Rotterdam: A real urban legend
With cutting-edge architecture and a thriving design scene, Rotterdam is a worthy rival to the first city of the Netherlands, writes Tony Clayton-Lea
From the spring of 1940, everything changed for Rotterdam. The Netherlands’ second city (after Amsterdam) and Europe’s largest port was virtually obliterated by the Luftwaffe. So began a slow, arduous journey from being a city with a once beautiful array of 17th-century houses, cobblestone laneways and decorous architecture to what it is now: a bold, glorious tribute ...