Skywatch in Rotterdam

 The Harbor of Rotterdam.

Linking to "Skywatch Friday"

Art in Rotterdam

 

This one symbolizes  the  heart of the city that was destroyed in World War 2 by de bombings of the German Army.

Monday Mural

 One from the archives of 2014 in Rotterdam. Linking to "Monday Mural"

Roof Parc

 One from the archives of 2018 when we visited the "Roof Days" in Rotterdam.  From the roof of a building we had a view at  a "Roof Parc".

Watch this, isn't it amazing to use the roof as a parc and a playground.

Skywatch

A blue sky in Rotterdam when the weather was better than now at the moment here.

Linking to "Skywatch Friday"

 

Monday Mural

One I saw long ago in Rotterdam, during an art exibition. Linking to "Monday Mural"
 

Artistic

 Artistic people in Rotterdam from the archives of 2013. Linking to "Weekend Street/Reflections"

Skywatch

 A winter sky with a heli in Rotterdam. Linking to "Skywatch Friday"

Green

 How you can make a parking garage look a bit friendly, seen in Rotterdam.

Monday Mural

 A mural in Rotterdam along a Train track. Linking to "Monday Mural"

Signs

In 2018 we visited the "Open Roofs Days" in Rotterdam. You can climb in several buildings to the roof and have a view over the city. Here we had a view at a highschool with a quote on top : 

 "Where I feel good I am at home" by Erasmus. 

Desiderius Erasmus ( 1466-1536) was a Dutch priest, philosopher, humanist, theologian and writer.

Linking to "Signs2"

Ascension Day

Today is a day off in the Netherlands to celebrate this religious day. I am not religious but made my own stairway to heaven  in 2016 on these stairs in Rotterdam. it was a temporary stairway made to climb up to the roof of the building. It was a celebration for 75 years rebuilding the city after it was destroyed after bombed by the Germans in WWII ..

It was a long way up 180 steps  and pretty high when looking down.

But I made it.

Looking back

I am looking in the archives today, this one is from March 2014 in Rotterdam.

And your blogger in action determined to make a photo!

Monday Mural

A mural I saw last June in Rotterdam  in a vacant warehouse now used for small businesses.

Linking to "Monday Mural"

Morning

A quiet coffee on Saturday morning.

Signs

In the old Rotterdam port area are all kind of vacant warehouses now used for small businesses as this foodfactory.

Inside such a huge warehouse.

 Along the quay with left the old warehouses.

Linking to "signs, signs2"

Monday Mural

A mural of a container ship in Rotterdam. The port of Rotterdam is the largest port in Europe, it streches over a distance of 40 kilometres (25mi).

Linking to "Monday Mural"

Skywatch

A blue sky but with clouds in Rotterdam. Linking to "Skywatch Friday"

Lust for Life

 The Netherlands Photomuseum in Rotterdam has an exhibition "Lust for Life" of Dutch photographer Ed van der Elsken (1925-1990) He is well known for his streetphotos in the sixties and the seventies. In 2016  his colour slides were discovered that were in a bad condition and had inmediately to be restored, 42.000 colour photos were cleaned and saved forever from destruction.

Here an example of the restoration.

It was a joy to see all the photos of the sixties in Amsterdam, the" flower power" and "sit ins".

Brought back nice memories of that time when we lived there too.

I had the same blue shoes with platform soles! And a mini-skirt too.

You can read more "here"

New York

I was in Rotterdam yesterday and had this delicious pastry.

Here. Linking to "Signs,signs2"