Wilhelminapier
Harbour headland of restored shipping offices and towers, crowned by a liner-themed hotel restaurant.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Wilhelminapier in Rotterdam starts on a walk in the late nineteen eighties, when a musician and a local entrepreneur stopped in front of a derelict shipping office full of squatters. It follows the designer who reshaped the building and the dining room that grew inside it, dressed like an old ocean liner. Best heard at the head of the pier, facing the red-brick hotel.
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