American Reacts to Delta Works: An Example for the Rest of Us

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Is the Delta works the 8th wonder of the world? Dutch Delta Works: An Example for the Rest of Us - American Guy Reacts to the Netherlands Dutch Delta Works
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@in551125do 2 жыл бұрын

You're becoming a fantastic ambassador for The Netherlands....!!!....good luck.....!!

@philsarkol6443 2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha...that was my thought as well, because of you being so well informed by now!! Ga zo door!!

@hanhenderikse 2 жыл бұрын

The doors of the Oosterscheldekering will close when the predicted sealevel rises above 10ft/3m of the "normal" sealevel at hightide. It has nothing to do with de "Zuiderzee/IJsselmeer which is in the northern part of the Netherlands. The Oosterschelde is in the southwest. (check the map) And btw "Kering" means "barrier".

@johansilwouden3403 2 жыл бұрын

Actually, Lelystad is not the biggest city in Flevoland! It is however the oldest! It has around 80,000 inhabitants. The biggest city is Almere, which houses around 200,000 people and is basically a satellite city of Amsterdam.

@qwertyuiopzxcfgh 2 жыл бұрын

Lelystad is not even the oldest city in Flevoland. It's the oldest city in the Flevopolder, but since the Noordoostpolder was built first, Emmeloord is a lot older.

@yannickvdputten 2 жыл бұрын

I think Nijmegen is

@yannickvdputten 2 жыл бұрын

Ow shit i read wrong, u mean in Flevoland lol my apologies

@ronaldderooij1774 2 жыл бұрын

I think the biggest misunderstanding is what exactly is Delta works and what is land reclamation. The Delta works are purely defensive against the rivers and the sea. They are still ongoing and will be ongoing forever more until we either lose or the climate will change to cold again. The land reclamation has NOTHING to do with the delta works. Land reclamation has been ongoing since the year 900 and serves agriculture mostly (some cities emerged in those lands, like Amsterdam Gouda and Rotterdam later, but that was not the aim). The land reclamation was started by munks. That is very hard labour. That is why we still call tedious labour "monnikenwerk" (Munks work) in Dutch.

@81MHT 2 жыл бұрын

Think 'Monnikenwerk' has more to do with copying books and illustrations before the printing press was invented. Which they used to do in monasteries.

@evee_peavey 2 жыл бұрын

@@81MHT on the nose.. 'monnikenwerk' refers to the intricately drawn opening letters in the books before printing... They all needed to be written by hand and was predominantly done by the church, eg the monks... It would take them months to make one book. A metric ton of drawing and meticulous writing, if a mistake was made the page had to be thrown out and they had to start all over again.

@BrendonChase_2015 2 жыл бұрын

Fair point abt the long history of land reclamation here. Modern, i.e. recent land reclamation also had a little some to do with defending against the sea. Actually, the largest land reclamation project called "Plan Lely", which Charlie did a video on, had a lot to do with safety. That's why the whole project started with the Wieringermeer/Afsluitdijk, to protect against Zuiderzee floods.

@ronaldderooij1774 2 жыл бұрын

@@81MHT Interesting. I did not learn that. I'll dive into it.

@ronaldderooij1774 2 жыл бұрын

@@evee_peavey Well, I searched in the Dutch etymologybank and found: monnikenwerk [moeitevolle arbeid die niets oplevert] {muncks werck 1599, monnikenwerk 1786} is gebaseerd op de idee dat monniken moeten werken om de ledigheid te vermijden, al zouden zij ook vandaag moeten vernietigen wat zij gisteren hebben gemaakt. So in essence it says that "monnikenwerk" is work that does not yield much profit. It can be books, or making marshes ripe for agriculture, or anything else tedious.

@ChristiandenBoer 2 жыл бұрын

The greatest achievement of the Delta works was that it was a generational project, it took decades to complete and was part of a vision that tried to protect the country against the risks 50-100 years into the future instead of 3-4 years. As a Dutchie it's one of the things about my tiny country that I'm sincerely proud of. The struggle against the sea is part of our heritage, and the Delta Works are a monument to that never ending battle.

@clifftrieling6052 Жыл бұрын

Although it's a struggle few of us realise we are, in fact, dealing with :P

@roderik1990 2 жыл бұрын

28:00 these 3 meters he's talking about are how high the sea is (due to tides storms etc.) before the system will bother closing the doors fully. Most times the doors will be open so as not to disturb wildlife and things like that.

@MrExezz 2 жыл бұрын

To add on to the original commentor to explain what is said in the video. 3 meters above the REGULAR sea level.. it is open at all times unless during a storm the water levels rise to the point of more than 3 meters obeve the regular sea level teh wil automticly close. I asume the wil open automticly again when the water level is again down to less than 3 meters above teh regular sea levels. (or the might stay closed until the regular sea level, since why not as the energy/power is spend to close them, I dont know for a fact, just thinking out loud on last part)

@MartijnHover 2 жыл бұрын

It is good to remember that this project was meant to withstand a meteorological scenario that was supposed to happen only once every 10,000 years. Sea level rise as a result of climate change was never taken into account.

@Martin-di9pp 2 жыл бұрын

Aye, at the start of the video Simon seems to indicate that this project was build to protect us from rising sea levels because of climate change but that wasn't on the radar back then.

@PH61a 2 жыл бұрын

It's amazing how much you already know about the country. Sometimes you have to guess and most of the times you're correct. Respect!!!!

@CillBlinton 2 жыл бұрын

Hey man, watching and loving your videos... But as an audio engineer, I must say the next: Make sure your audio volume is the same as your videos you are watching. This video, for example, your audio is louder than the video you are watching. If the levels are the same its nicer to listen to as a viewer. Apart from that, nothing but love :)

@janstegehuis4069 2 жыл бұрын

09:40 This is indeed a picture of Flevoland and has nothing to do with the Deltaworks. 15:15 North Holland exists for a larger part of polders. These are polders made far earlier then the Zuiderzeepolders. The first larger one: the "Beemster", for instance became dry in 1612 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beemster ). These polders were not created by (re)claiming parts of the sea, but by draining lakes and swamps, etc. But because of ongoing storms and flooding they lost more land around the Zuiderzee than they gained in Holland. South Holland also partly exists of polders; Schiphol Airport for instance is in the largest one of these: the "Haarlemmermeer" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haarlemmermeer ). 21:20 These are pictures of the Oosterscheldekering and so have nothing to do with the Zuiderzeeworks. 22:50 Lelystad is indeed not the largest city in Flevoland, that is the newer "Almere"; it has 217.000+ inhabitants whereas Lelystad has 80.000+.

@fordprefect9296 2 жыл бұрын

Schiphol Airport is in Noord-Holland, of course.

@tjiddenl Жыл бұрын

Almere is basically just a suburb of Amsterdam. Done right not like the suburbs in the Us.

@crazypete5067 2 жыл бұрын

On a more general note. I like that you not only react, but actually want to learn something. Much respect for you actually trying to learn the language

@sunneh666 2 жыл бұрын

This video you were watching here was full of mistakes. He says the deltaworks are on the north side of the Netherlands but it's in the south actually. Almost all of it is in the Zeeland province. And yes. The Netherlands is the country. Holland just 1/6th of it.

@Ozymandias1 2 жыл бұрын

The UK is often referred to as England by foreigners. Same thing. People from Friesland or Scotland wouldn't agree.

@Martin-di9pp 2 жыл бұрын

I don't think the Dutch are really bothered by Holland/The Netherlands thing, I know I'm not and I'm not from either of the Holland provinces.

@gabevandenhoeven4546 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Charlie for pointing out the Netherlands vs Holland mistake made in that video you are correct👍

@mark.peters 2 жыл бұрын

Formally as of 2020 he is indeed correct, informally however you can still use Holland interchangably with The Netherlands. This is a grammar style known as _pars pro toto_ A similar -- but opposite -- grammar style is being used for the United States of America, where it will be called America (which technically is in fact not a country but describes one or two continents) also known as _totem pro parte_

@jsb7975 2 жыл бұрын

Rightly so. Holland is very much used by the Dutch themselves and a majority of foreigners. Both 'Netherlands' and 'Holland' are correct. Holland the country itself is different from 'Noord' and 'Zuid- Holland' ..... (sorry dear countrymen and women)

@Stroopwafe1 2 жыл бұрын

@@jsb7975 I've only ever heard it as interchangeable by Hollanders and foreigners. I am not from Holland however and don't like to be called that. I'm from Overijssel and therefore not from Holland, but from the Netherlands

@jsb7975 2 жыл бұрын

@@Stroopwafe1 are you not from North-OR Southholland? I apologize for all those millions who denied your dislike 😉

@wvd07 2 жыл бұрын

Born in Overijssel, raised in Drenthe. And I would definitely consider myself a Hollander. We're all just a bunch of Hollanders, imo. At least that's what I will keep calling myself

@Frankhe78 2 жыл бұрын

We Dutch are somewhat overconfident ;) When there is a technical challenge we take it on. In case of the Delta Works there was no solution available for the "once in a hundred year storm". Therefore the engineers got to work and within a period of about 25 years they constructed a series of coastal defences never seen before. And the cost price was obviously astronomical but the solutions were actually very economical. Only use the amount of material you need and construct everything in a clever and efficient way. It is an amazing series of constructions that are worth visiting.

@QiuArVee 2 жыл бұрын

The part about the closing of the 'Oosterscheldekering' he is trying to explain, is that the water level needs to rise to 3 meters above the normal sea level (when there is no flood) for the doors to close.

@GabberPinda 2 жыл бұрын

The Dutch build Flevoland for Defqon 1 festival 😜😅🧡

@robertcraane7910 2 жыл бұрын

En Lowlands!

@corneliusantonius3108 2 жыл бұрын

@@robertcraane7910 "A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise"

@robertcraane7910 2 жыл бұрын

Yup....

@cynthiamolenaar770 2 жыл бұрын

@@robertcraane7910 en Opwekking!

@robertcraane7910 2 жыл бұрын

@@cynthiamolenaar770 Ook nog! DRuk leventje daar!

@peet4921 2 жыл бұрын

English is a West Germanic language that originated from Anglo-Frisian languages brought to Britain in the mid 5th to 7th centuries AD by Anglo-Saxon migrants from what is now northwest Germany, southern Denmark and the Netherlands. The Anglo-Saxons settled in the British Isles from the mid-5th century and came to dominate the bulk of southern Great Britain.

@coresoldier1 2 жыл бұрын

how the English language was born

@cerafil4406 2 жыл бұрын

The old welsch/saxon language was attempted to be replace for french. But they never seemed to get the hang of it. Basically English is fucked up french which transformed even more towards teuton (anglo/saxon) over time.

@fordprefect9296 2 жыл бұрын

The Dutch "institutions of state" to combat water have their origin in arrangements that started around the 10th century. A lot longer than a 100 years. The (elected) 'waterschappen' (water boards) were first introduced in or around 1255.

@wingedyera 2 жыл бұрын

I'm from the Netherlands, I did a project with my local museum where I played a nun in a video about the flood of 1926. This nun was a real historic person who had kept a diary during the time of that flood and reading the text she wrote down in there (which I had to say in the video) really chilled me to the bone. It gave me a whole new level of respect for the water and the feats of engineering that go into protecting us. And honestly this was a relatively unknown and low fatality flood.

@erwinbolink 2 жыл бұрын

Yes , we are continuously improving and expanding our protection systems all over the country. It's something that will probably never stop.

@pchevallier 2 жыл бұрын

Dear Charlie, Atlantis is a myth based on the explosion of a part of the island of Santorini (Greece), one of the many island of the Cyclades sea during the antic times ;-) check out about Santorini (or Santorin) you'll understand all about what we called here "the Caldera of Santorini". By the way good luck for your future in Netherlands.

@QiuArVee 2 жыл бұрын

You are right that Holland is just the two provinces of North-Holland and South-Holland and it was often used instead of the Netherlands as it was probably a bit easier to remember. However, calling our country 'Holland' would be like calling the United States of America 'Dakota' or 'Carolina'.

@Diegotheparrot 2 жыл бұрын

There's a nice quiet little beach at the end of the oosterscheldekering, where you can relax, smell the ocean and watch some sea birds and seals chilling. And of course look at the deltaworks in the background. I take my little parrot there sometimes. It's the best.

@Marble127 Жыл бұрын

About the 3 meter thing: the rule is that when sea levels rise over three meters above their average level, the gates close. The sea levels vary naturally, through tides. The high and lows are averiged out and then when the sea rises over that average by three meters (about ten feet), the gates close automatically. Thank you for you great reactions!

@theonijkerk3012 2 жыл бұрын

About the 3 meters: it is a flood barrier, so the doors only close when the water level is 3 meters above average low tide.

@bonsai67 2 жыл бұрын

We will make an honorary Dutchman out of you yet 😁. Keep up the good work!

@kzonedd7718 2 жыл бұрын

Speaking as a customer service worker, just you learning Dutch beforehand makes you my favourite expat.

@davedevosbaarle Жыл бұрын

We (the Dutch) are not just making land in the Netherlands, but in many places in the world. Worldwide, projects involving land reclamation, coastal protection, offshore wind farms and marine infrastucture in general usually involve some large Dutch dredging companies, such as Van Oord and Boskalis.

@helixstorm261 2 жыл бұрын

Respect for Charlie knowing that holland are just two provinces and that the county is called the Netherlands, Holland is not, an official substitute, let alone the main thing, someone did their research, Awesome job you're now officially qualified to visit us :)

@gerbentvandeveen 2 жыл бұрын

I,am from Spakenburg The Netherlands. And in 1916 there was a Flot. And now we have Flevoland in are back yard.

@jandejong1122 2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure you might be interested in the video 'Earth Day: a Dutch Solution May Mitigate Flood Damage.' (by 60 minutes) and How Rotterdam's Flood Defenses Could Help Save Us All (by Bloomberg Quicktake)

@davedevosbaarle Жыл бұрын

About the 3m above regular sea level before the dams are closed: The sea level of the North Sea is not constant. It changes with regular tides. In addition to that, strong winds from the North can cause an additional build-up of water in the Zeeland area (the North Sea is funnel shaped between Great Britain and the Netherlands), causing water from the North Sea to flow back up into the river delta, putting lower and weaker dykes in the river delta at risk of overflowing and breaking. So when a combination of factors causes the sea level to rise more than 3m above average, the dams at the perimeter of the river delta close (automatically), preventing too much water from the North Sea flowing back up into the delta and potentialy flooding pieces of land.

@D.H.1987 2 жыл бұрын

zuiderzee means south sea. zoute zee means salt sea

@anniek4681 6 ай бұрын

The Delta works are in Zeeland a provence in the south, The zuiderzeekering (Afsluitdijk) is located between Noord-Holland and Friesland. To provences in the North. That's why it does not compute Charlie. They are nowhere near each other and have nothing to do with eachother other then havig the same function of keeping us safe. The Delta works (in the south) are open, as in seawater can still enter into the waterways as it always did. They did this to preserve the salt craving flora and fauna so so they didnt have to suffer. If the sealevel is rising due to a stormsurge, and a danger of flooding will become imminent they will close those open doors. When the water rises above 3 m above normal (Normal is when the sea is calm) the whole closing of the doors will start. Its like you have your window open to let in the breeze while you are doing you administration at the table, but when it gets windy you will close the window to keep the wind outside so your papers dont get blown of the table. Same effect, when the Delta works close we keep the sea out.

@patrickhendrikskingston9303 2 жыл бұрын

You're right again about lelystad. Lelystad is the first town that was build in Flevoland but Almere has become the largest city in Flevoland with a population of 196.000 citizens

@RonDLite Жыл бұрын

Not commenting about small mistakes since you know so much about our country, more than a lot of us Dutch! Kudos

@danieloppenheim9270 2 жыл бұрын

Frisian is not only spoken in Friesland (province in NL), but there's an entire coastal region where people still talk Frisian (one way or another) starting at the southern tip of Zeeland right along Zuid and Noord-Holland, Friesland through Germanies Ostfriesland/Saterland up to Denmarks Nordfriesland. All dating back to the Roman era when people living there were called the 'Frisii' (search wikipedia for 'Frisians'). Fun fact: my brother and sister in-law live in a region of North-Holland called 'West-Friesland', in a fully functional, restored windmill (a 'strijkmolen') and she's the official licensed miller (yes, you do need a license to operate a mill, 2 years or more of training on mills throughout the country). She was born in the mill next door, operated by her father since the 1960's. BTW, the West-Frisian dialect doesn't even closely resemble the Frisian language nowadays.

@Elementalism. 2 жыл бұрын

not all of us live in Texas ... but all my exes live in Texas...

@maddy01010 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Charlie, i never see you reacting to Dutch music? I would love you to react to one of the Netherlands most iconic bands: De Staat. They are an Alternative rockband with a very original sound. Maybe Kitty Kitty, or if you want to ease into it Phoenix or Sweatshop? Id love to see your reaction to any De Staat song really.

@patrickhendrikskingston9303 2 жыл бұрын

It's nice to see how fast you learn about the Netherlands and how you well understand the way we do things

@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands 2 жыл бұрын

My city is build on a mountain, it's 2 m above sea level, hence its name "Zwolle" the land is "swollen" here. the surroundings are below sea level, or around..

@robertwemmers8562 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Charlie i 'am an old Dutch - Canadian and i worked as a diver on the rivers and dijks, i like your way of talking about Holland ( i 'am from the Haghe ) The Netherlands, i drove with my wife in 1992 over the dijks in Zeeland from one end to the other end ( she is Canadian ) Keep up the good work .

@MrImmers 2 жыл бұрын

@29.00 minutes When there hits a storm and the sea level rises more then 3meters above the normal level the "sluizen " will be closed.

@matthijshannink 2 жыл бұрын

Lelystad is the capital of flevoland since it was the first “big” town on the new land, almere was established some time later and became the biggest place in the new land.

@Voice_of_Rambol 2 жыл бұрын

What I learned in Dutch geography class is that because there's no more Ice above Scandinavia like during the Ice Age the weight has been lifted and Scandinavia is rising, but because of that the Netherlands are sinking to balance that rise. Has to do with the Earth's crust.

@anniek4681 2 жыл бұрын

If i understand it correctly, if storm surges on the ocean push the up the water in the North sea. Think of it like a gigantuan wave which is then lodged between in the mainland and the brittish isles. It can rise 3 meters above the "normal"sealevel than. If that happends the sea will push inward because that's the easy way to go. To prevent that the doors will close. I think less than 3 meters will not cause to much damage. Because everytime you close the dams it might have other consequenses you dont want.

@corjp 6 ай бұрын

I compliment you on your knowledge of my country. Thank you for showing an interest. 👍👍🙏🙏

@urbnctrl 2 жыл бұрын

Big ups for correcting the Holland v Netherlands mistake. Our ambassador in the USA 🦁🤝🤝🤝

@Tacko14 2 жыл бұрын

‘Dang! That’s all my subscribers’. You funny man :)

@PieterPatrick Жыл бұрын

We need the IJsselmeer as a source and buffer for fresh water. Giving up the Zuiderzee was a good thing. The Afsluitdijk also is a nice connection we need.

@robertgrijsen1006 10 ай бұрын

You are very well informed about the Netherlands, respect, top.

@Ticklestein 2 жыл бұрын

8:40 - My grandfather got called from leave back into military to assist in S&R in that disaster’s aftermath. Also made him hate crows, “corpse pokers” (lijkenpikkers) is what he called them since then. He never really spoke much about the tragedy they witnessed next to that.

@97bowie97 2 жыл бұрын

29:54 MAESLANTKERING, not MAASLANDKERING, it should be written like this for the following reason: It is named after the 'village' Maeslantsluys (two huts made of clay and reed and later called Maassluis), which arose in the 14th century around the Monstersche lock. The people who had to keep an eye on the lock had to live there. Maes as written in ancient times is the river Maas. Kering = Barrier.

@arjanhamers1635 2 жыл бұрын

The Oosterscheldekering closed two days ago during storm Corrie. It closes when waterlevels get higher then three meters above average. Waterlevels are never constant due to the tides. But with big storms and (in this case) high springtides waterlevels get easily above those three meters. I was working on an inlandship and we were lying on poles nearby the estuary of Rotterdam. Our rope broke, because of the heavy swinging of the ship and we were not the only ship with this problem. Two seaships actually colided and twelve people had to be rescued, because one of them made water

@theonijkerk3012 2 жыл бұрын

Lelystad is the capital of Flevoland. Almere, a city closer to Amsterdam, is the largest city in Flevoland, with over 100.000 people living there.

@JoeyA92 2 жыл бұрын

Keep it up! Goed bezig!

@theredowly9445 2 жыл бұрын

10000 people died. That's almost all my subscribers. Hey what a nice picture behind him. 😅 Btw, seen one of your videos trying to learn Dutch. You where doing great :)

@RikvanderSchalie 2 жыл бұрын

One of the reasons for losing land lies in something that has been going on since the last ice age. Much of northern Europe, and specifically Scandinavia, was covered with thick ice sheets. Due to the weight of those ice sheets, Scandinavia was slowly pushed downwards by about 1 Kilometer (some 600 yards). And, like in a seesaw, due to buoyancy, the parts of Europe south of Scandinavia rose as a result. At the end of the ice age the glaciers that covered Scandinavia slowly melted, removing much of the weight that had been pushing Scandinavia down. And, you've guessed it, as a result of the same seesaw effect, as Scandinavia started to rise again, western Europe started to sink down. This occurs very slowly, but actually more rapidly than the general sea-level increase, at least until now. So the Netherlands not only has to cope with rising sea levels but also with subsidence.

@misonice5683 2 жыл бұрын

Using a part to represent a whole. It’s called a Synecdoche. Example He showing off his ‘wheels’. (Car) It’s a 20 ‘head’ group. (People)

@nescionetizen295 2 жыл бұрын

---sea --- {Delta works open} ( pumps that manages to pump enough for max 3 meters difference) _____Netherlands below sea level____ ---sea at 3+ meters,due to storms, tides and current volume of the North-sea--- { Delta works closed} ( pumps at max capacity) ____ Netherlands below sea level but dry____

@hds66nl29 2 жыл бұрын

Living below sea level, would be a scary thing, funny thing is most Dutch are overinsured, but the one insurance we don't have is flood insurance.

@shadeblackwolf1508 2 жыл бұрын

There is normal sea level, which is the averige expected water height. the doors close if the sea rises more than 3 meters above this level.

@eeshtee5342 2 жыл бұрын

When he says Holland is the alternative for the netherlands it is because in some countries in Europe they refer to The Netherlands as such, like for example in Romania, we refer to The Netherlands as 'Olanda' .Even the wiki page mentions that it is informally called Holland. Recently it was changed and it has started to pop up in most official mentions as The Netherlands (in romanian 'Tarile de Jos' or 'Countries from Below). Would love to see some videos about other countries in Europe like Romania or Poland or other eastern european countries.

@baskoning9896 Жыл бұрын

Between 1200ad and 1900ad the Dutch reclaimed 1.285.000 acres from the water, but lost 1.400.000 to the Zuiderzee. So they where fighting the sea: but still losing slowly. After that period: we started winning :)

@shadeblackwolf1508 2 жыл бұрын

Holland is two provinces making up one of the kingdoms that formed the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. (Verenigd koninkrijk der Nederlanden), a term still used on dutch passports and there only.

@VinkDaniel 2 жыл бұрын

The Fryslan language, only spoken in Friesland, the most upper west Provence of the Netherlands, has more ties with the Welsh language, then with the English language. Fun fact: Fryslan is an actual acknowledged language, where all other areas in the Netherlands have their own dialects. Although being relatively close to each other, the cities of Leiden, the Hague and Rotterdam all have their own dialects, which us Dutchies can clearly tell apart.

@hellen__1 2 жыл бұрын

Yes we did create our own land. And a Dutch companie called Jan de Nul did also make the palm in Dubai

@bentels5340 2 жыл бұрын

Palm Jumeirah was built by Van Oord and Boskalis. Deira was Van Oord alone. Jebel Ali was Royal Haskoning. Jan de Nul is Belgian (except for taxes when it's Luxembourgeois).

@hellen__1 2 жыл бұрын

@@bentels5340 Sorry foutje

@theonijkerk3012 2 жыл бұрын

You are right, Holland is just the provinces of North- and South-Holland and the whole country is the Netherlands. Or like the French say: Les Pays-Bas. As to reclaiming less that they lost: there is still a part of The Zuiderzee, but that is called IJsselmeer now. They had to keep that body of water, otherwise the river IJssel had nowhere to go to.

@altcurrent8216 2 жыл бұрын

It's a miracle this videa made it on my recommended. Because of all the stuff around the case of the voice of holland

@mennoantheunisse3933 2 жыл бұрын

Remember that the night from januari 31st on februari 1st we (the dutch) had the great flood. My grandmother survived this night, but lost her sibling during the events. Also: The Netherlands is the country. Holland is just two of the twelve provinces. Also fun fact: when the dutch liberated them selves from the Spanish. They flooded plains and used boats to stab the Spanish who where not drowning.

@xandorbakker3601 2 жыл бұрын

uh correction it was Holland on old maps and later the provinces were formed and it has become The Nederlads.

@alainmellaerts8926 2 жыл бұрын

Maes is an old spelling, ae is just pronounced as aa. Fun fact, around dykes you can eat local specialty waterkonijn, water rabbit, It is actually a kind of big rat that borrows in dykes and weakens them, muskusrat in Dutch. Maybe it is only a Flemish thing. We eat anything, snails, horses, raw meats, … 😬

@darrenislar1053 2 жыл бұрын

the Zuiderzee is in the North, the Deltaworks (nothing to do with the Zuiderzee) is in the South ... he should have shown a map of whole of the Netherlands. De first kering he is talking about has big doors in between the pillars which close when the sea gets to high, but are open to make sure that the life in the part that is behind the kering is not affected

@keessturm2804 2 жыл бұрын

The Zuiderzee works are in an other area of the Netherlands as the Oosterschelde kering. Normal dikes in the delta can cope with 3m above sea level, higher sealevel then 3m the delta is shut of bij closing the doors of the Oosterscheldekering.

@shadeblackwolf1508 2 жыл бұрын

Dutch engineering firms which gained a lot of experience from what we've done in our own country, are all over the world now helping waterproof coastal regions

@cecilevl 2 жыл бұрын

The artificial island is in the Oosterschelde and is called the Neeltje Jans

@unknowncommenter2760 2 жыл бұрын

Lelystad has the biggest surface area/circumference. So that was actually factual. Almere would spring to mind as it has more inhabitants.

@wilmameijer437 Жыл бұрын

This guy likes to hear himself talking, but didn't talk about the Deltawerken. He mostly talked about the Zuiderzeewerken en de Maeslantkering. Both the Deltawerken and the Maeslantkering are build to protect the provinces of Zeeland and Zuid-Holland. Primairy the Zuiderzeewerken were also built to protect the coast of the Zuiderzee by closing it by building the Afsluitdijk. At that moment the name of the Zuiderzee changedd into IJsselmeer. Afterwards the gouvernment decided to create land by poldering. In fact, there were plans to dry the entire former Zuiderzee. Fortunately they kept it by only two polders , both huge (since 1986 together the new province of Flevoland). Recently they created a kind of isle in the Markermeer (initialy planned to become the next polder, which is canceled) named "het Markerwad" in order to create for birds a resting place and a place to breed.

@onsterfelijke 2 жыл бұрын

He means low lands that is the altinative of Holland and it's Zuider Zee which means Southern Sea.

@Anna-yl7xu Жыл бұрын

Hello Charlie, there is an important poem in the Netherlands about the land and the water, see here Memory of Holland Thinking of Holland I see wide rivers slow through infinity go lowland, rows unthinkable thin poplars a like high plumes stand at the end; and in the great space sunken the farms spread throughout the country groups of trees, villages, truncated towers, churches and elms in a grand context. the sky is low and the sun is slowly rising in gray multicolored fumes smothered, and in all regions becomes the voice of the water with its eternal disasters feared and heard

@poeloekruffje4965 2 ай бұрын

Sea bottom to the top with closed door is 75 meter high

@DerkvanL 2 жыл бұрын

Today the storm-surge barriers were closed due to storm 'Corrie'

@ingedejongbogaard 2 жыл бұрын

The sealevel has a normal hight. The oosterscheldekering opens and closes fulltime automatisch. Wereld the sealevel resis, it needs to be 3 meter above normal leven to make the oosterscheldekering big doors to be down (closed)

@gertvanderstraaten6352 2 жыл бұрын

You were right about them showing a picture of the Flevopolders when talking about the Zeeland flooding and barriers. Zuiderzee (he's not pronouncing it right) because there's the Noordzee (which the English call the North Sea). So it was the South Sea in that sense. I always compare it to saying England instead of the UK. The Netherlands is the official name. Yes! Frisian (Fries) is even closer to English. Dutch: kerk, Frisian: tsjerk (cherk in English spelling), English: church.

@florisnr11 2 жыл бұрын

Whe also have the haringvliet sluis, its a bit smaller then the afsluitdijk. Also take a look at the lekdijk, there you can see if you are on the dijk, the water is about 1 meter lower then the dijk and on the other side you see farms and houses that are 15 meters below the water, thats amazing to see, i say this as a dutch man. Ps. Nice video.

@danieloppenheim9270 2 жыл бұрын

Maeslantkering - Old Dutch Maes - Maas (the river 'Muese'), old Dutch lant - land, kering - reversal or barrier. Essentially the 'Muese Delta water blockade'. Who knew...

@DaveFromEarth84 2 жыл бұрын

I am from The Netherlands and currently i am travelling in France, Spain and Portugal. If someone asks me where i'm from, i say: "from Holland". So, i dont think that anyone from The Netherlands would be offended, or even notice that "Holland" is the wrong term for The Netherlands. In dutch we would call our country "Nederland" and not "Holland" but in other countries it feels to me that "Holland" is more clearly for the none Dutch people.

@TheNopdebouwer Жыл бұрын

I just love your love for the Netherlands

@StevenQ74 2 жыл бұрын

The Deltaworks are in Zeeland, between Rotterdam and Belgium

@ikkezelfdoemaar 2 жыл бұрын

I'm dutch, we call the country Holland, and we are proud of it. Only americans think that we are ofended bij that name. But we are not! Holland, is the official name of the country, long before the name the netherlands. Of nederland in our language.

@thafreaknl 2 жыл бұрын

@29:08 The Delta works doors may by law only be closed if the sea level is 3 or more meters higher than 'normally'. So let's say, the sea level is normally 0 meters (the base height), a tide of 3 meters is needed to be allowed to close the doors fully.

@StevenvanderGraaf 2 жыл бұрын

Deepest part of Rotterdam called Alexanderpolder and that’s 7 meters below sea level.

@evee_peavey 2 жыл бұрын

Me as a Dutch person currently watching the beginning, cringing away... The Delta works are something completely different from the land reclamation in the Flevopolder... The Delta works were build exclusively because of the storm surge of 1953... Where a 'perfect' storm caused the levies to break across the southern islands of the Netherlands... It had nothing to do with reclamation, just with protection... How he is intermingling Flevoland with the Delta works is confusing to anyone not familiar with the projects.... Yes it's part of the Delta project, which is to generally protect against the seawater... The Delta works specifically is the barrier construction between the islands in Zeeland, shielding the river Delta from flooding when a storm pushes the water up again... Flevoland doesn't need this, because the 'afsluitdijk' is the barrier that closes off the access of the sea Just now got to the point where you are wondering about the water connection between the Zuiderzee and the Delta works... They are not even close to each other.. completely different parts of the country. As for the Rotterdam dijk situation, in order to fix and reinforce them to the specifications needed, they would have to have been expanded by a lot.. meaning nearby housing and other buildings would have to go. The dude's use of Holland for the entire country is annoying to say the least.... If you're gonna half assed research the engineering, might as well read up on how to refer to the country it's in 😄🤣

@MrMala86 2 жыл бұрын

There was a massive flood in early fifties. My grandad was ordered to pick up the dead with horse and wagon. Terrible story to hear when young btw. Greets, great channel

@cynthiamolenaar770 2 жыл бұрын

Poeh, niet niks…

@marceldevries1366 2 жыл бұрын

Thumbs up for Charlie. :)

@PieterPatrick Жыл бұрын

11:20 Thanks for correcting that mistake.

@jelmerdevries1568 2 жыл бұрын

you have great knowledge of the Netherlands! I'm comming from the Netherlands but can spot a mistake here ! The land we reclaim out of the sea we call polders. I don't know exactly how we doing it but hole flevoland was underwater. Nice vids btw :)

@wilmameijer437 Жыл бұрын

This is an animation on how the Dutch create land by "poldering". kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bs-iZLmblqqdY2Q.html

@bentels5340 2 жыл бұрын

10:18 That's not how you spell Zuiderzee, there's an extra "e" on the end. Zuiderzee literally means the sea of the south, but it was simply called the South Sea in English. This is because it lies south of the North Sea. 27:42 "Regular sea level" is a sort of average of the different tide heights at a certain point in Amsterdam. This height is called Normaal Amsterdams Peil (NAP; normal level of Amsterdam) and is what we use as the zero level for sea water. When we say land is below sea level, we mean it is below NAP. When the tide and wind and so on push the sea level to NAP + 3 meters or more, the doors can be closed.

@darrenislar1053 2 жыл бұрын

And I should check out the date of this vid, since when it comes to Holland versus the Netherlands, that is only a discussion in maybe the last century, and before that the Netherlands were referred to as simply Holland. As for Lelystad, for a long time that was the biggest city in Flevoland. Not sure it still is, I don't keep track :)