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Weekend tip: Typical Tropical Outdoor | Salsa & Bachata with live band Por Que No
HAPPENING 12 JULY 2026 | Live band Por Que No performs at Typical Tropical Outdoor on Sunday 12 July, bringing salsa, bachata and…
Restaurants
We tried the renewed Euromast Brasserie in Rotterdam
ROTTERDAM, 9 July 2026 – The renewed Euromast Brasserie is open again, and RotterdamStyle visited for a tasting menu on Tuesday 7…
Arts & Culture
Eveline Schram brings colour to EDGE Coolsingel
ROTTERDAM, 8 July 2026 – Rotterdam artist Eveline Schram has taken over the construction fences at EDGE Coolsingel with a new…
Government
Rotterdam shows licence plates of speeding drivers
ROTTERDAM, 8 July 2026 – Rotterdam is starting a six-month trial with warning poles that display the licence plates of drivers…
Exhibitions
SIDELINED opens at Nieuwe Instituut
FROM 10 JUL '26–30 JAN '27 | Nieuwe Instituut opens SIDELINED. Ruimte voor anders samenzijn to the public on Friday 10 July,…
Special Events
Rollerdam Wednesday Night Skate in Rotterdam - event details
HAPPENING 15 JUL–19 AUG 2026 | Wednesday Night Skate returns this summer with six free evening rides through Rotterdam-West and…
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Film tips
Film tip: The Invite pairs Olivia Wilde with Seth Rogen in a sharp comedy
The Invite gathers Olivia Wilde, Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton around one dinner table, then lets suppressed…
Arts & Culture
North Sea Jazz brought free music to Dunya Festival
ROTTERDAM, 7 July 2026 – NN North Sea Jazz Festival brought part of its 50th anniversary programme to the returning Dunya…
Arts & Culture
Tess Martin’s 1976: Search for Life premieres online
HAPPENING 13 JULY 2026 | Rotterdam-based filmmaker and visual artist Tess Martin will release her experimental documentary 1976:…
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…
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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…
Special Events
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…
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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…
Special Events
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…
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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…
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…
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