Cycling route along the Rotterdam ports

Is Spijkenisse a city or a village? The residents themselves talk about Spike City, but do their shopping in the village. The north of Spijkenisse is located on the port area, but the south has a completely different character. Here you will come across farms and nature reserves. Zwartewaal is a village where the Battle of Zwartewaal took place in 1351. Although not large, you will encounter many historic buildings. Rozenburg is the only place on the island of the same name. The rest of the island has been swallowed up by the ports and the Botlek area. Poortugaal has a fast metro connection to the city center of Rotterdam. The name probably comes from the time of the Crusades. Residents of the place encountered Portuguese. In the past, the Poortugaal coat of arms also showed many similarities with the coat of arms of Portugal.