Guidebook for Rotterdam

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Guidebook for Rotterdam

Food Scene

Best coffee in town, just around the corner
57 locals recommend
Urban Espresso Bar
263 Nieuwe Binnenweg
57 locals recommend
Best coffee in town, just around the corner
Lovely place on the roof in the heart of Rotterdam. They grow their own veggies on the roof. For lunch not dinner.
10 locals recommend
DakAkker
189 Schiekade
10 locals recommend
Lovely place on the roof in the heart of Rotterdam. They grow their own veggies on the roof. For lunch not dinner.
One of the best delicacy shops with nice bread, delicious cheeses, meat goods, wines and takeaway food
20 locals recommend
Vermeyden Delicatessen
335A Nieuwe Binnenweg
20 locals recommend
One of the best delicacy shops with nice bread, delicious cheeses, meat goods, wines and takeaway food
Nice restaurant in fabulous old building. If you love seafood, you should definitely go!
245 locals recommend
Hotel New York
1 Koninginnenhoofd
245 locals recommend
Nice restaurant in fabulous old building. If you love seafood, you should definitely go!
15 locals recommend
Lokaal 1e klas koffie
34 B Raampoortstraat
15 locals recommend
For a lovely cup of coffee in the park
28 locals recommend
Parqiet
20 Baden Powelllaan
28 locals recommend
For a lovely cup of coffee in the park
Nice coffee bar, they have nice pancakes
37 locals recommend
Lilith
125 H Nieuwe Binnenweg
37 locals recommend
Nice coffee bar, they have nice pancakes
One of the best bakerys in Rotterdam
29 locals recommend
Jordy's Bakery
97A Nieuwe Binnenweg
29 locals recommend
One of the best bakerys in Rotterdam
Nice bakery
20 locals recommend
Vlaamsch Broodhuys R'dam Meent
8A Meent
20 locals recommend
Nice bakery
This small-scale food hub is located in the Fenixloods, a former warehouse, at the Katendrecht peninsula. Here you can enjoy artisanal food and products from among others the Kaapse Brouwers brewery, Booij Kaasmakers cheese, the Firma Bijten butchers, Jordy’s Bakery and Rechtstreex fruit and vegetables. The Kaapse Kitchen serves affordable dishes from different Rotterdam chefs that vary weekly.
228 locals recommend
Fenix Food Factory
1025 Nico Koomanskade
228 locals recommend
This small-scale food hub is located in the Fenixloods, a former warehouse, at the Katendrecht peninsula. Here you can enjoy artisanal food and products from among others the Kaapse Brouwers brewery, Booij Kaasmakers cheese, the Firma Bijten butchers, Jordy’s Bakery and Rechtstreex fruit and vegetables. The Kaapse Kitchen serves affordable dishes from different Rotterdam chefs that vary weekly.

Drinks & Nightlife

Really nice cocktailbar in Rotterdam
13 locals recommend
Stirr
29B Eendrachtsweg
13 locals recommend
Really nice cocktailbar in Rotterdam
This street and sidestreets are covered with bars, restaurants and even some fashion shops
324 locals recommend
Witte de Withstraat
Witte de Withstraat
324 locals recommend
This street and sidestreets are covered with bars, restaurants and even some fashion shops
If the sun is shining, this is a nice place to go. Big piles of beer, in the middle of the city
101 locals recommend
Biergarten
18 Schiestraat
101 locals recommend
If the sun is shining, this is a nice place to go. Big piles of beer, in the middle of the city
With live music
64 locals recommend
Rotown
19 Nieuwe Binnenweg
64 locals recommend
With live music
If you like cocktails, this is a nice posh place to go
23 locals recommend
The Suicide Club
45 Stationsplein
23 locals recommend
If you like cocktails, this is a nice posh place to go

Arts & Culture

Here are some of the best museums in Rotterdam: Boijmans van Beuningen, NAI (Netherlands Architecture Institute), Kunsthal (modern art)
79 locals recommend
Museumpark
22 Museumpark
79 locals recommend
Here are some of the best museums in Rotterdam: Boijmans van Beuningen, NAI (Netherlands Architecture Institute), Kunsthal (modern art)
Futuristic residential building which opened in 2014 and incorporates an incredible arched muralled ceiling over its enormous market hall. At an unbelievable 11,000 square meters in size, some have pointed to this mural as the largest artwork in the Netherlands.
144 locals recommend
Markthal
Verlengde Nieuwstraat
144 locals recommend
Futuristic residential building which opened in 2014 and incorporates an incredible arched muralled ceiling over its enormous market hall. At an unbelievable 11,000 square meters in size, some have pointed to this mural as the largest artwork in the Netherlands.
Among Europe's finest museums, the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen has a permanent collection spanning all eras of Dutch and European art, including superb old masters. Among the highlights are The Marriage Feast at Cana by Hieronymus Bosch, the Three Maries at the Open Sepulchre by Van Eyck, the minutely detailed Tower of Babel by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, and Portrait of Titus and Man in a Red Cap by Rembrandt.
308 locals recommend
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
18 Museumpark
308 locals recommend
Among Europe's finest museums, the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen has a permanent collection spanning all eras of Dutch and European art, including superb old masters. Among the highlights are The Marriage Feast at Cana by Hieronymus Bosch, the Three Maries at the Open Sepulchre by Van Eyck, the minutely detailed Tower of Babel by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, and Portrait of Titus and Man in a Red Cap by Rembrandt.
It's a merger of the Netherlands Architecture Institute, the Netherlands Institute for Design and Fashion, and e-culture institute Virtueel Platform, presenting exhibitions on architecture, design, digital culture and fashion.
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Museumpark
It's a merger of the Netherlands Architecture Institute, the Netherlands Institute for Design and Fashion, and e-culture institute Virtueel Platform, presenting exhibitions on architecture, design, digital culture and fashion.
Included in the admission price is a ticket to Huis Sonneveld, designed by Brinkman and Van der Vlugt and an outstanding example of the Dutch New Building architectural strain (also known as Dutch functionalism). This 1933 villa has been lovingly restored, with furniture, wallpaper and fixtures present and correct – it is an astonishing experience, almost like virtual reality.
10 locals recommend
Huis Sonneveld
12 Jongkindstraat
10 locals recommend
Included in the admission price is a ticket to Huis Sonneveld, designed by Brinkman and Van der Vlugt and an outstanding example of the Dutch New Building architectural strain (also known as Dutch functionalism). This 1933 villa has been lovingly restored, with furniture, wallpaper and fixtures present and correct – it is an astonishing experience, almost like virtual reality.
Nice museum with modern art
255 locals recommend
Kunsthal Rotterdam
341 Westzeedijk
255 locals recommend
Nice museum with modern art
Beautiful famous iconic bridge of Rotterdam
221 locals recommend
Erasmus Bridge
Erasmusbrug
221 locals recommend
Beautiful famous iconic bridge of Rotterdam

Shopping

Lovely concept store with Scandinavian fashion and furniture accessoires
6 locals recommend
PLEK
178 Nieuwe Binnenweg
6 locals recommend
Lovely concept store with Scandinavian fashion and furniture accessoires
Lovely store with design stuff made in Rotterdam, nice for gifts.
22 locals recommend
Groos
22 locals recommend
Lovely store with design stuff made in Rotterdam, nice for gifts.
In this street you'll find some nice clothing shops: from Skotch & Soda, Samsoe & Samsoe, American Vintage and shoe shops
73 locals recommend
Meent
Meent
73 locals recommend
In this street you'll find some nice clothing shops: from Skotch & Soda, Samsoe & Samsoe, American Vintage and shoe shops
Nice shopping street with fashion and interior design shops. A little bit high end.
15 locals recommend
Pannekoekstraat
Pannekoekstraat
15 locals recommend
Nice shopping street with fashion and interior design shops. A little bit high end.

Essentials

Supermarket nearby
18 locals recommend
AH Nieuwe Binnenweg
288 B Nieuwe Binnenweg
18 locals recommend
Supermarket nearby
Biological supermarket nearby
19 locals recommend
Ekoplaza
236-242 Nieuwe Binnenweg
19 locals recommend
Biological supermarket nearby
Drugstore
Etos
147 Vierhavensstraat
Drugstore
Biological grocery store
9 locals recommend
Marqt
77 Binnenrotte
9 locals recommend
Biological grocery store

Getting Around

This is the main railway station of Rotterdam
145 locals recommend
Rotterdam Centraal Station
2 Stationsplein
145 locals recommend
This is the main railway station of Rotterdam