Charlois
Neighbourhood
Old Charlois (light green) within Rotterdam (purple).
Charlois Location within the Netherlands
Coordinates: 51°52′56″N 4°28′35″E / 51.88222°N 4.47639°E / 51.88222; 4.47639
Country	Netherlands
Province	South Holland
City	Rotterdam
Borough	Charlois
Incorporated into Rotterdam	1895
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)

Charlois (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɕaːrloːs]) is a neighbourhood of the Dutch city of Rotterdam. It is located on the south bank of the Nieuwe Maas.

Charlois used to be a separate municipality until 1895, when it became part of Rotterdam.^[1]

History

Charlois used to have an airport. Waalhaven airport as it was called, was opened in 1920 as the second civilian airport in the Netherlands after Schiphol.^[2] The airport was destroyed in 1940 by the Dutch army so it could not be used by invading German Wehrmacht during World War II.

Notable people

• Leo Beenhakker (1942-2025), former football manager of (amongst others) Real Madrid CF, AFC Ajax, Feyenoord, and Poland national football team

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