Turkish Airlines new flight to Rotterdam

launching a new service from Istanbul to Rotterdam, its 244th
international destination.

Rotterdam the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one
of the largest ports in the world. It has one major university, the Erasmus
University Rotterdam (EUR), named after one of the city’s famous former
inhabitants, Desiderius Erasmus.

The city is currently going through a sort of renaissance,
with some urban architecture projects, a night-life, and many summer festivals
celebrating the city’s multicultural population and identity, such as the
Caribbean-inspired “Summer Carnival”, the Dance Parade, Rotterdam 666
and the Metropolis pop festival.

Other events include: North Sea Jazz Festival, the largest
Jazz festival in Europe, Bavaria City Race, a Formula 1 race inside the city
center and a 3 day long maritime extravaganza called the World Port Days
celebrating the Port of Rotterdam.