'Sci-fi food hall' opens in Netherlands - PHOTO

In reality, it's a fruit and vegetable market.Either way, it's unlikely that anyone could fail to be excited by the prospect of loading up on groceries at Markthal, a combined food hall and housing project that opened earlier this month in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam.The development, already feted by architecture critics, houses 100 market stalls beneath a gigantic, brightly decorated archway that contains 228 apartments.Informally known as the "Horseshoe," the impressive structure adds to the limited roster of attractions in Rotterdam.To date the city's chief tourism claims are that it's the busiest container port in Europe and is home to the Netherlands' most popular zoo.(CNN)Bakudaily.Az