150708 ISOCARP banner_150 dpi22 October 2015: 13.30-16.30

The Accompanying persons program consists of a 3-hour tour visiting the south bank of the Nieuwe Maas. The tour will stop at various highlights that the city has to offer and will be guided by our city connaisseur Vincent Cardinaal.

To start, the tour will take off with a unique round trip by water taxi departing from Mullerpier / Sint-Jobshaven for a special view of the skyline on the north bank, the south bank and the city ports from the water.

The water taxi will drop the participants off at the stop Wilhelminapier / Hotel New York for a walk through the city borough of Wilhelminapier.

Here the tour will visit the Dutch Photo Museum in a converted warehouse.

photoThe two expected exhibitions are:
* Horst P. Horst – Photographer of style
* Mattijs van Bergen – Photo to Fashion.

After these impressions, it is time for a coffee and cake in ‘The Rotterdam’, the vertical city by OMA in the bar of the nhow hotel.

The tour continues in the direction of the Rhijnhavenbrug to Katendrecht, a former village and nowadays a part of Rotterdam in traditional Dutch building style on the south bank of the Nieuwe Maas.

Here the tour will visit the Fenix Food Factory, a daily fresh food market.

Timetable Tour

Meeting point: Willemskade (Erasmus Bridge) at 13.50

14.00 – 14.30 – Round trip by water taxi (get off Hotel New York/Wilhelminapier)
14.30 – 15.30 – Visit to the Dutch Photo Museum
15.30 – 16.00 – Coffee and cake in ‘The Rotterdam’ , in the bar of the nhow hotel
16.00 – 16.15 – Walk to Katendrecht
16.15 – 16.55 – Visit to the Fenix Food Factory

 

Price: 50,- euros p.p. (min. 15 persons)