the sky above rotterdam

Weena

2005-11-06T16:22:00.000+01:00

the financial and business district
right off from Central Station

Nationale Nederlanden-tower
(insurance company)

tower next to Unilever-building

the former sorting-center
of the National Mail Company
(tpg post)

a look at Delftsestraat right behind the Weena
in the background the Shell building

Delftestraat, opposite Unilever building
an in-joke at a car-park

at night:

Unilever building Nationale Nederlanden & the Post-Sorting Center

Central Station (building will shortly be torn down for a new one)

sky views

2005-08-09T00:19:00.000+02:00

night views

2005-08-04T09:12:00.000+02:00

looking at the Erasmus bridge,
from Katendrecht peninsula

from Erasmus bridge to Boompjes

the Erasmus bridge from the South side

kpn tower
(National Phone Company South side

Wilhelmina tower
and
Court Hall

Luxor Theatre

bridge views

2005-08-04T08:41:00.000+02:00

Erasmus bridge:

from the Northern quai (Boompjes)
linking the historically older Northern half of the city
to the relatively newer Southern half

looking out from the bridge to the West towards the harbour
on the left some flats on the outer edge of the Katendrecht peninsula, located between the two halves of the city

to the very right the Euromast
an icon of the city built right after WW II

beginnings of the Northern half of the city
a street named Boompjes (little trees)
with tourist boat rushing by

further east, to the right with Noordereiland
in the background the red Willem's bridge

a look to the far away Queen's bridge

the Willem's bridge

Willem's brigde:
seen from the Northern quai

a view to the West into the harbour,
with the Euromast in the background at the very right

Queen's bridge
no longer in use
formerly for train-traffic

introduction

2005-08-04T08:21:00.000+02:00

this is a blog where I publish pictures taken with my cell-phone during my everyday life in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, where I work as a dance-maker.

this city was bombed nearly flat in 1941 by Germany. after the war, it was decided to modernize the city entirely and radically.

as a result, the buildings in the city-centre are wide and high, leaving a lot of space for the sky against the buildings. the combination with the waters of the Nieuwe Maas, leading to the Europoort (one of the biggest harbours in the world) and into the North Sea, makes the atmosphere one of air and fresh currents, wild winds and concentrated urban culture.

with this in mind i've decided to bring my own hommage to this special kind of beauty, and dedicate it as a contribution to the global project Skytime(tm) launched by Elaine Summers