Kralingen-Crooswijk () is a township of the city of
Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, part of the North S ...
,
Netherlands
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. It is located at the immediate east of the city's centre. As of 2005 it has about 52,379 inhabitants and has a territory of about 1,286 ha. It consists of the two boroughs
Kralingen and
Crooswijk, the former being a village itself until it was incorporated in the city of Rotterdam in the late 19th century.
Kralingen-Crooswijk is home to the football club
Excelsior Rotterdam and the economics and social studies faculties of the
Erasmus University
Erasmus University Rotterdam ( ; abbreviated as EUR) is a public university, public research university located in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The university is named after Desiderius Erasmus, Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, a 15th-century Christia ...
are located within its borders.
It is linked to the city centre by the
Caland Metroline, as well as several
Rotterdam tram and bus lines.
On the northern side of the municipality is located ''Het Kralingse Bos'', a large park surrounding an artificial lake. Many inhabitants of the city use this park for relaxation and sport. On the eastern side the ultra modern company complex ''Brainpark'' can be found.
Originally Crooswijk and Kralingen were two different districts. Crooswijk being in the north/centre of Rotterdam and Kralingen being more on the east side.
External links
Satellite image of Kralingen-CrooswijkInformation municipality Kralingen-Crooswijk (in Dutch)Community site about Kralingen (in Dutch)
Boroughs of Rotterdam
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