Dijkzigt is an underground
subway station in the city of
Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"Ne ...
, and is served by
Rotterdam Metro lines A, B, and C. The station is located next to the ''Erasmus MC'' (the biggest hospital in the
Netherlands
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) and the
Erasmus University. Dijkzigt station was opened on 10 May 1982 as a station of the East-West Line (or Caland line). The station is located underneath the ''Rochussenstraat'' and there is interchange with
bus
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line
s 44 and 46.
The station hall houses a small
RET office and a few shops.
Public Art
In 2015, artist
Peter Jansen and
PolyVision
Polyvision was the name given by the French film critic Émile Vuillermoz to a specialized widescreen film format devised exclusively for the filming and projection of Abel Gance's 1927 film '' Napoleon''.
Polyvision involved the simultaneou ...
were commissioned to create the "Flat Earth" mural for the Dijkzigt Metro Station. "Flat Earth" consists of 1,250 digital prints of photographs taken by Jansen during the 20 years he spent traveling around the world. The images are arranged in a panorama-like manner. The mural was unveiled in April 2016.
References
External links
Rotterdam Metro stations located underground
Railway stations opened in 1982
1982 establishments in the Netherlands
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