Famous for its port and football club Feyenoord, Rotterdam is the second largest city in the Netherlands after Amsterdam. In the last decade, Rotterdam’s population increased year on year, and in 2021, the city reached over 650 thousand inhabitants. By comparison: that year Amsterdam’s population amounted to over 873,000.
Leading European container port
The port of Rotterdam is one of the largest ports in the world. In 2020, roughly 8.436 million containers were processed here, making it Europe’s largest container port, before Antwerp and Hamburg. In 2018, the port of Rotterdam processed 289 million tons of bulk cargo.
Feyenoord, pride of Rotterdam
Feyenoord Rotterdam is one of the most successful football clubs in Dutch history, with 15 national titles, 13 Dutch cups, three European cups and one World Cup won. As of September 2019, Feyenoord had the third highest market value of all Dutch football clubs, after Ajax and PSV. That month, Feyenoord’s market value reached 122.55 million euros.
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Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (July 9, 2021). Total population of Rotterdam from 2009 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 25, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/753250/total-population-of-rotterdam/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Total population of Rotterdam from 2009 to 2021." Chart. July 9, 2021. Statista. Accessed June 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/753250/total-population-of-rotterdam/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (2021). Total population of Rotterdam from 2009 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/753250/total-population-of-rotterdam/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Total Population of Rotterdam from 2009 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Jul 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/753250/total-population-of-rotterdam/
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