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Spaanse Polder
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Rotterdam: Erasmusbridge
Rotterdam: a city of entrepreneurs
Rotterdam is known as a city that rolls up its sleeves and gets stuck in. The slogan 'Not words but deeds' applies to the Rotterdam football club Feyenoord, but also to the whole city.
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Rotterdam centre |
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A part of the Spaanse Polder business park |
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The 'Randstad' (the entire urban agglomeration that includes Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht) is the motor of the Dutch economy, but Rotterdam is the undisputed heart of that motor.
And it certainly makes sense to see the port of Rotterdam as a major player: it may not be the largest port in the world any longer, but with annual goods movements of 320 million tons, it is still Europe's undisputed leader.
Despite this, the Rotterdam economy is more varied than the harbour alone: from a 'harbour city', Rotterdam has become 'a city with a harbour'. Sixty per cent of all business activities in Rotterdam have consisted of business services for the past few years. So the demand for business parks has increased enormously. The total area reserved for the harbour and industries in Rotterdam now amounts to 5000 hectares but this will get much bigger. Land reclamation has made it possible to develop an enormous new area: the Tweede Maasvlakte, which will provide at least 1000 hectares of space for industry. But existing business parks will also be worked on so that the existing space is used better. For the city authorities, one of the top priorities is 'literally to create more space for business'. This can be done by restructuring outdated business parks located in the middle of the urban area. The Spaanse Polder business park is the main project here.
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