Catharijnesingel before and after, Utrecht, Netherlands
Final result of the reconstruction of a medieval waterway in the Dutch city of Utrecht. This project started in 1998 and took more than twenty years to complete. No less than 1400 meters of water and banks was brought back in this manner like it was before 1969. Now the water is mainly used for recreation. Parks, eco and public space are an important part of the improvements.
The video of the motorway was taken in 2010 shortly before it was closed down permanently. The boat video was made in September 2020 at the opening of the new waterway. In split screen the trips by car and by boat are synced and merged into one to illustrate the enormous effort.
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Beautiful, great project! Like in Madrid, where they totally and beautifully redesigned and greenified the river area. Well done Utrecht!!! Thank you, thank you, it’s such a wonderful change!
Goed gedaan.
Wonderful transformation or restoration. Both CU and RABO mean the same in Portugal, look it up. Not for decent people to use. I had no idea initially why people laughed when I showed them my credit card.
Toppie
Cheeky of course to use 2010 footage in the winter, with grey skies and all, and the new version in the summer with nice sunny weather :p But it works! Looks so much better now
@Bouwput
4 ай бұрын
In 2010 we just drove around with a consumer grade tape cam and only a faint idea about what we were trying to accomplish lol. The water was a distant dream back then.
Mooie video! Mag ik deze video gebruiken?
dutch engineering is no 1
Wow
I still don't get why they're mowing so much of the banks between 0:13 and 0:17. Doesn't that patch they didn't get to yet look so much better? Of course they just mowed it but it just leaves dead, ugly brown grass behind. Why not just the banks be nice and green?
RIP de graffiti tunnel
@change_5088
Жыл бұрын
Xd
@Tha-King-Arthur
Жыл бұрын
And welcome traffic jams haha..
Eeuwig zonde dat die mooie weg onder HC niet meer bestaat.
@ElBulPagani
Ай бұрын
Ben jij serieus?
@steveuiterwaal5923
Ай бұрын
@@ElBulPagani Ik durf te zeggen wat de meeste mensen denken. Vroeger liep het verkeer daar prima door. Tegenwoordig sta je daar dagelijks vast.
@sssyyylllvvviiiiaaa
Ай бұрын
@@steveuiterwaal5923 alleen in de spits en dan sta je overal vast.....
@steveuiterwaal5923
Ай бұрын
@@sssyyylllvvviiiiaaa niet alleen in de spits. Zondagmiddag sowieso de gehele middag
I live in Utrecht and this project has caused endless traffic jams in the middle city of Utrecht. And the traffic jams are only getting worse because the municipality has switched from two-lane roads to single-lane roads in other places in Utrecht. Traffic in Utrecht has become a great chaos.
@thijmen2773
Жыл бұрын
Boeie pak gewoon de fiets
@L-Bj
8 ай бұрын
Sjors you're free to go live somewhere else outside Utrecht if you can afford it no problem. So byeeeeee 👋✋👋
@Tha-King-Arthur
8 ай бұрын
@L-Bj i'm very busy with it going back to a normal city. But as you know, immigrants are taking all of the houses, so it's not as easy as the voices in your head are thinking..
@L-Bj
8 ай бұрын
@@Tha-King-Arthur Well anyway see you at the country side.
@Tha-King-Arthur
8 ай бұрын
@@thijmen2773 we zijn niet allemaal afhankelijk van een fiets. Daar heb ik een rijbewijs en een auto voor.
Domme actie
@stereotype.6377
Жыл бұрын
vertel
@Tha-King-Arthur
Жыл бұрын
@@stereotype.6377 Rij je daar wel eens? Ik kom daar regelmatig en sta elke dag vast in het verkeer.
@stereotype.6377
Жыл бұрын
@@Tha-King-Arthur Misschien ook niet door een historisch centrum heen gaan met de auto
@Tha-King-Arthur
Жыл бұрын
@@stereotype.6377 het maakt niet uit waar je rijdt met de auto tussen 1430 en 1830 uur staat heel Utrecht vast. A2, A27 een groot ellende.
@stereotype.6377
Жыл бұрын
@@Tha-King-Arthur Dan moeten er meer alternatieven komen voor de auto - of werkgelegenheden en woongebieden dichter bij elkaar brengen. Er is simpelweg niet genoeg plaats om iedereen in een auto rond te laten tuffen, en al helemaal niet als het zo’n grote impact heeft op de leefbaarheid en historische waarde van andere gebieden waar de meeste bewoners zelf überhaupt geen auto hebben, zoals bij Hoog Catherijne