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9 unusual facts about Schiedam


Battle of Zierikzee

This fleet was joined at Schiedam by the small fleet of Holland, consisting out of 5 more ships.

Beukelsdijk

Beukelsdijk is a street in Rotterdam, which connects Rotterdam with Schiedam and which leads from the crossing with the Henegouwerlaan near the tunnel traverse (where it continues from the Weena), to the Burgemeester Meineszplein in the neighbourhood Middelland, where it continues as the Beukelsweg.

Christian Historical Party

It won and kept seats in several districts with large reformed populations, Goes in Zeeland, Apeldoorn in Gelderland, Dokkum in Friesland and Katwijk and Schiedam in South Holland.

Douwe Aukes-class minelayer

The two ships were built at the Gusto shipyard in Schiedam.

HNLMS Flores

The ship was laid down on 13 January 1925 at the Mij Feijenoord , Schiedam and launched on 15 August 1925.

HNLMS Van Meerlant

HNLMS Van Meerlant (ML 36) was a minelayer of the Royal Netherlands Navy built in the Gusto shipyard at Schiedam as part of the Douwe Aukes class.

Jan van Amstel-class minesweeper

The construction of the ships took place in two different shipyards, four by Gusto, Schiedam and five by P. Smit, Rotterdam.

Matt Mullican

Mullican's work has been exhibited nationally and internationally since the early 1970s at venues including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Haus Der Kunst, Munich, Germany, the National Galerie, Berlin, Germany, the Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, Netherlands, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, and The Museum of Modern Art, NY.

SS Breda

The ship was built at the Nieuwe Waterweg Scheepsbouwmaatschappij ("New Waterway Shipbuilding Company") yard at Schiedam for the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij ("Royal Netherlands Steamship Company").


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HNLMS Jan van Gelder

After initial repairs at Willemsoord, Den Helder, she received a new stern at Gusto, Schiedam, and was recommissioned on 17 April 1940.

Madelon Hooykaas

For De Ketelfactory project space in Schiedam and for C.C.A. in Glasgow (Scotland) Madelon Hooykaas made the video installation and drawing Mount Analogue (2010), inspired by René Daumal's book Le Mont Analogue, on which Dorothea Franck wrote the essay Kunst en aandacht – Het beklimmen van Mount Analogue Art and Mindfulness – Climbing Mount Analogue.


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