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ATLC Says: An unusual exposition at the "Stedelijk Museum" in Schiedam from March-September 2003. The Cobra collection of this museum is significant.March 19th 2003: I went to see a preview.Cobra (Copenhagen/Brussels/Amsterdam) is a movement in the 50s of artists like Karel Appel,...
RoyJava Says: This tall windmill named "De Walvisch" (Whale) is one of the most popular windmils, because it houses a great mill-shop. You can visit the mill-shop at Thursday & Friday from 10.00 - 17.00 hrs, and Saturday from 10.00 - 16.00 hrs. You can buy all kind of meal and other...
RoyJava Says: Schiedam is world wide known for its windmills. These are the tallest ones ever built.This tall one is the eldest one named "De Drie Koornbloemen",or The Three Corn-flowers.Built in 1770 ... for burning malt and corn.This windmill has been used, too, for bakers, for...
RoyJava Says: Going for a walk in Schiedam is like walking right into history of ages ago.The view is adorable and I am sure you'll enjoy the very friendly sphere.A walk along the canals is even more historic when walking to the 3 museums which are very close to each other and, close to...
Airpunk Says: The Zakkendragershuisje is the guild house of the harbour workers responsible for carrying the goods. Its small belltower on the top makes it look like a church. The Zakkendragershuisje was built in 1725 an in use as such until the beginning of the 20th century.
Airpunk Says: The main church of Schiedam was built from 1335 on, replacing a smaller building from the 13th century. Some alterations took place in the mid-15th century, especially after 1428 when a fire devastated a large part of the city. This included a new part in which later the...
Airpunk Says: The corn-exchange was built between 1787 and 1792 as a result of the growing gin industry in Schiedam. The façade of this building shows elements from baroque/rococo architecture as well as neoclassical elements. The Korenbeurs served as a corn exchange until 1918, in 1952...
Perrito Caliente: A very hot tapas bar
VanZon Says: Mama Lucia is the bossin this little tapas bar located at a canal in the center of town. Friendly young employees serve a large variety of small and bigger tapas, with sometimes an unexpected extra dish. After dinner some extra pleasant moments with the locals at the bar....
Le Jardin, Salon de Th?: Beautiful place with a gorgeous garden
Mique Says: During my rambles in Schiedam i was invited to have a cup of coffee in this place. And it is a beautiful place. I felt a little underdressed but hardly embarassed by it. It was unfortunately too cold yet to sit outside but i have seen the garden and it looks like an...
mafootje Says: We used the subway to get to the city centre of Schiedam. The subway has 4 stops in Schiedam. It's relatively cheap and fast... ZONES They just finished the subway station last year. For traveling you will need to buy somekind of ticket. There are a few choices.If you have...
Cruising Around Schiedam Canals
RoyJava Says: This is fun! Enjoy the view at Schiedam from a different perspective ...And ofcourse sailing to the wonderful windmills of Schiedam!The cruise is about one hour on a whispering open boat ... so during Easterweekend until the end of October, on Tuesdays until Sundays.Ask for...
To Schiedam via Train or Metro
Airpunk Says: Schiedam's train station is located on one of the busiest train lines in the Netherlands (Rotterdam-Den Haag). That means that there are several trains per hour stopping in Schiedam. But that's not the only possibility to get there. Schiedam's train station is also part of...
Have no idea what the shop is called: Like walking into a childrens book
Mique Says: Walking into this little shop is an experience in itself. The smell alone was worh my uying something. That nostalgic smell and then glass jars with candy everywhere. Many of them the old fashioned dutch ones that are more and more difficult to get. I had even forgot about...
RoyJava Says: Some very special feelings I keep for the legend about the Holy Lady Luduina, or LADY LUDWINA. According to the legend the name originated in the story of the suffering (= lijden in Dutch, "lidien/ludwi" is a dialect) young lady who was born in Schiedam, April 18th 1380.She...
RoyJava Says: Going on "windmill" hunting you have to drop by this cute little The Windmill Cafe.It is easily to find close to the windmill of De Drie Koornbloemen ... next to the small roundabout.Have a cup of coffee for about 2.00 Euro ...People may tell you some legendary stories about...
RoyJava Says: I do like the posters around some touristic places ...These are the info signs about some points of interest and you might miss these info on posters because the language often is in Dutch.While the area often just is for getting attraction the tourists.Sorry for that...
RoyJava Says: Isn't it amazing the Schiedam windmills are to be seen right in the very center of the city? For the locals it is a regular street scene... believe me.You don't have to travel into the country, or get lost somewhere in the nowhere ...Just find the name of Schiedam on your...
RoyJava Says: You can find drawbridges in the most of the Dutch cities and villages. Still I love these movable bridges and cannot walk away without taking one photograph ... even in Schiedam.Watch the house with blue-coloured roof,... it is lovely houseboat.You can find this scene along...
RoyJava Says: I could not find out why these historic, beautiful windmills of Schiedam has been built? Meaning why these are so tall ... ???Could there have been horror legends of killed people by the wings?Or maybe these tall windmills are not that easy to conquer ... ?Maybe the tall...
The tourist information office
Mique Says: This building was constructed in 1859 to serve as a school for the community of Oud- and Nieuw-Mathenesse. This community was split between Rotterdam and Schiedam in 1867. The wapenshield of this community can still be found avove the entrance door. It is a good stop to...
Plan a Schiedam vacation with reviews, tips and photos posted by real travelers and Schiedam locals
My hometown - Schiedam is a small town with about 75.000 citizens, bordering Rotterdam. The city is of no importance to a tourist but has some great windmills.
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Q: I am thinking of visiting Schiedam and am interested in finding some of the locations used in the 1978 Nosferatu film. Does anyone...
A: As far as I remember, Delft was (also?) used to shoot Nosferatu. (As for the film "The girl with the pearl earring"). I have been searching for Nosferatu (1978) on...
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I lived my whole live in Vlaardingen so once in a while i visit Schiedam. Schiedam has been changing a lot in the last years. I remember it mostly as an old City with a lot of old buildings in it. I...
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Schiedam, of windmills and jenever
Schiedam was for me a satelite town of Rotterdam, not very interesting to go to. But then someone told me of the mills there and the fact that it was the jenever town of the Netherlands so i thought...
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I now have many photo's to build my Schiedam page. Do remind me! Schiedam is famous for it's production of jenever (gin). Schiedam is connected to Rotterdam on the west side.
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I just went to Schiedam on a lazy Sunday and out of curiosity, dragging behind the scepticism from my boyfriend who kept telling it would be dull and boring (referred by other people)and worthless 1...
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Schiedam: Somewhere between Den Haag and Rotterdam
Schiedam is a town, now belonging to the Rotterdam metropolitan area. The town’s history dates back to the year 1250, when the river SCHIE was DAMmed and a village developed out of the trading point...
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