A bold tribute to the Gateway to Europe and Port City of the Maas where Rotterdam, the second-largest city in the Netherlands and the home of the Port of Rotterdam, the largest port in Europe and for decades the largest port in the world, has rebuilt itself from total destruction in the German bombing of 14 May 1940 into one of the most architecturally bold and forward-thinking cities in Europe, where the decision after liberation to rebuild not in the historic Dutch style but in ambitious modernist architecture has given Rotterdam a dramatic skyline of towers and landmark buildings including Rem Koolhaas's De Rotterdam mixed-use building, the iconic cube houses of Piet Blom, the Erasmus Bridge spanning the Maas in a single asymmetric pylon nicknamed the Swan, and the Markthal, the horseshoe-shaped market hall with its spectacular ceiling mural by Arno Coenen, and where Rotterdam's position at the mouth of the Rhine-Maas delta where the rivers of central Europe meet the North Sea has made it the commercial gateway through which the goods of half a continent flow to the wider world, and where Erasmus, the great humanist scholar born in Rotterdam around 1469, gives the city's university and its most celebrated bridge their names.
Product Details
Size: 2"x2" (5x5 cm)
Material: Glossy film over photo paper print, metal frame, plastic base with magnet
Weight: 20g
Magnet strength: Strong, holds securely on fridges and metal surfaces
Made in Canada 🍁
Why You'll Love It
City Identity: Celebrate Rotterdam's port gateway and Erasmus Bridge Maas modernist Dutch architecture heritage
Perfect Gift 🎁: Ideal for Rotterdam city lovers and Netherlands port modernist culture fans
Versatile Display 🧲: Looks great on any fridge or metal surface
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