What To Do In Rotterdam, The Netherlands | Eileen Aldis Travel Channel
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- What To Do In Rotterdam, The Netherlands
This video is a city guide and city tour of Rotterdam. You'll see my top 5 highlights of one of the most modern cities in Europe.
Above all, Rotterdam is a city with vision. It was very nearly completely destroyed during World War II and chose to see the devastating loss as an opportunity to innovate and build anew. The city was a blank slate for architects and artists. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes of war, this Dutch city has become a city of the future. Rotterdam is a centre for design, art, architecture, and sustainability. Locals joke that you should take a photo of the skyline today because it won't be the same tomorrow.
The Floating Forest is a great symbol of all that Rotterdam cultivates and inspires. It's an art installation of twenty live trees floating in the harbour. Rotterdam has the largest harbour in Europe and you can't talk about the city without reference to the water. The trees are recycled from the city's 'tree bank.' With all the new construction, trees are sometimes cut down in the march of progress. Now, instead of being chopped, they are moved to a tree bank for further use and enjoyment. The trees float in recycled sea buoys that are filled with fresh water to sustain the trees. The artist, Jorge Bakker, hopes the public art will get people talking about the relationship between the city dweller and nature. In this time of climate change and urbanization, this is relevant not only to Rotterdam but the entire world.
The Erasmus Bridge - Erasmusbrug, in Dutch - is the graceful link between northern and southern Rotterdam. Locals adore this steel-cabled suspension bridge and lovingly refer to it as 'the swan.'
Nearby the bridge, and across from the Fenix Food Factory, is Hotel New York. This is the former head office of the Holland America Line - the first shipping and passenger ship connecting the Netherlands and the United States. It was also the first connection between the two continents.
The newest architectural gem of Rotterdam is the Market Hall (Markthal). It's the first covered market in the Netherlands and is a masterful example of innovative multi-use space. Inside you'll find food vendors, shops, restaurants, parking for 1200 cars and over 200 residential apartments. The exterior is plain grey stone so as to draw attention to the interior which is dominated by the massive painting on the ceiling. Covering 11,000 square metres, it's the largest painting in the world and is known as the Sistine Chapel of Rotterdam.
Just across from the Markthal are the world-famous, iconic cube houses. Conceived and designed in the 1970s to solve the dilemma of housing above a pedestrian bridge, these atypical homes show, again, how Rotterdam answers limitation with innovation. The cube houses are meant to represent an abstract forest and are tilted at an angle that gives excellent views of the surrounding area. Ironically, however, because of the slanted walls and ceilings, only a quarter of the interior space is actually usable.
Looking around, it's easy to see why Rotterdam feels futuristic and is leading the way for green living and modern design. Have you visited Rotterdam? I'd love to hear your impressions so please leave a comment down below.
For more information about visiting Rotterdam, check out: rotterdampartners.nl/
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Being from Rotterdam, watching this video and hearing your wonderful words actually filled me with pride. I am glad you enjoyed my hometown so much. Thank you for your kind words.
That is so wonderful to hear, Richard. Thank you :) I loved visiting your hometown and felt very inspired by it.
Your so lucky! I'm from London i wish I was from Rotterdam
I wish I was from LONDON! 8million people ! the whole world knows london ! half of holland fits in 1 London ! REAL BIG CITY REAL WORLDCITY ! rotterdam is an homeless-wellfare institution shit city dude.
Richard K. Wel ff de Duitsers bedanken he!
Hey @Richard K. I'm planning a visit to Rotterdam. Maybe you'd like to talk about it. Any social media I can contact you on?
I love Rotterdam alot! Most interesting city in The Netherlands because it is so innovative in urbanism. You do not see that as much in Europe, Rotterdam is unique in that matter. I like the fact that it is easy to get around, not infested with mass tourism, overall safe and clean. And people are very friendly and helpful, they do not see you as as burden. Rotterdam shows that modernism is not always ugly, and does it beautifully. Rotterdam rules!
Yes, Rotterdam is very unique!
Warsaw was flattened during WW2
...unique? Whats unique in Rotterdam?
Cube houses are from Helmond.
The big markethall, isnt the biggest of the Netherlands.
Erasmusbridge?...are many in the world
@@You-mr3lo @@You-mr3lo
It is all the above and more that makes Rotterdam unique. There is no market hall in the World with houses on the arch. The Erasmus brigde was opened in 1996, many cities copied that from Rotterdam. The cubes house were first built in Helmond and created in a more impressive way with a different facade in Rotterdam. Sorry maybe Rotterdam's version was more impressive quirky. There is no city like Rotterdam in The Netherlands or the World for that matter. You either like it or hate it. I love it! th-cam.com/video/BmUNt1VMuFY/w-d-xo.html
@@You-mr3lo Hell of a lot more unique than most of the strip malls and freeways of the USA.
Lovely. Thanks. :D
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow, I never knew how cool Rotterdam was but now I know, thanks to your awesome video! Thank you for bringing it into our lives! Like the others commented, I was very impressed with the Market Hall - I definitely need to get there someday. I love the sign that said "Take a picture of the skyline today - tomorrow it will change." Lots to see there...can't wait!
Yes! That sign totally sums up the city and locals joke about that too. The Market Hall is really something special. I love how it's both functional and beautiful - urban design home run! More videos coming from the Netherlands :)
Very informative. Looks like an amazing place to visit. Thanks for sharing.
It is! So happy you think so too :)
Wonderfull Rotterdam...thanks for the video
Glad you enjoyed it! :)
Having lived in Rotterdam for 18 years, it is amazing to see such a glamorous review of it and the amazing comments below. Thanks for the video!
Thanks! So happy to hear you enjoyed it :)
The market..... just wow!!!
Totally!! It's amazing!
Wow the City of Rotterdam deserves huge thanks and admiration for how they have developed their city into such
an amazing place. Thank you for the tour. Love it all but especially those floating trees!! What an original idea.
Happy you enjoyed the city tour! Rotterdam must have an awesome city planning department. There was a particular politician in the 1970s who called for architecture 'with some life in it.' They succeeded! The Floating Forest was one of my favourites as well and I hope to see the concept repeated more widely :)
We hate it out here send help please.
Wow! Mind blown! If I ever go to the Netherlands, now I know which city to see! I especially loved the mural in the market.
Yes! It's such an inspiring city with incredible architecture to see. We have lots more videos from around the Netherlands coming up! Woohoo! 🙌🏻
Check out Utrecht too!
I'm so happy to see the love that Rotterdam is getting these days! I'm frankly addicted to this city and love that this is a hidden gem in Europe! I'm glad its next to Amsterdam as well because you'll never find Rotterdam overcrowded and you can enjoy it just as much as the locals! Great video and I can't wait to go back!!!
Thanks! Yes, Rotterdam is definitely less crowded than Amsterdam and has a totally different vibe. It's such a lovely city and I felt inspired being there. Glad you liked the video :)
Don't come to Rotterdam Tyx
Too late :P You guys as self centred as the folks in 020 and of course De Kuip fans > Arena fans!
@@feyenoord010rotterdam7 Don’t worry we won’t.
The cube houses! Oh my goodness. What wonderful architecture.
Go to Amsterdam and Rotterdam is definitely in my plans. Thanks for the videos, Eileen :-)
Thank you for your beautiful words for my hometown❤️🇳🇱
I'm happy you enjoyed it! We loved your beautiful city 💕
Brilliant ,progressively tasteful. Yeah Rotterdam and the Netherlands
I'm fascinated of your video about Rotterdam 👍👍👍
one of my fav things in rotterdam is the coloured crossing on the roads in the same colouring order as the chakra chart, loooove Rotterdam
I love it too! That sounds cool - would love to see a photo.
Thanks for introducing the city where I was born and live to the world with this video.
Though we love our architecture in our beloved Rotterdam, the vast majority of our citizens will tell you that their favorite spots in the city are: the public parks and gardens. And there is nothing else that will make us sigh with relief and love when we're driving down the Maasboulevard or the Van Brienenoordbrug, and we see our skyline (especially at night). That's when we know that we're home again.
Precies dat.
The skyline… three flats like English teeth in a row….
Eileen Aldis enjoyed the video, I had a relative who worked in the Hague for a while he didn't like Rotterdam saying it was rough! I went to Rotterdam loved it and it's allot better than many cities in the UK.
Nice, 2018 ,I was in Rotterdam.yes inspiring ! Thanks
Fun fact: the original Cube houses stand in another Dutch city called Helmond and were build in 1974, they were designed by the same architect and were the main inspiration source for the ones build in Rotterdam!
i live in rotterdam. and you tell me things i didn't even know. very detailed
Rotterdam hasn’t been top of mind, I’ll admit…But ….WOW!
Bombed to smithereens during WW2…Now it’s “Manhattan on the Meuse”!
The city just oozes architectural freedom and new thinking. And how about that market!
Another eye opener for me! Thanks for a really great video tour!
'Freedom and new thinking' is a great way of putting the vibe of this city. A place for architects, artists, and other creative types to just PLAY! The market is even more mind-blowing in person and I love how they used the space in different ways. Happy you enjoyed the tour around the city :)
Mark
Take a look at this : th-cam.com/video/RXjHHlrL6vA/w-d-xo.html
As a Rotterdam-Neighbor. (Schiedam, which is older, and famous for its largest windmills in the world, and Kethel 1 Jenever) I just visit the market-hall, this past weekend, for the first time. I was quit impressed. Beautiful building, one must say! But it is for the tourists. It's expensive, so very view locals will buy their daily grocery's there. And i keep wondering about the smell. and noise that must reach the apartments, 24/7. And even, when i told on FB, to my friends we where going there, i got responses like, look out for the rats... O.o Didn't see one, luckily. But who would want to live there!?
Having an apartment in the market-hall, i mean. Rotterdam is a beautiful city!
ik wil niet veel zeggen maar in amsterdam wonen er meer buitenlanders dan in rotterdam. Het is duidelijk dat je nooit in rotterdam ben geweest. Rotterdam is gebouwt met amerikaans geld. Zonder Rotterdam zou amsterdam niet eens geld hebben want dat geld komt door de haven van Rotterdam. Haven van amsterdam stelt niks voor. dat is pas een vieze gore stad waar het plastic in de grachten ophoopt en alles letterlijk stinkt. blijf maar lekker daar hoor. tuig als jouw hebben we niks aan in een toekomst stad als Rotterdam.
Very nice outdoor market!🌹🌷🍏🧀
So nice to see you in my country. Rotterdam is great to visit. I Love the markthal Love the painting on the roof. Its great gor us Dutch people to visit too
Thank you :) I really enjoyed visiting Rotterdam and, yes, the mural at the Markthal is WOW. Makes quite an impression!
Lovely!
Nice...
Rotterdam looks gorgeous 😍😍 I really hope I get to visit the Netherlands one day 🙏🏽🤞🏽
Lovely video. Visiting there soon
Thanks, Brian! Hope you have a wonderful visit :)
Rotterdam is lovely. Full of beautiful architecture
Agreed! The city feels fresh and I love the architecture too. Are you from the Netherlands?
I was born and grew up in Rotterdam and I am extremely proud of that ! I am glad you enjoyed the city !
Hey Yvonna! That's wonderful! We did enjoy visiting a lot, as you can see ;) Thank you and best wishes to you!
Very Interesting 💢💫👌🇧🇷
Amazing stuff, Eileen! I'm considering moving to this city for pursuing my master's. Your video just increased my desire to move to this wonderful city. Keep on uploading more travel videos to your channel!
Thank you! I wish you all the best with grad school!
The tour was liked
Hi Eileen. Fascinating city, love your videos.
Thanks a lot, Robert! Glad you enjoyed Rotterdam like I did :)
This video was lovely 💕 Keep doing what you're doing!
Love this...Like n subscribed !
Awesome review of my city! you did it Justice, glad you got to see the true vibe of the city :)
Thank you! So glad you think so :) You live in a wonderful place!
Lovely video and very interesting, I was planning just day trip to Rotterdam but after watching your video, I’m gonna add 2 full days, I totally loved what I saw. Thank you
That's awesome, Ariel! I hope you'll have a wonderful time there. There's a restaurant there I really liked that you might want to check out. It's called Dudok and they're known for their apple pie. Just saying :) www.dudok.nl/
now i know where to go when i travel to Rotterdam in May, thank you. i love your vids
I'm so happy to hear that! Hope you have a fantastic time in May :)
Rotterdam has many amazing perks. My favorite actually is just the centre; Lijnbaan, Beurs, Blaak etc. Very much exciting things to see, places to eat and it's not as busy as Amsterdam.
Great video! Can't wait to see Rotterdam in August
Thanks! Hope you have a wonderful time! I also recommend this place for food/coffee/apple pie: www.dudok.nl/ :)
Que lugar tan increíble, el vídeo se sintió algo diferente, creo que Rotterdam es realmente increíble e inspirador. Que buen vídeo y ahora me quedé con ganas de visitar Rotterdam :( Gracias por compartir!
¡Gracias, Cristian! Estoy muy contento de que hayas gustado este video y también encontraste a Rotterdam inspirador. Es realmente sorprendente cómo tomaron tal devastación y la usaron para innovar y crear belleza. :)
Visited Rotterdam last November on a day trip from Amsterdam. I was intrigued by its architecture from seeing TH-cam videos. Definitely have to get back as I only spent about 4 hours here.
Its so beautiful....😍
What's your favourite part?
Loved this video. I'm going to Rotterdam for my European honeymoon in September and can't wait to check out all these attractions! 😘👌❤️
Hope you have a wonderful honeymoon trip! :)
Great video !!
Glad you enjoyed it, Kevin!
Thank you.
Thank you for Showing Rotterdam the way I see it. I was born there :-)
Thanks for watching! You have a beautiful city :)
Rotterdam's so awesome -- model for modernism done right! Rotterdam rocks!
Love you Eileen....nice explanation
Thank you 💕
well done nice video rgrds from Rotterdam
Be going for New Year's Eve, can't wait.
Have a great time!
Wow...it's been 23 years that I've been to Rotterdam. What a change!!
The best part is...it's always changing! I love what they say about the skyline there :)
Cool, interesting to hear more about the city I live in ;)
Thanks, Veronika! You live in an awesome city :)
Cool, I am going to visit it this weekend
I live here to i didnt know much about what you said
Your city is amazing, futurist and people is fun. Best city I visited during my eurotrip. Hugs from Brazil ✌🏻🏄♂️
I see more of a harp in the bridge, but either way it is very nice. And that hall is very cool looking.
Now that you say that I can also see a harp! I like how it's like cloud-gazing where everyone sees something slightly different. The Market Hall is super cool and different - one of my favourite buildings we saw there.
I agree Eileen, Its funny I saw the harp from the beginning, but I find if someone suggests that it looks like something then most people will see the suggestion. I guess some of us are different. Yes that market hall was beautiful! Now get somewhere warm before winter sets in ! Keep up the great videos!
Thanks Chris! I'm starting to dream of somewhere warm as well - as is our birthright as Canadians! :) You're right about suggestion. I always prefer experiencing things before hearing other people's reviews and thoughts. Then afterwards it's fun to compare notes, ie. harp vs dog haha
Such an instructive, educative, inspirational and dynamic video! Sharing these details of each highlight makes it more attractive and understandable. Keep working Eileen Aldis, good vibes and greetings from Ecuador.
Thanks a lot for your lovely comment, Franklin! So happy to hear you enjoyed the video :) Greetings to you in Ecuador! I was there in 2011.
Thanks nice video!
Thanks! So glad you enjoyed it :)
We were just there 3 weeks ago...absolutely loved it! made so many great friends there. it was definitely not what i had expected having already been to amsterdam before! cheers ~sara
Hey Sara! Cool! Yeah, we loved it as well. Glad you had a good time! I visited Rotterdam first which I think is a bit odd because most people probably see Amsterdam first. It's so futuristic and I love their attitude about how quickly the skyline changes. :)
I love your style of travel videos!! Especially the facts and the insights in history :) feels like a mini tour guide tour rather than just a view clips of the most instagramable locations :)
Thank you very much! ❤️ And welcome to our channel if this is the first of our videos you've seen! :)
I love this Country
So Good
Nicely done, great video with accurate and taste.
I live in Rotterdam myself, really cool video 👍😃
Thanks @Eileen.
Although staying presently in Amsterdam, NL; I have been looking for places to visit oblivious of nearby Rotterdam's significance in a Tourist's book.
Dear Rotterdam... here I come next weekend..
I am traveling to Rotterdam this afternoon
Nice👍
Thanks!
Improve my knowledge after I vaiiting all the palces I visit very detail , helpfull for people who want to visit Rotterdam ..lovely! I like it.
I'm happy to hear that!
subscribe mine too, im a newbie in youtube , go continue to another places the way you talk about that the location so easy to understand..love it! sukses Eileen!
The best from Rotterdam is the down to earth mentality from the people from Rotjeknor, as the Rotterdam people say. The love for Rotterdam is totally genuin and without any doubt. Feyenoord is the most fanatic loved footballclub in the Netherlands.
Not ajax or psv?!?! Wow
That's interesting 🤔
Rotterdam is so nice!
Wow.Mind blown.Very Beautiful place..Welcome to India..
Thank you! We’d LOVE to visit India :)
I saw Numb there ,great band
Very Good
Thank you! :)
We love your video too much!!
Thanks a lot!
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So fascinating...inspiring...enlightening...have to love a comeback story :)
Hard to pick a favorite feature ..I love the Floating Forest...those quirky buildings! Visually striking, no doubt about it!
I think I can see that dog in the bridge :)
The outtakes at the end LOL
BTW your first description of a city (shy, reserved ) definitely resembles me more than your second :)
That's a great way of putting it. Rotterdam definitely made a comeback. And I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees the dog! haha you caught the bloopers! 😂 It is hard to pick a favourite. I agree with you on the Floating Forest and I also loved the Market Hall. So unique!
Very lovely video, well done :-) Makes me fall in love with Rotterdam all over again. Love, Vera from Simple Happy Zen
Hi Vera! That's so lovely to hear - thanks very much! :)
this video is great. tysm!!
Thanks, Rachel! So glad to hear that!
Such a great informative video, best video on Rotterdam i've seen!! Keep it up :)
Hey Angel! Thank you so much for the amazing compliment! That makes me really happy to hear and I appreciate it ❤️
very interesting, thanks )
Glad you enjoyed it! :)
On Sunday I will be taking my first trip outside the UK since I was a child (over 23 years) I will be travelling to Brussels on Sunday and then onwards to Rotterdam on Monday for just under a week. I would say only 2 people inspired me to travel outside my home country and that is Anthony Bourdain and Eileen Aldis
This means a lot to hear and I'm thrilled you've been inspired to travel. Thank you for making my day by sharing this with me. I hope you have an absolutely wonderful time exploring!
Great 'review' of the city! Never been there but the next time I'm in NL I'll try to visit the Markthal for sure!
I'm going to live to Rotterdam in 6 months. Your video is great! Thank you!
Awesome! Have a great time :)
I’m thinking of visiting here!
Awesome!
I live here :D! You made a wonderful video about it yaay
Thanks very much! I'm so glad to hear that :)
Reminds me of how Frankfurt was rebuilt. Beautiful city.
Im heading to Rotterdam in August can't wait
Wonderful! Have a great time :)
great vid!!
Thanks!
beautiful video! Thanks a lot for the video. :D
Thanks, Leigh! Glad you enjoyed it :)
An incredible city, I adore it! Luckily for me I married a Rotterdamer, so we get to return and visit family every few years, and I never get tired of being there and walking and discovering new things (and revisiting others!). Wonderful people, vibe and so easy to get around, and as it’s somewhat in the shadow of Amsterdam, it is 100% authentic and not a tourist city. Can’t name a favourite feature, I love the whole place! [-Q]
How cool that you visit so often! I agree :) Next time you're there go to Dudok for me! I loved it there 💗
as i am moving into rotterdam in like 45 days this is actually good info sortof to get into the mood
Good luck with your move! We also enjoyed Dudok for working/lunch/coffee/apple pie www.dudok.nl/vestigingen and Fenix Food Factory is #1 on my list for next time - looks lovely: www.fenixfoodfactory.nl/. If you go, let me know how it is :)
*I Like this video n You Eileen ;p*
Quarantine brought me here, i miss this city so much
Hi! I hope you are doing well during quarantine. I can understand why you miss Rotterdam :) Best wishes for your good health!
Leuke video! mooi in elkaar gezet:)
Veel dank! :)
I like Amsterdam🇳🇱❣️nice TH-cam❗️
Thank you! We love Amsterdam too. Beautiful city! We made videos there too if you're interested: bit.ly/thenetherlandsplaylist :)
Cette vidéo donne vraiment envie de découvrir Rotterdam, peut-être une des rares villes entièrement détruites puis entièrement réinventées au niveau architectural. Merci beaucoup.
Merci! Je suis content de l'entendre. C'est une bonne façon de le dire.
Uh my buddy went to the Netherlands this summer I need to go!!!! Great video
Thanks! Yes, you should definitely visit!
Wonderful Rotterdam is awesome my dream to study mba in such a beautiful city 🇳🇱💪
I hope your dream will come true :)
So nice to see you enjoying my country!
Let me know if you need any help while you're here!
I absolutely love it! Thanks so much :)
Sadly never been there but would love to go just to gaze at the incredibly inventive architecture and the Markt Hall ceiling
That ceiling is a showstopper! And, yeah, I love how they've rebuilt the city with such imagination :)
Love your videos 😍😍 Makes me want to travel next year... alone. 😀😀
That's so great you're inspired by our videos! :) Where would you like to travel?