City Center

CENTRAL, WEENA, HOFPLEIN

The area around Rotterdam Centraal (central station) is very modern. Here you can find almost only new, futuristic buildings. The street Weena, that goes from the central station to Hofplein, has many skyscrapers and other modern office buildings. Some of the buildings are among the tallest in the country.

Gebouwe Delftse Poort, designed by Abe Bonnema, and Milenniumtoren, designed by WZMH Architects, at Stationsplein near the station. The 2 tallest buildings in the city center and the Netherland's tallest until 2005.

Rotterdam Centraal (new wing with sharp angles under construction) and Gebouw Delftse Poort.

Rotterdam Centraal. My train approaching from Amsterdam.

Millennium Tower/Manhattan hotel. Built year 2000, 149m to the spire.

Millennium Tower.

Gebouw Delftse Poort from 1992. For 18 years it was Rotterdam’s tallest, now 4th. But it is still the tallest in downtown. It is 151m to the roof.

The shining glass towers of Gebouw Delftse Poort reflect the sky.

The mirroring entrance to Gebouw Delftse Poort, also called Nationale Nederlande. Millennium Tower is mirroring.

An American long-distance lorry on Weena street.

Unilever building from 1993.

Millennium Tower and Gebouw Delftse Poort seen from Weena.

Weenatoren (105m), built in 1990.

Weenahuis and Weenatoren.

Hofplein with its fountain and modern skyscrapers. This trafficated circle is situated in the intersection Weena/Coolsingel.

The fountain in the middle of Hofplein.

Museum Het Schielandshuis. A beautiful building.

Schielandtoren is the highrise behind the museum.

A liberty monument.

Police cars outside the Vroom & Dreesmann, a large department store after a power failure. I bought some cookies there before the power failure.

It was weird to see all stores closing down already at 5 o´clock, I wondered why! It was because of a power failure. The trams worked though.