A constant fight with water. Continuous innovation in water management. Cities built around water systems.
Half of this country would be under water without the work of engineers, and that fact shapes everything: the landscape, the cities, even the way the Dutch make decisions together.
We look at dikes, pumping stations, windmills and modern storm barriers, and I explain how it all fits together. It sounds technical, but it is really a story about a country that refused to move.
