Historisch Delfshaven
Old harbour quarter of gabled warehouses, a historic church and a malt windmill beside the water.
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This guide to Historisch Delfshaven in Rotterdam follows Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, the Delft draper whose homemade lenses opened up a world nobody had seen, and his ties to the harbour his city dug to the river Maas. It moves between a letter written on Christmas Day in seventeen oh two and a trip he made here late in life with his daughter. Along the way you'll hear about the gin distilleries that once lined these quays. Best heard on the bridge over the harbour, looking toward the windmill.
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