Rotterdam with Yoreh Schipper
Enjoy our live Monday Night Travel party with this video recorded on October 12, 2026.
Rotterdam is synonymous with bold urban design. Today, the city's skyline of gleaming high-rises soars like a phoenix from the ashes of a difficult history, and tour guide Yoreh Schipper joins us to tell the city's inspiring story. We consider Rotterdam's complete devastation during World War II and tour the wildly creative architecture rebuilt from the rubble — from the futuristic Market Hall to apartment complexes that aspire to science fiction. Then, we visit Hotel New York — where immigrants bound for the New World spent their last night in Europe — and round out our adventure with easy side-trips to canal-laced Schiedam and Hoek van Holland beach.