A TASTE OF ROTTERDAM
Local Brewery Tours Combining best of both worlds: Rotterdam and craft beers! Join in on a 2.5-hour guided tour past three of the greatest breweries in Rotterdam. You’ll hear the stories behind the beers, see where the magic happens and perhaps even get to meet the master brewer while you are there. Best of all, […]
Zalmhuis
Though Zalmhuis (Salmon House) is a city icon, the interior needed a little makeover. So that’s exactly what new owner Herman Hell did – and he did it exceptionally well! Located at the foot of the Van Brienenoord Bridge, Zalmhuis is the latest hotspot for eating the best fish. Surrounded by contemporary furniture, striking wall […]
THE ICING ON THE CAKE FOR ‘DE BEREN’ RESTAURANTS
Restaurant group De Beren wins Foodservice Award Rotterdam restaurant group De Beren Restaurants has won a Foodservice Award in the restaurants category. In this second edition of the Foodservice Awards, consumers from all over the country entered more than 20,000 assessments valuing aspects such as service, product quality and hospitality. De Beren Restaurants won with […]
SPECIAL BIRTHDAY PRESENT FOR THEATRE
Zuidplein Theater hailed “Real Rotterdam Heritage” Theater Zuidplein has been officially named “Real Rotterdam Heritage” during the Story Café ‘Real Rotterdam South Theater’ in Museum Rotterdam. Mariska van Elsen, head of marketing & programming at the theatre, was awarded the certificate by Nicole van Dijk, curator at Museum Rotterdam. In order to be named “Real […]
BRAND-NEW FASHION HUB
‘De Wasserij’ brings fashion-minded professionals together De Wasserij is a brand-new Fashion HUB where innovative professionals in fashion can meet, collaborate and exchange knowledge. The building, a former industrial laundromat in the north of Rotterdam, offers studios to approximately 50 shakers and movers in the fashion industry. In De Wasserij, they and other interested parties can […]
THREE CITIES, THREE WORLD PREMIERES
International collaboration for Scapino Ballet 3D International is a new, international collaboration between three major dance companies: Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, Göteborgs Opera Danskompani from Sweden and Staatstheater Mainz from Germany. A selection of young dancers-choreographers from each company come together with one of the other companies to create a completely new work for the dancers. […]
VERY SPECIAL LITERARY DEBUT
VERDI PRATI. Drie verhalen Rotterdam writer Harry van den Bouwhuijsen, aged 75, brings his literary debut “VERDI PRATI. Drie Verhalen” [Three Stories]. At a young age, Harry already wrote texts for the radio and published some of his poems. Harry studied cultural anthropology and worked in the field of science. He taught history until his […]
ENJOYING SPORTS WITH THE WHOLE FAMILY
Ladies Run becomes Rotterdam Running Festival Everyone is a winner! After years of the Ladies Run, which saw thousands of pink-clad women running a route through the south of Rotterdam to raise money for Pink Ribbon, the event will be a family festival starting in 2020. Now named Rotterdam Running Festival, the event invites the […]
UNLIMITED GIN TONICS!
Loopuyt Gin launches the first Vir-gin Made with the same 12 botanicals as the original Loopuyt Gin, Jaco van der Leun, master distiller at Loopuyt, created the very first alcohol-free gin. Hence the name Virgin! It took him approximately one year to create a drink that is indistinguishable from the real thing. Loopuyt Gin is […]
READ ALL ABOUT THE FAMOUS VAN NELLE FACTORY
Van Nelle factory: World heritage in glass and steel The Van Nelle factory was named “most beautiful building in Rotterdam” in 2019. With staggering walls of glass and steel, iconic red letters, characteristic transport bridges and the ‘bonbon box’ on its roof (which affords an impressive view over the city), the Van Nelle factory is […]