Vlaardingervaart

The Vlaardingervaart or Vlaardingse Vaart is a canal in the municipality of Midden-Delfland in the Dutch province of South Holland, between the Gaag in Schipluiden and Vlaardingen, where through the Oude Haven the water is connected to the Nieuwe Maas.

Later it became a canal for horse-towed boats, connecting Vlaardingen with Schipluiden, Den Hoorn and Delft.

In the municipality of Vlaardingen the Vlaardingse Vaart Bridge connects its northern town part, Vlaardingen-Holy, with the Broekpolder recreational area.

On 2 June 2019, a statue of the Dutch painter Johan Jongkind, made by Dutch sculptor Rob Houdijk, was revealed in the Duifpolder between Maassluis and Vlaardingen, alongside the Vlaardingertrekvaart canal, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Jongkind's birth.

[1][2] At this spot, Jongkind must have made preparatory sketches of the Rechthuis van Zouteveen for one of his later etchings ‘Les deux barques à voile’ in 1862.