A Few Landmarks

Looking back to the history of Rotterdam you'll find out that the city suffered from heavy bombings during WWII which destroyed most of the city. That's why nowadays you find in place of the old city a newly architecturally designed city.

The Erasmusbrug (Erasmus bridge) also nicknamed "The Swan" is the symbol of Rotterdam. 8OO meters long accross the Nieuwe Maas, it links the northern part of the city to the southern part.At the bottom of two huge towers, one of them being the Montevideo tower said to be one of the highest building in the Netherlands, stands the New York Hotel. It was some hundreds years ago the head office of the Holland-Amerika Lijn used by millions of migrants to fulfill their dreams.

The cube houses are one of the most peculiar architectural curiosity. 38 houses designed by Piet Blom to represent a forest the houses reminding of tree huts.