Rotterdam
About Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands by population and the largest by area (319.4 km2). It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the New Meuse inland shipping channel, dug to connect to the Meuse at first and now to the Rhine.
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It was made in the Netherlands, near Rotterdam, and to leave the place where it was being made, he had to get through the Conningthaven Bridge, and that was too low for his yacht to get past. He said, could I dismantle the bridge? This bridge was built in 1927. It's a heritage site. Obviously, the people of Rotterdam said, absolutely not. Sod off, mate.
from No Such Thing As Catherine Of Croydon, 2024-10-31 at 00:23:53 · read transcript
Other times Rotterdam came up
If it's Tibetan, you can't listen to it. Actually, it's a myth that Singing Bridges are originally Tibetan. It's great. She's recorded bridges like the Millennium Bridge, the Batman Bridge in Tasmania, in Finland, Rotterdam, Vietnam. She's traveled all over the world on the profits that she makes from selling her bridge-based sound albums. What's she listening to? Is it people on the bridge, or is it these bridges?
388: No Such Thing As A Danquito, 2021-08-27 · listen
Put them on a mantelpiece or something. I went to someone who kept her hip bone after it was replaced. I was talking to someone we all know, Case Molica, who's the curator of the Natural History Museum in Rotterdam. Anytime he has surgery that is removed, a bit of his body is removed, so like gallstones or anything like that, he keeps it in a jar in his home and he's shown me them.
371: No Such Thing As A Welcome Lasagne, 2021-04-30 · listen
If it's Tibetan, you can't listen to it. Yeah, yeah. Actually, it's a myth that singing bridges are originally Tibetan. It's great. She's recorded bridges like the Millennium Bridge, the Batman Bridge in Tasmania, in Finland, Rotterdam, Vietnam. She's traveled all over the world on the profits that she makes from selling her bridge-based sound-up. What she's listening to? Is it people on the bridge or is it these bridges?
No Such Thing As A Danquito, 2021-08-27 · listen
He said, could I dismantle the bridge? This bridge was built in 1927. It's a heritage site. It's a very historic building. Obviously, the people of Rotterdam said, absolutely not. Sod off, mate. So he was trapped. There was a period where Jeff Bezos had this gigantic super yacht stuck in a little kind of harbor somewhere inland in the Netherlands. Then he just realized he could take the masts down.
555: No Such Thing As Catherine Of Croydon, 2024-10-31 · listen
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No Such Thing As Catherine Of Croydon put 3 places on the map.
- White Cliffs of Dover · United Kingdom
- Croydon · United Kingdom
Coordinates: 51.9200, 4.4800