ROTTERDAM, 5 January 2026 – One of Rotterdam’s smallest monuments is getting a new job: the Tramhuis will reopen in early 2026 as a kiosk where you start themed city walks. The steel-and-glass building is back at Eendrachtsplein, with its restored structure now in place and the next steps already underway.
Image: Tramhuis at Eendrachtsplein, Rotterdam. Credit: stadsherstel-rotterdam.nl
The idea is simple: you pop by for a coffee, pick a route, and explore Rotterdam on foot with stories timed to the places you are actually standing. Tramhuis calls it a kiosk for city walks (stadswandelingen), with podwalks in its app as well as printed guides.
Tramhuis returns to Eendrachtsplein in Rotterdam
The tram house (Tramhuis) was built in 1914 as a waiting room for tram travellers and staff linked to Rotterdam’s electric tram company, with Art Nouveau details that still shape its look today.
Over the decades, it stood in six different locations across the city. Since 1970, many Rotterdammers have known it at Eendrachtsplein as a late-night stop that later became a kebab and shawarma place.
Restoration brings the Tramhuis back
Tramhuis says the steel structure has been repaired, repainted, and placed back at Eendrachtsplein. Contractor Koninklijke Woudenberg completed the basement that forms the foundation, and the reinstatement of the renovated façades is the next visible step.
Steel specialist Van der Vegt handled the restoration of the structure, and a colour study was carried out during the process. Based on that study, the building is set to be finished in an olive green colour.
City walks start here in early 2026
Tramhuis says it will reopen in early 2026 as a kiosk for city walks, aiming to become a small meeting point where you gather, grab something warm, and set off with a theme in mind.
The project is run by Stichting Tramhuis and described as an initiative by Droom en Daad Foundation, with the mission focused on routes that highlight architecture, food culture, and the city’s layered history.
Winy Maas leads the first podwalk
The first route is already available: an architecture walk designed with Rotterdam architect Winy Maas. Tramhuis offers it as a podwalk in the Tramhuis app (Android | Apple) and as a printed guide, and it is designed around places Maas connects to Rotterdam, including the Markthal and Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen.
Tramhuis lists the starting point as Tramhuis at Hermesplantsoen 3, with the route ending at Het Industriegebouw, Achterklooster 7. It is marked as wheelchair-friendly, and offered in Dutch and English.
How to get there
Tramhuis sits at Eendrachtsplein in the city centre, so it works nicely as a starting point before you wander towards Museumpark, Westblaak, or the inner city’s post-war landmarks.
