The Sea Wall That Saved a Nation
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- This 32-kilometre sea wall saved an entire country from flooding. Now it's getting a super-sized upgrade. See how tools like Autodesk Build are streamlining projects like this - bit.ly/3x3EsIk
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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 TH-cam. 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!
> without modern technology
they have steam ships and barges
Amazing ❤️
Seriously one of the best TH-cam channels of any! Always love their content
And money from (VOC)
Brunel built so much without a lot of technology!
I'm convinced at this point, that while the rest of the world drowns, the Dutch will somehow end up gaining more land
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.
@Vanese
It isn’t a joke, but highly unrealistic. The cost, cooperation between countries and the environment are big barriers.
apple's lover yeah that’s my source.
Wait, it's all Netherlands?
Always has been.
@@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 ..
The Dutch: hippity hoppity, the sea is now our property
Haha. I have to remember that one.
Portugal wants to know your location
@@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 ...
@@MrFlatage not that bad of an idea really 👍🤪
@@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.
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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.
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.
New Orleans took the Netherlands as a model though.
...That's not what's happening
Wut? Lol
@Landen Ford you must be real fun at a party.
@@prikkel_ sorry but i think people don't talk much about dams and hurricanes at partys.
Nobody becomes a millionaire or a billionaire by working for others and depending on them, good investment bring millions of dollars, and consistency brings billions, the market is all about BTC at the moment now....
speaking of investing, forex trading is the best business in the world right now I know a couple of friends who make a lot of money weekly trading the financial markets
people are scared of investing because of high rate of scammers on the market.
@@billysandoval1892 You’re right Sir
@@billysandoval1892
But of a truth they are scammers but real brokers there too waiting for investors
@@johnryan5173 That is why I had to start forex trading 2months ago and now am making benefits from it
"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.
The BEST people.!!!
Best phrase ever to define this wonderful country
Let’s go Dutch
God may have created the world, but the Dutch created the Netherlands.
@@CaioAugustoVasconcelos yeah very wonderful of you to colonized a country for 350 years
Let me guess - the Netherlands.
Who would it be other than them
Cities & Skyscrapers The bright intelligent and peaceful great Dutch (Holland) peoples.
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.
In dutch the call it Nederland which is even more ironic.
@@appleslover Plenty of countries build similar projects, northern Europeans are just glorified.
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.
Maybe commercial railroads would add too much weight to it? As for passenger trains, couldn't that also be achieved with bus services?
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
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.
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.
@@Ozymandias1 Ah nice, don't live there so he made it seem like you have to go around to get to the other side.
The Dutch are the Beavers of humanity!
In a few hours, the Dutch will have *flooded* the comments 👀. Gekoloniseerd
Yeah every time lol
FLOODED.. Oh no.. never say that word to a Nederlander!
'We're gonna make a big wall to keep the seawater out and we're gonna make the fishies pay for it'.
Plenty fish died after the first wall was constructed, so in a way they've already paid for it.
Mr Back
Lol
@@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.
Peta hippies
China : I got the world's largest dam
Dutch : *Hold my wall*
Pakistan: See Mangla Dam(largest earth-filled dam in the world)
@Umos *in your dreams.
Three Gorges dam (world's largest dam) is gonna collapse because of massive floooood.
@@drmustjab in your dreams.🤣
@@winnie-thexi11-pinping9 keep on dreaming.
Britain:We Rule The Seas
The Netherlands:Yeah but we tame the ocean
Britain:Nervously shaking
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.
@@Ozymandias1 th-cam.com/video/ewCs5CF5HEg/w-d-xo.html 😮
Ancient Filipino rules the sea :-)
Britain has the world’s second largest movable flood defence- The Thames Barrier.
@@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
First stroopwaffels now this!
The Dutch are really doing something right
Aabid N27 stroopwaffels aren’t even that good
Jin H yes they are good
@@jinh357 That is more then enough blasfeming to boil you alive in a pot of molten cheese ...
@@jinh357 Blasphemy!
@@jinh357 shame on you
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.
Well said
It would be great if the whole world did that.
That's backwards. The Nigerian communities have to band together to change their hardships.
Exactly my Brother. If this was a Nigerian project, half of the money would have been looted and the project abandoned.😢😢😢
Michael Craig The world would be a better place. Let us not be leftist or rightist or libertarian,proggresive,conservative. Let us be humanist
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
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.
@@eppsislike the Maeslantkering is part of the Delta-works ;)
It’s hilarious how I’m Dutch and I don’t know almost any of these things you mentioned
En iets met Groningen en aardbevingen
Maximus Prime en nog verder iets met Friezen en palen
I want him to read story to my son every night!!
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....
@@armyofone5219 Rosie was awesome!
I wrote a comment but I may not post it..../and I am not Trump!/
BTW that is a real person just watch their big ben makeover video and you will see Fred Mills the narrator.
Yes, but your son only wants you
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.
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.
Same
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
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Me: MMMOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRREEEEEE
this in Portuguese literally means die
@@charlesdesouza9313 The joys of translating between different languages!
Reminder to self, when in Portugal don't yell out 'MORE'.
Other countries: Noo my houses are flooding
The Netherlands: haha sea wall go sploosh
stronk dijk
That other country is the Philippines
I chuckled
Stonks
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!!
Great excuse to come back!
Je bent welkom .
"I shall return!" That sounds like your famous general Douglas Macarthur!
YES.
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.
G E K O L O N I S E E R D
Miguel vK maar kokosnoten zijn geen specerijen
Jouw anus is gekoloniseerd
[Looking at the Earth from the moon]
It’s all the Netherlands?
“Always has been”
(Bang)
The Dutch have always amazed with their ingenuity.
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.
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.
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.
Not an easy job but possible as long as intelligent, productive people exist.
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.
@@guff9567 The land is a boat. Just shoot a torpedo at it and it sinks to the core of the earth.
As a resident of New Orleans I know a thing about flooding, or better put flooding disasters. LOL
That is the thing.. The USA, and other large nations, have so much land, they are not in such a do or die critical situation. With Netherlands it is literally do or die. This tiny nation, this land is all they got! No one else will give them any for sure.Their back is to the sea, they got nowhere else to go! That is why they are so desperate and intense about this. ALso they had a huge flood in 1953 and 10,000 people drowned! So they lead the way on this sea wall technology because they have to, no choice..
Dutch engineers are now working to regain the flooded parts in new Orleans
@@michaelcraig9449 It were 1,800 people who lost their lives, not 10,000. Yes, our country is small, but still we are 2nd largest food exporter in the world (after the US), so even with small amounts of land and some working smart brains you can get pretty far. Maybe we should just ask Russia if they would like to sell some land? They did it before when they sold Alaska to the United States in the late 1800s. Or Canada, which has also plenty of land available.
@@Snowwie88 Back in the 1219, 36000 people drowned.
the us has bad laws... you all given your tax money to other nations .. keep your money build country and take care of the homeless
00:24 Been there having a coffee in the restaurant and taking pictures from the tower!
Ok, can we all just appreciate how perfect and seamless the sponsor of the video is?
that's not something to appreciate, it should be mourned
Why? @@daos3300
This should be among the 7 wonders of the modern engineering
the delta works IS one of the 7 wonders, and it is pretty crazy
It is, it is part of the Delta Works
It is my friend
@@guff9567 yeah wasting money by protecting the dutch hinterland from sea flooding and rising sea levels
OffsloDajk
All I can think about is what a good fishing spot that would be!
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!
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.
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.
th-cam.com/video/F4m5k0j7fa4/w-d-xo.html
As a dutch born Canadian, this kind of video makes me proud.
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."
That is good. Smart Netherlands.
"Afsluitdijk" sounds so fun when an English speaker pronounces it!
I'm just wondering where he got the "o" from. Lol.
Yeah and they misled by the word Dyke instead of Dijk.
Lmao the ofschloedoik
He isn't.
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.)
Civil Engineers and Architects of Holland are simply awesome 🙏🏻 Hats off from India 🇮🇳
Mother Nature: You dare challenge me mortal!?
Dutch: *YES*
The Sea Wall now giving President Trump some ideas
These sea people...
They're bringing in drugs, criminals, rapists...
Some I would guess are good people...
@Sponge Bob Imagine making fun of Trumps racism when you literally have a video uploaded titled "hair sensitive ninja" and the video is just someone touching a black girl's hair.
@@KhaalixD 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@spongebob6956 AHAHAHAHAHAHA BRO iIT'S SO FUNNY WITH RACISM AHAHAHAA BROBRO IM DEAD BRO 😂👌 😂👌 😂👌 😂👌 😂👌 😂💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
We build that wall to protect us of water from mexico😆🇳🇱
I knew this video would be about the netherlands
excellent. well played, you
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.
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
This kind of engineering marvel is required for "Mumbai" to reduce the flood water during rainy season.
Funds ?
Dutch Engineers made Mumbai
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.
@@Shivam-kz2dg funds bhare hue hai... only thing is there are underutilized
@@Shivam-kz2dg enough h
Woohoo the Nederlands. Prepare this commentsection to be filled with dutchies again. Im one to and its cool to drive over the afsluitdijk.
Love my country!!
Lucky bastard!
G E K O L O N I S E E R D
@@huisbaasbob9844 kokosnoten zijn geen specerijen makker
*Reads title*
DUTCH DUTCH DUTCH
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
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.
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.
As a Dutch person this is so much fun to for me beautiful.
funny story most of thos are build with dutch engineers same for the dam in in the usa
I wonder if anyone did research to find out what kind of impact that caused on the sea life.
No they did not.
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 .
Never clicked so fast on a B1M video.
Narrator: “Rising sea level, rising sea level, rising sea level...”
“In the end, they decided not to increase the height...”
Engineers are very intelligent people - maybe not the most socially capable, but very intelligent. There’s more to the reason they decided not to increase the sea-wall height. Think about it.
Agreed, they talk of rising sea levels, but they seem the same in the coastal cities as they've always been.
Yes B1M making our day great also that's one genius construction compared to it's era.
The power of a wardrobe voice. Supporters will know LOL.
Hahaha - we see you 😉
Why is this channel soo good
Hardwork, drive to stand out.
This is the best ad i've seen, watched the whole thing xD
A blessed nation of trouble shooters, and genius planing.
G E K O L O N I S E E R D
Guess they don't actually believe in rising sea levels. Since they didn't want to build up.
The Dutch are the best engineers ever since.
This is one of the most wonderful Engineering Projects todate
Woowww
If you truely want to save New Orleans, call in the Dutch Masters-and I'm not talking cigars!
No doubt, the Dutch engineering are more powerful than Napoleon's dictionary.
Early notification gang wya
Here I guess
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2:52 they micro chipped the concrete? O_o wtf did I just hear ...
Yup every block has a chip so you can trace the production run of the concrecte blocks. If a block breaks you can find all other blocks from the same production run and reinforce or replace them.
The Dutch always knows how to exploit the waters.
Amazing video
I'm a simple man I saw notification of B1M, open the video clicked like and than commented. And now continuing watching...
Does anyone know which software they used for rendering between 2:58 to 3:00?
Autodesk construction cloud i think. It was mentioned at the start of the video
Paint.
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.
The b1m is the most informative channel for construction
Thank you so much!!! ✊
But they forgot to tell that the fish can swim from salt water to fresh water because they create a special construction for it
@@dimrrider9133 3:38 ?
@@replar oeps 😬 missed that part.
B1M did a good Job, my fault haha
@@dimrrider9133 They absolutly did and got a new subscriber now :D
Ofschloidoik jonge!
Nice video as always hahah
Great informative video as always... cheers B1M
Would love know more about The Netherlands in general. Greetings from Denmark
It is just a few miles away. Come and visit...
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
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!
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.
Many peoples especially in Asia have done so.
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.
those poor fish kids that went to play on the other side of the wall and never were able to come back home
That was sad.
Your video has lots of pretty colors and makes me happy. 🤖
I have never watched so informative and subtle Ad in my life.
Indonesian: we helped a lot anyway. We were suffering a lot to help them built that.
The irony is that the answer is that when this was build Indonesia (or East Indies like it was called ) was only costing money for the taxpayer in the Netherlands. Sorry.
I'm lazy to read books & newspaper so Channel like B1M are source of my knowledge.
Keep making video
*Shoutout to ALL the civil engineers, and construction workers!*
ผมว่าโครงการเชื่อมสองทวีประหว่างเอเชียกับอเมริกาเหนือโครงการอาจยังไม่เกิดในตอนนี้เพราะติดปัญหาการเมืองแต่ควรที่จะศึกษาวิจัยพัฒนาการก่อสร้างเรามีความพร้อมทุกอย่างเราจะได้สร้างได้ทันทีไม่ควรที่จะปล่อยไว้เฉยๆ
This is so cool. The afsluitdijk is less than 30 minutes from where i live and the B1M made a video about it haha
Check out The Tim Traveller too.
It literally looks like you just smacked your keyboard for a sec.
Ey ik woon er 5 min vandaan
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!
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.
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.
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.
Louisiana and New Orleans should be paying attention here..... They could definitely learn a thing or two.
Those have flood problems?
US motto to kill all progress: "Not invented here".
I'd say this is one of the wonders of the world.
Bangladesh desperately needs such a sea wall but as Bangladesh is economically weak, it needs foreign investment😢😢😢😥😥😥🇧🇩🇧🇩
Bangladesh is improving rapidly. It will be rich before you know it.
So, wait. Can I stop by and take a swim?
Yes
We need to take a lesson, New Orleans!
I'm waiting for Dutch engineers to increase the quality of surf in the North Sea to the same level as Southern France or Portugal.
Where is this located?
Netherlands
Northern part of the netherlands, connecting east and west
Just irony when their ex-colony tried to cooperate with Dutch to make maybe-same-as-amazing that project and rejected by fishermen, environmentalists, & politicians.
The Dutch did make a few many screw ups, like making Jakarta the capital of Indonesia, the whole city is sinking now
Agree with you. Even though it actually is a danger to ecosystem. And most politicians only care about their own pocket.
@@abandonedchannel281 A bit cheap to still blame the Dutch for everything not quite right in Indonesia today regardles of having been an independant nation ruling itself for the last 75 years.
Someone send this to me but I can not react to that for some reason. It does not even show up in this thread.
Quote;
Tom van Aarle Can you not read? How is he blaming "everything" on the Dutch lol? It always baffles me how some of my Dutch countrymen go in defense mode when there is even a slight referral to our colonial past. Which, by the way, is only 1 generation away for some, including myself, whose parents were born and raised in the Dutch Indies. Yeah and let's downplay the effect of 400 years violent occupation and exploitation of Indonesia (e.g. the seizing of natural resources, land, goods; disguised and less disguised enslavement; rape; killing, the denial of basic human and political rights; and so on). How dare anyone suggest that any of those affect todays society, economy and politics in Indonesia hah. Within 1 generation, in the wonderful fucked up condition the country was left by the Netherlands, post-colony and post-war, Indonesia should be thriving now, right? Lol since we ourselves did so well on our own after WW2, right? Well, if it wasn't for the American billion dollar boost aka Marshall Plan, the Netherlands would be bankrupt now. And if we hadn't had our wonderful colonies (thus wealth/funds) pre-war, we would't have had our precious Afsluitdijk. Misschien niet meer dat belerende vingertje naar Indonesië opsteken dan?
My reacton to that;
It appears you can not read yourself.
How do you suppose the Dutch choosing Jakarta as the capitol of the then colony a very long time ago is causing the city to sink today?
The quote was written by someone using the signature "missbelladin".
I heard the Dutch could help Jakarta sinking due to underground water usage. Maybe they'll lease the city to the Dutch for the foreseeable future.
Jakarta should learn from Lagos. They had similar problems and solved it.
Video idea: UK housing shortage and how it is being tackled
Thanks! We have actually made 3 different videos on that.
Is it being tackled?
@@leonardlangner9949 not rly
@@TheB1M thx for the reply
Something the netherlands isnt tackling enough haha
Do a video on the Dublin docklands
Its like the irish version of canary wharf
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.
Jakarta should try to buid this sea wall without sell the property behind
Learn from Lagos, Nigeria, a very big city with a similar problem.
Fun fact: the workers were mostly jobless people who already got money from the government. Making them very usefull citicens for such projects. And increasing their skillsets creating an efficient workforce that else wouldnt have gotten there.
How is that a fun fact?
@@twoarrows2543 because they got work? They got skills? Because it was a good idea that increased productivity and use of assets that were spent already? LMAO