You're gonna need a lot of beavers pumping their logs to get rid of all those floods

This is probably one of the most difficult videos Matt made. He needed to justify the aqueduct by saying bridges are ugly 😂😂

I’m pretty sure my architecture professor is a fan of yours, he’s made our class motto “so the engineer’s suffer”

Have you ever checked out the tunnels in Norway? Crazy stuff. Tunnels under the sea, tunnels with roundabouts in them, tunnels that corkscrew inside mountains. Mad.

"Why isnt he a civil engineer anymore?" "He kept building tunnels when they told him to build bridged, then hed say he never built a bridge before."

I feel like this is something an Architect would make very Heretical

Can we take a moment to apriciate Matt's hardwork he posts videos every day for us

how dare he, I demand an emergency meeting on the council of bridge reviewers to determine if Matt should have his reviewing right revoked!

Not even an engineer myself but I love the sight of bridges and intense engineering because it baffles me that we went from hitting stones onto bigger stones to make a sharp stone into making structures able to hold thousands of vehicles that are two tons on average

I love that RCE has done a lot of things about/with the dutch =)

Hey for real this channel has made me appreciate good civil engineering. And notice when they were thinking like architects

i am so impressed with what matt can do, i bought cities skyline bc of him and i can barely make a decent city

Had a glimmer of hope for a moment there that you were going to demonstrate how to get the built-in terrain level tool to work. Then you had the same problem with it I always have: that it's really "terrain lumping tool"

Matt, the reason why landscaping tools was acting weird was because the brush strength, just lower it and it'll sort out. I had that problem as well until I realized that that was affecting it.

The aquaduct on 0:28 is located in Harderwijk Gelderland In the Netherlands i know it because i live close by of the structure. Very cool that the structure is pretty famous around the globe

"After a load of pumping, it looks like we're dry again" - 15:31

I have some tips. When you want to level a road or sea wall to one level, highlight the whole thing with MoveIt and use the make level tool that is part of MoveIt. Also when you use these drain pumps you don't have to connect them to pipes like you do. If you have the 81 tiles mod it has a setting that makes them connect without pipes. Hape I have saved you some time.

And in the end, he essentially built New Orleans lol

=17 minutes of complete and absolute carnage= “I think this was a *huge* success!” Ah yes, it’s an RCE video! 😂

Hi I live in holland one of the biggest reasons for this aquaduct is it’s for sailing boats to be able to get over it without there being a 20 meter high bridge

You need to add this piece of engineering to enginetopia. Definitely a worthy addition.

Im always excited when rce uploads. Daily dose of anxiety

As a Dutchie, i really like these "water-bridges". (irl ofc)

The water bridge is such a cool concept that ever since you introduced it to your viewers I have been making them in every Cities: Skylines city I have. It's great for when you don't want to ruin the view but you still want people to go around places.

Seeing all those tunnels back to back to back, I really wanted to see your traffic map to see if it all turned red w/congestion.

This design is something that could be on a dystopian sci-fi movie

2:12 Ah yes, I can imagine the Dutch selecting a paint brush that can completely change how the ground looks in seconds and saying "Pefect!"

You can drag the water sources up and down with landscape tools. When dragged below the current water level, they act as a drain. Taken down to the lowest level can completely drain rivers and lakes. When there's pretty much just a puddle left, delete the water source and that remaining puddle will dry up very quickly. Much quicker and easier, I do this all the time (rivers in my case) when building a dam. End of the river, I'll place a water source and set it to the current level, go upstream about 1/3rd the way, place another source and drop its level as low as it will go. Place a bit of dirt taking the old waterline up a line or two. Empty at bottom of dam and top. The entire area becomes bone dry..

In Germany we have something even more breathtaking, the Magdeburg Water Bridge. This is a canal bridge over the Elbe river.

studied engineering for one year,from what i heard from the teachers,you are very innovative.engineers always have to be creative :D

The problem the Dutch had was that the original track for the highway had to be aborted when one final homeowner decided to demand a bigger cheque (I forget the amount but it was presented as over 4X the value of the property). The municipality of course told him where to stick it, and retracted their offer. The highway was redirected, which caused a HUGE delay, but in classically no-nonsense Dutch fashion, no attempt whatsoever was made to hide why this delay was happening. When a local newscrew came out demanding why the completion date had been pushed back so absurdly far, they got a straight and unflinching answer that everything was on schedule but somebody was trying to get rich quick off extorting the city, forcing a mid-build redesign and a further two years of traffic. They even left the abrupt 90“ bend in the highway at the edge of the property (with warning signage of course) , and it is there to this day! I go by it every time I head south to visit my parents in France. Shit like this makes me SO proud to be a Dutchman. ;D

RCE is the only reason and inspiration as to why I took engineering. Honestly hope to make awesome bridges , sometimes strongest shape references, and most importantly can stick it to my architect friends

somehow, in nearly every video Matt manages to reference the strongest shape *a true engineer*

Now i want to see RCE make venice-like city using the latest dlc…

5:45 Ahhh yes, a civil engineers worst nightmare… sharp water

Hi Matt, I think you need to switch to brushes with a softer edge for extra landscaping tools (the brushes with a wider yellow outline)

Growing up in a city (in NL) with an aquaduct I’ve never realized it was so special 😅.

HOLD UP I ALWAYS RIDE MY BIKE THROUGH THERE TO GO TO SCHOOL LES GOOOO

boats irl: water only boats in city skylines: i am amphibious matt: no no, you're not supposed to do that!

You should build a city that's an archipelago, with bridges and tunnels connecting the islands. Bonus points if you build an architect city at the bottom before you flood it all.

Watches ending... This is why we haven't tried turning the Mediterranean see into a huge polder.

As a Dutchman I'm surprised he nailed the pronunciation of that first try! This is all totally true.

17:20 literallly snorted coffee out of my nostils 🤣

15:33 "After a load of pumping it looks like we're dry again" - Real Civil Engineer 2023 😂

Recently found your channel... And I tell you... I laugh every time for the entire video. Thanks for the amazing commentary, and content!

"normal sort of bridge" Is that the technical term? 😂

Also some nice examples are the Minden Aqueduct and the Magdeburg Water Bridge in Germany.

That aqueduct is a very cool design, but if it was part of my daily commute I'd always have it in the back of my mind that some drunk boater would crash into the side while I'm driving under.

moses split water for people to move through. this fella splits people for water to move through. xD awesome videos really. i love them. ^^

Your pronunciation of 'Veluwemeer' was a solid try. Big ups 😂💚

"Man Surprised Ocean has Tidal Surges that flood his sea-level walls. More at 6."

( *Builds Atlantis, knowing what Atlantis is* ) ( *Atlantis floods* ) ( *Surprised Pikachu with a hard hat* )

I live next to that specific aquaduct. Its quite nice

Can we also appreciate Matt trying to pronounce the word Veluwemeer?

2:49 bro drew a whole sausage factory 💀

on behalf of the Kingdom (the real one, the Dutch one) I claim this comment section. Hand over the spices and no one gets hurt :DDD Love your videos man, they brighten up my day.

Someone needs to tell RCE he can build a bridge in Construction Simulator (2022). If no one has already.

The reason the landscape tool was bumpy was because of the size of the brush, the intensity of the brush or the type of circle you were using

I’ve got one of these under the Chesapeake bay near my house. Nothing like watching an Aircraft Carrier sailing over a road tunnel.

This takes “I would cross the seas for you” to a whole new level

This was way more chaotic than usual 😂 Love you mate

The Dutch are insane in engineering when it comes to water. Gotta love them for it

This is SO COOL, i'm curious if a oil dude will do a city like this one, i absolutly LOVE the design !

So what you're saying is that in order to solve the problem of how to not build a bridge, they ended up building a bridge... Still, it's actually quite brilliant. It allows uninterrupted flow (both for ships and vehicles), unlike alternatives such as a drawbridge, and costs quite a bit less. It's also structurally much simpler, as it only needs to support the weight of the water, not the ships crossing (floating objects displace water in all direction, the weight isn't transferred straight down).

The Boats When there is A Passage there is a goal!

i am actually in college to train to become a building service engineer, i know that it isn't the same as civil engineering but it is engineering non the less.

I would say I love your laugh, The tunnel part was hilarious LOL

"oi, oi, youre not meant to do that you knob" matt- 6:10

Day 61 asking RCE to make a KSP video (maby a Collab with Matt Lowne)

You pronounce "Veluwemeer" as "Vee | lou | wen | meer"

There's just something special about a Civie, who specialized in roads and drainage, flooding cofferdams over-and-over-and-over...

Was feeling depressed, nothing was interesting, just sitting alone, but I scrolled to your video and yay, your vids are always nice to watch.

Day 290 of asking Matt to react on r/crappydesing

Boooo he didn't do the biking lane at the side

"So we can build below sea level!" Netherlands simulator

Cost is a factor for deciding on a aquaduct versus a bridge, but aquaducts are much easier when there aren't much boats with a lot of depth but there are boats with a lot of height, we have a lot of dedicated sailing routes in the Netherlands, bridges are required to open every 30 minutes to a hour to allow the sailing boats to pass, aquaducts eliminate that issue.

As I sit here in my peace, love and bridges hoodie, I am appalled at you, Matt for deleting that beautiful piece of engineering. But I like the aftermath. Thas cool.

You didn't only delete the bridges in the beginning.... you deleted your soul and love for engineering too... Only a sacrificial ritual involving 3 architects who are still alive will be able to reverse this.

Engineers, always be like , what if I did this? Consequence? What? OH NO !

It looks so nice. I need to try this on my own city

The humor (especially bridge humor), way you explain things, and overall layout is superb. Good content, liked and subscribed.

Build a quay on the sides to add the finishing "architect touch"

Wow that waterbridge is the coolest thing I've ever seen! 🔥

The main reason would not be necessarily cost saving, but not having to open the bridge to let boats with masts through saves a lot of time.

That second map is super cool! You should do something like this but where connect multiple different cities together with underwater tunnels. Then have each platform city be for different things. So like 3 for poor people, one super nice one for the rich upper class, a college city for the intellectual types, a platform for the government officials, the business districts, and like whatever else you think would be cool! Idk just an idea I think would be awesome to watch you make!

Hey I live near this aquaduct irl. I hope this doesn't imply I have to make an educated statement about how it was made 😅 What I do like to share: If someone ignores the sign which say so (which is likely me tbf) there's no way of telling your about to drive under a lake. Because from a cars perspective, you don't see the water. It just never fails to amaze me to see the masts of a sailboat crossing the road just before you go underground. Something that gives the same wow effect nearby is a taxi lane bridge - for airplanes - crossing a highway. You know it's there, but it's pretty intimidating every time you're driving under a ginormous speeding Boeing or Airbus on it's 'little wheels' towards the airport. 😄 But I'm sure this is a lot more common worldwide then boats crossing a bridge.

As a Dutch guy, I loved how he at least tried to say Veluwe! (Try vay-luw-wuh, its closer to what it should be :P)

I think a main consideration was that they did,t want to keep opening and closing bridges for sailing vessels. This lets cars and boats through regardless of height of the mast,

That in my home town! What a surprise, didn't expect that come up! Love how you pronounced 'Veluwemeer'! Had to listen 4 times before I understood what you said.. haha.

I love the aqueduct you showed at the beginning of the video. I was so excited when I discovered that the canal passes over the river near where I live ! 🤩

Matt you could just put a port inside the sea-city so in that way you could connected the two cities without super long tunnels! 😬 And it would have looked better ! 18:05 YOOUUU... architect 😂

yes, almost certainly what they did in real life was they went to the terraforming tab and selected the level tool.

First rise the terrnce enough for the game would turn it into a tunnal when you build a road though it. Then sink the ternce under water level. This is the OFFICEAL guide on how to build under water tunnal in SIMCITY 3000! Amazing!

Land below the sea and tons of windmills. Most Hollanf thing ever.

"bridges are expensive, let's make a bridge for water"

Hate to say it, but that channel was an architect move. Also, raising the seafloor around your city will push the waves up. What were you thinking? You should have split the sea all the way from the beach so the shoot would have a function. Now they can just as easily go around your island. Maybe raise the entire seafloor, but lower it around your island and have walls protrude at an outward angle

There's also a water bridge spanning between Bay Lake and the artificial Seven Seas Lagoon at Disney World in Florida.

No matter how many times you make a video on Cities skylines. I'll watch it. Enjoying it everytime 👍🏻

You should get the fine road tool mod(don't think it's working with the update at the moment). It'll allow you to force tunnels or bridges when you want them.

This sorta thing was much easier to cheat in Simcity 4, as the actual tunnels themselves didn't occupy real space. You could use them as superhighways to get across a city while occupying virtually no land.