Plein 1940
Plein 1940 is a square in Rotterdam, Rotterdam-The Hague Metropolitan Region, South Holland. Plein 1940 is situated nearby to the work of art The Destroyed City, as well as near the office building De Coopvaert.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Maritime Museum and The Destroyed City.
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 Centrum and Cool.
Centrum
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.
Cool
Quarter
Photo: Wikifrits, Public domain.
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.
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.
Plein 1940
- Type: Pedestrian zone
- Description: square in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Category: square
- Location: Rotterdam, Rotterdam-The Hague Metropolitan Region, South Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.9177° or 51° 55′ 4″ northLongitude
4.4831° or 4° 28′ 59″ eastOpen location code
9F36WF9M+36OpenStreetMap ID
way 34299009OpenStreetMap feature
highway=pedestrianWikidata ID
Q2753520
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“Plein 1940” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Plein 1940 (Rotterdam)”
- Dutch: “Plein 1940”
- German: “Plein 1940”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include De Coopvaert and Straddle carrier.
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