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 Bastion Hotel Dordrecht / Papendrecht 
Laan de Verenigde Naties 363, Dordrecht
User review: 6.97. From EUR 84.00
Hotel Mercure Dordrecht
Rijksstraatweg 30, Dordrecht
User review: 7.82. From EUR 44.50
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Baanhoekweg 25, Dordrecht
User review: 4.82. From EUR 100.00
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Wijnstraat 241b, Dordrecht
User review: 8.62. From EUR 145.00
Dordrecht hotels - About Dordrecht
Dordrecht (population 119,649 in 2004), or in English (and locally colloquially): Dordt, is a city and municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland, the third largest city of the province. The municipality covers the entire Dordrecht Island, bordered by the rivers Oude Maas, Beneden Merwede, Nieuwe Merwede, Hollands Diep, and Dordtsche Kil.
The name Dordrecht comes from Thyre, the name of a river, and Middle Dutch drecht "channel", meaning "Thure river crossing". Some documentation speaks of the river actually being called Thuredrith. Inhabitants of Dordrecht are Dordtenaren (singular: Dordtenaar). Dordrecht is informally called Dordt.
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During Carnaval, Dordrecht is called Ooi- en Ramsgat (Ewe's and Ram's hole), and its inhabitants are Schapenkoppen (Sheepheads). Throughout the year, tourists can buy sheep related souvenirs. This name originates from an old folk story about pillow fight. Import of meat or cattle was taxed in the 17th century. Two men dressed up a sheep they had bought outside the city walls, attempting to disguise it as a man. The sheep was uncovered because it bleated as the three men (two men and one sheep) passed through the city wall gate.
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