My favorites of 2013

Here is a bundle of my favorite pics from 2013 in random order. Enjoy!

Creativity in Vrouw Jannestraat

Vrouw Jannestraat is located in the Agnesiebuurt, close to the center of the city.







Painted barrels are common street decoration in the Agnesiebuurt.












In this neighborhood lots of creativity can be found, both in the streets, the people at home, as in the many companies and institutions that are here.

Vinkenstraat

Vinkenstraat is a street in the Old North. It is a small but colorful street.

Art, sticker-art and architecture at Vasteland

This wall relief is made by Frans Tuinstra in 1956. Above the main entrance of the Maastorenflat is another art piece of him. In 1956 the Maastorenflat was the highest residential building in Holland.






Another flat at Vasteland






Russian Orthodox Church or the Church of the Holy Prince Alexander Nevsky

Murals at Van Vlooswijkstraat

Street art at Pijperstraat

Home of 'Buttplug Gnome': Eendrachtsplein

Santa Claus, popularly known as Buttplug Gnome is an statue of Paul McCarthy. The statue represents Santa holding a Christmas tree in his hands. For many people, the image had a sexual connotation, which soon got his nickname.

From Overschie to Schiebroek: Doenkade

Doenkade is a road on the north side of the Rotterdam The Hague airport. It runs in a polder landscape and connects the districts Overschie and Schiebroek together.



















These photos I had to do in color. A row giant flower pots in many colors at the edge of the Schiebroekse Park.

Coolhavenstraat

In the West: Catharina Beersmanstraat

Water and giants: the Antoine Platekade

The Antoine Platekade is a quay in the Kop van Zuid area.












From here you have a great view at the Rijnhaven and the tall buildings above you.


















Antoine Plate was the founder of the Holland-Amerika Lijn, a shipping line with North America.









Knitting art

Historical Katendrecht: Timorstraat

The street is named after an island in the former Dutch Indies.

Along the river: Boompjes

The Boompjes is a street along the 'Nieuwe Maas' river, which runs through the city and therefor splits the city two. The street is very popular among joggers, walkers and tourists because from here you have a great view at the river and the buildings. But there is more to see... In b&w again, enjoy!
















A WW2 monument.









In Holland the war took 5 years, from 1940 to 1945.

About writers and criminals: the Van Lennepstraat

The street is named after Jacob van Lennep, a politician and writer from Amsterdam who lived in the 19th century. The street is located in the Spangen district (West Rotterdam). It used to be a notorious district in the 80's because of criminality, drug using and prostitution. After lots of investments, projects, renovations, etc. Spangen is doing much better.










Betje Wolff was a Dutch

Slaak

Slaak is a street in the center of Rotterdam. If I am correctly it is one of the streets that are filled with the debris of the bombing.













The Slaak Huys (Slaak House) is a major reconstruction monument in the center of Rotterdam, and housed different users over the years. In April 2010, The Slaak Huys registered as a national monument by the National Office of Cultural Heritage of

Schout Heynricstraat

The Schout Heynricstraat is a street in the Agnesiebuurt, in the north of Rotterdam, close to the center of the city. It is a small street with a few houses, a car park and a playground.

Schepenstraat

The Schepenstraat is located in the beautiful district Blijdorp in the north of Rotterdam. The area around the Statensingel is one of the spots that give the district a green character.













This one really made me laugh. A portable toilet cabin with Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" on it.






MFR stands for Maluku Feyenoord Rotterdam, a Moluccan group of Feyenoord fans.






The green part of

Middelweg: probably one of the most remote streets in Rotterdam.

In black & white: Rosestraat and 2e Rosestraat

Today I tried something different: I used b&w pictures. I hope you'll like it.

Also I visited both streets because they're extended to each other anyway.







Following pictures show the south side of the Rosestraat and 2e Rosestraat.






Probably children wrote this with street chalk.






A sign from the housing company warning that playing football on the streets is forbidden.

In the old North: Rakstraat

The Fruitport: Marconistraat

Specialized fruit ports on the north shore with air-conditioned halls for the transshipment of perishables. Much of Western Europe are provided with fruits, vegetables and juices through Rotterdam Fruitport.










Gedoe management = hassle management (???)












Just a tiny little detail of the biggest port of Europe.












Between 1962 and 2004 the port of Rotterdam was the

At the river: Maaskade

The Maaskade is a street on the Noordereiland, part of the district of Feijenoord in Rotterdam South.










Love Rotterdam












The Maastoren (left) and the Courthouse (right) seen from the west point of the Maaskade.






The Erasmusbrug seen from the west point of the Maaskade.






The Nieuwe Maas cuts Rotterdam in two sides; north and south. This is a part of the north side seen

Katendrechtsestraat

Katendrechtsestraat is located, as the name suggests, in Katendrecht, a place with a lot of history in Rotterdam South.













In the old days these spots were used for advertisements.






Ornaments of baby faces.






View at the Kop van Zuid.

Jacobusstraat

The Jacobusstraat is a small street in the city centre. Its located between two shopping streets; the Oude Binnenweg and the Van Oldenbarneveltstraat.







Dick Rijnooy was a jazz musician. A short biography (in Dutch) over here.

Hoogstraat: one of the oldest streets in Rotterdam

The Hoogstraat runs from the Oostplein in a straight line to the Coolsingel. Until 1920 the town hall was located at the Hoogstraat. 







Seen from the Hoogstraat; another new building rises in Rotterdam. It seems Rotterdam is never finished.
 





Part of the famous cube houses seen from the Hoogstraat.












Children's drawings hanging outside a parking garage.






Someone added PC

Hof van Zuid

The Hof van Zuid is a garden, between the Tax Office and the Court. It is a public place, but because it is only accessible from a building, the Hof van Zuid is not open 24 hours a day.
















On the stone is a text of former Dutch queen Wilhelmina, in which she said she adds the text "Stronger through struggle" to Rotterdam's coat of arms. Approx 1948.






Former Dutch queen

Hijkerveld

Hijkerveld is a street in Zuidwijk, a district in the south of Rotterdam. It consists of two parts: one part refurbished with modern houses, and a part that is empty and boarded up. Although you will hear the subway ride along, it is a fairly quiet neighborhood.

Resurrected after the war: Goudsesingel

The Goudsesingel is an old, now filled, girth in Rotterdam.





The history of the Goudsesingel goes back to about 1360 when it was dug as Goudse Vest. The Gouda Vest was filled up between 1886 and 1905. After the damping Goudsesingel got its current name.






Until World War II a market was held weekly at the Goudsesingel. Slums located between Goudsesingel and Hoogstraat. Eventually all the

Underneath the IJselmondse plein

The IJselmondse plein is actually a highway roundabout. Underneath is a bicycle path. The IJselmondse plein is not on my list and also Google maps doesn't show it.

Flying Dutchmanstraat

The Flying Dutchmanstraat is named after a legendary ghost ship. Wikipedia about the Flying Dutchman.







The Brienoordbrug seen from the Flying Dutchmanstraat.






This part of the river is split in 2. This side of the river is called Nieuwe Maas, the other side is called Hollandse IJsel. And what about those Star Wars kind of office buildings?

Historical Charloisse Lagedijk

In the 13th century Charlois was a polder. The Charloisse Lagedijk was a major dike, because it connected the Dorpsweg and the Dordtsestraatweg (two other major streets in the south of Rotterdam) with each other.







On both sides of the Charloisse Lagedijk is a lot of green. Which make it a perfect place for a walk or a run.











Although they are not farmers, many citizens of the

Picturesque Boterdorpse Verlaat

Boterdorps Verlaat is a beautiful tiny street in the Bergse Voorplas area, a perfect place for a walk.
















The Boterdorpse Verlaat is a lock with miter gates between the Rotte and the Strekvaart in the Bergse Plassen in the municipality of Rotterdam. The waterway was used flushing ships malt waste from Schiedam but nowadays even for pleasure no longer important.

The lock dates from

Admiraliteitskade

Zaagmolenkade

The entrance of Feijenoord: Stieltjesplein

Streetart by Lastplak (website is in English).





























The Koningshavenbrug, also called "De Hef", seen from the Stieltjesplein.

Schiedamseweg

The Schiedamseweg was built in 1910 and is the connection of Delfshaven to Schiedam. The Schiedamseweg was constructed as wide promenade and central axis of the district Bospolder / Tussendijken. On 31 March 1943, Rotterdam-West suffered a bombardment mistake. The western half of the Schiedamseweg is thereby destroyed. In the fifties, the district was rebuilt. 









Schiedamseweg is an

Prinsemolenpad: nature in town

The Prinsemolenpad (Prince mill path) lies next to the Bergse Voorplas. A piece of nature between the districts Hilligersberg-Schiebroek and Terbregge, in the north of Rotterdam. The lake is mainly used for recreational purposes. There are several sailing clubs and scout associations.






It is a nice area for a quiet walk, to escape the noise of the city.

Art in the Poortstraat

First I went to the Plaswijcklaan, but besides nice houses there was nothing in or at the street to take a picture of.







So I went on to the next on my list: the Poortstraat. This is a small street close to Rotterdam Central Station.







Anti-fur sticker: "So you feel pretty with a skinned alive animal around your neck??!!"






The red BMW, Kunst en Vaarwerk art collective, 1987

From blog to blog: a package from http://sleepwalkingintokyo.wordpress.com

Lately it is really cold and snowy in Rotterdam. Also I worked a lot the last few days and I recently bruised my ankle. So that's why I didn't got the chance to visit some streets in Rotterdam.

So something totally different:
For at least a year I follow this blog called Sleepwalkingintokyo. The blog is hosted by MK, who travels regularly in Asian countries and makes beautiful pictures of the

Paadje van Duizend Tree

Paadje van Duizend Tree is old Dutch for the Path of Thousand Steps. In 1750 it was indeed a path with a length of 1000 steps. Now it is one of the significant paths in the northern outskirts of Rotterdam.







Winter in Holland: cold, but no snow.






Underneath a highway.









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Old and new buildings at sunny Wilhelminakade

The website of Hotel New York in English: http://www.hotelnewyork.nl/en/






Old lantern






Broken glass






This is the point where Dutch immigrants traveled to the 'new world'.









The Euromast






The Erasmus bridge






The Montevideo at the back






Barbershop






Space Invader next to his friends ;)






The Montevideo






The New Orleans









Wereld Burger =

Oostervantstraat

The Oostervantstraat is located in an area called Middelland, in the west part of Rotterdam. There is an indoor sport center with the same name where I go for a swim or play some bowling with friends.







View of the Nationale Nederlanden-building and the Westin Hotel from the Oostervantstraat.







A chained tree.






Nice benches.






Spikes.






Heavy secured!






End ;)