Visit Rotterdam - home to pro football Royal Netherlands Football Association teams - SBV Excelsior, Feyenoord Rotterdam and Sparta Rotterdam! Rotterdam, located a half-hour from The Hague and an hour from Amsterdam,. was badly bombed in World War II, but has been rebuilt as a modern city - with traces of the old city and ancient history remaining only in Delft Harbour and the Old Harbour. Modern Rotterdam is an efficient and workable modern city.

Enjoy the post modern architecture of the city, excellent museums, and the home of the philosopher Erasmus. In Rotterdam, there's a spacious and elegant shopping mall and the world's busiest ocean harbor.

Today this bustling metropolis (pop. 600,000) has the world's biggest port, created when its several harbors were opened directly to the sea, 32km (20 miles) away, by the dredging of a deepwater channel that accommodates even the largest oil tankers. Europoort handles more ships and more cargo every year than any other port in the world. Rotterdam also offers a multitude of small ports that have been transformed into seductive and friendly city neighborhoods.