🇳🇱 Rotterdam Day Trip Adventure - D300

Sunny Sunday escape from Amsterdam to Rotterdam—finally proper European city walk weather! ☀️ 🚞 Train Tickets ▶ Direct train to Rotterdam Centraal, then 1 stop to Rotterdam Blaak (closest to the cube houses!). 💐 Markthal Market The most unique spot of my Europe trip! A giant food hall under a psychedelic fruit-and-veggie ceiling mural—vibrant, chaotic, and so Dutch. 🍜 Food verdict: Overpriced tourist traps near the entrance (cough €13.9 ramen…), but hidden gems exist: ✔ Andalus Fish: Fresh herring sandwich for €3.5! ✔ AH Supermarket (basement): For affordable snacks/drinks. ❌ Avoid the "surimi shrimp" scam—it’s just fish paste! 😅 🏢 Bonus weirdness: Apartments above the market—imagine living with food smells 24/7! 🔶 Cube Houses (Kubuswoningen) Rotterdam’s iconic tilted yellow cubes—actually a residential area! Architect Piet Blom’s vision: "a forest of trees" (each cube = a tree 🌳). ☀️ Pro tip: Locals sunbathe/drink by the nearby canals—follow the sunlight for the best vibes! 🎬 Willemswerf (Jackie Chan’s "Who Am I?" Building) Detoured to see the iconic sloped roof from the movie stunt! Cue mission-impossible theme… 🍦 De IJsmaker Legendary ice cream shop with epic queues! Flavors tried: ✔ Pistachio ✔ Cheesecake ✔ (Forgot the third… should’ve picked pink for the ‘gram!) 🧁 Order hack: Skip the hard waffle bowl—get a cone for perfect crunch! 🪞 Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen (Art Depot Museum) Mind-blowing "SCP Foundation" vibes! A storage facility turned exhibition, mixing: 🎨 Classical paintings 🧦 Abstract sock art 🕵️‍♂️ Mystery artifacts My curator fantasy: Lights off… then artworks creep closer in the dark… 👀 #NetherlandsTravel #RotterdamDiaries #MuseumHacks #CityWalk #ArtGeek #EuroSummer