Denise Roobol presents a new collection of vegan bags

Denise Roobol

Denise Roobol is a vegan designer bag brand based in Rotterdam. She started in 2013 when she finished the Willem de Kooning academy. Her new summer collection goes by the name: Modern Urbanism. It’s inspired by modern life in the city. The colours that recur in the Modern Urbanism collection are inspired by the colours […]

BullyBully is a musical about childish grown-up men

BullyBully by Kamerich Budwilowitz

At the moment you can imagine some presidents screaming furiously until they get what they want. A lot of politicians behave like toddlers, so Maas Theater and Dance has made BullyBully, a musical about the similarities between toddlers and certain world leaders. If you look at a speeching toddler and an adult in a suit […]

Duncan Laurence opens Pink Saturday

Duncan Laurence opens Pink Saturday

This year, Pink Saturday will take place on 18 June in Rotterdam and is part of Pride Week. During the free event at the Coolsingel Duncan Laurence will kick off the festival with an opening concert. The Rotterdam Pride Foundation, the organisation behind the 2022 edition of Pink Saturday, is very pleased with Laurence’s commitment. […]

Batavierhuis celebrates anniversary with 2 TO 2 FEST

Batavierhuis

The Batavierhuis is a breeding ground for enterprising artists. On April 2 and 3 the independent makerspace will be the site of the two-day mini-festival 2 TO 2 FEST. Several artists from Rotterdam celebrate the second anniversary of Batavierhuis for almost 24 hours. The Batavierhuis in Delfshaven is an initiative of the Droom en Daad […]

Gorillas opens a Future Market in Citrusveiling

Philou Louzolo at Gorillas Future Market

Gorillas was the first fast last-mile delivery service to start in Rotterdam. The on-demand delivery now opens a Future Market in the Rotterdamse Citrusveiling. Several locals curate an evening at this new gathering place for creativity, art, and culture. The monument will be transformed into an abandoned supermarket with space for music, fashion, art, and […]

Weelde has a packed opening weekend

Weelde opening weekend. Weia Tan

Weelde is a creative free state where anything is possible. It’s located in the industrial Western part of town and is a  destination for innovative art, culture, food, drinks, parties, and events. After a winter break, the doors will open with a packed opening weekend from Friday, April 1 to Sunday, April 3. Every day, […]

Parcls opens its first parcel point in Rotterdam

Parcls

Parcls is a parcel service where consumers can store, collect, return and have their parcels delivered at home. The company started in 2016 with its first neighborhood parcel point in Amsterdam. It now branches out to Rotterdam. The parcel service will open its first Rotterdam neighborhood parcel point in the Schilderstraat. The municipality of Rotterdam […]

A cultural festival in the former Tropicana

Tropicana Fest maarten-scheer unsplash

Tropicana Fest is a cultural festival of art and music. It presents a curated selection of Rotterdam talent. The initiator of the festival is Rotterdam’s pop musician Guus Bok. When Talitha Holl, the cultural director of Rotterdam Kralingen-Crooswijk introduced him to Vladimir Radujkov, artist, curator and initiator of NEON Foundation, the two neighbors from Kralingen […]

Hans Klok & Friends back in Rotterdam

hans klok & friends

After the success of the first Hans Klok & Friends tour there will be new shows this summer. From august 13 the illusionist once again appears next to SS Rotterdam for 13 performances. The Dutch illusionist Hans Klok is currently preparing a new stunt. He will step into a ‘wheel of death’. This apparatus consists […]

Stefflon Don, WizKid, Rick Ross and Ginuwine also come to Oh My!

Rick Ross at Oh My!

OH MY! Festival is already regarded as the largest R&B, hip-hop & afrobeats festival in the Benelux. With a new announcement of 18 new names, the festival makes the event even bigger. Stefflon Don, WizKid, Rick Ross, Mabel, Ginuwine and Qlas & Blacka from Rotterdam are now also on the bill. They will all perform […]