Rotterdam is the second main city of the Netherlands. Rotterdam is a new city because of the second war world which destroyed it. That's why Rotterdam looks like a big American city with lots of big buildings and many architecture styles. We can find buildings which are a 150m tall and houses which are really strange. The Netherlands, especially with Rotterdam, is the European country which looks like the USA the most. In fact, there are very rich areas; in Rotterdam, this area is called "the New Orleans" and hosts lustful hotels. On the other side, there are poor neighborhoods which look like ghettos. The landscape is very American.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Rotterdam black with cubic houses                                                      Some buildings from the train station

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                          Like United-States

 

 

 

 

 

 

The higher tower of Rotterdam in New Orlean

 

Rotterdam owns a new Metro. Inside, we can see beautiful architecture and lots of bright colors. We can compare the metro station to an airport hall. Everythingl is very organized and safe; many camera are in the metro and in the station. The metro is also very clean compared to Paris. Rotterdam owns also bus, tram and a train station and also an airport. But Rotterdam is most pf all very famous because of its port which is the biggest of Europe. When we were going to see the port,  we spent 20 minutes to by-pass the port in train: It is very big.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

               The metro                                                                                               Port of Rotterdam

                                                              A boat which left the port

 

Rotterdam is famous for others things. The emblem of the city is the famous bridge: Willembrug. This bridge is located near the city center. The metro, cars and pedestrians cross the river by this bridge. In the middle of the bridge we have a beautiful landscape of the city center of Rotterdam with towers and buildings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

              The Willembrug                                                                                     The landscape

 

Rotterdam owns a big zoological park. When we visited it, we spent 4 hours walking in the park. Moreover, there are all kinds of animals of all the continents. This park is very instructive because lots of information and explanations are given about animals, their laboratory and the plants. I can add that compared to other zoos, we saw all the animals in this zoo; they didn't go to the ground.  Rotterdam is a city for shopping. Outside the city center where we can find lots of stores, there is a big shopping center: the Alexanderium. It is an enormous gallery composed of six builings linked between them by footbridge. Except stores, there is also a cinema, restaurants etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

              Blijdorp Zoo                                                                                             Alexandrium

 

In Rotterdam, we can find also the biggest mosque in Europe. It is located between the New Orleans square and the Feyenoord Stadion, where the main soccer team of Rotterdam train and perform. This stadium is very large and can be compare to the "stade de france".  I had the possibility to see a match with my uncle in this stadium; it was against Breda and to celebrate the 75th birthday of the stadium. So there was a ceremony with the flag of the club, songs and pyrotechnics. The stadium was full for this event !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

             Stadion Feyenoord                                                                                        Inside

The mosque

A little movie of the ceremony: