Bridges over the Nieuwe Maas
On a sightseeing day around Rotterdam with my tour guide – Chris, we walked down to the river Nieuwe Maas (New Meuse) – a distributary of the Rhine River – which divides Rotterdam into north and south.
The north and south are connected by several bridges and the two that caught my attention were the Erasmusbrug and Willemsbrug.
The Erasmusbrug is a cable-stayed and bascule bridge which connects the north and south of Rotterdam. It is named after Desiderius Erasmus who was one of the greatest scholars of the Northern Renaissance (Wikipedia).
The Willemsbrug connects the north with Noordereiland and is another cable-stayed bridge. It was named after King Willem III of the Netherlands (Wikipedia).
I’ve had a thing for bridges for a while now. I love the different styles of bridges and these two in Rotterdam make the grade! In my eyes anyway!
8 Replies to “Bridges over the Nieuwe Maas”
I know what you mean – I love bridges!
🙂 I hope you are well, Nilla
Yes, in The Land of Oz renovating. 🙂
When did you get back? Have a good weekend and hope the renovating goes well 🙂
2nd Feb. Supposed to fly to the UK on the 3rd April for a wedding on the 11th, then back to Italy on the 18th, but none of this is happening now. Very uncertain times right now. Hope you and your family are OK. x
It really is. My first day as a furloughed worker today. At least I’ve got the time to do all the projects and write all the posts I’ve been meaning to do. We are all fine thank you, hope you and yours are too x
Ah well, think we’ll all have loads of time soon as we’re not going anywhere in the near future. All good here so far. Stay safe. 🙂 x
Unfortunately not, we have all just got to be positive and know there is an end to it. The sooner the better I say 🙂 xx