Straddle carrier

Straddle carrier is a historic site in Rotterdam, Rotterdam-The Hague Metropolitan Region, South Holland. Straddle carrier is situated near Geertruida, as well as near Kids Marina Rotterdam.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Maritime Museum and Kids Marina Rotterdam.

Maritime Museum

Museum

Photo: Hanhil, Public domain.

The Maritime Museum Rotterdam is a maritime museum in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Dedicated to naval history, it was founded in 1874 by Prince Henry of the Netherlands.

The Destroyed City

Work of art

Photo: RogierBos, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Destroyed City is a bronze memorial sculpture in the Dutch city of Rotterdam. It commemorates the German bombing of Rotterdam on 14 May 1940, which destroyed the medieval centre of the city.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cool and Centrum.

Cool is a neighborhood of Rotterdam, Netherlands in the Centrum borough. It is enclosed by the Weena in the north, the Mauritsweg and Eendrachtsweg in the west, Vasteland in the south and the Coolsingel and Schiedamse Vest in the east.

Centrum

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Centrum is the name of the central area of Rotterdam, being located between the central station in the north and the New Meuse in the south.

Stadsdriehoek

Quarter

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Stadsdriehoek is a neighborhood at the center of Rotterdam, Netherlands. The name Stadsdriehoek refers to the historical triangular form of the city of Rotterdam, which was bordered by the Coolsingel and the Schiedamsevest to the west, the Goudsevest to the northeast, and by the Nieuwe Maas to the south.

Straddle carrier

Type: Historic site
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Rotterdam, Rotterdam-The Hague Metropolitan Region, South Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

51.91736° or 51° 55′ 3″ north

Longitude

4.48253° or 4° 28′ 57″ east

Open location code

9F36WF8M+W2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6205952051

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=vehicle

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Geertruida and Plein 1940.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Straddle carrier and Museumcafé Het Lage Licht.

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