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Bold bridges, daring buildings and a city that likes to do things differently. Ten questions about Rotterdam.
City explorer 0–4 · Skyline spotter 5–8 · Honorary Rotterdammer 9–10
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Huge ships sail from the North Sea right up to Rotterdam. From there, the Maas and the Rhine carry goods deep into Europe, all the way to Switzerland.
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Architect Piet Blom designed the Cube Houses as a kind of village of tilted cubes on poles, with space to walk underneath. He also built cube houses in the town of Helmond.
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Local people dammed the Rotte where it flowed into the Maas, and the settlement around the dam became Rotterdam. The name Rotte comes from old words meaning 'muddy water'.
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De Kuip means 'the tub', after its round, steep stands. It opened in 1937. De Meer was the old stadium of Ajax in Amsterdam.
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Desiderius Erasmus travelled all over Europe and wrote books that were read everywhere. He is so linked to his birthplace that he is often called Erasmus of Rotterdam. Spinoza was born in Amsterdam.
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The Erasmus Bridge opened in 1996, and its pylon is 139 metres tall. Its elegant, swan-like shape made it so loved that it is part of the city's logo.
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The artwork is called the Horn of Plenty and covers about 11,000 square metres. The arch itself is full of flats, and some of them have windows that look down onto the market.
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Kapsalon means 'hair salon': the inventor was a hairdresser who asked the snack bar next door to put all his favourites in one tray. The melted cheese on top is usually Gouda.
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The building was the office of the Holland America Line, whose ships carried many emigrants from Rotterdam to New York. It became a hotel in 1993.
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The Euromast was built for the Floriade, a large garden exhibition. It stands on a heavy concrete block so its centre of gravity is underground, and in 1970 a Space Tower was added on top.
Photo: F.Eveleens, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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