A report on Rotterdam, Rhine, Amsterdam and Netherlands

Map of the Rhine (for interactive map click here: )
Map of Rotterdam by Willem and Joan Blaeu (1652)
Lake Toma, seen from the upstream end
The Oude Kerk was consecrated in 1306 AD.
The name of the historic County of Holland is currently used as a pars pro toto for the Netherlands.
The Delftsevaart, c. 1890–1905
The confluence of the Anterior Rhine to the lower left and the Posterior Rhine in the back, forming the Alpine Rhine to the left next to Reichenau
Amsterdam citizens celebrating the Peace of Münster, 30 January 1648. Painting by Bartholomeus van der Helst
Nieuwe Markt, 1915
Map of the Alpine Rhine
Courtyard of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by Emanuel de Witte, 1653. The Amsterdam Stock Exchange was the first stock exchange to introduce continuous trade in the early 17th century.
Oak figurine found in Willemstad (4500 BC)
Rotterdam centre after the 1940 bombing of Rotterdam. The ruined St. Lawrence' Church has been restored
The Rhine between Sargans (Switzerland, left) and Balzers (Liechtenstein, right) with the Gonzen (1829 m, left), the Girrenspitz (2099 m) in the back, and the Maziferchopf (855 m) to the right
View of Vijzelstraat looking towards the Muntplein, 1891
Tower blocks in the Kop van Zuid neighbourhood
Aerial image of the mouth of the Rhine into Lake Constance
Photochrom of Amsterdam's Dam Square at the beginning of the 20th century
Topographic map image of Rotterdam (city), as of September 2014
Satellite image. In the center and on the right (i.e. to the east) the larger part of Lake Constance, called the Obersee, is visible, and it includes, in the lower right, the Delta of the Alpine Rhine. The northwesterly "finger" (on the top left) is Lake Überlingen, containing the island of Mainau. Below Lake Überlingen (also in the west) is the smaller Untersee, containing Reichenau Island. The Obersee and Untersee are connected by the four kilometers long Seerhein. On the left the High Rhine can be seen.
The rebuilt Magere Brug, around 1938.
The Rhine frontier around 70 AD
Satellite image of Rotterdam and its port
Distance markers along the Rhine indicate distances from this bridge in Constance
People celebrating the liberation of the Netherlands at the end of World War II on 8 May 1945
Franks, Frisians and Saxons (710s AD) with Traiecturm and Dorestad in the middle
The 24 municipalities of the Rotterdam The Hague Metropolitan Area
The 555 km marker, downstream from the Lorelei
The 17th-century Canals of Amsterdam were listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2010, contributing to Amsterdam's fame as the "Venice of the North". Along with De Wallen, the canals are the focal-point for tourists in the city.
Frankish expansion (481 to 870 AD)
Gebouw Delftse Poort, one of the tallest office buildings in the Netherlands
The High Rhine
Satellite picture of Amsterdam and North Sea Canal
Rorik of Dorestad, Viking ruler of Friesland (romantic 1912 depiction)
Unmanned vehicles handle containers at Europe Container Terminals (ECT), the largest container terminal operator in Europe.
The Rhine Fall at Schaffhausen (Switzerland)
Topographic map of Amsterdam
A Medieval Tombe of the Brabantian knight Arnold van der Sluijs
The Waalhaven by night
View of the Mainz Basin downstreams of Mainz, from Eltville and Erbach to Bingen
Large-scale map of the city centre of Amsterdam, including sightseeing markers,.
Map of the Habsburg dominions. From 1556 the dynasty's lands in the Low Countries were retained by the Spanish Habsburgs.
Bronze statue of Erasmus created by Hendrick de Keyser in 1622
View of the Middle Rhine Valley and Burg Katz, in the background Lorelei
Nieuwendammerdijk en Buiksloterdijk, Amsterdam-Noord, winter 2010
The Spanish Fury at Maastricht, 1579
Rotterdam waterfront, with spotlights shining into the air to commemorate the Rotterdam Blitz
Low water in Düsseldorf
The Westerkerk in the Centrum borough, one of Amsterdam's best-known churches
Dutch East India Company factory in Hugli-Chuchura, Mughal Bengal by Hendrik van Schuylenburgh, 1665
City decor for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021
The Lower Rhine at Emmerich
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Winter landscape with skaters near the city of Kampen by Hendrick Avercamp (1620s)
Windmill Kralingse Bos
The central and northern parts of the Rhine-Meuse delta
A 1538 painting by Cornelis Anthonisz showing a bird's-eye view of Amsterdam. The famous Grachtengordel had not yet been established.
Amsterdam's Dam Square in 1656
Dakpark Rotterdam
Changing the Meuse estuary in 1904: light blue old course, dark blue today's course
Rokin – November 1977
Map of the Dutch colonial empire. Light green: territories administered by or originating from territories administered by the Dutch East India Company; dark green: the Dutch West India Company. In yellow are the territories occupied later, during the 19th century.
The Wilhelmina pier at the Kop van Zuid in the distance. A part of Rotterdam with many skyscrapers and high-rises. On the left the Erasmus Bridge can be seen.
Map showing how the waters of the Rhine and Meuse rivers split into various branches of their combined delta
Herengracht
The submission of Diponegoro to General De Kock at the end of the Java War in 1830. Painting by Nicolaas Pieneman
The Cube Houses, popularly known as the Blaak-forest in 2014
The Nederrijn at Arnhem
Prinsengracht
Rotterdam after German air raids in 1940
The Markthal at night as seen from the Binnenrotte, Rotterdam center.
Schematic cross section of the Upper Rhine Graben
The Egelantiersgracht lies west of the Grachtengordel, in the Jordaan neighbourhood.
Former Prime Ministers Wim Kok, Dries van Agt, Piet de Jong, Ruud Lubbers and Jan Peter Balkenende with Prime Minister Mark Rutte, in 2011
The Euromast in 2005.
Loreley
The Scheepvaarthuis, by architects Johan van der Mey, Michel de Klerk, Piet Kramer is characteristic of the architecture of the Amsterdam School.
Relief map of the European Netherlands
The former headquarters of the Holland America Line next to modern residential architecture in 2010
Castellum Nigrum Pullum, Zwammerdam, The Netherlands, artist impression Stevie Xinas
The Begijnhof is one of the oldest hofjes in Amsterdam.
The Christmas flood of 1717 was the result of a northwesterly storm that resulted in the death of thousands.
Erasmus Bridge in 2011
French forces under Louis XIV cross the Rhine into the Netherlands in 1672
The Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam and Conservatorium van Amsterdam, two examples of 21st-century architecture in the centre of the city
Map illustrating areas of the Netherlands below sea level
Robin van Persie began his career with SBV Excelsior and broke through in Feyenoord.
Allied soldiers of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment crossing the Rhine into Germany after the end of WWI, December 1918
The Amsterdam Stock Exchange, the oldest stock exchange in the world
A polder at 5.53 metres below sea level
De Kuip, Feyenoord home stadium.
Soldiers of the US 89th Infantry Division cross the Rhine in assault boats under German fire as part of Operation Plunder on 24 March 1945
The Zuidas, the city's main business district
The Delta Works are located in the provinces of South Holland and Zeeland.
Runners during the marathon in Rotterdam
Boats give tours of the city, such as this one in front of the EYE Film Institute Netherlands.
Common seals on Terschelling, a Wadden Sea island
Arthur Ashe at the 1975 ABN World Tennis Tournament
Spiegelgracht
Underwater life of Klein Bonaire
Bep van Klaveren
De Wallen, Amsterdam's Red-light district, offers activities such as legal prostitution and a number of coffee shops that sell cannabis. It is one of the main tourist attractions.
The Binnenhof, where the lower and upper houses of the States General meet
Francisco Elson
An Amsterdammer waits for a traffic light to change at the Muntplein in the heart of Amsterdam.
De Wallen, Amsterdam's red-light district, offers activities such as legal prostitution and a number of coffeeshops that sell marijuana, symbolising the Dutch political culture and tradition of tolerance.
Rotterdam's new Central Station reopened in March 2014, designed to handle up to 320,000 passengers daily.
The Rijksmuseum houses Rembrandt's The Night Watch.
The Netherlands has a culture of respectful and friendly debate. From left to right, members of the House of Representatives Sander de Rouwe (CDA), Ineke van Gent (GL), Han ten Broeke (VVD), Kees Verhoeven (D66) and Farshad Bashir (SP), 2010
Map of the 2020 Rotterdam Metro
The Van Gogh Museum houses the world's largest collection of Van Gogh's paintings and letters.
Provinces and territories of the Netherlands
Rotterdam metro
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam is an international museum dedicated to modern and contemporary art and design.
The Peace Palace (Vredespaleis), in The Hague
A Citadis tram outside the former Rotterdam Centraal, 2008
The Rhine at Mannheim, in the Rhine-Neckar industrial area
Rembrandt monument on Rembrandtplein
General Onno Eichelsheim is the current Chief of Defence.
Water Taxi in Rotterdam
Coldplay performing at the Amsterdam Arena, 2016
Zr. Ms. Holland, a Royal Netherlands Navy offshore patrol vessel
The Concertgebouw or Royal Concert Hall houses performances of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and other musical events.
Historical GDP per capita development (Our World in Data)
Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam's best-known theatre
A proportional representation of Netherlands exports, 2019
One of the decorated boats participating in the 2013 Canal Parade of the Amsterdam Gay Pride
The Netherlands is part of a monetary union, the Eurozone (dark blue), and the EU single market.
AFC Ajax player Johan Cruyff, 1967
Natural gas concessions in the Netherlands. Today the Netherlands accounts for more than 25% of all natural gas reserves in the EU.
Femke Halsema has been the Mayor of Amsterdam since 2018.
The Groningen gas field whose discovery in 1959 transformed the Dutch economy, generating €159 billion in revenue since the mid-1970s.
Boroughs of Amsterdam
Cows near the city of Arnhem
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Population of the Netherlands from 1900 to 2000
Police headquarters of Amsterdam
Population pyramid of the Netherlands in 2017
King Willem-Alexander, Princess Beatrix, and Queen Máxima greeting Amsterdammers from the Royal Palace of Amsterdam during Willem-Alexanders inauguration in 2013
In Rotterdam almost half the population has an immigrant background.
A tram crossing the Keizersgracht
Population density in the Netherlands by municipality. The largest urban area, the Randstad is clearly visible along the west coast.
The Amsterdam Metro is a mixed subway and above ground rapid transit system consisting of five lines.
Knowledge of foreign languages in the Netherlands, in per cent of the population over the age of 15, in 2006
Amsterdam Centraal station, the city's main train station
An international primary school in The Hague
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol ranks as Europe's third-busiest airport for passenger traffic.
View on the Utrecht Science Park of Utrecht University. The building in the centre is the library.
Police bicyclist crossing a bridge over the Prinsengracht
Portrait of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723), known as "the father of microbiology"
Bicyclist at Amsterdam
A public hospital in Amersfoort
The Agnietenkapel Gate at the University of Amsterdam, founded in 1632 as the Athenaeum Illustre
A1 motorway, in Gelderland
A regional train operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Bike passage at Rotterdam Centraal station
Some symbols and icons of Dutch culture
Carnival in North Brabant and Limburg
Dutch people in orange celebrating King's Day in Amsterdam, 2017
Pop singer Anouk in 2013
Johan Cruyff Arena, the largest Dutch concert venue
Dutch star football players Arjen Robben and Robin van Persie during a game with the Netherlands against Denmark at Euro 2012
New Amsterdam as it appeared in 1664. Under British rule it became known as New York.
Eustachius De Lannoy of the Dutch East India Company surrenders to Maharaja Marthanda Varma of the Indian Kingdom of Travancore after the Battle of Colachel. (Depiction at Padmanabhapuram Palace)
A Dutch doctor vaccinating Indonesian patients

Rotterdam (, , , lit. The Dam on the River Rotte) is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands.

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Amsterdam (, , , lit. The Dam on the River Amstel) is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands; with a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban area and 2,480,394 in the metropolitan area.

- Amsterdam

Finally in Germany the Rhine turns into a predominantly westerly direction and flows into the Netherlands where it eventually empties into the North Sea.

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The four largest cities in the Netherlands are Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht.

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Among the largest and most important cities on the Rhine are Cologne, Rotterdam, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Strasbourg, Nijmegen, and Basel.

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The Rhine, Meuse and Scheldt give waterway access into the heart of Western Europe, including the highly industrialized Ruhr.

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From a regional point of view, Niderlant was also the area between the Meuse and the lower Rhine in the late Middle Ages.

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The Amsterdam–Rhine Canal was dug to give Amsterdam a direct connection to the Rhine, and the North Sea Canal was dug to give the port a shorter connection to the North Sea.

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In contrast to those other metropolises, Amsterdam was also surrounded by large towns such as Leiden (about 67,000), Rotterdam (45,000), Haarlem (38,000) and Utrecht (30,000).

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There is a healthy competition with Amsterdam, which is often viewed as the cultural capital of the Netherlands.

- Rotterdam

Duisburg is the home of Europe's largest inland port and functions as a hub to the sea ports of Rotterdam, Antwerp and Amsterdam.

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Utrecht

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Willem Blaeu's 1652 map of Utrecht
The Dom Tower seen from Downtown Utrecht. The remaining section of the Cathedral of Saint Martin is not connected to the tower since the collapse of the nave in 1674 due to a storm.
Lambert de Hondt (II): The Surrender of Utrecht on 30 June 1672 to the French king Louis XIV, 1672, Centraal Museum Utrecht
Prince Maurits in Utrecht, 31 July 1618
People celebrating the liberation of Utrecht at the end of World War II on 7 May 1945
Zadelstraat
Contemporary map of Utrecht
Panorama
Oudegracht (the 'old canal') in central Utrecht
The Oudegracht in the 1890s
View of the Oudegracht from the Dom Tower
Aerial view of Utrecht from the Dom Tower
Utrecht Centraal railway station
'' (The Inkpot) with fake UFO
View on the Science Park campus of Utrecht University. The building in the centre is the library.
Miffy statue at the Nijntjepleintje in Utrecht
The Rietveld Schröder House from 1924
Caryatids at the Winkel van Sinkel
Prins Clausbrug across the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal
team pauses with their coach by the Muntbrug, a rotating bridge built in 1887.
Duitse Huis in April 1982
Birthplace of Pope Adrian VI

Utrecht is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht.

It was the most important city in the Netherlands until the Dutch Golden Age, when it was surpassed by Amsterdam as the country's cultural centre and most populous city.

To consolidate the border, the Limes Germanicus defense line was constructed along the main branch of the river Rhine, which at that time traversed a more northern route (now known as the Kromme Rijn) compared to today's Rhine flow.

Like Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague and other large Dutch cities, Utrecht faces some socio-economic problems.

North Sea

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Ocean currents mainly entering via the north entrance exiting along Norwegian coast
• Localization of the tide-gauges listed • Tide times after Bergen (negative = before) • The three amphidromic centers • Coasts: marshes = green mudflats = greenish blue lagoons = bright blue dunes = yellow sea dikes= purple moraines near the coast= light brown rock-based coasts = greyish brown
The German North Sea coast
The Afsluitdijk (Closure-dike) is a major dam in the Netherlands
Zuid-Beveland, North Sea flood of 1953
Pacific oysters, blue mussels and cockles in the Wadden Sea in the Netherlands
European seagull on the coast of North Sea
A female bottlenose dolphin with her young in Moray Firth, Scotland
Phytoplankton bloom in the North Sea
Painting of the Four Days' Battle of 1666 by Willem van de Velde the Younger
German cruiser SMS Blücher sinks in the Battle of Dogger Bank on 25 January 1915.
The exclusive economic zones in the North Sea
Oil platform Statfjord A with the flotel Polymarine
A trawler in Nordstrand, Germany
Unpolished amber stones, in varying hues
The beach in Scheveningen, Netherlands in c. 1900
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Map showing hypothetical extent of Doggerland (c. 8,000 BC), which provided a land bridge between Great Britain and continental Europe
North Sea from De Koog, Texel island
The North Sea between {{ma|34}} and {{ma|28}}, as Central Europe became dry land
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thumb|Edmond Halley's solar eclipse 1715 map showing The German Sea

The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.

The largest and most important rivers flowing into the North Sea are the Elbe and the Rhine – Meuse.

Major ports are located along its coasts: Rotterdam, the busiest port in Europe and the fourth busiest port in the world by tonnage, Antwerp (was 16th) and Hamburg (was 27th), Bremen/Bremerhaven and Felixstowe, both in the top 30 busiest container seaports, as well as the Port of Bruges-Zeebrugge, Europe's leading ro-ro port.

The North Sea Canal connects Amsterdam with the North Sea.