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<h3 onclick="togglemenu()">Counter <br> Tourist <br> Information</h3>
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<h4><a href="#surroundings">The surroundings</a></h4>
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<h4><a href="#events">Events</a></h4>
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<h4>Visitors disinfo</h4>
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<h4>Sustainability</h4>
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<div class="imagedescription">Explore Rotterdam in new ways | photo Person With a Smartphone</div>
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<h1><span class="counter">Counter</span> Tourist Information</h1>
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Welcome to the pop-up <span class="counter">Counter</span>-Tourist Information Center! The only place in
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Rotterdam that offers a unique
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personalized view of the city.
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Do you want to experience the city—without being a nuisance to residents—as a local Rotterdammer would? Wait
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no more! Drop by the <span class="counter">Counter</span>-Tourist Information Center for all things
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authentic Rotterdam: loitering,
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littering and anti model-citizen etiquette. We offer personalized guides and blending-in equipment.
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Our personnel is always present to provide advice catered to your interests and concerns.
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Opening Thursday 27th at 19.00h<br>
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27th–30th June<br>
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@ Worm Slash Gallery,<br>
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Boomgaardsstraat 69, 3012 XA Rotterdam
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<h2>UnDiscover Rotterdam</h2>
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<p>Our tips for an uneventful stay in Rotterdam</p>
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<h4>POINXS [Points of InAccess]</h4>
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<p>A critical counter map looking at city marketing & planning versus the city living and
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experience. It's a parody on postcard surreality and apps/websites portraying cool and flashy
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2D/3D imagery without the complicated dimensions of the city without showing what's behind the
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scenes.</p>
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<p> Rotterdam is 'back on the map'. POINXS questions that map and looks at a city that has become
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less livable and affordable and reports the bugs from a hill that leads to a dead end pavement,
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via private transport to wheelchair inaccessible hotspots with ambitions to become a multi-user
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platform for reporting other people's POINXS.
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<h4>Fly on the Wall</h4>
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<p>This is a device built to counter mosquito devices and prolong possible periods of loitering.
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Mosquito devices emit high frequencies and are installed by private companies and individuals to
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specifically target and drive away youth from hanging out. They can cause nausea, ear pain and
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overstimulation, and some activists have called it a 'sonic weapon'. They're frequently
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installed in liminal spaces, which are fruitful places for loitering and socializing.
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The 'Fly on the Wall' device mimics how a mosquito works to cancel out its effects, and make
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room for youth to loiter without disruptions.</p>
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<h4>Ministry of the Infraordinary</h4>
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<p>The Ministry of the Infraordinary invites you to experience the city of Rotterdam in ways you
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haven't imagined. Let the subjective infrastructure map inspire and guide you and search for
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views you haven't seen before, look up and under, listen carefully for the subtler sounds of
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life, consider your place and your role in this network of cables, waves and invisible
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connections and contribute to the photo map that aspires to make the city our own.
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At the Ministry of the Infraordinary, we are concerned with noticing the subtle fabric that
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makes up our urban surroundings. Using qualitative and generous methods to interrogate the
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ever-changing ecosphere that constitute our cities. Working in close relation with partners such
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as trees, trash-cans, lamp-posts and the canals we want to promote considerate and intimate
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relations between inhabitants and inhabited.
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<h4>INTIMACITY</h4>
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<p>INTIMACITY is an installation art piece that explores the relationship between people and the
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intimacy of the city. It blurs the boundaries and distinction of public and private spaces.
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The installation is composed of a semi-transparent mesh mosquito net, stitched together with
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various materials and fabrics. One section of the net has a hollow opening designed for people
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to experience observing in a city/public area while maintaining a hint of privacy/intimacy. This
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setup might provide new perspectives or sources of inspiration and encourage contemplation on
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the importance of art in everyday life. Lauren Berlant once wrote, “Rethink intimacy is to
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appraise how we have been and how we live and how we might imagine lives that make more sense
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than the ones so many are living." Here, I want to invite you to explore the possibilities of
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intimacy within this city with me : )</p>
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<h4>Collective Nearby Diary</h4>
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<p>A collection of publications includes autoethnography works exploring "why I like loitering" and
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components that inspire individuals and groups to envision and depict their ideal "nearby".
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"Nearby" not only refers to geographical proximity but also to the closeness of emotional and
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social relationships, transcending the dimension of time. By sharing and exploring ideal
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"nearby," integrate personal visions into a collective map diary, creating the potential for a
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new city or parts of it.</p>
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<h4>re-secure</h4>
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<p>In today's cities, surveillance systems are often touted as indispensable elements of urban
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security. Yet, despite the widespread use of these technologies over the past decades, many
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people, especially women, still feel unsafe in public spaces, particularly at night.
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The re-secure installation lets you delve into these pressing issues by challenging the
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conventional perspectives on surveillance. This thought-provoking exhibit empowers individuals
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by hijacking security cameras, encouraging a shift in the locus of control. It raises questions:
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For whom are security cameras really designed? Whose safety do they prioritize?
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Come visit re-secure - an experience for young and old!</p>
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<h4>Checking point</h4>
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<p>In games, checking points are saving the player’s state, so they could resume the point if they
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fail.
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Checking point is a map about the camera zones in the city, related to the checking points in
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the games, using the camera zone as a checking point to connect the path, also explore the
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relationship between the player and the people behind the monitor.
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In the map, the path that the player takes will leave no traces, but the camera zones will leave
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traces as checkpoints that save the player's status. By accepting cookies, you will navigate
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through various camera zones. You can do this by scanning QR codes or using GPS record settings
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at each camera zone checkpoint. This will generate an individual path for you, although you will
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never see the saved image captured by the government.
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<h4>EmoHooHoo</h4>
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<p>Specially designed for adults prone to embarrassment. EmoHooHoo supports the outward expression
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of unspoken emotions in public places; once you wear this device, it clumsily reflects your
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emotional changes, whether you like it or not. 💨💨💨
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In urban life, emotional expression is confined to specific occasions, often requiring an entry
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fee. To achieve emotional freedom in a consumer society, we must first dissolve this
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embarrassment. EmoHooHoo helps you break free from societal constraints. If burdened, attribute
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responsibility to our device.💨💨💨</p>
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<h4>Scripts to Read the City</h4>
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<p>The project imagines an urban environment that can be read, analyzed and criticized as a text. By
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reading the city in this way we find other possible ways of seeing, moving and listening. In a
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scripted city, marked by escalating levels of perfection, efficiency and control, the
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emancipatory aspects of urban life are undermined, allowing little room for anything that
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doesn't fit the image of the "norm".
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Scripts to Read the City is an attempt to foster diverse experiences and uses of space, similar
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to a theater script interpreted differently by each actor. The tools of navigation are a device
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indicating which character to play and a guide, including a set of directions and instructions.
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The project explores a relation between scripts and spontaneity, chance and control and how
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scripts and unpredictability can enhance each other, stimulating imagination, encouraging us to
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engage with space from another perspective.
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<h4>Portable Mosquito</h4>
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<p>What if anti-loitering devices such as Mosquitos foregrounded dialogical, rather than monological
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interaction? Mosquitos buzz away at the margins of perception: for some people the devices may
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be inaudible, for others the noise may be incessant. Make a journey to the portable mosquito. It
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functions with a combination of analogue and digital circuitry. Connect to the open WiFi network
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called 'moz'. To adjust the sound emitted by the analogue circuit visit <a
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href="http://mosquito.local">"http://mosquito.local"</a> in a browser on your phone.
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<h2>We are amazing</h2>
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<p>But, don't listen to us! This is what our visitors said</p>
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<p>⭑✩✩✩✩</p>
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<p>The Counter-Tourist Information Center is nothing more than a front. They receive funds from and
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frequently collaborate with the Tourist Information Center. They aren't invested in helping people
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have a more meaningful connection with the city, they just want to make money off of hype, same as
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the Tourist Information Center... They're really part of a much larger issue. If you want to support
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actual local businesses and not gentrify the area by being a tourist, stay away from this.
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<p>⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑</p>
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<p>the counter tourist info center delivers on what it claims to offer: the possibility to go thru the
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city as a local. no more of people looking at you strangely because your not familiar with the local
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culture and traditions. with this center you not only get to blend in, but experience the city for
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what it is to be!! even if it turn out to be a bit rotten. that's part of every city tho ;))
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<p>⭑⭑⭑✩✩</p>
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<p>Got in here via a speakeasy. Had to knock 5 times saying "Feyenoord Attentie Sparta Buurtpreventie
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Excelsior".
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The person at the door said "What are you talking about?". I said "Why are you asking me that?" Door
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person then replied: "Very well then." As soon as I got in, there were 5 shady figures standing in
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line. They all had something to say or ask:
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1. "How have you traversed here? Could you name 5 surveillance objects you've seen along your path?"
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2. "How long will you be staying? When are you leaving? Isn't it time for you to go? Don't you have
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a train toc catch?"
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3. If you follow the trail of drops, you will be in the humid center of the area.
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4. Does this place even exist? Are we in a movie? Are we being watched? What are you looking at?
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Leave me alone
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5. Rambled something about seamless peripheral derivé structurelessness, seemed confused
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After those 5 blurbs I went to see if I could get a drink. I saw the bar in the distance and asked
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for their brightest cup of water. The waiter looked suspicious and tapped 6 times on the bar. Out of
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the blue, 7 gemeentewerkers en 3 bezoekers grabbed me by the shoulders and threw me out. The moment
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I realized what happened I took my phone and started typing this rev- [redacted]</p>
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<p>⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑ </p>
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<p> Comfort, Uncompromised Quality
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Reviewed in Canada on January 8, 2024
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Size: Queen Color: Navy Blue Verified Purchase
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I recently acquired the Amazon Basics Light-Weight Microfiber Sheet Set, and it has exceeded my
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expectations in more ways than one.
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<p>⭑⭑⭑⭑✩</p>
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<p>The counter tourist info center offers me a free apple tart and coffee, so nice and friendly! Also,
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the person told me about their secret local hotspots in Rotterdam.</p>
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<p>⭑⭑✩✩✩</p>
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<p>Offers mid activities that confused me. Why are they based in a bakfiets?!? I just feel disoriented
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<p>⭑⭑⭑⭑✩</p>
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<p>Turns out they don't Queensday anymore </p>
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<p>⭑⭑⭑✩✩</p>
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<p>The 4-piece set includes a fitted sheet, flat sheet, and pillowcases – all essentials for a well-made
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bed. The fitted sheet securely stays in place, ensuring a neat appearance and minimizing the hassle
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of constant readjustment. The flat sheet and pillowcases complement the ensemble, offering a
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cohesive and inviting look to my bed.</p>
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<p>⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑</p>
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<p>The Counter-Tourist Information Center opened my eyes to True Rotterdam. I was so tired of all the
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other information centers, that promoted the Euromast and the Maritime Museum but tried to hide so
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many things that constitute this unique urban experience, but now I am really informed and feel like
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a local. More importantly, the Counter-Tourist Information Center changed the way I will look at
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cities forever. Thank you Counter-Tourist Information Center! :* </p>
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<p>⭑⭑⭑⭑✩ </p>
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<p>They bring noisy devices everywhere thta they claim make 'human music', that only 'civil citizens'
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can 'appreciate'. 4 out of 5 stars.</p>
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<p>⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑</p>
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<p>Geachte Contratoeristeninformatiecentrum Rotterdam, wij willen onze dank uitspreken richting Storm
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die ons heeft geholpen met het vervangen van oude papieren cadeaubonnen alsmede het vervangen van
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een geblokkeerde cadeaukaart.
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Mvgr Jaap-Hendrik van Barendrecht-Doetinchem
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<p>⭑⭑⭑✩✩ </p>
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<p>Update I showed human music to band practise and they really really like it. I think I will be
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promoted from bass to guitar soon. 3 out of 5 stars.
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<p>⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑</p>
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<p>Tot het Counter-Tourist Information Center op mijn pad kwam, wist ik niet eens dat ik verdwaald was!
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2 jaar is voorbij gevlogen, merci!</p>
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<p>⭑⭑⭑⭑✩</p>
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<p>Update I got kicked out of band. Said Im never 'down to hang'. To whom I say well who is ever 'down'
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to 'hang' nowadays? 'Where'? I ask you this. 4 out of 5 stars.</p>
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<p>⭑⭑⭑⭑✩</p>
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<p>Turns out they don't Queensday anymore </p>
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<h3 class="event__title">1. The Counter-Tourist Information Center</h3>
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<h3 class="event__title">1. The Counter-Tourist Information Center</h3>
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<h3 class="event__title">1. The Counter-Tourist Information Center</h3>
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<h3 class="event__title">1. The Counter-Tourist Information Center</h3>
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<img src="images/breda.JPG" alt="" class="event__img">
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<h3 class="event__title">1. The Counter-Tourist Information Center</h3>
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