rotterdam

     

Rotteram (pronunciation (help·info)) is the second largest municipality by population in the Netherlands, after the capital Amsterdam, and the largest city in the province of Zuid-Holland (South Holland). The port of Rotterdam is the largest in Europe and was the world's busiest port from 1962 to 2004, until it was overtaken by Shanghai. Rotterdam is situated on the banks of the river Nieuwe Maas ('New Meuse'), one of the channels in the delta formed by the Rhine and Meuse rivers. The name Rotterdam derives from a dam in the Rotte river.

Trivia about rotterdam

  • Over a million people clog through this port city of southwestern Holland
  • The Prins Hendrick Museum in this Dutch port city houses exhibits devoted to the history & activity of the port
  • In the 1960s Europoort, a large harbor area, was built in this Dutch city
  • Founded in the 13th century, this major Dutch port was heavily damaged by German bombing in World War II
  • Pernice, a suburb of this 2nd-largest Dutch city, has the largest oil refinery in northwestern Europe
  • A new waterway opened in 1872 allowed large vessels passage to this Dutch city, now a top world port