{"id":9397,"date":"2025-03-10T15:21:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T15:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herik.nl\/artikelen\/walking-through-a-dry-canal\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T09:31:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T09:31:36","slug":"walking-through-a-dry-canal","status":"publish","type":"artikelen","link":"https:\/\/herik.nl\/en\/artikelen\/walking-through-a-dry-canal\/","title":{"rendered":"WALKING THROUGH A DRY CANAL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"section-afbeelding-met-golfscheiding\">\n    \t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"9448\" class=\"elementor elementor-9448 elementor-1442\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c557bc e-con-full e-flex aw-backgroundgreat e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2c557bc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"aw-hero-img\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dc8102 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7dc8102\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/herik.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/open-dag-juka-web-header.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8813\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/herik.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/open-dag-juka-web-header.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/herik.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/open-dag-juka-web-header-300x104.jpg 300w, https:\/\/herik.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/open-dag-juka-web-header-1024x355.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/herik.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/open-dag-juka-web-header-768x266.jpg 768w, https:\/\/herik.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/open-dag-juka-web-header-1536x532.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/herik.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/open-dag-juka-web-header-574x199.jpg 574w, https:\/\/herik.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/open-dag-juka-web-header-1918x664.jpg 1918w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n<section class=\"section-titel-met-tekst-en-button-volledige-breedte\">\n    \t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"9541\" class=\"elementor elementor-9541 elementor-297\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a15b6c7 e-con-full aw-kleur-wit  e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a15b6c7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61b1760 aw-subtext-container awBlok1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61b1760\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5de06c titel-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d5de06c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">WALKING THROUGH A DRY CANAL<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b12747 contentBlok1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b12747\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Later I can tell my children that I stood at the bottom of the canal! Together with Rijkswaterstaat and many of our cooperation partners, we opened the Juliana Canal to visitors on Saturday, February 8. Young, old, colleagues, interested parties and especially a lot of local residents visited the project this day. Over 3,600 pairs of feet walked on the ground this day! We like to look back! &#8216;Thousands of photos, 3,600 enthusiastic visitors and lots of &#8216;ohhhhh&#8217;. Aided by the sun that broke through, the open day at the Juliana Canal can go in the books as a great success. In this article we look back and say: fortunately we still have the pictures. A walk across the bottom of the Juliana Canal is something you do only once in a lifetime. After this work, the canal will be able to withstand at least another 100 years. It was therefore not surprising that the free tickets flew over the counter like hot cakes. Stories come to life. Many local residents have a special bond with the canal. At the bottom of the canal, memories surfaced. Anecdotes about ancestors who helped excavate the canal in 1925 to memories of the winter of 1963. When it was possible to skate. Saturday memories were also made. Pictures of children climbing the big machines went into the (digital) scrapbooks. One of the funniest statements came from 12-year-old Karsten. He thought it was &#8220;super cool&#8221; to see how deep the canal is. He said, &#8220;Later I can tell my kids I stood at the bottom of the canal! Publicity was plentiful Saturday. The Limburger and NRC published extensive coverage. And those who turned on the TV in the evening could see themselves in the NOS News, in Hart van Nederland and on L1. Writer and playwright Paulien Cornelisse apparently watched the news as well. The open day became inspiration for her column in the Volkskrant:<\/p>\n<p>Paulien Cornelisse &#8211; Volkskrant.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n<section class=\"section-titel-met-video-simpel\">\n    \t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"9614\" class=\"elementor elementor-9614 elementor-3940\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a104b63 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a104b63\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-080a9ef titel-gecentreerd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"080a9ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Watch the drone video, because you might just see yourself!<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22bac03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"22bac03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/zEDdb7-RPTo?si=Ph4cie4SLmOuZgWc&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Later I can tell my children that I stood at the bottom of the canal!<br \/>\nTogether with the Department of Public Works and many of our<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8813,"template":"","categories":[104],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9397","artikelen","type-artikelen","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dredging-and-replenishment"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WALKING THROUGH A DRY CANAL - van den Herik Sliedrecht<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/herik.nl\/en\/artikelen\/walking-through-a-dry-canal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WALKING THROUGH A DRY CANAL - van den Herik Sliedrecht\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Later I can tell my children that I stood at the bottom of the canal! 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