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First of all, the Market Hall is a residential and office building with a market hall underneath, located in Rotterdam. The building opened on October 1 2014 and was opened by Queen Máxima of the Netherlands. The complex houses 228 apartments, 4500 m2 retail space, 1600 m2 horeca and an underground parking garage for all the cars. The gray stone building has an arch shape, like a horseshoe. Each facade has 26 vertical and 22 horizontal cables.
The inner hall of the Market Hall Rotterdam has the same size as about two football fields with beautiful artwork of Arno Coenen and Iris Roskam, titled Horn of Plenty. This title refers to a horn from Greek mythology that symbolizes abundance and saturation. The artwork shows strongly enlarged foods, flowers and insects.
If you need more information about the Market Hall, take a look on their site: Market Hall
Transportation
With a Tourist Day Ticket you enjoy unlimited travel by bus, tram, metro and aslo waterbus throughout the South Holland Rotterdam & The Hague region for a fixed price for a whole day. Therefore, the tickets are valid all day from the time you first check in until services stop running. Always check in when boarding and check out when exiting the bus, tram, metro or waterbus. Price: € 14,50. Buy your travel ticket »
If you plan to travel for more days through The Netherlands, you could better choose for the temporary (‘lease’) OV-chipkaart which is the official transportation card for all public transportation! See: Lease Transport Chip Card
Also maybe planning a visit for Amsterdam? For visiting the center of Amsterdam and the larger Region of Amsterdam you may buy the Amsterdam & Region Travel Ticket for 1-2-3 days. Amsterdam & Region Travel Ticket
Rotterdam Welcome Card
Planing to pay Rotterdam a visit? Maybe the Rotterdam Welcome Card can be useful. This card will give you 1-2-3- days free transportation with the local PTO: RET and 25-50% reduction on entrance fees of more than 50 attractions, museums, restaurants and nightlife of Rotterdam. Get your Welcome Card here
