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Any way the wind blows

After the great flood from 1953 when 1835 people died, Holland deceided to protect the inland from the stormy Northsea.

The project was called 'Deltawerken' and consisted of an ingenious system of milelong dikes and sluices between the islands and was finished in 1986.

Biking from Walcheren to Schouwen Duiveland the everpresent wind challenges the passenger.

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Uploaded on September 2, 2011
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