World Port Center

World Port Center (silver building in the middle) from the other side of the Rhine. Hotel New York and Montevideo on the right, the cruise terminal on the left.

The World Port Center is a skyscraper in Rotterdam . The building designed by Norman Foster dates from the years 1998 to 2000. At 124 meters (133 meters including antenna), the currently ninth-tallest building in the Netherlands is an important prestige object in the Kop van Zuid urban renewal program and is located in a prominent position directly on the Nieuwe Maas opposite the Rotterdam city center between the cruise terminal , the New York Hotel and the Montevideo Tower , the tallest residential building in the Netherlands.

The World Port Center houses Havenbedrijf Rotterdam NV , the port administration of the largest European port , on half of the area . There is a blue laser beam on its roof that sends the Morse code for "WPC" in slow motion.

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Coordinates: 51 ° 54 ′ 17 "  N , 4 ° 29 ′ 4.8"  E