GO Sharing offers shared electric MINI Coopers
GO Sharing has added electric shared cars to its range of services in Rotterdam. Recently it already introduced e-bikes and now thirty shared electric MINI Coopers are also available. With this multimodal approach, the company seeks to better connect its various service areas for shared e-mopeds and e-bikes. To stimulate the use of shared mobility […]
Rechtstreex makes consumers co-owners through crowdfunding
Rechtstreex makes it possible to buy your groceries from local farmers, growers and producers. Order online and collect the groceries at pickup points in several neighbourhoods. Rechtstreex operates from the Keilepand. It offers a weekly seasonal assortment from the region so consumers can buy orders at a fair price from farmers. Without unnecessary intermediaries and […]
Seabass now has a brandstore in hometown Rotterdam
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 […]
Microlab is looking for entrepreneurs on a sustainable mission
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 […]
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 […]
Marvy Green delivers ready to use balcony boxes at home
Marvy Green wants to make the city greener. The Rotterdam-based company developed a shipping box that makes it possible to have plant-filled balcony boxes delivered to your homes, ready for use immediately. Since their start last year, Winfried de Coo and Lieke van Wilpen have been working together to make urban greening more accessible and […]
Susan Bijl introduces Trash and Stash
The New Shopping Bag was created by Susan Bijl in 2000. After studying at Rotterdam’s Willem de Kooning Academy. The bag is based on the silhouette of a generic plastic bag and became an instant hit in Rotterdam. After that it gained popularity all over the world. It now can be considered a Dutch design […]
At Hotel âme aesthetics and tranquility gracefully meet
Housed in a monumental building from 1867 Hotel âme offers 14 extremely comfortable rooms, designed with passion and attention to detail. The same goes for the coffee and pastries in the café and the carefully curated interior and lifestyle items in the concept store. Right in the city center at Eendrachtsweg 19, next the cultural […]
Putaine will be part of the Floating Office Rotterdam
In the Rijnhaven a floating office will help the Global Center on Adaptation to fulfill its role as a climate adaptation solutions broker. Floating Office Rotterdam is designed by Powerhouse Company and developed by RED Company. FOR will also feature public facilities such as a swimming pool and Putaine, a classy restaurant with a large outdoor […]
Rotterdam rooftops
Rotterdamse Dakendagen Rooftops can contribute to a healthy, lively, attractive and future-proof city. The organisation behind the ‘Rotterdamse Dakendagen’ (Rooftop days) sees the city centre as an open laboratory and wants to show inspiring examples of roof use during their festival weekend. You can visit over 50 rooftops for unique views, special yoga classes, music […]