Rotterdam Zoo (Diergaarde Blijdorp)

Cubic Houses (Kubus woningen)
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Architecture

Rotterdam Zoo (Diergaarde Blijdorp)

Rotterdam's most popular attraction, the zoo is considered one of the best and most naturalistic in the Netherlands, and houses a wide variety of animals, from salt water fishes to gorgeous Asian tigers.

Cubic Houses (Kubus woningen)

This houses, designed by Piet Blom in the 1970s as a housing project, must be some of the most unusual in the world, with their disorienting angles and shapes. They are, however, occupied as intended and are apparently quite comfortable. There's a show unit open for those who want to wander around the inside and see what it would feel like to live in a house straight out of a Cubist's dream.

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Standing 185 metres tall, this tower is the highest point in all Netherlands and was built in 1960 in honour of the decennially organised Floriade, the greatest flower and garden show in Europe. From the summit of the tower, you can get a spectacular view over the surrounding countryside.

Architecture

When much of Rotterdam city was devastated during the second World War, the architects of the time took the opportunity to rebuild according to the latest ideas of the time, producing a city with some of the most unusual architecture in the Netherlands. Just a few examples of the architecture from that time are the Kiefhoek housing complex, the gallery flats of the Bergpolder district and the buildings around the Mathenesser square.