Lonely Planet Pocket Rotterdam
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Lonely Planet Pocket Rotterdam

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Lonely Planet Pocket Rotterdam

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Publisher
Lonely Planet
Year
2019
eBook ISBN
9781788685719
Print ISBN
9781787017962

Centrum

When exploring Centrum you’ll probably spend more time looking up than ahead, visually sidetracked by its profusion of visually arresting high-rise buildings. Many of these date from the 1940s and 1950s, but some are new – and extremely exciting – arrivals. Indoors, there are plenty of museums and galleries to visit.

This neighbourhood is compact and easy to navigate. Start your exploration at Centraal Station, then head south towards the waterfront, branching off the main axis, Mauritsweg, to visit the cultural institutions around Museumpark. Next, explore the streets and sites in the Cool District. Don’t miss Markthal and the fashionable streets around Meent, where you can stop for lunch. Then to Witte de Withstraat, Rotterdam’s party and arts street, where you can gallery-hop, eat, drink and dance the rest of the day away.
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Markthal | VICTOR MASCHEK/SHUTTERSTOCK ©
Getting There & Around
d You can transfer from intercity trains to metro and trams at both Centraal and Blaak stations.
mStations are Rotterdam Centraal, Blaak, Beurs, Leuvehaven, Eendrachtsplein and Stadhuis.
jMajor stops include Centraal Station, Blaak, Stadhuis and Museumpark.
f Watertaxi docks include Boompjes, Leuvehaven/Mainport Hotel and Willemskade/Waterbus.

Top SightsHuis Sonneveld

Replete with original fittings and furniture, the Sonneveld House transports visitors back to 1930s Rotterdam, when local architects were embracing Functionalism and designing streamlined and resolutely modern buildings for their clients to work and live in. This aesthetically pared-back but technology-rich house is one of the greatest examples of this significant architectural movement.
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MAURICE SAVAGE/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO ©
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Table of contents

  1. Table of Contents
  2. Welcome to Rotterdam
  3. Top Sights
  4. Eating
  5. Four Perfect Days
  6. Need to Know
  7. Centrum
  8. Noord
  9. West
  10. Zuid
  11. Delft
  12. Den Haag
  13. Kinderdijk
  14. Gouda
  15. Survival Guide
  16. Language
  17. Behind the Scenes
  18. Our Writer