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