A Trip to Rotterdam it’s always a good idea. Because it allows us to discover the true essence of this city, told by its old boats and by this love story with the sea and fishing, conserved and preserved in the Maritime Museum.
But Rotterdam is also a bold, modern city with a vibrant and stunning arts scene, youth hostels and impressive accommodation options, with architectural jewels that wind through the city and are famous all over the world, like the cubic houses. And then again a shopping street, shops on the canal and places of worship.
A trip to the port city of South Holland is sure not to disappoint. but there is now another way to discover Rotterdamand it’s a pedestrian walkway on the city’s rooftops.
Running on the roofs of the city: This is what happens in Rotterdam
We know that the roofs of palaces, skyscrapers and buildings can always give us unexpected visions leave us breathless. But what if we can walk on those rooftops at all?
Those who live in Rotterdam know it well and have seen this pedestrian walkway built right over their heads, floating between heaven and earth. This is the Rotterdam Rooftop Walk, a street in the air that can be navigated from May 26th to June 24th, precisely on the occasion of Architecture Month in Rotterdam, an event celebrated every year.
What will happen in these weeks will soon be said: Citizens and travelers from all over the world will be able to experience a hike at high altitude as they continue Walkways connecting the rooftops of the city for a total of almost 20 square kilometers.
The Rotterdam Rooftop Walk crosses the main streets of the city and allows everyone who walks it to admire the urban panorama that characterizes Rotterdam from a different perspective from above.
Rotterdam Rooftop Walk: the experience
You walk up from Koopgoot, the famous shopping street in the city center and you get straight to the first terrace. From here, citizens and travelers will be able to Start walking between the rooftops until you pass the WTC building.
The last stage is that of historic Bijenkorf warehouses designed in 1965 by architect Marcel Breuer. On the roof of the building it will be possible to participate Exhibitions, events and demonstrations The aim is to raise awareness of the importance of urban livability. A stairway connected to the mall’s car park takes visitors back to the ground floor.
A walk on the roofs, this one destined to live unique experiences that steal knowledge of the Rotterdam landscape from above. But the project does not limit itself to offering only this great adventure, because it is based on the desire to raise awareness of climate change and the imminent urban overcrowding, and therefore to propose to inhabit new public spacestaking advantage of what is found above the streets.
Rotterdam Rooftop Walk: when to go
As we expected, the Rotterdam Rooftop Walk will only be in town for a montha time when it will be possible to rediscover the urban landscape from a different angle, taking advantage of the spaces at high altitude.
The city tour will be barrier-free until June 24th, daily from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Admission to the Rooftop Walk is 3.50 euros.
Rotterdam Rooftop Walk