Crooswijk
Crooswijk is a neighborhood of Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Crooswijk is a neighborhood of Rotterdam, Netherlands. Crooswijk lies between the districts Kralingen, Oude Noorden and Centrum. Crooswijk was once known for its Marines barracks. Many streets bear witness to a military history of the Marine Corps: Tamboerstraat, Pijperstraat, Schuttersveld, Excercitiestraat, Vaandrigstraat. Crooswijk also has an industrial past. Jamin, Heineken Brewery and many abattoirs were established there. These industries have given way to housing. On the Crooswijksesingel is the only monumental building of Heineken still standing. Crooswijk is one of the original people's neighborhoods of Rotterdam and the district is strongly associated with the 'real' Rotterdammer. The Crooswijk is sometimes called: "The poorest part of the Netherlands", or: "The poorest part of Rotterdam". This is because the average income of the people living there is lower than other places.
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Worth seeing in and around Crooswijk
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Erasmus University Rotterdam
Erasmus University Rotterdam is a public research university located in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The university is named after Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, a 15th-century Christian humanist and theologian.
3 km · public research university in the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 02Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Municipal Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen ]) is an art museum in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The name of the museum is derived from its two most important donors, Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans and Daniël George van Beuningen.
2.1 km · art museum in Rotterdam, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 03Erasmusbrug
The Erasmusbrug is a combined cable-stayed and bascule bridge. Construction began in 1986 and was completed in 1996.
2.5 km · bridge in Rotterdam, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 04Van Nelle Factory
The former Van Nelle Factory on the Schie in Rotterdam, is considered a prime example of the modernist and functionalist architecture. It has been a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2014.
3.9 km · industrial monument in Rotterdam, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 05Euromast
Euromast is an observation tower in Rotterdam, Netherlands, designed by Hugh Maaskant constructed between 1958 and 1960. It was specially built for the 1960 Floriade, and is a listed monument since 2010.
3.2 km · observation tower in Rotterdam, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 06Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel
The Sparta Stadion, nicknamed Het Kasteel, is a football stadium in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It is the home ground of Sparta Rotterdam.
4 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 07The Wayfarer
The Wayfarer is an oil-on-panel painting by the Early Netherlandish artist Hieronymus Bosch, created c. 1500.
2.1 km · painting by Hieronymus Bosch, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam · Wikipedia - 08Stadion Woudestein
The Stadion Woudestein, is a multi-use stadium in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It is currently used mainly for football matches and is the home stadium of the Excelsior men's and women's teams.
2.7 km · football stadium in Rotterdam, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 09Cube House
Cube houses are a set of innovative houses built in the cities of Helmond and Rotterdam in the Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom. They are based on the concept of "living as an urban roof": high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level; its main purpose being to optimize the space inside.
1.2 km · type of house designed by architect Piet Blom, built in Rotterdam and in Helmond, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 10Market Hall
The Markthal is a residential and office building with a market hall underneath, located in Rotterdam. The building was opened on October 1, 2014, by Queen Máxima of the Netherlands.
1.2 km · residential building with market hall underneath, located in Rotterdam, Netherlands · Wikipedia
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Getting to Crooswijk
- Airports
- Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 5 km · Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 46 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 81 km
- Stations
- Rotterdam Centraal railway station, 1.5 km · Rotterdam Blaak railway station, 1.2 km · Beurs, 1.5 km · Rotterdam Noord railway station, 1.3 km · Rotterdam Zuid railway station, 3.2 km
- Amsterdam → Crooswijk56 km · quickest by road, 1h 38m · €8–11
- Eindhoven → Crooswijk87 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · €11–16
- Maastricht → Crooswijk146 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · €20–28
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No local-transport research exists yet for Crooswijk
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Crooswijk. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe station at Haven connects directly to the ferry between Hook of Holland and Harwich (England).
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Next door to Crooswijk
Crooswijk is 1 km from Rotterdam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Rotterdamcity in South Holland, the Netherlands1.4 km
- Delfshavendistrict of Rotterdam, Netherlands3.8 km
- Rotterdam Centrumdistrict of Rotterdam, Netherlands1.6 km
- Kop van Zuidneighborhood of Rotterdam in South Holland, Netherlands2.6 km
- Kralingen-Crooswijkdistrict of Rotterdam, Netherlands2.2 km
- Hillegersberg-Schiebroekdistrict of Rotterdam, Netherlands2.9 km