Markthal
A horseshoe shaped building in Rotterdam with a food market under a huge arched hall. Queen Maxima opened it on 1 October 2014. Besides the market it holds 228 apartments and 4,600 square metres of shops and restaurants.
- Where
- Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 51.9201, 4.4870
Get the Markthal stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Markthal. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your South Holland volume with your photos and a note.
Near Markthal
Cube Houses 0.2 km
A set of tilted cube-shaped homes by the architect Piet Blom, built in Rotterdam and Helmond. They follow the idea of living as an urban roof, giving dense housing while leaving space at street level. The Rotterdam group stands above the Blaak area.
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen 1.1 km
An art museum in Rotterdam's Museumpark, named for its two main donors. Its collection runs from the Middle Ages to the present, with works by Bosch, Rembrandt and Van Gogh and a large design collection.
Erasmus Bridge 1.3 km
A cable stayed and bascule bridge over the Nieuwe Maas in Rotterdam, completed in 1996. Its single tilted pylon has given it the nickname The Swan, and it links the city centre with the Kop van Zuid.
Kunsthal 1.4 km
An art space in Rotterdam that opened in 1992. It has no permanent collection and instead hosts changing exhibitions of art, design, photography and culture. It stands in the Museumpark beside the Natural History Museum.
Euromast 2.2 km
An observation tower in Rotterdam designed by Hugh Maaskant and built between 1958 and 1960 for the Floriade garden show. It is a concrete structure and has been a listed monument since 2010. Its viewing platform looks over the city and the port.
Van Nelle Factory 3.7 km
A former tea, coffee and tobacco factory on the Schie in Rotterdam, built between 1925 and 1931 to a design by Brinkman and Van der Vlugt. Its glass curtain walls make it a leading example of modernist and functionalist architecture, and it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Kinderdijk Windmills 11 km
A group of 19 monumental windmills in the Alblasserwaard polder in South Holland. Most were built around 1740 to keep the low land drained, and they are the best known windmill landscape in the country and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Nieuwe Kerk Delft 13 km
A Gothic Protestant church on the Markt in Delft, opposite the town hall. It is the burial place of the House of Orange Nassau, where William the Silent was laid to rest after his murder in 1584, and its tower can be climbed.
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Questions
Where is Markthal?
Markthal is in Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Cube Houses (0.2 km), Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (1.1 km), Erasmus Bridge (1.3 km).
How do I get the Markthal stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Markthal and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your South Holland volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Markthal before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your South Holland volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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