Goudsesingel Industrial Building The architects Hugh Maaskant and Willem van Tijen built in post-war Rotterdam the Industrial Building at the Goudsesingel. Buildings National Monuments
Restoration of the Laurenskerk The Laurenskerk was badly damaged by the bombing of May 1940, though the spire itself remained largely intact. General Buildings National Monuments
Lijnbaan shopping precinct In the post-war years the Lijnbaan marked a revolution in urban design. Instead of shops with housing above along both sides of a street of traffic, such as Hoogstraat, the Lijnbaan shops lined pedestrian promenades. Buildings National Monuments
Huf shop The Huf shop was a shoe shop by Anton Hof on the Hoogstraat since 1924. Buildings National 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
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
Het Vrije Volk office building (Slaakhuys) Former office building of the newspaper Het Vrije Volk, the Slaakhuys at the Slaak Rotterdam Buildings National Monuments
Groothandelsgebouw The Groothandelsgebouw is the symbol of the reconstruction of Rotterdam. Buildings National Monuments
Hilton Hotel Late 1953 newspapers announced that the famous Hilton Hotel Organization decided to build a hotel in Rotterdam. Buildings National Monuments
Sint Dominicus Catholic Steiger Church The Steiger Church was intended as a place of silence and contemplation in the bustling city centre. Buildings National Monuments
Euromast The Euromast of architect Maaskant is in 1960 a symbol of progress, after the extension with the space tower in 1970 it remained the highest building in Rotterdam Buildings National Monuments