On top of the world
Built in 1960, the Euromast is still the highest building of Rotterdam. True, originally it was only 107 meters high. In 1968 the Medical Faculty at the Westzeedijk was built, and was 10 meters higher. Time to grow the Euromast: in 1970 the Space Tower was added and the building is now 185 meters high. It's not only still the highest building in Rotterdam, it is also the tallest tower accessible to public in the Netherlands.
(Almost) 360 degree view from 112 meters high
The Euroscoop platform sits at 112 meters and is where you first get out (after your elevator ride) to take in the view. Whenever I go somewhere high, some place that gives you a view of an area that you usually only get to experience from the ground level - it is always such a pleasant surprise. For one thing, viewing my city from high above like this, it helps to fill the gaps in my city-mind-map. I've walked and biked and driven all over town. The map of the city sitting in my head has been constantly growing since I started to live here one and a half years back. But from up high, it is like the puzzle comes together. How things are connected, how far they are apart, the general appearance the different parts of town have: handed to you on a silver platter. Or a concrete one, in this case.
But most importantly, of course, being up high just allows for amazing views all around!
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Only while putting together this post Irealised that neither me, nor my husband, took any pictures facing north. Both of us just completely forgot to shoot that angle, which has the city's main center and most of the high rise! Too bad.
There is just this one pic, which does show you the Medical Faculty building which was built in 1968. And it actually gives you an impression of how the Medical Faculty is just that bit higher than the original Euromast! The only problem is, it shows my face more than it shows the city, but I hope you'll forgive me and my stare into the distance ;).
Moving up
The 112 meter high platform is great for taking pictures. I can imagine that at times the place is rather crowded. But we found out that the tower is open for visiting till 10 pm, and we went up a bit before sunset. To have better light. And, apparently, to have the place to ourselves.
For the last few weeks, the weather here in Netherlands has been very un-Dutch: only sunny days and high temperatures. This close to sunset however, and especially with the strong wind that blows when you're this high in the sky, I got very chilly. If you ever make it up here at this hour, take your sweater!
(Full) 360 degree view from 185 meters high
After the platform, you get to go in the Space Tower elevator. It's round, with semi comfortable seats, windows all around, circling as it goes. And in a matter of a few minutes, it takes you up those additional 70 meters, hangs at the top for a bit and takes you down again. The website says there's a voice over telling you 'lovely stories' of the city. I don't really know about that. I actually felt the whole concept of the elevator, the way it goes round, the voice telling the stories, and just the whole feel of the place (including the bathroom facilities) - that is was a little outdated. Which makes sense, right - the thing was built in 1960 / 1970. But then again, it is on the verge of being that much outdated, that it is rather oldschool. You can start to appreciate it for being outdated, but still being intact and preserved and still giving you that awesome perspective on the city. It's probably something of that oldschool quality that got the Euromast on the list of national monuments in 2010.
From the moving elevator, taking pictures was hard. I opted for a video clip. So now you can have that same experience I did while I was on the tower: all the angles coming together, all the blancs filled, to give you a coherent 360 degree perspective of the city of Rotterdam!
Architecture Rotterdam
When people talk about the Netherlands, they always mention our capitol Amsterdam, but are much less aware of our second largest city Rotterdam. Which was hit very hard by World War II, and has a lot of modern architecture compared to other Dutch cities. There's a lot here worth your visit, and with these posts I hope to bring it to your attention!
Earlier posts in this series:
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Camera used: Canon G7X and Nikon D90
That was some steady hand work to film that, nice job.
Thanks! The only thing I didn't notice was that the camera's focus was on the window instead of on the view outside ;)
But the outside was still focused enough to see while it rotated around. Kind of hard to get nice shots through a window, and the video came out pretty good.
Man man man wat is dat hoog!
But indeed, super smart of you to go in the evening before sunset, the golden hour is perfect for making snaps from above...
Good luck with the heat! Swiss is boiling as well!
Hey Karin!! Ben even niet online geweest, 't is leuk om weer terug te zijn en gezellig om berichtjes te krijgen! :) Ja heet hier inderdaad, maar heerlijk eigenlijk. Zal zo eens een kijkje nemen bij je account voor indruk krijgen hoe jet het hebt in Zwitserland!
Very nice view! It reminds me of the Space Needle in Seattle a lot!
Just looked up the space needle and there's definitely a resemblance! It's even super close in height: 184 vs 185 meters. With the rotating top and all. Seems like the 60's were the time to build towers like these ;)
Even the engineers were tokin' it up perhaps...? Lol!
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