{"id":5609,"date":"2020-12-27T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rotterdammakeithappen.bureaurotterdam.nl\/verhaal\/2020-you-were-unforgettable\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T12:20:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T10:20:24","slug":"2020-you-were-unforgettable","status":"publish","type":"verhaal","link":"https:\/\/rotterdammakeithappen.nl\/en\/stories\/2020-you-were-unforgettable\/","title":{"rendered":"2020. You were unforgettable."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What a year we\u2019ve had. Shops were closed and terraces remained vacant. Empty streets were in stark contrast with overcrowded hospitals. Could it get any worse?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rotterdam wouldn\u2019t be Rotterdam if it wasn\u2019t for our fighting can do spirit. We got creative and looked after each other. We proved our resilience and persistence. We buckled up and showed everyone what we\u2019re made of. That\u2019s what we did 75 years ago and what we\u2019ll do now. Don\u2019t believe us? We show it in our video.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We follow Ries Robuust as he constructs his version of the 2021 Make It Happen artwork. Meanwhile, other partners in Rotterdam are working behind the scenes to do their own part. This shows us that despites off all the setbacks, we will never lose hope. 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