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The
Hook of Holland (
Dutch: - literally "Corner of Holland"), also known in English as
the Hook, is a town in
South Holland in the
Netherlands. It is situated on the
North Sea coast, on the north bank of the
Nieuwe Waterweg ship canal. The town is administered by the municipality (
gemeente) of
Rotterdam as a district (
wijk) of that city. The district of Hoek van Holland covers an area of 16.7 km² (of which 13.92 km² is land). On
1 January 1999 it had an estimated population of 9,400.
Hoek van Holland is connected to Rotterdam by the
Hoek van Holland Strand-
Rotterdam Centraal railway service via
Maassluis,
Vlaardingen and
Schiedam. The station Hoek van Holland Strand is located closest to the beach; the other station,
Hoek van Holland Haven, is located next to the
Stena Line terminal. Stena Line operates a daily
ferry service to
Harwich,
England. The passenger boats currently in operation are the Stena Hollandica and the Stena Britannica.
Nearby towns include
Monster,
's-Gravenzande and
Naaldwijk to the northeast and
Maassluis to the southeast. On the other side of the river is the
Europoort and the
Maasvlakte.
The seaside beach has sandy dunes and a pier. One section of it's designated for use by
naturists.
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