Did you know that Hamburg has more bridges than Venice? Now you do.

@commandelicious cool - I didn't know that! Did you know that Birmingham, UK has more canals than Venice? :) It's not as attractive though 😂😂

@Jamest @commandelicious I grew up in Cape Coral. It has the most Canals in the world! Mwahaha!

@Surasanji @Jamest
Googled it, nice pictures.
Talking canals, ever wonderedthe water infrastructure of Germany? It's kinda amazing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_canals_in_Germany
This is a big one:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mittelland_Canal

Because germans are like: HERE SHOULD BE A RIVER OF COURSE!

@commandelicious @Surasanji @Jamest Pfft, digging holes and letting water flow through - easy!

"HEY LET'S JUST LIVE BELOW SEA LEVEL!" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_control_in_the_Netherlands#/media/File:The_Netherlands_compared_to_sealevel.png

"OH BTW WE SHOULD CREATE THIS LAND HERE IN THIS SEA. ALSO, LET'S MAKE IT FRESH WATER" - https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flevoland

@pkok @Surasanji @Jamest

Flevoland is amazing! These damn pumps are working for nearly a hundret years.
Also the planned cities on the polders are just plain great.
@freemo Visit Lelystad, Almere or Dronten and take pictures for us, I forgot and I only have been there at night :D

@commandelicious @Surasanji @Jamest @freemo More amazing are the Oostvaardersplassen, a nature reserve in Flevoland that has been "rewilded". Note that it hasn't ever been land before, but now it attracts even white-tailed eagles.

Such typical Dutch birds *cough*

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oostvaardersplassen

@commandelicious @Surasanji @Jamest @freemo And typical non-Flevolander Dutch advice would be: don't visit Almere/Lelystad. It's ugly af. Almere even won the Ugliest Place of the Netherlands election in 2008.

Dutch news article: https://www.trouw.nl/home/almere-verkozen-tot-lelijkste-plek-van-nederland~a94a947c/