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A new icon is created: The Depot Boijmans van Beuningen
Rotterdam has got itself a new icon: The Depot Boijmans van Beuningen. While construction is nearing completion and the interior is prepped, the film Bouwgrond...
A mirrored flower pot filled with art
Architect Arjen Ketting: 'In any other city, this wouldn’t have been possible.'With the Depot, Rotterdam gained a new icon. The mirrored building with its unique...
Time for ‘truck tinder’: the truck platooning matching app
Located close to the main artery connecting the Maasvlakte port and industrial area to the hinterland, the enormous Maasvlakte Plaza truck stop offers safe parking...
Recycled Park: floating plastic waste turned into sustainable green space
Plastic waste is a big problem. Enormous piles of floating plastic in our oceans, drifting waste in our rivers, on our beaches and in our...
Travel by bus…..on water
Is that a bus ‘swimming’ in the Maas? The astonished looks of unacclimated visitors as they see the Splashtour for the first time. The water...
Giant wind turbine on Maasvlakte 2
The world’s largest wind turbine, Haliade-X, is being tested on Maasvlakte 2. This ‘test rig’ was realised via innovative cross-pollination between the American GE Renewable...
Walking in the Park
Twice a week, a striking group makes its way through the Park near the Euromast: a group of walkers, guided by an enthusiastic coach. They...
The water taxi is a Rotterdam attraction like no other
Nowhere in Europe do water taxis run quite like they do in Rotterdam. The yellow-black speedboats have become an indispensable part of the Maas. With...
“Sometimes becoming an entrepreneur just happens.”
“Every day when I arrive at work, I am welcomed by the majestic sight of the river Maas, with old cranes and infrastructure in the...
De Kubuswoningen de Markthal en het Potlood
Cube Houses and Pencil designed by Piet Blom adn the Markthal designed by Winy Maas, MVRDV Architects.