Delft

Delft is a mid-sized city in the west of the . It's a beautiful, unspoiled town with traditional architecture, canals and bikes. It's also home to the world famous blue and white ceramics.
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  • Type: City with 101,000 residents
  • Description: city and municipality in the Netherlands
  • Postal codes: 2611-2614, 2616, and 2622-2629
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nieuwe Kerk and Museum Het Prinsenhof.

Church
The is a Protestant church in the city of Delft in the . The building is located on Delft Market Square, opposite to the City Hall.

Museum
Het Prinsenhof is a museum in the city of Delft in the . Formerly the monastery of St Agatha, the building changed purpose over time. The whole building came into the possession of Delft City Council by 1925, who gradually converted the building into a museum.

Town hall
The City Hall in Delft is a Renaissance style building on the Markt across from the . It is the seat of the city's government as well as a popular venue for civic wedding ceremonies.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rijswijk and Pijnacker.

is a city in the province in the . 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.

Town
is a town in the province of . It is bordered by to the north, by to the northwest, by Delfgauw to the southwest, by to the south and by to the east.

Suburb
is a Vinex-location and district of , located in the southeast. It is geographically connected to the main body of the city by only a narrow corridor.

Delft

Latitude
52.0114° or 52° 0′ 41″ north
Longitude
4.3584° or 4° 21′ 30″ east
Population
101,000
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL DFT
Open location code
9F462965+H9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 274247451
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2757345
Wiki­data ID
Q690
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Delft” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Delft, Nederland
  • Afrikaans: Delft
  • Albanian: Delft
  • Arabic: دلفت
  • Armenian: Դելֆտ
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  • Belarusian: Дэлфт
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  • Bengali: ডেলফট
  • Breton: Delft
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  • Catalan: Delft
  • Cebuano: Delft
  • Cebuano: Gemeente Delft
  • Central Kurdish: دێڵفت
  • Chinese: 代尔夫特
  • Chinese: 代爾夫特
  • Chinese: 德爾夫特
  • Chuvash: Делфт
  • Corsican: Delft
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  • Danish: Delft
  • Dutch: Delft (gemeente)
  • Dutch: Delft (plaats)
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  • Dutch: gemeente Delft
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  • Egyptian Arabic: دلفت
  • Esperanto: Delft
  • Esperanto: Delfto
  • Estonian: Delft
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  • French: Delft
  • Galician: Delft
  • Georgian: დელფტი
  • German: Delft
  • Greek: Ντελφτ
  • Gujarati: ડેલ્ફ્ટ
  • Hebrew: דלפט
  • Hindi: डेल्फ़्ट
  • Hungarian: Delft
  • Icelandic: Delft
  • Ido: Delft
  • Indonesian: Delft
  • Irish: Delft
  • Italian: Delft
  • Japanese: デルフト
  • Japanese: デルフト市
  • Javanese: Delft
  • Kannada: ಡೆಲ್ಫ್ಟ್
  • Kazakh: Делфт
  • Korean: 델프트
  • Kurdish: Delft
  • Latin: Delfum
  • Latin: Delphi
  • Latvian: Delfta
  • Limburgan: Delft
  • Lingua Franca Nova: Delft
  • Lithuanian: Delftas
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  • Manx: Delft
  • Marathi: डेल्फ़्ट
  • Moksha: Дэльфт
  • Moroccan Arabic: ديلفت
  • Nepali: डेल्फ्ट
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Delft
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Delft
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  • Occitan (post 1500): Delft
  • Ossetian: Делфт
  • Persian: دلفت
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  • Polish: Delft
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  • Pushto: دِلفت
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  • Russian: Делфт
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  • Scots: Delft
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  • Serbian: Делфт
  • Serbo-Croatian: Delft
  • Silesian: Delft
  • Sinhala: ඩෙල්ෆ්ට්
  • Slovak: Delft
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  • Swahili: Delft
  • Swedish: Delft
  • Tajik: Делфт
  • Tamil: டெல்ஃப்ட்
  • Tatar: Делфт
  • Telugu: డెల్ఫ్ట్
  • Thai: เดลฟท์
  • Turkish: Delft
  • Ukrainian: Делфт
  • Urdu: دیلفت
  • Venetian: Delft (Paéxi Basi)
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  • Vietnamese: Delft
  • Vlaams: Delft
  • Volapük: Delft
  • Waray (Philippines): Delft
  • Welsh: Delft
  • Western Armenian: Տելգդ
  • Western Frisian: Delft
  • Western Panjabi: ڈیلفٹ
  • Wu Chinese: 代尔夫特
  • Yiddish: דעלפט
  • Yue Chinese: 德爾夫特
  • Zeeuws: Delft
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