Schiedam 5

To make a trip around Rotterdam a had to get on the metro network. From Maasdijk I took the bus back to Naaldwijk and changed there on a bus to Schiedam train station. There I got the metro a few stops to a cigar and book shop. Actually they sold more than cigarettes and books because outside there was a table with Turkish men having coffee.

Schiedam is a city and municipality in the west of the Netherlands. It located in the Rotterdam-The Hague metropolitan area, west of Rotterdam, east of Vlaardingen, and south of Delft. In the south it is connected with the village of Pernis by the Beneluxtunnel.

The city is known for its historical center with canals, and for having the tallest windmills in the world. Schiedam is also well known for the distilleries and malthouses and production of jenever (gin) - such as the internationally renowned Ketel One - so much so that in French and English the word schiedam (usually without a capital s-) refers to the town's Holland gin. This was the town's main industry during the early Industrial Revolution in the 18th and 19th century, a dark period to which it owed its former nickname "Zwart Nazareth" or "Black Nazareth". Furthermore, the city is known for Saint Lidwina, one of the most famous Dutch saints (her relics are located in the Liduina Basilica in Schiedam).

City/town:       Schiedam

Municipality:   Schiedam

Area:              19,86 km²

Population:    78.094 (1 January 2019)

Website:        schiedam.nl

Package point

Primera Nolenslaan

Mgr. Nolenslaan 524

3119 EN  SCHIEDAM

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Date sent: 7 July 2017

Date postmark: 7 July 2017

Date received: 8 July 2017

Number of days: 1

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