Rottendam is easy to access by train. Hotels are in the city centre and around the train station. We found the Hilton Hotel was the best price, best location in the city mall area next to restaurants and shops. The needle down near the biggest shipping harbour in the world was offers an interesting view. Only stayed one night but saw enough. Clean city and seemed quiet safe as well.

nice big city with 1 of the biggest harbors

The harbour tours are great! You see the realy, and I mean the realy big container ships...

Go to the Euromast, and explore the wonderful sight and get to knwo how it is to be in a rocket! :)

Use your bike/public transport as often as possible. Traveling by car is expensive and takes a lot of time.

If you're looking after an architectural trip where history combines with modernism, here's the place to be!!

The VVV (Tourist Information Center) is next to the Rotterdam Train station that would be the best place to start with if you dont have much information about the city. Even if you have enough info, it would be a nice idea to strt from here since they could provide with you with travel tickets, offers, festivals or activities going on etc. The city is well connected with Metro, Tram, Bus their man-powered 3 wheeler :)

Here's a long list of what to do in Rotterdam which was my hometown for 8 years.
-Motel Mozaïque: is a nice multi-discipline festival to go to in april.
-Worm: is a great location to see experimental music concerts and the building is special for it's totally recycled interior.
-the Urban Espresso Bar: has the best coffee and downstairs a very nice gallery also in the surrounding streets, you can find original shops and on thursdays the market
-Go see de Jeff Wall sculpture at the: Kop van Zuid, if you want to cross the river in an alternative way (then simply by bike over the Erasmus bridge) you van take a watertaxi.
-Visit the International Filmfestival Rotterdam in the beginning of februari!
-Go with the pancakeboat across the river Maas while eating pancakes
-Go with archiguides to learn and see about the architecture in Rotterdam
-Off-Corso, if you want to dance
-visit the parks (especially the not so famous parks, but the surprising bit of green): -Slotvijver
-Berg en Broekpark
-Park Rozenburg
and the Famous parks: -Kralingse Bos
-Museumpark
-Euromast park
and the specialty search by bike (in Rotterdam Zuid) the: Brienenoord Island, it's diffficult to find but special and there's a great skyline view of the city.
-Well the musea and gallerys speak for themselves but also visit the: van Nelle factory and the Sonneveld house or Chabot museum if you are interested in architecture
Then go for a coffee at cafe Dudok (also architecture by dudok)
-in September the Rotterdamse Kunsten festival (R-festival) and the World of Witte de With
-And every 2 years the DEAF festival (ElectronicArt) and more festivals: Poetry international / Metropolis (for free, pop music) / Dunya (for free, world music) / the day of Romantic music.
-For energetic people: bike through harbour sites such as
Schiehaven+Parhaven (then take the Maastunnel which a happening on it's own) to Maashaven+Rijnhaven/ Nassauhaven+Persoonshaven/Entrepotdok/Heijplaat+Pernis...but you have to like old industry views and buildings for that because it's beauty in a different way.
- In summer beside the Erasmus bridge they always have the Beach at the Maas (they create a beach there)

Quand je suis allée à Rotterdam, j'ai tourné en rond pendant une heure pour trouver mon hôtel ! ! ! J'y suis parvenue, mais ce ne fut pas sans mal ! Comme c'était un dimanche, je n'ai pas pu faire grand chose. J'y ai vu et rencontré Il Divo à l'occasion de leur dernier concert de leur tournée 2007. Excellent souvenir !

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