Hotel Not Hotel Rotterdam offers 36 artful rooms
The unique concept Hotel Not Hotel opens a branch in Rotterdam. Hotel Not Hotel Rotterdam is located in one of Rotterdams ugliest buildings near Central Station. Part of the complex is completely transformed into 36 rooms, designed by various well-known artists. Jesús Malverde is the related Mexican restaurant and cocktail bar. As the name suggests, […]
ROOF-A is a new international meeting place for culture
Lobke Broos, known for her work at the Nederlands Fotomuseum, is the initiator of ROOF-A. A new cultural place for exhibitions, cultural encounters, entrepreneurship and networking in the bustling Scheepvaartkwartier. The opening is Friday 5 November 2021. The concept works two ways: ROOF-A Gallery and ROOF-A Development. It will be a platform for art, with […]
Eaux Posse is opening in the upcoming Lloydkwartier
Paul Posse, entrepreneur in the hospitality industry and photographer, is a true pioneer. After he once was one of the first to open a restaurant in the Fenix warehouse in Katendrecht, he now opens Eaux Posse on the banks of the Maas in Schiemond. He calls his new spot an ‘unusual suspect‘. Hidden away, next […]
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 […]
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 […]
Glashard shows gigantic artworks in Schiedam
Just across the border with Schiedam, you’ll find an immense terrain that will be the location of a spacious art event. At the former location of a glass factory, some 25 artists are invited to create gigantic artworks during Glashard. Opperclaes (designers Linda van der Vleuten and Bruce Tsai-Meu-Chong) oversees the expo and has selected […]
Groot Handelsgebouw presents Collision Project
On the occasion of 20th Dutch Design Week, the Groot Handelsgebouw is calling on 20 Dutch artists and designers, for a live event that is part of the international Collision Project. They are invited to paint 20 ping-pong tables on 18 October. From 19 October the works can be viewed free of charge at the […]
Restaurant Coco takes over Het Nieuwe Café
Het Nieuwe Café is the open for all restaurant and bar with a beautiful terrace in Het Nieuwe Instituut. Het Nieuwe Café has a new chef. Manuela Goncalves Tavares (already known for Coco) runs the restaurant now. Together with her team, she serves colourful, mostly plant-based and seasonal dishes. Manuela Goncalves Tavares is well known in […]
Jim de Jong heads the restaurant of Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen
When Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen opens on the 6th of November a new restaurant will also appear on the culinary map. On the top floor of the depot well-known Rotterdam chef Jim de Jong will be in charge of the kitchen. Visitors of the depot can enter the restaurant for lunch during the day. In […]
