Rotterdam
Rotterdam is a city in the province of South Holland in the west of the Netherlands. The city is the second largest in the country with a population of approximately 650,000 inhabitants in the municipality (2020) and about 2. Wikivoyage
Population 664,311 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Getting there
Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Miniworld Rotterdam Theme park · 230 m - Dierenhof Zoo · 740 m
- Studio 2 | de Doelen Art Gallery · 750 m
- Capitulatie 14 mei 1940 Memorial · 560 m
- Finnish forest reindeer Attraction · 600 m
- Swamp wallaby Attraction · 610 m
- Hendrik van Daelen Memorial · 630 m
- Flamingovolière Attraction · 630 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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International Film Festival Rotterdam
January
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, focused on independent and experimental films.
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Six Days of Rotterdam
January
The Six Days of Rotterdam is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Rotterdam, the Netherlands at the Rotterdam Ahoy. The event was first held in 1936.
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IFFR
February
The International Film Festival Rotterdam, which mainly features independent films from all over the world in February
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Summer Carnival
February – March
A huge Caribbean-oriented parade and party in the city centre
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Rotterdam Marathon
April
Rotterdam Marathon internationally reputed as a very fast marathon, is held in April in Centrum
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Metropolis Festival
July
(music) on the first Sunday in July
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Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Rotterdam); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
All 10 places to eatSomewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.