The National Merchant Navy Monument (also known as 'De Boeg') in Rotterdam honours the Dutch merchant navy during the war and commemorates the 2,134 Dutch and 1,414 non-Dutch sailors who died in the Allied battle against the occupying forces.
It is a steel structure covered with bare Canadian aluminum, representing a ship's bow splitting waves. The artist is Federico Antonio Carasso (1899-1969).
The sculpture is placed on a concrete pedestal. In front of the pedestal is a bronze group of five male figures connected by a cable. Under the cable is a relief of the wake of a ship. The memorial is 45 meters high. The pedestal is 2 meters high and 13 meters wide.
The monument is located on the Maas at the mouth of the Leuvehaven, situated on the Boompjeskade in Rotterdam.
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Rotterdam Pride Festival returns in September
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Rotterdam Architecture Month lands on raw quay of Schiemond
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Encourage those running the NN Marathon Rotterdam
Conejo Loco World: Intense new way of clubbing debuts at Now&Wow
Jimmy Carr back at nieuwe Luxor Theater
Alexandrium Shopping Center now has a Food District
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Elio is the new queer venue on Van Oldenbarneveltstraat
New York lingerie brand Rue du Paradis pops up at Groot Handelsgebouw
The Buitenkans is a new city campsite
KINO screens the documentary Love, Deutschmarks and Death
Wakuli opens two locations in Rotterdam
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Yardbird hosts Friday Night LIVE at Kunsthal
More and more indoor festivals in Rotterdam
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Groundbreaking dance theatre about immortality and technology
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Imploded Column by Ewerdt Hilgemann graces the roof of the Depot
Porfot offers a carefully curated mix of workwear, streetwear and contemporary fashion
New Digital Rotterdam City Card offers discounts on attractions and unlimited travel with RET
O. Festival for Opera. Music. Theatre celebrates 20th anniversary
British folk band The Odd Folk cycles 400 km and makes stopover at Hostel Room
Comic Film & Manga Fest returns to Ahoy
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