Rotterdam :
Rotterdam is a major port city in the Dutch province of South Holland. After being almost completely reconstructed following WWII, the city is now known for bold, modern architecture and beautiful cityscape.
Well, Rotterdam is a modern city with high rise buildings along side the buildings with architectural, engineering marvel.
It is surprising to see how quickly the city was rebuilt after destruction during WW II.
It has a bit of history as well goes as follows:
The Maritime Museum's vintage ships and exhibits trace the city's seafaring history.
The 17th-century Delfshaven neighborhood is home to canal side shopping and Pilgrim Fathers Church, where pilgrims worshiped before sailing to America.
If you search the places of interest you will hit a list of about 15 to 20 places. I do not say all of them are worth visiting. Again it depends on one's interest and liking.
I do not spend much time & money on museums & painting unless I know its worth. Many museums are private collections and not really a museum. Hence I end up skipping many museums and art exhibitions. One of the reason for this attitude of mine could be due to many such museums and art exhibitions that I have experienced already in past visits.
Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen
Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen – with an ultra-sustainable energy system and its own heat and cold storage – has been very popular. You can look at art there (the building houses about 151,000 works)
You may like to visit the green roof or eat at restaurant Renilde
It is a marvellous building completely covered with mirrors on the outer side. Finding your self in the mirror is fun.
Do not forget to book the tickets online if you want to visit the exhibition.
Markt Hall :
This building is another beautiful one. Architects must have really exercised the imagination to full extent in Netherlands.
There are lot of small and medium restaurants with various cuisines including Indian and Asian.
Garden:
Trompenburg
This is a quiet botanical garden with lot of diverse green trees, shrubs, flower bulbs with an area of 8 hectares. It is open all the years. You can buy ticket at the main entrance. Place is well connected by public transport.
I did not find any birds except for one water bird.
Cubehouse :
The club houses complex is close to markt hall.
I would not hesitate to call this as that some crazy architect has fulfilled his or her enchanting desire of creating something different.
They describe it as innovative and space optimisation. I have difficulty to agree to this statement. Not sure whether the residents are really happy. Very tiny and expensive. It does not seem to worth its cost if you look at cost / space ratio. Nevertheless it looks different and funny.
Do not burn your pocket with private tour etc. Go there and buy a 3 euro ticket on the spot and you can visit one house. All house are same i understand.
Erasmus Bridge:
Beautiful bridge. Ideally the picture should be taken from across from a distance to view the beauty. I could not take such a picture though.
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I strolled through shopping street and market place leisurely. I did not visit euro mast and the zoo.
I would have visited maritime museum but did not have not time.
You get to see many different kind of buildings along the way.
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It is one of important city in Europe, commercial centre, key port.
