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Rotterdam's history goes back to 1270, when a dam was constructed in the Rotte. In 1340, Rotterdam was granted city rights by William IV, Count of Holland. The Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, with a population of approximately 2.7 million, is the 10th-largest in the European Union and the most populous in the country.
Euromast was the highest building of the Netherlands, [8] but was surpassed by De Zalmhaven, also in Rotterdam, in 2021. It is also a member of the World Federation of Great Towers . In 2008, 2009 and 2019, the tower hosted an extreme sports event which featured BASE jumping .
There are twelve provinces (Dutch: provincies [proːˈvɪnsis] ⓘ or provinciën [proːˈvɪnsijə(n)] ⓘ; sing. provincie [ˌproːˈvɪnsi] ⓘ) of the Netherlands representing the administrative layer between the national government and the local governments, with responsibility for matters of subnational or regional importance.
Railway network in the Netherlands, 2017. There are currently 401 railway stations in the Netherlands [1] including four which are used only during special events and one which serves the National Railway Museum only. NS Stations is the body which manages and owns all railway stations in the Netherlands. [2]
Construction project for extending A16 motorway and connecting it with A13, drawn on map of northern part of Rotterdam. Currently (2023) Ommoord can be accessed from A20 motorway (Hoek van Holland-Rotterdam-Gouda), at junction 16 for Prins Alexander. From there you take Capelseweg and end up at the eastern end of President Rooseveltweg.
Nearly the entire A16 motorway, including both the local and express lanes near Rotterdam, featured a maximum speed of 100 km/h. The only exception to this were two short sections: between Dordrecht and Klaverpolder as well as the section between the intersection Princeville, west of Breda and the Belgian border, where a speed of 120 km/h is allowed.
English: Editable Vector Map of the Rotterdam Netherlands in SVG format. Can be edited in the following programs: Adobe Illustrator, CorelDraw, InkScape Principal streets and roads, names places, residential streets and roads, road number labels, water objects, land use areas.
Stadsdriehoek is a neighborhood at the center of Rotterdam, Netherlands.The name Stadsdriehoek ("City Triangle") refers to the historical triangular form of the city of Rotterdam, which was bordered by the Coolsingel and the Schiedamsevest to the west, the Goudsevest to the northeast, and by the Nieuwe Maas to the south.