Editing Vlaardingen (section)

==Attractions==
===Monuments===
[[File:Vlaardingen 1867.png|thumb|Vlaardingen in 1867]]
Historical buildings in the town include the ''Grote Kerk'' (Big Church), the ''[[Weigh house|Waag]]'' (Weighing Bridge) next to the church and the old town hall (used for weddings), all on the ''Markt'', the former marketplace, the ''Visbank'' (Fish Auction) at the harbour and the ''Oude Lijnbaan'' (Old [[Ropewalk]], where ropes were made). The ''Grote Kerk'' was probably established between 1156 and 1164 and has been expanded, damaged and rebuilt. To the north of the old harbour is the old [[Aeolus]] windmill, which operates and sells ground cereals. The harbour <!-- now seems to be occupied mainly by recreational and antique boats --> is a [[marina]] and [[open-air museum]] with old ships. At the harbour is the ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Museum Vlaardingen|nl}}'' (before: '' Visserijmuseum'' and the ''Visserij en Vlaardings Museum''), a museum dedicated to commercial sea fishing and [[Folklore|lore]]. A war memorial to the crew of a [[Vickers Wellington|Wellington bomber]] from [[No. 142 Squadron RAF]] killed when it was shot down over Vlaardingen in March 1942 has been erected in ''Wijkpark Holy-Noord'' in June 2012.

On ''Emaus Cemetery'' in [[Vlaardinger Ambacht]] six members of the resistance group "[[Dutch resistance|Geuzen]]" are buried. They were executed in March 1941. Nine adjacent headstones are symbolic for nine other members of the "Geuzen" who were also executed and buried elsewhere.

===Events===
The "Vlaardings Loggerfestival"<ref>{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.vl-loggerfestival.nl/ The Loggerfestival website]</ref> (''Logger'' is a traditional ship used for [[herring]] fishery, the customary English name is ''[[lugger]]'') is held on the first Saturday of June. The festival used to be called "Haring en Bierfeest" (translation: [[herring]] and [[beer]] festival), but in 2003 the mayor decided to rename it. In 2015, the name "Haring en Bierfeest" reappeared again.

Since 1987, the ''[[Geuzenpenning]]'' is an award that is yearly bestowed by a local foundation in cooperation with the town's municipality to human rights activists from all over the world.