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Schiedam
City and Municipality in South Holland, Netherlands

Schiedam

Schiedam is a town and municipality in the west of the Netherlands.

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It is located in the Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, west of the city Rotterdam, east of the town Vlaardingen, and south of the city Delft. In the south, Schiedam is also connected to the village of Pernis via the Benelux tunnel.

Get in

Getting to Schiedam

The nearest airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport with flights from selected cities in Europe. See the Rotterdam page. For onward travel with public transport use RET bus line 33. Travel to Schiedam requires at least one transfer in Rotterdam. Plan your journey via the nationwide planner 9292.

See

Worth seeing

This small town was built around a few nice canals, which are worth seeing as they are.

  1. 01
    Old City Hall

    It contains late Gothic and Renaissance elements.

  2. 02
    The Wheat Exchange

    The Korenbeurs was built by Italian architect Giudici and modified by Schiedam architect Rutger van Bol‘Es (1787–1792).

  3. 03
    The Porters' Guild House

    This is a square-formed building with a zakkendrager (sack carrier) as wind vane.

  4. 04
    Church of Saint John

    This triple naved hall church was built around 1335 on a spot where earlier in 1262 a small church had stood.

  5. 05
    Huis te Riviere

    Remains of the castle Te Riviere built in 1262.

  6. 06
    Saint Lidwina Basilica

    The Liduina Basilique was designed by architect E.J.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Tour
  2. 02
    Natural
  3. 03
    Pathé Schiedam
  4. 04
    Wenneker Cinema
  5. 05
    Winterlicht
Eat

Where to eat

Lunchcafe De Beurs, Dam 2, info@lunchcafedebeurs.nl. Tue-Sun 10:00-17:00. Restaurant De Noordmolen, Noordvest 38,. Mon-Fri from 12:00, Sat from 15:00, Sun closed. Dine in the tallest historic windmill of the world. Pizze Pronto, Schoolstraat 1,. Mon 17:00-21:00, Tue-Sun 16:30-21:30. Located on the edge of the historic centre in a former jenever distillery, this Italian restaurant specialises in pizza.

How locals move

Getting around Schiedam the local way

  • 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. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Michielverbeek (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.