Landscape, Nature, Cityscape Pictures / Photography - Updates

Meneba's Head office and cereal processing plant located between the Maashaven harbour basin / Maashaven Zuidzijde and the Brielselaan. Click here to view the large version of this photo.

Tags: Meneba, Maashaven, Stadshavens, Stadshavens Rotterdam, Rotterdam

Transection of a railway rail near the entrance of the old Hef / Koningshavenbrug, an old, disconnected railroad bridge / vertical lift bridge dating from 1927, which has been replaced by the Willemsspoortunnel in 1993. Click here to view the large version of this photo.

Tags: De Hef, Noordereiland, Rotterdam, Koningshavenbrug

The Latenstein flour factory (Meelfabriek) of architect J.J.M. Vegter with the green Codrico Cube (Codrico Kubus) as characteristic feature on top of it. Behind the Latenstein flour factory: the Montevideo, the World Port Center, the New Orleans, all located on the Wilhelminapier, the latter in course of construction. In the front: the Maashaven harbour basin. Click here to view the large version of this photo.

Tags: Latenstein, Codrico Kubus, J.J.M.+Vegter, Montevideo, Katendrecht, Rotterdam, New Orleans

Shop-Window of an old, empty store managed by some organisation called N.A.K. Leegstandsbeheer B.V. in the Van der Takstraat on the Rotterdam Noordereiland. Visible under the lamps: a sewing-machine with a record under its needle. Click here to view the large version of this photo.

Tags: Noordereiland, Rotterdam, Van der Takstraat, N.A.K. Leegstandsbeheer B.V.

From te left to the right: office De Brug of JHK Architecten, head office of Unilever Bestfoods, and the Blue Band factory, both located on the Nassaukade. To continue, the Maastoren (Deloitte Headquarters), the so-called Toren op Zuid / KPN Toren of architect Renzo Piano, the old railroad bridge De Hef / Koningshavenbrug (designed by P. Joosting, completed in 1927) and the river Nieuwe Maas (New Meuse). Click here to view the large version of this photo.

Tags: Unilever Bestfoods, Rotterdam, De+Brug, Brug, JHK Architecten, Blue Band, Koningshavenbrug, De Hef, Hef, Maastoren

Five level housing block Natal of architect Frits van Dongen (architectural office Architekten Cie) on the Paul Krugerstraat. Click here to view the large version of this photo.

Tags: Natal, Frits van Dongen, Architekten Cie., Feijenoord, Rotterdam, Afrikaanderwijk

The Erasmusbrug of architect Ben van Berkel at dusk. Visible in front of the bridge: Renzo Piano's Toren op Zuid / KPN Toren. Visible directly behind the bridge and left of the Toren op Zuid: the head office of insurance company Nationale-Nederlanden, Abe Bonnema's Delftse Poort. Tower on the left: the Milleniumtoren of Housden Partnerschip. Photo shot from the south of Rotterdam, from the Maashaven Oostzijde boulevard in Feijenoord. Click here to view the large version of this photo.

Tags: Erasmusbrug, Erasmus Bridge, Ben van Berkel, Van Berkel, Rotterdam, Sunset, Renzo Piano, Toren op Zuid, Delftse Poort, Abe Bonnema, Milleniumtoren

The Maastoren (Maas Tower) of architectural offices Dam & Partners in collaboration with Odile Decq Benoit Cornette in course of construction. When completed the Maas Tower will be 165 meter or over 540 feet in height and as such be the summit of Rotterdam’s South Bank Development. In the front among other things: the old Santos warehouse on Katendrecht and the Wilhelminatoren (Wilhelmina Tower) and the Erasmus metro line (Erasmuslijn). Photo shot from the Maashaven Oostzijde. Click here to view the large version of this photo.

Tags: Wilhelminatoren, Erasmuslijn, Santos, Cees Dam, Maastoren, Rotterdam, Kop van Zuid

Vijf Werelddelen (Five Continents) is a quay along the Entrepothaven, once a harbour bassin, dug in the nineteenth century on the initiative of the famous Rotterdam businessman and politician Lodewijk Pincoffs. Nowadays the Entrepothaven is in use as a marina (City Marina Rotterdam). The Entrepotgebouw was originally used as a warehouse to store tea, coffee, sugar and spices. Today it's a shopping mall and an apartment complex. It also contains several restaurants. Visible on the horizon: the Maastoren (Meuse Tower) in course of construction. Click here to view the large version of this photo.

Tags: Entrepothaven, Vijf Werelddelen, Netherlands, Lodewijk Pincoffs, Maastoren, Rotterdam, Entrepotgebouw, Kop van Zuid

Stunning macro photo, amazingly sharp, of a Purple Water-Lily, covered with dew, in a pond in the Longwood Gardens, a botanical garden in Kennett Square, Pennsylviana. Photo shot by guest photographer Willem van den Ende. Click here to view the large version of this photo.

Tags: Longwood Gardens, Macro Close-Up, Kennett Square, Water-Lily, Lily, Flower, Chester County, Pennsylvania, Macro Photo

In the front: the river Nieuwe Maas / New Meuse and right behind it some apartments and the Maritime Hotel on the Willemskade. High-rise buildings from the left to the right, among other things: one of the two Hoge Heren (High Lords) of architect Wiel Arets, the Hoge Erasmus (High Erasmus) of architect Berend Sybesma Klunder Architecten, Hoofdkantoor Robeco (Robeco Head Office) of W. Quist, the Hotel Golden Tulip Rotterdam-Centre / Golden Tulip Inntel Hotel of architectural office MAS Architecture, Helmut Jahn's Fortisbank Blaak (Fortis Bank Blaak), De Coopvaert of Dam en Partners Architecten. Photo shot from the Holland Amerikakade on the Wilhelminapier. Click here to view the large version of this photo.

Tags: Netherlands, Willemskade, Golden Tulip, Rotterdam, Maritime Hotel, Robeco, Rotterdam City, Fortis, Hoge Erasmus, Architecture, Wiel Arets

Visible more or less in the center: Latenstein flour factory of architect J.J.M. Vegter, home of the company Codrico. On the right of it, among other things: animal feed factory Provimi and the Scheepvaart en Transport College on the Lloydkwartier. The water on the right is the Rijnhaven harbour basin. Click here to view the large version of this photo.

Tags: Rijnhaven, Rijnhaven Zuidzijde, Katendrecht, Rotterdam, Feijenoord, Vegter, Latenstein, Codrico, Provimi

In the center: the Laankwartier, one of the five new neighbourhoods, currently in course of construction, on the Rotterdam peninsula of Katendrecht. In the front: the Maashaven harbour basin. Behind the Laankwartier: Poseidon and Neptunus, two residential towers of architctural office DKV (Dolf Dobbelaar, Herman de Kovel en Paul de Vroom). On the right of them: the so-called Maas en Rijn Flat (1989) of Mecanoo Architects. Photo shot from the Maashaven Oostzijde. Click here to view the large version of this photo.

Tags: Laankwartier, Mecanoo Architects, Mecanoo, Maas En Rijn Flat, DKV, Maashaven, Katendrecht, Rotterdam, Feijenoord, Neptunus, Poseidon

Poseidon and Neptunus, two residential towers, designed by architectural office DKV (Dolf Dobbelaar, Herman de Kovel en Paul de Vroom), 59.75 meters in height, completed in 2003 and located on the westside of the Katendrecht peninsula. Visible on the left: the Hoboken tower of architects A. Hagoort, G. Martens and J. Prouvé, which is part of the medical faculty of the Erasmus University (Erasmus MC). On the right: the Millennium tower and the Delftse Poort building. Photo shot from a side-street of the Brielselaan. In the front: the Maashaven harbour basin. Click here to view the large version of this photo.

Tags: Maashaven, Katendrecht, Rotterdam, Feijenoord, Poseidon, Neptunus, DKV, Erasmus MC

In the front: the Maashaven harbour basin, once an important grain harbour, nowadays primarily a parking lot for riverboats. Katendrecht is a former Rotterdam harbour district near the city of Rotterdam, on the South bank of the river Nieuwe Maas. It once constituted Rotterdam's red-light district and also the first Chinatown in Europe. On the horizon: the slender Euromast tower of architect H.A. Maaskant. Directly left of the Euromast: animal feed factory Provimi. On the right of it, behind the two cranes: the Vopak tower of architect Jan Hoogstad, located north of the river Maas and currently being redeveloped. Click here to view the large version of this photo.

Tags: Euromast, Maashaven, Maashaven Noordzijde, Katendrecht, Rotterdam, Feijenoord, Provimi, Vopak, Chinatown, Red-Light District