Rotterdam is set to be the next big thing in the Netherlands. It's a large town, and because much of it was summarily flattened during the war, there's plenty of cool Dutch architecture and, according to the Guardian, a burgeoning club scene (via Gridskipper). I keep hearing good things about it, as it falls everyone's favorite kind of European city to cover. Restored port towns--Antwerp is another--returning to their former splendor is going to be the travel news peg du jour for years. It makes for great pictures, since the restaurants and clubs are almost always in former industrial spots (see also the Wapping Project, in London, among others). Plus, there's always another port of restore, though Antwerp and Rotterdam are two of Europe's largest, it's just easy to work your way around the rim of the entire European continent.
Watch out for that Dutch architecture, though--locals don't believe in curtains in lots of places, although you should be ok at Rotterdam's Hotel New York, in the former Holland-America shipping terminal.
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