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Arts & Culture
Haven Hotel hosts free North Sea Jazz afterhours
ROTTERDAM, 6 July 2026 – Haven Hotel Rotterdam is extending the North Sea Jazz weekend with three free nights of live jazz and DJ…
Arts & Culture
NOS broadcasts Zomercarnaval 2026 live
ROTTERDAM, 6 July 2026 – The NOS will bring Rotterdam’s Zomercarnaval (summer carnival street parade) to viewers across the…
Arts & Culture
Getting married in Rotterdam costs nearly €1,000
ROTTERDAM, 2 July 2026 – A full civil wedding ceremony in Rotterdam costs €982 on a Friday afternoon, placing the city among the…
Going out
SPARK Clubnight comes to Laurenskerk Rotterdam
HAPPENING 10 JULY 2026 | SPARK Clubnight brings an alcohol and drug-free night out to the Laurenskerk on Friday 10 July. The…
Restaurants
KFC Kipsalon returns for summer
ROTTERDAM, 1 July 2026 – KFC’s Kipsalon is back on the menu this summer, until 17 August, bringing the chain’s chicken-based…
Special Events
Eendracht Festival Rotterdam - date, locations, line-up
HAPPENING 16 July 2026 | Once a year, the entire area around Eendrachtsplein is filled by the sounds of live music. Multiple…
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Jeugdvakantieland at Rotterdam Ahoy: dates, tickets and activities
HAPPENING 10-21 AUG 2026 | Jeugdvakantieland returns to Rotterdam Ahoy from Monday 10 to Friday 21 August 2026, turning the venue…
Sustainability & Solidarity
Trompenburg brings mobile forest to Noordereiland
ROTTERDAM, 29 June 2026 – Trompenburg Tuinen & Arboretum has brought a temporary mobile forest to Noordereiland, together with…
Government
Rotterdam P+R parking now free with shared bikes
ROTTERDAM, 29 June 2026 – Visitors parking at selected Rotterdam P+R sites can now continue their journey by shared bike or…
Film tips
Film tip: Moss & Freud turns fashion, art and fame into quiet drama
Moss & Freud brings together two British icons at a very strange, very intimate point in their lives: Kate Moss at the height of…
Restaurants
Studio Blendd and Bistro Blendd open at de Doelen
ROTTERDAM, 30 June 2026 – Blendd has opened two new hospitality spaces inside de Doelen, giving Rotterdam another place to eat,…
Special Events
Rotterdam Unlimited Summer Carnival - location, date, lineup
HAPPENING 24–25 July 2026 | Every summer the streets of Rotterdam are privy to a spectacle which has no equal anywhere else in…
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World Port Days Rotterdam - location, dates, activities
HAPPENING 4–6 SEP 2026 | World Port Days (Wereldhavendagen) in Rotterdam is the largest annual maritime event in the Netherlands.…
Special Events
GLORY 109 brings Kwasi vs Hristov trilogy to Rotterdam
HAPPENING 5 SEP 2026 | GLORY returns to RTM Stage Rotterdam on Saturday 5 September with GLORY 109, headlined by a welterweight…
Arts & Culture
Rotterdam bartender Franko Miloslavić wins Dutch World Class title
ROTTERDAM, 25 June 2026 – The first European final of Diageo World Class brought 51 bartenders from 17 countries to Rotterdam and…
Exhibitions
Wild Summer of Art at Brutus in Rotterdam
HAPPENING 17 JUL–30 AUG 2026 | Brutus is bringing back Wild Summer of Art this summer with a new edition called The Treasure Hunt…
Special Events
Roffa Mon Amour film festival - dates, locations, screenings
HAPPENING 12–23 AUG 2026 | Roffa Mon Amour returns to Rotterdam this summer for its 14th edition, bringing twelve evenings of…
Arts & Culture
Wereldmuseum Rotterdam hosts summer paper workshop
FROM 18 JUL–30 AUG '26 | Wereldmuseum Rotterdam is turning paper into a hands-on summer activity for children and families with…
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Shopping
Indoor shopping malls in and around Rotterdam
Rotterdam does “shop local” brilliantly, but sometimes you just want a roof over your head, a hot drink nearby, and the option to…
Government
Bospolder-Tussendijken reaches sustainable heat milestone
ROTTERDAM, 24 June 2026 – Bospolder-Tussendijken has reached a major milestone in Rotterdam’s energy transition: the first part…
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Special Events
ModderDag | Children play with mud across Rotterdam and Zuid-Holland for International Mud Day
HAPPENING 29 JUNE 2026 | More than 320 childcare locations, schools, after-school care sites and nature playgrounds in…
Shopping
Vintage shopping in Het Park during Waluw at the Park
HAPPENING 28 JUNE 2026 | Waluw Vintage Market comes to Het Park on Sunday 28 June with a special summer edition in front of…
Cars & Parking
Rotterdam moves towards cleaner business transport
ROTTERDAM, 23 June 2026 – Nearly one in five delivery vans in Rotterdam could lose access to zero-emission zones from 1 January…
Special Events
Huize Middelland marks 10 years with neighbourhood party
HAPPENING 27 June 2026 | Huize Middelland celebrates its 10th anniversary on Saturday 27 June with a neighbourhood-wide birthday…
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Government
Rotterdam launches guide for rooftop housing
ROTTERDAM, 22 June 2026 – Rotterdam will present new rules and guidance on 25 June to make it easier to add homes on top of…
Sustainability & Solidarity
Rotterdam produces 266 kilos of residual waste per person
ROTTERDAM, 22 June 2026 – Rotterdam collects 84% of the regular household waste examined as residual waste, according to an…
Film tips
Film tip: Omaha turns a family road trip into a quiet mystery
Omaha begins with a father, two children, a dog and a car that seems to be running on worry. Cole Webley’s tender debut turns a…
Special Events
Asian Food Festival Rotterdam - event information
HAPPENING 26–28 JUNE 2026 | Asian Food Festival Rotterdam takes over Het Park from Friday 26 to Sunday 28 June, bringing street…
Special Events
North Sea Round Town Rotterdam - locations, dates, artists
HAPPENING 25 JUN–12 JUL '26 | North Sea Round Town returns to Rotterdam with hundreds of concerts across more than 125 locations.…
Public information & Regulations
Barbecuing in Rotterdam parks: the simple rules you need to know
Planning a barbecue in a Rotterdam park? You can still enjoy one, but the rules are stricter than just finding a patch of grass…
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