Exploring the Dutch Wilderness by Canoe | Living River (1/2)
On the way to the Sea. Sail along a large beaver dam, dancing damselflies, fishing black terns, breeding purple herons and hunting white-tailed eagles. Filmmaker and ecologist Ruben Smit observes the brand new river nature in the Netherlands, his home country, from the water in his canoe. A unique, informative and relaxing experience.
The enchanting documentary images take you right through the seasons and let you become one with the man in the canoe.
On his journey across the Netherlands, from Lobith on the border with Germany to the North Sea. The Rhine, one of the mighty rivers that made and shaped the European delta. A land of water. The rivers that cut through the Netherlands are so much more than just containers of water. The river ecosystem is full of life, with sunsets and sunrises that make your heart skip a beat and with a surprise behind every reed bed. Where human hands have worked hard; river bypasses, floodplains and woodlands to create a safer and more beautiful water land in times of climate change and biodiversity loss.
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Chapters
▷ 00:00 - Intro
▷ 02:07 - Beavers
▷ 05:16 - Rijnstrangen, Rhine Nature Reserve
▷ 07:47 - Great Reed Warbler, Black Terns
▷ 12:39 - River Waal, Rhine, Ijssel, Millingerwaard
▷ 13:57 - Magpies
▷ 18:31 - Meadow Damselflies
▷ 22:31 - White Mayflies
▷ 24:21 - Spoonbills
▷ 27:30 - Grass Snakes
▷ 30:35 - Amerongse Bovenpolder
▷ 32:08 - Common Toads
▷ 35:10 - Konik Horses
▷ 35:37 - Fallow Deer
▷ 38:49 - Dragonfly
▷ 42:17 - Sand Martins
▷ 44:58 - Purple Herons
▷ 49:11 - Credits
The Living River is a pure nature documentary in two stages. Through his private personal memoirs, Ruben Smit goes further down the river each time. An expedition with adventurous overnight stays along the unknown waterways. Captured in high quality film with all the plants and animals he encounters.
In each stage, a part of the river basin is shown in which the Dutch landscape and, in particular, nature is central. Through Ruben and his story, the viewer is taken to bizarre natural phenomena and species. Become his travel companion.
Original Title: From the Border to the Foothills - Living River
A documentary by Ruben Smit