This painting offers a view over the Europoort area with a special atmosphere. it shows the Europoort area near Rotterdam. The Europoort is an industrial and port area south of the Nieuwe Waterweg and north of the Hartel Canal, east of the Maasvlakte and west of the Botlek. The area belongs to the municipality of Rotterdam and is 3600 ha.
Together with the Botlek, the Europoort forms one of the largest petrochemical industrial areas in the world. At the beginning of the Calandkanaal ore transshipment takes place at Europoort ore transshipment company. In the east of the Europoort area, the transshipment of cars, steel and wood products takes place at specialized terminals.
