The stacked pipes you saw on the ground are needed for building an underground heat transport pipeline. In regard of climate change one of the actions is the heating of houses and buildings in The Hague (up to Leiden, I think) with the residual heating of heavy industries in the Rotterdam erea.
There’s a lot of ecoducts in this small country, as well as fauna-tunnels for animals who prefer crossing unseen ;-) And one of the most remarkable versions is the fauna-portal, where the regular portals with the traffic-signs are made accessible for squirrels and pine marten.
Thanks for the making the video, nice to finally see a place like this. @5:46 I hate people who bust foreigners for mispronouncing things, but I have one pet peeve: the 's' in Dutch is never ever pronounced as 'sh'. That's a German thing!
Good video! According to me there is a protected undeep area under the walk for animals to hide, and not being eaten by the big fish or birds. You'll see this along banks of rivers, a wet connection aside from the mainstream to enable certain animals to cross. And the road was a big investment, all the extras to protect the direct surroundings and environment were part of the conditions under which this road was permitted. As little impact as possible. We try to keep 'The Green Heart' of the Randstad green.
Check out the Vecht aquaduct on the A1 east of Amsterdam (Weesp). A tunnel under the river( and also the biggest train bridge near by). You can sail above the highway
Actually , if you bike in that area again , beside the bike path between Wateringen and the hamlet of T' Woudt there is a spot where on poles the original height of the land in the area in Roman time and the Middle Ages is shown, The Netherlands had mayor floods due to the land ending up BELOW sea level due to overdrainage of the peat based soil , that's why it is called 'Reclaimed land ' and not 'claimed land" or 'new land ' The original land was soggy; but mostly not swamp land .. big areas got lost in the early middle ages , both due to overdrainage but later also overharvesting of peat for turf , which created lakes which got bigger due to erosion of their edges ... So the Dutch did not create their country, they had to fix up what they ruined by bad water-management 😉
This is not just being kind to animals, it's also a lot about watermanagement to prevent flooding and environmental reasons like reducing emissions/cooling the environment down. So we save money and the economy this way.. Flooding would ruin all the built-up and our economy. The Randstad is where a lot of economy is built... So still kind of capitalistic ;)
Thank you for sharing this video. There is a typo in the title. The right spelling is Zweth. This name is derived from the word Zwet, which is an old Dutch word for boundary. nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zweth
Interesting video👍👍. Fun fact. The Zwet is part of the water management of Delft since the 15th century.
The stacked pipes you saw on the ground are needed for building an underground heat transport pipeline. In regard of climate change one of the actions is the heating of houses and buildings in The Hague (up to Leiden, I think) with the residual heating of heavy industries in the Rotterdam erea.
Didn't know this. And I'm dutch and I cycled in Delft. Seeing this makes me proud.
There’s a lot of ecoducts in this small country, as well as fauna-tunnels for animals who prefer crossing unseen ;-) And one of the most remarkable versions is the fauna-portal, where the regular portals with the traffic-signs are made accessible for squirrels and pine marten.
The toad-tunnels are pretty remarkable too. :)
A great idea. So good for the environment. Thank you for showing us around.
You are so welcome!
Thanks for the making the video, nice to finally see a place like this.
@5:46 I hate people who bust foreigners for mispronouncing things, but I have one pet peeve: the 's' in Dutch is never ever pronounced as 'sh'. That's a German thing!
Speaking about the impact of a road: this road has special lighting, specifically designed to minimize light spreading into the surrounding area.
That's really cool! Thanks for the info!
Good video! According to me there is a protected undeep area under the walk for animals to hide, and not being eaten by the big fish or birds. You'll see this along banks of rivers, a wet connection aside from the mainstream to enable certain animals to cross.
And the road was a big investment, all the extras to protect the direct surroundings and environment were part of the conditions under which this road was permitted. As little impact as possible. We try to keep 'The Green Heart' of the Randstad green.
Check out the Vecht aquaduct on the A1 east of Amsterdam (Weesp). A tunnel under the river( and also the biggest train bridge near by). You can sail above the highway
Actually , if you bike in that area again , beside the bike path between Wateringen and the hamlet of T' Woudt there is a spot where on poles the original height of the land in the area in Roman time and the Middle Ages is shown, The Netherlands had mayor floods due to the land ending up BELOW sea level due to overdrainage of the peat based soil , that's why it is called 'Reclaimed land ' and not 'claimed land" or 'new land ' The original land was soggy; but mostly not swamp land .. big areas got lost in the early middle ages , both due to overdrainage but later also overharvesting of peat for turf , which created lakes which got bigger due to erosion of their edges ... So the Dutch did not create their country, they had to fix up what they ruined by bad water-management 😉
That's very interesting! Thank you!
This is not just being kind to animals, it's also a lot about watermanagement to prevent flooding and environmental reasons like reducing emissions/cooling the environment down. So we save money and the economy this way.. Flooding would ruin all the built-up and our economy. The Randstad is where a lot of economy is built... So still kind of capitalistic ;)
Yes but it's friendly capitalism :).
Thank you for sharing this video. There is a typo in the title. The right spelling is Zweth. This name is derived from the word Zwet, which is an old Dutch word for boundary. nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zweth
Fixing it, thanks!
If we didn't have artificial wildlife, we didn't have any nature. And a whole country without nature is not something you want to imagine
cycle the afsluitdijk with the worst headwind
Sweat Slinksloat will help you pronounce it better