#zuid holland

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Half of a windmill in Delfgauw, the Netherlands

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View of polder landscape in Rhoon  -  Dirk Hidde Nijland , 1911.

Dutch,   1881-1955

Oil on canvas ,  46 x 60,5 cm.

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colourful sunset

// Bartek Rozanski

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"The water is coming" - 70 years after the flood

On February 1st, 2023, the Netherlands remembered the victims of the flood of 1953 that killed 1836 people in our southern provinces, Zeeland, Zuid-Holland, and Noord-Brabant.

On Saturday, January 31st, 1953, a heavy storm with strong winds made its way to the Netherlands. A storm is not that unusual, but during the day, predictions came in that the water level could become dangerously high because of this storm. But most people didn't believe that this storm could cause a flood. Warnings that the dikes were being neglected and that the dikes could be breached during a heavy storm were very much ignored.

In the evening, everyone in Zeeland went to bed like normal. The storm reached its peak around 22.00, but the water level remained dangerously high. Around 2.00, the water began flowing over the dikes. Around 3.00, the first dikes collapsed under the pressure of the water. The water made its way through the dikes towards the towns.

People were woken up by the sound of the incoming flood or by their neighbors, family members, or locals from the town: "The water is coming!" They were told. The residents had no time to leave the house, for the water had already arrived. All they could do was flee to the attics or climb up onto the rooftops.

The radio stations were down during the night, so the residents of the southern provinces couldn't be warned, and most of the Netherlands was unaware of the disaster happening in the south. Only on Sunday morning did the rest of the Netherlands hear about the flood in the south, and slowly, people became aware of the massive scale of this disaster.

And while many people drowned during the first flood, the majority of people drowned when a second flood hit on Sunday in the afternoon. Many houses, already weakened by the water from the first flood, collapsed when the second one hit. And those sitting on the rooftops, waiting for rescue, drowned.

Survivors of the flood saw and heard how people drowned. Many watched their friends, family, pets, livestock get swept away by the water. Fishermen were the first to enter the area with boats to rescue survivors.

On February 5th, all the survivors were evacuated to a save place. Help came from every corner of the world in the form of money and goods. The Danish people alone gave enough money and goods to provide full clothing for 150.000 people, according to a Dutch journalist.

Several years later, the Netherlands started building the Delta Works to protect the land against high water and floods. The Delta Works are now known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.

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20220718-Canon EOS 6D Mark II-6765 by Bartek Rozanski Via Flickr: students chilling on a hot summer evening on the roof terraces in the historic center of delft, zuid holland, netherelands

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Zomer

Ik blijf fotograferen en mijn database uitbreiden met allerlei planten. Het wordt een soort obsessie lijkt het wel, een hele flora op internet. Maar ja, ik ben de enig niet. En toch ga ik er mee door. Even naar Duinen van Voorne geweest en wat rondgelopen.  Geen schokkende dingen maar wel wat leuke bloemen. Niet nieuw voor de database, maar je probeert toch steeds weer een betere of andere foto…

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20210804-Canon EOS 6D Mark II-8455 by Bartek Rozanski Via Flickr: colourful sunset in the green heart of holland at blauwe wip windmill near the village of hazerswoude-dorp, zuid holland, netherlands

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Dordrecht (Nederland)

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Holland America Lijn

Dutch Velvia

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© Priestess of the North-West. I guess I’ve just walked into a Green Man, smiling as spring is upon us ;) Picture taken in the southern part of the Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands.

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Katwijk, the Netherlands

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Zuid-Willemsvaart, village of Aarle-Rixtel, The Netherlands. by Alex de Haas

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Kinderdijk, the Netherlands (Holland)

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AUSFAHRT.

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20220727-Canon EOS 6D Mark II-7192 by Bartek Rozanski

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Ferdinand Bordewijk, Dutch author