Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Rotterdam, Netherlands

The Paradijskerk is an old Catholic church building on the Nieuwe Binnenweg in Rotterdam.

Wikipedia: Paradijskerk (NL)

Santa Claus, popularly known as the Buttplug Gnome, is a 2001 statue by artist Paul McCarthy in the Eendrachtsplein square of Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Wikipedia: Santa Claus (sculpture) (EN), Website

Huis Sonneveld in the South Holland city of Rotterdam was built between 1932 and 1933 by architect Leendert van der Vlugt of Bureau Brinkman & van der Vlugt on behalf of A.H. Sonneveld, then a member of the board of directors of the Rotterdam company Erven De Weduwe J. van Nelle. Huis Sonneveld, together with the nearby Huis Boevé, designed by the same architect in the same style, is a national monument.

Wikipedia: Huis Sonneveld (NL), Website

Nieuwe Instituut is a cultural centre in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. It focuses on architecture, design, and digital culture. NI is in a building designed by Jo Coenen at Museumpark 25 in the centre of Rotterdam, adjacent to the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. The building contains a shop, exhibition space, study centre, and archive, as well as the Sonneveld House, a pond, and a small park.

Wikipedia: Het Nieuwe Instituut (EN), Website

The Chabot Museum is a museum dedicated to the Dutch painter and sculptor Hendrik Chabot in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The museum is housed in a monumental villa in the Museumpark, near the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen and the Netherlands Architecture Institute.

Wikipedia: Chabot Museum (EN)

Municipal Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is an art museum in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The name of the museum is derived from the two most important collectors of Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans and Daniël George van Beuningen. It is located at the Museumpark in the district Rotterdam Centrum, close to the Kunsthal and the Natural History Museum.

Wikipedia: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (EN)

Museumpark is an urban park in Rotterdam, Netherlands, located between the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Westersingel, Westzeedijk and the complex of the Erasmus MC, a medical centre affiliated with the Erasmus University.

Wikipedia: Museumpark (EN)

The Church of the Holy Orthodox Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky is a Russian Orthodox church building on the Schiedamsesingel in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The church belongs to the diocese of The Hague and the Netherlands of the Moscow Patriarchate and is the first traditional Russian Orthodox church building in the Netherlands. The services are celebrated in Church Slavonic and the most important readings are repeated in Dutch.

Wikipedia: Alexander Nevskikerk (Rotterdam) (NL), Website

The Walloon Church with adjoining sexton's house in Rotterdam is located in the Center on the Schiedamse Vest and is a national monument, the church and the sexton's house were built in 1923-1925 in a traditionalist style, somewhat in the style of Kropholler, designed by J. Verheul Dzn. and J. van Wijngaarden.

Wikipedia: Waalse Kerk (Rotterdam) (NL)

The Scots International Church or the Scottish Church is located in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. An English-language Protestant church in the Presbyterian tradition, it is part of the Church of Scotland, within the Church's Presbytery of Europe.

Wikipedia: Scots International Church (EN)

El trotamundos is a mural in the Cool district of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The mural was created in 2007 by Chilean artist Jorge Kata Nuñez.

Wikipedia: El trotamundos (NL)

Kunstinstituut Melly is a contemporary art gallery located in a former school building on Witte de Withstraat, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. It was founded in 1990 and originally named after the street it was located on. It presents curated exhibitions, symposiums, live events, educational programs, and has a separate art literature publishing arm.

Wikipedia: Kunstinstituut Melly (EN), Website

The Harbour Museum is located in and on the Leuvehaven in the South Holland city of Rotterdam. The museum's collection includes ships, harbour cranes and other port-related objects from the period 1850-1970. Since September 2014, the Harbour Museum has merged with the Maritime Museum Rotterdam. Both museums will merge under the name Maritime Museum Rotterdam.

Wikipedia: Havenmuseum (NL)

The Volharding 1 is a steam-powered Dutch tugboat. The ship was built as Harmonie 6 at Scheepswerf de Hoop in Hardinxveld for Mr. Van Loon from Vreeswijk. He ordered the ship as a "Zeeland-type" with open bunker hatches and with the mast lowerable forward. The power had to be at least 28 HP. During the sea trials, Mr. P. Sarras acted as captain. A steam-powered upright light engine (generator) was used to generate electricity on board.

Wikipedia: Volharding 1 (schip, 1929) (NL)

Kids Marina is a children's harbour where electric boats sail in the heart of Rotterdam.

Wikipedia: Kids Marina (NL)

The Destroyed City is a bronze memorial sculpture in the Dutch city of Rotterdam. It commemorates the German bombing of Rotterdam on 14 May 1940, which destroyed the medieval centre of the city. Unveiled in 1953, it was designated as a Dutch national monument (Rijksmonument) in 2010. It is the largest sculpture by the Russian-born French sculptor Ossip Zadkine, his best known work, and the best known sculpture in Rotterdam.

Wikipedia: The Destroyed City (EN)

The Maritime Museum Rotterdam is a maritime museum in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Dedicated to naval history, it was founded in 1874 by Prince Henry of the Netherlands.

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Gijsbert Karel, Count van Hogendorp was a liberal conservative and liberal Dutch statesman. He was the brother of Dirk van Hogendorp the elder and the father of Dirk van Hogendorp the younger.

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The Schielandshuis is a 17th-century building in the centre of Rotterdam on the Korte Hoogstraat. It was built between 1662 and 1665 by order of the Schieland Water Board.

Wikipedia: Het Schielandshuis (NL)

The Markthal is a residential and office building with a market hall underneath, located in Rotterdam. The building was opened on October 1, 2014, by Queen Máxima of the Netherlands. Besides the large market hall, the complex houses 228 apartments, 4,600 m2 retail space, 1,600 m2 horeca and an underground 4-storey parking garage with a capacity of over 1200 cars.

Wikipedia: Market Hall (Rotterdam) (EN)

The cube houses in Rotterdam are 38 cube-shaped pile houses and 13 company cubes at the Blaak near the Oude Haven. They were built between 1982 and 1984, after a first presentation of the plans in 1978. Piet Blom's design is a variation on the Helmond cube house in a slightly larger grid. The viaduct on one floor is officially called the Overblaak, but the entire complex is known as the Blaakse Bos. The cube houses are built in the shape of a tilted cube on a pole, and are also known as stilt houses or tree houses.

Wikipedia: Kubuswoningen (Rotterdam) (NL)

Netherlands Marine Corps Museum is a museum on the history of the Netherlands Marine Corps. Since December 1995 it has been housed in a building on the Wijnhaven in Rotterdam. Since 2014 it has been one of the four museums managed by the Koninklijke Stichting Defensiemusea (KSD).

Wikipedia: Netherlands Marine Corps Museum (EN), Website

The Marine memorial is a war memorial on Oostplein in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It commemorates and thanks the Netherlands Marine Corps who fought hard for the city in the Battle of the Netherlands.

Wikipedia: Marine memorial (EN)

The Stone of the Millions of Tears is a memorial monument on the Willem Ruyslaan in Rotterdam. It was erected in memory of the horrors in the years 1940-1945, commissioned by the Foundation for Civil War Victims. The artist Truus Menger-Oversteegen, a former resistance fighter, made it. The artwork was unveiled on May 12, 1990.

Wikipedia: Steen van de miljoenen tranen (NL)

The Hoflaankerk on the corner of Hoflaan and Oudedijk is the oldest church building in the Kralingen district of Rotterdam. It was built in 1842 as a Waterstaatskerk diagonally opposite the former town hall, which stood on the corner of 's-Gravenweg and Kortekade at the crossroads. The architect was Arend Roodenburg, head teacher of architecture at the Royal Academy in The Hague. The address of the national monument is Hoflaan 1.

Wikipedia: Hoflaankerk (NL)