Capelle aan den IJssel[kaːˈpɛlə ʔaːn dɛn ˈɛisəl](listen) is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of 66,818 in 2019, and covers an area of 15.40 km2 (5.95 sq mi), of which 1.15 km2 (0.44 sq mi) is water. It is situated on the eastern edge of Rotterdam, on the Hollandse IJssel river.
Krimpen aan den IJssel is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of 29,376 in 2019, and covers an area of 8.95 km2 (3.46 sq mi) of which 1.15 km2 (0.44 sq mi) is water.
Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Since 2010 it is part of the new municipality of Zuidplas.
Jamai Johannes Loman is a Dutch singer who was the winner of the first series of Idols, the Dutch variant of Pop Idol.
Bero Beyer is a Dutch film producer.
Ferry de Haan is a Dutch retired footballer who has been the General Manager of Excelsior Rotterdam since 2012.
The Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance is a 1,499-seat theater for the performing arts located along the northern edge of Millennium Park on Randolph Street in the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, US. The theater, which is largely underground due to Grant Park-related height restrictions, was named for its primary benefactors, Joan and Irving Harris. It serves as the park's indoor performing venue, a complement to Jay Pritzker Pavilion, which hosts the park's outdoor performances.
Theodorus "Dorus" Rijkers was a famous Dutch lifeboat captain and folk hero, most famous for his sea rescues of 487 shipwrecked victims over a total of 38 rescue operations, and at least 25 before joining the lifeboat-service.
Greenwheels is the largest carsharing corporation in the Netherlands and also operates in Germany. Operations in the United Kingdom ceased on 1 March 2013.
Havo voor Muziek en Dans formerly Hogeschool voor Muziek en Dans is a secondary school (havo) in Rotterdam, Netherlands that specializes in music and dance. It has about 200 pupils from all parts of the country.
Tobias Waisapy is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Hesdey Suart is a Dutch footballer, who currently plays for FC Presikhaaf Arnhem. He is of Surinamese origin.
The Government of Rotterdam is the government of the municipality and city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Most of the inhabitants live in the city of Rotterdam, but the municipality also covers a number of small villages, and other parts of the local government, such as Rozenburg, cover an even larger area.
Codarts University for the Arts is a Dutch vocational university in Rotterdam that teaches music, dance and circus. It was established in its present location in 2000.
Den Haan Rotterdam B.V. is a company that makes navigation lights, searchlights, floodlights and ship's horns for the shipping industry. It has a history in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. It was established August 7, 1922, by Marinus den Haan as a tinsmith workshop. The company also manufactures decorative nautical oil and electric lamps.
Peter Oskam is a Dutch politician and former football referee and judge. As a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) he was an MP between September 20, 2012 and January 4, 2016.
Pieter Jan "Piet Jan" van der Giessen was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country as at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Piet Jan, as crew member on the Dutch 5.5 Metre De Ruyter, took the 13th place with helmsman Wim de Vries Lentsch and fellow crew member Flip Keegstra.
Irena Arkesteijn-Pantelic is a model from the Netherlands. She was Miss Nederland in 2001. She represented the Netherlands at the Miss World pageant in Sun City, South Africa. Pantelic was born in Rotterdam, her parents are immigrants from former Yugoslavia. She was raised in Capelle aan den IJssel and attended the Nationale Hogeschool voor Toerisme en Verkeer in Breda.
Dora Dolz de Herman was a Spanish-Dutch artist, best known for her ceramic outdoors in the form of chairs and sofas.
