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Batavierhuis presents Batafest - dates, location, information
On Saturday and Sunday, 1-2 April 2023, the Batavierhuis will host the two-day mini-festival Batafest. This year's theme revolves…
Flowering season in Trompenburg Gardens & Arboretum
Spring kicks off festively at Trompenburg with a spring festival for young and old. All spring long, Trompenburg is the place to…
Ramadan in Rotterdam - dates, activities, information
Rotterdam has a large Muslim community, and Ramadan is an important month for many Muslims living in the city. Find out what…
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Visit floating pavilions at Het Nieuwe Instituut
Water City Rotterdam. By KunlĂ© Adeyemi: Floating pavilions on the ponds of the New Institute on display as of 14 May 2023.…
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Holi celebrations in Rotterdam - dates, location, information
Holi-Phagwa, also known as the Festival of Colors, is a Hindu spring festival that is primarily celebrated in India and Nepal.…
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Baroeg Open Air festival Rotterdam - date, location, lineup
Fan of rock, metal, punk or drum & bass? Baroeg Open Air is an annual festival that is organized by pop venue Baroeg. The…
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Blijdorp Festival Rotterdam - location, date, artist line-up
Blijdorp Festival is a curious mix of music, art and happiness. The event goes down in winter as well in summer. The summer…
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Upstream Rotterdam: gathering of top entrepreneurs & talent
At Upstream, the Rotterdam Metropolitan area transforms into a place where startups, scale-ups, investors, corporates,…
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Kidsstock family festival Rotterdam - dates, artists, info
Kidsstock is a family festival with workshops, performances, and food court. The event takes place every summer at the Kralingse…
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Rotterdam Marathon - dates, registration and current records
The Rotterdam Marathon is one of the largest sporting events in the Netherlands, and has been ranked by Runner's World magazine…
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MOMO Festival Rotterdam - dates, line-up, event information
MOMO Festival is one of the best known and most intimate festivals in Rotterdam. The festival brings together multiple forms of…
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Museum Night Rotterdam - amazing art & culture after dark
Looking to sample the best art in the city? All in one night? Then check out Museum Night! Rotterdam's art & culture scene comes…
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St. Patrick's day in Rotterdam - date, locations, info
Green outfits and Irish music! St. Patrick's Day is Ireland's national holiday and is characterized as one of the merriest and…
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Art Weekend Rotterdam - dates, info, locations
đ· Gyz La Riviere, New Neapolis, 2020, TENT Rotterdam. Photographer: Aad Hoogendoorn Art Central Rotterdam XL presents Art Weekend…
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TREK travelling food festival visits Rotterdam - info, dates
TREK, the Netherlands' largest travelling food festival, makes a stop in Rotterdam's Vroesenpark. TREK is all about an intimate…
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KINO Rotterdam hosts fundraiser for Turkey & Syria
Fundraiser for Turkey & Syria: Burning Days & The Wild Pear Tree (2018). To contribute to the relief effort for earthquake…
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Frozen in Concert Live to Film at Rotterdam Ahoy
10 years of Frozen, live on ice! The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra has started ticket sales for Frozenâą in Concert Live to…
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Fun Forest - outdoor activities in Rotterdam's Kralingse Bos
Looking to escape the hustle and bustle of the city? In dire need of a corona proof social activity with family, friends or…
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AFFR Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam - dates, locations
The AFFR is a must for all lovers of architecture and cinema. For over a decade, Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam has…
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Rotterdam Bluegrass Festival - dates, artists & information
Rotterdam Bluegrass Festival is a free annual music event which takes place in Rotterdam Noord. The event has grown into one of…
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Art Rotterdam - discover (and buy) amazing contemporary art
Every year, Art Rotterdam draws art, artists and collectors from all over the world. As the premier art fair in the Netherlands,…
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Vote for the best recipe in the Takumi Ramen Challenge
Takumi Ramen closes off their 15-year anniversary celebration with a final Ramen Challenge. Participants representing Rotterdam,…
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ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament Rotterdam - information
The annual ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament is the biggest tournament of its kind in the Netherlands. Past winners include tennis…
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An evening full of Rotterdam talent in Baroeg
Thursday, December 15, four bands from Rotterdam will play in Baroeg. This event is organized by local organization LOUD. A new…
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Best photography and instagrammable spots in Rotterdam
Without a doubt, Rotterdam is among the most photogenic cities in Europe, and for various reasons. The city has an eccentric mix…
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Keti Koti Rotterdam - celebrating the end of Dutch slavery
A long, long time ago the Netherlands colonized many countries and was a major player in the slave trade. Since 1993, every year,…
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World Port Days Rotterdam - location, dates, activities
World Port Days (Wereldhavendagen) in Rotterdam is the largest annual maritime event in the Netherlands. It features numerous…
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Festival De Achtertuin Rotterdam - date, location, lineup
Festival De Achtertuin is an electronic music festival with surreal and wonderful experiences in 'the backyard of Rotterdam' on…
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Rotterdam Rooftop Days - dates, locations, information
The Rotterdam Rooftop Days, better known in Dutch as 'Rotterdamse Dakendagen,' is an annual event that takes place on the first…
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Rappelling from the Euromast in Rotterdam
How about rappelling down the famous Euromast tower in Rotterdam? Experience an adrenaline rush as you descend from a height of…
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North Sea Round Town Rotterdam - locations, dates, artists
North Sea Round Town is the North Sea Jazz Festival's fringe festival. Expect poetry, dance and jazzy musical performances at…
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Rotterdam Rooftop Walk emerges on the Coolsingel
ROTTERDAM, 4 May 2022 -Â Starting Thursday 5 May, festival organization Rotterdamse Dakendagen will be selling tickets for the…
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New exhibition: Hair Power in Wereldmuseum Rotterdam
In the new exhibition Hair Power, the Wereldmuseum in Rotterdam celebrates the power and many symbolic meanings of hair, on view…
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Trompenburg Gardens to host Cactus Festival on 26 & 27 March
Trompenburg Gardens & Arboretum is organizing a Cactus Festival on 26 and 27 March in the beautiful botanical garden on the edge…
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Reggae Rotterdam festival - date, location, line-up, tickets
Reggae Rotterdam is the largest open-air reggae music festival in the Netherlands. The event draws fans from all across Europe…
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Feeling inspired? 'Bring your music and paint' in Rotterdam
Do you like to draw or paint? 'Muziek uit de verf' invites you to 'bring your own music' and create a work of art. All the…
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Global Mercy is visiting Rotterdam and you can hop aboard
The largest civilian hospital ship in the world, the Global Mercy, will dock in the port of Rotterdam on Saturday, 26 February.…
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The World Around architecture & design summit in Rotterdam
The third edition of the annual architecture and design conference opens on 5 February in collaboration with Het Nieuwe Instituut…
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This spring, dine among the flowers at Trompenburg Rotterdam
This spring, the pop-up restaurant experience De Maaltuin will be hosted at Rotterdam's Trompenburg Gardens & Arboretum. De…
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Spectacular floating art studio 'Lorin' moors in Rotterdam
In August 2021, Lorin's Promenade brings special performances to Rotterdam, inspired by illusionists Siegfried and Roy. Visitors…
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Exhibition about forty years of Baroeg Rotterdam
The oldest music venue in Rotterdam celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2021. A good reason for an exhibition at gallery &…
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Street art in Rotterdam - murals, art routes & guided tours
Like many great cities, Rotterdam also has its lucky walls, gates and houses covered in paintings. The artworks can be admired as…
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Submit Fest Rotterdam - location, date, artist line-up
Submit Fest is the indoor festival with the best 'up and coming' and 'breaking through' metal acts from regional, national and…
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Magical forest light show De Grote Schijn in Rotterdam
After a sold out edition last year in Rotterdam with more than 30,000 visitors, De Grote Schijn returns to the Netherlands. This…
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Delfshaven Festival Rotterdam - locations, dates, artists
During the Delfshaven Festival, the Piet Heynsplein in the heart of Delfshaven is transformed into an oasis in Rotterdam. Local…
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MOMO Create & Perform online festival goes behind the scenes
The MOMO Create & Perform programme features behind-the-scenes artists, with brainstorms and rehearsals, unique works created…
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The 10 tallest buildings in Rotterdam
Rotterdam is known for its modern architecture. Some even refer to it as 'Manhattan on the river Maas.' Of all the buildings,…
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Stukafest Rotterdam - info, locations, date, artist line-up
Stukafest is an annual festival in February, at which artists from all kinds of art disciplines (music, theatre, dance, poetry…
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International Film Festival Rotterdam - dates, screenings
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is one of the largest and most prestigious film festivals in the Netherlands.…
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Top 5 shops for books, comics & magazines in Rotterdam
Books have been around for centuries and even though the medium has been called old-fashioned and obsolete, it keeps coming back…
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'Rotterdam and Mei' architectural exhibition on view at OMI
The architectural exhibition, 'Rotterdam and Mei,' is currently on view at OMI Rotterdam. 'Mei architects' is responsible for…
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Joep Beving to play solo piano show at De Doelen Rotterdam
Dutch pianist Joep Beving has been booked for a solo piano concert in the De Doelen's main concert hall. The event is planned for…
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Wildlife Film Festival Rotterdam (WFFR) - location, dates
The Wildlife Film Festival Rotterdam is the largest nature festival in the Netherlands. For five days, the festival aims to…
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Temporary 'aquatecture' NOA underscores rising sea levels
Rotterdam is metres below sea level, are we going to keep it dry? That's the reasoning behind Aquatecture NOA Pavilion, a…
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AAAFRESH123 present Everything in the Cloud at Dock Gallery
Rotterdam-based art collective AAAFRESH123, present a series of paintings reflecting their âmaniacismâ art movement. The…
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Rhye to present new album in Maassilo Rotterdam - date, info
On April 21, 2021 the Canadian singer Rhye will bring his bedroom R&B to the Rotterdam Maassilo. The show is dedicated to his new…
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Camera Japan film & culture festival Rotterdam - information
Camera Japan is the largest festival for Japanese film and culture in the Benelux. See films, enjoy performances, participate in…
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Pride Week Rotterdam - 'Dare to love us! Drag Dinner Show
On Saturday, 26 September, Club Villa Thalia is host to a spectacular Drag Queen Dinner Show titled 'Dare to love us!' The event…
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Digital Port Day enlists talking drone-robots as tour guides
Rotterdam, 27 August 2020 - On Saturday 5 September, World Port Days will showcase the inner workings of the Port of Rotterdam…
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750 years Rotte | dam - expo at Museum Rotterdam
In 2020, it will be 750 years since the dam was laid in the Rotte. A historic moment for the creation of Rotterdam! To mark this…
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To Be - Live music collab by YMP & Rotterdam Philharmonic
The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and Y.M.P. join forces for the programme 'To be', which will take place on 24 and 25…
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MeneerKlaas.nl - purchase gifts and souvenirs from Rotterdam
There comes a point in every expatâs life when you look for a gift or souvenir for friends or family back home. Something that…
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Rotterdam Unlimited Summer Carnival - location, date, lineup
Every summer the streets of Rotterdam are privy to a spectacle which has no equal anywhere else in The Netherlands: the Rotterdam…
