Car Hire Rotterdam Airport

With around half a million inhabitants on an area of 300 square kilometers to Amsterdam, Rotterdam is the second largest city of the Netherlands in the province of South Holland. Even some 1.2 million people live in the metropolitan area of Rotterdam, located two meters below sea level, and the impressive seaport of the city is not only the most important in Europe, but also the third largest in the world.

In addition to the geographical particularities of Rotterdam is the place to the West of the Netherlands, where the Rhine into the North Sea, especially through its vast cultural offer which puts it in the national focus. Numerous art schools and conservatories always provide a suitable environment. During the summer attract many interesting exhibitions in the open air in the picturesque streets of Rotterdam, thousands of visitors to Rotterdam almost always accompanied by the flattering sounds of light jazz. Of course the high-profile art galleries and world-famous museums of Rotterdam, as among other things the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, changing exhibitions offer also all year round.

Rotterdam was founded in the year 1230. The fast-growing trade and port received town privileges about 100 years later and became one of the most important transport hubs of Europe. In the last 20 years the city through numerous projects of modern architecture, such as some impressive skyscrapers, which were perfectly integrated in the old this city has changed however.

Which is the city below sea-level rise by the way that are from a unique plant, the impressive dams to the Maeslantkering, the famous Delta works, protected recently to the?Modern wonders? were counted. It is absolutely worth to explore it with a rental car.