Beurstraverse
Sunken shopping street beneath a six-lane boulevard, open to the sky under curving glass canopies.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Beurstraverse in Rotterdam starts with shoppers stepping into six lanes of Coolsingel traffic, and the city's answer to them. It follows Jon Jerde, the Californian who believed a shopping trip should feel like a day out, from San Diego and Las Vegas to this sunken lane, and asks what Rotterdammers made of the result. Best heard standing under the curved glass canopies.
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