It might look like an optical illusion, but the cube houses in Rotterdam are quite the architectural sight. They are very much cubes tilted onto a point- and people live in them!
I was told there was one open for the public, so I went today and for the low price of €2.50 I had one all to myself!
There are 51 cubes and currently 38 with residents. Number 70 has been turned into a private museum by the owner after having lived there in the past. Three floors, connected by a tight spiral staircase in the middle: main, living room and kitchen- second floor bedrooms- third, loft style sitting room.
It's quite the view out those windows- and when I say quite the view, I mean quite the view: considering people are ogling these houses all the time, no one has put up curtains. No one. Even the girl working there confirmed it and already walking by one night I saw a man who didn't see the need for clothing, or window coverings. Although I'm sure it would also be an architectural feat to install some.
If in the future if I don't have a house-sit, there is always the YHA- there is a youth hostel located in a cluster of them!
Monday, October 8, 2012
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