Rond de Noordzee (2019)

Season 1

Adventurous travel program in which Arnout Hauben—together with cameraman Philippe Niclaes and sound engineer Ruben Callens—embarks on a 5,000-kilometer journey around the North Sea.

Released Feb. 12, 2019 Episode 44 min 2+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series, imdb.tv-mini-series

Network: VRT 1

Country: Belgium
Languages: Dutch

IMDb

8.5

/50/

Trakt

/2/

TMDb

/1/

Arnout Hauben
Director

Arnout Hauben
Himself

Philippe Niclaes
Himself

Ruben Callens
Himself

S1E1 - Along the Belgian Coast

In the first episode, Arnout, together with his travel packers (cameraman Philippe Niclaes and soundman Ruben Callens), leaves Bruges, which was once the most important port city on the North Sea. With a canoe he searches the small road to Het Zwin. In an old fisherman's chapel in Heist, a woman tells him a moving story. Arnout discovered that Ostend used to be on an island and continues towards France. In Dunkirk he makes a special discovery on the beach.

Feb. 12, 2019, midnight

S1E2 - The Crossing to England

Feb. 19, 2019, midnight

S1E3 - The English East Coast

Arnout continues along the English east coast, where every year dozens of meters of land and many houses are swallowed by the sea. He meets with Derrick, who threatens to lose his home for the second time in his life. Along an ancient pilgrim path Arnout reaches Holy Island, on the border with Scotland.

Feb. 26, 2019, midnight

S1E4 - The Rugged Scottish Coast

Arnout crosses the Scottish border. The coastline is getting rougher and more dramatic. He comes across the Donald Trump golf course, which meets strong protest from the local residents. Together with some biologists he goes in search of orcas.

March 5, 2019, midnight

S1E5 - The Back Door of Europe

Arnout goes to the remote Orkney and Shetland Islands. With a few divers, he goes looking for the sunken German fleet from the First World War. He travels by plane to Fair Isle, the most remote inhabited island in the North Sea. Life is very hard there, the few islanders know that only too well.

March 12, 2019, midnight

S1E6 - To the Land of the Vikings

Some fishermen take Arnout from Shetland to Norway, the land of the Vikings. After a turbulent sea voyage, Arnout reaches the Sognefjord, which brings the North Sea water 200 kilometers inland. He ends up in a village where people still live like real Vikings.

March 19, 2019, midnight