and today I'm in Rotterdam and I'm going to be showing you all the things you can
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Welcome to Market Hall. Behind me is the words of largest painting it covers
11,000 square meters and it is known as the Sistine Chapel of Rotterdam but it's
not just a marketplace it's also a place of residence there had 228 departments
that all have windows that look down into the market hall where there are 98
feet
just in the microphone I've got my first freshly made through it bathroom
awesome well this is where it all began right outside the market hall in
Rotterdam is where people first started to settle by the river Rother
but unfortunately that river it flooded the whole area and the Dale had to flee
and it wasn't into 1272 that they all came back and what did they do well they
built a dam and by the 14th century they called the city Russia then today you
can see where the river Rother used to flow through it's actually month now by
grey bricks on the pavement if I was to sum up Rotterdam in one word it would be
architecture and my favorite example of this in the city of Rotterdam are these
cute houses now these were designed by paint long he was a Dutch architect now
these were his answer to building housing over a pedestrian bridge in the
1970s
anyhow affectionately designed to look like an abstract art and they till city
in such a way that they give perfect visibility over the surrounding area but
there is just one design and that is the interior actually if you like you can
actually go in all over this area we've got quite by people on the architect and
this one translates to a house is like well love is the roof of the city
beautiful building behind me is coded a big face and it was built in 1898 and
it's one of the rare examples of one of the buildings that have survived the
Blitz of World War two it used to be Europe's tallest building
it's got 10 floors and from the rooftop terrace to get an awesome views over the
city
talk about a museum with a difference the Maritime Museum here in Rotterdam
gives you access not only to its very interactive museum but also to the boats
that are moored here that are over hundred years old these used to be used
in the Rotterdam port and instead of taking them to the shipping yard they've
brought them here and you can visit them as part of your entry ticket can you
believe that I'm standing on the world's first crowdfunded reach it's bright
yellow and if you donated 25 euros you could have had your name engraved on one
of the wooden panels all in all eight thousand people put their names down to
be part of this crowdfunding project and in the end these City Council's donated
the rest of the money to help build a bridge
I'm currently in the courtyard here of the stud host or the town hall which was
built in 1940 and completed in 1920 and it's one of those buildings that almost
escaped any damage during the Second World War
it's built in the Dutch renascent style and you can visit the courtyard where I
am now and also the interior hall and if you want to see more of the rooms in the
Town Hall you can take a private when you arrive in Rotterdam you'll arrive at
the Central Station here behind me you can see it's unique roof which points to
the city center this station is special for many reasons and one of them is for
3,000 solar panels that sit on the roof they power all the lights that lifts and
elevators in the station and one that creates too much power they just sell it
to the National Grid so what about all these cyclists here in Rotterdam well
they've got 5000 bike parking spaces just below the station where I'm
standing now so what about the lettering on the outside of the station well
that's the original lettering taken from the previous station that stood B in
1957 when they took the letters down to the previous station and they had them
in store eat while the new station was being built 60 the letters mysteriously
disappeared a strange thing to steal but anyway they decided they were going to
keep the same typeface the same style and coloring they recruited them and
that's what you see down the front of the station so one other interesting
thing about the station is that the only station in the Netherlands not
to see the name of the city on the station itself from the outside there
just a Central Station it doesn't say Rotterdam Central Station and the reason
for this is because the local says well if you're in run adem you know you're
invited in behind me is the santa claus by Paul McCarthy an American sculptor
who was commissioned by the city of Rotterdam cost the city two hundred
thousand euros but when they finally sought the statue for the sculpture they
decided that they didn't like it and it took them another seven years to decide
where to put it now the reason why they didn't like it was not because of
religious reasons but because as the flag center is holding a black cloak and
as a local legend goes if you wanted a sex life you have to rabbit's foot you
think should I do it
all over Russia damn is awesome street art like this one behind me and what
makes this one special is that it's interactive you can climb the ladder and
be the second person in the ladder I
think I found the cutest spot in Rotterdam it is Delft Haven and it has
survived the World War two bombings and it makes it one of the most popular
areas to visit here in rotterdam hello yo mas this is of course the euromast
tower built in 1960 it was purpose-built to give awesome views over the city of
Rotterdam they've got two restaurants up there it sits at 180 meters high up you
can zipline and upside down the tower if you like otherwise if you're feeling
like you want to stay over the night well you can do that too there are two
suites but you can rent out
but what could be more Dutch than windmills and they're in 19 of these
18th century restored windmills just outside of Rotterdam 23 kilometers on
the water bus it's a beautiful ride and once you get out here you can walk
around you can ride your bike if is even a canal ride if you wish and you can
even visit some of the windmills if you're interested in that too this area
is called kinderdijk which translates to children's dike and it's famous for
having the largest cluster of windmills in all of the Netherlands
even though the real reason I came to the Romans I'm finishing museum was to
see the Tower of Bella painting it's actually not on exhibition at the moment
it's just come back from Japan it was on a loan there and they're creating a new
exhibition here but I do recommend you come to the Bowman's museum it's one of
the most important in Europe and certainly in Rotterdam and the
Netherlands it covers it for so many different artists here you can see
Matisse Dali Kandinsky so many artists here Rembrandt of course van Gogh
Matisse the list goes on you really have to make a trip here it all goes through
from the renascence time the Middle Ages and through to modern art as well
believe it or not but this building right behind me is a church now how did
it end up looking like this well when they were coming to redesign the new
Central Station here in Rotterdam the architects actually had big plans for it
but the city of run of them they people decided no it's too expensive and it
doesn't represent the people that live here so then that's led in the architect
rebuild these three buildings behind me and also the church
behind me is the beautiful building Hotel New York now this used to be the
head office but the Holland America Line which was a passenger ship which
connects to the Netherlands with America and this was the first connection
between the two continents
welcome to the floating forest so why is there a floating forest here in Russia
damn well the artist George Baker wants us to think about the relationship
between the city dweller and nature and that's because every time a new building
is built sometimes they need to cut down trees to do so instead of just taking
those trees away they've recycled them they've given them a new purpose a new
life then place them in recycled sea boys that use fresh water inside to
sustain the trees and place them here in the harbor there are 20 trees afloat in
the harbor and there is one on the mainland well that's it from me I hope
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tot ziens! (Bye)