hkskyline's 2025 in ROTTERDAM

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It's been a while since I visited Rotterdam. Rewind back to 2009. It was a grey day, and I left hoping to come back again to do it justice.

Here we are in 2025. Initially, this trip was supposed to be all about Belgium, flying into Brussels and covering Antwerp, Ghent, and Bruges. However, I found a cheap redemption ticket out of Rotterdam, and it's not that further out from Antwerp than Brussels, so here I am, back under blue skies.

The Euromast is a good place for a panoramic view of the city. Built in 1960 long before the EU was born, the tower's name comes from 'euro' for Rotterdam's location and 'mast' as it is used in Dutch and several other European languages. It has a fairly colourful history, with the city not having enough money originally to build over 50m. The port tycoons then pledged money to build taller, and the tower reached 100m. The observation level was fairly quiet and I had a lot of space to myself to enjoy the views.







































To the north, I can make out The Hague's skyline in the distance. The metro's line E connects both cities together, with a journey time of about half an hour from Centraal station.





More in the next part or you can check out my website for more from this trip : https://www.globalphotos.org/rotterdam.htm