Bolnes

Bolnes is a Dutch village in the municipality of Ridderkerk in the province of South Holland.

It is situated on the island IJsselmonde on the south bank of the river Nieuwe Maas, just east of the junction with the Hollandse IJssel, bordering on the municipality of Rotterdam.

Intensive farming and especially shipbuilding used to be the main employers, the latter attracting hundreds of migrant workers from Spain in the 1960s.

Farming has all but disappeared because the built up area was greatly extended during the last 50 years.

A regional bus line is the only form of public transport in the village itself.