ROTTERDAM - The Port of Europe

[Ni3lS]

ROTTERDAM

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ORIGINAL FIRST POST:

This picture was taken from the Coolhaven neighborhood. You can see the Wilhelminapier. It's kind of the Rotterdam skyscraper district. On the far left you can see the Maastower (165m) and in the middle the New Orleans (158m) and the Port Control Tower. Everything that happens in the port is being coordinated by the people working in that tower. It was designed by Lord Norman Foster. On the far right you can see the Montevideo (149m). In the middle of the picture you can see 2 cranes, soon to be 5. This is where de Rotterdam (149m) is going to fill the gap pretty soon I chose this picture to be the first one in this thread because this is what I see every single day when I walk from home to college and back. I always go by subway and start at the Coolhaven subwaystation. I'll try to update this thread once in a while. Enjoy

[Jesús E. Salgado]

Nice

[Ni3lS]

1. Statendam



2. Blaak 31



3. The Pencil



4. The famous Cubic Houses

[Dancer]

Nice! I was just down there a few days ago. I left my camera at home though. looks like a fun city to shoot.

[Ni3lS]

^ It defenitely is. Next time you should bring your gear for sure. Maybe we can meet up or something

5. Everyone loves BMW



6. Rotterdam South-East Beltway. I added some noise, thought it looked kinda cool



7. Samsung!



8. Kralingen Brainpark

[Ni3lS]

9. The van Brienenoord Bridge



10. View from the bridge

[Ni3lS]

11. Spotted this Aston Martin on the Southside of the Erasmusbridge



12. If they open the Erasmusbridge, it has to be something important



13. It caused a huge traffic jam!

[Conor]

Nice pics! I love Rotterdam's unique architectural style. It is not typically European. And of course, there's the fantastic skyline.

[JPBrazil]

Nice pics, Rotterdam is a unique city.

[christos-greece]

Great, very nice photos and views indeed from Rotterdam

[Ni3lS]

Thanks guys

14. View towards the Wilhelminapier



15. New buildings in Coolhaven and the Euromast (185m)



16. Scheepvaart & Transport College



17. Scheepvaart & Transport College



18. View towards Lloydpier

[Ni3lS]

Two more..

19. Same view towards the Wilhelminapier



20. Coolhaven tower I

[Ni3lS]

21. Just a random office building



22. Huge containerships. You have to go more towards the sea for the jackpot though



23. The main road through this part of the city



24. Subway station Vijfsluizen

[Ni3lS]

25. View towards the city center



26. De Hoge Heren



27. View from Leuvehaven towards the Wilhelminapier



28. Leuvehaven taken from the Erasmusbridge

[Ni3lS]

29. Maastower



30. Taken from the Erasmusbridge



31.



32. Old & New

[Union.SLO]

Maas tower looks very cool. (Decolorization with the height)

[Ni3lS]

Yup. Funny, I never thought of it that way. I always thought that it was just plain gray but it actually isn't. And it doesn't matter how much light there is, or from what angle you take a picture of the tower. Pretty cool

[Ni3lS]

33. View towards the South



34. One of the older buildings in town



35. Koningshavenbrug behind the houses

[Ni3lS]

This is a very special bridge. It's also called the ''Hefbrug''. Until 1993 it served the NS (Dutch Railways) and it was the main connection from Rotterdam to the South of the Netherlands. In 1993 the Willemsspoortunnel was finished. It connects underground train station Blaak to the South of the Netherlands. The tunnel has 4 railroad tracks and is about 2800 meters long. The main reason was that the Koningshavenbrug couldn't handle enough trains (only 2 railroad tracks).

36. Now the bridge is open at all times. Looks pretty cool if you ask me.



37. This is where the railroad tracks used to be.

[Conor]

More great pics. This is a very cool city.