Vredenburg (castle)
Vredenburg or Vredeborch (Peace Fortress) was a 16th-century castle built by Habsburg emperor Charles V in the city of Utrecht in the Netherlands.
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 the Rotte river and people settled around it for safety. In 1340 Rotterdam was granted city rights by the Count of Holland and slowly grew into a major logistic and economic centre. Nowadays it is home to Europe's largest port and has a population of 624,799 (2014, city proper), ranking second in the Netherlands. The Greater Rijnmond area is home to approximately 1.4 million people and the Rotterdam The Hague urban area makes for the 168th most populous urban area in the world.
Population: 598,199
Latitude: 51° 55' 21.00" N
Longitude: 4° 28' 45.01" E
Vredenburg or Vredeborch (Peace Fortress) was a 16th-century castle built by Habsburg emperor Charles V in the city of Utrecht in the Netherlands.
Rhoon is a village that borders the municipality of the city of Rotterdam, South Holland, the Netherlands.
The Prinsenhof ("The Court of the Prince") in Delft in the Netherlands is an urban palace built in the Middle Ages as a monastery. Later it served as a residence for William the Silent. The building still exists and now houses the municipal museum.
Museumpark is an urban park in Rotterdam, Netherlands, located between the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Westersingel, Westzeedijk and the complex of the Erasmus MC, a medical centre affiliated with the Erasmus University.
Millennium Tower is a 35-storey, 130.8 m (429 ft) skyscraper in Rotterdam, Netherlands design by WZMH Architects and AGS Architecten. It was completed in 2000. The tower was built on Weena in front of the Central station.
The Maastunnel is a tunnel in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, connecting the banks of the Nieuwe Maas. About 75,000 motor vehicles and a large number cyclists and pedestrians use the tunnel daily, making the Maastunnel an important part of Rotterdam's r…
Leidsche Rijn is a neighbourhood in the west of Utrecht in the central Netherlands. The whole project consists of two city parts, namely Leidsche Rijn and Vleuten-De Meern.
The Kloosterkerk (or Cloister Church) is a church on the Lange Voorhout in The Hague, Netherlands.
Kanaleneiland is a district within the Southwest section of the Dutch city of Utrecht. It was created in the massive expansion of the city in the 1960s.
Huis Honselaarsdijk (English: "House Honselaar's Dike") was a mansion in Honselersdijk, Holland, Dutch Republic. It was designed by the Dutch architects Bartholomeus van Bassen, Jacob van Campen and Pieter Post, and was built in the first half of th…
The Freudenthal Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (FI) is part of Utrecht University in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1971 by the German/Dutch writer, pedagogue and mathematician, professor Hans Freudenthal (1905–1990), as the Ins…
Dutch Water Dreams (also known as DWD) is an Olympic artificial whitewater and surfing centre, near Zoetermeer in The Netherlands.
The Drechtsteden (Dutch for "Drecht cities") are a number of towns and cities bordering each other in the delta area of the rivers Oude Maas, Noord, and Beneden-Merwede in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. These cooperate in the Gemeenscha…
The Van Brienenoord Bridge (Dutch: Van Brienenoordbrug) is an arch bridge for car traffic over the river Nieuwe Maas, which is a major distributary of the river Rhine. The bridge is located at the east side of Rotterdam, Netherlands. The bridge exis…
Slot Zuylen is a Dutch castle at the village of Oud-Zuilen just north of the city of Utrecht.
Cruise Terminal served as arrival and departure of Holland America Line and industrial heritage. The Cruise Terminal is still used by large passenger vessels that visit Rotterdam. The Terminal is now known for its cafe/restaurant located inside with…
Overschie is a neighbourhood of Rotterdam, Netherlands, formerly a separate village with its own municipality.
The Nieuwe Merwede ("New Merwede") is a canal, mainly fed by the river Rhine, that was constructed in 1870 to form a branch in the Rhine-Meuse delta.