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 UA-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!
"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.
@@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 ..
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@baronvonlimbourgh1716 I would support and help China build a wall in the SCS just for giggles. USA: Law of the Sea and Freedom of Navigation!!! China: It's a lake ...
@@baronvonlimbourgh1716 I know my engineering but how that went down under UNCLOS considering the Zuiderzee was a inner sea. I'd be clueless. To the Dutch the more bad an idea is? The more they wanna do it. thebigduck.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dp01_v2.jpg Why our mighty stealth duck rules the waves. Yea I know it's pretty easy to spot. But will you be the one informing your captain you spotted a ... large yellow rubber dick? Nah we can sail through a US CBG and they just ignore it. ;-) When our Ark is out at sea it's funny hearing on the coms how other ships call the mainland to see if it's still there and God didn't flood it again.
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
@@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
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.
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!
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!!
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."
This is not something I say often, but the product placement in this video was done really well, I love how it actually meant something to the project and how it was used
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 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 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.
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.
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.
I grew up in Den Helder, just around the corner from the Afsluitdijk. I travelled over this dijk numerous times and heard many of these stories in my native tongue when I was still a kid but it's funny how you only appreciate these kind of achievements when you're older and actually understand what it took to make this.
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.
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 .
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....
Thank you B1M! Always finding interesting subjects and making concise, informative videos. I had never heard of this amazing feat of engineering.... now I feel a wee bit more informed about the world and impressed at humans' capacity of cleverly addressing issues. Thank you again for posting.
In the winter of 1990/91 i lived in Holland & according to Dutch friends it was the coldest for decades & the massive fresh water side of this sea wall entirely froze over. To see so many people out skating & so far from land came as a shock to this British lad, i can tell you.
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.
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.
Little wonder that the people from the Netherlands are among the greatest innovators in the world. This initiative is truly a Dutch technological marvel that is worthy of emulation in the low-lying areas across the world.
I don’t understand why youtube suggests this video to me 3 years later, but the sea wall remains impressive and I appreciate the accuracy of your video.
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.
KarynaChannel there was a observation deck right in the middle with a memorial to the workers. It is water as far as you can see. I think it took 2-3 hours to ride depending on the wind.
Thanks to the best construction and engineering channel on all of UA-cam for another great video. Really interesting to learn about these sea walls I never knew they were necessary in the Netherlands
Very doable. Will cost you about 20 billion pounds, that is if you hire Danes, Norwegians, Japanese or Koreans to do it. Similar bridge/tunnel complex was recently build between Denmark and Sweden. Problem is politics. England and Ireland will not allow it. It is not in their interest.
1:52 Tiny side-note, but I think it's interesting that they used a small "field railway" to aid construction of the dam, so in a way it was a railroad dam before it became a road dam.
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.)
Great video. Been subbed for a while now and look forward to a new video every Wednesday. B1M, I would love to see a video on how the construction of HS2 is helping Birmingham shake off its image of '60's concrete jungle' with large scale regeneration projects it has planned.
The Dutch know the sea very very very well!!! Authorities of Vancouver, BC needs to see this video! Lots of flooding in Fall 2021!! The Dyke system needs upgrades in Vancouver, BC.!! Thanks for sharing!!
Your videos are so informative and easy to understand. I'm amazed of the great quality you bring to UA-cam every time. I swear sometimes feels like I'm watching a program in discovery Channel.
This is very impressive construction, even more impressive this started 100 years ago. In Poland we struggle with sewage treatment plant in our capital city and this has been build 20 years ago only 2 pipes under the river and we can’t find solution. Well done you ✌️
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 UA-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 UA-cam channels of any! Always love their content
And money from (VOC)
Brunel built so much without a lot of technology!
"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
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 ..
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.
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
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
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.
thebigduck.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dp01_v2.jpg
Why our mighty stealth duck rules the waves. Yea I know it's pretty easy to spot. But will you be the one informing your captain you spotted a ... large yellow rubber dick? Nah we can sail through a US CBG and they just ignore it. ;-)
When our Ark is out at sea it's funny hearing on the coms how other ships call the mainland to see if it's still there and God didn't flood it again.
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
The Dutch are the Beavers of humanity!
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
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
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.
'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
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.
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Civil Engineers and Architects of Holland are simply awesome 🙏🏻 Hats off from India 🇮🇳
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.
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.
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 ua-cam.com/video/ewCs5CF5HEg/v-deo.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
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.
The Dutch have always amazed with their ingenuity.
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!
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.
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.
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."
This is not something I say often, but the product placement in this video was done really well, I love how it actually meant something to the project and how it was used
00:24 Been there having a coffee in the restaurant and taking pictures from the tower!
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 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
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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'.
I'm a simple man I saw notification of B1M, open the video clicked like and than commented. And now continuing watching...
*Shoutout to ALL the civil engineers, and construction workers!*
I have never watched so informative and subtle Ad in my life.
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 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.
This is one of the most wonderful Engineering Projects todate
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
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.
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
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!
I grew up in Den Helder, just around the corner from the Afsluitdijk. I travelled over this dijk numerous times and heard many of these stories in my native tongue when I was still a kid but it's funny how you only appreciate these kind of achievements when you're older and actually understand what it took to make this.
Ever since quarantine, I felt there’s no week, time doesn’t feel like time anymore, and then B1M came with a video to save a day.
Yea we don't just do walls well? All video's from the Netherlands currently? Yup no quarantine ...
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.
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 .
Bedankt
What a colossal project! Had no idea that it was started pre-WWII.
Thank you for the new video!
Bravo, Fred! Bravo, B1M! The Best of the 'Net!
All I can think about is what a good fishing spot that would be!
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
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
Great informative video as always... cheers B1M
[Looking at the Earth from the moon]
It’s all the Netherlands?
“Always has been”
(Bang)
This was such a audacious and wonderful project. The brains and strength that went into it is commendable. Such projects leaves us in awe.
The Dutch are the best engineers ever since.
Thank you B1M! Always finding interesting subjects and making concise, informative videos. I had never heard of this amazing feat of engineering.... now I feel a wee bit more informed about the world and impressed at humans' capacity of cleverly addressing issues. Thank you again for posting.
Thanks for uploading. Proud of my country!
In the winter of 1990/91 i lived in Holland & according to Dutch friends it was the coldest for decades & the massive fresh water side of this sea wall entirely froze over. To see so many people out skating & so far from land came as a shock to this British lad, i can tell you.
Love my country!!
Lucky bastard!
G E K O L O N I S E E R D
@@huisbaasbob9844 kokosnoten zijn geen specerijen makker
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.
I'm lazy to read books & newspaper so Channel like B1M are source of my knowledge.
Keep making video
Love your videos
Little wonder that the people from the Netherlands are among the greatest innovators in the world. This initiative is truly a Dutch technological marvel that is worthy of emulation in the low-lying areas across the world.
Yes B1M making our day great also that's one genius construction compared to it's era.
Mother Nature: You dare challenge me mortal!?
Dutch: *YES*
That is good. Smart Netherlands.
This is one of my favourite channels.
Never clicked so fast on a B1M video.
Damn that is some serious engineering!! Thanks for all you do in these videos :)
This is the best ad i've seen, watched the whole thing xD
Love this channel. Wish the videos were longer
I don’t understand why youtube suggests this video to me 3 years later, but the sea wall remains impressive and I appreciate the accuracy of your video.
Why is this channel soo good
Hardwork, drive to stand out.
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
G E K O L O N I S E E R D
Miguel vK maar kokosnoten zijn geen specerijen
Jouw anus is gekoloniseerd
I rode a bicycle over this twice. One of the best rides in the Netherlands.
KarynaChannel there was a observation deck right in the middle with a memorial to the workers. It is water as far as you can see. I think it took 2-3 hours to ride depending on the wind.
Thanks to the best construction and engineering channel on all of UA-cam for another great video. Really interesting to learn about these sea walls I never knew they were necessary in the Netherlands
Amazing! We need this between N.Ireland & Scotland it would be 12 miles long 👌
Very doable. Will cost you about 20 billion pounds, that is if you hire Danes, Norwegians, Japanese or Koreans to do it. Similar bridge/tunnel complex was recently build between Denmark and Sweden. Problem is politics. England and Ireland will not allow it. It is not in their interest.
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.
The B1M is definitely one of the best channels on UA-cam 🔥🔥
Fast becoming my favourite UA-cam Channel. Thanks.
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Tiny side-note, but I think it's interesting that they used a small "field railway" to aid construction of the dam, so in a way it was a railroad dam before it became a road dam.
"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.)
The power of a wardrobe voice. Supporters will know LOL.
Hahaha - we see you 😉
Where is this located?
Netherlands
Northern part of the netherlands, connecting east and west
Yes there is an ad but that's cleverly blended in the video. If only we had more productions like this!
Keep up the good work.
I have been there last year. Very impressive structure and a master piece!
The Dutch always knows how to exploit the waters.
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.
Great video. Been subbed for a while now and look forward to a new video every Wednesday. B1M, I would love to see a video on how the construction of HS2 is helping Birmingham shake off its image of '60's concrete jungle' with large scale regeneration projects it has planned.
Amazing project. Thank You 🇺🇸
The Dutch know the sea very very very well!!! Authorities of Vancouver, BC needs to see this video! Lots of flooding in Fall 2021!! The Dyke system needs upgrades in Vancouver, BC.!! Thanks for sharing!!
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.
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
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".
Ofschloidoik jonge!
Nice video as always hahah
Your videos are so informative and easy to understand. I'm amazed of the great quality you bring to UA-cam every time. I swear sometimes feels like I'm watching a program in discovery Channel.
I knew this video would be about the netherlands
excellent. well played, you
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
I'd say this is one of the wonders of the world.
Amazing video, as always!
This is very impressive construction, even more impressive this started 100 years ago. In Poland we struggle with sewage treatment plant in our capital city and this has been build 20 years ago only 2 pipes under the river and we can’t find solution. Well done you ✌️
Even the sponsored plugs are elegant and tasteful. Keep up the good work!