Delta Works

The Delta Works (Deltawerken) are one of the seven world wonders of the modern world, as it’s one of the greatest civil engineering achievements of the last century. The Netherlands has been draining water and reclaiming land from the sea since the middle ages, with the organizations in charge of fighting water being older than the country itself. This is why the majority of the Netherlands is below sea level. After the North Sea flood of 1953 the Netherlands decided they would never get flooded again and build a network of impossible dams, levees, storm barriers and other water defenses that would ensure the future of the country. Biking through Zeeland you can see these historic constructions that show how the Dutch keep the ocean in check.