A striking homage to jazz and Jules Deelder
On the yellow wall of the former C5 Jazz Club at the Schiehaven, there is now an homage to a true icon: Jules Deelder. This famous poet and writer covered topics such as life in his hometown Rotterdam, drug use, and jazz. Construction company VORM asked artist Marcel Labrie to make a fitting tribute. Since 2018, […]
Wester Paviljoen pays tribute to Nieuwe Binnenweg
The Nieuwe Binnenweg and its surroundings once were filled with record shops and clubs. To honor these funky times Wester Paviljoen is launching a weekly session on Sunday. Local DJ’s play vinyl as a tribute to those times. The Nieuwe Binnenweg determined the musical climate of the city. Clubs like Otto, Full Moon, Tudor, Sunshine […]
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 […]
All street names in Rotterdam will be explained by QR code
Rotterdam is the first city in the Netherlands to explain all its street names. This explanation can be requested via a QR code when walking the street. Next year, the first of the total of almost 6,500 streets will be explained. Lusthofstraat, Karel Doormanstraat, Meent or Oude Binnenweg. What is the origin of those names? […]
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 […]
New life for historic Kuyl’s Fundatie in Kralingen
Dudok Horeca Group has been an established brand in Dutch hospitality for over 30 years. It started with a regarded restaurant on the Meent and since then various locations, patisserie shops and bakeries have been opened in Rotterdam and other cities. Kuyl’s Fundatie in Kralingen is now part of the portfolio. This historic building at […]
Elite Retreat
A little over 100 years ago, Kralingen was an independent village where good money was being made in the peat extraction business. It was a place where the elite built retreats and almshouses for widows and elderly maidservants. Words: Evelien Baks You may often hear locals describing something old as being ‘as old as the […]
Heroics on Noordereiland
Wedged between the city’s north and south is a unique area of Rotterdam called Noordereiland. Nowadays it’s a peaceful suburb, but it wasn’t always that way. During the Second World War, Dutch marines stood their ground on the old Hef Bridge, valiantly defending the city. Words: Evelien Baks Noordereiland is a residential island lying in the […]
From Estate to Museum Park
The history of Museumpark [dt_gap height=”10″ /] Words by Evelien Baks [dt_gap height=”10″ /] It was only 100 years ago that the area now widely known as Museumpark was just ordinary farmland. Yet this farmland had far-from-ordinary owners: the extremely wealthy Van Hoboken family. Their old estate now houses six museums, and becoming a very […]
Hotel New York: story of pioneers
A city icon full of history Emigrants once left in droves on board the Holland America Line, steaming across the ocean to the other side of the world in search of happiness and a new life. There’s a different sort of pressure these days in the old Holland America Line head office, where management once […]