FENIX
Migration museum in a vast 1920s harbour warehouse, crowned by a twisting steel rooftop staircase.
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This guide to FENIX in Rotterdam stands you on the Katendrecht quay where the Holland America Line loaded its ships, in front of the warehouse that once served them. It follows the emigrants who sailed from these docks for America and Canada, the war that reached the port, and the bird the rebuilt sheds were named after. Best heard outside on the quay, facing the long facade and its green sliding doors.
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