The Route

Abdullah's route begins where his new life in the Netherlands began, at Rehabilitation Center Rijndam Westersingel 300.

The route ends at Metrostation Marconiplein

The length of the route is 6.2 kilometers.

1. From Rijndam, turn left onto Westersingel.
2. You walk up to Pablo Picasso's sculpture Sylvette.
3. This concrete drawing is of 20-year-old Sylvette, Picasso's muse, whom he met in the spring of 1954. Picasso was 73 years old by then.
4. Turn left.
5. Walk past Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, which is now being remodeled and may reopen someday.
6. At The Depot, turn left into Museum Park.
7. Walk along the Melkkoppad past the Kunsthal and the Natural History Museum.
8. Then go past Tom Claassen's Rabbits up the slope to Westzeedijk.
9. Cross the Westzeedijk
10. And enter the Kievitslaan. On your right is The Park, on your left is Schoonoord.
11. Turn right at the statue of Queen Wilhelmina, diagonally uphill.
12. Walk at the top along the Meuse River.
13. You also walk behind Restaurant Parkheuvel.
14. Then take the path to the right and walk diagonally downhill.
15. At the bottom, turn left.
16. On Baden Powell Avenue, turn right; keep walking downhill.
17. At the end, turn left onto Westzeedijk.
18. Before the Park Locks, turn right.
19. You are now walking on the GJ de Jonghweg.
20. Walk straight ahead with the water on your left.
21. You pass the 1st Coolhaven Bridge, but keep walking straight ahead.
22. At the level of Academy Street, cross the road and walk to the large round statue that says, "Everything is possible" It is a memorial to Abraham Tuschinski
23. It stands in front of the Hogeschool Rotterdam. In 1921, he opened the world-famous Theater Tuschinski in Amsterdam. In 1923 he added another Rotterdam cinema, the Grand Theatre on Pompenburgsingel. During the bombing on May 14, 1940, he lost his cinemas in Rotterdam. On July 1, 1942, he and his wife Mariem Ehrlich were rounded up and taken to Westerbork, after which he was deported to Auschwitz and murdered by the Nazis that same year.
    
24. Continue walking along the GJ de Jongweg.
25. Cross into Rochussenstraat.
26. Walk into the Claes de Vrieselaan.
27. Turn left on the Nieuwe Binnenweg.
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28. Continue walking until you reach the Low Erf Bridge.
29. Cross the bridge
30. And turn right onto the Schiedamseweg.
31. The most delicious Syrian sweets can be found at Al Malek Sweets at number 26 b.
    
32. Cross the Schiedamseweg and turn right into the Grote Visserijstraat.
33. Every Thursday there is a market in the Great Fishing Square.
34. Take the first left: the Gijsinglaan. Abdullah's brother lives on this street.
35. He took good care of Abdullah for a long time.
36. In Rotterdam, Abdullah had to learn to save himself
37. His brother had to learn not to do everything for Abdullah anymore.
38. At the end of the street turn left.
39. You can already see the Forest Fox in the distance
40. Florentijn Hofman made this fox, like the large rubber duck in Vroesepark. In this part of the city are spotted at night, looking for bunnies in the Dakpark.
41. Turn right on the Schiedamseweg.
42. This route ends at Marconiplein subway station at the end of Schiedamseweg.