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Country
  
Netherlands

Demonym(s)
  
Ridderkerker

Postcode
  
2980–2989

Area
  
25.1 km²

Province
  
South Holland

Elevation
  
−1 m (−3 ft)

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area code
  
0180, 078(Oostendam)

Local time
  
Thursday 5:26 AM

Team
  
RVVH

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Weather
  
12°C, Wind S at 13 km/h, 75% Humidity

Ridderkerk ( pronunciation ) is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of 45,204 in 2014, and covers an area of 25.26 km2 (9.75 sq mi) of which 1.52 km2 (0.59 sq mi) is covered by water.

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Map of Ridderkerk, Netherlands

The municipality of Ridderkerk also includes the following towns, villages and townships: Bolnes, Oostendam, Rijsoord and Slikkerveer.

Ridderkerk has a museum, de oudheidkamer, about the history of the town.

The Centre of Ridderkerk has a central square for events and there is a theater.

Public transport

  • Waterbus:
  • At the Waterbus stop "de Schans" you can board the number 20 Waterbus to Dordrecht, Papendrecht, Hendrik Ido Ambacht, Alblasserdam, Krimpen aan den IJssel or Rotterdam.
  • At the Waterbus stop "de Schans" you can also take line 6 to: Krimpen aan de Lek and Kinderdijk.
  • The bus services are mostly operated by RET and they go to Rotterdam, Barendrecht and Dordrecht. There are two Arriva bus services to Zwijndrecht and Hendrik Ido Ambacht.

    • Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Ridderkerk, June 2015

    References

    Ridderkerk Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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