Rotterdam one of the major cities in Holland is blessed among other things with many natural and man made resources that constitute a major side attraction: the Euromast, museum boijmans van Beuningen, railz miniworld, and so many other side attractions. Rotterdam is a municipality and happens to be the 6th largest city in Europe, yes what a great achievement, do you know that this city everyone is celebrating so much was once devastated by floods, and by Hitler’s artillery during the Second World War? All the building except the white house was left standing, and that a magnanimous effort had to be directed at rebuilding instead of the expected renovation? A great fit you may say, but it is more than that, a great people sound better. Today amongst the great tourist attractions in Rotterdam – Netherlands is the skyline building amongst others; want to know more? Read on.

The Skyline Building

The skyline building must be mentioned among the tourist attraction in Netherlands – Rotterdam, for no other reason than the spirit behind the massive construction. The spirit behind the rebuilding of a gigantic edifice is nothing but a courageous one, one that refused to be beaten, that rose above overwhelming assault by the Germans offensiveness. Notwithstanding, the attack, death, and massive destruction, the authorities refused to be beaten, and they did the unusual: demolish the old war ravaged building for another, this time a more magnanimous one – skyscrapers. The skyscrapers that was built under the rebuilding spirit was not the first one, the truth is before that the Dutch where taken in by the desire to build skylines, and the first skyscraper in Rotterdam was built in 1898 – Whitt Huit (white house).

Whitt huitt or white house was built in 1898, at the time of the building it was the 6th largest building in Europe. It is an eleven storey building, and standing above 140ft in supreme elegance, planned with the French ch?teau style. The building was among the few building to survive German blasting of Rotterdam. Considering the historical background, and the years of survival, tourist should look forward to nostalgic moments in the building.

Museum The Netherlands Way

The museum is another great side of tourist attraction. Rotterdam boasts of many museums namely: Volkenkundig museum, maritime, brigade, Boijmans Van Beruningen museum, Museum Het Schielandshuis etc. So if you love historical things then I am sure you are not going to give this thing a miss. A perfect place and should be in your visit list.

Museum Het Schielandshuis

This museum displays bits and pieces of the municipality: her people, fashion, and many other interesting details accumulated over the years. Quite a nice place and you would surely be amazed by the level of collection they have.

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

This is another top museum found in the city of Rotterdam. It has a world class compilation of ancient leaders, modern, contemporary, applied arts and designs. The museum has about 140,000 objects including permanent collection, 175 workers, volunteers, annual budget of twelve million euros, and over 220,000 yearly visitors. In other words this place is simply huge and something you dont want to miss in your trip ever.

The museums in Rotterdam is a great and magnificent one that tells a great story of a unique municipality that has undergone many years of problems and victory – Rotterdam.