Finish off at the spectacular, wing-like Erasmusbrug (7), bridging the Nieuwe Maas river. See this Take a revolving glass lift up the 607ft Euromast tower (8) to see as far as the North Sea.

The Erasmusbrug in Rotterdam is likely to be closed for several days after a girder carrying overhead tram cables collapsed while the bridge was open. Witness Danny de Vries described hearing a loud ...

But what Rotterdam, the Netherlands’ second-largest city, lacks in historical edifices — much of it was bombed in World War II — it makes up for with contemporary urban cool.