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Willems Bridge – De Hef (Koningshaven Bridge) loop from Rijnhaven

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Netherlands

South Holland

Rotterdam

Willems Bridge – De Hef (Koningshaven Bridge) loop from Rijnhaven

Moderate

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Willems Bridge – De Hef (Koningshaven Bridge) loop from Rijnhaven

02:55

11.4km

40m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 27, 2026

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Includes movable bridges

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After 9.84 km for 52 m

After 10.4 km for 19 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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971 m

View of the Rotterdam skyline and the Erasmus Bridge

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A colonnade or colonnade is a row of columns supporting an enclosure. As an architectural element, the colonnade goes back to the architecture of ancient Greece. Specific forms of the colonnade are the portico, where the colonnade is placed as a hall in front of the entrance of a building, and the peristyle, where the gallery runs around an open courtyard.

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2.17 km

View of the Erasmus Bridge from Leuvenhoofd

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The Erasmus Bridge is next to the Willemsbrug the second bridge over the Nieuwe Maas in the center of Rotterdam. It is named after the Dutch priest and humanist Erasmus. The bridge connects the Kop van Zuid district with the center on the north side of the river.

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2.23 km

De Boeg (The Bow) War Memorial

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De Boeg is a war memorial in Rotterdam. It commemorates the 3,500 crew members of Dutch merchant ships who lost their lives in World War II. Fred Carasso's monument was unveiled by Princess Margriet on the corner of Boompjes and Leuvehaven on April 10, 1957. The 46 meter high aluminum construction symbolizes a bow in the concrete waves. Later, on July 15, 1965, an 8 meter high bronze sculpture group was added to the monument: a helmsman, three sailors and one drowned. On the side is the text: "They kept course".

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2.32 km

Along the Boompjes quay

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Great buildings to stop for

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3.86 km

Rotterdam Skyline

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While walking along the Maas, the skyline changes every 100m

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8.61 km

Old Harbour, Rotterdam

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The old harbor of Rotterdam is worth a trip.
There you can visit an old shipyard, marvel at old ships (and also rent them for events).
The old high-rise building (het Witte Huis), the first skyscraper in Europe, and the quirky cube houses are also found there.

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8.76 km

Willems Bridge

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In 1927 the bridge was jacked up several meters and stripped of its ornaments. The bicycle and pedestrian path were also moved to the outside of the bridge, because the sharp increase in road traffic caused increasingly dangerous situations. Until the opening of the Maastunnel during the Second World War, the Willemsbrug was the westernmost fixed bank connection across the Maas, so that increasingly important international traffic also used this connection straight through the old center of Rotterdam.

The Willemsbrug played an important role during the Second World War. Marines from the nearby Marine Barracks on Oostplein defended this bridge and the adjacent railway bridge and quay 'Boompjes' since the German invasion on May 10, 1940. The resistance of the Dutch marines was much stronger than the Germans had expected. The Marines managed to hold back the advance of the German troops until the Germans decided to bomb the center of Rotterdam on May 14, 1940.

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9.71 km

De Hef (Koningshaven Bridge)

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De Hef is the popular name for the Koningshaven Bridge, a railway lifting bridge over the Koningshaven in Rotterdam that has been out of use for train traffic since September 24, 1993. The bridge formed part of the Breda - Rotterdam railway line.

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11.4 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.08 km

2.45 km

1.31 km

283 m

199 m

Surfaces

5.89 km

4.57 km

439 m

311 m

109 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 30 August

19°C

16°C

90 %

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Willems Bridge – De Hef (Koningshaven Bridge) loop from Rijnhaven

View of the Rotterdam skyline and the Erasmus Bridge

View of the Erasmus Bridge from Leuvenhoofd

De Boeg (The Bow) War Memorial

Along the Boompjes quay

Rotterdam Skyline

Old Harbour, Rotterdam

Willems Bridge

De Hef (Koningshaven Bridge)

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