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The Netherlands mapped by over 1.2 million canals, rivers and streams, and over 120,000 lakes and ponds. This map contains over 70,000 km (43,000 miles) of canals and rivers alone!
Canals are plotted by size (from 0.5 to 6m wide). All data plotted with QGIS using GIS data for rivers, streams, lakes and canals from the TOP50NL 1:50000 scale mapping product (freely available online under the CC-BY-4.0 license; https://www.pdok.nl/nl/producten/pdok-downloads/basisregistratie-topografie/topnl/topnl-actueel/top50nl)
Flevoland in the central Netherlands, built almost entirely on reclaimed from the (now non-existant) Zuiderzee bay
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Coastal northern Friesland
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Channels of the Meuse, Waal/Rhine and Nederrijn rivers
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Dense canals cross the Groene Hart of the Netherlands
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Canals and rivers of the Rhine-Meuse delta
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Amsterdam and The Markermeer lake in central Netherlands
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Hollands Kroon, Northwest Netherlands
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Canals of Groningen and Drenthe, northeast Netherlands
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The southern Meuse in Limburg province
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roydgriffin
7,8/10 too much water
SeredW
To be fair, these would be nice and useful if you're a school in The Netherlands.
uitSCHOT
In middle school, The geography book had a question like: describe your hometown's history from 50 years ago. Answer: wet with lots of fish
Everyfootisalegend
I guess dutch mappers got bored as they couldn't use any contour lines :) +1 for map porn!
Styreta
French saying: God made the earth, except for the Netherlands, they made that themselves
zerkalot
I live on one of those waters, on a house boat. That is how we Dutch cope with rising water levels, we just rise with them. Problem solved!
Thelibrarianchick
I love the Netherlands!
K0A1A
Thank you for finding my friend's Christmas present, she loves the Netherlands!
gimmehope
Bjoetifoel!
weneedmorequestions
Where are these posters available?
tenthousandpencils
huh. Only realized now that I never lived anywhere further than 10 meter from a body of water in this country. This kinda explains it!
mododemo
I'm a simple man. I see my country, I like. Good job OP!
Squelchtone
I wonder if Physical or downloadable posters are available on Etsy...
BillHubbard
Cool how you can see the Schiphol runways.
saintjocks
As a dutchy can confirm it's wet here
inasexualway
"See this, kids? Everything in blue is the enemy."
travelMagnet
I have a crack on the top of me screen that made me think the title was "Netherlands mapped by its cannabis streams..." I confused
ShiningCrazyDiamond
Now if only there was a way to obtain Physical posters of these. Hell, I would even settle with downloadable ones. So sad.
OBx2
Can you get posters of these from etsy?
danielsting
I don't think so, no.
petrennkom82
Probably not, otherwise links would have been provided.
dialdfordolphin
Shame though, would have loved to have one.
died0
I can see my house from here!
DJTrump
How little does the world seas have to rise before NL is fucked?
superstrijder15
No sea rise needed, just a lack of floods. The less floods there are, the more the money for keeping the Dykes intact is decreased.
cluelesscookie
We have prepared for that. We can close off the sea from our rivers. Currently we're planning a 2.0 for future protection of high water.
NeuerStandard
they have a whole seperate political system just to govern these
Grenther
Rijkswaterstaat, which doesn't only do water infrastructure, but also roads, public works, flood protection and prevention & railroads.
DiscoveredByTheGermansIn1904
Yes, but there are also 21 Water boards (‘waterschappen’), the oldest dates from the year 1255.
lawideas
Old saying: "The Lord made the Earth, but the Dutch made Holland".
zerkalot
The correct saying is; “And as a final touch, God created the Dutch.....”
SlickerThanNick
I really wish QGIS was the same format as ESRI ArcGIS like Open Office is with MS Office.
ssaberhagen
At least for how many times arcmap crashes, when it doesn't it will let you load an excel table in
SlickerThanNick
I haven't had a problem with ArcMap crashing. Interesting!
joe6paques
I feel like including the word “land” in the name of the country was more aspirational than descriptive.
Omeg4Sentinel
That's all bushes..
OrbitalTeapot
No because it translates to "lower countries" in reference to sea level. It's actually 100% accurate.
JCrashB
Well 'Nethercanals' can lead to confusion sometimes...
SeredW
Used to be way more land until the medieval warm period melted some artic ice and flooded large parts. Only then we began reclaiming it!
DutchKincaid
It also sounds way more ominous than it is. "I cast thee...to THE NETHER-LANDS!!!"
thegreatandpowerfulkawa
As a Dutchman, proclamations like that always get me.
NomDeImguerre
What would you prefer? The Netherrealms?
Sillyworx
Yes, and I will be using that from now on. Thanks!
WhatzitTooya
Legend says Kevin Costner is roaming the Netherland and tries to sell dirt.
pareidoliaperson
It says "lands" as in plural, and it is indeed basically many many lands. It is just a matter of perspective.
Grenther
Comes from way back when it was known as the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.
Flavonoidz
Neither land nor sea.. It seams.
Zixtank
Well, Nethercanals sounded a bit less appealing to some, I guess
Ivain
Considering we claimed an entire province from the water a century or so back, I completely agree with that.
benj1008
The south part was reclaimed as early as 1968, so that's less than 50 years.
Wowter99
Even more than one, large parts of Zeeland, North and South Holland are reclaimed as well, but much longer ago.
BillHubbard
Not reclaimed. Just claimed.
BESTtaylorINAUSTRALIA
More like guidelines
Kargathia
Giving a whole new meaning to "land grab".
ArnoldTheMagnificent
I have a picture of the Netherlands in the near future:
ImNotAtTheMovies
Ah! I see what you did there. Here's a +1
ArnoldTheMagnificent
Thanks!
Degarafarat
Unlike the USA we do know how to keep the water out.
ArnoldTheMagnificent
i'm guessing you are from the Netherlands... good luck keeping that water out
Braytac
in short if you can't swim by the age of 6 you are pretty much fucked
iBucketList
It was actually mandatory for us as kids to take swimming classes and earn swimming diplomas.
IdDoubleTapThat
Not anymore sadly
rainbowcoloredpoop
Got my ABC and still had swimming classes in school afterwards. We take our water seriously.
Braytac
I know i have had them ;) every Friday morning until you had A B and C
saintjocks
And ice swimming
uitSCHOT
I only have B. yeah, I know, confusing.
blackoutdigital
Y'all are some thirsty motherfuckers
Dueced
Last european country to suffer a major famine, we take our food really serious.
TinyFrog
That was not on us :(
AncientSeraph
World's biggest exporter for several veggies. Not per capita, actual numbers. We take it ridiculously serious.
blackoutdigital
Smart, food is of mild importance.
Grenther
Almost as important as internet access! (that's why we were the 2nd nation in the wold with a network neutrality law)
spankatorium
See that dry-ass part in the middle? No water at all? That's what I call; home.
yourafuckingretard
@op wow i am a professional GIS user, these maps are garbage, i can't believe you are trying to sell these. put a fucking basemap on.
CrazyCinderella
Veluwe for life tho...
rmoympbra
The top left of the Groene Hart map looks like a roadmap of Manhattan
Skuldi
I'm somewhere in the blue bit.
SeredW
Utrechtse Heuvelrug or Veluwe :-)
Seedstree
Utrechtse Heuvelrug in mijn geval;)
SeredW
Same! :D
Omsanti
Excuse me sir but that is not how you effectively use a semicolon.
tarataqa
why; not?
ZeitgeistWurst
Yeah, a quartercolon should be sufficient for this purpose.
spankatorium
And are capable of properly explaining a correct and consistent usage of the semicolon?
Omsanti
Semicolons are used to link two clauses. Clauses must have a subject and predicate; home is merely a subject.
MantisTobagganMD
Boom.
TheChelsanator
Anyone live here? I'll be visiting in December! :D
thegreatandpowerfulkawa
Amersfoort, look it up, stay away.
TheChelsanator
Stay away?...well that makes me want to go
mododemo
If you're into art, come visit Rotterdam. We have this!
TheChelsanator
Is that a...giant dildo?
mododemo
No. That's Santa Claus with his wife's buttplug.
Morganelefay
I live near Utrecht, in the middle of the country. Great place to explore the Netherlands from as you can reach everything in no time.
TheChelsanator
What are some of your favorite places?
Morganelefay
The area west of Utrecht city and south of Amsterdam has some of the most typical Dutch landscapes you'll ever see as well.
Morganelefay
Utrecht, Amersfoort, Deventer and Maastricht are all cities I like. The Veluwe and Heuvelrug (Mostly the dry area on the map) are beautiful.
mday8
Sure! Though, ‘here’ is kinda generic. Hope you’ll enjoy it! You are free to ask questions if you like.
TheChelsanator
We are actually staying in Belgium, but wanted to see what cool things were in the Netherlands. Any non-touristy areas you recommend?
Grenther
If you like an old city, which still looks awesome and isn't even as busy as Utrecht try Amersfoort. It's great and exactly in the middle.
uitSCHOT
Instead of Amsterdam, go to Utrecht, way less tourists than Amsterdam
cluelesscookie
Staying inline with this post I'd suggest the 'delta works', which is an impressive piece of Dutch engineering to keep the sea out of here.
Meshuggah
I live in Maastricht, can recommend some things if you want to, PM me.
critty33
Delft and The Hague are beautiful places to go.
ImNotAtTheMovies
Ditto for Leiden. It's like a smaller and less busy version of Amsterdam. Also the alma mater of Einstein and Churchill
saintjocks
Go to province limburg and visit maastricht, it has caves and what not. in belgium go to brugges
TheChelsanator
Always down for some cave diving lol thanks!
pinkystar
Groningen! Beautiful city.
TheChelsanator
Recommended stops in Groningen?
pinkystar
What do you wanna see? It IS the city that never sleeps. It isnt as big as amsterdam but a lot cheaper ( and friendlier) its a student city
pinkystar
So also very international ( everybody speaks englisch) with a lot of history, museums and nightlive ( bars are almost open 24/7)
TheChelsanator
We really are down for anything (especially museums and nature) what's a popular spot for locals (local restaurants or entertainment)?
pinkystar
For local restaurants. Hm depends where you go.if you go to the main city of Groningen I can recommend some.
pinkystar
If you want nature I would go to drenthe or lauwersoog. (Drents museum is also a must) in Drenthe you got the hunebedden.
Grenther
Come and visit The Netherlands, just make sure you don't (only) visit Amsterdam, come take a look in Amersfoort, Leiden, northern parts etc.
TheChelsanator
Yeah I was wanting to stay away from the touristy areas. Any cool local restaurants/museums/parks/etc in Leiden or Amersfoort?
Grenther
If you like beer visit de drie ringen in Amersfoort, it's near the koppelpoort which is beautiful, walk through the langestraat and go 1/2
Grenther
off the path a bit there, beautiful old city centre. If you like Mondriaan there's the Mondriaanhouse in Amersfoort, it's a museum 2/3
Grenther
There's also Kamp Amersfoort, which is a concentration camp. There's some parks in the city like Randenbroek. Tho you might want to 3/x