Rotterdam

  • Accommodation:
    • Ibis Rotterdam City Centre
  • Transport:
    • Tram lines 8, 7, 21, 23, 21, 23, 24 and 25 all travel through the center. All trams converge at Central Station
    • Discover all the Rotterdam highlights  using the Hop on Hop off bus or with the historic tram line 10
    • One full tour takes about an hour and a 24hr (unlimited use) costs €17
    • The classic water taxi travels every 15 minutes between Hotel New York and Veerhaven or Leuvehaven and even more frequently on busy days
    • The water taxi can transport a maximum of 8 people at the same time and a ride starts from €2.90 (depending on which harbour you’re going to, Leuvehaven or Veerhaven)
    • Beurs station is the biggest metro hub, where all the lines intersect. Line E (RandstadRail) connects Rotterdam with The Hague
  • Things to see:
    • Cube House
    • Euromast
    • Kunsthal
    • Grote of Sint-Laurenskerk
    • Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
    • SS Rotterdam
    • The Destroyed City
    • UNESCO World Heritage Kinderdijk
    • Atlas Van Stolk
    • Old Town
    • H Lawrence H and Elisabeth Cathedral Rotterdam
    • Eendrachtskapel
  • Tips:
    • Take a walk along the Luchtsingel, a 400-meter-long pedestrian bridge
    • Walk underneath the Rotterdam Noord train station at night to read poetry by Ester Namoi Perquin that lights up
    • Visit Kleinpolderplein, the Museum for orphaned sculptures that feature under the busy roads