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What to know before you visit Rotterdam, Netherlands

 
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added on 30th of April, 2009

Rotterdam is a city in South Holland, Netherlands with a population of approximately 590 000 inhabitants in the city itself and 1 600 000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area. This is a port city, is part of the ports of departure for the big transatlantic. Rotterdam became a city officially in 1340, with massive evolution in the passing of the years, so it became from fishing village, an international transport, trade and industry center Unfortunately, during the Second World War, the whole downtown was destroyed, but the city has managed to rise from the ashes and today is a modern city.

In Rotterdam we can visit the following buildings: the Boymans Van Beuningen Museum, Euromast and space adventure, the Gateway to Europe, the Maasboulevard. Boulevard.

 

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2. Apr 26, 2008 What to see in Hague (Amsterdam)
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ultimatetravel wrote on May 17, 2009:
I am quite confused on what are you talking about in this article, is it about Rotterdam's History, or as a whole with it's history, sights, tourist spots or something. It seems you did not finish this article, no proper ending so to speak. Maybe trying to clear things out here in your article will make the article more informative to readers.
 
 
 
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Although the city has enjoyed the tag of having the busiest sea port in this city yet around 55 percent of the total population in Rotterdam earns income below average thus making life unfortunate for them. As per the census of year 2006 the population for Rotterdam was around 589000 inhabitants. This is the city in Netherlands which has the highest number of foreign population. Around 50 percent of the total population in Rotterdam is foreign migrant. Around 25 percent of the total residents are Muslims. The city is also home to more communities namely the local Dutch Antillean and the Cape Verdian. The diversity in origin of locals is... Read more »

 
 
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