Rotterdam Travel Guide

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Pro

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 Vibrant, hardworking, down-to-earth, spectacular 


Con

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 not as quaint as Amsterdam (this is not a con at all!) 


In a nutshell

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 Cosmopolitan and vibrant city 

 

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Things to Do  

Cubic Houses (Kubus woningen)

Cubic Houses (Kubus woningen), Rotterdam

 34 Reviews  Surprisingly these are inhabitable, a hostal here too, inside I guess all is pretty normal - very unusual from the outside though and worh a short trip to see them plus, there are some decent bars nearby! 

Euromast

Euromast, Rotterdam

 45 Reviews  One of Rotterdams most famous attractions is the Euromast, also known as Space Tower in English. This is an observation tower of 185 meters and it offers an exeptional view of Rotterdam and its surroundings. There are possibilties to actually descend from the Euromast attached to firm ropes and in... 

Street Scenes, Sights, and Art

Street Scenes, Sights, and Art, Rotterdam

 82 Reviews  City market | Coffee & tea, Shopping, Snacks | Free Hoogstraat Tue & Sat 08:00 – 17:00, Sun (Apr – Sep) 12:00 – 17:00 More than 400 stalls are set up every Tuesday and Saturday (and on Sundays in the summer), offering anything from antiques to cheese or exotic fruit. It’s the place to be for a... 

Boat Tours

Boat Tours, Rotterdam

 26 Reviews  When you go for a trip on this boat, you can eat as much pancakes as you like. The trip takes about an hour and whike you are eating you can admire the Rotterdam Skyline. On Saturdaynight it is possible to have a moonlight cruise and of course eat as much as you like. Have fun! 

Museums

Museums, Rotterdam

 69 Reviews  The Schielandshuis is the only remaining building from the 17th-century in the centre of Rotterdam. It is built between 1662 and 1665. This city palace housed about one and half century the regional government. In 1864 the Schielandshuis is almost totally destroyed by a fire. After a few years and... 

Bridges

Bridges, Rotterdam

 36 Reviews  The Erasmus bridge is nice! I really like to watch it! Built in 1996 is a 900m cable stayed bridge that links the north and south of Rotterdam. Because of its shape the locals call it -De Zwaan- (the Swan). hopefully we took the metro to return back to the city because we were almost dead after... 

Blijdorp Zoo

Blijdorp Zoo, Rotterdam

 18 Reviews  When you visit Rotterdam Zoo Blijdorp you can take a historical tram for the Central station, which takes you in a few minutes to the zoo. The historical tram is a fun ride and it's cheap as well. It's much more fun than using the ordinary trams or buses. The tram returns you to the station as well... 

Old Architecture

Old Architecture, Rotterdam

 28 Reviews  Today, the White House (Witte Huis), with a height of 43 metres, is nothing special in the skyline of Rotterdam. But when it was built in 1898, it was the tallest building in the whole of Europe. What makes the building so special today, is the fact that it is one of the few buildings in the... 

Delfshaven

Delfshaven, Rotterdam

 11 Reviews  If a group of volunteers who show visitors around their exhibit could win an award for enthusiasm the people here would win - De Delft is an old Dutch ship sunk by the English ( I felt slightly guilty but the guide said we were forgiven now) in the North Sea off the Dutch coast that has been raised... 

Neighbourhoods

Neighbourhoods, Rotterdam

 29 Reviews  Leaving old Rotterdam was exciting to come back to a modern "skyline city". I left Rotterdam on the move to Luzern, Switzerland. And returned to Holland to The Hague. When one day I visited Rotterdam in a sudden way I was stunned to see all the high buildings. Rotterdam had the first skyline of the... 

Hotels  

The Manhattan Hotel Rotterdam

 6 Reviews and 207 Opinions  Right opposite Rotterdam Centraal train station on Weena, is the imposing 5 star Westin hotel. It... 

Hotel New York

 18 Reviews and 101 Opinions  This Hotel is the right place for romantic people who like its "old fashioned" style, the relaxed... 

Restaurants  

City center

City center, Rotterdam

 38 Reviews  The interior deco is new and modern, it was rather busy and have to wait for a seat. This is a 'SELF-SERVICE' cafe, so you need to order and serve it yourself. They have bagels, some sandwiches as well the famous Dudok cakes. Like the fresh brew coffee. A nice break for chilling after a hard day... 

Witte de Withstraat, city center

Witte de Withstraat, city center, Rotterdam

 22 Reviews  Koosie is a small bar/restaurant with a small terras on the public pavement. The place has an open atmosphere and the everyday street activities add its own character. The kitchen is small, so the menu selection is limited, but from an unique style and quality. 

Shopping  

Beurs Traverse (aka Koopgoot)

Beurs Traverse (aka Koopgoot), Rotterdam

 11 Reviews  De Beurstraverse a.k.a. "De Koopgoot" is Rotterdam best known new shpping street. It is constructed one floor down of the Coolsingel street, which is underpassed. The construction was part of the development of the Beursplein and the Beurs World Trade Center Rotterdam. The ever increasing number of... 

Books

Books, Rotterdam

 6 Reviews  CULTURE ON 8 LEVELS / FLOORS.... This is my favourite book shop in Rotterdam. Books in all kinds of languages...magazines...CDs....DVDs......books on Art, Architecture, Technique, Cooking, Children's Books and so much more that it IS REALLY NECESSARY TO HAVE COFFEE, TEA (FOR ME, WITH MILK PLEASE)... 

Off The Beaten Path  

Kinderdijk (around Rotterdam)

Kinderdijk (around Rotterdam), Rotterdam

 4 Reviews  Whenever you will get the chance, you could pay a visit to Kinderdijk/Childsdike. Here you may watch the best of many windmills together in Holland. The same windwills Neil Diamond sang about ... The about 19 windmills are all over in a beautiful landscape and I love the legends behind these... 

Sonneveld house

Sonneveld house, Rotterdam

 12 Reviews  Note the lights in the ceiling. The original Gispen furniture. The central heating which has not changed shape till the present day. The only difference now would be that the curtains would be to the floor. 

Sports & Outdoors  

Football (Feyenoord)

Football (Feyenoord), Rotterdam

 9 Reviews  Feyenoord Rotterdam is one of the major teams of the Netherlands. They have won the Europe cup 1, two times the UEFA cup and have won the Dutch championship many times. They play their home games at the beautiful Feyenoord Stadium 'De Kuip'. This stadium has been the host of the final of the... 

Rotterdam Marathon

Rotterdam Marathon, Rotterdam

 3 Reviews  On Sunday 13th April you will find much of the Rotterdam center closed because of a major yearly event: The Rotterdam Marathon. This marathon counts as an important event for worldwide marathons as often records are broken here. That's because the track is almost flat and thus very fast. Come and... 

Favorites  

General tourist information

General tourist information, Rotterdam

 19 Reviews  I'd never considered Rottterdam as a tourist city on my previous visits - just a place to change trains (and of course having the Centraal station surrounded by a building site didn't help). But now that I've managed an afternoon/evening wandering the city it's given me a taster of the tourist city... 

City sights

City sights, Rotterdam

 22 Reviews  Whenever in Rotterdam my eyes are drawn to the other side of the river Meuse. I cannot help it and always get mixed feelings ... Why? I donot really know. Maybe because I've seen the change of this small piece of Rotterdam, the Noordereiland. It used to be an underdoggy place pushed into a... 

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