Category: shopping
Cube Houses and Markthal, Rotterdam
Cube Houses (Kubuswoningen) are a set of residential houses designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of “living as an urban roof”, i.e., high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level. It is built in the late 70’s over Overblaak Street between Blaak and Oude Haven. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house…
Margreeth Olsthoorn on Schiedamsedijk, Rotterdam
Witte de Withstraat (click here and here to see earlier posts) – probably the coolest street in Rotterdam, starts actually as Schiedamsedijk from the east near the Maritime Museum. Margreeth Olsthoorn – a designer fashion store has a prime location here. I have never heard of this name before. It is located on the corner of…
Witte de Withstraat and Museumpark, Rotterdam – part 1
I(Chris) spent a day in Rotterdam after a meeting in The Hague, which is only a short train ride away. Rotterdam is actively marketing itself as a popular destination for international visitors, an alternative to Amsterdam. It was built around the river Rotte in 1270 and grew rapidly over the centuries but in 1940, during…
Donner Books, Rotterdam
Another bookstore … this time in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. This one barely survived. Donner is located on Coolsingel, in a former bank building, all public areas on one floor. This bookstore and the pride of Rotterdam was swallowed up by a big chain store that unfortunately went bankrupt in 2014. The Top 10 fictions and…