Het Vrije Volk office building (Slaakhuys) Former office building of the newspaper Het Vrije Volk, the Slaakhuys at the Slaak Rotterdam Buildings National Monuments
Thalia Theater A Jew from Poland, Abraham Tuschinski (1886‒1942) departed for the United States, but only got as far as Rotterdam. In 1911 he opened his first cinema, Thalia, on Coolvest. Buildings National Monuments
Shop and enjoy in the Twaalfprovinciënhuis With a sense of bravura similar to the completion of the Market Hall in October 2014, the Twaalfprovinciënhuis shopping centre opened in 1955. Buildings
Groenendaal Housing The Groenendaal Housing project illustrate well the confrontation between two styles of architecture that dominated the post-war period in the Netherlands. Buildings Municipal Monuments
Bongers Tearoom (Pancake pavilion) The Bongers Tearoom on Meent is such a familiar Rotterdam building that few people realise it was designed by an architect. Buildings Municipal Monuments
Lijnbaan apartment buildings The layout of the Lijnbaan, which separates shops and apartments, paved the way for a new concept of urban living: high-rise blocks arranged around green courts. Buildings National Monuments
Galeries Modernes opens On 8 November 1956 the new building of Galeries Modernes was officially opened. Buildings
Stadstimmerhuis Meent For a long time Stadstimmerhuis meent has been the name given to the building that houses city departments that deal with construction. Buildings Municipal Monuments
Hoogstraat shops The Hoogstraat Shops were three retail buildings opened one after another in quick succession on Hoogstraat. Buildings Municipal Monuments
Groothandelsgebouw The Groothandelsgebouw is the symbol of the reconstruction of Rotterdam. Buildings National Monuments
First pile of Wereldhaven During a speech by Johan Ringers on 15 April 1941 the first pile went into the ground for the Wereldhaven housing complex. General Buildings
Minervahuis The Minerva House on Meent is part of a block largely completed during the period of reconstruction. Buildings
