>>214483503 (OP)
I'm sure the EU bureauscats and climate change nutters have absolutely no problem with the environmental impact of land reclamation done by Holland because it's their perfect prototype of globalhomo gynocommunist utopia or something
>>214487131 >>214487172
People used to hide from the Turks in these flooded areas in the 16-17th centuries
Even later on they remained popular hiding spots for all sorts of rebels and bandits
It must have felt like the world has become smaller for local people when the river regulations happened