Rotterdam has an industrial side that is still very visible, but also a refined and progressive side. They mix here almost naturally. If you visit the Port by Spido or Pancake Boat, you will see hard-working people next to enormous ships and hear the impressive clatter of containers banging against each other. A little further on you will find a museum like Boijmans, with thousands of impressive works of art and you can eat food from 168 nationalities all over the city. Just doing what you want to do and not feeling like anything is beneath you is typically Rotterdam. Here you can still be innovative, and people are happy when you succeed.