Heusden ([ˈɦøːzdə(n)]) is a municipality and a town in the South of the Netherlands. It is located between the towns Waalwijk and 's-Hertogenbosch.
Population: 42,882
Latitude: 51° 44' 3.01" N
Longitude: 5° 08' 20.00" E
Rotterdam (/ˈrɒtərdæm/ or /ˌrɒtərˈdæm/; Dutch: [ˌrɔtərˈdɑm]) is a city in South Holland, the Netherlands, located geographically within the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt river delta at the North Sea. Its history goes back to 1270 when a dam was constructed in…
Breda (Dutch pronunciation: [breːˈdaː]) is a municipality and a city in the southern part of the Netherlands. The name Breda derived from brede Aa ('wide Aa') and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. As a fortified city, the city was …
's-Hertogenbosch (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌsɛrtoːɣə(m)ˈbɔs], literally "The Duke's Forest", in English and historically in French: Bois-le-Duc) is a city and municipality in the southern Netherlands.
Oss (Dutch: [ɔs]) is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant.
North Brabant (Dutch: Noord-Brabant [ˈnoːrd ˈbraːbɑnt]), also unofficially called Brabant since 2001, is a province of the Netherlands, located in the south of the country, bordered by Belgium's Antwerp and Limburg provinces in the south, the Meuse …
Erasmus University Rotterdam (Dutch: Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, referred to as the EUR) is a renowned public university located in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in the city that also houses the largest port in Europe. The university is named afte…
The Battle of the Scheldt was a series of military operations by the Canadian First Army - consisting of Canadian, British and Polish formations - to open up the port of Antwerp so that it could be used to supply the Allies in north-west Europe.
Efteling (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɛftəˌlɪŋ]) is a fantasy-themed amusement park in Kaatsheuvel in the Netherlands.
Stadion Feijenoord, more commonly known by its nickname De Kuip (Dutch pronunciation: [də ˈkœy̯p]) (the Tub), is a stadium in Rotterdam, Netherlands that was completed in 1937. The name is derived from the area "Feijenoord" in Rotterdam, and from th…
Wijk en Aalburg is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant.
Kinderdijk is a village in the Netherlands, belonging to the municipality of Molenwaard, in the province South Holland, about 15 km east of Rotterdam. Kinderdijk is situated in a polder in the Alblasserwaard at the confluence of the Lek and Noord ri…
Cube houses (Dutch: Kubuswoningen) are a set of innovative houses built in Rotterdam and Helmond in the Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of "living as an urban roof": high density housing with sufficient space on…
The Erasmus Bridge (Dutch: Erasmusbrug) is a combined cable-stayed and bascule bridge in the centre of Rotterdam, connecting the north and south parts of this city, second largest in the Netherlands. The bridge was named after Desiderius Erasmus a.k…
Volkel Air Base (Dutch: Vliegbasis Volkel) (IATA: UDE, ICAO: EHVK) is a military airbase used by the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) - Dutch: Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu), and is located near the town of Uden, Noord-Brabant, in the Netherlands. …
Tilburg University (Dutch: Universiteit van Tilburg) or TiU is a public research university specializing in the social and behavioral sciences, economics, law, business sciences, theology and humanities, located in Tilburg in the southern part of th…
The fifth SS Rotterdam, also known as "The Grande Dame", is a former ocean liner and cruise ship, and has been a hotel ship in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, since 2010. She was launched by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands in a gala ceremony on 13 Sept…
Ahoy Rotterdam (often called merely Ahoy) is a convention centre and arena located in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Since opening in 1950, the centre has hosted many exhibitions, concerts and sporting events. The centre consists of three main parts: the "…
Ossip Zadkine (Russian: Осип Цадкин; July 4, 1890 – November 25, 1967) was an artist who lived in France.