⇒ Rotterdam Central Station
Modern architecture pearl, the main railway station of Rotterdam city receiving an average of 170 000 passengers daily. One of the greatest city’s architectural highlights
⇒ Schieland House
This 17th-century building was the former headquarters of Waterschap Schieland, the institution responsible for water policy and management in this part of South Holland. It also once provided temporary accommodation for Napoleon Bonaparte.
⇒ Big Church/ St. Lawrence Church
This Late Gothic building dates from 1525 and is the oldest building in city of Rotterdam. One of the few buildings that survived Nazi bombing on May 15th 1940.
⇒ Erasmus of Rotterdam’s Monument
The monument honours Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, also known as Erasmus of Rotterdam, a leading 16th-century philosopher, theologian, scholar, and priest. Many public buildings, structures, and educational institutions are named after this famous Rotterdammer.
⇒ Markthal (The Market Hall)
Modern building situated on one of the biggest Rotterdam’s Squares in the shape of horseshoe — closed market combined with living space and facilities, also nicknamed “The Sistine Chapel of Rotterdam”
⇒ Kijk-Kubus (The Cube Houses)
Atypical tree-looking buildings with cube-shaped apartments on the top of the supporting columns. Because of its form only 3/4 of the inner space is suitable and usable for common living
⇒ Old Harbour
One of the oldest ( but not the oldest one!) ports of Medieval Rotterdam, former river mouth of river Rotte to New Meuse river. Nowadays favourite gathering place of Rotterdam citizens with plenty of coffee bars, restaurants, taverns, disco clubs…
⇒ Witte Huis (The White House)
Once the highest “skyscraper” in Europe from the end of 19th century, 42 metre ( 141 ft) tall.
⇒ Willemsbrug (The Red Bridge)
Also called “The Red Bridge” dedicated to Willem III is one of the three Rotterdam’s bridges connecting central and Northern part of the city with Southern districts.
⇒ De Hef (The Lift)
Huge steel construction once served like “rotating” and “lifting” train bridge across river New Meuse.
⇒ De Boeg
The war memorial commemorating 3500 persons on board of Dutch merchant ships who lost their lives in World War II.
⇒ Leuvehaven Maritime Museum
An open air maritime museum. The great collection of steamships, docking cargo machines and equipment, ship engines and other objects
⇒ Erasmus Bridge
One of the greatest symbols and images of this city also called “The Swan” or ” The Harp” , 139m high with the biggest and heaviest “opening part” of the bridge in Europe, 80 m long.
⇒ Boat transport from Rotterdam to Kinderdijk, ca. 45 min…
⇒ Kinderdijk
Picturesque area with 19 authentic polder windmills from 1st half of 18th century, 15 km away from the biggest European port. The best example of efficient and well organised Dutch water management through the centuries. The piece of untouched nature, green oasis of peace and calm, exotic kind of birds.
