Rotterdam city news
Diego's rebrands as gourmet street food restaurant
Mar 20, 2023
ROTTERDAM, 20 March 2023 – Diego's rebrands as a gourmet street food restaurant as Rotterdam's king of burgers is forging a new…
The James Hotel Rotterdam is celebrating its fifth anniversary
Mar 20, 2023
ROTTERDAM, 20 March 2023 – The James Hotel is celebrating its fifth anniversary and celebrating with its guests. Everyone will be…
Residential and commercial area Müllerpier Rotterdam nears completion
Mar 20, 2023
ROTTERDAM, 20 March 2023 – Area developers AM and Blauwhoed (Müllerpier C.V.) mark the topping out of Dok & Kaai residential and…
CityLab010 2023 underway! Apply now with a good idea
Mar 16, 2023
ROTTERDAM, 16 March 2023 - Rotterdammers with initiatives to make the city greener, more social or safer can apply again for…
Construction files 1948-2010 available for digital viewing
Mar 16, 2023
The City Archive of Rotterdam has 3.5 kilometers of paper construction files that are being digitized. To ensure better…
The best delivery restaurants in South Holland 2022
Mar 13, 2023
Thuisbezorgd.nl Awards 2022 crowns best local delivery restaurants in Zuid-Holland. In Rotterdam, Burgers & Frites took the…
Rotterdam offensive against youth crime
Mar 10, 2023
Prevention with Authority (Preventie met Gezag) is the name of Rotterdam's current offensive against youth crime. Since 2022,…
Baby starter kit reduces stress for parents with money worries
Feb 23, 2023
ROTTERDAM, 23 February 2023 – Rotterdam children born into a family affected by poverty will receive a package of baby gear this…
Festive restaurant Grace opens its doors in Rotterdam
Feb 16, 2023
ROTTERDAM, 16 February 2023 – Star chef Marco Prins brings worldly flavors to the Coolsingel in Rotterdam with new festive…
Flink groceries now available to order via Uber Eats in Rotterdam
Feb 11, 2023
ROTTERDAM, 27 January – Groceries from fast food delivery company Flink can now also be ordered via Uber Eats in Rotterdam.…
Rotterdam primary school recycles and donates proceeds
Feb 06, 2023
Primary school Kindcentrum De Heijberg collected discarded appliances for recycling and Stichting Jarige Job. Old appliances have…
Reopening of Dirk supermarket Bentinckplein Rotterdam
Feb 01, 2023
ROTTERDAM, 1 February 2023 – Balloons, music and a queue of customers. Schepenstraat in Rotterdam was privy to the reopening of…
Design hotel Motel One opens doors in the heart of Rotterdam
Jan 24, 2023
ROTTERDAM, 24 January 2023 – Motel One, a successful budget design hotel group from Munich, recently opened the doors of its new…
Local entrepreneurs take up fight against vitamin deficiency
Dec 27, 2022
ROTTERDAM, 16 December 2022 – Rotterdam entrepreneurs open clinic for personalized vitamin infusions through IV Booster…
Stadshaven Brouwerij opens terrace at Merwehaven Rotterdam
May 06, 2022
ROTTERDAM, 6 May 2022 - Fancy a freshly tapped beer on the largest terrace in Rotterdam's Merwehaven? The Stadshaven Brouwerij…
Meet dinosaurs at Jurassic Encounter in Beatrixpark Schiedam
Apr 21, 2022
ROTTERDAM, 21 April 2022 – Always wanted to meet lifelike dinosaurs? This summer you'll have your chance in the Beatrixpark in…
Euromast Rotterdam opens new coffee bar and concept store
Apr 13, 2022
With the grand opening of a brand-new coffee bar and gift shop, the Euromast offers a place for city visitors and locals to…
Female leadership improves Rotterdam entrepreneurial climate
Apr 13, 2022
ROTTERDAM, 13 April 2022 - Five years ago, Melissa Ablett-Jordaan (36), who is American by birth, launched the American Cambridge…
You can now rent high fashion from Bijenkorf in Rotterdam
Apr 13, 2022
Style is for rent. Bijenkorf has introduced a new sustainable service in its Rotterdam store under the name Stijlstudio. Fans of…
56% of South Hollanders want coffee and cake at funeral
Apr 07, 2022
ROTTERDAM, 7 April 2022 - The inspiration and possibilities around the last farewell are almost endless. Yet 78% of people in…
Rotterdam's Tanaruz delivers 3D-printed sustainable yachts
Apr 07, 2022
ROTTERDAM, 7 April 2022 - Tanaruz will today deliver its first 3D-printed, 4.5-metre pleasure yacht to a customer. The…
Het Nieuwe Instituut announces epic summer rooftop stage
Mar 11, 2022
Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam launches eleven-week summer stage on its rooftop, designed by MVRDV. Het Podium opens in June…
5 years of Cambridge Innovation Centre (CIC) in Rotterdam
Mar 11, 2022
ROTTERDAM - The Cambridge Innovation Center moved into the Groot Handelsgebouw in Rotterdam over 5 years ago. CIC chose Rotterdam…
New Fork introduces lunch pick-up points for hybrid workers
Mar 10, 2022
ROTTERDAM - Even with the pandemic behind us (sort of), employees are continuing to work partly from home and companies are…
Picnic grocery launches sustainable food forest in Rotterdam
Feb 21, 2022
ROTTERDAM, 21 February 2022 - More than two hundred Picnic customers, colleagues and partners kicked off the online supermarket's…
Have coffee with a cop at this McDonald's in Rotterdam Zuid
Feb 15, 2022
McDonald's restaurant Rotterdam Groene Hilledijk introduces Coffee with a Cop. Every second Monday of the month, neighbourhood…
Witte de Withstraat safer after speed reduction to 30 km/h
Feb 10, 2022
ROTTERDAM, 10 February 2022 - As of today, Witte de Withstraat is a 30 km/h street for cars and trucks. The famous Witte de…
Motel Mozaïque Festival announces MOMO Art Motel, new names
Feb 01, 2022
Motel Mozaïque Festival announces MOMO Art Motel and more new names. During the 20th edition of MOMO Festival, from 21 to 23…
Heerenhuyskamer concerts in Het Park every Sunday morning
Jan 30, 2022
ROTTERDAM, 30 January 2021 - On Sunday, 30 January, a double celebration was held for the Heerenhuyskamer Concerts in Het Park:…
Rotterdam gets 320 extra GO Sharing electric shared bikes
Jan 06, 2022
ROTTERDAM, 6 January 2022 - Shared transport company GO Sharing has announced the placement of 320 extra electric shared bikes in…
VAIMOO expands Rotterdam fleet to 500 electric shared bikes
Dec 21, 2021
ROTTERDAM, 21 December 2021 - VAIMOO, an originally Italian company that took over the e-bike sharing service in Rotterdam in…
Rotterdam World Trade Center low-rise given A++ energy label
Dec 21, 2021
In what's being hailed as a milestone in revitalization, the monumental low-rise WTC Rotterdam transitions from energy label G to…
Motel Mozaïque Festival expands line-up for 20th edition
Dec 14, 2021
ROTTERDAM, 14 December 2021 - The Motel Mozaïque (MOMO) festival line-up is starting to take shape with a new series of names.…
ABN AMRO WTT confirms Gaël Monfils, Felix Auger-Aliassime
Dec 07, 2021
Gaël Monfils and Felix Auger-Aliassime will be seen in action in Rotterdam Ahoy in February. Both finalists of the 2020…
SAWA winner at World Architecture Festival 2021
Dec 06, 2021
During the World Architecture Festival 2021, which took place online from 1 to 3 December, both the wooden residential building…
OH MY! Festival Announces First Names: Lil Baby and Lil Durk
Dec 02, 2021
OH MY!, the R&B, hip-hop, rap & afrobeats festival held in The Netherlands moves from Amsterdam to Rotterdam and turns into a…
AM to start construction of BABEL complex in Rotterdam
Nov 25, 2021
AM signals start of construction of contemporary BABEL with stacked family homes in Rotterdam. Rotterdam, 25 November 2021 - Area…
Official start of Lloyd Yard Rotterdam residential project
Nov 09, 2021
The construction of Lloyd Yard officially started at the beginning of November 2021. Lloyd Yard consists of 136 new dwellings and…
Ghost Island solo exhibition by photographer Lisandro Suriel
Aug 06, 2021
Ghost Island, a new solo exhibition by Caribbean photographer Lisandro Suriel will be on display from 9 October 2021 onwards at…
Dutch Dukes English gastropub opens its doors in Rotterdam
Aug 03, 2021
Rotterdam's first English gastropub opens its doors. Dutch Dukes brings relaxed English pub atmosphere to Witte de Withstraat.…
Open call for performers & gardens for Struinen in de Tuinen
Jul 16, 2021
Acts and garden owners still have two weeks to register for the hospitable Struinen in de tuinen festival. The deadline is 1…
JOHN REED Fitness Music Club opens its doors in Rotterdam
Jul 08, 2021
The Berlin-based fitness and lifestyle brand JOHN REED expands its international presence and opens first Dutch club in…
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra presents season 2021-2022
Jul 08, 2021
After a concert year full of limitations, 2021-22 will be a season of plenty for the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. The…
Counterbodies pop-up exhibition at Art Rotterdam 2021
Jul 03, 2021
Counterbodies presents the female perspective on the body. Check out the pop-up exhibition during Art Rotterdam 2021.…
Stadshaven Brouwerij Rotterdam officially opened
Jul 01, 2021
ROTTERDAM, 1 July 2020 - This morning the Stadshaven Brewery was officially opened. Six new Rotterdam craft beers were unveiled…
Zero Waste Cup system launches in Rotterdam
Jun 30, 2021
With the launch of the Zero Waste Cup, a smart, reusable cup system for 'on the go', entrepreneurs and consumers can now choose a…
AM, Heijmans deliver 133 Rotterdam homes in Imagine project
Jun 18, 2021
AM and Heijmans sell 133 homes to Vesteda in Imagine project in Rotterdam. Rotterdam, 18 June 2021 - Area developer AM and…
Motto by Hilton to make its European debut in Rotterdam
May 24, 2021
Motto Rotterdam Blaak will be the brand's first location in the Netherlands and Europe when it opens in 2022. ROTTERDAM, 24 May…
Start of new sailing season for whisper boats in Schiedam
May 21, 2021
ROTTERDAM, 20 May 2021 - Tuesday 1 June sees the start of the new whisper boat sailing season in Schiedam. Until 31 October, you…
Bolt taxi service in Rotterdam now allows pets on board
May 20, 2021
ROTTERDAM, 20 May 2021 - Bolt taxi service now allows pets on board. Pet owners in Rotterdam are now able to use the 'Pet…
GO introduces electric 45km/h shared scooters in Rotterdam
May 18, 2021
18 May 2021 - GO Sharing is installing 120 additional electric shared scooters in Rotterdam. The new shared scooters have a…
Plaswijckpark Rotterdam introduces new interactive games
May 17, 2021
Interactive games replace the burnt-down theatre at Plaswijckpark in Rotterdam. Generous donations of over €200,000 made the…
Kahmann Gallery announces new location in Rotterdam
May 13, 2021
Rotterdam, May 13, 2021 – Kahmann Gallery will move into a new location in Rotterdam, on June 26, 2021. In addition to the…
Stayokay and Marines Museum introduce 'Marines hotel room'
May 11, 2021
The Marines room is a joint initiative by Stayokay and Marines Museum in Rotterdam. The room includes a family ticket to the…
SAWA Rotterdam wins international Green GOOD DESIGN Award
Apr 22, 2021
SAWA, the all-wood residential building being built in Rotterdam, has won the Green GOOD DESIGN Award 2021; an international prize…
Primark opens new flagship store in Forum Rotterdam
Apr 21, 2021
Rotterdam's new flagship store is Primark's 21st location in the Netherlands. The retailer is known for offering fashion,…
New escalators unveiled at World Trade Center Rotterdam
Apr 13, 2021
On 13 April 2021, brand-new escalators at WTC Rotterdam were taken into use for the first time. The outdoor escalators move both…
Two new coronavirus testing locations in Rotterdam
Apr 09, 2021
Getting tested for COVID-19 is now easier for Rotterdammers as Spoedtest.nl opens two new rapid testing facilities in the city.…
Rotterdam successful in 'resetting' debt assistance approach
Apr 07, 2021
Rotterdam's revised approach to consumer debts has resulted in improved accessibility of debt assistance and better reach among…
Uber competitor Bolt expands taxi services to Rotterdam
Mar 11, 2021
After a successful launch in Amsterdam, Bolt is now available in Rotterdam. The taxi service is a direct competitor to Uber and…