Sightseeing in Rotterdam #1: get2know

It's weekend and I decided to explore Rotterdam a little bit. No big trips at the beginning, let's do some gentle get-to-know...

City market
In the morning I went with Gwen to the city market, 20 min from my house. It was quite huge and you could buy everything here - pastries, vegetables, cheese, fish, electronics, clothes, furniture etc.



Fresh strawberries
We wanted to buy a small plastic box of them, so we were comparing the prices, so as to make a good deal. Eventually we went for offer 1 box (500g) for 2€ (OK, it's not much cheaper compared to the Czech Republic, but you pay for freshness too). Oh, what a surprise... in the next stall, they were selling 1 box for 1,5€... shit! But we don't care any more and are happy with our fresh strawberries:)
Oh no... in the next stall, they offer 2 boxes for 2€!! OK, the fun is over now. So as to behave economically, we bought these two boxes together, so as to enlarge our portfolio of strawberries and decrease the price to 1,5€/ box.
When leaving the market, we felt satisfaction:)

What I realized later on is that getting to know Rotterdam is quite time demanding. Although the heart of Rotterdam isn't very big compared to the whole city, it takes 45 minutes to go from my place to the opposite side (of the citycentre). And that is just walking, no enjoyment. Moreover, there is so many places to visit...


City of architecture
Rotterdam was completely bombed out during the second world war, so it is very young city in terms of the architecture and you can see lots of interesting buildings (or rather works of art) all around the city.
I've heard about this before, but definitely didn't expect that I'll like it so much!

Weather? No way!
One more thing to bear in mind when planning your sightseeing in Rotterdam: beware that the weather is very changeable here. It is no surprise when it rains 5 times per day, and you can still enjoy the sunshine meantime.
In addition, the weather is generally rather cold... after all what to expect in this geographical location.

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One year ago
Relevant offtopic: BTW it was exactly one year ago, when I was standing in a queue for tickets for Confessions Tour 2006: FR 23.6.2006 18:30-01:30 ;)