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Rotterdam’s harbour just ate the next flood

From the dyke road at Hoek van Holland, the two gates lie open against either bank of the Nieuwe Waterweg like the jaws of something that has not yet decided to bite. They are painted a flat industrial white, and at l…

Tobias Hager·8 min·Rotterdam