Sliedrecht
Sliedrecht is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of of which is covered by water.
Sliedrecht is known for the many large dredging companies that come from it. The Dredging Festival takes place in Sliedrecht every two years. The first IKEA store in the Netherlands opened in Sliedrecht in 1978, but it closed in 2006. Sliedrecht is also the site of the Nationaal Baggermuseum - featuring dredging and salvage.
Topology
''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Sliedrecht, June 2015''Public transportation
and Sliedrecht Baanhoek railway station are situated on the Geldermalsen–Dordrecht railway.Waterbus route 2:
- Dordrecht Merwekade - Dordrecht Hooikade - Zwijndrecht Veerplein - Papendrecht Veerdam - Papendrecht Oosteind - Hollandse Biesbosch - Sliedrecht Middeldiep
Notable people
- Jan Rudolph Slotemaker de Bruïne was a Dutch politician and theologian
- Wina Born was a Dutch journalist and writer of cooking books
- Aad Nuis was a Dutch politician and political scientist
- Bas van der Vlies was a retired Dutch politician and teacher
- Jorien van den Herik is a Dutch business man, Chairman of Feyenoord Rotterdam 1992/2006
- Joop Hartog is a Dutch labour economist and academic
Sport
- Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls was a Dutch fencer, team bronze medallist at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics
- Johan de Kock is a former Dutch football central defender with 449 club caps
- Daniël Mensch is a Dutch rower, team silver medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics