Maeslantkering

#326 among destinations in the Netherlands

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Facts and practical information

The Maeslantkering is a storm surge barrier on the Nieuwe Waterweg, in South Holland, Netherlands. It was constructed from 1991 to 1997. As part of the Delta Works the barrier responds to water level predictions calculated by a centralized computer system called BOS. It automatically closes when Rotterdam is threatened by floods. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°57'19"N, 4°9'50"E

Location

Zuid-HollandNetherlands

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+31 174 511222

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Day trips

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

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

3.7 miS
Museum, History museum, Archaeological museum
Historisch Museum Den Briel, Brielle
94 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.
4.4 miSE
51°54'58"N • 4°14'46"E
Douanehuisje, Maassluis
113 min walk • Museum
2.1 miSW
Lighthouse, Historical place
Stenen Baak
55 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.
2.9 miNW
Museum
Atlantikwall Museum, Hook of Holland
75 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 ...
3.6 miS
View point, Church
Grote of Sint-Catharijnekerk, Brielle
93 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.
3.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Brielse Meer
92 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.
3.4 miS
Windmill
't Vliegend Hert, Brielle
87 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.
2.5 miNW
Museum
Fort aan den Hoek van Holland, Hook of Holland
64 min walk • The Fort aan den Hoek van Holland, also called Fort 1881, is a former armored fort in Hoek van Holland.
4.4 miSE
Church
Groote Kerk, Maassluis
112 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.
3.9 miE
Museum
Museum De Timmerwerf
99 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...
4.2 miS
51°53'43"N • 4°9'16"E
Bedevaartskerk H. H. Martelaren van Gorcum, Brielle
107 min walk • Church