The Lijnbaan is the main shopping street of Rotterdam. It has been opened in 1953, as the main street in the new shopping district, after the old shopping district got completely destroyed during the may 14th 1940 bombing by the German Luftwaffe. Rotterdam Location Flag Country The Netherlands Province South Holland Population 588,718 (2006) Coordinates 51° 55 N.; 4° 30 E. Website www. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... 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. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

It's a complete car-free zone and has been a testcase for numerous car-free shopping streets around the world. Nowadays there are plans te redevelop the street as part of bigger redevelopments of the shopping district. The Beurstraverse is a good example of these redevelopments. Venice (J.H. Crawford) Auto-free zones are also known as car-free zones and pedestrianised zones. ...