This charming pup is meant to celebrate the youth and stubbornness of the city's students.

Portraits of musicians line Oude Binnenweg, the jazziest street in the city.

Four giant movable street lights decorate this modern Rotterdam square.

A strangely curved lamppost stands tall over this avenue in Rotterdam.

This small museum located under the famous cube houses, is home to some 30,000 chess pieces.

Built by crowdsourcing, this wooden foot bridge saved a part of Rotterdam that was languishing in wait of city funding.

A bridge that has seen many reiterations over its lifetime.

An enormous Polaroid picture adds an artistic flair to Rotterdam.

This hotel was once home to a steamliner company and became the final rest stop for Europeans heading to the New World.

Old ships and machinery fill a historic harbor in the city that's home to Europe's largest port.

A dramatic art installation features a BMW flying out of a building in Rotterdam.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.

The location of the world's first telescope demonstration.

A modern reimagining of a medieval city gate.

Legends surround this natural rock formation that looks like a Moorish king wearing a crown.

This interactive museum highlights the history and philosophy of one of the world's most difficult sailing races.

This magnificent market stands as a poignant symbol of the suffering caused by the Spanish Civil War.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.

The unexpectedly beloved remnants of a controversial thermal power plant.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.