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‘Rotterdam is our living lab’
Heat and drought, alternating with awesome downpours. This might sound frightening. Then again, you could also consider it to be an opportunity, which is what...
Sustainably-produced and locally-grown food on the plates of Rotterdam residents
You might be surprised by just how much farmland there is in the vicinity of Rotterdam. This countryside is great for bike rides and walking,...
Discover surprising art, right on the street!
Nr. 1 Neptune Location: Doelwater 5, 3011 AH Rotterdam On the occasion of the official commissioning of the Town Hall on the Coolsingel in 1920,...
Art Rotterdam Week 2019: young talent, idealists & Rotterdam creators
Grand, thrilling and connecting people; exactly what a typical Rotterdam party should be. Over 30 locations spread across the city opened their doors for the...
Sustainable floating homes
The first of a total of eighteen floating harbour lofts were moored in the Nassau harbour in early April and on July 8, the next...
Port of Rotterdam: wildlife.
It might be the last place you’d expect animals and humans to live in harmony: The Port of Rotterdam and Port of Moerdijk. This paradox...
Looking at art from a car
The corona era has produced a number of interesting collaborations and initiatives, and the drive-through museum from Rotterdam Ahoy and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is...
Tribute to Rotterdam in the Boijmans van Beuningen Depot
'It started with childhood heroes like Spiderman and Robin Hood'Breathe. Walk. Die. These are the three words that artist Iwan Smit (32) has painted at...
3D printing for a better future
Rotterdam is the hub of a rapidly-growing, innovative industry; thrilling novel applications for 3D printing are being put into practice at sites such as the...
Cascade – Coolsingel Rotterdam
In 2008 Sculpture International Rotterdam asked Atelier Van Lieshout to develop a work of art for the heart of the city. The eight meter high sculpture Cascade is the result. The statue is made of polyester; the material that can almost be seen as a signature of Atelier Van Lieshout. Eighteen oil barrels stacked on top of each other, which seem to fall from the sky like a waterfall, together form a monumental column. A viscous mass drips from the life-size vessels, in which the figures of twenty human figures can be discerned.