Rotterdam Hostel

So I left Noordwijk to spend a few days in Rotterdam before I headed North to Copenhagen. I knew that it was going to be a really boring city because not that many people have talked all that highly of the city. A city that was bombed to the ground in ...

... or old or interestingly historical.  But it is seriously a nice city.  I think my mom would really like Rotterdam, there was a lot of shopping and and a lot of pretty parks and walking trails and cool museums.  We started following ...

... , but there was no accomodation in Arnhem on the weekend which i had planned to go to, so i stayed another 2 nights in Rotterdam. My hostel was alright, i had a 8 bed dorm to myself, there were 3 guys there. A stoned british guy who would be silent for ...

... , was rebuilt with amazingly diverse nouveau architecture. Known predominantly for this cutting edge style and nouveau vibe, Rotterdam also participates in a fairly staunch 'Sydney-Melbourne' style relationship with its bigger, more 'shroomed-out brother ...

... and travel to our next destination. we hadnt had contact from our friends in Utretch so we dicided to go to Rotterdam in stead , we booked a hostel and packed our bags, said our goodbyes and thankyou's then went to station and made our way ...

... we've been to all 5! Anyway, we really enjoyed the creative bridges and all of the bizarre statues along the sidewalks. Clearly Rotterdam is very into modern art. Ed took us to a really cool cluster of apartments that were shaped like adjacent cubes. ...

... hostel which rented bicycles. Having been a little intimidated by the amount of bike traffic in Amsterdam, we were pleased that Rotterdam seemed a little more sedate and jumped on our two wheelers with child-like glee. It turned out relearning to ride ...

... , I'm in Rotterdam. You should see their architecture. They dare to be different. Myriad of colours used for their buildings. And my Hostel Room Rotterdam is near the harbour. I have a red and black Club theme room. A little dark. I have 2 female teachers ...

... and just overall not feeling good. I took another day trip, I feel guilty sitting around like many at the hostel. Todays location is Rotterdam, saw a few churches and museums. When you are sick not really into the sights. Headed back to the ...

... as historical because the town was virtually destroyed in WWII. They got royally screwed over by the Germans, who threatened Rotterdam with annihilation if the Dutch didn't surrender. So they surrendered. And the Germans bombed them anyways. . . So ...

... us to ride a double decker train, something we had all looked forward to the whole trip. Like Frankfurt is to Germany, Rotterdam is the financial capital of Holland and as such has many high rise office blocks and skyscrapers. From the station we ...

... guide it was also really interesting since it talked about the history of the art work and other relevant background information.  Rotterdam is also known for its kind of off the wall architecture.  It is a mixture of typical North American ...

We decided to go to Rotterdam because we were told that it is similar to Amsterdam, but better. So firstly we hit up a bar that we read about in our travel guide book. The special part about the bar was that it sold over 200 different kinds of beer. The ...

Rotterdam was a nice relaxing release after the whirlwind that was Amsterdam. It is the most industrialized town we have been in with large buildings and modern designs. The cool thing is that all the buildings Rem Koolhaus works(the same guy that did ...

... HI branch of hostels here in the Netherlands (HI I hate with a passion in almost every other country) are really great. The Rotterdam hostel had atmosphere and no school children, bar, restaurant, friendly staff. I was pleasantly shocked. The town on the ...

... see you.  I wish you all the best, who knows when our paths will cross again.    Now before I left Rotterdam, I had been communicating with a nanny of mine that I had had while growing up.  Ester was my nanny from the age of 7-9, ...

So as I mentioned in my earlier entry I'm currently having my first hostel experience in Rotterdam. The people here are lovely. Miriam (one of the owners) is one of the most welcoming people and they all remember your name which is really quite ...

The beach in Rotterdam is gorgeous! Just a couple steps from our hostel and we're on the sand. This is my preferred trip to Amsterdam, because I'm here with some Lund friends and I'm realizing there's a lot of beauty in the less bustling parts of the ...

... days and weeks have passed us by so quickly! Finally we found ourselves on the verge of Tierney making the quarter-century. Rotterdam day 1 took us to DeBeurs, where we underwent our pre-birthday celebrations with Patrick. That was where all the freebies ...