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  • Rotterdam Blaak

    Blaak area Rotterdam In the Blaak area you can see modern architecture with the famous cube houses as one of the highlights.

    The first thing that you will notice is the underground train and metro station the Blaak. The station has got a very striking design and looks like a flying saucer. Just outside the station you will see the city’s main library which got a very valuable Erasmus collection. The design of the library with the steel tubes running down along the glass front looks a little bit like the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Next to the library you will find the Pencil tower designed by Dutch architect Piet Blom, very well known for the design of the cube houses next to the tower. The Pencil tower is a six-sided tower just like a pencil.

    At the right of the Pencil Tower you will see the famous cube houses built in 1984 and designed by Piet Blom as well. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees and put it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. There are 38 cube houses and 2 super cubes that are all connected. Each of the cube houses have got 3 floors, all with angled walls and windows. The residents have to be very creative to fit their furniture into their houses. You are able to see one of the houses from inside by visiting the show cube house. Imagine what it’s like to live in a house without straight walls!

    From the cube houses you will have a great view at the historic old harbour and the white house. You can take some beautiful pictures from here! It’s a short walk down to the old harbour and the white house, where you will come into a whole different world!

  • DIRECTIONS Rotterdam Blaak

    The Blaak area is located in the middle of city center. You can easily get there by taking the metro, tram 1, train, or bus 32 or 49 to Blaak station.

    If you come by car you can park your car in the Kiphof or Oude Haven parking.


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    Eelco van der Brug   Rotterdam 

    7:27am on Saturday, July 17th, 2010

    Geweldig!!

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