I needed to postpone my military duty due to working abroad in the Netherlands, so I went to the Turkish Consulate for Turkish citizens living in Eindhoven, in Rotterdam. It is not really documented anywhere that I found, but turns out the Consulate comes to Eindhoven in the weekends once in a while. Since I did not know about that, I took a day off from work and went to Rotterdam by train.
Centraal Station
When I stepped into Rotterdam, (more accurately, when I stepped outside the train station), I was greeted with the amazing architecture of the “Centraal Station”, which acted as a trailer of the different architectural styles that I would be seeing.
![Rotterdam Centraal Station](/_astro/rotterdam-centraal.f53bf015_Z1wmzxF.webp)
The Rotterdam Central Station
The letters of “Centraal Station” is the original letters from the original building in 1957.
Markthal
I find Markthal to be the best attraction of Rotterdam, provided how I enjoy eating good food very, very much. There are all kinds of food from all cultures, and the one shop that I found which has really good Turkish food is The Mantı.
![Inside Markthal](/_astro/markthal.c3241625_HcfJm.webp)
Inside Markthal
Due to the huge artwork on the ceiling by MVRDV, it is called the Sistine Chapel of Rotterdam, but I find that a bit overexaggerated.
Cube Houses
Near Markthal, there are unique looking houses which look like cubes.
![Cube Houses](/_astro/cube-houses-outside.dca72723_Z2hvxQW.webp)
Cube Houses
These houses were built by Piet Blom, who wanted to design tree-like houses inside a city. There is one house that is also a museum, so I went inside to see how the houses feel from inside. I only paid €3 for entrance, but I believe it was well worth the price.
![Inside the Cube House Museum](/_astro/cube-houses-inside.ad1d89c1_Z2wSP5Y.webp)
Inside view of a cube house
The inside is quite spacious with 100m2 of living space, and the view of the other houses is also nice.
![View from inside a Cube House](/_astro/cube-houses-view.f293b487_15hNxG.webp)
View from a cube house
I was wondering if you can actually buy one of these houses, and that’s when I saw one that is recently sold!
![A sold Cube House](/_astro/cube-houses-sold.80f35372_12T4VU.webp)
A recently sold Cube House
Watertaxi
I also really wanted to go on a ride on a Watertaxi, so I booked one and went to the Euromast. It only costed me €4,50, and it was definitely worth the experience!
![A watertaxi](/_astro/watertaxi.ba2a9b3a_1tHo3H.webp)
A watertaxi