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De Dubbelde Palmboom
Just south, De Dubbelde Palmboom is a history museum housing an excellent collection of items relating to Rotterdam's history as a port. Displays are spread throughout the 1826 warehouse and many have a sociological bent.
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Euromast
At 185m, a shimmy up the Euromast is a must. It offers unparalleled 360-degree views of Rotterdam, with its rotating, glass-walled 'Euroscope' contraption ascending to near the summit. There's a luxury accommodation suite and the Panorama restaurant near the top. Book an abseiling session (around €40 ).
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Historisch Museum Het Schielandhuis
The city's history is preserved at one of the centre's few surviving 17th-century buildings, at the Historisch Museum Het Schielandhuis. Exhibits focus on everyday life through the ages, such as the (purportedly) oldest surviving wooden shoe. Clogs ahoy!
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Kunsthal
At the south end of Museumpark, the Kunsthal hosts around 20 temporary exhibitions (including art and design) each year. As the publicity says, everything from 'elitist to popular' gets an airing.
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Maritime Museum Rotterdam
Maritime Museum Rotterdam is a comprehensive museum that looks at the Netherlands' rich maritime traditions. There's the usual array of models that any youngster would love to take into the tub, plus more interesting and explanatory displays.
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Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
Among Europe's very finest museums, the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen has a permanent collection spanning all eras of Dutch and European art, including superb old masters. Among the highlights are The Marriage at Cana by Hieronymus Bosch, the Three Maries at the Open Sepulchre by Van Eyck, the minutely detailed Tower of Babel by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, and Portrait of Titus and Man in a Red Cap by Rembrandt.
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Nederlands Architectuur Instituut
The Nederlands Architectuur Instituut, with one side surrounded by a moat and the other comprising a sweeping flow of brick along Rochussenstraat, offers an amazingly thorough overview of Dutch architecture. Exhibitions are revelatory, and a recent multimedia presentation devoted to utopian genius Hendrik Wijdeveld was mind-expanding. The NAI is a worthy monument in a city that celebrates built space like no other in the land.
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Nederlands Fotomuseum
The Nederlands Fotomuseum is a fabulous photo museum that's also an archive and information centre for photographers. Its activities were recently bolstered by a bequest from one H Weertheim, who wanted to 'further the interests of photography in the Netherlands'.
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Openlucht Binnenvaart Museum
The Openlucht Binnenvaart Museum has a collection of historic inland waterway boats that fills much of the basin. You can see the ongoing restoration and can stroll around looking at the boats, even outside the official opening hours.
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Oude Haven
The Oude Haven area, near the Blaak train, metro and tram station, preserves the oldest part of the harbour, some of which dates from the 14th century. It's a decent place for a stroll, especially if you take time to look at the large collection of historic boats.
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Oude Kerk
One of Rotterdam's few districts to survive the war, Delfshaven was once the official seaport for the city of Delft. A reconstructed 18th-century windmill overlooks the water at Voorhaven 210. One of the area's claims to fame is that it was where the Pilgrims left Holland for America aboard the Speedwell . They could barely keep the leaky boat afloat and, in England, eventually transferred to the Mayflower - the rest is history.
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Rotterdam Walk of Fame
The Rotterdam Walk of Fame features handprints from luminaries including Bryan Adams, Bryan Ferry, Dizzy Gillespie, 'Diamond' David Lee Roth, Kamahl, Roxette, Willie Nelson - and even Spandau Ballet (the Netherlands being perhaps the only country in the world that still remembers who they are).
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Wereldmuseum
The Wereldmuseum is dedicated to providing a user-friendly repository of multiculturalism for people of all ages to use to better understand each other. Wonderfully apt that it's in a polyglot port like Rotterdam. The building is dominated by a huge sculpture of a stylised woman by artist Nikki de Saint Phalle. Enter through the statue's legs.
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Willemswerf
Walk alongside the water on Boompjes until you see the striking 1998 Willemswerf, the headquarters of the huge Nedlloyd shipping company. Note the dramatic lines casting shadows on its sleek, white surface.
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