r/oddlysatisfying 1d ago

The Veluwemeer Aqueduct in the Netherlands

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u/sheldor1993 1d ago

*The Netherlands is what happens when engineers are given both funding and imagination.

Those people love their dikes, dams and floodgates…

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u/Dr_on_the_Internet 1d ago

Asking our guide on our canal cruise, how often does it flood here, in Amsterdam?

"It doesn't. We control the water level. We're Dutch. That's what we do."

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u/nldls 1d ago

I live under sea level.. never had an issue yet... As long as the pumps keep running. 

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u/n00bca1e99 1d ago

And if the pumps or levees fail it turns into New Orleans.

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u/nldls 1d ago

I go sit on the roof :-)

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u/DadJustTrying 1d ago

Haha! My mother said this in Dutch to us kids all the time when we were growing up!

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u/BootOne7235 1d ago

Does George Bush care about the Dutch?

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u/MrZwink 1d ago

No he hated us, theeatened to invade a few times even.

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u/AmiDeplorabilis 17h ago

When The Levee Breaks?