Rondje KNSM Eiland - een open water zwemevenement van 5 km in hartje Amsterdam

RONDJE KNSM EILAND

>> On Sunday, Augustus 29, 100 swimmers from all over the world will swim for the second time in history around the KNSM - Java Island in the city center of Amsterdam. Join us!

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Course

This 3 km (1.86 miles) swim around the city island Noordereiland in Rotterdam. Known as the largest artificially created harbor of the world has the following course:

Start:
The swim starts upstream under the Erasmusbrug (left to the Noordereiland) This bridge for motor vehicles, cyclists, pedestrians, trams has a total span of 808 metre and a 139 metre-high asymmetrical pylon, earning the bridge its nickname of "The Swan". The bridge connects the northern and southern parts of Rotterdam.

850 m.:
Around 850 m. the swimmers will swim under the Koninginnebrug which connects the Noordereiland with the South part of the city.

850 - 1000 m.:
From 850 - 1000 m. the swimmers will swim over the Willemsspoortunnel through which thousands of trains transport everyday almost a million people from the southern part of the Netherlands to the northern parts and v.v.. After 1000 m. the swimmers will swim under the old railroadbridge the Hef which is a monument nowadays.

1500 m.:
Around 1500 m. the swimmers turn the Noordereiland and now they swim downstream to the finish, the Erasmusbridge.

2000 m.:
Around 2000 m. the swimmers swim under the red Willemsbrug. This bridge for motor vehicles, cyclists, pedestrians connects the northern part of the city with the Noordereiland and has a total span of 318 meters.

3000 m:
The finish is at the same place as the start The Erasmusbridge.

Stichting Aquarius
Beukelsweg 81A
NL 3022 GG, Rotterdam
The Netherlands
(+31) 63 826 5666 (EU)

Rondje KNSM Eiland is an annual Open Water Swimming event of 5 km which bring people together
and celebrate our precious water resources by swimming around the KNSM Eiand
in the city center of Amsterdam at the last Sunday of August.
Erik Van Loon, Stichting Aquarius