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become familiar with art and
express themselves via poetry,
theatre and visual arts.
E Het Nieuwe Instituut
Museumpark 25. Tel 010-4401200.
v 4, 5. @ 32. q Eendrachtsplein.
Open 10am–5pm Tue–Sat,
11am–5pm Sun & public hols.
Closed 1 Jan, 27 Apr, 25 Dec. &
0 = ∑ hetnieuweinstituut.nl
After being bombed in 1940 and
then ravaged by fire, the old city
centre was a wasteland. Thanks
to large-scale rebuilding after the
war, Rotterdam now has many fine
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Peter Struycken’s masterpiece of light effects under the Het Nieuwe Instituut examples of modern architecture.
This includes famous structures
E Kunsthal Designed by the avant-garde such as the paalwoningen (cube-
Westzeedijk 341, Museumpark. architects OMA, the building shaped apartments), and the
v 8, 20. Tel 010-4400301. Open Tue– has ramps instead of stairs. spectacular developments along
Sun. Closed Mon, 27 Jan, 30 Apr, 25 the Kop van Zuid across the
Dec. & h 0 ∑ kunsthal.nl E Kinderkunsthal Nieuwe Maas. Het Nieuwe
The Kunsthal, with its austere Villa Zebra Instituut is the result of a merger
style, is used for temporary exhi- Stieltjesstraat 21. Tel 010-2411717. between the national architectural
bi tions, putting up around 25 v 20, 23, 25. @ 48. q D. archives, the Premsela Institute
per year, with “high art” and pop Open noon–5pm Wed, Fri–Sun; for Design and Fashion and
culture going cheek by jowl. It Tue–Sun summer hols. Closed 1 Jan, Virtueel Platform (which aims to
offers a journey through modern 27 Apr, 25, 26 & 31 Dec. & h 0 promote digital culture). The
art, fashion, photography and ∑ villazebra.nl Instituut hosts regular exhibitions
design, featuring artists from all This is an arts centre specifically examining the influence of new
around the world. for children, where they can technologies on art and design.
Rotterdam City Centre Blijdorp
Airport
1 Kunsthal 6 km (4 miles) Stadhuis MEENT
2 Euromast St Laurens- MARINIERSWEG
kerk
3 Het Nieuwe Instituut COOLSINGEL RODEZAND HOOGSTR.
4 Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen AERT VAN NESSTR. Beurs
(see pp238–9) Blaak Oude-
haven
WESTEWAGENSTR.
Centraal Station BLAAK VERLENGDE
500m (550 yards) KA R EL DOORMAN Witte Huis WILLEMSBRUG
Churchill-
plein
-STRAAT
OUDE BINNENWEG WESTBLAAK WIJNHAVEN Willemswerf
Eendrachts- GLASHAVEN
plein
0 metres 250 Het Nieuwe SCHIEDAMSEDIJK Leuvehaven BOOMPJES
Instituut
ROCHUSSENSTR. Museum WESTERSINGE L S CHIED SCHIEDAMSE VEST
0 yards 250 MUSEUMPARK EENDRACHTSSTRAAT A MSESINGEL TERWENAKKER
Boijmans
EENDRACHTSWEG
Dijkzigt van Beuningen VASTELAND Leuvehaven
Museumpark
Historisch Museum GEDEMPTE
de Dubbelde Kunsthal ZALMHAVEN
Palmboom Erasmus
WESTERSTRA A T
University HOUTLAAN Kinderkunsthal
WESTZEEDIJK WILLEMS- KADE Villa Zebra
DROOGLEEVER KIEVITSLAAN PARKLAAN
FORTUYN- PARKLAAN
PLEIN VEERHAVEN
Nieuwe Maas
Park CALANDSTRAAT
DELFSHAVEN WESTERLAA N WESTERKADE
Euromast Key
HEUVELLA A N Street-by-street map (pp234–5)
PARKKADE
PARKHAVEN
Parkhaven
For map symbols see back flap
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