Heijplaat
Heijplaat is a neighborhood of Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Heijplaat is a neighborhood of Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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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.
- 01Van 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 - 02Euromast
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 - 03Sparta 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 - 04Mevlana 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 - 05Diergaarde 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 - 06SS 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 - 07Natuurhistorisch 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 - 08Oceanium
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 - 09Pilgrim 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 - 10Museum 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
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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 → Heijplaat62 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · €8–12
- Eindhoven → Heijplaat89 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · €12–16
- Maastricht → Heijplaat146 km · quickest by road, 3h 7m · €20–29
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
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.
- 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.
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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