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The Inner Rotte, that is, the part of the river in the Rotterdam city area, had to give way in 1869–1871 to the construction of the "Luchtspoor", an elevated section of the railway line. The river water was diverted via the Stokvisverlaat, the Delftse Vaart and Vlasmarktsluis to the Leuvehaven . When the Luftwaffe bombed the city in 1940 ...
Rotterdam (/ ˈ r ɒ t ər d æ m / ROT-ər-dam, UK also / ˌ r ɒ t ər ˈ d æ m / ROT-ər-DAM; [8] [9] Dutch: [ˌrɔtərˈdɑm] ⓘ; lit. ' The Dam on the River Rotte ') is the second-largest city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam.
Santa Claus on the Eendrachtsplein, Rotterdam. Santa Claus, popularly known as the Buttplug Gnome, is a 2001 statue by artist Paul McCarthy in the Eendrachtsplein square of Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
A proposal made in 2014 to move the sculpture again to a prominent position outside the new Rotterdam Centraal station was soon abandoned. It has received many nicknames from the residents of Rotterdam, including "Stad zonder Hart" (City without a heart), "Zadkini", “Jan Gat” (Jan Hole) and "Jan met de Handjes" (Jan with the little hands).
Something Rotten is a literary novel by Andrew Lipstein. It was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2025. Plot summary
Stadsdriehoek is a neighborhood at the center of Rotterdam, Netherlands.The name Stadsdriehoek ("City Triangle") refers to the historical triangular form of the city of Rotterdam, which was bordered by the Coolsingel and the Schiedamsevest to the west, the Goudsevest to the northeast, and by the Nieuwe Maas to the south.
Noordereiland Rotterdam, Prinsenhoofd seen from the West. During the German bombings in May 1940, the Noordereiland was much better preserved than other parts of the city, because the Noordereiland was spared by the Luftwaffe, as the Germans had entrenched themselves there. However, more than 600 houses on the tips of the Noordereiland were ...
The Witte Huis (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌʋɪtə ˈɦœys]) or White House is a building and National Heritage Site in Rotterdam, Netherlands, built in 1898 in the Art Nouveau style. [1] The building is 43 m (141 ft) tall, with 10 floors. [1] It was the first hoogbouw (literally: high-rise building) in Europe. The building is listed as a ...