Spoorwijk
Spoorwijk is a residential neighbourhood in the Laak district of The Hague, Netherlands. Its name, literally rail neighbourhood or track neighbourhood, originated from the fact that the area borders the Amsterdam–Haarlem–Rotterdam railway on the west.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Den Haag Moerwijk railway station and Needle of Rijswijk.
Den Haag Moerwijk railway station
Railway station
Photo: Tukka, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Den Haag Moerwijk is a railway station in the Moerwijk district of The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands. It opened on 2 June 1996.
Needle of Rijswijk
Obelisk
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The Needle of Ryswick or Rijswijk is an obelisk in Rijswijk, the Netherlands, commemorating the Treaty of Ryswick. The monument is at the location of the Huis ter Nieuwburg, the palace where the peace treaty was signed.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moerwijk and Rijswijk.
Rijswijk
Photo: Michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rijswijk is a city in the province South Holland in the Netherlands. It is a small city, which evolved around a tiny city core. The name is derived of 'rijshout', a type of wood which grew in the area and the word 'wijc', which was used for settlement in medieval times.
Laak
Suburb
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Laak is district of The Hague, Netherlands. With a population of 46,915 and an area of 4.3 square kilometres, it is the smallest and least populous of the city's eight districts.
Spoorwijk
- Type: Neighborhood with 4,260 residents
- Description: neighbourhood in The Hague, The Netherlands
- Category: locality
- Location: The Hague, Rotterdam-The Hague Metropolitan Region, South Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
52.05256° or 52° 3′ 9″ northLongitude
4.31302° or 4° 18′ 47″ eastPopulation
4,260Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)Open location code
9F463837+26OpenStreetMap ID
node 3476483201OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
2746905Wikidata ID
Q2084302
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to German—“Spoorwijk” goes by many names.
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