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- tomscott.com - / tomscott - In Spijkenisse, in the Netherlands, are a set of small bridges that most of Europe should recognise instantly: because they're the fictional ones from their banknotes, made real as a wonderful piece of public art and infrastructure.
How often you get to create infrastructure as a joke?
If you live in Spain, quite often.
In India, that is the only infrastructure we have.
In Canada the joke is the lack thereof.
Underrated comment.
Máximo Trovato Llompart I might've thought this too when I lived in Spain, but come to the U.S. and you will quickly change your mind, my friend.
DAMN! Roasted the whole government
I like this. Here in the US we should build a big pyramid with an eye on top.
DAMN. We should do it RIGHT NOW. Actually it might not need to be all that big -- the bottom part is 13 brick layers. If the bricks are meant to be the size of those on the Great Pyramid in Egypt, that would make them about 70cm. Thus the total height of the bottom is 910 cm, or 9.1 m. The top bit with the eye isn't scored in bricks but it would have to be I think about another 7 bricks so that would make it another 1.4 m on top of that for 10.5 m total height. Now if we want the top to "float", we'd need to not make it out of bricks but instead something very lightweight that could be levitated with electromagnets installed in the pyramid :) For comparison the great pyramid is 146 m tall so our 'mid would be only about 1/14 that height. Pretty doable imo. (The magnets could be turned on and off, so you could have the eye slowly rise at a certain time, then later it settles back in. Oooooo...)
(And yeah I know I used metric (SI) units there because I think SI is much better than the crap we use here and want to see us use it. But for crappy units the height of the eye pyramid is about 30 ft without the eye part, the eye part itself is 4.6 ft and the total height is 34.6 ft.)
Why not just use clear stuff to raise the eye
it looks cool.
All we need is an eye and we could use the Luxor Las Vegas hotel.
All seeing eye... New nsa headquarters?
The 500€ bridge is a suspension bridge.
*That designer:* Well yes, but actually no.
Awww, you killed the suspension! I wanted to find out myself!
Particularly, it is a model of a *cable-stayed* suspension bridge, the same sort built to replace the destroyed Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa Florida in the mid-1980s - I think that it opened in 1987.
ThePixel1983 You couldn‘t watch for ninety seconds before reading comments?
@@gggggggggggggggggg161 "Killed the suspension." Talking about suspension bridges.
I didn’t know that Vicky Pollard became a bridge designer!
It's great that unlike other tourists, you're not doing the typical touristy things while in the Netherlands. Very refreshing!
I did shout "windmill" to my friends really loudly whenever we passed one, to be fair.
***** did you go to the flevo polder - you'd be hoarse by now...
Sometimes, I wonder whether he'd ever have thought about visiting really interesting stuff like this, if not for him being a TH-cam content creator.
Like realising that there are other cites than Amsterdam
Yea not paying to shag sti ridden folk
"that way, nobody gets left out"
the netherlands: hold my beer
*everybody was left out*
k o l o n i s a t i e
And my weed...
"Wait, this beer isn't ready yet!"
@@kiradotee that stereotype is awful. Shut up
Spijkenisse, probably the only times people ever mention this city is
When its about the bridges
And of the metro getting stuck on a whale tail
Oh, was that the same town?
@@qwertyTRiG yes
@@DANNYonPC Nice to see you here Danny :D
@@pim939 @pim939 Danny is watching Tom Scott? that is something you might not know.
what is this, a crossover episode?
1:00
I like how the Dutch and English is slightly hard to read, but the Japanese is just regular Japanese.
They save space, regardless where
@@insertstupidserialnumberhe2727 🤣🤣
I didn't even notice there was any English text until I read this
More importantly, why is someone playing basketball on a bridge without hoop? 1:02
Japanese doesn't have spaces anyway.
Any other youtuber would stretch Tom's videos out past ten fifteen maybe even twenty minutes but what makes this channel special and so good is the fact that the videos are only as long as they need to be, its very refreshing to see.
TH-cam was certainly different back then in 2015, and this length was quite OK. You can actually see this being changed by Tom launching the second channel with longer videos just recently.
@@29scroller Its all about the algorithm and advertisement cpm
The Dutch have a practical sense of humor, I like it.
They have a great sense of fun
You didn't tell me that that is something I might not have known :(.
Harry Armitage How are we meant to know if we might not have known it?
*brings knees up to face and rocks backwards and forwards while muttering something*
Harry Armitage he hasn't done that in a long while
MIGHT is the key word
bingrulz 26 wut?
madichelp0
i don't mind cheesy
‘On this island...’
Well if you call that an island we must have the most islands in the world.
Met al die sloten om ieder stukje grasveld
we do actually XD
And it's not even because we like water so much and you can play with it. It's really smart water management as well. In all these place we build there is space for huge amounts of rainwater to be stored.
Hah, the Euro bank notes now represent only Dutch bridges! Take that, rest of the EU
We don't mind a threepenny bit ;)
We Brit's certainly don't mind, as we've never used it and never will.
Well, you are not gonna get your bike back now, I'll tell you that
^ Whatever... that means.
@@Urmel331 is this a dig at German soldiers stealing bicycles from the Dutch during WWII?
Damn, I live in the Netherlands and even I didn't know this.
***** Eyy, that's what Fenno said about the "Stopping the Wind" one!
ZL123 oi lol :)
***** :O What are you doing here? Are we fans of the same thing or am I a stalker?
Probably both.
Even wore, i live in Spijkenisse and i only heard about this the other day
@@xeran You live in that hellhole? My condolences.
I feel like I'm not adding much by saying "that's so cool and interesting!" on every video you upload. So instead:
There once were some bridges so bonnie,
That featured across Europe's money.
Then someone said, "We'll
Simply build them for real;
I think that'd be very funny."
Thiefree
It barely rhymes but it’s still great 😀😂
Nice!
I love limericks, they're so cool and interesting!
Nice.
That comment is so cool and interesting
And THAT was something.. We might NOT have known.
I knew
Next time on Tom's Netherlands tour: "Coffee Shops: woah dude if the earth is moving, how fast is that bicycle?"
Hah, pretty awesome. There are so many things I just don't know about my own country.
Same here...
Gamesaucer ikr
***** Hey, you watch Tom Scott too? Nice.
Gamesaucer yep :D i freaking love his video's
IKR!!!
It's ridiculous how you keep educating me about my own country.
Keep it up!
What I like about this is that it's a large organisation doing something purely for the sake of fun. There's nothing more to this than fun, and that's something you rarely see in our world.
How do you find out about these incredible small things? What is your research work flow like? x) awesome video as always
Is the bright purple one actually a proper cable stay bridge, of course as the span is in reality so short the roadway itself could support it's loading on it's own but the excessive engineering to really make it a true cable stay bridge would be super nerd cool.
The bridges probably cost nothing… They are probably from a mold anyway. The maintenance of any bridge designed the same way as in the notes would never make sense :D
@@rkan2 there is actually engineering behind them, cars goes over them, there is still a required integrity to them.
I love these guys and their attitude toward architecture!
Spijkenisse? Ah, I see you've visited the Lower Pits of Hell. :D
Very cool. John Green would get a kick out of this. Very Paper Towns-ey.
Awww..
Especialy that last sentence made my day.
Those videos are sometimes so charmingly sweet. :)
I have lived in the town next to Spijkenisse, Hoogvliet, and I only just discovered this. Fascinating.
So since €500 euro notes are taken of the market, will the bridge remain?
This excitement in your eyes when you talk about your favorite topics infrastructure and jokes at the same time.
Thanks tom this is exactly what I needed right now. Perfectly story
I literally lived there, and I had no idea what they were for until now. I just thought they were funny looking bridges
The nerve! I file a formal diplomatic complaint!
You're teaching me new things about my country I never knew. The videos are awesome, but now I have to come to terms with me not knowing a bloody thing about it myself hahah.
I heard about this on a comedy show on BBC Radio 4, and it's great to actually see the bridges for real. Cheers!
Please say Spijkenisse again, your pronounciation of it is brilliant!
Really love your channel
Really like these videos, great idea!
For those wondering what the Japanese text at 1:01 is:
ヨーロッパの橋たち means "The European Bridges" or "Europe's Bridges," Here's a break down.
ヨーロッパ (yoropa) = Europe
の (no) = possessive particle, used to show ownership (Example: Johnの橋 =John's bridge)
橋 (hashi) = bridge
たち (tachi) = marks plural (Example: 橋 means bridge, but 橋たち means bridges)
nihongo jouzuuu
It also says that right above it...
This is as amazing as it gets!!
ok, I am a bit late to this party. But although being Dutch, I didnt know this. Awesome :)
Great idea, wish more art was like this
And *that* is something I might not have know.
Dammit, I don't care if that line is cheesy as all hell, I miss it!
"How often does someone actually get to create infrastructure as a joke?"
-The City of San Diego
How did I never see this video 4 years ago? I was actively watching this channel in 2016, and I think I knew about it in 2015 too...?
So cool! Love your videos :).
Cool, short video, showed everything, I didn't even got out of the zone, thank you.
I always see your videos when looking for something else, and read the caption and go "Huh that's interesting", then I start typing in what I wanted to watch and end up coming back to your video instead :'')
That's amazing, a little strange, but great that it's in some nondescript location.
I'm Dutch and I live here again now but there's so many cool stuff that I don't even know. I live right next to De Zaanse Schans (The windmill place) so when I think of tourist attractions that's the first thing that pops into my head. The place is absolutely flooded with tourists...
Just wanted to say that your way of talking is really ammusing. If you're ever in the Netherlands again and bored, you should take a walk through Vilsteren, the most beautifull woods of our country and a forest watch who's always happy to give people a tour and has all the information you'd wish.
Given that "Infrastructure as a Service" (IAAS) is a real thing nowdays, IAAJ doesn't sound that bad.
I love how well you said Spijkenisse I was born and grew up in Spijkenisse and will move back there when I can. Must have taken a bit to learn how to say it that well or nah?
thats really cool!
Truly, a Crowning Moment Of Awesome, whether TV Tropes likes that term anymore or not.
That moment when you see tour home town unexpectedly in a video
I'm loving this chanell
It feels so weird seeing, he has been soo close to the where I am every single day...
While I was Holland last month I remembered this video and spent 2 hours travelling to visit these bridges
I also saw some cats because of this. Would recommend but maybe don’t swarm to this small, quiet area
@@ylf_nac_i I honestly live within 20km from Spijkenisse, and I had no idea this was there until 1:31 ago. You've seen more of my country than this resident.
I live in Spijkenisse and never knew this! Always thought that it were just bridges hahah
Now, I have seen infrastructure build as a joke whereas before I had seen infrastructure that was considered a joke.
I really like the idea of building the euro notes bridges, but I think they could have done a better job by making them look more realistic instead of making them look like theatre facades
What do you mean? They are real bridges, they allow you to cross water... How much more realistic do you want them to be??
@@Kholdaimon The cable stayed bridge is clearly not actually cable stayed, for example.
@@qwertyTRiG the image on the banknote isn't of a cable stayed bridge. It just looks that way.
Always brief. Always interesting.
Sterile development, although I must say the streetscape at 1:06 looks rather nice.
That pink bridge is the ugliest thing in it, the rest is quite nice, though, the bridges should match the buildings more.
Or the buildings the bridges I suppose.
"After all, who gets to create infrastructure as a joke?"
America:
ya'll ain't been doin that already??
I live close to Spijkenisse, have been there many times, and even I didn't know this!
Got to hand it to you tom, your pronunciation of Spijkernisse was quite good
I was just scrolling through youtube and all of a sudden i'm writing this from a famous city
As soon as I saw the title and thumbnail I knew exactly what this would be about.
Wow, I am from the Netherlands and did not know this... really cool stuff
Thanks for the tip. Visited them today :)
I just drove trough this area when I was there for geocaching and I recognized the bridges because of this video :D
I, for one, would love more information like this on Europe (whilst we are still part of it ;) )
I've already designed a concept for a bridge in the shape of a Mobius strip that fully functions as such using walkways, suspended monorails, and elevators.
I live there! Great that you were there!
Tom Scott is the best TH-camr.
00:52 bright purple thing....nah Tom, that's the pinkest pink
I would love visiting this, it’s so cool
The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge has a somewhat similar story. About 60 years before it was built, the legendary San Francisco eccentric, Emperor Norton I, "decreed" that his subjects build a bridge across San Francisco Bay. Decades after Emperor Norton passed from the scene, the people of California finished this massive double deck structure that combines suspension and truss bridges, along with a tunnel.
I like it how you took a ride with the subway to get a high shot of the neighbourhood.
How did I miss this one for 5 years?
Brilliant! The Dutch people I've met all seem to have a similar quirky sense or humour as we Brits.
That... is something you didn't know, and so cool ;)
Lovely video again, Tom. The only thing I've been wondering...
Citation Needed?
Bridges are a form of water related infrastructure, of course the dutch would claim them!
Bring back your outro I feel like I haven't finished watching your bids until I hear "and that us something you might not have known"
And yes it is my ringtone for when/if I get a text
And yes I only have four contacts and 3 of them are my family
"How often do you get to make infrastructure as a joke?" there's a throwaway line for an evil villain back story
So Europe came up with an abstract concept so everyone would be included and then someone went and claimed it for their own. This feels like metaphor.
I actually did know this one for once! :D
That is really cool!
Super video!!!!
I'm Dutch, and I didn't even know! I really enjoyed this one!
Here's a perhaps an interesting idea. Maybe do a short series on something completely different: a few examples of people treated by government in a way that would make even Kafka facepalm. I bet it will make you visit the Netherlands more often🤣
Omg, I live in Spijkenisse. I knew that place haha
I work in Spijkenisse on a daily basis and even I didn't know those bridges where there (though I work at the exact opposite of the town to where the bridges are).
I love this, it's like a Disneyland attraction and I bet the bridges are associated with good fortune since they represent money
Of course Tom Scott already made a video about something I discovered a week ago...
I wonder how many people get mugged at these bridges as they pull out large denomination banknotes to compare to the brides.
I ride past that place on the metro every day to get to school! And I didn't even know that, that existed! it is truly something I didn't know
As a person who lives in Spijkenisse i like that you came here because almost nobody knows this
Looks like Tom can’t afford a €500 note
I thought one was the Pont du Gard but it is actually different. I never gave it much thought but had always assumed they were real bridges.
Brilliant use of architecture.