Hotel New York - Rotterdam

Weekend was spent in Rotterdam staying at Hotel New York the former head office of the Holland-Amerika Lijn "it has a cosmopolitan feeling: its façade is symmetrical in design, with balconies, dormer windows, towers and decorations; most grand hotels built around 1880 adhered to that style. In addition, the building is magnificently situated, with views of the city's skyline, the harbour and the river, another precondition for a grand hotel" and was the jumping off post for people moving to the US.