Rotterdam Travel Blogs

Today is Pinkstermaandag, a national holiday in The Netherlands. (Whit Monday as is it known in UK although it is not a national/bank holiday there). We had done a lot of walking and trekking about over the weekend which really took it out of us in this blistering heat, so my parents decided they w…

I spended the week end with travbuddys 'bennie' and 'ket.'

Most of you know Rotterdam for being the second largest harbour in the world, elected best port of the world several times. Indeed the large harbour takes up a big part of Rotterdam. Some of you may know Rotterdam for its modern architecture. It is probably the only Dutch city with a proper sky lin…

This is one of the few buildings in Rotterdam which was not bombed in the war. This cityhal is developed by architect prof. dr. Henri Evers. He was also a professor in Delft.  The style is Beaux-Arts, because of the symmetry. The material is sandstone, this is easy to work with. They started b…

As soon as we passed the Dutch border, the sun broke trough the clouds and led us al the way. In all honosty I have to say, we had one little shower near Rotterdam as well. But for the first time today, we had  the sun we were desperately longing for. In the Netherlands, it had been raining …

On a nice sunny day, just 2 days before autumn would officially begin, I went to the zoo in Rotterdam, called Diergaarde Blijdorp. I went with my mom and dad, since they hadn't been to this zoo in a long time as well as me. The last time we were there was about 10 years ago, because of my…

Anita (Irish Dancer) and I went to Diergaarde Blijdorp, one of the most beautifull zoo's in the country. I wanted to see this Zoo for quite a time, Anita comes here almost every year. But it is never getting boring, some are visiting this Zoo quite a few times a year. We were extremely lucky. Becau…

  It wasn't until morning that I realized the massive size of the Stena Hollandica. A wake-up call came at seven. I eagerly scrambled out of my comfortable cabin to gulp a quick buffet breakfast of bread, ham, and cheese with a cup of coffee, then explored the ship further. Deck 7 housed the …

Although you wouldn't say so when walking in this town, Rotterdam is an old city. It got it's name of its situation on the small river Rotte where people made a dam. The place has even older city rights than its rival city Amsterdam. Count William III granted the place in 1328. About 30 years later…

The day of departure. All my clothes and stuff are packed. At noon we drove away to the Airport of Rotterdam. When we arrived at the airport we saw immediately that we had a delay but there was no time on the TV screen. Damn! We walked to the information desk of Transavia, and it was delayed for …

Summer Carnival is a yearly 3-day Caribbean Carnival in the city centre of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. On Saturday the big Street Parade emerges in the city centre.

If you want to visit a real harbor, you have to go to Rotterdam.  So we did ;) We couldn’t avoid the traffic jam :( But it wasn’t too bad, at least I thought so. We arrived around 2:15pm   Our first duty was to find a parking spot. Martjin knew a parking that was located near the h…

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The wonderfull group of the Morroco holiday in 2009 planned a meet-up to see each other again 2 months after our holiday. Ronald made this meet-up possible on 25th June when it was summer carnival. It was a wonderfull day. First we visited the Euromast in the morning, were we also had lunch. After …