Places to explore in Rotterdam
Build real days in Rotterdam from a broader mix of sights, museums, architecture, parks, markets, neighbourhoods, and food stops from the existing Sortie inventory.
Start with the headline places
Afrikaanderplein
Afrikaanderplein is a public square in Rotterdam, established in 1900. Visitors encounter an enduring piece of the city’s urban fabric whose open civic setting dates from the beginning of the 20th century.
Alles van waarde
Alles van waarde is a public artwork created by Toni Burgering in Rotterdam in 1978. Visitors can encounter it as a lasting work in the city’s public realm and an example of Rotterdam’s late-20th-century outdoor art.
Anita
Anita is a public artwork made by David Bade in Rotterdam in 2001. Visitors encounter it as part of the city’s public art landscape and as a work marking the opening years of 21st-century artistic activity in Rotterdam.
Arboretum Trompenburg
Arboretum Trompenburg is a botanical garden in Rotterdam. It offers visitors a plant-focused garden environment, providing a natural counterpoint to the city’s built urban landscape.
Bep van Klaveren
Bep van Klaveren is a public artwork by Willem Verbon, installed in Rotterdam in 1992. Its subject-based title and permanent urban setting give visitors a tangible point of contact with the city’s commemorative public art.
Bevrijdingsmonument Vreewijk
Bevrijdingsmonument Vreewijk is a war memorial in Rotterdam dating from 1950. Visitors encounter a postwar monument that preserves the memory of conflict and liberation within the city’s Vreewijk area.
Museums and cultural stops
Architecture and landmarks
Bibliotheektheater Rotterdam
Bibliotheektheater Rotterdam is a theater in Rotterdam. Visitors encounter a dedicated performing-arts venue whose identity connects theatrical activity with the city’s broader cultural landscape.
Birds
Birds is a public artwork created by Jeannette Ephraïm in Rotterdam in 2000. Visitors can encounter the work in the city’s public realm as an enduring contribution from the turn of the 21st century.
Bospoldervos
Bospoldervos is a public artwork created by Florentijn Hofman in Rotterdam in 2020. Visitors encounter a contemporary addition to the city’s outdoor art landscape, situated in Rotterdam’s public realm.
Cascade
Cascade is a public artwork created by Atelier Van Lieshout in Rotterdam in 2010. Visitors encounter it as a 21st-century work in the urban realm and part of the city’s continuing tradition of public art.
Children with Bird
Children with Bird is a public artwork created by Joan Bakker in Rotterdam in 1961. Visitors encounter a mid-20th-century work whose enduring presence contributes to the city’s outdoor artistic heritage.
Christiaan Huygens (1949)
Christiaan Huygens (1949) is a public artwork by Albert Termote in Rotterdam. Dating from 1949, the statue gives visitors a tangible example of the city’s immediate postwar commemorative art.
Parks and outdoor places
Botanical Garden Afrikaanderwijk
Botanical Garden Afrikaanderwijk is a botanical garden in Rotterdam’s Afrikaanderwijk area. Visitors encounter a plant-centered green space that brings a garden setting into this part of the city.
Botanical Garden Rotterdam Kralingen
Botanical Garden Rotterdam Kralingen is a botanical garden in Rotterdam’s Kralingen district. Visitors encounter a cultivated, plant-focused environment that adds a distinct green destination to the neighborhood.
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AUB
AUB is a public artwork created by Henk Visch in Rotterdam in 1996. Visitors can encounter it within the city’s public realm as a durable example of Rotterdam’s artistic landscape from the 1990s.
Bibliotheektheater Rotterdam
Bibliotheektheater Rotterdam is a theater in Rotterdam. Visitors encounter a dedicated performing-arts venue whose identity connects theatrical activity with the city’s broader cultural landscape.
Birds
Birds is a public artwork created by Jeannette Ephraïm in Rotterdam in 2000. Visitors can encounter the work in the city’s public realm as an enduring contribution from the turn of the 21st century.
Bospoldervos
Bospoldervos is a public artwork created by Florentijn Hofman in Rotterdam in 2020. Visitors encounter a contemporary addition to the city’s outdoor art landscape, situated in Rotterdam’s public realm.
Botanical Garden Afrikaanderwijk
Botanical Garden Afrikaanderwijk is a botanical garden in Rotterdam’s Afrikaanderwijk area. Visitors encounter a plant-centered green space that brings a garden setting into this part of the city.
Botanical Garden Rotterdam Kralingen
Botanical Garden Rotterdam Kralingen is a botanical garden in Rotterdam’s Kralingen district. Visitors encounter a cultivated, plant-focused environment that adds a distinct green destination to the neighborhood.
Cascade
Cascade is a public artwork created by Atelier Van Lieshout in Rotterdam in 2010. Visitors encounter it as a 21st-century work in the urban realm and part of the city’s continuing tradition of public art.
Chabot Museum
Chabot Museum is a Dutch art museum in Rotterdam, founded in 1993. Visitors encounter a cultural institution devoted to art and a lasting component of the city’s museum landscape since the late 20th century.
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