Neighborhoods

The eastern section of the city centre consists of three areas — Wereldhaven, Hoogkwartier and Laurenskwartier.

Central District

Central District as the name for the area between Weena and the railway tracks was only introduced after the emergence of the major redevelopment plans for Centraal Station and its immediate surroundings around the turn of the millennium.

Neighborhoods

Zomerhof District

The Zomerhof District, now often referred to as ZoHo, is roughly the area bordered by Schiekade to the south-west, Teilingerstraat to the north-west, Noordsingel to the north-east and Hofplein and Pompenburg to the south-east.

Neighborhoods

Laurenskwartier

Laurenskwartier, that area of the centre around the Laurenskerk, is the oldest part of the city.

Neighborhoods

Wereldhaven

The only project of Rotterdam’s reconstruction to be built during the war was Wereldhaven.

Neighborhoods

Hoogkwartier

Hoogkwartier is the neighbourhood around the second stretch of Hoogstraat, from Mariniersweg to Oostplein.

Neighborhoods