Delfshaven: Pilgrim Fathers and Rotterdam's Historic Harbour
In 1620, a group of English religious separatists boarded the Speedwell at Delfshaven's harbour, beginning their journey toward what would become Plymouth Colony. The Pilgrim Fathers Church (Oude Kerk) on Aelbrechtskolk still stands, and American visitors make the pilgrimage regularly. About 6,835 people live in this Rotterdam district along the Nieuwe Maas.
Delfshaven was an independent town until 1886, when Rotterdam annexed it. The old harbour area along Voorhaven and Achterhaven retains its 17th- and 18th-century warehouse facades, a rare pocket of historical architecture in a city largely rebuilt after the 1940 bombing.
Rotterdam Centraal is about 3 kilometres east. The Euromast and Het Park border the district to the northeast. Schiedam, another former jenever-distilling town, lies directly west.
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In 1620, a group of English religious separatists boarded the Speedwell at Delfshaven's harbour, beginning their journey toward what would become Plymouth Colony. The Pilgrim Fathers Church (Oude Kerk) on Aelbrechtskolk still stands, and American visitors make the pilgrimage regularly. About 6,835 people live in this Rotterdam district along the Nieuwe Maas.
Delfshaven was an independent town until 1886, when Rotterdam annexed it. The old harbour area along Voorhaven and Achterhaven retains its 17th- and 18th-century warehouse facades, a rare pocket of historical architecture in a city largely rebuilt after the 1940 bombing.
Rotterdam Centraal is about 3 kilometres east. The Euromast and Het Park border the district to the northeast. Schiedam, another former jenever-distilling town, lies directly west.
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