“Rotterdam”

Going steady

Rotterdam -  A commercial for a new ferry line on the back of a bus. The so called Stads ferry will connect commuter cities like Krimpen and Vlaardingen with Rotterdam. Nowadays lots of people working in Rotterdam live in the cities surrounding Rotterdam, whereas workers used to live in neighborhoods like Crooswijk. Maurice, April 15
Maurice Bogaert – Rotterdam Lab

Fish from all over the world

Rotterdam -  Great choice from fish all over the world. Some wild some cultivated. Lino Hellings 10th of April Rotterdam…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

Feijenoord

Rotterdam -  In the distance we see the Football stadion of Feijenoord on a sunday evening(afternoon). In the front we see the Tarwewijk’s main traffic vein: de Dordtse laan. You cannot imagine…
Lino Hellings – Migrationpapa

family business 2

Rotterdam -  Zafer Adsalmis (age 24) started the Osmanli diner at Katendrechtse Lagekade in May 2010. He studied Banking and Insurance, worked a a bank for three years and found it boring…
Nies Medema – Migrationpapa

Das Supermarket

Rotterdam -  for a still from the matrix)…
Maurice Bogaert – Rotterdam Lab

constant transitions

Rotterdam -  The city looks as if it is inside out. …
Maurice Bogaert – Rotterdam Lab

City De-velopment/De-molition

Rotterdam -  The yellow temporary sign indicates the street on the right has become a dead-end street. Because of building activities. The little poster says: Hurray! Social destruction! It is a pun…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

Chips with mayonnaise.

Rotterdam -  It is very Dutch it is to eat chips with mayonnaise on the street. On the market square there is a stall: ‘Bram Ladage, most healthy chips of the Netherlands’…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

Car free shopping

Rotterdam -  Everywhere in Europe there are ‘car-free’ shopping streets with the same chain of shops. H and M for clothng, Footlocker for sportshoes, Dixons for your electronic gears. Lino Hellings 9…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

family business 1

Rotterdam -  Father Sheikh (born in Pakistan) started his mini-supermarket 8 years ago. Daughter Maawish (born in Rotterdam) wanted to be a model when she was younger, but is happy to work…
Nies Medema – Migrationpapa

Dancing in the Streets

Rotterdam -  Stadhuisplein Mirrorballs and stage lighting in front of the City Hall. The streets as a stage, the architecture as a the backdrop? But a backdrop for what? Maurice Bogaert, April…
Maurice Bogaert – Rotterdam Lab

coffee houses and grillrooms

Rotterdam -  Apparently before Coffee House Monte Carlo opened there used to be another establishment at the Putselaan 8. A place called Frans. I wondered what kind of a place Frans used…
Maurice Bogaert – Rotterdam Lab

City art 2

Rotterdam -  After the houses on this corner were demolished, these colorful faces appeared, painted on a mobile home in a garden. How did they ever get that caravan in this garden…
Nies Medema – Migrationpapa

Chewing gum free style

Rotterdam -  This is where you can deposit your chewing gum as well. On the paradise-like billboards full of promises of what the city will look like in a couple of years…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

Etiquettes/car not for sale

Rotterdam -  It is prohibited to deal in used cars in this street, 
Article so-and-so of Rotterdam’s local regulations. This sign made me think of a lecture I once took in art…
Maurice Bogaert – Rotterdam Lab

Currant buns in a plastic bag.

Rotterdam -  Even more Dutch it is to bring your own lunch in a plastic bag. Probably current buns. Eat it in the street while resting on your ‘rollater’ a four wheel…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

cityscape 2

Rotterdam -  View on Tarwewijk, the old grain warehouse. Tarwewijk in Rotterdam was built for dockers, sailors, workers and their families. Some of them still come to the harbour every day. ‘In…
Nies Medema – Migrationpapa

City art 1

Rotterdam -  In the harbour (Maashaven) someone felt the need to make art on this metal door.…
Nies Medema – Migrationpapa

Chewing gum

Rotterdam -  ‘Sick and tired of chewing gum in the city. Rotterdam MUST be clean, intact and safe! WHY? BECAUSE!’ says the text on the rubbish bin. The little white dots…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

Dutch New

Rotterdam -  Herring we eat raw here in the Netherlands.In the back you see an image of the church tower, covering up for the real church tower to be renovated.  …
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

Construction loser

Rotterdam -  The guys that work on the road or on constructions sites drink coffee and have lunch in this little van. The clearly angered somebody that loves to spray paint.…
Martijn Nieuwenhuis – Rotterdam Lab

cityscape 1

Rotterdam -  While focusing on migration, entrepreneurship, violence, volunteer work, churches and welfare, I almost forgot to share the great views one has in this neighborhood. Rotterdam is a port, and as…
Nies Medema – Migrationpapa

Choreography

Rotterdam -  Rules and regulations at the entrance of the Koopgoot (Shopping Gutter). The designer has observed the differences in choreography between a skateboarder and a roller skater very well. Chapeau! …
Robin van 't Haar – Rotterdam Lab

Cheap houses

Rotterdam -  For what reasons do people leave the house/the city/the country they live in? And why do they choose The Tarwewijk as a quarter to live in? One of the explanations…
Lino Hellings – Migrationpapa