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Heijplaat

Heijplaat is a neighborhood of Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Heijplaat
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The place

Heijplaat is a neighborhood of Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Heijplaat

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.

  1. 01
    Van 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.

    2.8 km · industrial monument in Rotterdam, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Euromast

    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.

    3.5 km · observation tower in Rotterdam, Netherlands · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel

    The Sparta Stadion, nicknamed Het Kasteel, is a football stadium in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It is the home ground of Sparta Rotterdam.

    2.4 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Mevlana Mosque

    The Mevlana Mosque is a mosque in northwestern Rotterdam, Netherlands which serves mainly Turkish-Dutch Muslims. The mosque, named after Rumi, was built in 2001 and has two minarets.

    2.9 km · mosque in Rotterdam, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Diergaarde Blijdorp

    Diergaarde Blijdorp p]; lit. 'Blijdorp Zoo'), officially Rotterdam Zoo, is a zoo located in the northwestern part of Rotterdam. It is one of the oldest zoos in the Netherlands, and has been operated by the Stichting Koninklijke Rotterdamse Diergaarde.

    3.9 km · zoo in Rotterdam, Netherlands · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    SS Rotterdam

    The fifth SS Rotterdam, also known as "The Grande Dame", is a former ocean liner and cruise ship, and has been a hotel ship in Rotterdam, Netherlands, since 2010. She was launched by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands in a gala ceremony on 13 September 1958, and was completed the following summer.

    3.9 km · 1959 cruise ship turned into museum and hotel · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam

    The Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam is a natural history museum located in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The museum opened in 1927.

    4 km · museum in Rotterdam, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Oceanium

    The Oceanium is a public aquarium that opened in 2001 in Diergaarde Blijdorp, a zoo in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The Oceanium lies in the expansion area of the zoo, which includes a new entrance and parking area, and was the biggest project to date for the zoo.

    3.7 km · building in Diergaarde Blijdorp · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Pilgrim Fathers Church

    The Old or Pilgrim Fathers' Church is a church located in Rotterdam-Delfshaven, in the Netherlands.

    2.4 km · church building in Rotterdam, Netherlands · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Museum Rotterdam

    The Museum Rotterdam, until 2011 called the Historical Museum Rotterdam, is a museum about the history of Rotterdam located at the Coolhaven.

    3 km · museum in Rotterdam, Netherlands · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Heijplaat

Airports
Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 6 km · Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 51 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 83 km
Stations
Schiedam Centrum railway station, 2.5 km · Marconiplein, 1.8 km · Dijkzigt, 3.7 km · Coolhaven, 3 km · Vijfsluizen, 3.2 km
  • Amsterdam → Heijplaat
    62 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · €8–12
  • Eindhoven → Heijplaat
    89 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · €12–16
  • Maastricht → Heijplaat
    146 km · quickest by road, 3h 7m · €20–29
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Heijplaat

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 Heijplaat. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inYou can also get to Rotterdam by ferry from the United Kingdom.
  • Get inP&O Ferries has a daily overnight sailing from Kingston Upon Hull to Rotterdam Europoort.
  • Get inFrom Rotterdam Europoort P&O Ferries operates a shuttle bus service that takes you to the city center of Rotterdam.
  • Get inDFDS Seaways has a daily overnight ferry crossing from Newcastle to Amsterdam.

From Wikivoyage: Rotterdam, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    157 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    420 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    633 km
  4. 04
    ZermattCH

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    697 km
  5. 05
    Helsingborg and the Öresund crossingSE

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    710 km

If you know how people move in Heijplaat – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Heijplaat

Heijplaat is 5 km from Rotterdam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Schiedamcity and municipality in the Netherlands2.2 km
  • Delfshavendistrict of Rotterdam, Netherlands2.3 km
  • Pernisdistrict of Rotterdam, Netherlands2.3 km
  • Rhoonvillage that borders the municipality of the city of Rotterdam, Netherlands3.9 km
  • Overschiedistrict of Rotterdam, Netherlands4 km
  • Stadsregio Rotterdamconurbation surrounding the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands2.6 km