{"id":72539,"date":"2017-06-27T15:39:19","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T13:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/?p=72539\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:48","slug":"here-are-the-best-student-roof-terraces-in-rotterdam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2017\/06\/27\/here-are-the-best-student-roof-terraces-in-rotterdam\/","title":{"rendered":"Here are the best student roof terraces in Rotterdam"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Our pub and students\u2019 house expert, Eric Oosterom, visited the best of these two respective worlds to find the top four students\u2019 house roof terraces in Rotterdam. He spoke to the occupants, and has listed the key pros and cons. Intrigued? Our tip: just ring their doorbell.<\/p>\n

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Sophia (20), Luci\u00ebnne (20), Carolijn (19), Iris (21), Yordi (19),\nEsmee (18)<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>

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Once upon a time a rumour abounded there was a Jacuzzi on the roof terrace (fourth floor, 323 square feet) of the De Kerk residential building. It was started by Carolijn (19). \u2018\u2019I held out for six months. It was a joke, really.\u2019\u2019 Meanwhile, not one of her housemates has ever been able to take a bath on the roof terrace on the Goudse Rijweg. Although endeavours have been made. By Carolijn too. \u201cI just couldn\u2019t get water up there.\u2019\u2019 A bath would be a squeeze: the terrace is pretty packed as it is, what with an old picnic table and some garden chairs.<\/p>\n

On nice days the girls study here. Iris (21): \u2018\u2019You meet new people. I got chatting to someone who turned out to be a fellow student. We were reading the same book.\u2019\u2019 The vista is under construction. The church spire is currently being restored. It dominates the panorama; in the distance a little of the Rotterdam skyline can be seen. Nearer to home there are balconies and a playpark. But that doesn\u2019t matter when the neighbour\u2019s a mixologist. Iris: \u2018\u2019He gave a welcoming party for us on the roof. With cocktails. The terrace is the perfect spot for it.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Scheepmakershaven<\/h3>
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Ramon (20), Sjoerd (23), Marieke (21), Leonoor (18),\nJob (20)<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>

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Skadiii! Vooo! Leonoor (18) \u2013 a member \u2013 hangs right over the fifth floor railing when she spots a rowing boat go past full of older people. She yells: \u2018\u2019Skadi are the champions!\u2019\u2019 Along with her housemates, she\u2019s standing on top of the Scheepmakershaven residential complex. It\u2019s blowing a gale. Leonoor: \u201cThat\u2019s the problem: it\u2019s either blowing a gale or not at all. Without any wind you sweat like mad.\u201d<\/p>\n

To these five the roof is their \u2018second lounge\u2019, adorned with two oil drums full of bamboo, broken Christmas string lights and two picnic tables. It\u2019s a private terrace; even those \u2018irritating RSGs\u2019 (Rotterdam Student Society members) from the flat don\u2019t usually use this spot. Leonoor holds her \u2018escalation BBQs\u2019 here; parties that are highly popular. One time someone lobbed their empty beer bottle to the ground. The glass ended up on a houseboat. Job (20): \u201cthe boy went down to the boat himself to say the culprit had already been sent packing.\u201d Meanwhile, the two towers that largely dominate their view continue to amaze Ramon (20): the glistening De Maas and the austere EY building. \u201cYou can see where the people work: in De Maas the lights never stay on after six, whereas in the EY building you\u2019ll sometimes see people working until three in the morning. I see it all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hoge Wiek<\/h3>
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\u2018\u2019Are you in New York?\u2019\u2019 Christiaan\u2019s (23) gran thought her grandson was in the United States when he recently posted a photo on Facebook of his view. But that\u2019s not so daft as it sounds. The roof terrace \u2013 on the sixteenth floor \u2013 of the Hoge Wiek along the Oostmolenwerf gives the visitor a terrific outlook over the Rotterdam skyline. Everything is in view: from the Willemsbrug to the highest apex of the Euromast. \u201cAnother nice titbit\u201d, adds Wouter (20), pointing as he speaks to the Willemswerf building: \u2018\u2019Jacky Chan did a trick there once.\u2019\u2019 The terrace snakes round the building. On the side overlooking the Erasmus bridge a platform with artificial grass was recently installed. Those who wish to can lie on this gift from the housing committee. Suspended above it are two heaters. Christiaan: \u2018\u2019I once sat here in the snow.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

One floor below, students can take fridges, BBQs and extension leads from the storeroom. But that doesn\u2019t mean that it\u2019s only party-time in summer-time. New Year\u2019s Eve is often celebrated up here, with a DJ and a saxophonist. Milo (23): \u201cAnd the fireworks are fantastic to watch from here. Without any mist, at any rate. Otherwise you don\u2019t see a thing.\u201d And oh, the romance of a roof terrace up in the clouds. Christiaan: \u2018\u2019If you play your cards right you get to sit up here all alone with your girlfriend, knocking back a bottle of wine together. No-one to see you.\u201d He grins.<\/p>\n

Cube house<\/h3>
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It\u2019s cramped, dangerous and the likelihood of a leak is high. But Ivar (20, who managed to persuade the estate agent to throw their lot in with him after 56 letters) loves the little terrace on top of \u2018his\u2019 cube house down to his bones. High up above the Blaak, with views across the other cubes. However, there\u2019s not much room to sit. And then there\u2019s the neighbour hanging out of the window again. Asking if Ivar wants another leak to happen. It\u2019s all a question of fitting and measuring. As more than one table and two chairs won\u2019t actually squeeze in.<\/p>\n

Despite this he loves coming to this intimate spot that\u2019s situated one flight of stairs below the uppermost bedroom and its 22 windows. \u201cIf we want to know what the weather\u2019s doing, we go there.\u201d Or in the winter months, when the three students residing in the cube want to catch some rare rays. Guests always have to come and take a peek too. It remains an experience, after all, a cube house such as this where you can cook right above the Blaak.<\/p>\n

The BBQ-ing \u2013 that they do together with the same neighbour \u2013 takes place under the front door where there\u2019s a small covered terrace. Masses of space compared to the roof terrace. What\u2019s more: from here the students can look out over the hordes of tourists who come to take a look every day. Sometimes they put on some loud music and exhort them to dance. Ivar saw two Asian women standing for a snapshot just metres from his front door. \u2018\u2019Their faces were a picture when I closed the door behind me, and I heard them say: oh, look, he lives in a cube house!\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

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