Delfshaven

Delfshaven is a district in the west part of Rotterdam, that has a suburban small scale feeling with many old townhouses, canals and a windmill. It escaped the Luftwaffe bombings in 1940, that is why there are so many old buildings, it is really a contrast to downtown Rotterdam. It was originally constructed to be the harbor of the city of Delft, that is situated in the inland about 10 km from Rotterdam.
Unfortunately there were many street gangs during my visit, something I didn’t expect since it is considered the coziest part of Rotterdam. May be it had to do that it started to turn dark, I reached Deflshaven in the evening.

A university building of Hogeschool Rotterdam.

Korenmolen, one of the few windmills I saw was in Delfshaven.

VOC Brug.

Achterhaven.

Oude Kerk, the Pilgrims Father’s Church, has origins from the 1400s.

In the distance you can see the windmill and the KPN-toren.

A nice view of Delfshaven’s old canal houses, that features a “hanging” pub.

Voorhaven.

Schiedamsweg in Delfshaven. It looks nice with its old houses and foregin restaurants, but that is were most of the gangs were.

Schiedamsweg. From here I took the tram back to the central station.