Guidebook for Rotterdam

Ingo & Jessica
Ingo & Jessica
Guidebook for Rotterdam

Getting Around

Mathenesserplein station
Going directly to the museums etc
Rotterdam, Hooidrift station
Going directly to the museums etc
At 20 minute walking distance, you can also take the tram. Very nice station itself!
14 locals recommend
Rotterdam Central Station (ATM)
14 locals recommend
At 20 minute walking distance, you can also take the tram. Very nice station itself!

Essentials

25 locals recommend
AH Mathenesserplein
76 Mathenesserplein
25 locals recommend
Smartwash
14 B Gerrit Jan Mulderstraat
nursing shop
18 locals recommend
Kruidvat
19-21 Meent
18 locals recommend
nursing shop
If you want to try bouldering,
Bolder Neoliet
7J Keilestraat
If you want to try bouldering,
Great marocaan bread and simits etc
Bakkerij Sadem
18 Gerrit Jan Mulderstraat
Great marocaan bread and simits etc

Sightseeing

Very nice view, great for a coffe where you can see the city and harbour all together
352 locals recommend
Euromast
20 Parkhaven
352 locals recommend
Very nice view, great for a coffe where you can see the city and harbour all together
Nice old little typical dutch town (easy by train)
165 locals recommend
Delft
165 locals recommend
Nice old little typical dutch town (easy by train)
Often exibitions is a former dubmarine dokking. NIce to go with the Spido boat.
RDM Onderzeebootloods
3089 RDM-straat
Often exibitions is a former dubmarine dokking. NIce to go with the Spido boat.
You can rent a watertaxi and see the city from the water highly highly recommended!
Watertaxi - Schiemond / Delfshaven (75)
Westkousdijk
You can rent a watertaxi and see the city from the water highly highly recommended!
UNESCO heritage, old windmills, sometimes accessable by waterbus
195 locals recommend
Kinderdijk
195 locals recommend
UNESCO heritage, old windmills, sometimes accessable by waterbus
Historical Delfshaven is at walking distance.
68 locals recommend
Delfshaven
68 locals recommend
Historical Delfshaven is at walking distance.
Nice erea with great view of the city from another side, former very dodgy erea (as we have a lot in Rdam) that has found its new identity
35 locals recommend
Katendrecht
35 locals recommend
Nice erea with great view of the city from another side, former very dodgy erea (as we have a lot in Rdam) that has found its new identity

Food Scene

9 locals recommend
Dertien
30 Schiedamse Vest
9 locals recommend
10 locals recommend
Espresso Dates
21B Middellandplein
10 locals recommend
14 locals recommend
Heilige Boontjes
3 Eendrachtsplein
14 locals recommend
14 locals recommend
Heilige Boontjes
3 Eendrachtsplein
14 locals recommend
Easy, nearby easy with children, food ok, not special.
6 locals recommend
De Olijventuin van 't Zuiden
575-581 Nieuwe Binnenweg
6 locals recommend
Easy, nearby easy with children, food ok, not special.
Local bio food, nice for coffee linch as well, in the Merwe4Haven area, very nice
16 locals recommend
Uit je Eigen Stad
39 Marconistraat
16 locals recommend
Local bio food, nice for coffee linch as well, in the Merwe4Haven area, very nice
Pakistan takaway, very good (try the chickpies in pink massala, they will know the name)
Sangam Tandoori
9B Vierambachtsstraat
Pakistan takaway, very good (try the chickpies in pink massala, they will know the name)
Very nice place at Katendrecht
228 locals recommend
Fenix Food Factory
1025 Nico Koomanskade
228 locals recommend
Very nice place at Katendrecht
Great eatery, especially good pizzas
18 locals recommend
Café Stalles
11A Nieuwe Binnenweg
18 locals recommend
Great eatery, especially good pizzas
African restaurant
Viva Afrika
153-A/B Nieuwe Binnenweg
African restaurant
Indoor famous new marketplace
144 locals recommend
Markthal
Verlengde Nieuwstraat
144 locals recommend
Indoor famous new marketplace
Great breakfast cafe (also good for lunch)
15 locals recommend
Vlaamsch Broodhuys
127B Nieuwe Binnenweg
15 locals recommend
Great breakfast cafe (also good for lunch)
Nice libanees food (no alcohol)
Le Souq Delfshaven
54B Voorhaven
Nice libanees food (no alcohol)
Great, great food!
12 locals recommend
Ayla
153 Kruisplein
12 locals recommend
Great, great food!
Very good Surinam takaway (don't mind the grumpy people woring there)
6 locals recommend
Rotiland
2-A Gerrit Jan Mulderstraat
6 locals recommend
Very good Surinam takaway (don't mind the grumpy people woring there)
Nice urban lunch
8 locals recommend
Altijd in de buurt
709 Weena
8 locals recommend
Nice urban lunch
28 locals recommend
Hotel Bazar
Witte de Withstraat
28 locals recommend

Arts & Culture

10 locals recommend
Theater Walhalla
9 Sumatraweg
10 locals recommend
308 locals recommend
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
18 Museumpark
308 locals recommend
255 locals recommend
Kunsthal Rotterdam
341 Westzeedijk
255 locals recommend
NIce for children, all kind of (dead) animals
26 locals recommend
Natural History Museum
345 Westzeedijk
26 locals recommend
NIce for children, all kind of (dead) animals
92 locals recommend
Maritime Museum Rotterdam
1 Leuvehaven
92 locals recommend

Parks & Nature

16 locals recommend
Strandtent De Pit
Slag Vlugtenburg
16 locals recommend
139 locals recommend
Kralingen Lake
139 locals recommend
Park with playingfield for little children
Heemraadspark
Heemraadssingel
Park with playingfield for little children
Big playing erea with water and sand where children can play outdoorn
13 locals recommend
Natuurspeeltuin De Speeldernis
25B Roel Langerakweg
13 locals recommend
Big playing erea with water and sand where children can play outdoorn
National Park, in summers you can take a water bus to go there (highly recommended!)
89 locals recommend
Nationaal Park De Biesbosch
Biesbosch
89 locals recommend
National Park, in summers you can take a water bus to go there (highly recommended!)
Island totally owned by the national nature protection where you can e.g. walk around, great nature childrens park where they can build rafts (https://www.natuurmonumenten.nl/kinderen/speelplekken/speelnatuur-tiengemeten). At 1 our driving If you want to stay overnight there is one inn. (you can only access it by boat, cannot bring yor car and only 10 people live here...
11 locals recommend
Tiengemeten
11 locals recommend
Island totally owned by the national nature protection where you can e.g. walk around, great nature childrens park where they can build rafts (https://www.natuurmonumenten.nl/kinderen/speelplekken/speelnatuur-tiengemeten). At 1 our driving If you want to stay overnight there is one inn. (you can only access it by boat, cannot bring yor car and only 10 people live here...
Euromast park is really beautyfull (specially in the early mornings).
28 locals recommend
Parqiet
20 Baden Powelllaan
28 locals recommend
Euromast park is really beautyfull (specially in the early mornings).

Shopping

Lot of special little shops
40 locals recommend
Nieuwe Binnenweg
Nieuwe Binnenweg
40 locals recommend
Lot of special little shops
Shopingmall for home shopping (not really fashion), and/ ut a great park on top of the mall, with water and a great view on the merwe4havens
10 locals recommend
Dakpark Rotterdam
79 Vierhavensstraat
10 locals recommend
Shopingmall for home shopping (not really fashion), and/ ut a great park on top of the mall, with water and a great view on the merwe4havens
Lot of clothing shops!
85 locals recommend
Koopgoot
Koopgoot
85 locals recommend
Lot of clothing shops!