Kolya: Such beauty. Look at old Zeeland.
Alina: Wait. Old or New?
Kolya: How can you call this new? The buildings are worn-out and there are old people everywhere.
New Zealand is where we went without you. Not to worry though, old Zeeland is her mother.
New Zealand got the best from her side. A land of navigators and conquerors.
Alina: Kinda like us?
Kolya: Kinda like us darling. Just like us! You will see it for yourself soon. We are almost there.
Alina: How about we toss the coin here on the train?
Kolya: Heads.
Alina: Tails.
Alina: My mouth always gets me into stuff. I should have just sat there and minded my business.
Kolya: Your initiative was the death of you.
Alina: True.
Kolya: Can I have the card before you go to the economy class?
Alina: Economy class? Can I finish the trip here?
Kolya: We already arrived. Exit from economy class so you do not shock people.
Thanks. Here is a backpack. Run along.
Well New Zealand… you're old Zeeland, but I will change that with my gold card.
Get ready to greet your guest! I am getting off.
Not many of you know that the real Zeeland is actually nearby – it is hiding on the edge of the Netherlands.
Not many people know about the original Zeeland for some reason.
That is why we came to uncover her secrets…
Admire her ancient cities… Explore her seashore…
and get inspiration to perform heroic feats and be like local navigators and conquerors.
We will kick-off our grand adventure in the region's capital – city of Middelburg.
Summer in Middleburg requires some adjustments.
Good thing that I came prepared.
Let us clarify what we know about this region before I show you Zeeland's capital.
What do I know about Zeeland? Dutch were the first Europeans to discover New Zealand.
They named it accordingly.
The first telescope ever was constructed here. I find that fact very interesting.
A Navigator from Middelburg discovered the Easter Island.
This region sits in Europe's lowest point below the sea level.
The Dutch pay taxes for the dams' upkeep on top of their regular property taxes.
Water canals permeate Middelburg like veins. Life of the city depends on them.
The streets are so narrow that they can barely accommodate two regular lanes.
Big cargo ships do the job of the trucks here. Canals are Middelburg's version of highways.
Since Middelburg sits on waterways, it is best to see it from the water.
My yacht looks more like a floating living room. A couch and a driver's seat.
I could not get anything bigger in Middelburg. I would need a special license for any boat longer
than fifteen meters or that is faster than twenty kilometers per hour.
I do not have money for a boat. There also is no public transport in Middelburg.
The bicycle is backpacker's best chance to see the city.
I did not get the regular bike because I want to explore Zeeland beyond Middelburg. I got an electric!
Behold my electric German steed – Kalkhoff E-Comfort.
60-centimeter aluminum frame, two 22-inch wheels, a leather seat, sports mode
and a maximum speed of 25 kilometers per hour!
Let us ride and admire Middelburg!
Cruising down Middelburg's canals is glorious!
People are walking their dogs in the sunshine while I am just voyaging in my boat.
There was a small monastery here nine centuries ago.
Monks from other towns would come here to pay homage.
They built new churches, bell towers and houses.
This is how the city of Middelburg expanded. This city's soul is poetic.
Large windows look for their reflection in the water.
Narrows streets seemingly squeeze buildings tighter to each other.
A very cute town. You be the judge!
This ancient city is full of landmarks. This abbey is the city's pride.
This is where it all started.
It is over 800 years old! An entire city formed around this abbey. It is astonishing how well preserved it is!
Looks brand-new! A nine-meter tall tower graces the top of the abbey. This used to be a local skyscraper.
Locals call it Tall John.
Here is another landmark. City Hall is the most noticeable and gorgeous building in the city.
It did not lose its charm despite being 600 years old.
Statues of Burgundy rulers next to the windows look like someone installed them yesterday.
Last but not the least – the main local hangout. This is the city's main square – Market Square.
Locals sell their stuff here on the weekends.
You can often find antique things here that would make most of the museums proud.
As you can see this is a giant flee market where you can find just about anything.
So much unnecessary stuff that you absolutely need to have.
Movable bridges are another landmark of Middelburg. Tourists cruise the canals until they see them opening.
This is a part of the city's charm. My boat can go through, but I hope to get lucky.
I really want to see an opening bridge.
Do we fit? No! We will not!
Kolya is a jeweler! We were within millimeters!
What was that ringing? They are opening the bridges.
Mission accomplished!
Zeeland is marvelous, but there is only this much you can see from the water.
This is why I rented this great automobile.
I will use its windows to show you all of the region's beauty.
A brand-new Mercedes C-class is one of the smallest luxury cars. Ideal for the narrow streets of Middelburg.
I headed towards the North Sea beach after seeing plenty of Middelburg.
This is a place for those who truly appreciate beauty.
Greetings North Sea! The North Sea is one of the youngest in the world.
It appeared as a result of melting glaciers, making it one of the coldest as well.
The average water temperature during the summer is only 17C. The wind here is always strong.
That is why the North Sea is perfect for producing wind power. The wind is blowing me away!
I think I can really fall. Look.
It really does blow me away! The spit is flying out of my mouth as I am trying to speak!
Although it is not hot here, the atmosphere on this beach is special.
A journey across old Zeeland is like a trip inside of a fairytale.
You can see entire fields full of futuristic windmills as soon as you exit the city.
Looks like fictional future. Those do not surprise anyone in Zeeland.
Locals have been cooperating with nature for a while. You can find these windmills all over this region.
This is how the rational Dutch use wind to produce electricity. Here is how it works.
The wind moves giant propeller blades. The cogs and gears are connected to
a generator that produces electricity.
Dutch decided to tame another force of nature besides wind.
Which superpower would you choose if you were a superhero?
Dutch chose the power to control the force of water. It wasn't like they had a choice.
Otherwise, Zeeland would be flooded.
Old Zeeland is located below the sea level. The sea would chip its land off bit by bit with each coming storm.
Local engineers started a genius project called Delta Works – a flood protection system.
Let me show you this project from my helicopter so that you understand the magnitude of the scale.
Here we go!
The Delta Works incorporates a storm surge barrier with thirteen dams that protect
Zeeland from the sea like a fence.
Oosterscheldekering is a bridge on top of the dam.
It includes sixty-five concrete columns the size of a twelve-story building.
They close the gateways between columns during the storm.
Otherwise, the gates remain open so that they do not restrict the movement of sea creatures.
Here is another unusual structure – Maeslant Barrier. These two pendulums protect Zeeland from the storms.
Each pendulum is 440 meters wide and 210 meters tall and weighs more than the Eifel Tower.
Here is this wonder!
Unlike Egyptian pyramids, they made those themselves without the help of any alien lifeforms.
With these very hands! Genius!
I have seen the regional landmarks. It is now time to find a place to stay for a night.
I want to remember this historical moment. I will sleep in a 13th Century castle with a $100 weekend budget.
Westhove Castle used to be a local bishop's summer residence.
This gothic building is well fortified and is surrounded by a moat. It is very well preserved.
Moreover, the castle is still functional – it is now a hostel!
Hello.
Receptionist: Hello.
Alina: I need a room.
Receptionist: Okay. Your name?
Alina: Alina Astrovskaya.
The butler used to greet guests here. Now it is a reception desk. The knight is still here though.
I think it is empty.
Receptionist: There it is.
Alina: Okay. Thank you.
Receptionist: Okay. Bye.
Alina: Well, let us see what the castle hostel looks like!
Lounge area. This used to be a room for help.
I do not like this room.
This is a cafeteria. They used to have parties here in ball dresses with jabots.
Perhaps he saw it all go down.
This used to be a large hall before they built these partition walls. This is a hostel nowadays.
One, two… this is a room for six now. Perhaps this used to be a bedroom of a little Princess.
The interior is pretty modest, but I am in a palace nonetheless.
Countess Astrovskaya is resting. Wonderful!
This is how the calculated Dutch turned a one-family home into an accommodation for a hundred people.
The Dutch do not demolish old buildings. They like breathing new life into them.
Besides a castle hostel, you can also often find a windmill hotel
and even an exclusive hotel inside of a tower!
This is where I will stay.
It is great!
Effortless taste. Plasma, table, couches, a sink.
The cool part about this suite is not the furniture. It is the location.
My tower used to serve as a watchtower, a lighthouse and even a jail.
Nowadays it features a restaurant and a hotel with just a single two-story suite.
Let us check out the second floor.
What a bedroom! My bed is up on a pedestal!
The top of the ceiling even has the glimmering lights. This is what you pay for. Forget what is downstairs.
It's a two-sided window. Convenient to clean!
The balcony is my suite's another major feature.
What a beautiful view.
There is still some time left before sunset. I decided to mount my
electric steed and go search for something fun to do at night.
Then this happened.
Hello?
Anyone?
There is no one here. It is a weekend night. Where is everyone?
Bar hoppers? People taking a walk? Cyclists? Where is everyone?
It turns out that Middelburg is a very provincial town. Locals prefer to spend time with their families at home.
It is windy
and lonely. Are you lonely? A human! Wait up!
Where are you off to?
Expensive restaurants are the only recreational option available in the evening. This is where I went.
I did not eat anything heavy for the past couple of days so that my taste buds can be as receptive as possible.
Why? I came to a restaurant that boasts three Michelin stars!
This is the case when the food will look down on you.
Michelin awards three stars to a restaurant when the chef
is able to make ordinary dishes look like a work of art.
Thanks.
Work of art #1 – Caprese salad.
This is what the classic Caprese salad looks like. It includes tomatoes, mozzarella and basil.
Caprese looks like this in Inter Scaldes restaurant.
If the three Michelin star restaurant says that this is what Caprese salad looks like then it must be true.
Tomato sauce instead of tomatoes, mozzarella mouse drops instead of the actual cheese
and pesto instead of fresh basil. All of it is covered with the salty jelly.
That is it. What was that?
It melted in my mouth instantly.
I did catch a tone of pickle juice.
The ordinary pickle juice.
Work of art #2 – a lobster.
Here is a reminder of what the lobster looks like.
Inter Scaldes served me an… Onion?
Waiter: This is an onion that is famous for the region; we serve it with a lobster.
Kolya: Lobster inside?
Waiter: Inside. Take off the hat and then eat it.
Kolya: Well Cipollino. Shall we?
They could not turn lobster into a jelly or a mousse. I definitely taste the meat.
Good lobster is good everywhere including Holland. With a hint of onion and potatoes.
I can feel my stomach applauding!
Culinary work of art #3 – dessert. Wow!
Waiter: Here we are – dessert.
Kolya: What is it?
This dessert is called The Pearl. Here is how they make it. They take sugary paste,
blow a bubble out of it with hot air and carefully make an opening.
Then they gradually fill it up with coconut ice cream and pineapple/vanilla cream.
Wow! And how to eat it?
Waiter: Break it with a spoon.
Kolya: Break it with a spoon?
Waiter: Yeah.
Kolya: I feel bad about destroying this masterpiece.
I am trying to gather myself to do this. It is so gorgeous
that I feel like a vandal when I think about breaking this pearl.
So delicious! My mouth is on hold.
What a serving! This is unbelievably cool!
Okay. Thank you.
Waiter: Thank you.
Kolya: Take as much money as you want from that card.
Food was so incredible that I want to show you a little extra love.
There wasn't a lot of food, but it was so good. Little, but tasty. Little. Tasty.
The stars are out.
It is nice to watch the stars and dream.
I had such an exciting day – a helicopter,
an unusual boat,
a three Michelin star restaurant. There is nothing left to dream about as I look at the stars.
Feels like all of my dreams came true
except world peace. I wish there was peace and happiness in the entire world.
That's better.
The morning air is invigorating. It is pretty chilly here.
Good morning.
Good morning.
Look at what the seagulls brought me.
Fresh tomatoes and cukes, cheeses, salmon, eggs and biscuits.
Let us see your secrets Zeeland!
I decided to dedicate my second day in old Zeeland to extreme entertainment.
There is a really interesting attraction in Zeeland. One of a kind in the entire Europe –
a boat that floats on water, underwater and jumps out of water even! It speeds up to 110 kilometers per hour.
I understand this is difficult to imagine right now. Same here. Let us see it for ourselves.
Behold – a two-seater Skyshark speedboat! This is like a supercar in the world of speedboats!
It is jam-packed with electronics. It accelerates to a hundred in just four seconds.
Everything about Skyshark's look screams aggression and adrenaline!
Instructor: Good morning.
Kolya: Very good morning.
Instructor: It's amazing.
Kolya: It's amazing. Looks like an underwater fighter jet.
Time to try it out! A new James Bond teaser!
Here comes the best part!
The feeling is the bomb! You pierce the waves at a hundred kilometer speed!
Water jumps can reach five meters!
Each dive is two meters deep. You feel the power of this beast with every cell of your body.
I thought my spine would go down my underwear!
Super cool! Just the feeling of diving underwater so fast in that bathyscaphe! Incredible!
There are so many fun things to do on water in Zeeland, but my money is limited.
There is one attraction that I can afford though – body sliding!
You slide right in the water! Fourteen euros gets you an unlimited amount of sliding!
The rest is up to you.
Kolya: You can afford any activity imaginable when you have a gold card. I feel like windsurfing right now!
I can ride it until I run out of money on my gold card or when I get bored with it.
So sorry! An hour is all that I got!
I feel like a ninja!
This thing is awesome!
I managed to ride the slide 13 times in one hour! I might have set the record!
An hour-long windsurfing class did not do me much good. It is not as easy at as it seems.
All I can say is that it is hard to do physically. Your balance has to be on point.
You also have to look out for the other riders, but it is awesome.
I will catch my breath and go right back out there. I have the money. I have time. I can afford it.
Zeeland is well known for its sea creatures. The city of Stellendam is the best place to see them.
Cannot get there on a bike. Let me try hitchhiking.
Stop!
Thank you so much!
I came to Rotterdam for another walk in the city after chilling at the beach.
There is another interesting adventure waiting for me here – sightseeing bus tour.
It looks very ordinary at first. The bus takes you around town
while the guide tells you interesting historical facts about the city.
Then all of the sudden the bus drives right into the North Sea full throttle!
People usually scream when something similar happens. Not here though. People are applauding.
This is an amphibian bus – it is good to go on both land and water!
This bus can swim at the speed of eight knots! That is pretty fast. A very unusual feeling.
I am on a bus, but I am surrounded by water!
Passing gigantic ships is the coolest part of the tour!
Cognitive dissonance means checking out a cruise ship's waterline from a bus window.
This is like any regular bus tour besides the part where it dives in the water.
You get used to it after a while and it becomes a regular bus tour.
This is the type of a public transport that James Bond will ride after he retires.
I arrived at the destination after an hour on the road. Hello. Let us see.
We came to a center that helps the seals. This is a baby seal sanctuary.
The entrance fee is nine euros, but you can also "adopt" a seal if you are rich.
It only sounds weird, because you donate 500 euros for the food and maintenance and then you can come back
and release it into the wild.
You can also come and help as a volunteer if you do not have money like me. Help to clean and feed the seals.
Perhaps you can even get close enough to pet them. I want to pet them.
Okay. I'm ready.
Dear God! Look at that brat! Hello sweetie! My darling! Hello.
This is a seal sanctuary. It provides shelter for seals who suffer ed the effects of the storm.
People release them back to the sea after providing an immediate medical assistance.
This place gets overcrowded at times and they can use an extra pair of helping hands.
I decided to play with seals under the pretense of volunteering. Let me help these folks
and give myself a treat too. Goodness! This is a dream job! So cute! They are just laying out there like…
small love capsules! Let me get myself together so that I can help you.
You have to dress like a surgeon before you can approach the seals.
This is so that a volunteer does not transmit any diseases to the seals.
I am all set to go.
Okay! There is the fish! Go!
Okay! He wants a fish so badly!
Look at these three gentlemen. They remind me a certain dude with a gold card.
He also appreciates comfort. I bet they poop butterflies and vanilla pancakes.
On my! My sweet beast! How can you not pet those bunnies?
Marcel: No. No, you cannot touch them because it's too dangerous.
They bite right through you really hard. So you can get bitten.
As it turns out there is no way you can pet hem. Marcel assured me that the seals are wild animals after all.
Moreover, they are predators. They can bite really hard. They can bite your finger right off.
This is better for him. He still has to get back to the wildlife. I cannot cuddle him too much,
because he will not survive without me. I had a similar thing happen to me, but it did not involve a seal.
I totally get it.
What is it sugar? What? This feels like a visiting hour in jail. They will release you soon!
We will meet somewhere out there in the ocean and you will remember me.
Then I will get to pet you honey.
Right?
You realize that Zeeland is not that old after exploring it. In fact, it is very up-to-date.
I think it is empty.
Funny and charming.
This is a new James Bond teaser!
You keep falling in love with its green fields and windy character.
I am really being blown away!
Aristocratic manners.
An ordinary pickle juice!
This place can make everyone feel like a pioneer.
Anyone?
Your wallet size does not matter.
Kolya the jeweler!
I find that fact very interesting!
We are flying!
Here we go.
Pretty fast.
I'm ready.
I will continue after this quick rest.
Countess Astrovskaya is resting.
Effortless style
Show me your secrets.
Look at what the seagulls brought me.
Small love capsules!
That is it.
Alina: Kolya!
Kolya: Alina! Hello.
Alina: How did Zeeland treat you?
Kolya: Enchanted. Zeeland is magical!
I know what I am talking about because I explored every last millimeter here.
I explored it from water, underwater, ground, air…
I did it all!
Alina: Well, maybe not all of it. Did you ride a bicycle between cities or visited the seals?
Did you stay in the castle? Did you see the dam?
Kolya: What are we doing Alina? This feels like we are competing who had better time here.
This is not a contest. We are a part of larger picture.
We show our friends on the other side of the screen how beautiful this world is. We outdid ourselves in Zeeland.
Alina: True. Let us synchronize our memories!
Kolya: Into a single large one! Zeeland – best! Bye-bye friends!
Alina: See you guys! We should definitely come back here.
Kolya: Let us not leave.
Alina: Deal! We are staying!
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