Rotterdam, Blaak Market, Cube Houses, Old Harbor, Netherlands
Rotterdam, outdoor market, Cube Houses and Old Harbor. Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, has the nation's largest outdoor market and next to it are the Cube Houses, unusual apartments in the shape of cubes standing on a point, tilted over by 45 degrees, very curious. Next to that is the Old Harbor, Oude Haven, a popular gathering place with terrace restaurants along the shore of a harbor first built in the 14th century.
The outdoor market a popular shopping place for locals as well, who pick up a lot of their fresh produce here, this and you can buy lunch at a price that's going to be lower than your typical restaurant.
Because it gets so crowded it makes a great place for people-watching, with customers of all ages and national origin in this cosmopolitan city.
Open from 9 to 5 Tuesdays and Saturdays. If you want to avoid the crowd get here early or come at the end of the afternoon. It will be worthwhile no matter when you can make it.
Next to it alongside the Markthal is a very popular outdoor public park, especially when you're here on a Saturday and families can gather together, workers have the day off, and it's just a holiday atmosphere, with the medieval Church of St. Lawrence in the background.
In the other direction, the white building is the Rotterdam Central Library, one of the city's best architectural curiosities. A six-story cascading façade with industrial design and angular yellow tubes makes it one of the most controversial buildings in the city. It contains half a million books in open stacks and one of the biggest record libraries in Europe. It's a multipurpose structure with a theater, a bookstore, there's Internet terraces on the first and top floors, and lecture halls and there's a café that sometimes has live music.
Adjacent, the Blaak Tower design by Piet Blom, who also designed the Cube Houses next door, which is where we're going next.
These cubes are actually apartments that people live in. Each is tipped up on a point, tilted at a crazy angle of about 45°. Inside, the floors are horizontal and yet the walls are all at an angle. It's efficient, using very little ground area while creating living space up above in a striking design.
From Google Earth we can see how it's located on a bridge straddling eight lanes of a busy highway, another aspect of how it's efficiently using space that might have been otherwise unoccupied.
It also serves as a pedestrian bridge to help you get across the road, and yes it's open free to the public. You're welcome to come on in, walk through, have a look around. There are some exhibits in one of the houses, you can pay a few euros if you want to go inside, but otherwise it's splendid from the outside.
Or you could rent a room. There are some vacation rentals, a little hotel operation and a youth hostel, and a few shops, along with the condominiums of the permanent residence, some of whom have lived here since it first opened 30 years ago.
Constructed out of wood, the architect Piet Blom envisioned each unit as a tree and altogether functioning like a forest.
There are 40 apartments here, each with about 1000 ft.² of floor area, but only 1/4 of that space is actually usable because of all the sharp angles of the walls, and it's generally squeezed up into three floors with narrow staircases connecting them.
That's the price one pays for living inside a most unusual work of art.
It's in a great location between those markets and the Old Harbor, which is a picturesque part of Rotterdam that harkens back to the old days, unlike most of this modern city.
From the cubes you can walk right down a gentle ramp that will lead you to this lovely restaurant terrace area right along the water's edge.
You can see what a popular place this is for eating and drinking, easy to reach from the cubes, but curiously from the street, there's only a small sign. You might even miss the entrance. You have to know where you're going to get down here to the water. The harbor is bordered by buildings with the restaurants and terraces so there is no expansive view from the street, but there are some openings and you'll find it.
Then you can walk along a nice promenade on the edge of the harbor. Walk around to the other side and get some great views looking back at the cubes and the terrace restaurants.
This neighborhood is one of the most vibrant and popular places to be for eating, drinking, and to meet up with your friends and make some new ones, a fine example of urban planning and development.
Recreational boating is always popular in the Netherlands and there are some commercial tours of the harbor on larger boats that we will show you in a different video.
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New Amsterdam Travel Video- We like taking you to other places in The Netherlands outside of Amsterdam. Rotterdam is a world-class city with so much to see and do. So much so, we had to limit this episode to just the harbor areas of the city. Luckily our hosts, Rich from Holland Photography Tours lives there and Sander was born there. So they are the perfect guides for a great day. Delfshaven still has Old World charm that contrasts most of the city's modern, sleek architecture. This quaint harbor is known as the starting point for the Pilgrim Fathers making their way to America. Leuvehaven is home to the Maritime Museum with different kinds of ships moored outside for you to discover and explore. Katendrecht is a hip, renovated area centered around the Fenix Food Factory. Hotel New York will take you back to the early 1900s when the Holland America Line shipped immigrants to the New World. Everything is easy to get to with an efficient tram and metro system and the speedy water taxis will give you a thrilling ride. We're already planning our next Rotterdam visit and episode!
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Oude haven the White House and cube houses in Rotterdam, Netherlands 白宮和立方體房屋在荷蘭鹿特丹
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De oude haven, het witte huis en cubus woningen.
Oude Haven, Rotterdam's most picturesque quarter. Sit down in one of the many restaurants and breathe in the atmosphere of the city. Rotterdam's historic old harbour is called Oude Haven. There are a number of fine restaurants located along the busy waterfront.Visitors to Rotterdam Holland in the Netherlands can enjoy a great view of Europe's first 'skyscraper' from those restaurants. The building, called the 'White House' was designed by architect W. Molenhoek and completed in 1898.
The Witte Huis or White House skyscraper, inspired by American office buildings and built in 1898 in the French Chateau-style, is evidence of Rotterdam's rapid growth and success. When completed, it was at that time the tallest office building in Europe, with a height of 45 m (147.64 ft).
Cube houses (Dutch: Kubuswoningen) are a set of innovative houses built in Rotterdam and Helmond in the Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of living as an urban roof: high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. His design represents a village within a city, where each house represents a tree, and all the houses together, a forest.
There are 38 small cubes and two so called 'super-cubes', all attached to each other.
As residents are disturbed so often by curious passers-by, one owner decided to open a show cube, which is furnished as a normal house, and is making a living out of offering tours to visitors.The houses contain three floors: ground floor entrance first floor with living room and open kitchen second floor with two bedrooms and bathroom top floor which is sometimes used as a small garden.The walls and windows are angled at 54.7 degrees. The total area of the apartment is around 100 square meters, but around a quarter of the space is unusable because of the walls that are under the angled ceilings.
In 2006, a museum of chess pieces was opened under the houses. In 2009, the larger cubes were converted by Personal Architecture into a hostel run by Dutch hostel chain Stayokay.The houses in Rotterdam are located on Overblaak Street, right above the Blaak Subway Station.
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Netherlands: The Cube Houses in Rotterdam
The 38 cube houses above the Blaak near the Old Port in Rotterdam were constructed between 1982 and 1984.
The Cube Houses (Kubuswoningen) are a set of innovative houses built in Rotterdam and Helmond in The Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of living as an urban roof: high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. His design represents a village within a city, where each house represents a tree, and all the houses together, a forest.
The houses in Rotterdam are located on Overblaak Street, and beside the Blaak Subway Station. There are 38 small cubes and two so called 'super-cubes', all attached to each other.
The houses contain three floors:
ground floor entrance
first floor with living room and open kitchen
second floor with two bedrooms and bathroom
top floor which is sometimes used as a small garden
The walls and windows are angled at 54.7 degrees. The total area of the apartment is around 100 square meters, but around a quarter of the space is unusable because of the walls that are under the angled ceilings.
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MARKTHAL TOUR | ROTTERDAM | NETHERLANDS
A quick tour of MARKTHAL (market hall in English) — a residential and office building with a market hall underneath, located in Rotterdam. The building was opened on October 1, 2014.
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Rotterdam is one of Netherlands biggest ports and it is the second largest city in Netherlands after Amsterdam. A lot of people visit Rotterdam for its rich Dutch culture, culinary, view, and not forgetting their amusing architecture. The city is also great for shopping. Well, you can basically do anything here, so come and visit while you are around in the area.
The main attraction for me was the market. Just simply because I love Netherlands market and it is said that the biggest market you can find in Netherlands is the one in Rotterdam. So, there I was. Totally filled with good deals for stuff ranging from groceries to antiques. There are also the cube houses and the old harbour in the area. So enjoy yourself here if you happen to visit, cos I definitely did.
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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.
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Rotterdam Travel Guide - Netherlands Joyful Times
Rotterdam is a municipality and city in the Dutch province of South-Holland, situated in the west of The Netherlands and part of the Randstad. The municipality is the second largest in the country (behind Amsterdam), with a population of approximately 601,300 people and over 2.9 million inhabitants in its metropolitan area (combined with The Hague).
The port of Rotterdam is the largest in Europe. From 1962 to 2004, it was the world's busiest port; then it was superseded by Shanghai. Now Rotterdam is the fourth biggest port in the world. Rotterdam is known as a city of architecture. A few square kilometres of the city centre offers a complete overview of what the twentieth century has produced in terms of modern architecture. Due to this more modern atmosphere and the presence of several relatively high buildings (for Dutch standards), the city is especially interesting for Dutch people to visit.
The atmosphere of Rotterdam is absolutely distinct from other Dutch cities. The mentality can best be described as 'can do'. From the waiters you meet to the businessmen and the people who have just arrived as migrants, all of them breathe a dynamic optimism of getting forward with things and their town. The modern looks of the city, the bustle and its building spree all add to this impression. That said, you might also find that people are sometimes somewhat too straight with you. And yes, the city is not the cosiest, or the most picturesque of towns, especially on drab winter days. But; get acquainted with this small metropolis, easiest done on days of one of the festivals with nice weather, and you will come to love it.
Like any city in The Netherlands, Rotterdam is very, very bicycle-friendly. Getting around by bike is probably the fastest way of travel within the city. There are separate bike lanes on most major streets and there are separate traffic lights for bicyclists. Avoid getting your tire in the tram rails. Always cross tram rails at an angle. Always lock your bike securely when leaving it, preferably chained to a fixed object.
There are five metro lines operated by RET. Lines A (green), B (yellow) and C (red), share tracks between Schiedam Centrum and Capelsebrug and offer an east-west connection. Lines D (light blue) and E (blue, also known as RandstadRail) share tracks between Rotterdam Centraal and Slinge and offer a north-south connection. Interchange between all lines is possible on Beurs station in the city center.
The area around metrostation Blaak, called Oude haven (Old Harbour), is not only worth seeing but has also a lot of pubs and restaurants. The Rotterdam dining scene is developing very fast with new restaurants opening very often. While most of the attention focusses on new Michelin-star aspiring places, there is very much a trend towards high quality mid-range restaurants offering French/Dutch cuisine.
Innovation here takes many forms, and one that is immediately apparent is the quality of the coffee served in the city's huge array of cafes. Until recently, there was only one coffee roastery in Rotterdam – the excellent Man Met Brill – but at last count there were 12, all roasting direct-trade beans to caffeinate coffee-obsessed locals. Cafes of every type (hipster hole-in-the-walls to traditional grand cafes) dot the city streets, functioning as work and study spaces for the digital generation as well as places where friends and family catch up over a drink or casual meal.
A lot to see in Rotterdam such as :
Cube house
Euromast
Erasmusbrug
Rotterdam Zoo
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
UNESCO World Heritage Kinderdijk
Market Hall
Kunsthal. Rotterdam
Maritime Museum
Grote of Sint-Laurenskerk
Witte Huis
Miniworld Rotterdam
Arboretum trompenburg
Witte de Withstraat
the Rotterdam
Het Park
Fenix Food Factory
Wereldmuseum
Dutch Photo Museum
Plaswijckpark
Port of Rotterdam
Stadhuis
Oude haven
Blaak
The Destroyed City
Nieuwe Maas
Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art
Kralingen Lake
Het Nieuwe Instituut
Sonneveld House
Museumpark
Natural History Museum Rotterdam
Museum Rotterdam
Chabot Museum
Oceanium
Kralingse Bos
Willemsbrug
Oude Binnenweg
Beurstraverse
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
Holland Casino Rotterdam
Rotte
Lage Bergse Bos
Netherlands Architecture Institute
Vroesenpark
Delft Pottery De Delftse Pauw
National Genever Museum Schiedam
Meent
Wilhelminapier
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Rotterdam is the second-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands. It is located in the province of South Holland, at the mouth of the Nieuwe Maas channel leading into the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta at the North Sea. Its history goes back to 1270, when a dam was constructed in the Rotte, after which people settled around it for safety. In 1340, Rotterdam was granted city rights by the Count of Holland.
A major logistic and economic centre, Rotterdam is Europe's largest port. It has a population of 633,471 Rotterdam is known for its Erasmus University, its riverside setting, lively cultural life and maritime heritage.
Rotterdam is the largest port in Europe, with the rivers Meuse and Rhine providing excellent access to the hinterland upstream reaching to Basel, Switzerland and into France. In 2004 Shanghai took over as the world's busiest port. In 2006, Rotterdam was the world's seventh largest container port in terms of twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) handled.
The port's main activities are petrochemical industries and general cargo handling and transshipment. The harbour functions as an important transit point for bulk materials between the European continent and overseas. From Rotterdam goods are transported by ship, river barge, train or road. In 2007, the Betuweroute, a new fast freight railway from Rotterdam to Germany, was completed.
The extensive distribution system including rail, roads, and waterways have earned Rotterdam the nicknames Gateway to Europe and Gateway to the World
'Rotterdam' is divided into a northern and a southern part by the river Nieuwe Maas, connected by (from west to east): the Beneluxtunnel; the Maastunnel; the Erasmusbrug ('Erasmus Bridge'); a subway tunnel; the Willemsspoortunnel ('Willems railway tunnel'); the Willemsbrug ('Willems Bridge'); the Koninginnebrug ('Queen's Bridge'); and the Van Brienenoordbrug ('Van Brienenoord Bridge'). The former railway lift bridge De Hef ('the Lift') is preserved as a monument in lifted position between the Noordereiland ('North Island') and the south of Rotterdam.
Rotterdam , the coolest city of Europe, 25 reasons to go there!
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Rotterdam is the coolest city in The Netherlands with a skyline you cannot find anywhere in this nation.
Rotterdam is a supermodern city with everything you are looking for in a city.
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All the reasons from the video listed:
1. Top architecture
2. The Markethal, Blaak
3. Central Station
4. The Wilhelminapier
5. The Bridges, Erasmusbridge, Willemsbridge
6. Lots of space, like the Boompjeskade
7. Boat tours, like the Spido tour and the Splash tour
8. Witte de Withstraat
9. The Museumpark
10. Shopping, such as Lijnbaan, Hoogstraat, Nieuwe Binnenweg
11. Great food spots
12. The Old Harbour, or Oude Haven
13. The Cityparks, like Euromastpark, Vroesenpark, Kralingse bos
14. The SS Rotterdam, at Katendrecht
15. De Veerhaven
16. Blijdorp Zoo
17. The Euromast
18. The event locations
19. Maritime character everywhere
20. The festivals
21. The Chinese boat
22. West Kruiskade
23. Old industrial buildings, like Van Nelle Fabriek
24. The Floating Pavillion
25. The old swimming paradise Tropicana
Rotterdam, Netherlands, Shopping Streets
One of the great things about visiting Rotterdam in the Netherlands is the vast pedestrian zone in the center. There are several major streets that function like a big outdoor shopping mall that you would love to explore, along with some quaint side lanes that will entice you to have a look.
And now we're going to enjoy a detailed visit to the vibrant center of downtown Rotterdam, especially the Lijnbaan, the most famous of all the pedestrian malls. The map shows the city center and our routing, including several side malls that branch off from the main street.
Lijnbaan was the first time in Europe that an automobile street was converted to exclusive use by pedestrians, making it Europe's first modern pedestrian shopping street.
It opened in 1953 after the devastation of World War II. By now this pedestrian concept has been copied by nearly every city and town in Europe and in many places throughout the world.
The stores are integrated so well with the street that it functions almost more like a standard shopping mall than a pedestrian lane, enjoying the advantages of both styles.
You'll want to get off the main lane now and then for added shops and cafés.
One of the side malls branching off here is Stadhuisplein facing the old City Hall, which we're going to visit later in the program -- a wonderful outdoor plaza with lots of dining facilities out on the terrace, very popular spot.
Shopping malls did not even exist yet in 1953, so this was really some visionary planning. The famous American shopping mall developer Victor Gruen visited here back in 1953 and was disappointed that this had opened already before his own first shopping mall ever opened.
Extending across from Stadhuisplein is another one-block-long mall, Korte Lijnbaan with more famous shops and places to eat. It's worth a little stroll to enjoy both of these side malls.
Continuing on a few blocks further south on Lijnbaan, we get to another really lovely side mall called Beurstraverse.
First crossing a rather busy intersection with lots of pedestrians and trams. There are still no cars allowed down here, but you've got these trams on steel rail at street level going by. It's a safe mix with the alert pedestrians.
From here we can look down into this lovely shopping mall called Beurstraverse. It's really something quite different. We have a split-level street scene with shops up above and shops down below, with some benches and tables out in the plaza.
It's a brilliant design because this encourages people to shop on two levels instead of just one, which is often a challenge on a normal shopping street. People just stay on the one main level on the shopping street.
Of course in a shopping mall it's always multilevel and you've got escalators and nice stairways, and that's what we find here. It's another one of these hybrids between shopping mall and a retail pedestrian street.
There is a charming curve to the architecture of the plaza which gives it cozy and comfortable feeling.
The nickname for this places the Koopgoot, that means 'shopping gutter', and from that lower level you can walk right into the metro station.
Looking down from street level for a final view of that lower mall, a lovely place to visit. Often when you're walking in the streets of the Netherlands you'll come upon a big calliope playing some pipe music. The street continues as Hoogstraat heading over to the Markthal that we've shown you in another episode.
Leaving the shopping malls now, walking a few blocks south to one of the most popular streets in the city, Witte de Withstraat.
Witte de Withstraat is one of those perfect urban streets. It's got everything. There are sidewalk restaurants, ethnic cuisines, cafés, bars, music clubs at night, art galleries, shops, wide sidewalks for pedestrians, trees providing shade. You can see why it's one of the most popular places for the locals to hang out.
The atmosphere here is more relaxed and slightly Bohemian compared to the shopping malls that we've just seen earlier, and yet it's a family-friendly place, unlike during the 1970s when it was noted for seedy bars and illegal gambling. Now it's a bit of urban heaven.
Right around it is a residential neighborhood that also includes some small hotels and vacation rentals.
Now we're walking a few blocks back up north to the City Hall, the Stadhuis.
Behind me is the City Hall. It's one of the few buildings that survived the bombing of World War II.
Called Stadhuis, it's a grand structure that was built between 1914 and 1920 in somewhat of a Renaissance style, located on a major boulevard, the Coolsingel, and still functions today is the seat of government with the mayor's office and the Council Chambers.
The building is open with free admission to the public areas on the ground floor, where you will find some lovely surprises. So step inside.
It's a beautiful building with an amazing lobby.
???? Rotterdam in the Netherlands - Exploring the Sights
This is a short film to give some insight and feeling about the sights in the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. It is a modern city with a strong architectual flair. This is visible in some of the key sights, such as the covered market Markthal, the bridge Erasmusbrug or the famous Cube Houses. Rotterdam has a fantastic public transport system with trams, metro and even Waterbuses along the Nieuve Maas River. Some historical buildings and areas of the city did survive the destruction during the 2nd World War, such as the romantic Scheepvaartkwartier quarter. As romantic are the harbour areas, which include Veerhaven or Oude Haven (Old Harbour).
Rotterdam on a Bike | Cycling in the Oudehaven, the Old Harbor
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Robin never forgets his origins from the North of the France: he loves relaxing with a beer after work. He likes to go to Oude Haven, the Old Harbor of Rotterdam. With all its bars, there isn’t a better place to enjoy sitting in a terrace without any cars. You can walk there to admire the boats and feel a part of the history of the town.
You can easily bike around it, taking some bridges to cross the water. You can also go on a path just under the Kijk-Cubus (Cube Houses). In Oude Haven, you will see the Witte Huis, which was the tallest building in Rotterdam when it was built. Nowadays, with its 43 meters, it looks small in comparison with the others buildings of the city, but the locals are still attached to it.
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Rotterdam, Netherlands: Europe's Largest Port
More info about travel to the Netherlands: Rotterdam's immense port is a reminder of the Dutch knack for international trade. Located where the Rhine River meets the ocean, the port handles 35,000 ocean-going vessels each year.
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Wereldhavendagen - World Harbor Days - Rotterdam NL 2017 2016
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De Wereldhavendagen zijn een groot jaarlijks meerdaags evenement in het eerste weekend van september in de haven van Rotterdam. Doel is om het publiek kennis te laten maken met en een kijkje achter de schermen te geven van de Rotterdamse haven onder andere door scheepsbezichtigingen, demonstraties op het water en presentaties van havenbedrijven. Het evenement trekt jaarlijks veel bezoekers. Een belangrijke attractie is tegenwoordig ook de muzikale show en het vuurwerk op de zaterdagavond op de Nieuwe Maas. De locaties zijn: de Nieuwe Maas als demonstratiegebied, Katendrecht, Wilhelminapier, Wilhelminaplein, Willemsplein, Willemskade, Veerkade bij de Veerhaven, Westerkade en Parkkade. Tijdens het evenement vindt ook het Internationaal Shantyfestival Rotterdam plaats. Op diverse locaties in de Oude Haven en Leuvehaven treden dan vele shantykoren uit de hele wereld op. Vaste deelnemers zijn de verleners van havendiensten, zoals de slepers, loodsen, roeiers, waterschepen, enzovoort.
The World Harbor Days are a major annual multi-day event in the first weekend of September in the port of Rotterdam. The purpose is to make the public aware of and give a look behind the port of Rotterdam, including shipwrecks, water demonstrations and port company presentations. The event attracts a lot of visitors every year. An important attraction today is also the musical show and the fireworks on Saturday night on the Nieuwe Maas. The locations are: the Nieuwe Maas as a demonstration area, Katendrecht, Wilhelminapier, Wilhelminaplein, Willemsplein, Willemskade, Veerkade at the Veerhaven, Westerkade and Parkkade. During the event, the International Shantyfestival Rotterdam takes place. In many locations in the Old Port and Leuvehaven, many shanty worshipers from all over the world will come up with. Permanent participants are port providers of port services, such as tow boats, pilots, rowers, watercraft, and so on.