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Rotterdam("Rotturdam") (pronounced /ˈrɒtərdæm/; Dutch Template:IPA-nl) is the seicont-lairgest ceety in the Netherlands an the lairgest port in Europe. Stairtin as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam haes grown intae a major internaitional commercial centre. Its strategic location at the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta on the North Sea an at the hert o a massive rail, road, air an inland waterway distribution seestem extendin throughoot Europe means that Rotterdam can richtly be cried the gateway tae Europe.

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[edit] Internaitional relations

Rotterdam haes the follaein ceety an port connections throughoot the warld:

  • 14 Sister Ceeties
  • 13 Pairtner Ceeties
  • 4 Sister Ports

The Breetish baund The Beautiful South recordit a sang named efter this region.

[edit] Twin touns – sister ceeties

Rotterdam is twinned wi:

[edit] Pairtner Ceeties

[edit] Sister Ports

[edit] References

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