Celebrating 150 years of the New Rotterdam Waterway

New Rotterdam Waterway Guido_Pijper

Until mid-October, Rotterdam and the region will commemorate the opening of the New Rotterdam Waterway in 1872. This canal is the artificial mouth of the river Rhine. It gave Rotterdam the springboard to conquer the world and become an important port.  The Waterway (Nieuwe Waterweg) is a busy shipping route since it is the primary […]