20 Attractions to Explore Near Miniworld Rotterdam

A beautiful art museum, which home to the best of Dutch painting from the age of Rembrandt and Vermeer.The museum houses the Royal Cabinet of Paintings which consists of 854 objects, mostly Dutch Golden Age paintings. The collection contains works by Johannes Vermeer, Rembrandt van Rijn, Jan Steen, Paulus Potter and so more.

Sonneveld House in the South Holland city of Rotterdam was built in 1932 and 1933 by architect Leendert van der Vlugt of Bureau Brinkman & van der Vlugt. Huis Sonneveld is a national monument , together with the nearby Huis Boevé , designed by the same architect in the same style. The design of the interior, the execution of the carpentry, the choice of upholstery and furniture, as well as the design of the outdoor space are tuned in detail to the functional layout of the building.

The city hall on Coolsingel in Rotterdam was built between 1914 and 1920 to a design by Henri Evers. It is one of the few buildings in the center of Rotterdam that survived the bombing of 14 May 1940. It has a floor area of ​​86 by 106 meters and is built around a large courtyard with two passages on both sides to the Stadhuisstraat and the Doelwater. The bell tower is 71 meters high and stands above the main hall. Atop the tower is the statue of a golden angel of peace by sculptor Johan Keller.

Het Nieuwe Instituut in the South Holland city of Rotterdam is a museum for architecture , design and digital culture , and a platform for the creative industry. Exhibitions and debates are organized on the various design disciplines such as graphic design, product design, games, fashion, architecture, urban design and landscape architecture.

The Chabot Museum is a museum dedicated to the Dutch painter and sculptor Hendrik Chabot , located in a monumental villa in the Museum Park in Rotterdam .The collection of the museum includes the collection of Apronemeijer of works from the 1920s and a collection of 26 works from the Second World War , from the private collection of Mrs Tol-Breugem.The museum is housed in a monumental villa in the Museumpark, near the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen and the Netherlands Architecture Institute.

A beautiful urban park located in in Rotterdam, Netherlands. There are so many things to see and do here. On the south side of the pond in the park a monument for Gerrit Jongh, director of municipal works in Rotterdam. There are several artworks in the park, so it also serves as a sculpture garden.

Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen is an art depot of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam. It is the first publicly accessible art depot in the world.It is a 39.5 meter high, bowl-shaped building that is covered with reflective plates, so that a more or less contiguous, reduced mirror image of the environment can be seen, whereby one can look over the surrounding buildings.

This is an art museum in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. It houses the collections of Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans (1767–1847) and Daniël George van Beuningen (1877–1955). The museum has become the house of over 151,000 artworks over 170 years.[3] In the collection, ranging from medieval to contemporary art, are works of Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, and Salvador Dalí and other famous collections.

The World Trade Center Rotterdam is located on Coolsingel , Beursplein , Rode Zand and Meent in the center of Rotterdam . It is a business center in Rotterdam with approximately 200 offices and various facilities such as a conference center. The main building is 93 meters high. World Trade Center Rotterdam has the status of a national monument.

Kunstinstituut Melly is a contemporary art gallery located in a former school building on Witte de Withstraat, in Rotterdam. It presents curated exhibitions, symposiums, live events, educational programs, and has a separate art literature publishing arm.

The Witte de Withstraat is a nightlife street in Rotterdam with cafes , restaurants , art galleries , various shops and municipal monuments. The street connects the Schiedamse Vest with the Eendrachtsweg.

The Maritime Museum Rotterdam is a maritime museum in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Dedicated to naval history, it was founded in 1874 by Prince Henry of the Netherlands.The Museum Collection contains 850.000 objects from six centuries of maritime history.

Grote of Sint-Laurenskerk is a Protestant church in Rotterdam. It is the only remnant of the medieval city of Rotterdam.The church was built between 1449 and 1525.This basilica was the first all stone building in Rotterdam. Many important events took place here.

The Natural History Museum of Rotterdam is situated within Villa Dijkzigt, a national monument built in 1852.With a collection of more than 400,000 objects, varying from dried plants to fossilised mammoth remains, the museum is one of the largest natural history museums in the Netherlands.The museum offers a variety of different exhibitions, activities, educational programmes, conducted tours, quests and options for children’s parties.

The Kunsthal Rotterdam , opened in 1992, is an exhibition space in Rotterdam . It is the first Kunsthal in the Netherlands. The building is located in the Museum Park and has an entrance on Westzeedijk opposite Koningin Emmaplein . Next to the Kunsthal is the Natural History Museum Rotterdam.

The Markthal is a residential and office building with a market hall underneath, located in Rotterdam.[8] The building was opened on October 1, 2014, by Queen Máxima of the Netherlands. Besides the large market hall, the complex houses 228 apartments, 4,600 m2 retail space, 1,600 m2 horeca and an underground 4-storey parking garage with a capacity of over 1200 cars.

A majestic zoo located in the northwestern part of Rotterdam. It is one of the oldest zoos in the Netherlands, and has been operated by the Stichting Koninklijke Rotterdamse Diergaarde. Divided into several zoogeographic regions, the 26-hectare Blijdorp Zoo boasts well over 180 species. It also has a shop, multiple cafes, and an information centre.

The Museum Rotterdam, is a museum about the history of Rotterdam. Since 2016, it is located in the Timmerhuis in the city center. The second location at the Coolhaven is called Museum Rotterdam '40-'45 NU. The museum has a collection ranging from household objects, such as ceramic tiles, furniture, kitchenware and tableware to textiles, clothing, hand fans, handbags, jewellery and coats of arms.

Cube houses are a set of innovative houses built in Helmond and Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The central idea of the cube houses around the world is mainly optimizing the space, as a house, to a better distribution of the rooms inside. It is designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of "living as an urban roof": high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level.

The Park is the oldest park in Rotterdam after the Oude Plantage , located west of the Center . The Park is located between the Nieuwe Maas , the Parkhaven , the Westzeedijk and the Scheepvaartkwartier . Many events have been held in the Park over the years. The Park looks like one whole, but it actually consists of two parts. This is because it was built on the spot where two country estates used to be.