Posts Tagged ‘Rotterdam’

Luister / listen to MP3 / 0036:16
Programma Happy Station [mainly in English and partly in Spanish, French, German and Swedish], presented by Tom Meijer, recording date: June 8th, 1970.
This episode is devoted to Rotterdam. Music by ‘De Staatzangers’ ['The Street Singers'): 'Ben je in Rotterdam geboren' ('If you were born in Rotterdam)'.
Meijer visits the Euromast [...]

Luister / listen to MP3 / 00:04:33
Official opening of the first Dutch underground, the underground of Rotterdam, on February 9th, 1968. Reporter is Guus Weitzel.
Officiële opening eerste Nederlandse metrolijn, de Rotterdamse metro op 09-02-1968
00:00   Intrada in het Rotterdamse Concertgebouw
00:10   Inleiding Guus Weitzel
00:24   Rotterdamse Burgemeester Wim Thomassen, speech n.a.v. de opening van de eerste Nederlandse metrolijn, [...]

Luister / listen to MP3 / 00:26:45
Reports about the introduction of the Rotterdam ‘Metro’. Guus Weitzel talks to Mr. Bergren about the opening of the underground in Rotterdam and about the difficulties the inhabitants of the city of Rotterdam experienced during the construction. Bert Steinkamp discusses with Mr. Van Leeuwen the various aspects of the [...]