CultureRotterdam’s poetry-covered rubbish trucks gain cultural heritage status

Rotterdam’s practice of printing poetry on its rubbish trucks, begun in 1988, has been formally recognised by a Dutch intangible cultural heritage body. Supporters say the trucks bring poetry into residents’ everyday lives and have become part of the city’s identity.

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