Kralingen is a former village in the
Dutch province of
South Holland, now a neighbourhood of
Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte (river), Rotte'') is the second largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the Prov ...
. It is located about 3 kilometres east of the city centre, in the borough
Kralingen-Crooswijk.
Kralingen was a separate municipality until 1895, when it merged with Rotterdam.
Previously, the high society of the growing city had their pleasure gardens and villas erected there in the 19th century, on the eastern outskirts of the village. The easternmost part of Kralingen, ''Woudestein'', is where the main campus of
Erasmus University Rotterdam and the
Excelsior Rotterdam stadium are situated.
Kralingen is home to a
Louis XIV-XV style mansion which is on the national monument register. It is also the location of ''Kralingse Plas'', a large surface water used for recreation, and the ''Kralingse Bos'', a forest of 2 square kilometres that welcomed 100,000 visitors for the
Kralingen Music Festival
The Holland Pop Festival, also known as the Kralingen Music Festival, was a pop and rock music festival held in the '' Kralingse Bos'', in the Kralingen neighbourhood of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, on 26–28 June 1970.
History
Performing ban ...
in 1970 which was the "European answer to
Woodstock
Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held during August 15–18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, United States, southwest of the town of Woodstock. Billed as "an Aq ...
", with 20 rock and pop groups performing, including
Pink Floyd
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,
Jefferson Airplane
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,
The Byrds
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and
Santana.
Footballer
Robin van Persie
Robin van Persie (; born 6 August 1983) is a Dutch football coach and former professional footballer who played as a striker. Regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation, Van Persie was known for his excellent technique and ball c ...
was born and spent much of his youth in Kralingen.
When Rotterdam was bombed on 14 May 1940, a large area in the western part of Kralingen went up in flames with it.
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Former municipalities of South Holland
Neighbourhoods of Rotterdam
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