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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…
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…
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,…
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…
Laurenskerk becomes a Roller Disco this October
HAPPENING 21–23 OCT '26 | Missing the summer evenings on wheels? Rotterdam’s skating season is getting an indoor encore this…
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…
Historic Rotterdam ship becomes live musical instrument
HAPPENING 2–10 OCT '26 | A historic ship will become a live musical instrument in Rotterdam this October when Klankexpeditie…
The Official Unofficial 2026: 50+ free shows in Rotterdam
HAPPENING 23–24 OCT '26 | The Official Unofficial returns to Rotterdam on Friday 23 and Saturday 24 October with more than 50…
Left of the Dial festival Rotterdam - dates, locations, acts
HAPPENING 21 TO 24 OCTOBER 2026 | Left of the Dial returns to Rotterdam with more than 150 emerging artists performing across…
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 with 60 nature films, filmmaker encounters and industry…
AFFR Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam - dates, locations
HAPPENING 7–11 OCT 2026 | Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam returns in October 2026 with another edition devoted to film,…
2026 World Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam
HAPPENING 17–25 October 2026 | Rotterdam will host the 54th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships at Rotterdam Ahoy. The…
Current exhibitions
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…
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…
Queer Utopia reimagines art history in Rotterdam
UNTIL 17 OCT '26 | While Rotterdam Pride continues across the city until 27 September, a free exhibition at The Usual is asking…
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…
Kunsthal looks back at 50 years of North Sea Jazz
FROM 5 SEP–11 OCT '26 | Fifty years of North Sea Jazz are coming together in a new photography exhibition at Kunsthal 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,…
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
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…
Film tip: The Rivals of Amziah King puts McConaughey back in his element
Matthew McConaughey plays a banjo-strumming beekeeper at the centre of a warm, weird and increasingly dangerous slice of rural…
Film tip: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma reinvents the slasher
Jane Schoenbrun takes the slasher film apart, rummages through its blood-soaked history and rebuilds it as something stranger,…
Film tip: The End of Oak Street turns suburbia into a prehistoric nightmare
The director of It Follows drops Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor and their children into a wonderfully inconvenient situation: their…
Fun stuff to do in Rotterdam
Christmas Markets in and around Rotterdam
If the dim daylight, the early dark and the general wetness of the season threaten your mood, Christmas markets in and around…
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…
Family adventures at the Euromast this autumn break
HAPPENING 18–22 OCT 2025 | This autumn break, the Euromast transforms into an adventure paradise for families. From 18 to 22…
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…
