"Holland for its own": Rotterdam. Pictures from the future

If you have dreamed since childhood of going on a trip on a time machine and at least one peek into the future, this excursion is for you. In Rotterdam, floating farms and skyscrapers are built, squares with trees swim in the middle of the river, and in winter cherries are grown in their private garden. Here they make “leather” things from orange peel, arrange gardens on roofs, prefer to walk five to seven meters above the ground, and across the river they swim on buses. And the fact that old warehouses make stunning apartments, and many public buildings are completely autonomous, providing themselves with energy and recycling their own garbage - so this is already a familiar thing. Coming?

This excursion is primarily focused on the story of modern architecture, urban planning concepts, social and technological innovations in a variety of fields, eco-projects, education and lifestyle. And all this is terribly fascinating, amazing and even, in some ways, frivolous :.

We will tell you about modern social care in the country, the role of public organizations and individuals and research in this field. And let’s take a look at one of the most extraordinary cathedrals in Europe. Let’s talk about how creativity in architecture is related to the socialization of former criminals. Find out what is happening in the Netherlands. I bet you'll be a frequent visitor after that.

And we will also go with you to amazing courtyards and unusual buildings, climb on roofs, stroll above the ground and, of course, we will try different tasty things. Let us tell you in secret that this city is a gourmet dream. And we will certainly make beautiful photos, we have already looked at some gorgeous places for shooting:

We'll see:
- unique samples of modern architecture of the most influential architects and architectural bureaus of the world;
unusual buildings that regularly fall into the ratings of the most amazing buildings in the world (optional visit to the cube house – 4 euros per person);

• urban experiments in the arrangement of public spaces;
• The first urban farm in the country with an apiary on the roof;
• center of assistance of socially unprotected;
• a unique example of utopian architecture of the second half of the XX century;
• modern library;
• the first skyscraper in Europe;
• harbor with old ships;
• garden of the ancestor of the most popular today in landscape design flow "new wave";
• a lot of street sculpture and installations, a fashionable hipster-artist district, graffiti and much more.