These Rotterdam-based companies have been awarded
During a spectacular award show in the monumental Citrusveiling, the winners of the 37th Rotterdamse Ondernemersprijs were announced. The award for companies and entrepreneurship in the region of Rotterdam originated with the Rotterdam Chamber of Commerce and the City of Rotterdam. They set up a platform to stimulate entrepreneurship in the city. Van Gelder Ridderkerk […]
Virtual influencer Esther Olofsson presents a NFT-collection
The Rotterdam-based creative agency RauwCC created the first virtual influencer in the Netherlands a couple of years ago. Since then Esther Olofsson has truly become an influencer with 43 thousand Instagram followers. She offers an insider’s perspective on Rotterdam’s city culture and now presents her own NFT-collection. The collectible series of limited NFTs features 15 […]
Here We Are! celebrates Women in Design
With the exhibition ‘Here We Are! Women in Design 1900 – Today’ Kunsthal presents over a hundred women designers who have all made a crucial contribution to the development of modern and contemporary design. The spotlights are on these women by using 120 years of design history. The collection of the Vitra Design Museum is […]
Science Gallery Rotterdam buckles up
Science Gallery is a public space at Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam. Here science, art, society, education, and health care meet. From Friday, May 27 to Sunday, May 29 visitors are expected to Buckle Up for workshops, talks, and guided tours in Erasmus MC and the Wijkpaleis. Buckle Up is the first physical public event […]
Rotterdam-based crowdfunding platform Lendahand gets investment of €5.5 million
Lendahand is based in Rotterdam and is an innovative crowdfunding platform that gives private investors access to impact investing in emerging markets. ABN AMRO Sustainable Impact Fund (AA SIF) takes a stake. The investment from AA SIF enables further expansion to other European countries to reach more crowdfunders. Two French institutional investors (INCO and NGO […]
Upstream brings entrepreneurs, talent and investors together
Upstream is a multi-day festival in Rotterdam, where scale-up founders, investors, students, policymakers, and corporates with guts come together to talk about the big changes in the world. From May 31 to June 2 Upstream takes place in Rotterdam once again. This time the center of the festival is Bird. This year Upstream focuses on […]
Steur shows itself during Rotterdam Art Week
A former power station on Galileïstraat is now home to Steur. A shelter for innovative, progressive makers and thinkers who operate on the cutting edge of art, design, technology, and sustainability. After the successful participation during Rotterdam Art Week last year, STEUR is opening its doors once again for visitors to get a look behind […]
All you can Art takes up residence at Pauluskerk Rotterdam
All you can Art is an in-depth collaboration between Kunsthal Rotterdam and Instituto Buena Bista Curaçao. It will take up residence at the Pauluskerk Rotterdam for a period of six weeks from May 4. The Pauluskerk offers a safety net to the city’s most vulnerable people. On three days a week, various All you can […]
Heilige Huisjes opens up churches, mosques, temples and synagogues
Especially for the Rotterdam Architecture Month, churches, mosques, temples and synagogues organise activities from May 28 to June 4. Heilige Huisjes (which translates into ‘Holy Houses’) aims to introduce Rotterdammers to religious buildings in the city. The event is an initiative of the municipality of Rotterdam and De Kerkvernieuwers. Since 2020, the municipality has been […]
Volvo Studio Meent puts electrification on display
It feels quite Swedish at the newest Volvo Studio Meent in Rotterdam. The renowned brand has opened a studio where visitors experience Volvo and electrification. It’s located almost next to the Polestar space, a standalone Swedish premium electric vehicle manufacturer founded by Volvo Cars and Geely Holding. Another car brand showing itself in the city […]