The City That Shouldn’t Exist
Автор: Engineered Earth
Загружено: 2026-02-23
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If the pumps stop, Amsterdam disappears.
Large parts of the city sit below sea level. For centuries, the Dutch have pushed water back — building dikes, draining lakes, creating polders, and constructing one of the most advanced flood defense systems in the world.
Amsterdam was not built on solid ground. It stands on soft peat, supported by millions of wooden piles. Its canals are not decoration. They are infrastructure.
Water levels are monitored daily. Sluices open and close. Pumps run constantly. Storm surge barriers protect the coast. This is not a battle won once — it is a system that never stops working.
This is the story of how engineering keeps an impossible city alive.
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In this documentary:
• Why Amsterdam is below sea level
• How the Dutch polder system works
• The Delta Works flood defenses
• The hidden forest of wooden piles beneath the city
• And what would happen if the pumps stopped
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