Feijenoord Stadium in Rotterdam , also called "de kuip".
stadion van Feijenoord, popularly called De Kuip, is a soccer stadium in Rotterdam-Zuid (IJsselmonde). It is a stadium with soccer history where the professional football organization Feijenoord plays its home matches. The driving force behind the construction of this stadium was Feijenoord chairman Leen van Zandvliet, after whom the adjacent square is also named. The stadium was designed by architect Leendert van der Vlugt, of Brinkman and Van der Vlugt architecture firm. Construction began in 1935; the opening was on March 27, 1937. Van der Vlugt died in 1936 and thus did not witness the opening.
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