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Rotterdam is a port city in South Holland province, Netherlands. It has 588,718 inhabitants in the city itself and about 1.6 million in the metropolitan area. It is part of the union of cities west of the Netherlands in one cluster: Randstad Holland (7.1 million inhabitants of Amsterdam - Haarlem - The Hague - Rotterdam - Utrecht).
Rotterdam is one of the major ports of call for transatlantic passengers embark Koop van Zuid, a neighborhood located in broad restructuring today. Rotterdam was founded in the mid-thirteenth century after a dam was built on the river Rotte, on the present Hoogstraat.
Rotterdam received municipal rights official in 1340. Over the centuries Rotterdam has evolved from a fishing village into an international center of trade, transportation and distribution industry.
At the beginning of World War II on May 14, 1940, all downtown has been effectively destroyed by German bombing. Precisely for this reason not many buildings left before the war in this part of town. After the war, the greatest importance was given to rebuild what was destroyed and today a new and modern city has risen from the ashes like the Phoenix bird.
Rotterdam The commune is divided in 11 sectors, each with its own administration: Charlois, Delfshaven, Feijenoord, Hillegersberg-Schiebroek, Hoek van Holland, Hoogvliet, IJsselmonde, Kralingen-Crooswijk, Noord, Overschie and Prins Alexander. Two districts, Centrum and Pernis, not the status of the sector is managed by the central government.
Today, Rotterdam is the most modern city in the Netherlands, with its towers that rise on the downtown business buildings. Some believe that the city was just a playground where architects put their ideas into practice, but that's only to make him an innovator in terms of city architecture.
Euromast Space Tower (184 m high), the symbol of the city, had raised several times to keep his position as the tallest building in town. The tower has an elevator that spins and you can sit and watch the port city and landscape. As one of the busiest in the world, is the largest port.
Rotterdam | Rotterdam is a port city in South Holland province, Netherlands. It has 588,718 inhabitants in the city itself and about 1.6 million in the metropolitan area. It is part of the union of cities west of the Netherlands in one cluster: Randstad Holland (7
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