Historie Rotterdam

Historisch Delfshaven

Delfshaven is a historic harbor district in Rotterdam where Dutch sailors departed in the 17th century for worldwide trading voyages. The n…

Hotel New York

Hotel New York can refer to: Hotel New York (Rotterdam), a hotel in Rotterdam Hotel New York (Anouk), an album by singer Anouk from 2004 Ho…

SS Rotterdam

The SS Rotterdam from 1959 is the fifth ship with that name, in service of the Holland-America Line (HAL). It is a steamship with oil-fired…

De Hef (Koningshavenbrug)

The Hef is the popular name for the Koningshavenbrug, a railway lift bridge over the Koningshaven in the Dutch city of Rotterdam that opene…

De Verwoeste Stad (Zadkine)

The Destroyed City is a sculpture created by Ossip Zadkine in response to the bombardment of Rotterdam. It was unveiled on 15 May 1953 and …

Maastunnel

The Maastunnel is the oldest submerged tunnel in the Netherlands. It connects the banks of the Nieuwe Maas with each other in Rotterdam.

Maeslantkering

The Maeslant Barrier is a storm surge barrier put into operation by the government in 1997 on the border of Het Scheur and the Nieuwe Water…

Het Witte Huis

White House can refer to: White House (Washington), workplace and official residence of the Presidents of the United States White House (Mo…

Laurenskerk

This disambiguation page contains names of church buildings named after Saint Lawrence or Laurentius of Rome. They are called (Sint-)Lauren…

Oude Haven

Oude Haven can refer to: Oude Haven (Hengstdijk) Oude Haven (Hilversum) Oude Haven (Nijmegen) Oude Haven, named after the harbour Oude Have…

Leuvehaven

The Leuvehaven is a harbour in Rotterdam located near the centre of Rotterdam and the Erasmus Bridge. The harbour is used, among other thin…

Lijnbaan

Lijnbaan can refer to:the workplace of a rope makerLijnbaan (Dordrecht), a district in Dordrecht Lijnbaan, a street in The Hague Lijnbaan (…

Museum Rotterdam ’40-’45 NU

Museum Rotterdam '40-'45 NU in the White House documents life in Rotterdam during the Second World War and the 1940 bombing. The museum pre…

Veerhaven

A ferry port is a port that forms part of an important traffic route.

Cinerama

Cinerama is the brand name for a widescreen film system that works by means of three synchronized 35mm projectors for a large, curved proje…

Hofbogen

The Hofpleinlijn Viaduct is a 1.9 kilometre long disused railway viaduct in Rotterdam-North. It was put into service on 1 October 1908 as p…

Oude Luxor Theater

Luxor Theater is a Rotterdam theater organization that operates two theater buildings: the Old Luxor Theater on the Kruiskade and the New L…

RDM Rotterdam

The RDM Rotterdam on the Maas is a former shipyard that now forms a cultural center with maritime and industrial history. The complex house…

Schiedam Jeneverdistilleerderijen

Schiedam, located on the Maas River near Rotterdam, is known worldwide for its genever production and has several distilleries where you ca…

Groothandelsgebouw

The Groothandelsgebouw or Groot Handelsgebouw is a commercial office building at Stationsplein, next to Rotterdam Central Station. The buil…

Historische Tramlijn 10

Tram line 10 is a historic tram line in Rotterdam that takes passengers along important locations in the city. The route provides insight i…

Justus van Effencomplex

The Justus van Effen complex is a residential complex on the Justus van Effenstraat in Rotterdam-Spangen. The complex was designed by Dutch…

Sparta Stadion (Het Kasteel)

Sparta Stadium "Het Kasteel" is the stadium of the Dutch professional football club Sparta Rotterdam. It is located in the Spangen district…

Standbeeld van Erasmus

The Statue of Erasmus stands in Groteplein in the centre of Rotterdam and commemorates the famous humanist and writer Desiderius Erasmus, w…

Historische Tuin Schoonoord

The Historic Garden Schoonoord in Rotterdam is a park where centuries-old trees and historic buildings preserve the heritage of the neighbo…

Kiefhoek

Kiefhoek is a residential neighborhood in Rotterdam-South that is known for its distinctive architecture from the 1920s. The neighborhood w…

Las Palmas

Las Palmas can refer to:

Maassluis Sleepvaartstadje

Maassluis, located on the Maas near Rotterdam, is a historic towboat village where you can explore the maritime heritage of the Dutch tugbo…

Maastunnel Houten Roltrappen

The Maastunnel under the Maas in Rotterdam contains characteristic wooden escalators from 1927, which are part of this architectural monume…

Mariniersmuseum

The Mariniersmuseum is a museum that deals with the origins and history of the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps. The museum has been located …

Schielandshuis

The Schielandshuis is a 17th-century building in Rotterdam's city center on the Korte Hoogstraat. It was built between 1662 and 1665 on beh…

Algemene Begraafplaats Crooswijk

The General Cemetery Crooswijk is a cemetery in Rotterdam, in the Crooswijk district. The cemetery is located at a bend of the Rotte, on th…

Bergweg Station

Bergweg Station is a historic railway station in Rotterdam-Noord dating from 1879 and reflects the development of rail transport in the cit…

Brielle Den Briel

Brielle Den Briel is a historic water fort from the 16th century in Rotterdam, known for its role in the Eighty Years' War. The remaining b…

De Peperbus

The Peperbus is a striking Gothic church from the 16th century in the center of Rotterdam, known for its characteristic pointed tower. The …

Heijplaat dorp

Heijplaat is a historic working-class neighbourhood in Rotterdam-South with characteristic early 20th-century workers' houses. The village …

Stoomstichting Nederland

The Stoomstichting Nederland in Rotterdam houses a collection of steam locomotives and other historical trains that document the developmen…

Trammuseum Rotterdam

The Rotterdam Public Transport Museum (ROVM) is a transport museum in the Dutch city of Rotterdam. The museum is located in the former Hill…

Vesting Brielle

Vesting Brielle is a historic fort on the Meuse in Rotterdam, where you can view a well-preserved 17th-century fortification. The site prov…

Watertoren Delfshaven

The Watertoren in Delfshaven is an iconic brick building from 1877 located in Rotterdam's historic harbor district. This architectural monu…

Atlas van Stolk

The Atlas Van Stolk is a collection of nearly 250,000 prints, maps and drawings on the history of the Netherlands, named after its founder,…

Laurentius Begraafplaats

The Laurentius Cemetery in Rotterdam is a historical cemetery that testifies to the city's rich heritage. The site provides insight into Ro…

Museumwoning Vreewijk

The Museum House Vreewijk in Rotterdam provides insight into the daily life of workers in the early 20th century. This national monument sh…

Oude Plantage

The Oude Plantage is a small urban park in the Rotterdam neighborhood of Kralingen. The park is located between the Nieuwe Maas, the Maasbo…

Poortgebouw

A gatehouse is a structure designed to control the entry and exit of persons, goods, and animals from a given area. Gatehouses were particu…

Appelmarktbrug

The Appelmarktbrug is an iconic bascule bridge in the center of Rotterdam that has spanned the Blaaktrajekt since 1927. This architectural …

Het Nederlands Portretarchief

The Dutch Portrait Archive in Rotterdam manages a unique collection of portraits from different centuries. The archive provides insight int…

Radiomuseum Rotterdam

The Radiomuseum Rotterdam in South Holland displays an extensive collection of vintage radios and electronic devices from the 20th century.…

Abbenbroek

Abbenbroek is a village in the municipality of Nissewaard in the Dutch province of South Holland. The village has almost 1,290 inhabitants …

Aelbrechtskolk

The Aelbrechtskolk is a historic harbor in Rotterdam-South where shipyards and maritime activity shaped the streetscape for centuries. This…

Begraafplaats Hofwijk

Hofwijk Cemetery in Rotterdam is a historic cemetery with a rich heritage and monumental graves. The grounds function as a quiet green spac…

Beneluxtunnel

The Benelux Tunnel is a 1,300 meter long riverbank connection beneath the Nieuwe Maas in Rotterdam and Schiedam for motor vehicles (A4), cy…

Charloisse Kerksingel

The Charloisse Kerksingel is a historic street in Rotterdam-Charlois, named after the former church that once stood there. This district is…

De Brink Vreewijk

De Heemskerk sleepboot

The Heemskerk is a historic tugboat from 1910 that lies on the Maas River in Rotterdam. The ship bears witness to maritime history and you …

De Visbank Vlaardingen

The Visbank in Vlaardingen is a historic fishing monument on the Meuse that bears witness to the city's rich maritime past. This former tra…

De Walvisch Schiedam

The Walvisch is an iconic building from 1897 on the Maas in Schiedam, designed in Art Nouveau style as a factory for whaling. The monument …

Donner boekhandel

The Donner bookstore on the Lijnbaan is a historic bookshop where you can find an extensive collection of books and special editions. The s…

Dorpskerk Hillegersberg

The Dorpskerk Hillegersberg in Rotterdam-Hillegersberg is a historic church from the 15th century with valuable interior. The building bear…

Droogdok Jan Blanken

The Jan Blanken Drydock is a drydock that was built between 1798 and 1822 under the direction of Jan Blanken in the South Holland municipal…

Fenix II migratiemuseum

Fort aan den Hoek van Holland

The Fort at Hoek van Holland, also called Fort 1881, is a former armored fort in Hoek van Holland.

Geervliet

Geervliet is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland, in the current municipality of Nissewaard south of Rotterdam's Botlek area, on …

Gemaal op Zuid

The Gemaal op Zuid is a characteristic water management structure from 1898 on the Maas river in Rotterdam-South, which illustrates the cit…

Goudswaard

Goudswaard is a village in South Holland, located at the westernmost point of the Hoeksche Waard. It had 2,035 inhabitants in 2023.

Grote Kerk Maassluis

The Great Church in Maassluis is an impressive Gothic church building from the 15th century with a characteristic wooden spire. The monumen…

Grote Kerk Vlaardingen

The Great Church in Vlaardingen is a historic Protestant church from the 14th century located at the Voorstraatse Oever. The building is kn…

Grote Markt Schiedam

The Grote Markt in Schiedam is the historic heart of this former port city and is surrounded by magnificent 17th-century buildings. The squ…

Heenvliet

Heenvliet is a municipality with city rights and former municipality in the Dutch municipality of Nissewaard on the double island of Voorne…

Hellevoetsluis

Hellevoetsluis can refer to: Hellevoetsluis (place), a place in the municipality of Voorne aan Zee Hellevoetsluis (municipality), a former …

Het Archief Rotterdam

Historische Scheepswerf De Delft

The Historic Shipyard De Delft on the Maas River in Rotterdam is an authentic working yard where traditional wooden ships are built and res…

Historische Stadskern Maassluis

The historic city center of Maassluis, located on the Maas river in southwest Rotterdam, is home to a well-preserved 17th- and 18th-century…

Historische Vereniging IJsselmonde

Hof van Schiedam

The Hof van Schiedam in Rotterdam is a historic courtyard from the 16th century with renovated buildings that reflect the Golden Age. The c…

Honingerdijk

The Honingerdijk is a water barrier and a street in the Kralingen district of Rotterdam, in the Dutch province of South Holland. The street…

Huys ten Donck

Huys ten Donck is a country estate in the Dutch town of Ridderkerk.

Kasteel van IJsselmonde

The Castle of IJsselmonde stood in IJsselmonde, a district of the Dutch city of Rotterdam. It concerns in fact a series of four castles tha…

Kasteel van Rhoon

The Castle of Rhoon in Rhoon is a fortified keep built in 1432 by the Van Duyvelant family, whose members were feudal lords of the Lordship…

Kethel

Kethel was an independent village north of Schiedam.

Lange Haven Schiedam

The Lange Haven in Schiedam is a historic harbor basin where imposing distilleries and warehouse architecture from the 17th century bear wi…

Lichtschip Noord Hinder

The Light Vessel Noord Hinder is a historic ship monument in Rotterdam that served as a navigational light in the North Sea. The ship tells…

Markthal ondergrondse archeologie

Mauritsweg

The Westersingel is a canal in Rotterdam on the border of the city centre and the districts of Oude Westen and Dijkzigt. The Westersingel r…

Mevlana Moskee

The Mevlana Mosque is a mosque in Rotterdam that was built in 2001 for the Turkish-Dutch community according to a design by architect Bert …

Monsterse Sluis

The Monstersche Sluis is a lock in Maassluis, in the Dutch province of South Holland. According to tradition, it was at this lock that the …

Museum Rockanje

Museum Rockanje in Rotterdam displays the history of the village of the same name with emphasis on maritime heritage and archaeological fin…

Nationaal Brandweermuseum

The National Fire Brigade Museum is located in Hellevoetsluis, South Holland, in two former naval buildings dating from 1786.

Nationaal Coöperatie Museum

Nationaal Jenevermuseum

The National Jenever Museum in Rotterdam provides insight into the rich history of Dutch jenever and its production. The museum addresses b…

Noorse Kerk Rotterdam

This 19th-century church in the Scheepkwartier bears witness to Norwegian immigration to Rotterdam. The neo-Gothic building is a cultural h…

Oostelijk Zwembad

The Oostelijk Swimming Pool is an indoor swimming pool in the Dutch city of Rotterdam. It was established in 1932 and has been a national m…

Oostzeedijk

The Oostzeedijk is a high dike in Rotterdam, in the Dutch province of South Holland. A tram track runs over the Boven Oostzeedijk.

Oud-Charlois

Oud-Charlois is the historic core of the Rotterdam district of Charlois. Oud-Charlois is bounded by Dorpsweg to the east, Kromme Zandweg to…

Oud-Hillegersberg

Oud-Hillegersberg is a historic district in Rotterdam-North featuring characteristic buildings from the 19th and early 20th centuries. The …

Oud-Hoogvliet

Oud-Hoogvliet is a historic neighbourhood in Rotterdam featuring characteristic workers' houses from the early 20th century. The district i…

Oud-Poortugaal

Old Portugal is a historic neighbourhood in Rotterdam where Portuguese immigrants settled from the nineteen-fifties onwards. The district i…

Oud-Rhoon

Oud-Rhoon is a historic district in southern Rotterdam with a rich maritime and industrial heritage. The neighbourhood is known for its aut…

Oude Dorpskern Barendrecht

The Old Village Centre Barendrecht is the historical heart of the village of the same name in Rotterdam, where characteristic buildings fro…

Oude Kerk Charlois

The Old Church in the Charlois district is an important religious monument dating from the 15th century and is a fine example of Dutch late…