Leuvehaven is Rotterdam's oldest sea port. To the north there is very striking statue by Zadkine, dating from 1953. The sculpture For a devastated city shows a man whose heart has been torn out. It symbolises Rotterdam's martyrdom to the bombing of..

This very unseal cinema shows 70 mm films on a screen that is 23 m high by 17 m wide. In contrast to the domed screen at the Hague's Omniversum, the IMAX screen here is slightly convex. The sound, on six different channels, makes the shows additional..

Built between 1983 and1993, this Metro and railway station is the work of H. Reijnders. Its enormous roof is covered in colourful neon lights.

This building, built by Rem Koolhaas, contains exhibitions on art, architecture and design from non-european countries. The exhibition halls are grouped around the ramp linking the park to the dyke. On the park side the facade is of glass and travert..

The new glass structure of the Natuurmuseum stands to the left of the Kunsthal. Amongst the numerous curiosities in this museum of natural history, can be found the impressive 15 m skeleton of a sperm whale.

In the Wijnhaven enormous containers and a pontoon can be seen. This is the work H. Klunder, designed to house the "museum of distant countries". Traditional types of boat can be seen here, together with exhibitions about cultures from fa..

This fine excursion is an exploration of the port and its numerous activities, as well as the mouth of the Maas/Meuse. Embarcation is at Leuvehoofd. The boat descends the river to Eemhaven. It steers west along the right bank then turns around to sta..

This long boat excursion goes as far as Botlek. It is very entertaining and allows for close contact with the activities on which the wealth of Rotterdam is founded: river and maritime trade. Along the route numerous vessels of every type are encount..

One of the most important examples of urban engineering in the city, this was opened in 1942. The tunnel is 1070 m long, 550 of them under water, and is made up of four galleries: a twinned pair for cars, each carrying one way traffic, and two others..

Kralingse Bos is a wood encircling a large lake: Kralingse Plas. To the north of the lake can be seen two charming mills . One of them, De Ster , is an old spice mill dating from 1740 and rebuilt in 1969. Here the manufacture of snuff tobacco can s..

The enormous installations of Europoort, built between 1958 and 1975, cover 3600 hectares, occupying the left bank of the Nieuwe Waterweg. Europoort also extends to the west onto Maasvlakte (the Maas/Meuse plain), where the installations date from 19..

In 1954 a new port named the Botlek was built on the island of Rozenburg, where refineries and petro-chemical industries were then established. It soon became overstretched and Europoort was added in 1958. Nowadays the Botlek is a big petrol and ce..

This tunnel, dug under the Oude Maas (Old Maas/Meuse) to supplement an older bridge, was opened in 1980. It is 500 m long and descends to a depth of 21 m below the sea-bed.

This bridge, situated on the east side of town, dates back to 1965. Its single span is 297 m long and 25 m above water level at the highest point. At the northern end of Van Brienenoordbrug there is a bascule bridge. The Tweede Van Brienenoordbrug (s..

This tunnel was created in 1967 to relieve congestion in the Maastunnel, which was unable to cope with the spectacular increases in car traffic. It links the two banks of the river and avoids the centre of town, reducing traffic jams. 1300 m long, th..

On the right bank of the river, the Het Scheur , are Maassluis group of industries. Near the Rozenburg church the De Hoop (Hope) windmill is visible. Along the Noordzeeweg road (between the Nieuwe Waterweg and the Calandkanaal) can be seen unloading..

Dintelhavenbrug is the bridge across the Dintelhaven (minerals port) access canal. From the bridge ferries can be seen in the Beneluxhaven, the departure port for England (Kingston-upon-Hull), and the view extends to the Hoek van Holland.