Cool, Rotterdam
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Cool | |
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Neighborhood of Rotterdam | |
 Rotterdam witte de withstraat | |
 Interactive map of Cool | |
| Country |  Netherlands |
| Province | South Holland |
| COROP | Rijnmond |
| City | Rotterdam |
| Borough | Centrum |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
51°55′10″N 4°28′32″E / 51.91944°N 4.47556°E
Cool (Dutch pronunciation: [koːl]) is a neighborhood of Rotterdam, Netherlands in the Centrum borough.[1] It is enclosed by the Weena in the north, the Mauritsweg and Eendrachtsweg in the west, Vasteland in the south and the Coolsingel and Schiedamse Vest in the east.
History
[edit]The name Cool is first mentioned in 1280. In 1816, the independent municipality of Cool was annexed by the city of Rotterdam.[2] During the Rotterdam Blitz in 1940, much of the district was destroyed, but some streets survived—including Oude Binnenweg and Witte de Withstraat.[citation needed]
Places of interest
[edit]- Coolsingel, a busy street on which the City Hall and the old main post office are located.
- De Bijenkorf, a department store.
- De Doelen, a concert venue and convention centre.
- Lijnbaan, a pedestrianised shopping street opened in 1953.
- Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art
- WORM, a cultural centre.
References
[edit]- ↑ Boersma, Arjan (2013). Gentrification in Rotterdam, Een onderzoek naar patronen van gentrification in Rotterdam [Gentrification in Rotterdam, A study into patterns of gentrification in Rotterdam] (PDF) (MSc Sociology thesis) (in Dutch). Erasmus University Rotterdam. p. 30. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ Forster, Stuart (2017-03-01). "13 reasons why Rotterdam may be Europe's new capital of cool". CNN. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
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