Rotterdam, trams, canals, museums, Netherlands
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2019
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Starting out at the Rotterdam train station, which is where you would probably be arriving when you come to Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. There's an excellent Tourist Information counter here where you can get a lot of good advice about the main sites you want to see in your visit.
The tram station out front is quite active with eight different tramlines running through it. You'll quickly reach anywhere in town from the central station.
There are very modern buildings in Rotterdam, and they are well planned with apartments in the downtown area and some parks and you've got the idyllic waterfront with the boat traffic and the apartments around it.
There is a culture history museum. There's an excellent art museum. And that's where we are heading soon in the program, show you a couple of fine museums.
First we walk along Westersingel canal, with parks along the banks of the canal, you've got some ducks quacking by and also it's an outdoor sculpture garden with fountains and benches and a wide promenade that makes for very easy and pleasant walking.
Then we visit a great museum, Boymans van Beuningen, which is one of the major art museums in the Netherlands, an amazing collection that spans from the Renaissance and earlier right up through modern design.
Then, the museum we are heading for next is all about people and culture history called the World Museum and English, or in Dutch, the name is Wereldmuseum.
The city population is 640,000 making it second largest after Amsterdam, but if you include the greater metropolitan area extending to the Hague, population totals 2.5 million. Rotterdam has got 38 skyscrapers and 352 high-rises with many more skyscrapers coming up soon.
There are nine different tramlines operating in Rotterdam, making this a very convenient way to get around, and they are thoroughly modernized. Although, in their beginnings, they were founded in 1878 as horse-drawn trams. In 1904 the first electric trams began service and gradually the horse wagons were phased out. By 1906 there was already five electric tramlines operating and then four more lines began in the next four years. The last horse cars stopped running by 1925. The maximum extent of Rotterdam's tramway network was 25 lines, which was reached in 1930.
Throughout the main cities of Europe, there has been a similar history of trams developing from horse to electric, and then declining, and in recent years, a resurgence in popularity of the system. Currently 40 different Dutch cities have operating tram systems, but only two have metros, Rotterdam and Amsterdam.
A lot of European cities/ towns have a history relating to WW2 and Rotterdam is no exception. As a 5 year old ( 1953 ) my Mother took me to see a bronze sculpture called “ De Verwoeste Stad “ ( The Destroyed City ) by the artist Ossip Zadkine . It is a pungent reminder of a beautiful city that had its heart torn from it on 14 may 1940 by a people that were regarded as friends. My mother explained to me the meaning of that statue and I just stood there and slowly it became apparent . “ Lest we forget “ The city of my birth ! Good to see it’s heart in a better shape again ! Greetings from New Zealand.
Rotterdam was not beautyful at all before the bombing.
I grew up in this town and left in 1960. Nice to a see it's new face.
Wow lots had been changed since 1960
then you are more than 80
and pobably dead
@@ghost-mb3tw you can't even do math
@@Lunavii_Cellest ii did the math perfectly as he said he grew up in this town that means that he must be at least 15-20 and 2020-1960=60+20=80 use some common sense
Another interesting tour. Well done. Thanks so much for putting this together. -Henry
0:14 in case anyone wonders, the orange building is a prison 🧐
Rotterdam is the most modern city in Europe, I don't think anyone can dispute that.
@Aryan Ramanand ***in pieces***
Aryan Ramanand and the Rotterdamse haven the biggest in europe and the third biggest of the world
lol most Modern? I am Dutch and I doubt that.
LA Defense Paris is also good😊😊
@@OldSzkool The most modern city! What they build are kind of gimmicks. Certainly not modern buildings. OMA building ‘the Rotterdam’ is plain ugly.
I lived Rotterdam motor my life I live now in Birmingham
uk still can't believe how Birmingham is comparing is lovely place and very organised. x
There are only four Dutch cities with a tram but several municipalities are connected to these cities: Amsterdam (GVB), Den Haag (HTM), Rotterdam (RET), Utrecht (U-OV).
William Griffin their are just four cities with trams in our country
Delft also has it
I love that there aren’t many supertall buildings in Europe. Instead, Europe focuses on urban planning and liveability. Great job, Europe! Sincerely, an Asian living in Asia.
Kop van Zuid is also highly recommended to visit. You will find Hotel New York, which was used as starting point for the Holland-America cruise line. Also Het Nationaal Fotomuseum (our national photography museum) is around the corner.
No one knows the Holland-America line. So why mention it?
De beurstraverse :) Dat is De Koopgoot! The sales gutter :)
I am from Rotterdam. I love my city and I liked your vid!
Another great video! We appreciate your series on Rotterdam, since we've decided to base there and Leiden instead of Amsterdam for our upcoming trip. We like the way you choose hotels of high quality with close access to the train station. Since hotels are the major expense of a European trip for us, finding the right place to stay is important. We love the way you've shown transportation links, museums, a few restaurants, etc. - all the things that a tourist needs to plan a trip! Thank you!
Good choice, hotels in Amsterdam are way more expensive, while Rotterdam is pretty central and a great city too.
And Leiden will give you the authentique Holland experience without the business of Amsterdam.
Oké Alisa is now for almost about two and a half year back in Amsterdam. Good choice in my opinion.
so beautiful city
WOW Beautiful
Netherlands is so beautiful country in Europe love my country ❤❤😍😍
Mc India bhul gya
Great clip. I learned immensely from your perspective of taking pictures.
Thanks very much Dennis, excellent video. Brings back many memories. I used to live there until 2000 and am now in New Zealand.
This is incredible. From an American perspective where we have decaying and dirty cities filled with homeless and rampant crime. Rotterdam looks heavenly.
In conversations with Americans I often notice a negative attitude towards paying taxes. Taxes always have to be low but that obviously means you can't maintain your cities, infrastructure and facilities very well. Having beautiful cities and proper roads costs money. In The Netherlands we mostly really like to pay taxes because we experience the positive effects of it. This is not a socialist thing as it's often labeled in America. We see it as a cooperative means to maintain and modernize a rather old capitalist country and its public possessions. And while this is of course no perfect system either I think it's working rather well.
Thanks for your videos are always interesting and helpful and ...your english its easy to follow and understand..
Lived in Rotterdam in 1992 when I was in the Army! Worked at Capelle a/d Ijsell. Great experience! Used to love shopping at De "Bijenkorf" department store! The Market Hall didn't exist then.
Yeah lots had been changed since then, I like the Bijenkorf too haha.
You should visit the city some day again to see how it has been changed.
The old Bijenkorf was nice. This one is not.
Exciting Spido❣
So glad the video has some night footage! I visited Netherlands couple years ago, and enjoyed biking in Rotterdam, but didn't dare to try in Amsterdam.
Very Good
I was in last week's .in this beutyful city Rotterdam .. it's clean and green..i love the Tram system .
A very nice city
Just come back from our second stay in this city. Lots to see and it has a lovely atmosphere. Also it is a great location for a base in order to explore Den Haag, Delft and Gouda. You can now also take the metro to the Hoek van Holland beach
That metro you mentioned is not working.
Very informative! One of the best videos I have watched on Rotterdam.
Lovely commentary; lovely summary. Very helpful subtitles !
I'm soooooo excited... fresh airrrrr
I wana do a snow angel on the grass. Run in circle on the grass until i get tired n lie on the grass n just stare at the sky every weekend
Thank you very much for this video. I was born there and in a couple of months I will be visiting the city for the first time in over 40 years. Your video has been extremely helpful and just full of information.
This video was wonderful and lovely. Big thanks to u.
I am trading in oil and gas, I will visit here very soon.
Nice clip, thanks,
Nice, you should definitely explore the city. I worked for Schlumberger in Rotterdam
Thank you very much. I been in Rotterdam in december 2019 . Is really beutifull also the zoo
Amazing video, again! Well prepared and very informative.
This is what a ideal modern city should look like. North American and Asian cities should take notes.
We have from 30 september 2019 a new metro line from east Rotterdam to Hoek of holland beach you can travel with the OV ticket or ovkaart this is better and cheap.
You can take also on the OV ticket or ovkaart travel by Waterbus to Dordrecht over the rivers there are more directions on the water. Trams are also best. You can travel by lightrail to Den Haag also metroline Rotterdam to Den Haag.
vamos a la playa!
great videos. i can tell that travel is the passion of your life
0:44 What a cute ootd!
A great video, very useful. I’m going there in September! 👍🏼😎
Beautiful
Well the woman you spoke to is right. I am super proud of my city and Im happy to see you enjoyed your stay :)
How can someone be proud of his city… ? You did not build it did you?
@@Man-in-the-green nobody asked, nobody cares.
The best app app ever has ever been
Great video!🌷
Is there a train card for traveling from city to city or would I have to get individual tickets?
Great video,i love Rotterdam,i live 20 km south of the city
In ugly Spijkenisse?
@@Man-in-the-green Dordrecht
That train station is something Germany should look at and learn how to build beautiful train stations.
They should look at Schiphol how to build an airport. Given that Berlin's new Willy Brandt airport is a famous white elephant that still is not finished after more than a decade.
Apparently that Berlin Airport is gonna open before Christmas this year (2020) even with the Corona dramas
thats funny cause most people from Rotterdam compare it to a fasy food tin plate xD
The Amsterdam CS is beautyful and Haarlem and Groningen… Not Rotterdam it is ugly.
What happened to the bar near central station, that was made from a ship superstructure?
Nice photoshoot
Very nice!
Buteful video
Well, Twitter looks excited to be in Rotterdam, thats for sure.
Love tracks in grass
I wanna come back there 😵😫
Excellent and informative video! Dutch public transport (train, tram and bus) is outstanding - arguably as good as the Swiss. The OV-chipkaart is in marked contrast to the chaotic and confusing ticketing systems I have to use living in Britain. One correction. Only FOUR Dutch cities have trams (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and now Utrecht. (One Hague tram route serves Delft.)
Also The Hague has one metro-line. Line E to Rotterdam Slinge
Thanks for the nice comment and information. Yes, I should have said "in the past there were 40 Dutch cities with tram service. now only 4."
Actually it's the best to say that there are four tram systems en two metro systems in the Netherlands. Because each system does not only serve it's main city, but also several towns and cities within the region. For example, the Rotterdam tram system does not only serve Rotterdam, but also Schiedam, Vlaardingen and Barendrecht. The Rotterdam metro does even serve The Hague (Den Haag) Central Station (metro line E). So The Hague doesn't have a metro system itself, but it's still being served by metro's of it's neighbour Rotterdam. ;)
Hi, Please visit Gouda. Famous for its cheese and stroopwafels (syrup waffles).
You should visit,
1. Sint-Janskerk, Europe's longest church
2. City Hall ( Grote Markt)
3. Lange Groenendaal, a street with a lot of extraordinary stores.
4. Gouda Cheese Market (every Thursday morning in the summer)
5. Gouda bij Kaarslicht ( the whole centre covered with candles, around mid-December)
Yes. I do have a video about Gouda covering many places you mention, czcams.com/video/xFw0dRUxAhE/video.html
I missed the cheese market, but was in Alkmaar for their cheese market, czcams.com/video/7edMEdBgy7A/video.html I will get back to Gouda to see more some day.
When i was 11-13 (1997-1999) years old i lived in Rotterdam our house not very far from the Feyenoord stadium. I really miss Rotterdam and The Netherlands in general.
You mean that very old stadium from FR. I thought they wanted a new one, but they have no money. Rotterdam is a poor city.
Nice dog😄
Nine thumbs for the engineer who builts those.. 🙏
19:54 That is not Santa Claus hahaha
We call him "Kabouter Buttplug"
Yes, thanks, I have added that info into the guidebook I have written about the Netherlands, "A statue of Santa Claus stands on the right, holding something variously described as a Christmas tree or sex toy. The nickname for that statue is “Kabouter Buttplug,” which means gnome butt plug in Dutch. The artist, Paul McCarthy, intended it as a statement against rampant consumerism."
If anyone wants a free copy of the guidebook, make a comment below.
@@denniscallan It is Sinterklaas or Santa with a christmastree nothing more nothing less.
Hi
When will you visit Schiedam? It is small town between Delft and Rotterdam.
Highly recommended
Regards
OK, thanks, on my next trip.
@@denniscallan Let me know when you visit. Would love to host you then :)
And love your work. Keep it up.
Schiedam is just part of Rotterdam now😂
Schiedam is getting empty, bankrupt stores. Al lot of polish people. Nothing wrong with that but what’s to see in Schiedam?
@@WegrennerX the tallest historical windmills of the world.
Rotterdam is heel mooi
as a dutch person i live here its pretty good and there are 9 tram lines btw its 2
i live in rotterdam Holland and Denmark padborg but Rotterdam is the best city in Europe for me.
19:56 the nickname for that statue is "Kabouter Buttplug". Kabouter means gnome in Dutch. It's supposed to be a statement against rampant consumerism.
amaging
dat is de 010 RDAM, de werkstad met werkheart !
Komen wij uit Rotterdam?
Waarom ziet Rotterdam er dan zo armoedig uit? Werkstad amehoela!
@@anglerfish61 Ehhh, ooit wel. Nu gelukkig niet meer, Erasmus waar jullie alles naar noemen heeft slechts zijn eerste 4 jaar in Rotterdam gewoond. En is NOOIT meer teruggegaan. Dus dat standbeeld van hem klopt niet.
@@Man-in-the-green er is letterlijk niemand die om dit antwoord gevraagd heeft
That dude at the Tourist Centre knows his stuff
I live there
Your only showing north in south there is a big shopping center and there is a haven and east you also have a shopping center
Check the port of Rotterdam, cruise in the port of Rotterdam.
So the GVB unlimited pass won't work in Utrect/Den Haag? Ugh. Is there one that works for all 4 cities? This is complex!
Yes, it can be very simple with the OV-chipkaart that will take you everywhere in the country, good for intercity train, bus, tram and all local transportation within cities. The GVB ticket is for Amsterdam, with two versions, for city only or also the Region ticket including Haarlem, Keukenhof, Volendam, Bloemendaal aan Zee or Zandvoort aan Zee.
@@denniscallan Sounds like I need one! I'll be living in Den Haag but traveling to Utrecht and Amterdam frequently. Is there a good 'discount' or 'subscription' I can apply to the OV-chipkarrt that would be helpful for that type of travel? I'll end up using GVB, HTM and NS quite frequently. I want to be smart about it and not build up a huge monthly bill.
@@cajundragon If you're going to live in the Netherlands, then you should certainly have a OV-chipkaart and I would recommend you to choose the personal OV-chipkaart, as you can load subscriptions and several discounts on it. If you, however, want to use day passes, then you should consider that most day passes are only valid within a specific area, or, in some cases, only valid at lines operated by a specific public transport company. That's why the GVB day pass is not valid in other cities: GVB is the company that operates the buses, trams and metro lines in the Amsterdam area only. The OV chipkaart is valid in the whole public transport system troughout the country. But you travel on a balance that you need to top up and you pay per ride and per kilometre. If you use a day pass, you only pay a fixed price once and after that you can travel unlimited within a specific area. In the Netherlands we have a lot of affordable subscriptions for train travel only (excluding bus, tram and metro, but valid on the complete rail network of the Netherlands). For example there is a subscription which offers free and unlimited train travel during the weekends including Friday night. During the week this subscription offers off-peak discount on train travel.
@@willembruins9103 I have a personal one with a 40% discount coming in the mail this week! Woo hoo
The Dutch are really sweet people :) :D
My hometown 💚🤍💚
Margreet staat in iedere video over Rotterdam. Nou ja 3 dan.
woawww
MERCI GRAZIE THANKS DANKE WUNDERBAR
R O T T E R D A M NR. 1
I like nederland
😚😚😚😚😗
BEURS STN..is i like most
That was not santa claus' statue at 19:56, that's kabouter buttplug, a gnome with a buttplug. not a joke btw.
Like Swiss
It's near our hotel
8:24 i don’t want to interrupt the extremely good moddals of this man but.. behind him at the left every Jojo fan would understand me that there says ORA!
Any e bike in rotterdam???
It seems that Dutch hardly ever ride e-bikes, even though they manufacture some of the world's best. They prefer the original style, peddling, good for health and easy enough with flat terrain and short distances, and much cheaper to purchase.
@@denniscallan TQVM.
Chang SL People from ROTTERDAM are known for their eagerness to work and apparently the shirts you buy there have their sleeves rolled up already and for that reason you perhaps will not find many using E bikes ! I would suggest “ on your bike mate “ Greetings from New Zealand . Ben aan de maas geboren, daar heeft mijn wiegje gestaan, de Mazzel !
You will not be needing one, it is all flat.
@@janvandemaas4148 Als je in Rotterdam geboren bent, ben je geboren aan de Nieuwe Maas. De èchte Maas loopt niet door Rotterdam.
Mijn geboortestad d'a nanga pang pang
Wow. No slums unlike in the philippines
Roddurdèm.
Beurstraverse? It"s called the Koopgoot.
I remind you, it was the Tourist Information representative who called it that, which is the actual name. I do have more detailed coverage of it in another one of my many Rotterdam movies, where I mention, "The nickname for this place is the Koopgoot, that means 'shopping gutter" which you can find at three-thirty into this video: czcams.com/video/mpT8TetHi2w/video.html
@@denniscallan Dennis you are right, it’s called beurstraverse, but we like to call it koopgoot... buying gutter 🤣
I live here for all my 50 years😃Beurstraverse ? Realy? If someone would have asked me directions to the Beurstraverse i wouldn’t have know what they were even talking about🤭no one calls it that..... nobody....its the koopgoot....come on!!,
The person who said "it's called Beurstraverse" in this video is the official Tourist Information agent who is describing the location, not me. I talk about it and show it at length in my other video about the shopping streets, in which I say "The nickname for this place is the Koopgoot, that means 'shopping gutter"" czcams.com/video/mpT8TetHi2w/video.html
@@denniscallan oke, i watch the video you included and oké, i recognize you then calll it koopgoot but just don’t call it Beurstraverse ever again. Who is to benefid by that🤷🏼♀️. I am a real “Rotterdammer”, as i mentioned befor. Beuerstraverse is just stupit. Don’t teach foreigners Beurstraverse no one in Rotterdam will understand. Just saying!!!
@@realsmart1970 Thank you for watching! Again, I remind you it was the Tourist official who said that, not me.
@@denniscallan i will be going to CS tomorrow and explain to them; again, how not to use Beurstraverse, but use koopgoot. Thats how strongly i feel about it. Beuerstraverse is A place no real “Rotterdammer” knows about😉👍😃
How do you Say "Koopgoot" in English?🤔
copegoat kind of, but with a soft g
The buy gutter?
Beautiful city beautifully narrated in a simple and lucid language but don't like your dressing thanks
You mean my aloha shirts? I live in Hawaii, that's what we dress with.
To call Julia's 'Italian cuisine' is a stretch. They serve pasta, I'll give 'm that
As usual with your videos, excellent. But please, learn how to pronounce Van Gogh. It is not Van Go !!!!!!!!! Brian Oosterbeek Nederland.
I know, and thanks for the nice compliment, but sorry, non-Dutch Americans and many others know that fellow as Van Go. If I say Van Gogcxk some people might not know who I'm talking about, and we outsiders mangle your Dutch G.
@@denniscallan Thanks Dennis. Actually I'm British born, lived in Washington DC as an early 20's person in the late 60's (sat next to Ronald Reagan in our sswimming pool), but have lived in Ned. for 20 years plus with my Dutch born wife and our kids who are at uni. here. Now a Dutch citizen. I take your point, but the way Americans pronouce van Gogh drives me crazy. The Brits say van Goff, which is a little better perhaps !!!!!!!!!!!! Anyway, keep up the good work; you do the best travel videos I know. Your understanding of Dutch culture, and your perceptions are perceptive!!!!!!!! Brian Oosterbeek
Brian And to add insult to injury the Van is with a small “ v “ but you would know that I should imagine !
You need Taxi
@19:55 That's not a christmastree, that's a buttplug.
Thanks for that comment about this kinky statue, which I have also described in the guidebook I am writing now about the Netherlands, where I say, "A statue of Santa Claus stands on the right, holding something variously described as a Christmas tree or sex toy. The nickname for that statue is “Kabouter Buttplug,” which means gnome butt plug (anal dildo) in Dutch. The artist, Paul McCarthy, intended it as a statement against rampant consumerism." Is that too shocking for my future readers?
@@denniscallan no its perfect
No it is not. I asked the artist.
哈哈 這位仁兄實在該退休了，長相或年紀都不行⋯⋯
i love and hate 🇳🇱 at the same time...
im from...
wkwkwk 😁
So why not leave indonesia and come here and take a look ;) Lets say you have all the means to come... I'd think you'd like alot but at the same time you will miss alot of things you have there at your own place. Even if you dislike the place you went to... Its still a learning place, to realise you really enjoy where you are originally from. I have the same. I was born in the Netherlands and I now live in Switserland. I like both ;D
The train might be quick, but don't arrive on time, like ever!!!