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Rotterdam, my hometown

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The pictures in post #31, 35 and 36 are not mine. They belong to the 'Net.
 
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Erasmus Bridge (AKA 'The Swan'):

 
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Three-master Eendracht (Concord), a bit hard to distinguish:

 
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One of the 75+ cruise liners that visit Rotterdam each year. The early morning light at this time of year is just magnificent:

 
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We continue, a detail on a fountain:

 
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Bedankt! And your island is a beautiful one.
 
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This is the tank terminal I used to work before I was transferred to head office. Early morning shot, 40,000 CBM edible oil tanker:

 
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Frans:
I for one am glad you posted the pic.
Dutchmen have been plying the seas for many years.
I've always admired the Dutch seamen. Also the Finns.

The cruise ship built by Finns with collapsible smoke
stacks in order to pass under the Danish bridge on the
ships traverse to the Carribean. Stacks had to be low-
erd 1 meter.

Lou Snutt
 
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Taken this morning. This is a below ground level shopping area.

 
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Lovely pics !I visited there and Amsterdam in 1973. I was but a young high schooler at the time but the beauty of your home country remains vivid in my memory and I will NEVER forget the beautiful countryside, the truly kind and genuine people and the ladies of the red light district who sat scantily clad in rocking chairs, in windows offering their wares. Now, those ladies, I will truly never forget...I think a boy became a man on that trip. The windmills were cool too by the way !
 
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1973 is a long, long time ago and a lot has changed since then. Those red light districts (both in Rotterdam and Amsterdam) have been closed down by force. In Rotterdam we had the most famous one of all called 'The Cape', located in a borough called Katendrecht. It was home to the first Chinese restaurant in The Netherlands and frequented mostly by sailors. Now the whole area is transformed into a place for hipsters, pop-up stores and experimental art galleries.
 
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Another one, our Central Library in the evening (finished in 1978):

 
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Very nice!

We have a small and very nice little library a few blocks away. There is a city wide library system so you can order anything books, CDs, DVDs, and periodicals that are available in the system and they'll be delivered there for pickup. They actually checkout digital books to your e-reader too. Their stock is small, so the system wide lending is key. Pretty neat.

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Inside the 'Markthal' (Market hall), a combined indoor market, shopping centre and appartment buiding:

 
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Training ship 'Castor':

 
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Rotterdam Central Station (and public transport hub):

 
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Today on the SS Rotterdam (former cruise liner). It looks like 1960 :D

 
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That is beautiful. She went into operation in 1959, just before the peak of luxury world wide cruises. It was sold by the HAL in 1997 but bought back by a foundation and fully restored some years ago. (Causing a great scandal as the restoration turned into a gigantic money pit, almost bankrupting the new owner). It's a hotel now, with a couple of restaurants and bars and permanently moored in Rotterdam.
 
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