The Guardian
Katendrecht: Rotterdam’s sailors’ quarter reinvented as cultural hub
The regeneration of historic warehouses has transformed this former red-light district into one of the port city’s most vibrant areas A thin peninsula just south of Rotterdam’s centre, Katendrecht was once at the heart of the world’s busiest port, home to continental Europe’s first Chinatown and a lively sailors’ quarter. Its later reputation as a red light district has been shrugged off – part…
suites overlook the Nieuwe Maas river