Guidebook for Rotterdam
Essentials
This is a well equipt supermarket, and the closest one to my home
25 locals raden deze aan
AH Mathenesserplein
76 MathenesserpleinThis is a well equipt supermarket, and the closest one to my home
Also a good supermarket, a little further from my home than AH, also a little cheaper.
25 locals raden deze aan
Jumbo
77A HillelaanAlso a good supermarket, a little further from my home than AH, also a little cheaper.
Kruidvat
19-21 MeentDrugstore closest to my home
BSUR Hair
141 Van SpeykstraatThis is a great fifties place for all your beauty treatments
Food Scene
Very nice Italian restaurant, specialises in pasta, very friendly staff
20 locals raden deze aan
Spaghettata
151 Nieuwe BinnenwegVery nice Italian restaurant, specialises in pasta, very friendly staff
This is a nice place to have a coffee on the terrace, but they also serve a typical Dutch breakfast, and great french toast called 'wentelteefje'.
This restaurant (breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks) has that old Rotterdam feeling to it. If you want to see a typical old Dutch brown bar (bruin cafe) feeling, go here. Very nice staff and even in winter they almost always have a terrace.
40 locals raden deze aan
Grand Café Wester Paviljoen
157 MathenesserlaanThis is a nice place to have a coffee on the terrace, but they also serve a typical Dutch breakfast, and great french toast called 'wentelteefje'.
This restaurant (breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks) has that old Rotterdam feeling to it. If you want to see a typical old Dutch brown bar (bruin cafe) feeling, go here. Very nice staff and even in winter they almost always have a terrace.
Bagel Bakery
57A SchilderstraatBest bagels
Restaurant Gusto
40 Schiedamse VestI very much like the atmosphere of this Italian restaurant
De Machinist
45 Willem BuytewechstraatGreat building, very nice terrace overlooking the water
Great place for lunch, industrial building and good organic menu
33 locals raden deze aan
Hopper Coffee Rotterdam
146 Schiedamse VestGreat place for lunch, industrial building and good organic menu
Nice little place for breakfast and lunch in one of the best shoppingstreets
57 locals raden deze aan
Urban Espresso Bar
263 Nieuwe BinnenwegNice little place for breakfast and lunch in one of the best shoppingstreets
La Pizza Noord
1-3 BentinckpleinNice Italian place
La Pizza Centrum
21 ScheepstimmermanslaanNice Italian place
This is a very good Italian restaurant. If you have a little more money to spend, go here
12 locals raden deze aan
restaurant LUX
133B 's-GravendijkwalThis is a very good Italian restaurant. If you have a little more money to spend, go here
Great food market in a great old industrial building. Go to the Markthal for the modern architecture, go here for that old Rotterdam harbour feeling
228 locals raden deze aan
Fenix Food Factory
1025 Nico KoomanskadeGreat food market in a great old industrial building. Go to the Markthal for the modern architecture, go here for that old Rotterdam harbour feeling
Nice place to have a drink in an old newspaper building
51 locals raden deze aan
Nieuw Rotterdams Café
63 Witte de WithstraatNice place to have a drink in an old newspaper building
Dudok
88 MeentBeautiful building and they are famous for their cakes and pies
Nice french brasserie, I like this place a lot for lunch, diner or just a coffee
36 locals raden deze aan
Brasserie Pierre
38A PannekoekstraatNice french brasserie, I like this place a lot for lunch, diner or just a coffee
Great coffee place, just won the price for best coffee in the country! It's located in the old police station and run by former juvenile delincents who where given a chance to change their lives, with succes. Great project and a great place.
14 locals raden deze aan
Heilige Boontjes
3 EendrachtspleinGreat coffee place, just won the price for best coffee in the country! It's located in the old police station and run by former juvenile delincents who where given a chance to change their lives, with succes. Great project and a great place.
Everything Else
Nice place to have a coffe or a sandwich, but also a great shop for ham, cheese, wine, chocolate and other delicious things...
20 locals raden deze aan
Vermeyden Delicatessen
335A Nieuwe BinnenwegNice place to have a coffe or a sandwich, but also a great shop for ham, cheese, wine, chocolate and other delicious things...
Vroesenpark
181 StadhouderswegNice park
Diergaarde Blijdorp
8 BlijdorplaanThe Rotterdam Zoo is just beautiful and a nice day out
Shopping
depot Rotterdam
66A PannekoekstraatGreat design shop
One of my favourite shoppingstreets, together with Nieuwe Binnenweg, Pannekoekstraat and Botersloot.
73 locals raden deze aan
Meent
MeentOne of my favourite shoppingstreets, together with Nieuwe Binnenweg, Pannekoekstraat and Botersloot.
One of my favourite shoppingstreets, together with Nieuwe Binnenweg, Meent and Pannekoekstraat.
Botersloot
BoterslootOne of my favourite shoppingstreets, together with Nieuwe Binnenweg, Meent and Pannekoekstraat.
One of the oldest Dutch department stores, but very hip and trendy now. Very good products for very good prices
22 locals raden deze aan
HEMA
2 BeurspleinOne of the oldest Dutch department stores, but very hip and trendy now. Very good products for very good prices
This is the chique department store of Rotterdam, if you have some money to spend, go here!
102 locals raden deze aan
De Bijenkorf Den Haag
32 WagenstraatThis is the chique department store of Rotterdam, if you have some money to spend, go here!
This is the newest trendy shoppingstreet in town. It's about ten minutes walk from my home and takes you right into the heart of the city. I recommend this is the route to take, because the Nieuwe Binnenweg is full of nice places to shop for food, clothes, design, flowers, and have lunch or diner.
40 locals raden deze aan
Nieuwe Binnenweg
Nieuwe BinnenwegThis is the newest trendy shoppingstreet in town. It's about ten minutes walk from my home and takes you right into the heart of the city. I recommend this is the route to take, because the Nieuwe Binnenweg is full of nice places to shop for food, clothes, design, flowers, and have lunch or diner.
NICHE Flowershop
235A Nieuwe BinnenwegThe best flowershop in town, in one of the best shoppingstreets
Koopgoot
KoopgootThe below streetlevel shoppingstreet, touristic but nice to watch
Iittala Outlet
354-356 Karel DoormanstraatBeautiful Finnish ceramics and glass tableware
very Cherry
64A BoterslootGreat fifties colthes
Arts & Culture
Kunsthal Rotterdam
341 WestzeedijkContemporary exhibitions, great building
Museum Rotterdam
26 RodezandMuseum Boijmans Van Beuningen
18 MuseumparkNice museum, which is also located at a great location. Cross the famous Erasmusbridge, and have lunch at the Hotel New York when you are here.
62 locals raden deze aan
Nederlands Fotomuseum
1 StatendamNice museum, which is also located at a great location. Cross the famous Erasmusbridge, and have lunch at the Hotel New York when you are here.
Drinks & Nightlife
Supermercado
91 Schiedamse VestGood cocktails
Dizzy is the oldest jazz cafe of Rotterdam, they often have live music, check the website. In the summer they have a great garden terrace. You can also have a bite to eat here.
41 locals raden deze aan
Jazzcafé Dizzy
127 's-GravendijkwalDizzy is the oldest jazz cafe of Rotterdam, they often have live music, check the website. In the summer they have a great garden terrace. You can also have a bite to eat here.
Go here for live music, also a great location, under the old trainway
99 locals raden deze aan
BIRD (podium, club, restaurant)
24 RaampoortstraatGo here for live music, also a great location, under the old trainway
Sightseeing
Erasmusbrug
ErasmusbrugIconic bridge
Markthal
298 Dominee Jan ScharpstraatIconic building, very touristic but a must see
The hotel where people would spent there last night before taking the boat to emigrate to the USA (Holland-America-Line). Great old building (have the croquettes on bread) and a great view.
245 locals raden deze aan
Hotel New York
1 KoninginnenhoofdThe hotel where people would spent there last night before taking the boat to emigrate to the USA (Holland-America-Line). Great old building (have the croquettes on bread) and a great view.
Check out this traditional old fashioned and now very trendy barbershop! Men wait in line outside for hours if neccessary to get a haircut here.
8 locals raden deze aan
Schorem
104 Nieuwe BinnenwegCheck out this traditional old fashioned and now very trendy barbershop! Men wait in line outside for hours if neccessary to get a haircut here.
Walk around here a little bit, this is one of the oldest parts of Rotterdam you are going to see. Afterwards, walk along Nieuwe Binneweg into town.
7 locals raden deze aan
Aelbrechtskolk
AelbrechtskolkWalk around here a little bit, this is one of the oldest parts of Rotterdam you are going to see. Afterwards, walk along Nieuwe Binneweg into town.
Raampoortstraat
RaampoortstraatA bunch of nice shops and restaurants underneath the old railway