YOU ARE READING
Photojournal: it’s still kind of winter in Rotterdam and The Hague
SAVE
MENU
Photojournals

Photojournal: it’s still kind of winter in Rotterdam and The Hague

Ioannis Promponas | 20 April 2018

New destination after a long time and my enthusiasm was so big. A few days ago, I visited Netherlands and Rotterdam in specific. I had heard so and so impressions about Rotterdam and I arrived there with a pinch of doubt that immediately gone away. What an interesting city to visit! What did I learn?

DSC2532.jpeg
DSC2543.jpeg
DSC2553.jpeg
DSC2566.jpeg
DSC2571.jpeg
DSC2598-Edit.jpeg

i) The second largest city in Netherlands after Amsterdam, the largest port of Europe and til recently the largest port in the world.  ii) The name Rotterdam derives from the names Rotte(r) + dam, ie a dam in a small river, Rotte, which ends up to Niue Maya in the heart of the city.  iii) Rotterdam, one of the most multicultural European cities except for the port, is world-renowned for the Erasmus University, named in honor of one of its famous former residents, Erasmus. Many of its sections are world-famous.  iv) Rotterdam is one of the most bombarded cities during the Second World War. Few buildings remained, among them the historic Town Hall.  v) Due to the war destruction, Rotterdam was almost rebuilt from the beginning. It is a source of architectural development and source of enormous architectural interest. From 1950s to 1970s, the city was rebuilt with an active architectural policy. The bold character and new style of the apartments, office buildings and leisure facilities have led to a more “viable” city center with a new horizon.

DSC2775.jpeg
DSC2687.jpeg
DSC2915.jpeg

In Rotterdam, I liked the countless, well-designed, cycle paths. I was very happy to see almost all citizens on a bicycle. I was delighted by the fact that this is part of their everyday life, like their second nature. It is an extremely interesting city in terms of modern architecture. Buildings of different styles, with different materials and everything coexists. Exquisite lighting of shops, restaurants, bars. The predominance of neon lights is more than obvious and it suits perfectly to the city’s atmosphere. Rotterdammers are smiley and polite. Rotterdam has its own character and liveliness. Rotterdam has its own rhythm and energy.  My visit to the Hague was a bit indifferent, except for the outstanding beach in Scheveningen. A vast beach is there to walk and enjoy it. There you will find the Kurhaus hotel and restaurant opened in 1886 and the Beelden aan Zee sculpture museum built in 1994.  I said a lot. Through my lens … Rotterdam and Den Haag.

DSC2638.jpeg
DSC2663.jpeg
DSC2680.jpeg
DSC2718.jpeg
DSC2727.jpeg
DSC2744.jpeg
DSC2768.jpeg
DSC3064.jpeg
DSC3080.jpeg
DSC3123.jpeg
DSC3126.jpeg
DSC3097.jpeg
DSC3106.jpeg
DSC3108.jpeg
DSC3114.jpeg
DSC3120.jpeg
DSC3128-Edit.jpeg
DSC3139.jpeg
DSC3143.jpeg
DSC3145.jpeg
DSC3174.jpeg
DSC3177.jpeg
BACK TO TOP
Related Articles for Netherlands
Photojournal: it’s still kind of winter in Rotterdam and The Hague
1 of 32
2 of 32
3 of 32
4 of 32
5 of 32
6 of 32
7 of 32
8 of 32
9 of 32
10 of 32
11 of 32
12 of 32
13 of 32
14 of 32
15 of 32
16 of 32
17 of 32
18 of 32
19 of 32
20 of 32
21 of 32
22 of 32
23 of 32
24 of 32
25 of 32
26 of 32
27 of 32
28 of 32
29 of 32
30 of 32
31 of 32
32 of 32
PREVIOUS
NEXT
CLOSE