Editing Rotterdam (section)

===Parks===
Within Rotterdam's urban structure, parks and greenery play an important role. A number of well-known parks in Rotterdam are:[[File:Arboretum Trompenburg Nl 2.jpg|thumb|right|Arboretum Trompenburg]]
*''Het Park'' ([[:nl:Het_Park_(Rotterdam)|Het Park bij de Euromast]]), is a 70 acres park on the Maas, south of the Westzeedijk, at the [[Euromast]]. The eastern half of the park was constructed between 1852 and 1863 to a design by the firm Jan David Zocher. The western part was added in 1866 with some modifications. The first [[Floriade (Netherlands)|Floriade]] in 1960 was held in Het Park, with the Euromast observation tower being erected to mark the event. [[Rijksmonument|National Heritage site]] since 2011. Originally, the park continued across the Westzeedijk, were the Medical Faculty was built in the 1960s (now Erasmus MC). See also: Museumpark.
*[[Museumpark]], close to Het Park, was originally designed in 1927 by architect W.G. Witteveen, who also designed [[Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen]]. Today, several museums have clustered around the park. 
*[[Diergaarde Blijdorp]], which is situated on the northwest side of Rotterdam, complete with a walkthrough sea aquarium, called the [[Oceanium]].
*[[Arboretum Trompenburg]] in [[Kralingen]]. The park dates back to 1820, but it was only after it was opened to the public in 1958 that the park, which was managed by the (Van Hoey) Smith family for generations, gained wider attention. The park, approximately 20 acres in size, contains approximately 4,000 different types of trees, shrubs and perennials, amongst others the national plant collections of [[conifers]], ''[[Quercus]]'', ''[[Beech|Fagus]]'', ''[[Rhododendron]]'', ''[[Ligustrum]]'', ''[[Rodgersia]]'' and ''[[Hosta]]''.
*''Park Schoonoord'' (3 acres) is located in the [[Scheepvaartkwartier]] and was designed in its current form in 1860 by Jan David Zocher.
*The [[Kralingen-Crooswijk|''Kralingse Bos'']] (500 acres) with the [[Kralingse Plas]] (250 acres) is located in the [[Kralingen]] district and has been based on a design by [[Marinus Jan Granpré Molière]] since 1928. In 1953 the Kralingse Bos officially opened.[[File:20070619Rozenburgpark2.jpg|thumb|right|Park Rozenburg]]
*The ''Vroesenpark'' in the district Rotterdam-Noord was laid out from 1929 to a plan by city architect W.G. [[:nl:Willem_Gerrit_Witteveen|Witteveen]].
*The ''Zuiderpark'' (780 acres) is located in the district of [[Charlois]]. The park was laid out as a utility park from 1952 and not as an ornamental park.

*''Park Rozenburg'' is a {{convert|7.41|acre|ha}} park in the neighbourhood [[Kralingen]]. The park is a protected municipal monument (Dutch: ''Gemeentelijk monument'').<ref>{{Cite web |title=Park Rozenburg |url=https://www.rotterdam.nl/park-rozenburg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517144615/https://www.rotterdam.nl/park-rozenburg |archive-date=17 May 2023 |access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rozenburgpark – Een groene oase in de Rotterdamse wijk Kralingen |url=https://rozenburgpark.nl/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612085151/https://rozenburgpark.nl/ |archive-date=12 June 2023 |access-date=28 August 2023 |website=rozenburgpark.nl}}</ref>

==== Green activities ====
Since 28 May 1994, Rotterdam has had the phenomenon [[wiktionary:opzoomeren|''Opzoomeren'']]. 15% of Rotterdam residents (about 100,000 residents) say they participate in this phenomenon.<ref>Data Omnibus Survey 2016 of the Municipality of Rotterdam.</ref> At the end of 2020, the city has a record number of 2,503 Opzoomer streets,<ref>[https://www.opzoomermee.nl/over-opzoomeren/ A history of Opzoomeren] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122112948/https://www.opzoomermee.nl/over-opzoomeren/|date=22 November 2022}} (Dutch).</ref> which is mainly reflected in the construction of facade gardens.

[[File:Dakpark Rotterdam.jpg|thumb|right|Dakpark Rotterdam]]
The municipality of Rotterdam is encouraging the construction of [[green roof]]s. There is an attractive subsidy for roof owners and the city has now provided a number of municipal buildings with a green roof. As of 1 January 2020, the water storage capacity requirement has been increased to 30 liters of water storage capacity per square metre. This reduces the burden on the sewer system during heavy rainfall and reduces the risk of flooding on the street.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Groene daken |url=https://www.rotterdam.nl/wonen-leven/groene-daken/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929231316/https://www.rotterdam.nl/wonen-leven/groene-daken/ |archive-date=29 September 2017 |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>
*The city's largest green roof is located on top of the [[Groothandelsgebouw]] next to Central Station.
*The ''Dakakker'' is the largest roof farm in Europe on top of the Schieblok.
*The ''Dakpark'' is an elongated, narrow park in the district [[Bospolder-Tussendijken]] in Rotterdam-West. It has been built at a height of about nine meters, is about 85 meters wide and extends for about a kilometer from Hudson Square to near Marconi Square.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161230161647/http://www.nederlandwordtanders.nl/projecten/dakpark-rotterdam/ Article about Dakpark on Nederlandwordtanders.nl]</ref>
*The municipality of Rotterdam will provide the flat roof of the conference and concert building [[De Doelen]] with greenery and water storage. The design for the roof was made by Kraijvanger Architects.<ref>Robert Muis (ed.). De Doelen Rotterdam will have a green roof with water storage. On: [https://architectenweb.nl/nieuws/ artikel.aspx?ID=49365 Architectenweb] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517150110/https://architectenweb.nl/nieuws/|date=17 May 2022}}, 1 June 2021.</ref>