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There's also a great restaurant halfway up the tower, with good food at a good price.

The Maastunnel, built between 1937 and 1942, is the first Dutch tunnel to be built using the 'sunken tube' method, in which prefabricated elements are sunk down into the river to form the tunnel structure. The 1070 m long tunnel allows for both car traffic and pedestrian and cyclist access. The two categories having separate tunnels. Today, the tunnel is a listed monument, having been restored between 2017 and 2020. On site, bikes can be rented to make the journey into Charlois quicker.

The "Natural History Museum" is in the Museumpark, near Boijmans, the NAi and the Kunsthal. It has changing expositions and a fixes collection of mammals, plants and fossiles. The current director Kees Moeiliker became famous in 2003 for winning a scientific prize on his study and book about the strange behavior of a duck in the garden of the museum. His predecessor did a lot for the whales and left his collection at the museum.

An exhibition hall that houses some 25 expositions annually. The Kunsthal often experiments with themes that have never been used for an exhibition before. This approach produces a fascinating and widely varied repertoire. In total, the Kunsthal has 3,300 m² of exhibition space in a striking building, designed by OMA (Rem Koolhaas and Fuminori Hoshino) and is a true work of art all on its own.

The Wereldmuseum (World Arts Museum) focuses on encounters and cross-cultural inspiration.

A part of the Het Nieuwe Instituut.