Sliedrecht is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

, in the province of South Holland

South Holland

South Holland is a province situated on the North Sea in the western part of the Netherlands. The provincial capital is The Hague and its largest city is Rotterdam.South Holland is one of the most densely populated and industrialised areas in the world...

. The municipality covers an area of 14 square kilometres (5.4 sq mi) (of which 1.22 square kilometre (0.471044633482893 sq mi) is covered by water).

The first IKEA store in The Netherlands opened in Sliedrecht in 1978, but it closed in 2006. Sliedrecht is also the site of the Nationaal Baggermuseum (National Dredging Museum) - featuring dredging and salvage

Marine salvage

Marine salvage is the process of rescuing a ship, its cargo, or other property from peril. Salvage encompasses rescue towing, refloating a sunken or grounded vessel, or patching or repairing a ship...

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Public transportation

The Sliedrecht railway station

Sliedrecht railway station

Sliedrecht is a railway station in Sliedrecht, the Netherlands. The station is located on the Arriva line between Dordrecht and Geldermalsen . It was opened on 16 July 1885, the station has a single track. Next to the passenger track is the Betuweroute freight railway line. Arriva has operated the...

 is situated on the Elst–Dordrecht railway.

Waterbus route 2:

• Dordrecht
  Dordrecht
  Dordrecht , colloquially Dordt, historically in English named Dort, is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the fourth largest city of the province, having a population of 118,601 in 2009...
  
   Merwekade - Dordrecht Hooikade - Zwijndrecht Veerplein - Papendrecht
  Papendrecht
  Papendrecht is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, at the crossing of the River Beneden Merwede and the Noord River...
  
   Veerdam - Papendrecht Oosteind - Hollandse Biesbosch
  Biesbosch
  De Biesbosch , is one of the largest national parks of the Netherlands and one of the last freshwater tide areas in Europe. The Biesbosch consists of a rather large network of rivers and smaller and larger creeks with islands. The vegetation is mostly willow forests, although wet grasslands and...
  
  - Sliedrecht Middeldiep

External links

• Sliedrecht council
• http://www.plattegronden.nl/sliedrecht/
• Nationaal Baggermuseum