Season 1

Episodes • 2023

André Kuipers
Kim van Kooten
Illuminated Netherlands

1. Illuminated Netherlands

49 min

The Netherlands is one of the most illuminated places on earth. We see how artificial light affects the mating dance of glowworms and toad migration in the Veluwe.

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The Netherlands, country of water

2. The Netherlands, country of water

52 min

How the Department of Public Works directs the Dutch water system and the beaver does the same with its fortress. How beer-brewing high-tech monks purify their wastewater with the latest techniques.

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From Dutch soil

3. From Dutch soil

50 min

We examine one of the oldest trees in the Netherlands. And see how we pollute the soil after we die, and how a clever Delft native solves this. And what might agriculture on other planets look like?

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Dutch skies

4. Dutch skies

49 min

We explore how we get cleaner air. How storks returned to the Netherlands, and how an inventor uses birds' wonderful flying technique.

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Natural Netherlands

5. Natural Netherlands

47 min

We zoom in on "man," perhaps the strangest species on Spaceship Earth, leaving his mark everywhere.

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17 Million people

6. 17 Million people

47 min

We see how people are part of the immense nature. How we contain that nature and also give it space again.

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