Middenkous

Middenkous is a canal in South Holland, Western Netherlands. Middenkous is situated nearby to the neighborhood Schiemond, as well as near the quarter Delfshaven.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include De Distilleerketel and Mouterbrug.

De Distilleerketel

Windmill

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De Distilleerketel is a windmill.

Mouterbrug

Bridge

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Mouterbrug is a bridge.

Euromast is an observation tower in Rotterdam, Netherlands, designed by Hugh Maaskant constructed between 1958 and 1960. It was specially built for the 1960 Floriade, and is a listed monument since 2010.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Schiemond and Delfshaven.

Schiemond

Neighborhood

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Schiemond is a neighborhood of Rotterdam, Netherlands. Schiemond a postwar district in the west of the city with approximately 3,500 inhabitants. The district is bounded to the east by the port of Schiemond, in the south by the Nieuwe Maas, in the west by the port areas of IJselhaven and Pelgrimsstraat and Westzeedijk in the north.

Delfshaven

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Delfshaven is a district of Rotterdam. The former city, the name of which literally means harbour of Delft, was founded in 1389 as a harbour settlement of Delft, which through a canal was supposed to secure Delft's access to the river Meuse.