Dutch destinations: The future is now in Rotterdam
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- 09 Feb 2023
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Often overlooked by international visitors who flock to its famous sibling up north instead, Rotterdam is arguably cooler and more eclectic. Head here for a vibrant culinary scene and architecture straight out of a sci-fi film.
If you want to see the future of the Netherlands, visit Rotterdam. At street level, you’ll hear dozens of languages and encounter people who hail from nearly every corner of the globe. Look up and you’ll see buildings that look like they’ve been cut and pasted from one of the Blade Runner films. Hipper, edgier, and more modern than its famous counterpart to the north, Rotterdam is a metropolis with its heart and soul perpetually squirming out of the present and into whatever comes next. In Rotterdam, you can find diversity waiting for you around every corner and in a disparate culinary scene that dishes up everything from mouth-watering Caribbean fare to hand rolled Chinese noodles. This is the city where Ahmed Aboutaleb was appointed as Western Europe’s first Muslim mayor. It’s also where you’ll find American artist Paul McCarthy’s Santa Claus triumphantly standing in a public square. Better known by its nickname, ‘Kabouter Buttplug’, the gleeful sculpture caused a stir when it arrived in town back in the ‘00s. Plenty of locals started clutching their pearls, but it’s since become the surrounding district’s icon. Read More…
