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Museum Rotterdam Coolhaven closes in November 2026
HAPPENING 13-15 NOV '26 | Museum Rotterdam ’40-’45 NU is preparing to close its doors at Coolhaven after years of sharing…
Cheroney Pelupessy brings Draagkracht to Rotterdam
HAPPENING 4 NOV & 11 DEC '26 | Choreographer Cheroney Pelupessy brings her new dance production Draagkracht to Rotterdam twice…
Pan’s Labyrinth screens at Wereldmuseum Rotterdam
HAPPENING 28 OCT '26 | Guillermo del Toro’s dark fantasy classic Pan’s Labyrinth comes to Wereldmuseum Rotterdam on Wednesday 28…
Jazz Yoga: Winter edition at LantarenVenster
HAPPENING 15 NOV '26 | Jazz Yoga returns with a special winter edition, combining a calm morning yoga session with live…
European Outdoor Film Tour Rotterdam: films and tickets
HAPPENING 22 OCT '26 | The European Outdoor Film Tour returns to Rotterdam on Thursday 22 October, bringing its 2026 adventure…
Typical Tropical announces Rotterdam events for October
ROTTERDAM, 15 September 2026 – Typical Tropical has announced a busy October programme of salsa and bachata parties, dance…
APNA Divali Familie Festival returns to de Doelen
HAPPENING 25 OCT '26 | APNA Divali Familie Festival returns to de Doelen on Sunday 25 October for a ten-hour celebration of…
Black Achievement Month comes to Fenix Rotterdam
OCTOBER 2026 | Fenix joins Black Achievement Month as a new Rotterdam venue this October, with a programme spanning performance,…
KiDDiERAVES brings family rave to Rotterdam’s Maassilo
HAPPENING 8 NOV '26 | Maassilo will swap its usual night-time crowd for a much younger generation on Sunday 8 November when…
Trompenburg by Night 2026: illuminated gardens and light art in Rotterdam
HAPPENING 12–15 NOV '26 | Trompenburg Gardens & Arboretum is opening after dark for four evenings of illuminated trees, light art…
Maastunnelloop Rotterdam 2026: date, routes and registration
HAPPENING 8 NOV 2026 | The Inofec Maastunnelloop returns to Rotterdam on Sunday 8 November 2026. The sixth edition combines…
Halloween in Rotterdam 2026: parties, haunted houses and family events
HAPPENING 21-31 OCT '26 | Halloween in Rotterdam is bringing haunted houses, costume parties, family activities and late-night…
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Popronde Rotterdam - date, locations, artists, info
HAPPENING 7 NOV '26 | Popronde Rotterdam returns on Saturday 7 November with more than 80 free performances spread across 41…
100% Auto Live: tuning, supercars and live action
HAPPENING 31 OCT–1 NOV '26 | 100% Auto Live returns to Rotterdam Ahoy for its 25th edition, filling six halls with more than 300…
Wildlife Film Festival Rotterdam (WFFR) - location, dates
HAPPENING 2 to 8 November 2026 | Wildlife Film Festival Rotterdam returns to Cinerama and LantarenVenster with more than 60…
Rotterdam Pride 2027: dates, Pride March & festival
HAPPENING 16–26 SEP '27 | Rotterdam Pride returns from 16 to 26 September 2027 for eleven days of visibility, community, culture,…
2026 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Rotterdam
HAPPENING 17 to 25 October 2026 | Rotterdam hosts the 54th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships at Rotterdam Ahoy, bringing…
World Port Days Rotterdam 2027: dates, location and activities
HAPPENING 3–5 SEP '27 | ROTTERDAM, 6 October 2026 – World Port Days Rotterdam (Wereldhavendagen) returns from Friday 3 to Sunday…
Current exhibitions
Fenix exhibits rare Ata Kandó photos of Hungarian refugees
ON VIEW FROM 23 OCT '26 | Rotterdam's Fenix museum has acquired a rare series of original photographs by Hungarian-Dutch…
Maastunnel exhibition marks 150 years of city cleaning
FROM 1 NOV '26 to 1 MAR '27 | A new photo exhibition in the Maastunnel will trace 150 years of keeping Rotterdam clean, from…
Drawn: Rotterdam! exhibition captures the city after dark
FROM 17 OCT '26–7 FEB '27 | What does Rotterdam look like after most of the city has gone to bed? Three city artists spent recent…
Jip van den Toorn brings 250+ cartoons to Kunsthal
FROM 7 NOV '26 to 7 MAR '27 | Kunsthal Rotterdam will present Jip van den Toorn. Now That You’re Here from 7 November 2026 to 7…
Baroeg exhibition opens in Rotterdam’s Maastunnel
FROM 2 SEP '26 UNTIL N/A – A new photo exhibition in the Maastunnel puts Rotterdam music venue Baroeg in the spotlight, tracing…
Plastic Sea, Perfect Storm explores migrant labour in Spain
FROM 3 OCT '26 UNTIL 7 MAR '27 | Kunsthal Rotterdam opens Plastic Sea, Perfect Storm on Saturday 3 October, a photography…
Live the Surreal brings 90 artworks to Wereldmuseum Rotterdam
FROM 18 SEP '26 UNTIL 29 AUG '27 | Wereldmuseum Rotterdam will open Live the Surreal (Leef Surrealisme) on 18 September, bringing…
Slavs and Tatars brings Mouthfool to Fenix Rotterdam
FROM 19 NOV '26 UNTIL 9 MAY '27 | ROTTERDAM, 1 September 2026 – Fenix will open a new 650-square-metre temporary exhibition space…
Marisol retrospective opens at Depot Boijmans in Rotterdam
FROM 9 OCT '26 to 29 MAR '27 | Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen brings Venezuelan-American pop art icon Marisol back to Rotterdam…
Signac’s symphony of colours comes to Kunsthal Rotterdam
FROM 24 OCT '26–28 FEB '27 | Kunsthal Rotterdam will present Signac. Symphony of Colours, a major survey of neo-impressionist…
SIDELINED opens at Nieuwe Instituut
FROM 10 JUL '26–30 JAN '27 | Nieuwe Instituut opens SIDELINED. Ruimte voor anders samenzijn to the public on Friday 10 July,…
Art of Indigenous Skateboarding at Wereldmuseum Rotterdam
FROM 20 NOV '26 - 9 SEP '27 | ROTTERDAM, 28 May 2026 – Wereldmuseum Rotterdam has announced Art of Indigenous Skateboarding, a…
Santiago Sierra brings DEATH & MONEY to Brutus
HAPPENING 20 SEP–20 DEC '26 | Brutus Art Space presents DEATH & MONEY, the largest solo exhibition of Santiago Sierra’s work…
Benedikte Bjerre brings penguins to Kunsthal Rotterdam
FROM 30 APR-1 NOV 2026 | More than a hundred helium-filled baby penguins will drift through Kunsthal Rotterdam from Saturday 30…
Kunsthal Rotterdam presents Helen Levitt: City at Play
FROM 30 MAY- 4 OCT '26 | Kunsthal Rotterdam is opening a major Helen Levitt exhibition this spring, bringing more than 220…
Spirit of Japan at Remastered Rotterdam
FROM 17 JUL '26 | Geishas, samurai, spirits, cherry blossoms and towering waves now fill the walls and floors of Remastered…
Sabine Marcelis transforms Kunsthal ramp with Continuum
FROM 17 FEB–1 NOV '26 | Kunsthal Rotterdam is presenting a new site-specific installation by Rotterdam artist and designer Sabine…
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Rotterdam exhibition on impact of childcare benefits scandal
FROM 28 NOV 2025–1 NOV 2026 | The Belasting & Douane Museum in Rotterdam is opening a new temporary exhibition about the Dutch…
Explore the future at Nieuwe Instituut's 'Toekomstmakers!'
Until +/- 14 December 2026 | A new exhibition at the Nieuwe Instituut invites children to explore their vision of the future. The…
At the movies
Film tip: Wildwood brings an enchanted forest to life on the big screen
Wildwood takes stop-motion animation to extraordinary new heights with a sweeping fantasy adventure filled with talking animals,…
Film tip: Sense and Sensibility gives Austen a windswept new look
Jane Austen returns to the big screen with fewer polished drawing rooms and considerably more mud, rain and emotional chaos.…
Film tip: The Social Reckoning digs into the Facebook Files
Sixteen years after The Social Network turned Facebook’s creation into one of the defining films of the internet age, Aaron…
Pan’s Labyrinth screens at Wereldmuseum Rotterdam
HAPPENING 28 OCT '26 | Guillermo del Toro’s dark fantasy classic Pan’s Labyrinth comes to Wereldmuseum Rotterdam on Wednesday 28…
Film tip: Digger turns environmental disaster into black comedy
Tom Cruise swaps fighter jets and impossible missions for prosthetics, cowboy boots and an oil empire in Digger, Alejandro G.…
Film tip: Palestine 36 revisits a pivotal year in Palestinian history
Palestine 36 turns a pivotal and less frequently dramatised chapter of Middle Eastern history into a sweeping human drama about…
Film tip: Resident Evil sends one unlucky courier into Raccoon City
Zach Cregger takes Resident Evil back to survival horror with an entirely new story rather than another retelling of the games.…
Film tip: Pressure turns the D-Day weather forecast into a thriller
Pressure finds fresh tension in one of history’s most familiar military operations by leaving the beaches behind and heading…
Film tip: The Death of Robin Hood turns the legend into a brutal reckoning
Forget the merry outlaw in green tights. The Death of Robin Hood gives Hugh Jackman a blood-soaked, battle-worn version of the…
Fun stuff to do in Rotterdam
Schaatsen op de Maas: new Rotterdam ice rink for winter 2026
HAPPENING 6 DEC '26 – 3 JAN '27 | Rotterdam's Noordereiland is getting a new winter attraction, with an ice rink overlooking the…
Christmas markets in and around Rotterdam
Christmas markets in Rotterdam are returning for 2026, with Scandinavian traditions, local makers, festive food and winter…
Euromast autumn break 2026: activities for children
HAPPENING 17 TO 24 OCT '26 | The Euromast is adding extra activities for children during Rotterdam's autumn school holiday,…
Trompenburg fills October with films, yoga and fungi
ROTTERDAM, 30 September 2026 – Autumn at Trompenburg brings more than changing leaves this October, with wildlife films, outdoor…
Autumn plant market at Trompenburg Gardens
HAPPENING 19–20 SEP 2026 | Trompenburg Gardens returns with its autumn plant market this September, bringing specialist growers,…
Slow September brings yoga and relaxation to Trompenburg
HAPPENING 1–13 SEP 2026 | Trompenburg Tuinen & Arboretum is slowing things down from 1 to 13 September with yoga, forest bathing,…
Trompenburg offers free entry during Rotterdam heat
ROTTERDAM, 13 August 2026 – Looking for somewhere greener to spend one of Rotterdam’s hottest days? Trompenburg Tuinen &…
Euromast hosts rooftop bar, silent disco and stair run
ROTTERDAM, 17 July 2026 – The Euromast has launched a summer programme at 100 metres, beginning with a pop-up Rooftop Bar running…
Euromast reopens earlier than planned
ROTTERDAM, 18 June 2026 – The Euromast reopens to visitors today after months of renovation, earlier than the previously expected…
Friendly Fire Rotterdam opens at Alexandrium
ROTTERDAM, 15 May 2026 – Friendly Fire will open its first Dutch gaming café at Alexandrium Shopping Center on Friday 22 May. The…
Autumn walks, film nights and foraging at Trompenburg
UNTIL 9 NOV 2025 | As the days grow shorter and the air turns crisp, Trompenburg Gardens transforms into a breathtaking sea of…
Tickets on sale for Wereldhavendagen 2025
ROTTERDAM, 15 August 2025 – Ticket sales for World Port Days 2025 excursions and cruises begin this Monday at 12:00. The annual…
Euromast unveils The Rise of Rotterdam visitor journey
ROTTERDAM, 30 June 2025 – The Euromast marks its 65th anniversary with a new immersive exhibition that reimagines Rotterdam’s…
Expedition Blijdorp: a new interactive zoo experience
ROTTERDAM, 14 February 2025 – Diergaarde Blijdorp introduces 'Expedition Blijdorp', an interactive experience that blends…
Discover the Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam 2025
ROTTERDAM, 10 January 2025 — The Nieuwe Instituut’s 2025 programme promises a dynamic year of exhibitions, international events,…
Rotterdam New Year’s Eve fireworks and light show
HAPPENING 31 December | Rotterdam's New Year’s Eve celebrations are a must-experience for residents and visitors alike. The…
Rotterdam's RiF010 surf pool set to open this summer
ROTTERDAM, 7 May 2024 – The world's first urban surf pool in Rotterdam will open its waves to surfers this summer, offering a new…
New X-Cube escape room experience opens in Schiedam
ROTTERDAM, 3 July 2023 – The city of Schiedam, a stone's throw away from Rotterdam, welcomes a new form of entertainment today.…
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…
KINO Rotterdam - Cinema, restaurant and creative workspace
KINO is one of the main cinemas in the centre of Rotterdam. With its fully stocked bar and restaurant as well as a wide range of…
