Witte Huis

The Witte Huis or White House is a and National Heritage Site in , Netherlands, built in 1898 in the Art Nouveau style. The building is 43 m tall, with 10 floors. It was the first hoogbouw in Europe. The building is listed as a Rijksmonument.
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  • Type: Historic building
  • Description: building in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
  • Address: Wijnhaven 1-5, Rotterdam
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Netherlands Marine Corps Museum and Scheepshelling Koningspoort Rotterdam.

Museum
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is a museum on the history of the Netherlands Marine Corps. Since December 1995 it has been housed in a building on the Wijnhaven in .

Museum
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is a museum.

Railway station
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Rotterdam Blaak is a railway and metro station in , . Located in the centre of the city, not far from the cube houses and the , the station is served by trains operating on the Breda–Rotterdam railway between and . is situated 230 metres northwest of Witte Huis.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stadsdriehoek and Noordereiland.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood at the center of , Netherlands. The name 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 to the south.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood of , . The owes its name to the Noorderhaven which, under the leadership of C.B. van der Tak was dug between 1872 and 1874.

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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.

Witte Huis

Latitude
51.91882° or 51° 55′ 8″ north
Longitude
4.49171° or 4° 29′ 30″ east
Inception
1897
Levels
12
Height
43 metres (141 feet)
Open location code
9F36WF9R+GM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 54078027
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­building
Wiki­data ID
Q2510082
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Witte Huis” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “白宮”
  • Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 334003”
  • Dutch: “Witte Huis (Rotterdam)”
  • Dutch: “Witte Huis”
  • Esperanto: “Blanka Domo”
  • Estonian: “Witte Huis”
  • French: “Witte Huis”
  • German: “Weißes Haus (Rotterdam)”
  • German: “Weißes Haus”
  • German: “Witte Huis”
  • Hebrew: “ויטה האוס”
  • Japanese: “ウィッテハイス”
  • Polish: “Witte Huis”
  • Russian: “Белый дом (Роттердам)”
  • Russian: “Белый дом”
  • Spanish: “Witte Huis”
  • Ukrainian: “Білий дім (Роттердам)”
  • Ukrainian: “Білий дім”
  • “Witte Huis”

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