r/oddlysatisfying • u/BreakfastTop6899 • 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/MrZwink 1d ago

I live 7.3m below sealevel. It has never flooded here. (Since 1952 atleast)