Seabass now has a brandstore in hometown Rotterdam

Seabass

When vacationing Kayleigh and Barry van Ruiven saw their 2-year-old son Bass turn red in the sun. They decided to buy the little boy a UV shirt with the highest UPF. But a fashionable or elegant UV shirt was nowhere to find. They decided to create their own brand: Seabass. They make shirts with the […]

Rotterdam has its own Wildstube serving game dishes

Wildstube

In the upcoming Scheepvaartkwartier, you can find Wildstube. A Bayerischer cabin with a  beer garden serving game dishes and German wines and beer. Wildstube bei Balten is located in the basement of the Van Vollenhovenstraat number 23.  Owner Balten Schalkwijk is no stranger to the Rotterdam hospitality industry. After 20 years of working in banking […]

Restaurant Rotonde turns towards a world with food for everyone

Restaurant Rotonde

For years, Jord Coree, Roy Lammers and Birk Heijkants have been dreaming of their own restaurant. Whenever they went out to eat, they tried to analyze everything. What makes a restaurant so good? What would they do differently? They kept everything in mind during their work in the hospitality industry as it was a long-term […]

Former church will be Muziekwerf, a music stage for youngsters

Muziekwerf

Stichting Droom en Daad is a philanthropic organisation focusing on the city’s cultural sector. It’s led by Wim Pijbes and they already developed De Wasserij and the Heerenhuys and are involved with lots of other events. Now they transform a church into Muziekwerf, a rehearsal and concert venue for youth orchestras in the Netherlands. Hidden […]

Have a genderful day at Wereldmuseum

What a Genderful World Wereldmuseum Rotterdam

Gender is a hot topic. Wereldmuseum now has an exhibition on display to discover how gender is expressed and experienced worldwide. It already opened last February but because of the measurements, there wasn’t an official opening. That’s why on December 10th people can visit the expo with a discount. That day, it’s Purple Friday and […]

Clan De Banlieue and Woei collaborate for the city

Clan de Banlieue Woei Aruna_Willem_de_Kam

Two popular streetwear brands from Rotterdam come together. Clan De Banlieue and Woei created a capsule collection. It will be available November 22nd instore and online at Clan De Banlieue at Zaagmolendrift and Woei at Hoogstraat. Clan de Banlieue started as a school assignment in 2016 as. It has since grown into a full-fledged streetwear […]

Construction has started on stilwerk Rotterdam

Santos will be transformed in stilwerk

Stilwerk is a German enterprise operating in quality design. At its locations in Hamburg and Düsseldorf customers will find 800 premium brands. Rotterdam will be home to a new design destination from 2023. The historic Santos building – a listed brick building on the Katendrecht peninsula – offers the perfect conditions for this. The former […]

Thousands of lights make Rotterdam Central Station sparkle

Lightning Rotterdam Central Station

The NS (the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands) really went all out with lightning Rotterdam Central Station. Thousands of lights Station give the station a winter makeover. With this, NS wants to make the dark days more pleasant for travellers and visitors. Station manager Marijke Ris. “We have placed a large gift in […]

Microlab is looking for entrepreneurs on a sustainable mission

Microlab Poetsprijs

In Rotterdam there is a famous saying: ‘Niet lullen maar poetsen’. The literal translation is: ‘Don’t blab on, just clean’ and it of course means:  ‘Don’t just talk about something, but just do it.’ Coworking space Microlab is searching for companies with this mentality. Start-ups can win the Poetsprijs and a residence in the building.  Interested participants […]

It’s A Soulful Christmas with Michelle David & The True-tones

Michelle David & The True-tones

Michelle David grew up on gospel music. The North Carolina-born artist may have been singing all her life, but it was only in the 90’s when she toured the Netherlands, that her career really took off. She met the Dutch funk legends Lefties Soul Connection and together they recorded four Gospel flavored albums. As time […]