A child-led tour of Rotterdam in Holland
Rotterdam sits at the mouth of two rivers, the Rhine and the Meuse. Goods are imported and exported all over the world via the barges and container ships that operate in and out of the city’s port every day.
Martine, a local Dutch girl, shows us around the busy port. She introduces us to her mother, the boss of an international shipping company and her father, a shipping agent responsible for organising the tugs and pilot boats.
The activity at the container port and dry bulk terminal, plus the busy transport network of trains and trucks that move the cargo, means that the port needs a lot of electricity to run smoothly. The extreme wind at the port has led to wind turbines being erected to generate some of this energy for both the port and surrounding community.
