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I think the issue here is how well connected such a port would be. From Rotterdam you can go all the way to Germany through a river. Not sure you could do the s
by jaggirs 6y ago
I think the issue here is how well connected such a port would be. From Rotterdam you can go all the way to Germany through a river. Not sure you could do the same from a port in the Mediterranean, as the terrain tends to be mountainous there.
- margalabargala 6y agoThe Danube river flows into the Black Sea from Germany, though I have no idea if it's navigable for ships of the same size as would go to Rotterdam. Nothing from the Mediterranean.
- posterboy 6y agoThe issue is that north north west europe is densely populated, and well developed, metropolitan as you say, highly urbanized and comparably wealthy. Add to that, the Dutch have been a maritime nation at least since colonial times. While one of the biggest ports lies at the footsteps of Athens, the economic power of neighbourg countries is not quite as strong.