Euromast
SPACE TOWER On top of the Euromast you will have the most magnificent view over Rotterdam and the world's largest harbor. Enjoy the sensation of a space adventure and go for a ride in the Space Tower. You enter a round elevator and get seated on a circular bench facing outwards – the tower spirals as it ascends and descends so everyone has a complete view of the city and its surroundings. This exciting rocket launch takes you to 607 feet! Rotterdam's Euromast, Holland's highest observation tower, refuses to be topped, although it is steadily being dwarfed by the high-rise development on what has come to be know as the “Kop van Zuid” (head of the south). When first built in 1960, the Euromast towered 350 feet above the city and its bustling harbor. In 1970, the Space Tower was added, and today it is 607 feet tall. At 328 feet you can enjoy a meal with a view in one of the two restaurants.
All the year round Spido offers various fascinating harbor trips. There's the possibility to make a 75 minute cruise through the port of Rotterdam all year long.
The cube house (or pole house
or tree house) is a design of the Dutch architect Piet Blom. He thought of his
design as an (abstract) tree and of the total complex (Blaak heights) as a wood
(=village).
So Blom's idea was to create a kind of village within a town, a safe oasis where
several functions could take place. Small-scale business, shops, a school and a
children's playground downstairs (promenade level) and living in the cube houses
upstairs.
