PAULUSKERK / ST. PAULS’s CHURCH
The original church was built in the late 1950s, right here in the city centre. It was later demolished in 2007 to make way for a huge apartments complex. The new prayer house was rebuilt next to it. A new futuristic-looking structure, designed by the English architect Will Alsop, consists largely of copper cladding façade. It was officially opened on 2 June 2013.Church activities resume back right here on Mauritsweg 20. The Pauluskerk remains a diaconal center where everyone can walk in. They are known for helping people in need; homeless people, addicts, psychiatric patients, asylum seekers, Rotterdammers who live in poverty, young people who have lost their direction and vulnerable older people. Pauluskerk provides refuge for everyone in need.