How the Dutch Beat the Ocean | Why Amsterdam Has Canals

It's the Dutch V. The Ocean. The Dutch Are Winning.

While in Amsterdam I read this book called "The Dutch and their Delta" which helped me gather lot of the info for this video. Also huge thanks for Emiel Dijkman who sent me some amazing dutch language resources for this video!

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Johnny Harris is a filmmaker and journalist. He currently is based in Washington, DC, reporting on interesting trends and stories domestically and around the globe. Johnny's visual style blends motion graphics with cinematic videography to create content that explains complex issues in relatable ways. He holds a BA in international relations from Brigham Young University and an MA in international peace and conflict resolution from American University.

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[johnnyharris]

I should have known that making a caveat that I'd be using Holland interchangeably with Netherland for the purpose of simplicity would unleash a barrage of corrections 😂😂😂

[TheLaXandro]

It's like a lost episode of Borders, except the border is not between countries but with the ocean.

[issers]

"The Dutch, Holland and The Netherlands are all the same thing."

Comments: 'Ah, shit, here we go again.'

[marwennaceur]

World : "sea level is rising and we are going to sink."
Dutch: "we ?"

[IzHarris]

This was very impressive, so impressive that I will forgive all of the unflattering slow motion shots of me looking either stressed and/or confused. It's fine. I'm fine. WE'RE FINE.

[LtNduati]

I love how the Dutch looked at the ocean and just said, "Let's make that land."

[rikschaaf]

I'm Dutch and it is often easy to take these things for granted, but when you think back to hurricane Katrina and the issue that Coastal Bangladesh faces every year during monsoon season and then consider how many people live below sealevel in the netherlands, it is quite amazing and humbling to see that this can be the norm.

[tommyphu]

I'm not lying when I say I would watch the 2 hour extension of this episode.

[natchniony]

What you didn't notice is that until late '70 Holland was a car-oriented country and the cars were everywhere. It was an intentional and relatively recent policy to reorient towards bikes. In other words: if the rainy Netherland could do it, many other countries can also.

[lucaskamal]

I have to add - yes, the flat land certainly helps the cycling culture, but it’s mostly because the Dutch are incredible at building safe, efficient cycling infrastructure all across the country! They’ve realized that using bikes and public transit as the main modes to get around cities is not only much more efficient, but better for the environment! (And also really fun)

[annekedebruyn]

The secret is that the Dutch actually tax the ocean so that the water pays for the maintenance

[mikaxms]

The windmills weren't just for pumping water, but also for grinding wheat to flour for breads.

[kopibin]

J Harris: The Ocean is losing
Ocean: Our brothers from the glacialers will be joining us soon

[xcrementlord]

There is a saying; God created the world, but the Dutch created the Netherlands.

[BoG_City]

Sometimes I need videos like these to remind me how crazy all of this actually is. But here's me, being 31 years old and been living in Almere (which is the largest city in Flevoland) since I was a baby. It's something we don't really think about a lot. At least I don't, since it is so normal for me. But I'm in my bed now on the top floor of my home and I'm still below sealevel.. it's crazy. It's also something to be proud of as a dutchmen

[broodjekaas]

Even as a Dutch person I learned a lot from this video, keep it up, legit vibing to your videos.

[tristanvanniel]

All these country’s beating other country’s

The Netherlands: bruh were beating nature want dat water moet een eind op tiefen

[Jahu-qsus]

"Americans, The United States and Wisconsin are all the same thing!"

[srz]

When I was really young, at school my teacher used to tell me that we need to learn from the Dutch about water management. They're the best when it comes to fight back to water.

[matthiasschaus]

Tulips actually are from Turkey and during the time of the Ottoman Empire they were reserved for only the Sultan himself. However, in the 16th century an Austrian diplomat took some of the seeds from the Ottoman Sultan at the time (Mehmed Suleyman the Magnificent) and gifted them to a dutch botanist (Carolus Clusius) who planted them in his gardens and discovered they grew extremely well in the dutch soil.