Local artists have drawn the impact of COVID-19 on Rotterdam
The city artists Erico Smit, Gwen Stok, Funs Janssen, and Gemma Plum have captured the impact of COVID-19 on Rotterdammers and the city of Rotterdam. They were commissioned by the Rotterdam City Archives and CBK Rotterdam. Their creations can be seen from October 23 at the Kunsthal during the exhibition ‘Drawn: Rotterdam! One-and-a-half-metre-society’. During the […]
Admire twenty ping-pong tables at Groot Handelsgebouw
Twenty artists have painted ping-pong tables at Groot Handelsgebouw to celebrate 20 years of Dutch Design Week. The artworks can be admired from Tuesday, October 19 in front of the monumental building at the Stationsplein. Of course, you can play some table tennis. Artists were invited to paint the ping-pong tables. It’s a nod to […]
Bruno Afterwork Borrel at Room Mate and Foodhallen
The almost derelict Pakhuis Meesteren on the Kop van Zuid has been transformed into a vibrant location. The Foodhallen Rotterdam and the Bruno of the Spanish hotel chain Room Mate now offer plenty of entertainment. They have now joined forces and host a new and especially fresh Friday afternoon drinks: Bruno Afterwork Borrel. On November […]
Crowdfunding the Makii Animal Parade
Illustrators Mielo Pouwer and Idris van Heffen founded Makii in 2013 and they develop creative and innovative products for children. They create giant colouring pictures, window clings, Rotterdam inspired pins and tattoos. You can now help get their Animal Parade to live. The products are sold nationally and internationally through leading retailers such as Voorlopig […]
Hotel Not Hotel expands to Rotterdam
As the name suggests, Hotel Not Hotel offers more than just an overnight stay. Guests don’t sleep in a common room but in large objects designed by artists. There is already a hotel in Amsterdam, in Rotterdam soon a new Hotel Not Hotel opens next to the Central Station. Hotel Not Hotel already opened its […]
Hans Klok appears next to SS Rotterdam
Actually, Hans Klok was supposed to give spectacular magic shows in Las Vegas right now. But because of Covid-19, Hollands’ most famous illusionist is back. From October 16th he has his own tent next to the SS Rotterdam in Katendrecht. Where the magician and other artists will show their tricks. It is the illusionist’s first […]
Fletcher Hotels arrives at Rotterdam The Hague Airport
Fletcher operates over 100 unique Hotels in the Netherlands. But there isn’t one hotel in Rotterdam. Until now. With the acquisition Wings Hotel next Rotterdam The Hague Airport and plans to build a Fletcher Hotel Rotterdam-Airport there soon will be two hotels. An establishment at an airport is new for Fletcher Hotels. The service will […]
Vlaamsch Broodhuys opens Bakers Café in Schiedam
Vlaamsch Broodhuys specializes in artisanal bread for 25 years now. You can get it at two shops at the Meent and Nieuwe Binnenweg, at the Bakers Café they also sell pastries, delicacies and other baked goods. These Baker’s Cafes are close to the home of the owners Dimitri Roels and his wife Diante. As they […]
A new OASE along the Maas-river
Oase is a place with a mission: planet first. It was a temporary physical sustainable mini-mall in the middle of the city centre at the end of 2019. Now there is a new spot alongside the Maas in a former wharf. This place will be a sustainable-social breeding ground and event space. This industrial warehouse […]
Silence of the Tides opens Wildlife Film Festival Rotterdam
Silence of the Tides is the opening film of the 7th edition of the Wildlife Film Festival Rotterdam (WFFR). The most beautiful nature films of our own soil will be screened from 26 to 31 October in Cinerama. Silence of the Tides is about our famous Wadden Sea, there also movies about nature reserve De […]