South Holland
Rotterdam-The Hague Metropolitan Region
Rotterdam

Afrikaanderplein

Afrikaanderplein was a football ground in , the . It was the first home of the professional football club Feyenoord – then known as Wilhelmina, HFC, Celeritas and eventually Feijenoord – from its foundation in 1908 until 1917, when the club moved to a new ground at the Kromme Zandweg.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Botanical Garden Afrikaanderwijk and Feijenoord Stadium.

Garden
Photo: Wikifrits, Public domain.
is situated 160 metres southeast of Afrikaanderplein.

Stadium
Photo: ART, Public domain.
Stadion Feijenoord, more commonly known by its nickname De Kuip, is a in , . It was completed in 1937. The name is derived from the in Rotterdam, and from the club with the same name. is situated 1½ km southeast of Afrikaanderplein.

Bridge
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
The is a combined cable-stayed and bascule bridge. Construction began in 1986 and was completed in 1996. It crosses the in the centre of , connecting the north and south parts of this city, second largest in . is situated 1½ km northwest of Afrikaanderplein.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Afrikaanderwijk and Bloemhof.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood of , . It lies in the of the city, and is traditionally a working-class neighborhood.

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

Photo: Tukka, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a district of , located on the southern bank of the New Meuse. This former industrial area has largely been converted to housing.

Afrikaanderplein

Latitude
51.90018° or 51° 54′ 1″ north
Longitude
4.50108° or 4° 30′ 4″ east
Open location code
9F36WG22+3C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 724417115
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­square
Wiki­data ID
Q2385010
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Greek—“Afrikaanderplein” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Afrikaanderplein”
  • French: “Afrikaanderplein”
  • Greek: “Άφρικααντερπλαουν”
  • Greek: “Στάδιο Άφρικααντερπλαουν”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Afrikaanderpark and Speeltuinvereniging Afrikaanderplein.

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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 Wikipedia page “Afrikaanderplein”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.