http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotterdam



1. The elegant Erasmus Bridge across the Nieuwe Maas, designed by Ben van Berkel and built in 1996.







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3. Rotterdam is still a busy port, in fact its Europes busiest and until 2004 was Worlds busiest too, so the river is filled with ships.







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5. Delfshaven, now a suburb of Rotterdam but until 1886 it was a town in its own right. It was founded by the people from the city of Delft (as the name implies) to avoid tolls being levied by Rotterdam.







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9. Regentessebrug, a rather grand bridge built in 1898.








10. Rotterdam is filled with fantastic buildings, here we have Shipping and Transport College, designed by Neutelings Riedijk Architects, surrouned by warehouse conversions.







11. The weather was absolutely terrible, so I spent a few hours in The Euromast sipping tea and just watching the city.







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23. Montevideo tower, all 140 metres of it.








24. The 165 metres tall Maastoren.







25. Netherlands Architecture Institute, I wanted to go there, but it was.....er not open.....







26. The Art-Nouveau Witte Huis built in 1898, it was tallest building in Europe when built. Willemsbrug can be seen in the background.







27. Cube House designed by architect Piet Blom in 1984.








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29. Inside one of the flats in the Cube House.







30. Minimalist corridor in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.








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34. The Red Apple, 124 metres.








35. De Brug, the new HQ of Unilever Netherlands. Apparently the steel and glass bit is a pre-fab.