ergative ,
@ergative@wandering.shop avatar

Hey, you! Do you want to open a door for a fish?

Utrecht has a river where fish swim upstream to spawn, but they have to keep the boat locks closed, which blocks the fishes.

So they set up a live stream + doorbell system. Join the live stream, watch the underwater camera, and ring the doorbell if you see a fish!

https://visdeurbel.nl/en/the-fish-doorbell/

(NYTimes write-up of the story here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/28/style/fish-doorbell-visdeurbel-netherlands.html)

irina ,
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@ergative it's hilarious that the fish doorbell people call Utrecht "a small Dutch city" -- I wouldn't call it small, it's the 4th largest city in NL with about 370K inhabitants!

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