Rotterdam Old Port 1350s | 20220124 | 1-memo•com | Classic ships in the Oude Haven (aka Oudehaven , Old Port) built around 1350 in Rotterdam. On the quay Europe’s first skyscraper, the ‘Witte Huis’ – White House – built in 1898 by Willem Molenbroek in the Art Nouveau style – a 10-storey building – 43 meter ( 140 ft ) tall – at the time an unprecedented height in Europe.
One of the few buildings that survived the German bombing of Rotterdam in World War II – aka the Rotterdam Blitz.
Haringvliet Harbor | 20220122 | 1-memo•com | Haringvliet inland port earlier this month. In the fog in the background Europe’s first skyscraper built 1898 the art nouveau ‘Witte Huis’ – or White House at the Old Port (Oudehaven).
Haringvliet Harbor Dock | 20220120 | 1-memo•com | Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) on a pier pillar in the Haringvliet inland port in the city of Rotterdam last week. In the background among the skyscrapers in the fog, Europe’s first skyscraper built 1898, the art nouveau ‘Witte Huis’ – or White House at the Old Port (Oudehaven).
Haringvliet Harbor Quay | 20220119 | 1-memo•com | Walk along the Haringvliet inland port last week. In the fog in the background Europe’s first skyscraper built 1898 the art nouveau ‘Witte Huis’ – or White House at the Old Port (Oudehaven). On the left above the roofs a tip of the red Willemsbrug bridge spanning the Nieuwe Maas river.
Haringvliet Harbor | 20220118 | 1-memo•com | Haringvliet inland port dating from 1590 – then Harinckvliet, named after the fishermen of the haringvloot (herring fleet) that gathered here – in Rotterdam , Holland. Filmed last week. In the fog in the background Europe’s first skyscraper built 1898 the art nouveau ‘Witte Huis’ – or White House at the Old Port (Oudehaven).
White House 1898 | 20220114 | 1-memo•com | Europe’s first skyscraper the ‘Witte Huis’ – or White House at the Old Port (Oudehaven) yesterday in Rotterdam , Holland, designed by Willem Molenbroek in the Art Nouveau style – a 10-storey building , 43 meter that is 140 ft tall, at the time an unprecedented height in Europe.
One of the few buildings that survived the German bombing of Rotterdam in World War II – aka the Rotterdam Blitz.