Centraal Station, Rotterdam (1)

part 1: mail hall

main entrance hall

1:87 scale model in Miniworld Rotterdam

Rotterdam Main Station was completely rebuilt 2008-2014, and is now an iconic architectural landmark of the city.

It makes no sense to rewrite the Wikipedia entry, so I’ll just refer you there for a the history.

The architecture won a European price; more on the building and some fantastic pictures can be found here.

view from the station plaza

For the Weena, the major east-west connection through the city in front of the station, a tunnel was constructed. This leaves a lot of room for pedestrians. trams and bikes above ground.

Below the main hall is also a Metro station.

inside the mail hall, view to the south

giant video wall

The hall features a giant video projection screen, showing ever changing harbour scenes. A reminder that Rotterdam is a harbour city.

A very wide row of gates allow access to the train tracks.

-> part 2