Rotterdam, trams, canals, museums, Netherlands
Starting out at the Rotterdam train station, which is where you would probably be arriving when you come to Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. There's an excellent Tourist Information counter here where you can get a lot of good advice about the main sites you want to see in your visit.
The tram station out front is quite active with eight different tramlines running through it. You'll quickly reach anywhere in town from the central station.
There are very modern buildings in Rotterdam, and they are well planned with apartments in the downtown area and some parks and you've got the idyllic waterfront with the boat traffic and the apartments around it.
There is a culture history museum. There's an excellent art museum. And that's where we are heading soon in the program, show you a couple of fine museums.
First we walk along Westersingel canal, with parks along the banks of the canal, you've got some ducks quacking by and also it's an outdoor sculpture garden with fountains and benches and a wide promenade that makes for very easy and pleasant walking.
Then we visit a great museum, Boymans van Beuningen, which is one of the major art museums in the Netherlands, an amazing collection that spans from the Renaissance and earlier right up through modern design.
Then, the museum we are heading for next is all about people and culture history called the World Museum and English, or in Dutch, the name is Wereldmuseum.
The city population is 640,000 making it second largest after Amsterdam, but if you include the greater metropolitan area extending to the Hague, population totals 2.5 million. Rotterdam has got 38 skyscrapers and 352 high-rises with many more skyscrapers coming up soon.
There are nine different tramlines operating in Rotterdam, making this a very convenient way to get around, and they are thoroughly modernized. Although, in their beginnings, they were founded in 1878 as horse-drawn trams. In 1904 the first electric trams began service and gradually the horse wagons were phased out. By 1906 there was already five electric tramlines operating and then four more lines began in the next four years. The last horse cars stopped running by 1925. The maximum extent of Rotterdam's tramway network was 25 lines, which was reached in 1930.
Throughout the main cities of Europe, there has been a similar history of trams developing from horse to electric, and then declining, and in recent years, a resurgence in popularity of the system. Currently 40 different Dutch cities have operating tram systems, but only two have metros, Rotterdam and Amsterdam.
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Rotterdam
Location in South Holland
Coordinates: 51°55′N 4°30′E Coordinates: 51°55′N 4°30′E
Country Netherlands
Province South Holland
Boroughs
14 Districts
Government
• Body Municipal council
• Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb (PvdA)
• Aldermen
List of aldermen
Area
• Municipality 325.79 km2 (125.79 sq mi)
• Land 208.80 km2 (80.62 sq mi)
• Water 116.99 km2 (45.17 sq mi)
• Randstad 3,043 km2 (1,175 sq mi)
Elevation 0 m (0 ft)
Population (Municipality, May 2014; Urban and Metro, May 2014; Randstad, 2011)
• Municipality 619,879
• Density 2,969/km2 (7,690/sq mi)
• Urban 1,015,215
• Metro 1,181,284
• Metropolitan region 2,261,844
• Randstad 7,100,000
Demonym(s) Rotterdammer
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postcode 3000–3099
Area code 010
Website rotterdam.nl
Rotterdam (/ˈrɒtərdæm/ or /ˌrɒtərˈdæm/; Dutch: [ˌrɔtərˈdɑm] is a city in the Netherlands, located in South Holland, within the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt river delta at the North Sea. Its history goes back to 1270 when a dam was constructed in the Rotte river by people settled around it for safety. In 1340 Rotterdam was granted city rights by the Count of Holland and slowly grew into a major logistic and economic centre. Nowadays it is home to Europe's largest port and has a population of 633,471 (2014, city proper), ranking second in the Netherlands. The Greater Rijnmond area is home to approximately 1.4 million people and the Rotterdam The Hague Metropolitan Area makes for the 168th most populous urban area in the world. Rotterdam is part of the yet larger Randstad conurbation with a total population of 7,100,000.
The city of Rotterdam is known for the Erasmus University, riverside setting, lively cultural life and its maritime heritage. The near-complete destruction of Rotterdam's city centre during World War II (known as the Rotterdam Blitz) has resulted in a varied architectural landscape including sky-scrapers, which are an uncommon sight in other Dutch cities. Rotterdam is home to some world-famous architecture from renowned architects like Rem Koolhaas, Piet Blom, Ben van Berkel and others. Recently Rotterdam was listed eighth in The Rough Guide Top 10 Cities to Visit and fifth in Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2016 and was voted 2015 European City of the Year by the Academy of Urbanism.
The port of Rotterdam is the largest cargo port in Europe and the 10th largest in the world. Rotterdam's logistic success is based on its strategic location on the North Sea, directly at the mouth of the Nieuwe Maas (New Meuse) channel leading into the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta. The rivers Rhine, Meuse, and Scheldt give waterway access into the heart of Western Europe, including the highly industrialized Ruhr region. The extensive distribution system including rail, roads and waterways have earned Rotterdam the nickname Gateway to Europe, and, conversely; Gateway to the World in Europe.
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Rotterdam, bike-friendly city in progress
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Hundreds of kilometers of bicycle paths and lanes. Rotterdam is easy to explore by bike. If you are in Rotterdam for a short stay, renting a bike is the best way to see a lot. It is easy and inexpensive. Exploring the city with a guided tour is also great fun.
Netherlands: Haarlem, Alkmaar, Leiden, The Hague, Delft, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Gouda, Maastricht
Presenting a tour of the Netherlands
0:00 Introduction ; 03:26 Haarlem; 04:31 Alkmaar; 05:45 Leiden; 06:38 The Hague; 07:48 Delft; 08:54 Rotterdam; 10:11 Utrecht; 11:35 Gouda; 12:22 Maastricht ; 13:43 Conclusion
Starting with a visit to Haarlem, then to Leiden, doing a few day trips out from there. Then to Delft for three more nights and excursions to The Hague, political capital of the nation.
Then to Rotterdam the great modern city of the Netherlands, continuing to Utrecht, a university town with a large historic center and then to Maastricht in the southern part of the country. I'll also be going up to the Alkmaar cheese market which is a lot of fun.
This video is a summary of the trip through the Netherlands. We will be presenting short segments about each city here, but we have 22 movies providing a lot more details about these places so be sure to look for them in our collection.
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Traveling between cities was so easy because the Netherlands has got perhaps the best train system in Europe. It's phenomenal. The trains are clean, fast, frequent and not expensive. This is a small country, so the cities are relatively close together, you can get from one to the next and 15 or 30 minutes usually. This superb rail service in itself makes a good reason to visit this country, shift for it really does eliminate some of those logistical problems of travel, just getting around. It is so easy with these trains.
Some call it Holland, but the country is The Netherlands. Holland is two provinces in the Netherlands.
Rotterdam Cyclists - More info
Rotterdam in South-Holland province, is the second largest city in the Netherlands, after Amsterdam. The cycling rate is low for the Netherlands but very high compared to any other country: 25% of all journeys.
Rotterdam is not like any other city in the Netherlands because it lost its historic city center in World War II, when in May 1940 the Nazis bombed away the entire city center. When the street plan was redesigned in the 1950s the city made room for wide city boulevards and big high rises, on a scale unknown in any other Dutch city. But in a long Dutch tradition these new wide streets were designed to include separate bicycle infrastructure.
The bike mode share of 25% is still very visible in the city. About equal to Copenhagen but less than half of Amsterdam while Groningen (NL) has almost 60%.
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Rotterdam - Centrum by Bike, part 1
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Rotterdam ride
Short ride on a bicycle in the Rotterdam tunnel under Central Station. More information in the blog post:
Reportage Politie Rotterdam Centrum
Zoals we eerder gemeld hebben gaan we een tweedelige serie uitzenden over het Basisteam Centrum van de Politie Rotterdam. We gaan mee in het wel en wee van de noodhulp maar ook met het Openbare Orde Team.
Vandaag starten we met deel 1. In het eerste deel over de Politie Rotterdam Centrum rijden we mee met de noodhulpeenheden, maar gaan we ook aan de wandel op het Centraal Station van Rotterdam, en rijden we mee met de winkeldievenbus.
We starten met een korte uitleg over Rotterdam en over het Basisteam Rotterdam Centrum. Daarna stappen we in bij twee verschillende eenheden van de noodhulp. De noodhulp eenheden reageren op de 112 meldingen die door het Operationeel Centrum worden uitgegeven. Met de noodhulp eenheden belanden we in achtervolgingen, rijden we voor een aanrijding met letsel, een vechtpartij in een horecazaak en worden er preventief fouilleer acties gehouden. De opnames zijn gemaakt in de avond en nachtdiensten.
Tijdens één van de avonddiensten lopen we mee met een tweetal agenten die preventief aanwezig zijn op Rotterdam Centraal. Hier komen allerlei soorten openbaar vervoer samen en is het een drukte van belang. We belichten de actualiteit van nu en toen.
De politie, gemeente Rotterdam en de winkels in Rotterdam hebben een overeenkomst dat een winkeldief zo snel mogelijk wordt overgebracht naar het bureau. Een tweetal agenten rijden met een zogenoemde winkeldievenbus rond in de stad. Zij worden opgeroepen als er ergens in Rotterdam Centrum een winkeldiefstal heeft plaatsgevonden. Tegelijk zullen ook zij reageren op 112 meldingen.
En we laten zien wie de wendbaarste eenheden zijn binnen het basisteam; de motorrijders en het biketeam!
Wij hopen dat we u, nadat u de reportage heeft bekeken, een goed beeld hebben gegeven over het werk van het Basisteam Rotterdam Centrum.
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Eindhoven, The Netherlands (City Center Tour) Walking and Cycling.. GoPro
Eindhoven
Eindhoven (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɛi̯ntɦoːvə(n)] ) is a municipality and a city in the south of the Netherlands, originally at the confluence of the Dommel and Gender streams. The Gender was dammed short of the city centre in the 1950s and the Dommel still runs through the city. The city has a population of 223,220 in January 2015, making it the fifth-largest municipality of the Netherlands and the largest in the province of North Brabant.
Neighbouring cities and towns include Asten, Son en Breugel, Nuenen, Geldrop-Mierlo, Heeze-Leende, Waalre, Veldhoven, Eersel, Oirschot and Best. The agglomeration has a population of 337,487. The metropolitan area consists of 419,045 inhabitants. The city region has a population of 753,426. Also, Eindhoven is located in the Brabantse Stedenrij, a combined metropolitan area with about 2 million inhabitants.
Name
The name Eindhoven derives from the contraction of the regional words eind (meaning last or end) and hove (or hoeve, a section of some 14 hectares of land). Toponymically, eind occurs commonly as a prefix and postfix in local place- and streetnames. A hove comprised a parcel of land which a local lord might lease to private persons (such as farmers). Given that a string of such parcels existed around Woensel, the name Eindhoven may have originated with the meaning last hoves on the land of Woensel.
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Amersfoort, The Netherlands (City Center Tour) Walking and Cycling .. GoPro
Amersfoort
Amersfoort [ˈaːmərsfoːrt] is a municipality and the second largest city of the province of Utrecht in central Netherlands. The city is growing quickly but has a well-preserved and protected medieval centre. Amersfoort is one of the largest railway junctions in the country, because of its location on two of the Netherlands' main east-west and north-south rail lines. It marked its 750th anniversary as a city in 2009.
History
Hunter gatherers set up camps in the Amersfoort region in the Mesolithic period. Archaeologists have found traces of these camps, such as the remains of hearths, and sometimes microlithic flint objects, to the north of the city.
Remains of settlements in the Amersfoort area from around 1000 BC have been found, but the name Amersfoort, after a ford in the Amer River, today called the Eem, did not appear until the 11th century. The city grew around what is now known as the central square, the Hof, where the Bishops of Utrecht established a court in order to control the Gelderse Vallei (nl) area. It was granted city rights in 1259 by the bishop of Utrecht, Henry I van Vianden. A first defensive wall, made out of brick, was finished around 1300. Soon after, the need for enlargement of the city became apparent and around 1380 the construction of a new wall was begun and completed around 1450. The famous Koppelpoort, a combined land and water gate, is part of this second wall. The first wall was demolished and houses were built in its place. Today's Muurhuizen (wallhouses) Street is at the exact location of the first wall; the fronts of the houses are built on top of the first city wall's foundations.
The Onze-Lieve-Vrouwentoren tower (The Tower of Our Lady) is one of the tallest medieval church towers in the Netherlands at 98 metres (322 ft). The construction of the tower and the church was started in 1444. The church was destroyed by an explosion in 1787, but the tower survived, and the layout of the church still can be discerned today through the use of different types of stone in the pavement of the open space that was created. It is now the reference point of the RD coordinate system, the coordinate grid used by the Dutch topographical service: the RD coordinates are (155.000, 463.000).
The inner city of Amersfoort has been preserved well since the Middle Ages. Apart from the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwetoren, the Koppelpoort, and the Muurhuizen (Wall-houses), there is also the Sint-Joriskerk (Saint George's church), the canal-system with its bridges, as well as medieval and other old buildings; many are designated as national monuments. In the Middle Ages, Amersfoort was an important centre for the textile industry, and there were a large number of breweries.
In the 18th century the city flourished because of the cultivation of tobacco,[note 1] but from about 1800 onwards began to decline. The decline was halted by the establishment of the first railway connection in 1863, and, some years later, by the building of a substantial number of infantry and cavalry barracks, which were needed to defend the western cities of the Netherlands. After the 1920s growth stalled again, until in 1970 the national government designated Amersfoort, then numbering some 70,000 inhabitants, as a growth city. In 2009 the population was 140,000 plus, with an expected 150,000 by 2012.
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Street Scenes of Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Rotterdam is a city in South Holland, the Netherlands, located geographically within the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt river delta at the North Sea. Its history goes back to 1270 when a dam was constructed in the Rotte river and people settled around it for safety. In 1340 Rotterdam was granted city rights by the Count of Holland and slowly grew into a major logistic and economic centre. Nowadays it is home to Europe's largest port and has a population of 624,799, ranking second in the Netherlands. The Greater Rijnmond area is home to approximately 1.4 million people and the Rotterdam The Hague urban area makes for the 168th most populous urban area in the world.
Rotterdam - Centrum by Bike, Part 2
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Riding bicycle Amsterdam centrum ( 2 jan 2015)
Riding a bike through the center of Amsterdam in the evening of 2 januari 2015. The last 2 minutes od the video are nothing.
Cycling Culture in Groningen, The Netherlands I Youth Exchange
A research video made during an Erasmus+ Youth-Exchange Financial Education Debunked.
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Politie begeleidt Ambulance uit Den Haag naar EMC Rotterdam
Politiemotoren begeleiden met spoed een ambulance vanaf Den Haag naar Erasmus MC Rotterdam.
Police escort with ambulance to the hospital in Rotterdam.
From The Hague to Delft by bike
Cycling to Delft from The Hague (Den Haag)
delft: spoor en centrum
It's been said that the Netherlands is both a dense country and a sprawling city, but neither is quite right. Large cities quickly give way to countryside, and a constellation of dozens of cities sit in a sweet spot around 100,000 people - where every trip is a comfortable cycling distance and frequent rail service to every other city is close at hand.
Old enough to have a historic centre, large enough for it to be vibrant, yet small enough to make that centre mostly car-free. The suburbs of these cities grew up in the decades where protected bike lanes were standard on all streets, avoiding the awkward middle ring of cities like Amsterdam and The Hague.
Delft is an increasingly popular bicycle-urbanist pilgrimage. It's a pragmatic choice, being a quick train ride from both The Hague and Rotterdam, with a world-renowned university that encourages multiple annual student trips from North America. So to is it home to Mobycon, a Dutch smart mobility consultancy making inroads through its office in Ottawa. Despite all this, it's relatively unknown on social media.
Subtlety and patience make for a city better experienced in person than Instagram. It's city squares are hidden waypoints in a grid of a maze that's disarmingly and disorientingly familiar. Eindhoven's Hovenring may be more striking, but it's exhausting and inconvenient compared to Delft's understated underpass between campus and central station.
The city is built with some of the first examples of woonerven, fietsstraten, and turborotondes. For more than two decades, Delft has been stitching its downtown back together, somehow combining the ubiquitous Dutch bike paths, trams, canals, and roundabouts in unique ways. Little can be found on on the rail project behind all this: it's simply underground.
You're likely to start hearing a lot more about Delft, particularly back home in Vancouver. Whether it's their videos, their book Building the Cycling City, or through their work at Modacity, Chris and Melissa Bruntlett are on the rise and on the move. They too have chosen Delft, and we're sure they'll help explain why.
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We're back from a sabbatical in the Netherlands and excited to share experiences through a series of videos. Thank you to Mobycon for making Brian's exchange possible.