Discover the city while running the KLM Urban Trail

KLM Urban Trail Rotterdam

At a KLM Urban Trail, participants discover the Netherlands’ most beautiful cities in a unique and sporty way. The fifth edition of the KLM Urban Trail Rotterdam will take place on Sunday, October 9. From the start on the Binnenrotte participants discover this bustling port city full of eye-catchers and modern architecture. The 10 km […]

Domestica Rotterdam presents The drowned land of Doggerland

Domestica Rotterdam foto door Hélène van Domburg Fotografie

Domestica Rotterdam brings a lost prehistoric world in the North Sea to life at the former Schiedam Glass Factory.  Domestica Rotterdam is an ensemble formed in 1997 by musicians from the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. The ensemble’s focus is in unusual repertoire and arrangements, concerts, chamber operas, and (educational) musical theatre. For The drowned land of […]

Rauw presents raw jazz by Jameszoo’s Blind Group and Gita Buhari

Gita Buhari at Rauw by Yaqine Hamzaoui

Since 2001, Festival Jazz International Rotterdam has been a successful jazz festival in Rotterdam with current and high-quality jazz. But the festival is now called: RAUW. Further cementing the ambitions of offering raw adventurous music that explores the fringes of jazz. RAUW stands for adventurous music that explores the fringes of jazz. The festival presents […]

Floating Cinema in Maritime District

Floating Cinema in Maritime district Hester_Blankestijn

Rotterdam’s nautical roots are strong in the Maritime District. The inner harbor was bustling with port activity a hundred years ago but now is The Red Apple Marina. Saturday, September 10, the second edition of Floating Cinema takes place. From 7 PM Life of Pi by Ang Lee is shown in the heart of the […]

GetEase gets release in Rotterdam

GetEase

GetEase is a new innovative app. Users can choose from a variety of experts who can deliver their services easily and instantly. After a successful launch in Amsterdam, GetEase now also operates in Rotterdam. The platform makes it possible to seamlessly book a hairdresser, manicure, masseuse or personal trainer to the comfort of their own […]

HEDONE launches clothing line for RSCW

HEDONE RSCW

Rotterdam-based street-fashion label HEDONE has developed a limited edition clothing line, especially for the Rotterdam Street Culture Week (RSCW). HEDONE team was inspired by the photos of Stacii Samidin, which were used as images in the RSCW campaign. The collection includes hoodies, t-shirts, caps and some unique masterpieces. From September 3 to September 11, during […]

The world’s first hydrogen powered watertaxi sails Rotterdam

Watertaxi on hydrogen MSTX 22 in Rijnhaven

The maritime industry has an enormous emissions footprint. Local companies Enviu, Flying Fish, Zepp.Solutions have formed the SWIM consortium to develop the world’s first hydrogen-powered watertaxi. 12 passengers can board the MSTX 22. It’s the first commercial boat that entirely runs on this zero-emission fuel. During the World Port Days, Friday 2, and Saturday 3 September, the […]

Kellogg’s presents a bike booth on Eendrachtsplein

Kellog's bike

On September 2, Kellogg’s presents a bike booth on the Eendrachtsplein where passers-by are invited to have their bikes painted by street art artists. From 10 AM Kellogg’s stimulates creativity and imagination in the city where the streets are filled with art. Bicycles are inextricably linked to Dutch culture; there are now said to be […]

Anne Reitsma shows the future at World Port Days

maritiem museum anne reitsma world port days

For over ten years Anne Reitsma has been the official photographer at the World Port Days. But she also enjoys photographing the people who work in the port. Her new exhibition consists of 16 large portraits and 6 panoramas on the Maritime Museum Rotterdam. The exhibition is called Young in the Harbor. It is on […]

Britta and Yuri Wattimena to open restaurant YANO

YANO Rotterdam

The fine-dining restaurant of the Wattimena couple on the Straatweg 114 in Hillegersberg will be called YANO and will open its doors in November 2022. On the site of the former restaurant Zotte, Britta and Yuri Wattimena will open a restaurant that can 35 guests, has a terrace and looks out over the water of […]