SS Archimedes
SS Archimedes was a steamship built in Britain in 1839. She is notable for being the world's first steamship to be driven by a screw propeller.
Oud-Beijerland ( pronunciation ) is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. With a population of 23,683 in 2014, it is the most populous municipality on the Hoeksche Waard island.
Population: 23,569
Latitude: 51° 49' 27.01" N
Longitude: 4° 24' 45.00" E
SS Archimedes was a steamship built in Britain in 1839. She is notable for being the world's first steamship to be driven by a screw propeller.
Waalwijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋaːlʋɛi̯k]) is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands. It had a population of 46,495 in 2014 and is located near the motorways A59 and N261. The villages of Capelle, Vrijhoeve-Capelle, Sprang (the form…
The Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC) based in Rotterdam, Netherlands, affiliated with Erasmus University and home to its faculty of medicine, is the "largest and one of the most authoritative scientific University Medical Centers in Eu…
Diergaarde Blijdorp (Official Dutch name: Stichting Koninklijke Rotterdamse Diergaarde, Foundation Royal Zoo of Rotterdam) is a zoo in the northwestern part of Rotterdam, one of the oldest zoos in the Netherlands.
Sparta Stadion, nicknamed Het Kasteel, (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈspɑrta ˌstaːdiˌjɔn ət kɑsˈteːl]) is a football stadium in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It is the home ground of Sparta Rotterdam.
Eneco, the trading name of Eneco Holding N.V., is one of the largest producers and suppliers of natural gas, electricity and heat in the Netherlands, serving more than 2 million business and residential customers. Eneco headquarters are located in R…
Oosterhout ( pronunciation ; from ooster, "eastern", and hout, "woods") is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands.
The Witte Huis (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌʋɪtə ˈɦœys]) or White House is a building and National Heritage Site in Rotterdam, Netherlands, built in 1898 in the Art Nouveau style. The building is 43 m (141 ft) tall, with 10 floors. It was also the first …
Moerdijk ( pronunciation ) is a municipality and a town in the South of the Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant.
The Capture of Brielle by the Sea Beggars, (or Watergeuzen), on 1 April 1572 marked a turning point in the uprising of the Low Countries against Spain in the Eighty Years' War.
Delfshaven is a borough of Rotterdam on the right bank of river Nieuwe Maas, in South Holland, the Netherlands.
The Zuidplaspolder is a polder in the western Netherlands, located northeast of Rotterdam. It reaches a depth of 7.0 metres (23.0 ft) under the mean sea level.
Stadion Woudestein (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈstaːdiˌjɔn ˈʋʌu̯dəˌstɛi̯n]) is a multi-use stadium in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Excelsior Rotterdam.
Maastoren is a 44-storey, 165 m (541 ft) office skyscraper complex in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The building was designed by Dam & Partners in cooperation with Odile Decq Benoit Cornette and it is the tallest in the Netherlands and the whole Benelux. …
Zwijndrecht (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈzʋɛi̯ndrɛxt]) is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands.
The UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education is the largest international postgraduate water education facility in the world and is based in Delft, Netherlands. The Institute confers fully accredited MSc degrees, and PhD degrees in collaboration wit…
Goeree-Overflakkee (Dutch pronunciation: [ɣuˈreː ˈoːvərflɑˌkeː]) is the southernmost delta island of the province of South Holland, Netherlands.
The Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI) is a cultural institute for architecture and urban development, comprising a museum, an archive plus library, and a platform for lectures and debates.