Feijenoord

Feijenoord
Skyline of Kop van Zuid
Country Netherlands
ProvinceSouth Holland
CityRotterdam
Area
  Total
2.49 sq mi (6.44 km2)
Population
 (2004)
  Total
72,320
  Density37,540/sq mi (14,493/km2)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
Websitewww.rotterdam.nl/feijenoord

Feijenoord (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈfɛiənoːrt]) is a borough of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, south of the Nieuwe Maas. Feyenoord football club was formed there, but now play in the neighbouring township of IJsselmonde.

It was a centre of shipbuilding in the nineteenth century, principally at the Fijenoord yard.