Rotterdam Centrum () is a
borough
A borough is an administrative division in various English language, English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely.
History
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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 ...
. It was established on March 3, 2010. The center has 33,983 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).
Rotterdam Centrum is bounded by the emplacement of the
Rotterdam Centraal railway station and the Goudsesingel in the North, the Tunneltraverse of the Henegouwerlaan and 's-Gravendijkwal in the West, the
Nieuwe Maas
The Nieuwe Maas (; "New Meuse") is a distributary of the Rhine River, and a former distributary of the Meuse (river), Maas River, in the Netherlands, Dutch Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland. It runs from the confluence of th ...
River in the South and the Oostplein in the East.
Landmarks
Some landmarks include:
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Market Hall
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Euromast
*Beurstraverse (Koopgoot), with the
Beurs-World Trade Center
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Lijnbaan
*Coolsingel with the city hall and Hofplein
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Erasmusbrug
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Willemsbrug
*Various stations of the
Rotterdam Metro
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Grote or Sint-Laurenskerk
*Library Rotterdam
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Cube houses
*The Schielandshuis
Neighborhoods
The division into neighborhoods is as follows:
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Oude Westen
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Stadsdriehoek
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Cool
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C.S. kwartier
*Nieuwe Werk (
Scheepvaartkwartier)
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Dijkzigt
References
External links
Official site
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Rotterdam
Boroughs of Rotterdam
Centrum