Vlaardingen Culture was an archaeological culture on the border of the middle and late Neolithic era in what is now the coastal region in the west of the Netherlands. In 1958, archeologists found objects in Vlaardingen, a city near Rotterdam, which justify the designation as a separate culture. These objects were from the period between 3500 BC and 2500 BC. Utensils were made of wood and bone, and polished small stone axes were found, which appear to originate from Belgium. Also needles and the remains of a primitive canoe were found.