Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Rotterdam, Netherlands

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)

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

Fikkie is a statue by artist Joeki Simák, which is located on the Oude Binnenweg in the Dutch city of Rotterdam. The statue was presented to the city in 1963 in honour of the 10th lustrum of the Rotterdamsch Studenten Corps (RSC). The statue was unveiled on 16 November 1963 by Karel Paul van der Mandele, then chairman of the Board of Curators of the Netherlands School of Economics (NEH). The sculpture Fikkie symbolises the comparison with students: young and headstrong.

Wikipedia: Fikkie (Rotterdam) (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

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)

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)

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 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)

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.

Wikipedia: Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp (EN)

The stylized flower is a nickname of the Dutch artwork without a title at the entrance of the Bijenkorf department store in Rotterdam, designed by Naum Gabo. It is considered the most important work in his oeuvre. In the walk, the sculpture is called "the thing".

Wikipedia: De gestileerde bloem (NL)

De Doelen is a concert venue and convention centre in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It was originally built in 1934 but then destroyed in 1940 during the German bombardment of Rotterdam in May 1940 at the outset of World War II. It was rebuilt in 1966, originally with one hall to which two more were added in the 1990s.

Wikipedia: De Doelen (EN)

The main post office in Rotterdam, now POST Rotterdam, is a monumental building at Coolsingel no. 42 built between 1915 and 1923 as a post office. The building has been a national monument since 2000. From 2021, the building is planned to be redeveloped into a multifunctional building with a 155-metre residential tower at the rear.

Wikipedia: Hoofdpostkantoor (Rotterdam) (NL)

The Statue of Erasmus is a public monument by Hendrick de Keyser in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Wikipedia: Statue of Erasmus (EN)

The Virgin of Holland is a statue in the center of the Dutch city of Rotterdam, on the Nieuwemarkt on the Gedempte Botersloot. It is a monument erected in honour of the capture of Den Briel by the Sea Beggars on 1 April 1572. The statue, unveiled in 1874 and officially nicknamed the Statue of Liberty, was intended to be the central backdrop for the lavish annual April Day celebrations. It was created by Joseph Graven.

Wikipedia: De Maagd van Holland (NL)

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)

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 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)

De Ster is an 8-sided windmill from 1866 located on the Kralingse Plas in Rotterdam, next to windmill De Lelie. Snuff and spices are still ground in these two windmills.

Wikipedia: De Ster (Rotterdam) (NL), Website

De Lelie is a Dutch surname.Adriaan de Lelie (1755–1820), Dutch painter Adrianus de Lelie (1827–1899), Dutch chess player Steven De Lelie, Belgian actor and theatre director

Wikipedia: De Lelie (EN), Website