Europoort, Hook of Holland

Name: Europoort
Address: Hook of Holland, Netherlands

#3 among attractions in Hook of Holland

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Europoort is an area of the Port of Rotterdam and the adjoining industrial area in the Netherlands. Being situated at Southside of the mouth of the rivers Rhine and Meuse with the hinterland consisting of the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and partly France, Europoort is one of the world's busiest ports and considered a major entry to Europe. The port handled 12 million containers in 2015. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°56'36"N, 4°8'33"E

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Botlek (Europoort)Hook of Holland Netherlands

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Europoort – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Historisch Museum Den Briel, Douanehuisje, Stenen Baak, Atlantikwall Museum.

3 miS
Museum, History museum, Archaeological museum
Historisch Museum Den Briel, Brielle
77 min walk • The Historisch Museum Den Briel is a Dutch museum located in Brielle. The museum was previously known as the Trompmuseum, after Brielle-born Maarten Tromp who defeated the Spanish fleet in the Eighty Years' War.
4.8 miSE
51°54'58"N • 4°14'46"E
Douanehuisje, Maassluis
123 min walk • Museum
1.1 miS
Lighthouse, Historical place
Stenen Baak
28 min walk • Stenen Baak is a now-deactivated lighthouse northeast of Oostvoorne, near to the town of Brielle, in the Dutch province of South Holland. In several nautical sources of the 19th Century it is also referred to as Stone Beacon or Stone Baak.
3 miNW
Museum
Atlantikwall Museum, Hook of Holland
76 min walk • The Atlantikwall Museum is a visitor and knowledge center in the Hook of Holland, South Holland, related to the Atlantikwall. The museum is located in a German bunker of type 611, which was built along the pier in Hoek van Holland, at the mouth ...
2.9 miS
View point, Church
Grote of Sint-Catharijnekerk, Brielle
75 min walk • The Grote of Sint-Catharijnekerk is the main church of the fortified town of Brielle, in the Dutch province of South Holland. The Sint-Catharijnekerk is used by the Protestant congregation Sint-Catharijne.
3.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Brielse Meer
84 min walk • The Brielse Meer is a long, narrow lake between the Dutch estuary islands of Voorne and Rozenburg in the province of South Holland. The lake takes its name from Den Briel, a town on its shore.
2.8 miSE
Windmill
't Vliegend Hert, Brielle
72 min walk • The mill 't Vliegend Hert on Molenstraat in the Dutch town of Brielle is a standerd mill built in 1985. It stands as a rampart mill on the town's rampart, on the site where a corn mill had stood since the seventeenth century.
2.7 miN
Museum
Fort aan den Hoek van Holland, Hook of Holland
69 min walk • The Fort aan den Hoek van Holland, also called Fort 1881, is a former armored fort in Hoek van Holland.
4.8 miE
Church
Groote Kerk, Maassluis
124 min walk • The Groote Kerk is a church in the Dutch town of Maassluis built between 1629 and 1639. On October 9, 1639, the church was officially opened. The church is known for its Garrels organ, among other things.
5 miNE
Museum
Museum De Timmerwerf
129 min walk • The Timmerwerf is a museum and national monument in De Lier. The building dates from 1642, but there are parts that come from the first quarter of the 15th century. At that time the Leien Huis stood on this spot: a stone house with slates on the...
3.4 miS
51°53'43"N • 4°9'16"E
Bedevaartskerk H. H. Martelaren van Gorcum, Brielle
86 min walk • Church