Diergaarde Blijdorp (Official Stichting Koninklijke Rotterdamse Diergaarde) is a zoo in the northwestern part of Rotterdam, one of the oldest zoos in the Netherlands. In 2007 it celebrates it's 150th anniversary. The original Rotterdam zoo was lost in the bombing of Rotterdam in World War II, which destroyed most of the city centre. Some streetnames still remember to the old zoo, such as 'Diergaardesingel' ('Zoolane'). 'Blijdorp' was rebuilt slightly to the north, where it opened to the public on December 7, 1940, it's current location. In 2001 'Blijdorp' opened the new western part, called Oceanium, making the zoo almost twice as large. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 388 pixelsFull resolution (2654 × 1286 pixel, file size: 245 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Copied from nl:Afbeelding:Blijdorp entree. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Nickname: Motto: Sterker door strijd (Stronger through Struggle) Location of Rotterdam Coordinates: Country Netherlands Province South Holland Government  - Mayor Ivo Opstelten  - Aldermen Jeannette Baljeu Hamit Karakus Orhan Kaya Lucas Bolsius Jantine Kriens Dominic Schrijer Roelf de Boer Leonard Geluk Area [1]  - City 319 km²  (123. ... Motto: Je Maintiendrai (Dutch: Ik zal handhaven, English: I Shall Uphold) Anthem: Wilhelmus van Nassouwe Capital Amsterdam1 Largest city Amsterdam Official language(s) Dutch2 Government Parliamentary democracy Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Beatrix  - Prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende Independence Eighty Years War   - Declared July 26, 1581   - Recognised January 30, 1648 (by Spain... The Dutch Zoo Federation or in Dutch Nederlandse Vereniging van Dierentuinen (NVD) is an association of 15 large zoos in the Netherlands. ... The European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) is an organisation for the European zoo and aquarium community. ... Giraffes in Sydneys Taronga Zoo A zoological garden, zoological park, or zoo is a facility in which animals are confined within enclosures and displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred. ... Nickname: Motto: Sterker door strijd (Stronger through Struggle) Location of Rotterdam Coordinates: Country Netherlands Province South Holland Government  - Mayor Ivo Opstelten  - Aldermen Jeannette Baljeu Hamit Karakus Orhan Kaya Lucas Bolsius Jantine Kriens Dominic Schrijer Roelf de Boer Leonard Geluk Area [1]  - City 319 km²  (123. ... The bombing of Rotterdam was a terror bombardment by German forces on 14 May 1940, in the initial phases of World War II, when they invaded the Netherlands. ... December 7 is the 341st day (342nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The Oceanium, officially opened in 2001, is a massive aquarium. ...

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A camel in Diergaarde Blijdorp

Coordinates: 51°55′37″N, 4°27′12″E Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... The Wikimedia Commons (also called Wikicommons) is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 566 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This picture is taken by Magalhães on the 29th of March 2005 in Diergaarde Blijdorp, Rotterdam File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 566 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This picture is taken by Magalhães on the 29th of March 2005 in Diergaarde Blijdorp, Rotterdam File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia... For other uses, see Camel (disambiguation). ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...