Travel2rotterdam

Traveling to Rotterdam and looking for special places?

We're collecting interesting info on traveling to Rotterdam here - feel free to add your own recommendations!

Places to sleep

Central Station/City Center area

AirBnB: nice cosy room for two-three people at 10 minutes from Central Station [1]

AirBnB: lots of appartments for rent in the Calypso building (where mc.fly and cookingroffa live) like this one [2] or this one with jacuzzi [3] most of them have a balcony and a nice view.

Hotel:

Hackerspace Pixelbar area

Culture Campsite on AirBnB sleep in an original architectural or artistic object. 20 minutes walk from Pixelbar. Easy to reach from Central Station with tram 8. More info on their own website Culture Campsite.

Several AirBnB´s - Pixelbar is close to Metro and Tram station Marconiplein

Food and drinks

Many styles of food to be found in Rotterdam. A small selection can be found here. If you are looking for anything specific you can always ask mc.fly or cookingroffa.

Local fast food

Bram Ladage - everything fried. Try the kroket! There is one at 5 minutes walking from Central Station, at Kruisplein 155 [4]

El Avivia [5] - eat the famous Kapsalon [6] where it was invented

Jaffa [7] eat the famous Kapsalon at one of the best places to eat it

Vegan fast food, 1 minute from Central Station Jack Bean

Indian food

Tandoor 16 Indian cuisine with a twist. Cocktails and German beer. Casual and a bit, dare I say it, hipsterish. Close to city center.

Indonesian food

Because of, well, 'historic reasons' The Netherlands is one of the best places in the world to find true Indonesian food outside of Indonesia. Rotterdam has quite some Indonesian restaurants. The ones listed here are a recommended selection.

Warung Mini, on the Witte de Withstraat, famous for good late night food, open until midnight everyday and until 6 in the morning on Friday and Saturday.

Minang Kabau in a traditional Indonesian building, in a city park with view over a pond and the skyline.

Dewi Sri, this is more fine dining, city center

Small Asia, casual place with Asian style food, mostly Indonesian, city center

Sari Koering, close to city center

Chinese food

Asian Glories, more fine dining, city center

Japanese food

The best Japanese restaurant in the city - by far - is Yama [8] be sure to make reservations long before.

Food related events

Food related events

Hackerspace

The Rotterdam hackerspace is called Pixelbar and has social night on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Sightseeing in and around Rotterdam

Santa Claus, or as the locals lovingly call him: kabouter Buttplug. Go see for yourself here [9]

A complete map of art in public space in Rotterdam can be found here [10]