Balkon aan de Maashaven

Balkon aan de Maashaven is a park in Rotterdam, Rotterdam-The Hague Metropolitan Region, South Holland. Balkon aan de Maashaven is situated nearby to the health club SportCity, as well as near the school Het Kompas.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include SS Rotterdam and Erasmusbrug.

SS Rotterdam

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The fifth SS Rotterdam, also known as "The Grande Dame", is a former ocean liner and cruise ship, and has been a hotel ship in Rotterdam, Netherlands, since 2010. SS Rotterdam is situated 1 km west of Balkon aan de Maashaven.

Erasmusbrug

Bridge

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

The Erasmusbrug is a combined cable-stayed and bascule bridge. Construction began in 1986 and was completed in 1996. It crosses the Nieuwe Maas in the centre of Rotterdam, connecting the north and south parts of this city, second largest in the Netherlands. Erasmusbrug is situated 1½ km north of Balkon aan de Maashaven.

World Port Center

Photo: Torero, CC BY-SA 3.0.

World Port Centre is a 33-storey, 123.1 m skyscraper in Rotterdam, Netherlands. World Port Center is situated 1 km north of Balkon aan de Maashaven.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tarwewijk and Katendrecht.

Tarwewijk

Quarter

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Charlois is a neighbourhood of the Dutch city of Rotterdam. It is located on the south bank of the Nieuwe Maas. Charlois used to be a separate municipality until 1895, when it became part of Rotterdam.

Katendrecht

Quarter

Photo: Joris, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Katendrecht is a neighbourhood of Rotterdam, on the south bank of the Nieuwe Maas. It is located between the Rijnhaven and the Maashaven. Katendrecht was a separate municipality from 1817 to 1874, when it merged with Charlois.

Bloemhof

Quarter

Bloemhof is a neighbourhood in Rotterdam, Netherlands. In 2009 Eberhard van der Laan, the Minister of Housing, referred to the neighbourhood as the fourth worst in his "40 problem neighbourhoods" list.

Balkon aan de Maashaven

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Rotterdam, Rotterdam-The Hague Metropolitan Region, South Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

51.89617° or 51° 53′ 46″ north

Longitude

4.48699° or 4° 29′ 13″ east

Open location code

9F36VFWP+FQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 457885326

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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