Restaurant ‘t Slaakhuys has opened at a historic location
The new restaurant ‘t Slaakhuys has opened its doors in the former editorial office of a daily newspaper. The historic building on the Slaak, designed by architect Jo Vegter, has undergone a major transformation. The interior has been given a modern and warm look. The walls of the restaurant have been decorated with graffiti by […]
Restaurant STER is the second endeavour by Terry Priem and Esther van Otterloo
Chef Terry Priem and his wife Esther van Otterloo started Gastrobar STER in 2019 in Kralingen. Restaurant STER will be their second business. It’s located at Honingerdijk 265 at the former site of restaurant Fred. Restaurant STER will be the bigger brother of Gastrobar STER. Chef-owner Terry Priem: “In the relatively small Gastrobar, we ran […]
Babor introduces the Advent Calendar 2022
Babor is an internationally leading brand of professional cosmetics that is still a family-run business to this day. It has three institutes in Rotterdam: Kralingen, Hillegersberg and Rhoon. Especially with Christmas on the way it introduces the Advent Calendar 2022. The calendar provides 24 skincare surprises for radiantly beautiful and youthful skin! Behind every little […]
De Bonte Koe opens a chocolate store in Kralingen
De Bonte Koe is a regional phenomenon. The chocolate company was founded in 1992 in Schiedam but already operates a chocolate store at the Nieuwe Binnenweg 112 and expands with a store in Kralingen that will open this October. By opening an additional store at Lusthofstraat 33A, De Bonte Koe wants to improve the accessibility […]
Glow Institute opens in Rotterdam
Glow Institute has opened a beauty salon at the Lusthofstraat in Kralingen. It has five state-of-the-art treatment rooms, a juice and lunch bar, a wide range of the latest skin and beauty products, a beauty bar with Olcay Gulsen products, and a flagship store of the revolutionary SKNGM. “Glow Institute offers the most modern treatment […]
Ruud den Haan opens a new store in Kralingen
Ruud den Haan already exists for almost a hundred years and has been on the Kralingse Oudedijk for forty of them. The fishmonger has stayed there. Opening a new bigger store at Oudedijk 133. The store has moved from Oudedijk 145 to the former bank on the crossing with the Mecklenburglaan. Twin brothers Christiaan and […]
BMW introduces Smart City Travel in Rotterdam
BMW and the municipality of Rotterdam work together to realise a new vision of future mobility. In which sustainability, traffic safety, accessibility and traffic flow are important. Their newest pilot is Smart City Travel. It aims at commuters who (regularly) drive from outside the city to the inner city of Rotterdam. BMW, Rotterdam, and Erasmus […]
A cultural festival in the former Tropicana
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 […]
Trompenburg organises tantalising Cactus Festival
Trompenburg is a beautifully designed botanic garden boasting a large collection of trees and plants. It also presents succulents, the collective name for succulents including cactus and related plants such as carnivorous plants. March 26 and 27 there is even a Cactus festival. During the festival there are various workshops, tours and lectures. These take […]
Kidsstock is a festival for and by kids
The organizers of Boothstock have kids who are pretty outspoken. They think they can organise a festival themselves so their parents let them. Sunday, June 12, a day after Boothstock, it’s time for the first edition of Kidsstock. The kids could decide everything. The youthful advisory board came up with the name and they decided […]
