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Title: To see and do in Rotterdam ?
Post by: Bomjac on February 18, 2014, 09:01:40 PM
As the title says, what is there ?  Hopeful of getting the approval for a few months work in Schiedam tomorrow, so with the job being 40 hrs initially I will have some time to kill at the weekends.
Title: Re: To see and do in Rotterdam ?
Post by: level42 on February 18, 2014, 09:39:46 PM
First of all you are more then welcome to visit my place which is, as you know very close to Rotterdam :)

Maybe you should ask ChriChris for an objective view since he just spent a weekend in Rotterdam.

Maybe you'll find some info here:

http://www.rotterdam.nl/discover_rotterdam

Touristy things:

http://www.euromast.nl/en/

http://spido.nl/en

http://www.diergaardeblijdorp.nl/?lang=EN

http://www.miniworldrotterdam.com/ENGindex.htm

Further lots of restaurants, museums, movie theaters, theaters, cafés, the most beautiful football stadium of the world...
Title: Re: To see and do in Rotterdam ?
Post by: Belike on February 18, 2014, 09:43:52 PM
Don't miss Kinderdijk ;)
(http://i.images.cdn.fotopedia.com/gzSXX7AUjvc-8sSlFJoz3wI-hd/Countries_of_the_World/Europe/The_Netherlands/kinderdijk_Holland.jpg)
Title: Re: To see and do in Rotterdam ?
Post by: anunaki on February 18, 2014, 09:50:44 PM
You are also welcome at my place.

I live very close to Rotterdam as well

Iff you like football go visit a match of Feyenoord
Title: Re: To see and do in Rotterdam ?
Post by: Belike on February 18, 2014, 09:54:02 PM
Quote from: anunaki on February 18, 2014, 09:50:44 PM

Iff you like football go visit a match of Feyenoord
You mean Ajax? ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: To see and do in Rotterdam ?
Post by: level42 on February 18, 2014, 10:02:05 PM
Béla............you are my friend.....right ?
Title: Re: To see and do in Rotterdam ?
Post by: anunaki on February 18, 2014, 10:05:14 PM
why :-[

Title: Re: To see and do in Rotterdam ?
Post by: Belike on February 19, 2014, 12:44:06 PM
Joking ;) ;D
Title: Re: To see and do in Rotterdam ?
Post by: level42 on February 19, 2014, 01:35:32 PM
Quote from: Belike on February 19, 2014, 12:44:06 PM
Joking ;) ;D
;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: To see and do in Rotterdam ?
Post by: Blanka on February 19, 2014, 08:14:05 PM
Take a water taxi
Walk a nice round over the Erasmus, Hef and Willemsbridges
Check if there is something nice in the Kunsthal
Have a Pic-nic in the grass in the middle of the Kleinpolderplein (little hard to get there!)
Take a walk through the pedestrian part of the Maastunnel
See if there is a nice crane ship in the port (Hermod!), to get there go by train to Hoek van Holland and take the ferry to Maassluis.
(http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/3641275.jpg)
Usually you can get pretty close to this giant MF. Make a nice photo standing next to the crane hook if it is on the harbour side.
This image gives no idea how big it is. Maybe this one does
(http://www.constructionphotography.com/ImageThumbs/A023-00419/3/A023-00419_Two_cranes_transport_pylons_for_the_Erasmus_Bridge_Rotterdam_Holland_The_bridge_is_nicknamed_the_Swa.jpg)
Title: Re: To see and do in Rotterdam ?
Post by: level42 on February 20, 2014, 08:31:14 AM
Quote
Have a Pic-nic in the grass in the middle of the Kleinpolderplein (little hard to get there!)

LOL, nice and quite place for a pic-nic  ;D

Good suggestions, those are for the advanced tourist ;)
Title: Re: To see and do in Rotterdam ?
Post by: Q*ris on February 20, 2014, 12:10:09 PM
I was there last weekend and it was very nice.
We were with the little one (almost 4 years old) so we did stuff that he could enjoy too.
Mainly a visit to the Zoo (which had a really cool aquarium part), lots of walking in the city, a torrent of bitterballen (a personnal favourite) and a trip in the spido (boat that shows you around).

This part of the aquarium gave me impossible and super expensive ideas for an ideal gameroom:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/~chrischris/arcade/rotterdam/aquarium_01.jpg)
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/~chrischris/arcade/rotterdam/aquarium_02.jpg)
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/~chrischris/arcade/rotterdam/aquarium_03.jpg)

The "spido" boat tour, nice views, and most importantly: you can finally relax and enjoy a few beers:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/~chrischris/arcade/rotterdam/spido.jpg)

It also gives you a view on the containers paradise, there's apparently room for 1000 units there.
How many are filled with cabs?
Thomas is this view some kind of wet dream for you?
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/~chrischris/arcade/rotterdam/containers.jpg)

And also I almost met André at the "Get Back café" where they have this groovy Q*bert wall:
(https://www.dragonslairfans.com/~chrischris/arcade/rotterdam/Qbert_wall.jpg)

We haven't seen much so we'll definitely have to come back, at least for a certain Star Wars cockpit that's sitting in a gameroom a few kilometers from Rotterdam. ;)
Title: Re: To see and do in Rotterdam ?
Post by: level42 on February 20, 2014, 10:48:48 PM
LOL.....such a shame we missed each other but still quite a number of hours "in between" ;)

Title: Re: To see and do in Rotterdam ?
Post by: Bomjac on February 21, 2014, 12:15:48 AM
And did you get to see the "Q-Bert" houses ?  They look really cool, just down by Rotterdam Blaak station IIRC.

(http://i.imgur.com/uVdpX.jpg)
Title: Re: To see and do in Rotterdam ?
Post by: level42 on February 21, 2014, 12:40:08 AM
Yep, you can visit one of them, although I never did...
Title: Re: To see and do in Rotterdam ?
Post by: Q*ris on February 21, 2014, 08:03:27 AM
Yes we saw them.
It looks super cool outside but the inside is kinda disappointing.
It's 3€ to visit and it lasts about 10minutes.
The walls are really at 45° inside and all the furnitures that are against the walls are custom made.
Title: Re: To see and do in Rotterdam ?
Post by: Blanka on February 21, 2014, 02:23:58 PM
Quote from: Level42 on February 21, 2014, 12:40:08 AM
Yep, you can visit one of them, although I never did...

The new 42 will fit ;)
Title: Re: To see and do in Rotterdam ?
Post by: level42 on February 21, 2014, 06:59:17 PM
Ssssh ;)