Spherical panorama Rotterdam Skyline by Frans Blok

This spherical panorama shows the Rotterdam skyline, reflected in the lifeline and raison d'être of the city: the river Nieuwe Maas. Apart from recent icons like the Central Station and the Market Hall also classics like the White House and Hotel New York are represented. The two newest icons, the Zalmhaven tower and the Boymans Museum Depot, have also been added in this update. And in addition to the four bridges, typically Rotterdam phenomena like a port crane and a construction crane are also shown.

Pictured are, clockwise: a port crane, the Euromast, the Shipping and Transport College, Erasmus MC, Calypso, a construction crane, Central Station, Nationale Nederlanden, the Market Hall, the City Hall, the Karel Doorman, the Cube Dwellings, Beurs WTC, Fortis, the Pencil, the Laurenschurch, Robeco, the Zalmhaven, the Depot, the Red Apple, the Coolse Poort, the White House, the Brienenoord Bridge, the Willems Bridge, the Erasmus Bridge, the Hef, the Maastower, KPN, De Rotterdam, Las Palmas, New Orleans, Hotel New York, Montevideo and the SS Rotterdam.

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My work can be located in the border regions of photography, painting and computer visuals. With my company 3Develop I do work in commission but I use the same techniques, skills and software to make free work. I am originally an architect and I live in Rotterdam; for that reason the architecture of that city is a major (but not the only) source of inspiration. But also travel to countries like Iceland and Britain, or walks in the Netherlands, provide much material. Seeing and showing quality and beauty, that is what my work is about.

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