +3

      Amazing ❤️

    • @bwame
      @bwame 4 года назад +14

      Seriously one of the best RUclips channels of any! Always love their content

    • @Ar-fy5nc
      @Ar-fy5nc 4 года назад +2

      And money from (VOC)

    • @DoubleDeckerAnton
      @DoubleDeckerAnton 4 года назад +5

      Brunel built so much without a lot of technology!

  • @connorcore7008
    @connorcore7008 4 года назад +5299

    I'm convinced at this point, that while the rest of the world drowns, the Dutch will somehow end up gaining more land

    • @leonardlangner9949
      @leonardlangner9949 4 года назад +269

      Have you heard of the plan put forth by German and Dutch engineers to build two dams? One from Norway to Scotland and one from Cornwall to Brittany.

    • @deleteduser8949
      @deleteduser8949 4 года назад +179

      @Vanese
      It isn’t a joke, but highly unrealistic. The cost, cooperation between countries and the environment are big barriers.

    • @leonardlangner9949
      @leonardlangner9949 4 года назад +8

      apple's lover yeah that’s my source.

    • @채지훈-f2v
      @채지훈-f2v 4 года назад +82

      Wait, it's all Netherlands?
      Always has been.

    • @appleslover
      @appleslover 4 года назад +49

      @@KuroiGW2 English arrogance and Selfishness at its best
      Preferring for an entire nation to sink just not to feel threatened.
      Oh, what's that? You follow Nigel farage?!
      I see ..

  • @WSmits-wj2ff
    @WSmits-wj2ff 4 года назад +675

    "The Netherlands is not a fact, it's a choice of its people".
    This quote resembles brilliantly how such a big proportion of the country is created from what once was sea or wetlands.

    • @voxpopjuli
      @voxpopjuli 4 года назад +4

      The BEST people.!!!

    • @CaioAugustoVasconcelos
      @CaioAugustoVasconcelos 4 года назад +8

      Best phrase ever to define this wonderful country

    • @Ron.S.
      @Ron.S. 4 года назад +4

      Let’s go Dutch

    • @thedutchman01
      @thedutchman01 4 года назад +19

      God may have created the world, but the Dutch created the Netherlands.

    • @diyo7910
      @diyo7910 4 года назад +2

      @@CaioAugustoVasconcelos yeah very wonderful of you to colonized a country for 350 years

  • @pandorawolf8239
    @pandorawolf8239 4 года назад +90

    My grandfather was one of the operators on a dredge during the later years of construction! I love to see the old footage and im just as amazed as when i was a kid hearing the stories.

    • @pimdeboerr
      @pimdeboerr 4 года назад

      Same

    • @leondouven8738
      @leondouven8738 3 года назад

      This is one of the things that make me proud to be dutch, when it has something to do with water or salvage this little country is big

  • @martijn_sch
    @martijn_sch 4 года назад +242

    Great video!
    Some other interesting constructions in the Netherlands:
    - Flevoland, biggest polder (land reclamation) in the world
    - Delta-works in (Old) Zealand and South-Holland, biggest flood defenses of the world
    - Bicycle storage in Utrecht, biggest of the world
    - Amsterdam's North-South metro line
    - De Hovenring, a floating bicycle roundabout in Eindhoven
    - Veluwemeer aqueduct
    - Cycle path at top of a school in Utrecht
    - Underwater bicycle parking to replace de Fietsflat at Amsterdam Central Station (Under construction)
    Greetings from The Netherlands

    • @eppsislike
      @eppsislike 4 года назад +12

      How could you possibly forget the Maeslantkering in Rotterdam? It's so popular, President Putin wanted one built in St. Petersburg. It's smaller than the one in Rotterdam but equally as epic.

    • @martijn_sch
      @martijn_sch 4 года назад +9

      @@eppsislike the Maeslantkering is part of the Delta-works ;)

    • @runertje550
      @runertje550 4 года назад +6

      It’s hilarious how I’m Dutch and I don’t know almost any of these things you mentioned

    • @TheMaxiM22
      @TheMaxiM22 4 года назад +2

      En iets met Groningen en aardbevingen

    • @runertje550
      @runertje550 4 года назад

      Maximus Prime en nog verder iets met Friezen en palen

  • @PreshEhi
    @PreshEhi 4 года назад +338

    This reminds me of the saying
    " when there's a will there's a way"
    Putting down political, religious, social beliefs to perform a goal is rewarding. I just wished my Nigerian leaders will see past their pockets and act on behalf of suffering Nigerians.

    • @Simon-xj8hc
      @Simon-xj8hc 4 года назад +5

      Well said

    • @michaelcraig9449
      @michaelcraig9449 4 года назад +16

      It would be great if the whole world did that.

    • @leeluv96
      @leeluv96 4 года назад +7

      That's backwards. The Nigerian communities have to band together to change their hardships.

    • @davetv4705
      @davetv4705 4 года назад +12

      Exactly my Brother. If this was a Nigerian project, half of the money would have been looted and the project abandoned.😢😢😢

    • @micahtshibangu7402
      @micahtshibangu7402 4 года назад +4

      Michael Craig The world would be a better place. Let us not be leftist or rightist or libertarian,proggresive,conservative. Let us be humanist

  • @asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791
    @asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791 4 года назад +1720

    What I don't get is why there still isn't a railroad across it. To get from the south to the north of The Netherlands, or vice versa, you have to go all the way around the Ijsselmeer, a massive detour. It doesn't make any sense especially when you consider that there is still enough room to lay track and that construction would be incredibly cheap due to it all being government owned land and there being no structures or even terrain elevation issues.

    • @prof1crl
      @prof1crl 4 года назад +299

      Maybe commercial railroads would add too much weight to it? As for passenger trains, couldn't that also be achieved with bus services?

    • @orvvro
      @orvvro 4 года назад +234

      Imo it would be an eyesore to have electricity cables along the entire thing. Besides, it's very windy there, maintenance costs would be way higher than average

    • @Hiermoeteenusernamestaan
      @Hiermoeteenusernamestaan 4 года назад +334

      Because there aren’t that many people who will travel from the north of Noord-Holland to Friesland. Most people stay and travel between Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Utrecht and other every city in that triangle (known as Randstad)
      I live near Amsterdam, and drove on the afsluitdijk just once in my whole life.

    • @Hedvaa
      @Hedvaa 4 года назад +160

      That was the plan and they tried. But it didn't seem profitable. You can see a groove for the tracks at Amsteldiepdijk. They build
      foundations at the sluice for train bridges. Space saved for the railroad are now used for the highway A7 when they broaden the road.

    • @prof1crl
      @prof1crl 4 года назад +10

      @@Ozymandias1 Ah nice, don't live there so he made it seem like you have to go around to get to the other side.

  • @mats7492
    @mats7492 4 года назад +952

    The Dutch: hippity hoppity, the sea is now our property

    • @baronvonlimbourgh1716
      @baronvonlimbourgh1716 4 года назад +9

      Haha. I have to remember that one.

    • @Ag3nt0fCha0s
      @Ag3nt0fCha0s 4 года назад +11

      Portugal wants to know your location

    • @MrFlatage
      @MrFlatage 4 года назад +3

      @@baronvonlimbourgh1716 I would support and help China build a wall in the SCS just for giggles.
      USA: Law of the Sea and Freedom of Navigation!!!
      China: It's a lake ...

    • @baronvonlimbourgh1716
      @baronvonlimbourgh1716 4 года назад +1

      @@MrFlatage not that bad of an idea really 👍🤪

    • @MrFlatage
      @MrFlatage 4 года назад +2

      @@baronvonlimbourgh1716 I know my engineering but how that went down under UNCLOS considering the Zuiderzee was a inner sea. I'd be clueless.
      To the Dutch the more bad an idea is? The more they wanna do it.
      thebigduck.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dp01_v2.jpg
      Why our mighty stealth duck rules the waves. Yea I know it's pretty easy to spot. But will you be the one informing your captain you spotted a ... large yellow rubber dick? Nah we can sail through a US CBG and they just ignore it. ;-)
      When our Ark is out at sea it's funny hearing on the coms how other ships call the mainland to see if it's still there and God didn't flood it again.

  • @NeonLuminous
    @NeonLuminous 4 года назад +24

    Ok, can we all just appreciate how perfect and seamless the sponsor of the video is?

    • @daos3300
      @daos3300 4 года назад +2

      that's not something to appreciate, it should be mourned

    • @Kkk-cc1iy
      @Kkk-cc1iy 9 месяцев назад +1

      Why? ​@@daos3300

  • @amadine770
    @amadine770 4 года назад +41

    To the engineers and handymen of the 1920s a big salute for their ingenuity against the odds - they laid a foundation on which the current team will enhance without much trouble.Surely civil engineering and similar fields has come a long way.

    • @rogerwilco2
      @rogerwilco2 3 года назад

      We have an entire city named after one of the main engineers.
      Lelystad is a city of 80,000 people, named after engineer Cornelis Lely.

    • @gadgalleto5906
      @gadgalleto5906 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/F4m5k0j7fa4/видео.html

  • @donnibrasko1
    @donnibrasko1 4 года назад +59

    The Dutch are the Beavers of humanity!

  • @aabidn275
    @aabidn275 4 года назад +145

    First stroopwaffels now this!
    The Dutch are really doing something right

    • @jinh357
      @jinh357 4 года назад +2

      Aabid N27 stroopwaffels aren’t even that good

    • @rutgerhoekstra1666
      @rutgerhoekstra1666 4 года назад +16

      Jin H yes they are good

    • @MrFlatage
      @MrFlatage 4 года назад +6

      @@jinh357 That is more then enough blasfeming to boil you alive in a pot of molten cheese ...

    • @wowjack8944
      @wowjack8944 4 года назад +13

      ​@@jinh357 Blasphemy!

    • @TheSuperhoden
      @TheSuperhoden 4 года назад +5

      @@jinh357 shame on you

  • @KeepCalmandLoveClassics
    @KeepCalmandLoveClassics 3 года назад +17

    Civil Engineers and Architects of Holland are simply awesome 🙏🏻 Hats off from India 🇮🇳

  • @Ilikepie18855
    @Ilikepie18855 4 года назад +2110

    Annual flooding
    Dutch: oh yeah? I'm gonna solve this problem once and for all!
    USA: na, we will just rebuild our paper house and buy a new car every year after flooding.

    • @mattg0469
      @mattg0469 4 года назад +107

      New Orleans took the Netherlands as a model though.

    • @TheNobleFive
      @TheNobleFive 4 года назад +35

      ...That's not what's happening

    • @Jps007cat
      @Jps007cat 4 года назад +6

      Wut? Lol

    • @prikkel_
      @prikkel_ 4 года назад +87

      @Landen Ford you must be real fun at a party.

    • @kousvetkousvet4158
      @kousvetkousvet4158 4 года назад +138

      @@prikkel_ sorry but i think people don't talk much about dams and hurricanes at partys.

  • @allyourcode
    @allyourcode 4 года назад +107

    I am from the USA, and I traveled Europe by bike in the summer of 2019. One of my dreams was to cross this inspiring structure. Sadly, the bike lane was closed due to renovation :( I shall return!!

    • @casdenblanken8804
      @casdenblanken8804 4 года назад +12

      Great excuse to come back!

    • @doggie1874
      @doggie1874 3 года назад +2

      Je bent welkom .

    • @johansilwouden3403
      @johansilwouden3403 3 года назад +7

      "I shall return!" That sounds like your famous general Douglas Macarthur!

    • @erzsebetnilsson580
      @erzsebetnilsson580 3 года назад +1

      YES.

    • @nikedoesthings
      @nikedoesthings 3 года назад

      it will be closed at least until they're done with the afsluitdijk. my aunt and uncle wanted to cycle it too but they had to take the bus across.

  • @batterysurf
    @batterysurf 4 года назад +681

    'We're gonna make a big wall to keep the seawater out and we're gonna make the fishies pay for it'.

    • @davecullins1606
      @davecullins1606 4 года назад +30

      Plenty fish died after the first wall was constructed, so in a way they've already paid for it.

    • @honoratoacebedo725
      @honoratoacebedo725 4 года назад

      Mr Back

    • @NYCjasoncalderon
      @NYCjasoncalderon 4 года назад +1

      Lol

    • @racyk8579
      @racyk8579 3 года назад +11

      @@guff9567 The world finds "killing people" horrible but I think going to the animals natural habitats to only kill it or capture it, is the worst of what humans do. While slowly killing the earth just to live an easy and comfortable life, they'll ignore it until we're literally on the brink of extinction. That's how stupid people are.

    • @mhaz1862
      @mhaz1862 3 года назад

      Peta hippies

  • @harryw798
    @harryw798 4 года назад +70

    It's incredible that humans have been able to make this happen... this is such a huge project and it doesn't seem real. I love it.

    • @Ozymandias1
      @Ozymandias1 4 года назад +7

      Even more when you realize it was constructed between 1927 and 1932. Cornelis Lely was a genius. Not mentioning him is the only letdown of this video.

    • @alchemist6819
      @alchemist6819 4 года назад +2

      It's weird isn't it, sometimes we human can make any seemingly impossible project possible while on the other hand many normal are delayed too much.

    • @mightisright
      @mightisright 4 года назад

      Not an easy job but possible as long as intelligent, productive people exist.

    • @zulawoo
      @zulawoo 4 года назад

      You should look into the Delta Works as well then.
      Even more impressive than this and recognized as 1 of the modern engineering wonders of the world.

    • @mightisright
      @mightisright 4 года назад

      ​@@guff9567 The land is a boat. Just shoot a torpedo at it and it sinks to the core of the earth.

  • @JeffreyBue_imtxsmoke
    @JeffreyBue_imtxsmoke 4 года назад +18

    The Dutch have always amazed with their ingenuity.

  • @joyfuflower
    @joyfuflower 4 года назад +13

    This is one of the best sponsor integrations I have ever seen, it actually added to the content. I'd love to see what other projects were managed like this in this format

    • @mofi3641
      @mofi3641 3 года назад +2

      it was done very good, indeed. but i would not use their solution, again. it was such a waste of time and money. you can achieve similar results without relying on one distributor or one software solution.

  • @cardest5066
    @cardest5066 4 года назад +2

    This is not something I say often, but the product placement in this video was done really well, I love how it actually meant something to the project and how it was used

  • @citiesskyscrapers4561
    @citiesskyscrapers4561 4 года назад +704

    Let me guess - the Netherlands.

    • @appleslover
      @appleslover 4 года назад +27

      Who would it be other than them

    • @suzyschwarz7023
      @suzyschwarz7023 4 года назад +20

      Cities & Skyscrapers The bright intelligent and peaceful great Dutch (Holland) peoples.

    • @bvdemier1
      @bvdemier1 4 года назад +14

      2 things you need to remember about the Dutch and their relationship with the sea:
      1) They have been gaining land on the sea since the 12th century.
      2) The flooding of 1953.
      Even now, a lot of the software we use for foundations is made in Delft.

    • @guynxtdork
      @guynxtdork 4 года назад +3

      In dutch the call it Nederland which is even more ironic.

    • @andersoncooper9577
      @andersoncooper9577 4 года назад +6

      @@appleslover Plenty of countries build similar projects, northern Europeans are just glorified.

  • @kxaifer
    @kxaifer 4 года назад +245

    Britain:We Rule The Seas
    The Netherlands:Yeah but we tame the ocean
    Britain:Nervously shaking

    • @Ozymandias1
      @Ozymandias1 4 года назад +29

      The Dutch also ruled the seas at one time, in the mid 17th century the Dutch had a larger commercial and military fleet than England.

    • @amengo6190
      @amengo6190 4 года назад

      @@Ozymandias1 ruclips.net/video/ewCs5CF5HEg/видео.html 😮

    • @dasigkatama029
      @dasigkatama029 4 года назад

      Ancient Filipino rules the sea :-)

    • @user-ky6vw5up9m
      @user-ky6vw5up9m 4 года назад +3

      Britain has the world’s second largest movable flood defence- The Thames Barrier.

    • @kyleterry5190
      @kyleterry5190 4 года назад

      @@dasigkatama029 nah it's just the SCS/WPS, yellow sea, and the pacific and probably the western coast of north and south america
      The portuguese,dutch, and british still won

  • @dewiz9596
    @dewiz9596 4 года назад +11

    As a dutch born Canadian, this kind of video makes me proud.

    • @TEMUJINARTS
      @TEMUJINARTS 3 года назад +1

      Wow alot of attached identification there.
      “Pride should be reserved for something you achieve or obtain on your own, not something that happens by accident of birth."

  • @nabeelhasan6593
    @nabeelhasan6593 4 года назад +51

    This should be among the 7 wonders of the modern engineering

    • @Hans.Dewitt
      @Hans.Dewitt 4 года назад +22

      the delta works IS one of the 7 wonders, and it is pretty crazy

    • @timverberne2561
      @timverberne2561 4 года назад +7

      It is, it is part of the Delta Works

    • @jessemensink6432
      @jessemensink6432 4 года назад +3

      It is my friend

    • @Hans.Dewitt
      @Hans.Dewitt 4 года назад +7

      @@guff9567 yeah wasting money by protecting the dutch hinterland from sea flooding and rising sea levels

  • @MassimilianoBiagetti
    @MassimilianoBiagetti 4 года назад +5

    I made this street on 1989, it was night, with 4 friends in a Volkswagen made on 60s, with a great storm weather and very high, cause comes from Amsterdam coffeeshop.
    I remember it as a nightmare that never ended

  • @LudicrousTorpedo
    @LudicrousTorpedo 4 года назад +402

    China : I got the world's largest dam
    Dutch : *Hold my wall*

  • @salmanahjum-mathee9055
    @salmanahjum-mathee9055 4 года назад +15

    I've always learned something new since I began watching the B1M and this video was no different. Your content is great and I appreciate it. Thank you B1M!

  • @mikehydropneumatic2583
    @mikehydropneumatic2583 4 года назад +25

    00:24 Been there having a coffee in the restaurant and taking pictures from the tower!

  • @rikeep
    @rikeep 4 года назад +8

    I remember driving the length of the sea wall during a road trip around Europe. It was an impressive structure and it's interesting to see the improvements being made.

  • @VuurwerkNederland
    @VuurwerkNederland 4 года назад +12

    As a Dutch person this is so much fun to watch, for me the Afsluitdijk is an amazing structure, but it also feels like "normal". In the Netherlands we have been building "dijken" for a long time, so the Afsluitdijk is just an advanced example. When we are talking about length, there is not yet a bigger sea wall in the Netherlands, however there are some more advanced sea walls in Zeeland.

    • @hadikhan5861
      @hadikhan5861 3 года назад

      As a Dutch person this is so much fun to for me beautiful.

    • @tristan-lp7uw
      @tristan-lp7uw Год назад

      funny story most of thos are build with dutch engineers same for the dam in in the usa

  • @Samuel_J1
    @Samuel_J1 4 года назад +30

    I'm intrigued how simply strengthening the wall is better than raising it, at least in terms of rising sea levels / greater intensity storms.
    I didn't know I needed to know about this project but it is pretty cool and such a huge scale!

    • @SpaghettiKillah
      @SpaghettiKillah 4 года назад +11

      Because against the sea, a 7 mt tall reinforced wall is better than a 12 mt weak one...have you heard of corrosion?
      It doesn't matter how tall the wall is, if it's not strong enough to withstand the pounding of the water, its base will get eroded and then collapse.

    • @TheCaptainSplatter
      @TheCaptainSplatter 4 года назад +2

      Probably will happen in a few decades. But at the moment its erosion they have to deal with. So maby around 2050s or so, a new retrofit this time increasing the height.

    • @G_unz
      @G_unz 4 года назад +5

      I believe the logic is as follows: When you have a levee and water comes over the top during heavy weather, the levee starts to erode at the inside. Erosion at the inside combined with high water pressure on the outside breaches the levee and then floods the land behind it. If you reinforce the levee in such a way that you can take a lot of water coming over the top during a storm, nothing much happens. It is relatively a very small amount of water which doesn't hurt anyone as long as it doesn't erode the levee. This is a very efficient solution, you technically let the levee fail (water comes over the top), but as long as the structure can withstand it and the amount of water coming over is limited, nobody gets hurt. During extreme weather the afsluitdijk becomes a half-assed weir with harmless discharge.

  • @NLTops
    @NLTops 3 года назад +17

    And as a finishing touch, God created the Dutch.
    God: creates the Universe.
    The Dutch: Sir, you missed a spot here.
    God: That's what you are for. Do it yourself.
    The Dutch: creates the Netherlands.

  • @empyrean196
    @empyrean196 4 года назад +4

    *Shoutout to ALL the civil engineers, and construction workers!*

  • @JuJuBeans101
    @JuJuBeans101 4 года назад +2

    I grew up in Den Helder, just around the corner from the Afsluitdijk. I travelled over this dijk numerous times and heard many of these stories in my native tongue when I was still a kid but it's funny how you only appreciate these kind of achievements when you're older and actually understand what it took to make this.

  • @dennisruigrok
    @dennisruigrok 3 года назад

    Bedankt

  • @adityakishore4260
    @adityakishore4260 4 года назад +5

    I'm a simple man I saw notification of B1M, open the video clicked like and than commented. And now continuing watching...

  • @alexopweg
    @alexopweg 2 года назад +5

    This wall and all of those things who made the Nederland the most beautiful and impressive country in the world are possible because the Dutch people are very intelligents and serious. Every country should take their example. I am proud and happy to live in such beautiful country ❤️ NEDERLAND .

  • @J3scribe
    @J3scribe 4 года назад +22

    This channel is so adept at creating succinct and yet highly informative overviews of many of the world's most complex engineering and construction projects it's beyond impressive. I worked in the construction industry for most of my adult life, and yet this channel is more informative than any other single source (barring in depth historical texts, long form documentaries or courses in engineering) I've ever encountered over the past 40 years. And you do it with great style. I've shared numerous links to your videos with many people and almost to a person they have become fans of The B1M. Thank you for all folks do.

  • @russell-di8js
    @russell-di8js 26 дней назад

    In the winter of 1990/91 i lived in Holland & according to Dutch friends it was the coldest for decades & the massive fresh water side of this sea wall entirely froze over. To see so many people out skating & so far from land came as a shock to this British lad, i can tell you.

  • @eddylwanga6332
    @eddylwanga6332 3 года назад +3

    This is one of the most wonderful Engineering Projects todate

  • @masterbeethoven8209
    @masterbeethoven8209 4 года назад +42

    All I can think about is what a good fishing spot that would be!

  • @AnymMusic
    @AnymMusic 4 года назад +176

    In a few hours, the Dutch will have *flooded* the comments 👀. Gekoloniseerd

    • @pimdeboerr
      @pimdeboerr 4 года назад +3

      Yeah every time lol

    • @michaelcraig9449
      @michaelcraig9449 4 года назад +3

      FLOODED.. Oh no.. never say that word to a Nederlander!

  • @MrBaumGeo
    @MrBaumGeo 4 года назад +19

    The b1m is the most informative channel for construction

    • @TheB1M
      @TheB1M  4 года назад +5

      Thank you so much!!! ✊

    • @dimrrider9133
      @dimrrider9133 4 года назад +1

      But they forgot to tell that the fish can swim from salt water to fresh water because they create a special construction for it

    • @replar
      @replar 4 года назад +3

      @@dimrrider9133 3:38 ?

    • @dimrrider9133
      @dimrrider9133 4 года назад

      @@replar oeps 😬 missed that part.
      B1M did a good Job, my fault haha

    • @replar
      @replar 4 года назад +1

      ​@@dimrrider9133 They absolutly did and got a new subscriber now :D

  • @bobyoung1698
    @bobyoung1698 4 года назад +7

    I've long been impressed by the work of the Dutch on their many projects to prevent the incursion of the sea. Engineers from around the world, challenged in similar scenarios, would do well to study their amazing work.

    • @roodborstkalf9664
      @roodborstkalf9664 4 года назад +1

      Many peoples especially in Asia have done so.

    • @pieterveenders9793
      @pieterveenders9793 2 года назад +1

      The Dutch have mastered sea defence and most other sea related fields, and as such they're the first one people all over the world call when there is a sea related issue. From New Orleans to Jakarta, and from Dubai to Bangladesh, the Dutch were the ones they hired to solve their problems with the sea.

  • @ubdigitaldive
    @ubdigitaldive 4 года назад +5

    I have never watched so informative and subtle Ad in my life.

  • @Jarod-vg9wq
    @Jarod-vg9wq 4 года назад +3

    Ever since quarantine, I felt there’s no week, time doesn’t feel like time anymore, and then B1M came with a video to save a day.

    • @MrFlatage
      @MrFlatage 4 года назад +1

      Yea we don't just do walls well? All video's from the Netherlands currently? Yup no quarantine ...

  • @jba540
    @jba540 4 года назад +6

    The Dutch are the best engineers ever since.

  • @Vivaswaan.
    @Vivaswaan. 4 года назад +4

    This was such a audacious and wonderful project. The brains and strength that went into it is commendable. Such projects leaves us in awe.

  • @DannyYatom7299
    @DannyYatom7299 4 года назад +2

    Little wonder that the people from the Netherlands are among the greatest innovators in the world. This initiative is truly a Dutch technological marvel that is worthy of emulation in the low-lying areas across the world.

  • @noelgenoway9360
    @noelgenoway9360 3 года назад

    The Dutch know the sea very very very well!!! Authorities of Vancouver, BC needs to see this video! Lots of flooding in Fall 2021!! The Dyke system needs upgrades in Vancouver, BC.!! Thanks for sharing!!

  • @ennosbaxla5350
    @ennosbaxla5350 4 года назад +271

    I want him to read story to my son every night!!

    • @armyofone5219
      @armyofone5219 4 года назад +3

      AI voice overs are getting better and better these days on other videos , I bet someday you can pick a type of voice you want....someday everybody will have a nanny like the Jetsons had....

    • @leeluv96
      @leeluv96 4 года назад +1

      @@armyofone5219 Rosie was awesome!

    • @jzk3919
      @jzk3919 3 года назад

      I wrote a comment but I may not post it..../and I am not Trump!/

    • @SYDTrainsFilms
      @SYDTrainsFilms 3 года назад +1

      BTW that is a real person just watch their big ben makeover video and you will see Fred Mills the narrator.

    • @henrik5761
      @henrik5761 3 года назад

      Yes, but your son only wants you

  • @rankingresearchdata
    @rankingresearchdata 4 года назад +4

    I'm lazy to read books & newspaper so Channel like B1M are source of my knowledge.
    Keep making video

  • @nakibsayyed4999
    @nakibsayyed4999 4 года назад +10

    Yes B1M making our day great also that's one genius construction compared to it's era.

  • @Hutch5321
    @Hutch5321 4 года назад

    What a colossal project! Had no idea that it was started pre-WWII.
    Thank you for the new video!
    Bravo, Fred! Bravo, B1M! The Best of the 'Net!

  • @RoundsOfWanting
    @RoundsOfWanting 4 года назад +1

    I rode a bicycle over this twice. One of the best rides in the Netherlands.

    • @RoundsOfWanting
      @RoundsOfWanting 4 года назад

      KarynaChannel there was a observation deck right in the middle with a memorial to the workers. It is water as far as you can see. I think it took 2-3 hours to ride depending on the wind.

  • @DavidBrown-jd2st
    @DavidBrown-jd2st 4 года назад +3

    Great informative video as always... cheers B1M

  • @oyvey764
    @oyvey764 4 года назад +3

    Thank you B1M! Always finding interesting subjects and making concise, informative videos. I had never heard of this amazing feat of engineering.... now I feel a wee bit more informed about the world and impressed at humans' capacity of cleverly addressing issues. Thank you again for posting.

  • @ivanmolina5203
    @ivanmolina5203 4 года назад +16

    [Looking at the Earth from the moon]
    It’s all the Netherlands?
    “Always has been”
    (Bang)

  • @dariuszgierczak9387
    @dariuszgierczak9387 4 года назад +1

    This is very impressive construction, even more impressive this started 100 years ago. In Poland we struggle with sewage treatment plant in our capital city and this has been build 20 years ago only 2 pipes under the river and we can’t find solution. Well done you ✌️

  • @Dirk80241
    @Dirk80241 Год назад

    I don’t understand why youtube suggests this video to me 3 years later, but the sea wall remains impressive and I appreciate the accuracy of your video.

  • @Dave-hn5tl
    @Dave-hn5tl 4 года назад +143

    Other countries: Noo my houses are flooding
    The Netherlands: haha sea wall go sploosh

  • @SnackAttack6
    @SnackAttack6 3 года назад +3

    Amazing! We need this between N.Ireland & Scotland it would be 12 miles long 👌

    • @roodborstkalf9664
      @roodborstkalf9664 3 года назад +1

      Very doable. Will cost you about 20 billion pounds, that is if you hire Danes, Norwegians, Japanese or Koreans to do it. Similar bridge/tunnel complex was recently build between Denmark and Sweden. Problem is politics. England and Ireland will not allow it. It is not in their interest.

  • @Dave-gw6wh
    @Dave-gw6wh 4 года назад +30

    Love my country!!

    • @appleslover
      @appleslover 4 года назад +4

      Lucky bastard!

    • @huisbaasbob9844
      @huisbaasbob9844 4 года назад +5

      G E K O L O N I S E E R D

    • @Dave-gw6wh
      @Dave-gw6wh 4 года назад +4

      @@huisbaasbob9844 kokosnoten zijn geen specerijen makker

  • @erzsebetnilsson580
    @erzsebetnilsson580 3 года назад

    Saved a GREAT nation with the GREAT PEOPLE...
    My love to the people in Netherlands WORK HARD and the way they put there HEART for to MAKE JUSTICE.

  • @biosmatchnederland8070
    @biosmatchnederland8070 4 года назад +2

    Thanks for uploading. Proud of my country!

  • @mark6889
    @mark6889 4 года назад +144

    B1M Posts Video
    Me: MMMOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRREEEEEE

    • @charlesdesouza9313
      @charlesdesouza9313 4 года назад

      this in Portuguese literally means die

    • @mark6889
      @mark6889 4 года назад

      @@charlesdesouza9313 The joys of translating between different languages!
      Reminder to self, when in Portugal don't yell out 'MORE'.

  • @qualitydepartmentcapitolho6990
    @qualitydepartmentcapitolho6990 4 года назад +16

    This kind of engineering marvel is required for "Mumbai" to reduce the flood water during rainy season.

    • @Shivam-kz2dg
      @Shivam-kz2dg 4 года назад +1

      Funds ?

    • @punitarathi4127
      @punitarathi4127 3 года назад

      Dutch Engineers made Mumbai

    • @roodborstkalf9664
      @roodborstkalf9664 3 года назад +2

      Yes, Mumbai is rich enough now. There are many smart people in India. Study how similar problems have been solved in other countries, gradually learn, make a plan and make your city a better place to live. It's not so difficult.

    • @qualitydepartmentcapitolho6990
      @qualitydepartmentcapitolho6990 3 года назад

      @@Shivam-kz2dg funds bhare hue hai... only thing is there are underutilized

    • @engineer3230
      @engineer3230 3 года назад

      @@Shivam-kz2dg enough h

  • @MetDaan2912
    @MetDaan2912 4 года назад +12

    Nice, I love your videos, keep 'em coming!
    Also nice to see a video about De Afsluitdijk, as a Dutchman I am proud of this.

  • @khansaeed9999
    @khansaeed9999 4 года назад +2

    Love your videos

  • @WildBill-kf2pc
    @WildBill-kf2pc 4 года назад +1

    Amazing project. Thank You 🇺🇸

  • @AuXTechUK
    @AuXTechUK 4 года назад +23

    This is the best ad i've seen, watched the whole thing xD

  • @MrBaumGeo
    @MrBaumGeo 4 года назад +43

    Why is this channel soo good

  • @VuurwerkNederland
    @VuurwerkNederland 4 года назад +66

    "Afsluitdijk" sounds so fun when an English speaker pronounces it!

    • @Chris-bn1vt
      @Chris-bn1vt 4 года назад +4

      I'm just wondering where he got the "o" from. Lol.

    • @Zoza15
      @Zoza15 4 года назад +3

      Yeah and they misled by the word Dyke instead of Dijk.

    • @timmontanus4311
      @timmontanus4311 4 года назад +7

      Lmao the ofschloedoik

    • @guynxtdork
      @guynxtdork 4 года назад

      He isn't.

    • @benjaminpadilla1464
      @benjaminpadilla1464 4 года назад

      Jokes on you bich, I speak English, Spanish, and German. I find It strange that man Elitists in Europe look down on English speakers, yet you guys can't properly pronounce many basic words. 🙄 (Especially in Spanish.)

  • @datchu1493
    @datchu1493 3 года назад +1

    I am praying for the Dutch and others below sea level country people to happy life for them and their next generation too🙏😇🤓

  • @HonestMan112
    @HonestMan112 4 года назад +3

    This is one of my favourite channels.

  • @toamastar
    @toamastar 4 года назад +3

    Damn that is some serious engineering!! Thanks for all you do in these videos :)

  • @stormysamreen7062
    @stormysamreen7062 4 года назад +40

    Never clicked so fast on a B1M video.

  • @pranjibpaul5482
    @pranjibpaul5482 4 года назад +6

    Does anyone know which software they used for rendering between 2:58 to 3:00?

    • @NiekKuijpers
      @NiekKuijpers 4 года назад +3

      Autodesk construction cloud i think. It was mentioned at the start of the video

    • @huisbaasbob9844
      @huisbaasbob9844 4 года назад +1

      Paint.

  • @PaulHipToBeSquareAllen
    @PaulHipToBeSquareAllen 4 года назад

    Fast becoming my favourite RUclips Channel. Thanks.

  • @freddiehansen7324
    @freddiehansen7324 4 года назад +7

    Louisiana and New Orleans should be paying attention here..... They could definitely learn a thing or two.

    • @the11382
      @the11382 4 года назад

      Those have flood problems?

    • @33lex55
      @33lex55 4 года назад

      US motto to kill all progress: "Not invented here".

  • @lucasmcclintock5910
    @lucasmcclintock5910 4 года назад +17

    That is good. Smart Netherlands.

  • @bedux009
    @bedux009 3 года назад +5

    Mother Nature: You dare challenge me mortal!?
    Dutch: *YES*

  • @thomknigge2044
    @thomknigge2044 4 года назад +1

    I live in the Netherlands and it is perfect to travel from Friesland to Noord Holland

  • @skyrockhou6325
    @skyrockhou6325 4 года назад +1

    Love this channel. Wish the videos were longer

  • @laureane5454
    @laureane5454 4 года назад +10

    The power of a wardrobe voice. Supporters will know LOL.

    • @TheB1M
      @TheB1M  4 года назад +3

      Hahaha - we see you 😉

  • @flyingdutchman3165
    @flyingdutchman3165 4 года назад +5

    The B1M is definitely one of the best channels on RUclips 🔥🔥

  • @NiekKuijpers
    @NiekKuijpers 4 года назад +32

    This is so cool. The afsluitdijk is less than 30 minutes from where i live and the B1M made a video about it haha

    • @underwaterlaser1687
      @underwaterlaser1687 4 года назад +2

      Check out The Tim Traveller too.

    • @Jps007cat
      @Jps007cat 4 года назад +15

      It literally looks like you just smacked your keyboard for a sec.

    • @bartpaauw9132
      @bartpaauw9132 4 года назад

      Ey ik woon er 5 min vandaan

  • @argo1879
    @argo1879 4 года назад +2

    Thanks to the best construction and engineering channel on all of RUclips for another great video. Really interesting to learn about these sea walls I never knew they were necessary in the Netherlands

  • @lifeisnoteasy2026
    @lifeisnoteasy2026 4 года назад

    best video with superb narration
    thanks B1M

  • @ChristopherHodgkissDesign
    @ChristopherHodgkissDesign 4 года назад +3

    Great video. Been subbed for a while now and look forward to a new video every Wednesday. B1M, I would love to see a video on how the construction of HS2 is helping Birmingham shake off its image of '60's concrete jungle' with large scale regeneration projects it has planned.

  • @Z0mbify
    @Z0mbify 3 года назад +4

    The Dutch always knows how to exploit the waters.

  • @LouisBlackman
    @LouisBlackman 4 года назад +18

    Video idea: UK housing shortage and how it is being tackled

    • @TheB1M
      @TheB1M  4 года назад +19

      Thanks! We have actually made 3 different videos on that.

    • @leonardlangner9949
      @leonardlangner9949 4 года назад +2

      Is it being tackled?

    • @LouisBlackman
      @LouisBlackman 4 года назад

      @@leonardlangner9949 not rly

    • @LouisBlackman
      @LouisBlackman 4 года назад

      @@TheB1M thx for the reply

    • @bingbong6066
      @bingbong6066 4 года назад +1

      Something the netherlands isnt tackling enough haha

  • @brianndrelan135
    @brianndrelan135 3 года назад

    Wow!! Engineers all working together. The use of technology to monitor and make improvements to the seawave breaker.

  • @twoarrows2543
    @twoarrows2543 4 года назад +1

    Your video has lots of pretty colors and makes me happy. 🤖

  • @johnnahason4851
    @johnnahason4851 4 года назад +12

    I'd say this is one of the wonders of the world.

  • @JacobafJelling
    @JacobafJelling 4 года назад +5

    Would love know more about The Netherlands in general. Greetings from Denmark

    • @baronvonlimbourgh1716
      @baronvonlimbourgh1716 4 года назад

      It is just a few miles away. Come and visit...

    • @martijn_sch
      @martijn_sch 4 года назад

      Some Projects that you might like:
      - Flevoland, biggest polder in the world
      - Delta-works in (Old) Zealand and South-Holland, biggest flood defenses of the world
      - Bicycle storage in Utrecht, biggest of the world
      - Amsterdam's North-South metro line
      - De Hovenring, a floating bicycle roundabout in Eindhoven
      Now tell me about your Fehmarn Belt Tunnel ;)
      Greetings from The Netherlands

    • @sevenprovinces
      @sevenprovinces 3 года назад

      We also fought together against the Swedes! And the King of Denmark made on admiral de Ruyter a knight of some Danish order after he broke the Swedish siege of Copenhagen! Rawr!

  • @fors89
    @fors89 3 года назад +5

    those poor fish kids that went to play on the other side of the wall and never were able to come back home

  • @osamahaldoaiss
    @osamahaldoaiss 4 года назад +1

    I have been there last year. Very impressive structure and a master piece!

  • @Coucouoeuf
    @Coucouoeuf 4 года назад +1

    Yes there is an ad but that's cleverly blended in the video. If only we had more productions like this!
    Keep up the good work.

  • @MrBaumGeo
    @MrBaumGeo 4 года назад +28

    I knew this video would be about the netherlands

    • @raymondo162
      @raymondo162 4 года назад

      excellent. well played, you