In the 80's it is Maritime Museum Part of the plans to make Rotterdam more attractive as a "Water City," with more places for relaxation by the water. In 1987, a full-page advertisement appeared. Water city, that will be something In the Vrije Volk newspaper: "Rotterdam is developing a plan that is unparalleled in Europe. (...) one of the most important meeting places for art, culture, recreation, and science will be created here." The Walk of Fame and the IMAX theater will be built at Leuvehaven, and the Tropicana subtropical swimming paradise will open along the river in the summer of 1988. However, the 30-meter-high Asklepion, a theme park about and in the shape of a human body, will never see the light of day.
Text and images by OMI (Office for Metropolitan Information) for their manifestation Rotterdam City of Culture.
