Risen from Ruins Self Guided Tour of Rotterdam

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What's included

• 100% Satisfaction Guarantee: If you don’t love the tour, write to us for a full refund.
• 1-year access to audio on iOS & Android. Listen to the tour anytime, as many times as you like
• Audio and written guide included
• Offline access to the tour (no internet connection needed) once tour is downloaded
• Images to identify stops and in app interactive map for navigation

Not included

• Any physical devices or headphones
• Human tour guide at location

Itinerary

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   Pass byStand before the building that defied a firestorm and hid an act of musical rebellion in its bells.

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   Pass byMeet the man who escaped a castle in a book chest and rewrote the rules of nations.

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   Pass byWeigh the meaning of four figures frozen between grief and the resolve to begin again.

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   Pass bySee the parchment in bronze that still governs Dutch elections and free trade today.

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   Pass byStep inside the address that hosted both Napoleon and the Tsar who defeated him.

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   Pass byEncounter the priest whose sharpest weapon was a well-placed joke about the Pope.

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   Pass byWalk into the last medieval survivor of a city that nearly erased its own past.

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   Pass byLook past the oversized fruits on the ceiling and hunt for the tiny insects hiding among them.

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   Pass byPiece together how a failed student's voyage to Argentina created the Netherlands' greatest comic hero.

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    Pass byStep beneath the tilted canopy of an urban forest designed to protest boring architecture.

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    Pass byStand at the base of what was once Europe's tallest building, born from engineering the world was still learning.

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    Pass byWalk around a screaming bronze figure with a hole where its heart should be.

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    Pass byTaste the comfort food a barber accidentally invented with his regular lunch order.

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    Pass byRead the billboard that sparked protests demanding every city deserves a monument to hating your job.

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    Pass bySpot the diamond ring a street artist painted to propose to his girlfriend on this wall.

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    Pass byConsider why a giant bronze Santa holding a suspicious object became Rotterdam's most debated landmark.

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    Pass bySee how a seventy-three-year-old master became captivated by a teenager's ponytail and changed fashion history.

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    Pass byCatch your own reflection in the mirrored bowl that holds over one hundred fifty thousand hidden artworks.App description

Good to know

• · Service animals allowed
• · Public transportation options are available nearby
• · Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Where it starts

Map shows the general area. You'll get the exact meeting point and directions with your confirmation.