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Wildlife Film Festival Rotterdam (WFFR) - location, dates
HAPPENING 2 to 8 November 2026 | Wildlife Film Festival Rotterdam returns with 60 nature films, filmmaker encounters and industry…
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Maastunnelloop Rotterdam 2026: date, routes and registration
HAPPENING 8 NOV 2026 | The Inofec Maastunnelloop returns to Rotterdam on Sunday 8 November 2026. The sixth edition combines…
Sustainability & Solidarity
Support a Rotterdam club in the Grote Clubactie 2026
ROTTERDAM, 17 September 2026 – Members of 111 clubs and associations across the municipality of Rotterdam will start selling…
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European Outdoor Film Tour Rotterdam: films and tickets
HAPPENING 22 OCT '26 | The European Outdoor Film Tour returns to Rotterdam on Thursday 22 October, bringing its 2026 adventure…
Restaurants
MAGURO KIWAMI brings live tuna ceremony to Rotterdam
HAPPENING 26 SEP '26 | A whole bluefin tuna weighing more than 100 kilograms will take centre stage at DINNERANT in…
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Rotterdam hotels open doors for Burendag 2026
HAPPENING 26 SEP '26 | Several Rotterdam hotels will open their doors to neighbouring communities on Saturday 26 September for…
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Education
How to turn everyday life in Rotterdam into inburgering practice
A normal day in Rotterdam already contains many of the situations that Dutch learners need to understand. A service message…
Music
Baroeg Open Air 2026 draws more than 10,000 fans
ROTTERDAM, 13 September 2026 – More than 10,000 music fans attended Baroeg Open Air in Rotterdam’s Zuiderpark on Friday 11 and…
Restaurants
Persian Feast launches Haft Khaan with Rotterdam dinner
HAPPENING 25 SEP '26 | Persian Feast is launching Haft Khaan, a planned series of seven gatherings exploring Persian food and…
Film tips
Film tip: Resident Evil sends one unlucky courier into Raccoon City
Zach Cregger takes Resident Evil back to survival horror with an entirely new story rather than another retelling of the games.…
Exhibitions
Drawn: Rotterdam! exhibition captures the city after dark
FROM 17 OCT '26–7 FEB '27 | What does Rotterdam look like after most of the city has gone to bed? Three city artists spent recent…
Going out
Typical Tropical announces Rotterdam events for October
ROTTERDAM, 15 September 2026 – Typical Tropical has announced a busy October programme of salsa and bachata parties, dance…
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Regional
Brocante Markt Klein Frankrijk: antiques and vintage in Mijnsheerenland
HAPPENING 19 SEP '26 | Brocante Markt Klein Frankrijk returns to Mijnsheerenland on Saturday 19 September, bringing more than 200…
Urban development
Design partners chosen for Rotterdam Collection Centre
ROTTERDAM, 10 September 2026 – Plans for the new Rotterdam Collection Centre (Collectiecentrum Rotterdam) have moved forward with…
Music
Historic Rotterdam ship becomes live musical instrument
HAPPENING 2–10 OCT '26 | A historic ship will become a live musical instrument in Rotterdam this October when Klankexpeditie…
Special Events
Podium Islemunda hosts free open day in IJsselmonde
HAPPENING 26 SEP '26 | Podium Islemunda is opening its doors for a free open day, with performances, workshops, films and…
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CUPRA Rotterdam Premier Padel 2026: dates, tickets & schedule
HAPPENING 27 SEP–4 OCT '26 | CUPRA Rotterdam Premier Padel returns to Rotterdam Ahoy from Sunday 27 September to Sunday 4 October…
Cars & Parking
More public EV charging points coming to Rotterdam
ROTTERDAM, 9 September 2026 – Rotterdam is set to get more public EV charging points under a new regional concession covering 43…
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Arts & Culture
Rotterdam culture prizes go to Thys Boer and Unity in Diversity
ROTTERDAM, 8 September 2026 – Rotterdam night mayor Thys Boer has received the 2026 Rotterdam Culture Prize, while Unity in…
Cars & Parking
Paid parking to reach more Rotterdam neighbourhoods
ROTTERDAM, 8 September 2026 – Rotterdam plans to introduce paid parking step by step across nearly all neighbourhoods outside the…
Special Events
ABN AMRO Open Rotterdam - event dates and information
HAPPENING 6 - 14 FEB '27 | The ABN AMRO Open returns to Rotterdam Ahoy from 6 to 14 February 2027 for nine days of ATP 500 and…
Activities
Autumn plant market at Trompenburg Gardens
HAPPENING 19–20 SEP 2026 | Trompenburg Gardens returns with its autumn plant market this September, bringing specialist growers,…
Education
Museum Rotterdam asks children to help build new city museum
ROTTERDAM, 11 September 2026 – Museum Rotterdam is looking for children aged 7 to 12 to help shape its new city museum at Het…
Film tips
Film tip: Pressure turns the D-Day weather forecast into a thriller
Pressure finds fresh tension in one of history’s most familiar military operations by leaving the beaches behind and heading…
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Restaurants
Bar Tij Rotterdam opens on Noordereiland
ROTTERDAM, 4 September 2026 – Bar Tij has opened a new restaurant and bar on Rotterdam’s Noordereiland, bringing an all-day…
Exhibitions
Baroeg exhibition opens in Rotterdam’s Maastunnel
FROM 2 SEP '26 UNTIL N/A – A new photo exhibition in the Maastunnel puts Rotterdam music venue Baroeg in the spotlight, tracing…
Cycling
Rotterdam cyclists asked to map dangerous bike path bollards
ROTTERDAM, 9 September 2026 – Cyclists in Rotterdam and across the Netherlands are being asked to help map bollards on cycle…
Special Events
Fiesta Futura Rotterdam - date, location, lineup
HAPPENING 13 SEP 2026 | Fiesta Futura makes its Rotterdam debut in the Zuiderpark on Sunday 13 September, bringing Los Bitchos,…
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Left of the Dial festival Rotterdam - dates, locations, acts
HAPPENING 21 TO 24 OCTOBER 2026 | Left of the Dial returns to Rotterdam with more than 150 emerging artists performing across…
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Pumpkin Spice Pop-Up comes to Rotterdam-Noord
HAPPENING 3 OCT '26 | The Cabinet of Curiositeas is opening its Rotterdam-Noord showroom to the public on Saturday 3 October for…
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