Rotterdam

Modern Skyline

We spent the day wandering around the city center in Rotterdam and attended a couple post wedding events. The city, besides being known for the recent Jeff Bezos super yacht incident, is well known as Europe's largest seaport.

Following the near-total destruction of the entire city center by the German Luftwaffe in WWII, a 20 year reconstruction effort resulted in the most modern city in Europe, including, in 1953, the first car-free shopping street in Europe. Indeed, the skyline is filled with angular steel and glass buildings; many seem to defy gravity with overhangs and cantilevers.