Noord () is a
borough
A borough is an administrative division in various English language, English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely.
History
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of
Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, part of the North S ...
. The municipal portion is formed by the
Delfshavense Schie, the
Highway 20 (A20), the
Rotte and the rails. The borough had 51,796 inhabitants in 2017.
Neighborhoods
The borough Noord consists of the neighborhoods:
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Liskwartier
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Oude Noorden
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Agniesebuurt
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Provenierswijk
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Blijdorp (with the same named
zoo
A zoo (short for zoological garden; also called an animal park or menagerie) is a facility where animals are kept within enclosures for public exhibition and often bred for conservation purposes.
The term ''zoological garden'' refers to zoology, ...
)
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Bergpolder
Transport
Noord is served by three
Rotterdam tram lines (Tram 4, 8, and 25), four
bus lines (Bus 33, 38, 40, and 44), and
Blijdorp RandstadRail station.
The
Rotterdam Noord railway station is located on the northern border of the borough. Prior to 2006, the borough was also served by the Rotterdam Bergweg and
Rotterdam Hofplein stations, both located on the
Hofpleinlijn. The Hofpleinlijn was converted in 2006 to
light rail
Light rail (or light rail transit, abbreviated to LRT) is a form of passenger urban rail transit that uses rolling stock derived from tram technology National Conference of the Transportation Research Board while also having some features from ...
with Rotterdam Bergweg closing the same year. Rotterdam Hofplein was closed in 2010 with the opening of the Blijdorp RandstadRail station which integrated the
Rotterdam Metro
The Rotterdam Metro () is a rapid transit system operated in Rotterdam, Netherlands and surrounding municipalities by RET. The first line, called ''Noord – Zuidlijn'' (North – South line) opened in 1968 and ran from Centraal Station to Zu ...
with
RandstadRail
RandstadRail () is a tram-train network in the Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area in the west of the Netherlands that is jointly operated by HTM Personenvervoer (HTM) and Rotterdamse Elektrische Tram (RET). It connects the cities of Rott ...
.
References
External links
Official Site
{{Authority control
Boroughs of Rotterdam