Rotterdam, the Glossary
Rotterdam (lit. "The Dam on the River Rotte") is the second-largest city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam.[1]
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A13 motorway (Netherlands)
The A13 motorway is a motorway in the Netherlands, connecting the cities of The Hague and Rotterdam.
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A15 motorway (Netherlands)
The Dutch A15 motorway (Rijksweg 15) is a set of two motorways in the Netherlands, the A15 and the A18.
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A16 motorway (Netherlands)
The A16 motorway is a motorway in the Netherlands.
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A20 motorway (Netherlands)
The A20 motorway is a motorway in the Netherlands.
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A29 motorway (Netherlands)
The A29 motorway is a motorway in the Netherlands.
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A4 motorway (Netherlands)
The A4 motorway, also called Rijksweg 4, is a motorway in the Netherlands running southwards from Amsterdam to the Belgian border near Zandvliet, north of the city of Antwerp.
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ABB
ABB Ltd. is a Swedish–Swiss multinational corporation headquartered in Västerås, Sweden, and Zürich, Switzerland.
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.
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AFC Ajax
Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax, also known as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam, or commonly Ajax, is a Dutch professional football club based in Amsterdam, that plays in the, the top tier in Dutch football.
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.
Ahmed Aboutaleb
Ahmed Aboutaleb (أحمد أبو طالب; born 29 August 1961) is a Dutch politician of Moroccan origin.
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AIESEC
AIESEC is an international "youth-run" and led, non-governmental and not-for-profit organization that provides young people with business development internships.
Airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport.
Alblasserdam
Alblasserdam is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Rotterdam and Alblasserdam are municipalities of South Holland and populated places in South Holland.
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Albrandswaard
Albrandswaard is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Rotterdam and Albrandswaard are municipalities of South Holland.
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Algemeen Dagblad
The Algemeen Dagblad, also known by its initialism AD is a Dutch daily newspaper based in Rotterdam.
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Allianz
Allianz SE is a German multinational financial services company headquartered in Munich, Germany.
Amaury Sport Organisation
The Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO and also A.S.O.) is a private company, founded in 1992, that is part of the privately-owned French media group Éditions Philippe Amaury (EPA).
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Americas
The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.
Amsterdam
Amsterdam (literally, "The Dam on the River Amstel") is the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands. Rotterdam and Amsterdam are cities in the Netherlands, port cities and towns in the Netherlands and port cities and towns of the North Sea.
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, known informally as Schiphol Airport (Luchthaven Schiphol), is the main international airport of the Netherlands, and is one of the major hubs for the SkyTeam airline alliance.
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Amsterdam Ordnance Datum
Amsterdam Ordnance Datum or Normaal Amsterdams Peil (NAP) is a vertical datum in use in large parts of Western Europe.
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Angela Visser
Angela Visser (born 18 October 1966) is a Dutch actress, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1989.
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Antwerp
Antwerp (Antwerpen; Anvers) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. Rotterdam and Antwerp are port cities and towns of the North Sea.
Aon (company)
Aon plc is a British-American professional services and management consulting firm that offers a range of risk-mitigation products.
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Apartment
An apartment (North American English), flat (British English, Indian English, South African English), or unit (Australian English) is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies part of a building, generally on a single storey.
Arboretum Trompenburg
Arboretum Trompenburg is a botanical garden in Rotterdam, Netherlands, which hosts a large collection of woody as well as herbaceous plants.
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Arcade (song)
"Arcade" is a song by Dutch singer-songwriter Duncan Laurence written and composed by Laurence, Joel Sjöö, Wouter Hardy, and Will Knox.
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Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam
Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam (AFFR) is a biannual film festival screening films, shorts, animations and documentaries about architecture, urban development and city culture, for both architects and the general audience.
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Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts.
Arthur Ashe
Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. (July 10, 1943 – February 6, 1993) was an American professional tennis player.
Aruba
Aruba, officially the Country of Aruba (Land Aruba; Pais Aruba), is a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, situated in the south of the Caribbean Sea.
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
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Association of Tennis Professionals
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) is the governing body of the men's professional tennis circuits – the ATP Tour, the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP Champions Tour.
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Atlantic slave trade
The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people to the Americas.
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Auschwitz concentration camp
Auschwitz concentration camp (also KL Auschwitz or KZ Auschwitz) was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World War II and the Holocaust.
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AVROTROS
AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster that is part of the Dutch public broadcasting system.
Bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree (from Medieval Latin baccalaureus) or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin baccalaureatus) is an undergraduate degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six years (depending on institution and academic discipline).
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Baltimore
Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland.
Barendrecht
Barendrecht is a town and municipality in the west of the Netherlands, near Rotterdam, South Holland. Rotterdam and Barendrecht are municipalities of South Holland and populated places in South Holland.
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding.
Basel
Basel, also known as Basle,Bâle; Basilea; Basileia; other Basilea.
Bashir Abdi
Bashir Abdi (born 10 February 1989) is a Somali-born Belgian long-distance runner.
Battlefield V
Battlefield V is a 2018 first-person shooter game developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts.
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Beach
A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles.
Beech
Beech (Fagus) is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to temperate Eurasia and North America.
Belayneh Dinsamo
Belayneh Densamo (born 28 June 1965) is an Ethiopian former long-distance runner, and a long-period world record holder for the marathon discipline.
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Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.
Ben van Berkel
Ben van Berkel (born 1957) is a Dutch architect; founder and principal architect of the architectural practice UNStudio.
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Ben Verhagen
Gijsbertus "Ben" Verhagen (29 September 1926 – 4 January 2020) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Naples.
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Bep van Klaveren
Lambertus "Bep" van Klaveren (26 September 1907 – 12 February 1992) was a Dutch boxer, who won the gold medal in the featherweight division at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
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Bergen op Zoom
Bergen op Zoom (called Berrege in the local dialect) is a city and municipality in southwestern Netherlands. Rotterdam and Bergen op Zoom are cities in the Netherlands.
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Berlage Institute
The Berlage Institute was an independent unaccredited postgraduate school of architecture in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, Netherlands, that operated from 1990 to 2012.
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Bernard Mandeville
Bernard Mandeville, or Bernard de Mandeville (15 November 1670 – 21 January 1733), was an Anglo-Dutch philosopher, political economist, satirist, writer and physician.
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Bert van Marwijk
Lambertus van Marwijk (born 19 May 1952) is a Dutch football manager who serves as an advisor for MVV Maastricht.
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Betty Stöve
Betty Flippina Stöve (born 24 June 1945) is a Dutch former professional tennis player.
Betuweroute
The Betuweroute is a double track freight railway between Rotterdam and Germany.
Bicycle
A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike, push-bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-assisted, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other.
Binnenhof metro station
Binnenhof station is the northern terminus of Line A of the Rotterdam Metro and is situated in Rotterdam-Ommoord.
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Bospolder-Tussendijken
Bospolder-Tussendijken is a neighborhood of Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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Bratislava
Bratislava (German: Pressburg or Preßburg,; Hungarian: Pozsony; Slovak: Prešporok), is the capital and largest city of Slovakia and the fourth largest of all cities on Danube river.
Breda
Breda is a city and municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Brabant. Rotterdam and Breda are cities in the Netherlands.
British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.
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Brussels
Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium.
Budapest
Budapest is the capital and most populous city of Hungary.
Buddhism
Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.
Bulk material handling
Bulk material handling is an engineering field that is centered on the design of equipment used for the handling of dry materials.
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Burgas
Burgas (Бургас), sometimes transliterated as Bourgas, is the second largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the region of Northern Thrace and the fourth-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia, Plovdiv, and Varna, with a population of 203,000 inhabitants, while 277,922 live in its urban area.
Burgomaster
Burgomaster (alternatively spelled burgermeister) is the English form of various terms in or derived from Germanic languages for the chief magistrate or executive of a city or town.
Busan
Busan, officially is South Korea's second most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.3 million inhabitants as of 2024.
Calvin Klein
Calvin Richard Klein (born November 19, 1942) is an American fashion designer who launched the company that later became Calvin Klein Inc., in 1968.
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Canned Heat
Canned Heat is an American blues and rock band that was formed in Los Angeles in 1965.
Cape Verde
Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an archipelago and island country of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about.
Capelle aan den IJssel
Capelle aan den IJssel (Capelle on the IJssel) is a large town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Rotterdam and Capelle aan den IJssel are municipalities of South Holland and populated places in South Holland.
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Cargo
In transportation, freight refers to goods conveyed by land, water or air, while cargo refers specifically to freight when conveyed via water or air.
Carlos Lopes
Carlos Alberto de Sousa Lopes, GCIH (born 18 February 1947) is a Portuguese former long-distance runner who competed for Sporting of Portugal at club level.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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Central European Summer Time
Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00) during the other part of the year.
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Central European Time
Central European Time (CET) is a standard time of Central, and parts of Western Europe, which is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
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Charlois
Charlois is a neighbourhood of the Dutch city of Rotterdam.
Chinatown
Chinatown is the catch-all name for an ethnic enclave of Chinese people located outside Greater China, most often in an urban setting.
Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
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Cinerama (Rotterdam)
Cinerama is a cinema in central Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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City rights in the Low Countries
City rights are a feature of the medieval history of the Low Countries. Rotterdam and City rights in the Low Countries are cities in the Netherlands.
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Coat of arms of Rotterdam
The coat of arms of Rotterdam is the official symbol of the city of Rotterdam.
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Codarts
Codarts University for the Arts (Codarts hogeschool voor de kunsten) is a Dutch vocational university in Rotterdam that teaches music, dance and circus.
Coen Moulijn
Coenraadt "Coen" Moulijn (15 February 1937 – 4 January 2011) was a Dutch footballer who played for Feyenoord from 1955 to 1972 and was part of their European Cup victory in 1970.
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Cologne
Cologne (Köln; Kölle) is the largest city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million people in the Cologne Bonn urban region.
Colonel Tom Parker
Thomas Andrew Parker (born Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk; June 26, 1909 January 21, 1997), commonly known as Colonel Parker, was a Dutch-American musical entrepreneur.
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Conifer
Conifers are a group of cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms.
Constanța
Constanța (Custantsa; Kyustendzha, or label; Dobrujan Tatar: Köstencĭ; Kōnstántza, or label; Köstence), historically known as Tomis or Tomi (Τόμις or Τόμοι), is a port city in the Dobruja historical region of Romania.
Containerization
Containerization is a system of intermodal freight transport using intermodal containers (also called shipping containers, or ISO containers).
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Controlled-access highway
A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated.
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Coolsingel
Coolsingel is a street in central Rotterdam.
Cornelis Tromp
Cornelis Maartenszoon Tromp, Count of Sølvesborg (3 September 1629 – 29 May 1691) was a Dutch naval officer who served as lieutenant-admiral general in the Dutch Navy, and briefly as a general admiral in the Royal Danish-Norwegian Navy.
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Counterurbanization
Counterurbanization, or deurbanization, is a demographic and social process in which people move from urban areas to rural areas.
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COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
The global COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Europe with its first confirmed case in Bordeaux, France, on 24 January 2020, and subsequently spread widely across the continent.
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Cube house
Cube houses (kubuswoningen) are a set of innovative houses built in Helmond and Rotterdam in the Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of "living as an urban roof": high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level, since its main purpose is to optimise the space inside.
Cycling Weekly
Cycling Weekly is the world's oldest cycling publication.
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Daan Kagchelland
Danièl "Daan" Marinus Johannes Kagchelland (25 March 1914 Rotterdam – 24 December 1998, The Hague) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany.
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Dam
A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams.
Danny Blind
Dirk Franciscus "Danny" Blind (born 1 August 1961) is a Dutch former football player and coach.
David McCarthy (sprinter)
David McCarthy (born 16 July 1983 in Dublin) is an Irish medal-winning sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres and began racing over 800 metres in 2007.
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De Akkers metro station
De Akkers is the most southwestern subway station of the Rotterdam Metro and is located in the Dutch city of Spijkenisse.
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De Bijenkorf
(literally, "the beehive") is a chain of high-end department stores in the Netherlands, with its flagship store on Dam Square in Amsterdam.
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De brug
De brug (The bridge) is a 1928 Dutch documentary silent short film directed by Joris Ivens.
De Doelen
De Doelen is a concert venue and convention centre in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
De Hef
De Hef, officially Koningshaven Bridge, is a vertical-lift bridge over the Koningshaven (Kings Harbor) channel at the port of Rotterdam, Netherlands.
De Kuip
Stadion Feijenoord, more commonly known by its nickname De Kuip (the Tub), is a stadium in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
De Terp metro station
De Terp is a subway station on Line C of the Rotterdam Metro and is situated in the town of Capelle aan den IJssel, in the Oostgaarde area, just east of Rotterdam.
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De Zalmhaven
De Zalmhaven, also referred to as Zalmhaventoren, is a project that includes a residential tower in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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Deelgemeente
A (literally sub-municipality), or section, is a subdivision of a municipality in Belgium and, until March 2014, in the Netherlands as well.
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Delfshaven
Delfshaven is a borough of Rotterdam, Netherlands, on the right bank of river Nieuwe Maas. Rotterdam and Delfshaven are populated places in South Holland.
Delft
Delft is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. Rotterdam and Delft are cities in the Netherlands, municipalities of South Holland and populated places in South Holland.
Deloitte
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, commonly referred to as Deloitte, is a multinational professional services network.
Democrats 66
Democrats 66 (D66) is a social liberal and progressive political party in the Netherlands, which positions itself in the centre of the political spectrum.
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Den Haag Centraal railway station
(English: "The Hague Central") is the largest railway station in the city of The Hague in South Holland, Netherlands, and with twelve tracks, the largest terminal station in the Netherlands.
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Denk (political party)
Denk (Dutch for "think" and Turkish for "equal" or "balanced") is a political party in the Netherlands, founded on a minority rights platform.
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Deventer
Deventer (Sallands: Daeventer) is a city and municipality in the Salland historical region of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands. Rotterdam and Deventer are cities in the Netherlands.
Dex Elmont
Daxenos Richard René "Dex" Elmont (born 10 January 1984 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch retired judoka.
Diergaarde Blijdorp
italic, officially Rotterdam Zoo, is a zoo located in the northwestern part of Rotterdam.
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Dirk Kuyt
Dirk Kuijt (anglicised to Kuyt,; born 22 July 1980) is a Dutch former professional footballer and the current manager of Pro League club Beerschot.
Dordrecht
Dordrecht, historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. Rotterdam and Dordrecht are cities in the Netherlands and municipalities of South Holland.
Dorothy Zbornak
Dorothy Zbornak is a character from the sitcom television series The Golden Girls, portrayed by Bea Arthur.
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Dresden
Dresden (Upper Saxon: Dräsdn; Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and it is the second most populous city after Leipzig.
Duisburg
Duisburg (Duisborg) is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Duncan Laurence
Duncan de Moor (born 11 April 1994), known professionally as Duncan Laurence, is a Dutch singer and songwriter.
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Durban
Durban (eThekwini, from itheku meaning "bay, lagoon") is the third-most populous city in South Africa, after Johannesburg and Cape Town, and the largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal.
Dutch Caribbean
The Dutch Caribbean (historically known as the Dutch West Indies) are the New World territories, colonies, and countries (former and current) of the Dutch Empire and the Kingdom of the Netherlands located in the Caribbean Sea, mainly the northern and southwestern regions of the Lesser Antilles archipelago.
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Dutch East India Company
The United East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, abbreviated as VOC), commonly known as the Dutch East India Company, was a chartered trading company and one of the first joint-stock companies in the world.
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Dutch West India Company
The Dutch West India Company or WIC (Westindische Compagnie) was a chartered company of Dutch merchants as well as foreign investors, formally known as GWC (Geoctrooieerde Westindische Compagnie; Chartered West India Company).
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Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, author, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre.
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Eighty Years' War
The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt (Nederlandse Opstand) (c. 1566/1568–1648) was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government.
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Eindhoven
Eindhoven is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant, of which it is the largest municipality, and is also located in the Dutch part of the natural region the Campine. Rotterdam and Eindhoven are cities in the Netherlands.
Eindhoven Airport
Eindhoven Airport is an international airport located west of Eindhoven, Netherlands.
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Elsevier Weekblad
Elsevier Weekblad, abbreviated to EW, still known as Elsevier, is a Dutch weekly news magazine.
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), known mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor.
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Ender's Game
Ender's Game is a 1985 military science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card.
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Ender's Shadow
Ender's Shadow (1999) is a parallel science fiction novel by the American author Orson Scott Card, taking place at the same time as the novel Ender's Game and depicting some of the same events from the point of view of Bean, a supporting character in the original novel.
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Eneco
Eneco, the trading name of Eneco Groep N.V., is a producer and supplier of natural gas, electricity and heat in the Netherlands, serving more than 2 million business and residential customers.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Enschede
Enschede (known as Eanske in the local Tweants dialect of Low Saxon) is a city and municipality in the province of Overijssel. Rotterdam and Enschede are cities in the Netherlands.
Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (English: Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus; 28 October c.1466 – 12 July 1536) was a Dutch Christian humanist, Catholic theologian, educationalist, satirist, and philosopher.
Erasmus MC
Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC or EMC) based in Rotterdam, Netherlands, affiliated with Erasmus University and home to its faculty of medicine, is the largest and one of the most authoritative scientific University Medical Centers in Europe.
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Erasmus University Rotterdam (abbreviated as EUR, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam) is a public research university located in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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Erasmusbrug
The Erasmusbrug (English: "Erasmus Bridge") is a combined cable-stayed and bascule bridge, construction began in 1986 and was completed in 1996.
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie ("Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands.
Erick van Egeraat
Erick van Egeraat (born 1956) is a Dutch architect and author.
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Ernst Happel
Ernst Franz Hermann Happel (29 November 1925 – 14 November 1992) was an Austrian football player and manager.
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Esch-sur-Alzette
Esch-sur-Alzette (Esch-Uelzecht; Esch an der Alzette or Esch an der Alzig) is a city in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the country's second-most populous commune, with a population of 36,625 inhabitants,.
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Eurasian Land Bridge
The Eurasian Land Bridge, sometimes called the New Silk Road (Новый шёлковый путь), is the rail transport route for moving freight and passengers overland between Pacific seaports in the Russian Far East and China and seaports in Europe.
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Euromast
Euromast is an observation tower in Rotterdam, Netherlands, designed by Hugh Maaskant constructed between 1958 and 1960.
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
European Broadcasting Union
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; Union européenne de radio-télévision, UER) is an alliance of public service media organisations whose countries are within the European Broadcasting Area or who are members of the Council of Europe.
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European Capital of Culture
A European Capital of Culture is a city designated by the European Union (EU) for a period of one calendar year during which it organises a series of cultural events with a strong pan-European dimension.
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European Champions Cup (baseball)
The Baseball European Champions Cup (BECC), formerly called the Champions Cup and European Cup, is an annual baseball tournament, sanctioned and created by WBSC Europe.
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Europoort
Europoort (Eurogate, also "Europort") is an area of the Port of Rotterdam and the adjoining industrial area in the Netherlands.
Eurostar
Eurostar is an international high-speed rail service in Western Europe, connecting Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (Concours Eurovision de la chanson), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union.
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Eurovision Song Contest 2020
The Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was planned to be the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.
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Excelsior Rotterdam
Excelsior Rotterdam, commonly known as Excelsior, is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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Experimental music
Experimental music is a general label for any music or music genre that pushes existing boundaries and genre definitions.
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Faas Wilkes
Servaas "Faas" Wilkes (13 October 1923 – 15 August 2006) was a Dutch football forward, who earned a total of 38 caps for the Netherlands national team, in which he scored 35 goals (average 0.92 goals per game).
Fatima Moreira de Melo
Fatima Moreira de Melo (born 4 July 1978) is a former Dutch field hockey player and professional poker player of Portuguese descent.
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Feijenoord
Feijenoord is a district in Rotterdam and is located south of the Nieuwe Maas.
Fen
A fen is a type of peat-accumulating wetland fed by mineral-rich ground or surface water.
Feyenoord
Feyenoord Rotterdam is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in the Dutch football.
Field hockey
Field hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalkeeper.
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Financial Times
The Financial Times (FT) is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and also published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs.
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Flood
A flood is an overflow of water (or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry.
Floriade (Netherlands)
Floriade was an international exhibition and garden festival, held every 10 years in the Netherlands.
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Formula One
Formula One, commonly known as Formula 1 or F1, is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
Francis Hoenselaar
Francisca Hoenselaar (born 15 January 1965) is a Dutch former professional darts player.
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Francisco Elson
Francisco Marinho Robby Elson (born 28 February 1976) is a Dutch former professional basketball player.
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Gabber
Gabber is a style of electronic dance music and a subgenre of hardcore techno, as well as the surrounding subculture.
Gdańsk
Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Georginio Wijnaldum
Georginio Gregion Emile Wijnaldum (born 11 November 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ettifaq, whom he captains, and the Netherlands national team.
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German bombing of Rotterdam
In 1940, Rotterdam was subjected to heavy aerial bombardment by the Luftwaffe during the German invasion of the Netherlands during the Second World War.
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German invasion of the Netherlands
The German invasion of the Netherlands (Duitse aanval op Nederland), otherwise known as the Battle of the Netherlands (Slag om Nederland), was a military campaign part of Case Yellow (Fall Gelb), the Nazi German invasion of the Low Countries (Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands) and France during World War II.
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst
Giovanni Christiaan “Gio” van Bronckhorst (born 5 February 1975) is a Dutch football manager and former player who is currently the manager of Turkish club Beşiktaş.
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Glencore
Glencore plc is a Swiss multinational commodity trading and mining company with headquarters in Baar, Switzerland.
Global Alliance in Management Education
CEMS – The Global Alliance in Management Education or CEMS (formerly the Community of European Management Schools and International Companies) is a cooperation of leading business schools and universities with multinational companies and NGOs.
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Gouda, South Holland
Gouda is a city and municipality in the west of the Netherlands, between Rotterdam and Utrecht, in the province of South Holland. Rotterdam and Gouda, South Holland are cities in the Netherlands, municipalities of South Holland and populated places in South Holland.
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Government of the United Kingdom
The Government of the United Kingdom (formally His Majesty's Government, abbreviated to HM Government) is the central executive authority of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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Green roof
A green roof or living roof is a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium, planted over a waterproofing membrane.
Groningen
Groningen (Grunn or Grunnen) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. Rotterdam and Groningen are cities in the Netherlands.
Groothandelsgebouw
The Groothandelsgebouw (meaning Wholesale Building or Offices) is an extensive building and monument in the center of Rotterdam, Netherlands next to the Central Station of the city.
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Grote of Sint-Laurenskerk (Rotterdam)
Grote of Sint-Laurenskerk (Great, or St.) is a Protestant church in Rotterdam.
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Guillaume Elmont
Guillaume Ricaldo Elmont (born 10 August 1981 in Rotterdam) is a male retired judoka from the Netherlands, whose biggest success was winning the world title at the 2005 World Judo Championships in Cairo, Egypt.
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Gunpowder
Gunpowder, also commonly known as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive.
Havana
Havana (La Habana) is the capital and largest city of Cuba.
HC Rotterdam
Hockey Club Rotterdam, commonly known as Rotterdam is a Dutch professional field hockey club based in Rotterdam, South Holland.
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Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands. Rotterdam and Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht are municipalities of South Holland and populated places in South Holland.
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Henny Vegter
Pieternella Hendrika "Henny" Vegter (born 28 February 1958 in Rotterdam) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented her country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Pusan.
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Edward Henrik Larsson (born 20 September 1971) is a Swedish professional football coach and former player.
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Het Nieuwe Instituut
Nieuwe Instituut (NI, English: New Institute) is a cultural centre in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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Hillegersberg
Hillegersberg is a neighbourhood of Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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Hillegersberg-Schiebroek
Hillegersberg-Schiebroek is a borough in northern Rotterdam.
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Hinduism
Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.
Hinterland
Hinterland is a German word meaning "the land behind" (a city, a port, or similar).
History of slavery in the Netherlands
The history of slavery in the Netherlands dates back to the period of classical antiquity.
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Hitman: Contracts
Hitman: Contracts is a 2004 stealth video game developed by IO Interactive and published by Eidos Interactive for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
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Hoek van Holland Strand metro station
Hoek van Holland Strand metro station is a metro station in Hook of Holland (Hoek van Holland), Netherlands.
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Hofplein
Hofplein is a major public town square in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Hofpleinlijn
The Hofpleinlijn (Spoorlijn Rotterdam Hofplein - Scheveningen) was one of the two railways between the Dutch cities of The Hague and Rotterdam.
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Holland Pop Festival
The Holland Pop Festival, also known as the Kralingen Music Festival, was a pop and rock music festival held in the Kralingse Bos, in the Kralingen neighbourhood of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, on 26–28 June 1970.
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Hollandia Roeiclub
Hollandia Roeiclub (HRC) is a Dutch rowing club based in Utrecht open to current members and former members of the Dutch national rowing team.
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Hoogvliet
Hoogvliet is a borough of Rotterdam, Netherlands. Rotterdam and Hoogvliet are populated places in South Holland.
Hook of Holland
Hook of Holland (Hoek van Holland) is a beach village in the southwestern corner of Holland, hence the name; hoek means "corner" and was the word in use before the word kaap – "cape", from the Spanish cabo – became Dutch. Rotterdam and Hook of Holland are populated places in South Holland, port cities and towns in the Netherlands and port cities and towns of the North Sea.
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Hosta
Hosta (syn. Funkia) is a genus of plants commonly known as hostas, plantain lilies and occasionally by the Japanese name gibōshi.
Houen zo!
Houen zo!, which has also been released as Steady!, is a Dutch short documentary film from 1952, directed by.
Hugo Boss
Hugo Boss AG (stylized as HUGO BOSS) is an elite fashion company headquartered in Metzingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The company sells clothing, accessories, footwear, and leather goods. Hugo Boss is one of the largest German clothing brands, with global sales of about in 2023. Its stock is a component of the MDAX.
Humidity
Humidity is the concentration of water vapor present in the air.
Ice cream
Ice cream is a frozen dessert typically made from milk or cream that has been flavoured with a sweetener, either sugar or an alternative, and a spice, such as cocoa or vanilla, or with fruit, such as strawberries or peaches.
Ignisious Gaisah
Ignisious Gaisah (born 20 July 1983) is a Ghanaian-born athlete competing in the long jump for the Netherlands.
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IJsselmonde, Rotterdam
IJsselmonde is a borough in the southeastern corner of the city of Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.
ING Group
The ING Group (ING Groep) is a Dutch multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Amsterdam.
Inge de Bruijn
Inge de Bruijn (born 24 August 1973) is a Dutch former competitive swimmer.
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Ingmar Vos
Ingmar Vos (born 28 May 1986 in Rotterdam) is a former Dutch athlete who specialised in the Decathlon and Heptathlon.
Inholland University of Applied Sciences
Inholland University of Applied Sciences is a large university of applied sciences located in eight main cities of the Randstad, the central-western region of the Netherlands and the country's economic, political and cultural hub.
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International Film Festival Rotterdam
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, focused on independent and experimental films.
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Irreligion
Irreligion is the absence or rejection of religious beliefs or practices.
Islam
Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
Islam in the Netherlands
Islam is the second largest religion in the Netherlands, after Christianity, and is practised by 5% of the population according to 2018 estimates.
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Israel
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant, West Asia.
Istanbul
Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, straddling the Bosporus Strait, the boundary between Europe and Asia.
It's a Beautiful Day
It's a Beautiful Day is an American band formed in San Francisco, California, in 1967, featuring vocalist Pattie Santos along with violinist David LaFlamme and his wife, Linda LaFlamme, on keyboards.
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J. J. P. Oud
Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud (9 February 1890 – 5 April 1963) was a Dutch architect.
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Jackie Chan
Chan Kong-sang (born 7 April 1954), known professionally as Jackie Chan, is a Hong Kong actor, director, writer, producer, martial artist, and stuntman known for his slapstick acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, and innovative stunts, which he typically performs himself.
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff Jr. (30 August 1852 – 1 March 1911) was a Dutch physical chemist.
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Jakarta
Jakarta, officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (DKI Jakarta) and formerly known as Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia.
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch, (9 April 1649 – 15 July 1685) was a Dutch-born English nobleman and military officer.
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Jan Jacob van Oosterzee
Jan Jacob van Oosterzee (1 April 1817 – 29 July 1882), Dutch divine, was born at Rotterdam.
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Jefferson Airplane
Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band based in San Francisco, California, that became one of the pioneering bands of psychedelic rock.
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Johan Cruyff Arena
The Johan Cruyff Arena (Johan Cruijff Arena; officially stylised as Johan Cruijff ArenA) is the main stadium of the Dutch capital city of Amsterdam and the home stadium of football club AFC Ajax since its opening.
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Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Heer van Berkel en Rodenrijs (1600), Gunterstein (1611) and Bakkum (1613) (14 September 1547 – 13 May 1619) was a Dutch statesman and revolutionary who played an important role in the Dutch struggle for independence from Spain.
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Johannes Brinkman
Johannes Andreas Brinkman (22 March 1902 – 6 May 1949), also known as Jan Brinkman, was a Dutch architect and exponent of Nieuwe Bouwen, modern architecture in the Netherlands.
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John de Wolf
Johannes Hildebrand de Wolf (born 10 December 1962) is a Dutch former professional footballer, who played as a defender.
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Jon Brittain
Jon Brittain (born May 1987) is an Olivier Award-winning playwright, comedy writer and director who was born in Chester in the northwest of England and grew up in the Netherlands.
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Jon Dahl Tomasson
Jon Dahl Tomasson (born 29 August 1976) is a Danish football manager and former player.
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Joris Ivens
Georg Henri Anton "Joris" Ivens (18 November 1898 – 28 June 1989) was a Dutch documentary filmmaker.
Judaism
Judaism (יַהֲדוּת|translit.
Jules Deelder
Jules Anton Deelder (24 November 1944 – 19 December 2019) was a Dutch poet, spoken word poet and writer.
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Julio Ricardo Cruz (born 10 October 1974) is an Argentine former footballer.
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Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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Kevin Strootman
Kevin Johannes Willem Strootman (born 13 February 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for club Genoa.
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Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull, usually shortened to Hull, is a port city and unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Rotterdam and Kingston upon Hull are port cities and towns of the North Sea.
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KNVB Cup
The KNVB Beker (KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898.
Kobe
Kobe (Kōbe), officially, is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
Koningsdag
Koningsdag or King's Day is a national holiday in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Koos de Jong
Jacobus Hermanus Hendrik Jan "Koos" de Jong (7 April 1912 – 20 August 1993) was a sailor from the Netherlands.
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Kop van Zuid
Kop van Zuid is a neighborhood of Rotterdam, Netherlands, located on the south bank of the Nieuwe Maas opposite the center of town.
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Kralingen
Kralingen is a former village in the Dutch province of South Holland, now a neighbourhood of Rotterdam.
Kralingen-Crooswijk
Kralingen-Crooswijk is a township of the city of Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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Kralingse Plas
The Kralingse Plas is a lake located in the suburb of Kralingen in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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Kralingse Zoom metro station
Kralingse Zoom is a subway station on lines A, B, and C of the Rotterdam Metro, in the Kralingen neighbourhood of eastern Rotterdam.
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Krimpen aan den IJssel
Krimpen aan den IJssel is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Rotterdam and Krimpen aan den IJssel are municipalities of South Holland and populated places in South Holland.
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Kunsthal
The Kunsthal (Art Hall) is an art space in Rotterdam.
Kunstinstituut Melly
Kunstinstituut Melly is a contemporary art gallery located in a former school building on Witte de Withstraat, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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Labour Party (Netherlands)
The Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid, abbreviated as PvdA or P van de A) is a social democratic political party in the Netherlands.
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Lahav Shani
Lahav Shani (להב שני; born 7 January 1989) is an Israeli conductor, pianist and double bassist.
Lansingerland
Lansingerland is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Rotterdam and Lansingerland are municipalities of South Holland.
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Leendert van der Vlugt
Leendert Cornelis van der Vlugt (13 April 1894 – 25 April 1936) was a Dutch architect in Rotterdam.
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Leeuwarden
Leeuwarden (longname /; Town Frisian: Liwwadden; Leeuwarder dialect: Leewarden) is a city and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 127,073 (2023). Rotterdam and Leeuwarden are cities in the Netherlands.
Leiden
Leiden (in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. Rotterdam and Leiden are cities in the Netherlands, municipalities of South Holland and populated places in South Holland.
Leo Beenhakker
Leo Beenhakker CM (born 2 August 1942) is a Dutch football coach.
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Leo Fuld
Lazarus 'Leo' Fuld (Yiddish: לעאָ פֿולד; Rotterdam, October 29, 1912 – Amsterdam, June 10, 1997) was a Dutch singer who specialised in Yiddish songs.
Levee
A levee, dike (American English), dyke (Commonwealth English), embankment, floodbank, or stop bank is a structure used to keep the course of rivers from changing and to protect against flooding of the area adjoining the river or coast.
Liège
Liège (Lîdje; Luik; Lüttich) is a city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège.
Lijnbaan
The Lijnbaan is the main shopping street of Rotterdam.
Lille
Lille (Rijsel; Lile; Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders.
List of busiest container ports
This article lists the world's busiest container ports (ports with container terminals that specialize in handling goods transported in intermodal shipping containers), by total number of twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) transported through the port.
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List of cities in the Netherlands by province
There are no formal rules in the Netherlands to distinguish cities from other settlements. Rotterdam and List of cities in the Netherlands by province are cities in the Netherlands.
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List of metropolitan areas in Europe
This list ranks metropolitan areas in Europe by their population according to three different sources; it includes metropolitan areas that have a population of over 1 million.
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List of Tour de France Grands Départs
The Tour de France is an annual road bicycle race held over 23 days in July.
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List of urban areas in the European Union
This is a list of urban areas in the European Union with over 500,000 inhabitants as of 2022.
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Lists of ports
The following lists of ports cover ports of various types, maritime facilities with one or more wharves where ships may dock to load and discharge passengers and cargo.
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Livable Rotterdam
Livable Rotterdam (Leefbaar Rotterdam) is a local political party in the municipality of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, which was founded by Ronald Sørensen in 2001.
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Logo
A logo (abbreviation of logotype) is a graphic mark, emblem, or symbol used to aid and promote public identification and recognition.
London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
Los Angeles Angels
The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in the Greater Los Angeles area.
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Louis Dreyfus Company
Louis Dreyfus Company B.V. (LDC) is a French merchant firm that is involved in agriculture, food processing, international shipping, and finance.
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Louis van Gaal
Aloysius Paulus Maria "Louis" van Gaal (born 8 August 1951) is a Dutch former football player and manager who currently serves as an advisor for Ajax.
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Low-cost carrier
A low-cost carrier (LCC) or low-cost airline, also called no-frills, budget, or discount carrier or airline, is an airline that is operated with an emphasis on minimizing operating costs.
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Luftwaffe
The Luftwaffe was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II.
LyondellBasell
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. is an American multinational chemical company incorporated in the Netherlands with U.S. operations headquartered in Houston, Texas, and offices in London, UK.
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Maarten Tromp
Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp or Maarten van Tromp (23 April 1598 – 31 July 1653) was an army general and admiral in the Dutch navy during much of the Eighty Years' War and throughout the First Anglo-Dutch War.
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Maassluis
Maassluis is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Rotterdam and Maassluis are municipalities of South Holland and populated places in South Holland.
Maastoren
The Maastoren (Dutch for Meuse Tower) is with its height of the second tallest building in the Netherlands.
Maastunnel
The Maastunnel is a tunnel in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, connecting the banks of the Nieuwe Maas.
Maersk
(), usually known simply as Maersk, is a Danish shipping and logistics company founded in 1904 by Arnold Peter Møller and his father Peter Mærsk Møller.
Mainland China
Mainland China is the territory under direct administration of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War.
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Manhattan
Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.
Marathon world record progression
World records in the marathon are ratified by World Athletics, the international governing body for the sport of athletics.
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Margriet Matthijsse
Margriet Matthijsse (born 16 April 1977, in Rotterdam) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented her country for the first time at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
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Marie Braun
Maria "Marie" Johanna Philipsen-Braun (22 June 1911 – 23 June 1982), also known as Zus Braun, was a Dutch swimmer.
Marinus Jan Granpré Molière
Marinus Jan Granpré Molière (Oudenbosch, 13 October 1883 – Wassenaar, 13 February 1972) was a Dutch architect.
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Maritime Museum Rotterdam
The Maritime Museum Rotterdam is a maritime museum in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Market Hall (Rotterdam)
The Markthal (English: Market Hall) is a residential and office building with a market hall underneath, located in Rotterdam.
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Marten Toonder
Marten Toonder (2 May 1912 – 27 July 2005) was a Dutch comic strip creator, born in Rotterdam.
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Mary Louisa Molesworth
Mary Louisa Molesworth, née Stewart (29 May 1839 – 20 January 1921) was an English writer of children's stories who wrote for children under the name of Mrs Molesworth.
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Master's degree
A master's degree (from Latin) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.
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Memphis Depay
Memphis Depay (born 13 February 1994), also known mononymously as Memphis, is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Netherlands national team.
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Meuse
The Meuse (Moûze) or Maas (Maos or Maas) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea from the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta.
MI6
The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6 (Military Intelligence, Section 6), is the foreign intelligence service of the United Kingdom, tasked mainly with the covert overseas collection and analysis of human intelligence on foreign nationals in support of its Five Eyes partners.
Mia Audina
Mia Audina Tjiptawan (born 22 August 1979) is a former Indonesian badminton player who represented Indonesia and later the Netherlands in international competitions.
Michael Kors
Michael David Kors (born Karl Anderson Jr. August 9, 1959) is an American fashion designer.
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Midden-Delfland
Midden-Delfland is a municipality (gemeente) in the Westland region in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. Rotterdam and Midden-Delfland are municipalities of South Holland.
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Miss Nederland
The Miss Nederland is a national beauty pageant in the Netherlands.
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Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international major beauty pageant that is run by a Thailand and Mexican-based Miss Universe Organization.
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Monaco aan de Maas
Monaco aan de Maas (Monaco at the Maas) was a Formula One demonstration and a parade of international racecars and racing drivers, held on the streets of Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.
Municipal council (Netherlands)
In the Netherlands, the municipal council (gemeenteraad) is the elected assembly of a municipality.
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Municipal executive
In the Netherlands, the municipal executive (oftentimes abbreviated to college van B en W) is the executive board of a municipality.
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Municipalities of the Netherlands
Since 1 January 2023, there have been 342 regular municipalities (gemeenten) and three special municipalities (bijzondere gemeenten) in the Netherlands.
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Museum
A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying and/or preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects.
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Municipal Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is an art museum in Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
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Museum Rotterdam
The Museum Rotterdam, until 2011 called the Historical Museum Rotterdam, is a museum about the history of Rotterdam located at the Coolhaven.
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Museumpark
Museumpark is an urban park in Rotterdam, Netherlands, located between the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Westersingel, Westzeedijk and the complex of the Erasmus MC, a medical centre affiliated with the Erasmus University.
MVRDV
MVRDV is a Rotterdam, Netherlands-based architecture and urban design practice founded in 1993, with additional offices in Berlin, New York, Paris, and Shanghai.
National Geographic
National Geographic (formerly The National Geographic Magazine, sometimes branded as NAT GEO) is an American monthly magazine published by National Geographic Partners.
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Natural History Museum Rotterdam
The Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam (Natural History Museum Rotterdam) is a natural history museum located in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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Nederlandse Omroep Stichting
The (NOS or rarely) is one of the broadcasting organisations making up the Dutch public broadcasting system.
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Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (organisation)
(abbreviated to NPO; literally "Dutch Public Broadcaster") or Dutch Foundation for Public Broadcasting is a Dutch public broadcasting organisation that administers public broadcasting services in the Netherlands.
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Nederlandse Spoorwegen
italic (NS;; "Dutch Railways") is the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands.
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Nedlloyd
Nedlloyd was a Dutch shipping company, formed in 1970 as the result of a merger of several shipping lines.
Neeltje Jans
Neeltje Jans is an artificial island in the Netherlands in the province of Zeeland, halfway between Noord-Beveland and Schouwen-Duiveland in the Oosterschelde.
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Nelli Cooman
Cornelli "Nelli" Antoinette Hariëtte Cooman (born 6 June 1964) is a former Dutch athlete of Surinamese origin.
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Neophyte (band)
Neophyte is a Dutch hardcore, or gabber, group formed in 1992 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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Neptunus
Neptunus is a professional baseball and softball club in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Nesselande metro station
Nesselande is a station on Line B of the Rotterdam Metro and is situated in Rotterdam-Nesselande.
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Netherlands
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
Netherlands Antilles
The Netherlands Antilles (Nederlandse Antillen,; Antia Hulandes) was a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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Netherlands Architecture Institute
The Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI) was a cultural institute for architecture and urban development, which comprised a museum, an archive plus library and a platform for lectures and debates.
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Netherlands Marine Corps Museum
Netherlands Marine Corps Museum (Dutch - Mariniersmuseum) is a museum on the history of the Netherlands Marine Corps.
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Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek (TNO; Dutch Organization for Applied Scientific Research) is an independent statutory research organization in the Netherlands that focuses on applied science.
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Neutelings Riedijk Architects
Neutelings Riedijk Architects is an architecture firm based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, founded by Willem Jan Neutelings and Michiel Riedijk in 1987.
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New Orleans (Rotterdam)
New Orleans is a 44-storey, residential skyscraper in Rotterdam, Netherlands, designed by Álvaro Siza Vieira.
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New York (state)
New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.
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New York Mets
The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of Queens.
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New York Yankees
The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx.
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Nickerie District
Nickerie is a district of Suriname, on the north-west coast.
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Nieuw Rotterdam
Nieuw Rotterdam was the capital of the Nickerie District in Suriname, built on the right bank of the Nickerie River.
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Nieuwe Maas
The Nieuwe Maas ("New Meuse") is a distributary of the Rhine River, and a former distributary of the Maas River, in the Dutch province of South Holland.
Nieuwe Waterweg
The Nieuwe Waterweg ("New Waterway") is a ship canal in the Netherlands from het Scheur (a branch of the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta) west of the town of Maassluis to the North Sea at Hook of Holland: the Maasmond, where the Nieuwe Waterweg connects to the Maasgeul.
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Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel
Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel (population: 22,344 in 2004) is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Rotterdam and Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel are populated places in South Holland.
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Nijmegen
Nijmegen (Nijmeegs: italics) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and the tenth largest of the Netherlands as a whole. Rotterdam and Nijmegen are cities in the Netherlands.
Nissewaard
Nissewaard is a municipality in the Netherlands, located on the island of Voorne-Putten, in the south of the province of South Holland. Rotterdam and Nissewaard are municipalities of South Holland.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi) is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry.
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Noord, Rotterdam
Noord is a borough of Rotterdam.
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Noordereiland
Noordereiland is a neighborhood of Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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North Sea
The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
North Sea Jazz Festival
The North Sea Jazz Festival is a festival held annually on the second weekend of July in the Netherlands at the Ahoy venue.
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Nuremberg
Nuremberg (Nürnberg; in the local East Franconian dialect: Nämberch) is the largest city in Franconia, the second-largest city in the German state of Bavaria, and its 544,414 (2023) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest city in Germany.
O-Jolle
The O-Jolle – (Olympiajolle) – was created as the Monotype class for the 1936 Olympic Games by designer Hellmut Wilhelm E. Stauch (GER, later RSA).
Oak
An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus Quercus of the beech family.
Oceanic climate
An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature.
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Oceanium
The Oceanium is a public aquarium that opened in 2001 in Diergaarde Blijdorp, a zoo in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Office for Metropolitan Architecture
The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) is an international architectural firm with offices in Rotterdam, New York, Hong Kong, Doha, and Australia.
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Oostvoorne
Oostvoorne is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. Rotterdam and Oostvoorne are populated places in South Holland.
Open Society Foundations
Open Society Foundations (OSF), formerly the Open Society Institute, is a US-based grantmaking network founded by business magnate George Soros.
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Osaka Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu.
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Oslo
Oslo (or; Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. Rotterdam and Oslo are port cities and towns of the North Sea.
Ossip Zadkine
Ossip Zadkine (Осип Цадкин; 28 January 1888 – 25 November 1967) was a Russian-French artist of the School of Paris.
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Ouddorp
Ouddorp is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. Rotterdam and Ouddorp are populated places in South Holland.
Ove Kindvall
Bengt Ove Kindvall (born 16 May 1943) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker.
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Overschie
Overschie is a neighborhood of Rotterdam, Netherlands, formerly a separate village with its own municipality.
P&O Ferries
P&O Ferries is a British shipping company that operates ferries from United Kingdom to Ireland, and to Continental Europe (France and the Netherlands).
P&O Nedlloyd
P&O Nedlloyd Container Line Limited was an Anglo-Dutch worldwide ocean-going container shipping line, with dual headquarters in London and Rotterdam.
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Papendrecht
Papendrecht is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, at the crossing of the River Beneden Merwede and the Noord River. Rotterdam and Papendrecht are municipalities of South Holland and populated places in South Holland.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city of France.
ParkShuttle
The ParkShuttle is an electrically-driven, autonomous shuttle service that runs between Kralingse Zoom metro station in Rotterdam to the Rivium business park in Capelle aan den IJssel.
Pea soup
Pea soup or split pea soup is soup made typically from dried peas, such as the split pea.
Pedestrian zone
Pedestrian zones (also known as auto-free zones and car-free zones, as pedestrian precincts in British English, and as pedestrian malls in the United States and Australia) are areas of a city or town restricted to use by people on foot or human-powered transport such as bicycles, with non-emergency motor traffic not allowed.
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Penguin Group
Penguin Group is a British trade book publisher and part of Penguin Random House, which is owned by the German media conglomerate Bertelsmann.
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People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie, VVD) is a conservative-liberal political party in the Netherlands.
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Pernis, Netherlands
Pernis in 1865. Pernis is a neighborhood and submunicipality (since 3 March 2010) of Rotterdam, Netherlands. Rotterdam and Pernis, Netherlands are populated places in South Holland.
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Petrobras
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A., better known by and trading as the portmanteau Petrobras, is a state-owned Brazilian multinational corporation in the petroleum industry headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Petrochemical
Petrochemicals (sometimes abbreviated as petchems) are the chemical products obtained from petroleum by refining.
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Pfizer
Pfizer Inc. is an American multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporation headquartered at The Spiral in Manhattan, New York City.
Pierre Bayle
Pierre Bayle (18 November 1647 – 28 December 1706) was a French philosopher, author, and lexicographer.
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Pierre van Hooijdonk
Petrus "Pierre" Ferdinandus Johannes van Hooijdonk (born 29 November 1969) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker.
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Piet Blom
Piet Blom (February 8, 1934, Amsterdam – June 8, 1999, Denmark) was a Dutch architect best known for his designs of the Bastille (1964–1969), a restaurant and student facility at the University of Twente, Enschede, the housing project Kasbah in Hengelo (1969–1973), and the Cube Houses built in Helmond (1972–1976) and in Rotterdam (1978–1984).
Piet Pieterszoon Hein
Piet Pieterszoon Hein (25 November 1577 – 18 June 1629) was a Dutch admiral and privateer for the Dutch Republic during the Eighty Years' War.
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Piet Roozenburg
Piet Roozenburg (24 October 1924 in Rotterdam – 27 April 2003 in Ochten) was a draughts player from the Netherlands.
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Piet Zwart Institute
The Piet Zwart Institute is a post-graduate institute for study and research in art, media and design based in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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Pijnacker-Nootdorp
Pijnacker-Nootdorp is a municipality in the Randstad conurbation in the Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Rotterdam and Pijnacker-Nootdorp are municipalities of South Holland.
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Pim Doesburg
Willem "Pim" Doesburg (28 October 1943 – 18 November 2020) was a footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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Pim Fortuyn
Wilhelmus Simon Petrus Fortuijn, known as Pim Fortuyn (19 February 1948 – 6 May 2002), was a Dutch politician, author, civil servant, businessman, sociologist and academic who founded the party Pim Fortuyn List (Lijst Pim Fortuyn or LPF) in 2002.
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965.
Poetry International Web
Poetry International Web is an international webzine and a poetry archive put together by a collective body of editors around the world and centrally edited in Rotterdam.
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Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.
Poortgebouw
The Poortgebouw is a national monument located at Stieltjesstraat 38 in the Kop van Zuid area of Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Pop music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Port
A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers.
Port of Rotterdam
The Port of Rotterdam is the largest seaport in Europe, and the world's largest seaport outside of East Asia, located in and near the city of Rotterdam, in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands.
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Porto
Porto, also known as Oporto, is the second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon.
Postal codes in the Netherlands
Postal codes in the Netherlands, known as postcodes, are alphanumeric, consisting of four digits followed by two uppercase letters.
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Prague
Prague (Praha) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia.
Prins Alexander
Prins Alexander is a borough in the northeast of Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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Privet
A privet is a flowering plant in the genus Ligustrum.
Procter & Gamble
The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is an American multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble.
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Prologue
A prologue or prolog (from Greek πρόλογος prólogos, from πρό pró, "before" and λόγος lógos, "word") is an opening to a story that establishes the context and gives background details, often some earlier story that ties into the main one, and other miscellaneous information.
Protestant Church in the Netherlands
The Protestant Church in the Netherlands (de Protestantse Kerk in Nederland, abbreviated PKN) is the largest Protestant denomination in the Netherlands, being both Calvinist and Lutheran.
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Provinces of the Netherlands
There are twelve provinces of the Netherlands representing the administrative layer between the national government and the local governments, with responsibility for matters of subnational or regional importance.
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Puck van Heel
Gerardus Henricus "Puck" van Heel (21 January 1904 – 19 December 1984) was a Dutch footballer.
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Quality of life
Quality of life (QOL) is defined by the World Health Organization as "an individual's perception of their position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns".
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Rail transport
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails.
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Randstad
The Randstad ("Rim City" or "Edge City") is a roughly crescent- or arc-shaped conurbation in the Netherlands, that houses almost half the country's population.
RandstadRail
RandstadRail is a tram-train network in the Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area in the west of the Netherlands that is jointly operated by HTM Personenvervoer (HTM) and Rotterdamse Elektrische Tram (RET).
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Rapid transit
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas.
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Red Bull Air Race World Championship
The World Championship Air Race is a series of air races sanctioned by the World Air Sports Federation (FAI).
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Regilio Tuur
Regilio Benito Tuur (born 12 August 1967) is a former Dutch boxer who was World Boxing Organization's super featherweight champion.
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Rem Koolhaas
Remment Lucas Koolhaas (born 17 November 1944) is a Dutch architect, architectural theorist, urbanist and Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University.
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Remonstrants
The Remonstrants (or the Remonstrant Brotherhood) is a Protestant movement that split from the Dutch Reformed Church in the early 17th century.
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Renesse
Renesse (Renisse) is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland.
Rhine
--> The Rhine is one of the major European rivers.
Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta
The Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta is a river delta in the Netherlands formed by the confluence of the Rhine, the Meuse (Maas) and the Scheldt rivers.
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Rhododendron
Rhododendron (rhododendra) is a very large genus of about 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae).
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Richard Krajicek
Richard Peter Stanislav Krajicek (Krajíček; born 6 December 1971) is a Dutch former professional tennis player.
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Ridderkerk
Ridderkerk is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Rotterdam and Ridderkerk are municipalities of South Holland and populated places in South Holland.
Rie Mastenbroek
Hendrika "Rie" Wilhelmina Mastenbroek (26 February 1919 – 6 November 2003) was a Dutch swimmer and a triple Olympic champion.
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Rijksmonument
A rijksmonument is a national heritage site of the Netherlands, listed by the agency Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE) acting for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.
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Rijnmond
Rijnmond (literally Rhine Mouth, Mouth of the Rhine, Rhine Estuary) is the conurbation surrounding the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
Ring road
A ring road (also known as circular road, beltline, beltway, circumferential (high)way, loop or orbital) is a road or a series of connected roads encircling a town, city or country.
Rinus Israël
Marinus "Rinus" David Israël (born 19 March 1942) is a Dutch former professional football player and manager who is currently a scout.
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Robeco
Robeco is an originally Dutch asset management firm, since 2013 part of Orix, founded in 1929 as the Rotterdamsch Beleggings Consortium (Rotterdam Investment Consortium).
Robert Doornbos
Robert Michael Doornbos (born 23 September 1981) is a Dutch former racing driver who also competed with a Monégasque licence. He has been test and third driver for the Jordan and Red Bull Racing Formula One teams, as well as driving for Minardi and Red Bull Racing in 2005 and 2006. Doornbos then drove for Minardi Team USA in the 2007 and final season of the Champ Car World Series.
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Robert Eenhoorn
Robert Franciscus Eenhoorn (born February 9, 1968) is a Dutch former professional baseball player and manager.
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Robert Lathouwers
Robert Lathouwers (born 8 July 1983 in Rotterdam) is a former Dutch athlete who mainly focused on the 400 and 800 metres.
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Robin van Persie
Robin van Persie (born 6 August 1983) is a Dutch football coach and former professional footballer who is the head coach of Eredivisie club Heerenveen.
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Rodgersia
''Rodgersia aesculifolia'' Rodgersia is a genus of flowering plants in the Saxifragaceae family.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Haarlem–Amsterdam
The Diocese of Haarlem–Amsterdam (Bisdom Haarlem–Amsterdam, Dioecesis Harlemensis–Amstelodamensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands.
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Rotterdam
The Diocese of Rotterdam (Dioecesis Roterodamensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in South Holland province of the Netherlands.
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Ronald Koeman
Ronald Koeman (born 21 March 1963) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who is the manager of the Netherlands national team.
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Roosendaal
Roosendaal is both a city and a municipality in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. Rotterdam and Roosendaal are cities in the Netherlands.
Roparun
The Roparun (Rotterdam Paris run) is a non-stop relay run between Rotterdam and Paris.
Roteb
Roteb was a city cleaning company which was in service of the City of Rotterdam and tried to make sure that the streets and squares of the city are kept tidy and they also offered waste management services.
Rotown
Rotown is a music venue and a bar-restaurant in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Rotte (river)
The Rotte is a river in the Rhine-Maas-delta in the Netherlands.
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Rotterdam (Or Anywhere)
"Rotterdam (Or Anywhere)" is a song by English pop rock music group the Beautiful South, taken from their fifth studio album, Blue Is the Colour (1996).
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Rotterdam (play)
Rotterdam is a play by British playwright Jon Brittain.
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Rotterdam Ahoy
Rotterdam Ahoy (formerly known as Ahoy Rotterdam or simply as Ahoy) is a multi-purpose complex with a convention centre and an indoor arena located in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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Rotterdam Alexander station
Rotterdam Alexander is a combined metro and railway station in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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Rotterdam Blaak station
Rotterdam Blaak is a railway and metro station in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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Rotterdam Centraal station
Rotterdam Centraal station is the main railway station of the city Rotterdam in South Holland, Netherlands. The station received an average of 112,000 passengers daily in 2019. The current station building, located at Station Square, was officially opened in March 2014.
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Rotterdam Centrum
Rotterdam Centrum is a borough of Rotterdam.
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Rotterdam Lombardijen railway station
Rotterdam Lombardijen is a railway station in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, located on the Breda–Rotterdam railway between Rotterdam and Dordrecht.
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Rotterdam Marathon
The Rotterdam Marathon, currently branded NN Rotterdam Marathon, is an annual marathon that has been held in Rotterdam, Netherlands since 1981.
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Rotterdam Noord railway station
Rotterdam Noord is a railway station in the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, located on the Utrecht–Rotterdam railway.
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Rotterdam Open
The ABN AMRO Open, also known as the Rotterdam Open, and formerly known as: ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament (until 2022), is a professional men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts.
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Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (RPhO; Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest) is a Dutch symphony orchestra based in Rotterdam.
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Rotterdam Rave
Rotterdam Rave is the collective name of techno parties and festivals that have been organized in Rotterdam, the Netherlands since 2013 by the company with the same name.
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Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (or RSM) is the international business school of the Erasmus University Rotterdam located in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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Rotterdam Sportsman of the year
The Rotterdam Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year is an annual election, organised by the city's division for topsport named Rotterdam Topsport.
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Rotterdam Stadion railway station
Rotterdam Stadion is a railway station in the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, located on the railway line between Rotterdam and Dordrecht.
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Rotterdam Terror Corps
Rotterdam Terror Corps, often abbreviated RTC, is a Dutch gabber act formed in 1993.
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Rotterdam The Hague Airport
Rotterdam The Hague Airport (formerly Rotterdam Airport, Vliegveld Zestienhoven in Dutch), is a minor international airport serving Rotterdam, the Netherlands' second largest city, and The Hague, its administrative and royal capital.
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Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences
The Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences (abbreviated as: RUAS; Hogeschool Rotterdam) is a large vocational university located in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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Rotterdam Zuid railway station
Rotterdam Zuid is a railway station in the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, located on the Breda–Rotterdam railway between Rotterdam and Dordrecht.
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Rotterdam, Limpopo
Rotterdam is a town in Greater Letaba Local Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa.
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Rotterdam, New York
Rotterdam is a town in Schenectady County, New York, United States.
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Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area
The Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area (Metropoolregio Rotterdam Den Haag) is a metropolitan area encompassing the cities of Rotterdam and The Hague as well as 21 other municipalities.
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Rotterdamse Elektrische Tram
Rotterdamse Elektrische Tram (RET; Rotterdam Electric Tram) is the main public transport operator in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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Rowing at the Summer Olympics
Rowing has been part of the Summer Olympics since its debut in the 1900 Games.
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Roy Makaay
Rudolphus Antonius "Roy" Makaay (born 9 March 1975) is a Dutch professional football coach and former footballer.
Royal Maas Yacht Club
The Royal Maas Yacht Club (Koninklijke Roei- en Zeilvereniging De Maas) is a Dutch yacht club and rowing club located in the centre of Rotterdam.
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Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut,; KNMI) is the Dutch national weather forecasting service, which has its headquarters in De Bilt, in the province of Utrecht, central Netherlands.
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Royal Netherlands Navy
The Royal Netherlands Navy (Koninklijke Marine) is the maritime service branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces.
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Rozenburg
Rozenburg is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Rotterdam and Rozenburg are populated places in South Holland.
Ruhr
The Ruhr (Ruhrgebiet, also Ruhrpott), also referred to as the Ruhr area, sometimes Ruhr district, Ruhr region, or Ruhr valley, is a polycentric urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Ruud Gullit
Ruud Gullit (born Rudi Dil; 1 September 1962) is a Dutch former footballer and subsequent manager who played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s as a forward, midfielder or defender.
Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece).
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Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.
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San Antonio Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio.
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Sand
Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles.
Sanitation
Sanitation refers to public health conditions related to clean drinking water and treatment and disposal of human excreta and sewage.
Santana (band)
Santana is an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1966 by Mexican-born guitarist Carlos Santana.
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Scheepvaartkwartier
The Scheepvaartkwartier or Nieuwe Werk is a neighborhood located on the banks of the Nieuwe Maas river in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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Scheldt
The Scheldt (Escaut; Schelde) is a river that flows through northern France, western Belgium, and the southwestern part of the Netherlands, with its mouth at the North Sea.
Schenectady, New York
Schenectady is a city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat.
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Schie
Schie the name for four waterways in the area of Overschie, South Holland, the Netherlands.
Schiebroek
Schiebroek is a former village in the province of South Holland, Netherlands.
Schiecentrale
The Schiecentrale is a former power plant and national monument in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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Schiedam
Schiedam is a large town and municipality in the west of the Netherlands. Rotterdam and Schiedam are municipalities of South Holland and populated places in South Holland.
Schiedam Centrum station
Schiedam Centrum is a railway station and metro station in Schiedam, just to the west of Rotterdam, Netherlands, on the railway line between The Hague and Rotterdam Centraal.
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Seattle
Seattle is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States.
Serge Kats
Serge Melfinn Kats (born 9 September 1971 in Rotterdam) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Savannah.
Settler
A settler is a person who has immigrated to an area and established a permanent residence there.
Shanghai
Shanghai is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China.
Shell plc
Shell plc is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England.
Sheridan Le Fanu
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales, mystery novels, and horror fiction.
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Sinterklaas
Sinterklaas or Sint-Nicolaas is a legendary figure based on Saint Nicholas, patron saint of children.
Sister city
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.
Six-day racing
Six-day cycling is a track cycling event that takes place over six days.
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Skadi Rowing Club
A.R.S.R. "Skadi" (Algemene Rotterdamse Studenten Roeivereniging "Skadi"), is a Dutch student rowing club located in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors.
Slave ship
Slave ships were large cargo ships specially built or converted from the 17th to the 19th century for transporting slaves.
Slinge metro station
Slinge is an above-ground subway station in the south of the city of Rotterdam.
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Sobibor extermination camp
Sobibor (Sobibór) was an extermination camp built and operated by Nazi Germany as part of Operation Reinhard.
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The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe.
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Sonny Silooy
Jan Jacobus "Sonny" Silooy (born 31 August 1963) is a Dutch former professional footballer and football manager.
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South Holland
South Holland (Zuid-Holland) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of over 3.8 million as of January 2023 and a population density of about, making it the country's most populous province and one of the world's most densely populated areas.
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Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands
The Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands (Souverein Vorstendom der Vereenigde Nederlanden) was a short-lived sovereign principality and the precursor of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, in which it was reunited with the Southern Netherlands in 1815.
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Sparta Rotterdam
Sparta Rotterdam is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam.
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Squatting
Squatting is the action of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied area of land or a building, usually residential, that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have lawful permission to use.
STAR (student association)
STAR (Study Association Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University) is a study association for business administration students of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University at the Erasmus University Rotterdam based in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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Statistics Netherlands
Statistics Netherlands, founded in 1899, is a Dutch governmental institution that gathers statistical information about the Netherlands.
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STC Group
The Shipping and Transport College Group (STC Group) is an international maritime transport and logistics education provider, which also offers consultancy and applied research in the field of shipping, ports, transport, logistics and port-related oil and chemical activities.
Stolt-Nielsen
Stolt-Nielsen Limited (SNL) provides transportation and storage for liquids, notably specialty and bulk liquid chemicals.
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Suburbanization
Suburbanization (AE), or suburbanisation (BE), is a population shift from historic core cities or rural areas into suburbs, resulting in the formation of (sub)urban sprawl.
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Summer Carnival
The Summer Carnaval (Dutch: Zomercarnaval) is an annual event in the Dutch city Rotterdam.
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Suriname
Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname (Republiek Suriname), is a country in northern South America, sometimes considered part of the Caribbean and the West Indies.
Survivors (1975 TV series)
Survivors is a British post-apocalyptic fiction drama television series created by Terry Nation and produced by Terence Dudley at the BBC, that broadcast from 1975 to 1977.
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Swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival.
Tegla Loroupe
Tegla Chepkite Loroupe (born 9 December 1979) is a Kenyan long-distance track and road runner.
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Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo (translit,; translit), usually referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel.
Telephone numbers in the Netherlands
Telephone numbers in the Netherlands are administered by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation of the Netherlands.
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Thalys
Thalys (French) was a brand name used for high-speed train services between Paris Gare du Nord via Brussels-South to either Amsterdam Centraal or to German cities in the Rhein-Ruhr, including Aachen, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Essen and Dortmund.
The Beautiful South
The Beautiful South were an English pop rock group formed in 1988 by Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway, two former members of the Hull group the Housemartins, both of whom performed lead and backing vocals.
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The Byrds
The Byrds were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1964.
The Destroyed City
The Destroyed City (Dutch: De verwoeste stad) is a bronze memorial sculpture in the Dutch city of Rotterdam.
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The Golden Girls season 1
The first season of the American television comedy series The Golden Girls originally aired on NBC in the United States between September 14, 1985, and May 10, 1986.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. Rotterdam and the Hague are cities in the Netherlands, municipalities of South Holland, populated places in South Holland and port cities and towns of the North Sea.
The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall
"The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall" (1835) is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in the June 1835 issue of the monthly magazine Southern Literary Messenger as "Hans Phaall -- A Tale", intended by Poe to be a hoax.
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Tiki Gelana
Erba Tiki Gelana (ኧርባ ቲኪ ገላና; born 22 October 1987) is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner who competes in marathon races.
Tilburg
Tilburg is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, in the southern province of North Brabant. Rotterdam and Tilburg are cities in the Netherlands.
Tokyo
Tokyo (東京), officially the Tokyo Metropolis (label), is the capital of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023 and the second-most-populated capital in the world.
Tommy Hilfiger
Thomas Jacob Hilfiger (born March 24, 1951) is an American fashion designer and the founder of Tommy Hilfiger Corporation.
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Tour de France Femmes
The Tour de France Femmes is an annual women's cycle stage race around France.
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Tourism
Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel.
Trams in Rotterdam
The Rotterdam tramway network (Rotterdams tramnet) is a key element of the overall public transport arrangements in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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Transport in the Netherlands
The Netherlands is both a very densely populated and a highly developed country in which transport is a key factor of the economy.
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Transshipment
Transshipment, trans-shipment or transhipment is the shipment of goods or containers to an intermediate destination, then to another destination.
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Triangular trade
Triangular trade or triangle trade is a historical term indicating trade among three ports or regions.
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Turin
Turin (Torino) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy.
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.
The twenty-foot equivalent unit (abbreviated TEU or teu) is a general unit of cargo capacity, often used for container ships and container ports.
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UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL) is an annual club association football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competition winners through a round robin group stage to qualify for a double-legged knockout format, and a single leg final.
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UEFA Euro 2000
The 2000 UEFA European Football Championship, also known as Euro 2000, was the 11th UEFA European Championship, a football tournament held every four years and organised by UEFA, the sport's governing body in Europe.
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UEFA Europa League
The UEFA Europa League (previously known as the UEFA Cup), abbreviated as UEL or sometimes UEFA EL, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs.
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Unilever
Unilever PLC is a British multinational fast-moving consumer goods company founded on 2 September 1929 following the merger of British soap maker Lever Brothers and Dutch margarine producer Margarine Unie.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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Urban area
An urban area is a human settlement with a high population density and an infrastructure of built environment.
Urban heat island
Urban areas usually experience the urban heat island (UHI) effect, that is, they are significantly warmer than surrounding rural areas.
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Urbanization
Urbanization (or urbanisation in British English) is the population shift from rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change.
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Urfa
Urfa, officially called Şanlıurfa, is a city in southeastern Turkey and the capital of Şanlıurfa Province.
Utrecht
Utrecht (Utrecht dialect) is the fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the province of Utrecht. Rotterdam and Utrecht are cities in the Netherlands.
Van Brienenoord Bridge
The Van Brienenoord Bridge (Dutch: Van Brienenoordbrug) is a large twin tied-arch motorway bridge in the Netherlands.
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Van Nelle Factory
The former Van Nelle Factory (Van Nellefabriek) on the Schie in Rotterdam, is considered a prime example of the modernist and functionalist architecture.
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Van Oord
Royal Van Oord is a Dutch maritime contracting company that specializes in dredging, land reclamation and constructing man made islands.
Venlo
Venlo is a city and municipality in southeastern Netherlands, close to the border with Germany. Rotterdam and Venlo are cities in the Netherlands.
Vierde Divisie
The Vierde Divisie, formerly known as Hoofdklasse is the second-highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fifth tier in general.
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Vitol
Vitol is a Swiss-based Dutch multinational energy and commodity trading company that was founded in Rotterdam in 1966 by Henk Viëtor and Jacques Detiger.
Vlaardingen
Vlaardingen is a large town and municipality in South Holland in the Netherlands. Rotterdam and Vlaardingen are cities in the Netherlands, municipalities of South Holland and populated places in South Holland.
Vlaardingen West metro station
Vlaardingen West is a metro station in Vlaardingen, the Netherlands.
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Vlissingen
Vlissingen (Vlissienge), historically known in English as Flushing, is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the former island of Walcheren. Rotterdam and Vlissingen are cities in the Netherlands, port cities and towns in the Netherlands and port cities and towns of the North Sea.
Vocational university
A vocational university or university of applied sciences (UAS), less commonly called a polytechnic university is an institution of higher education and increasingly research that provides applied professional education and grants academic degrees.
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Voorne aan Zee
Voorne aan Zee is a municipality on the island of Voorne-Putten in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Rotterdam and Voorne aan Zee are municipalities of South Holland.
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Vopak
Royal Vopak N.V. (Koninklijke Vopak) is a Dutch independent multinational company that stores and handles products ranging from chemicals, oil, gases and LNG to biofuels and vegoils.
Waste management
Waste management or waste disposal includes the processes and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal.
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Włodzimierz Smolarek
Włodzimierz Wojciech Smolarek (16 July 1957 – 7 March 2012) was a Polish footballer who played as a winger or an attacking midfielder.
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Weena (Rotterdam)
Weena is a street with many highrises in the center of Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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Wehrmacht
The Wehrmacht were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945.
Wereldmuseum
The Wereldmuseum Rotterdam (formerly known as the Museum voor Land- en Volkenkunde) is an ethnographic museum, situated at Willemskade in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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Westland (municipality), Netherlands
Westland is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Rotterdam and Westland (municipality), Netherlands are municipalities of South Holland.
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Who Am I? (1998 film)
Who Am I? (also known as Jackie Chan's Who Am I?) is a 1998 Hong Kong spy action comedy film directed by Benny Chan and Jackie Chan, who also starred in the leading role, and writer with Susan Chan and Lee Reynolds.
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Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
Wilhelmina (Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria; 31 August 1880 – 28 November 1962) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 until her abdication in 1948.
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Willem de Kooning
Willem de Kooning (April 24, 1904 – March 19, 1997) was a Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist.
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Willem de Kooning Academy
The Willem de Kooning Academy (Willem de Kooning Academie) is a Dutch academy of media, art, design, leisure and education based in Rotterdam.
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Willem van Hanegem
Willem "Wim" van Hanegem (born 20 February 1944) is a Dutch former football player and coach who played as a midfielder.
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Willem-Alexander Baan
Willem-Alexander Baan (Dutch for Willem-Alexander Rowing Course) is an artificial lake in the Dutch village of Zevenhuizen near Rotterdam.
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Willemsbrug
The Willemsbrug (English: "Williams Bridge") is a bridge next to the Erasmusbrug in the centre of Rotterdam, Netherlands, spanning the Nieuwe Maas.
William II, Count of Hainaut
William II (1307 – 26 September 1345) was Count of Hainaut from 1337 until his death.
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Wim Jansen
Wilhelmus Marinus Antonius Jansen (28 October 1946 – 25 January 2022) was a Dutch professional football player and manager.
Wimbledon Championships
The Wimbledon Championships, commonly called Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious.
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Winston Bogarde
Winston Lloyd Bogarde (born 22 October 1970) is a Dutch retired professional footballer.
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Witte Huis
The Witte Huis or White House is a building and National Heritage Site in Rotterdam, Netherlands, built in 1898 in the Art Nouveau style.
World Gymnaestrada
The World Gymnaestrada is the largest general gymnastics exhibition.
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World Heritage Site
World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.
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World Port Days
The World Port Days, also known as the World Harbour Days, (Dutch: Wereldhavendagen) is a large, festive maritime event held annually in Rotterdam.
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World Port Tournament
The World Port Tournament is an international baseball tournament held at the Neptunus Familiestadion in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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WORM (Rotterdam)
WORM is a Rotterdam based non-profit foundation and a multi-media alternative cultural centre focused on experimental, new media art, avant-garde and underground art, primarily music and movies.
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Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (Југославија; Jugoslavija; Југославија) was a country in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 to 1992.
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and largest city of Croatia.
Zeeland
Zeeland (Zeêland; historical English exonym Zealand) is the westernmost and least populous province of the Netherlands.
Zuidplas
Zuidplas is a municipality in the Netherlands located in the province of South Holland. Rotterdam and Zuidplas are municipalities of South Holland.
Zuidvleugel
Zuidvleugel (literally "south wing") is the band of cities and towns located along the southern wing of the Randstad in the Netherlands.
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics (Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (Spelen van de IXe Olympiade), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
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2010 Tour de France
The 2010 Tour de France was the 97th edition of the Tour de France cycle race, one of cycling's Grand Tours.
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2015 Tour de France
The 2015 Tour de France was the 102nd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours.
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2016 World Rowing Championships
The 2016 World Rowing Championships was the 46th edition and held from 21 to 28 August 2016 at the Willem-Alexander Baan in Rotterdam, Netherlands in conjunction with the World Junior Rowing Championships and the World Rowing U23 Championships.
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2017 Laurence Olivier Awards
The 2017 Laurence Olivier Awards were held on 9 April 2017 at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
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60 metres
60 metres, or 60-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field.
7 for All Mankind
7 For All Mankind (often referred to simply as 7FAM) is an American denim brand founded by Michael Glasser, Peter Koral, and Jerome Dahan in 2000 and headquartered in Vernon, California.
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See also
1340 establishments in Europe
- Brüel
- Lwów Land
- Rotterdam
- Santa Chiara, Naples
- Schueberfouer
- Yazlovets
Port cities and towns in the Netherlands
- Amsterdam
- Delfzijl
- Harlingen, Netherlands
- Hook of Holland
- IJmuiden
- Lauwersoog
- Rotterdam
- Terneuzen
- Veghel
- Vlissingen
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotterdam
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