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Delfshaven

Delfshaven is a district of . The former city, the name of which literally means harbour of , 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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Euromast and St Mary’s Church, Rotterdam.

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

Church
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St Mary's Church or the English Church is an Anglican church in in the Netherlands. It is part of the Archdeaconry of North West Europe in the Diocese in Europe of the Church of England.

Church
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The Old or Pilgrim Fathers' Church is a church located in -Delfshaven, in the Netherlands.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Centrum and Oude Westen.

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

Quarter
is a neighborhood of , adjacent to the city center. The neighborhood was created in the late 19th century when the territory of the district belonged to the then municipality Delfshaven.

Quarter
is a neighborhood of , . It is in the west of the city with about 10000 inhabitants. From the entrance of to the center is formed by the Mathenesserbrug across the Delfshavense Schie.

Delfshaven

Latitude
51.9081° or 51° 54′ 29″ north
Longitude
4.44837° or 4° 26′ 54″ east
Population
6,840
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
9F36WC5X+68
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6139747995
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2757347
Wiki­data ID
Q1184149
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Zeeuws—“Delfshaven” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Delfshaven”
  • Catalan: “Delfshaven”
  • Cebuano: “Delfshaven”
  • Chinese: “代尔夫斯哈芬”
  • Chinese: “臺夫斯哈芬”
  • Czech: “Delfshaven”
  • Danish: “Delfshaven”
  • Dutch: “Delfshaven (stadsdeel)”
  • Dutch: “Delfshaven”
  • Esperanto: “Delfshaven”
  • Faroese: “Delfshaven”
  • French: “Delfshaven”
  • French: “Delftshaven”
  • German: “Delfshafen”
  • German: “Delfshaven”
  • Hebrew: “דלפסהאפן”
  • Irish: “Delfshaven”
  • Italian: “Delfshaven”
  • Japanese: “デルフスハーヴェン”
  • Kalaallisut: “Delfshaven”
  • Limburgan: “Delfshaven”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Delfshaven”
  • Spanish: “Delfshaven”
  • Swedish: “Delfshaven”
  • Turkish: “Delfshaven”
  • Welsh: “Delfshaven”
  • Zeeuws: “Delfs’aeven”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Delfshaven”. Photo: Fred Romero, CC BY 2.0.