Airport Rotterdam (IATA: RTM) is 10 km away from Rotterdam and is the closest airport to it.
Best things to see in it
1. Diergaarde Blijdorp
Diergaarde Blijdorp (Official Dutch name: Stichting Koninklijke Rotterdamse Diergaarde, Foundation Royal Zoo of Rotterdam) is a zoo in the northwestern part of Rotterdam, one of the oldest zoos in the Netherlands. In 2007 it celebrated its 150th anniversary.
2. Euromast
The Euromast is a tower in Rotterdam constructed between 1958 and 1960, designed by Hugh Maaskant. It was specially built for the 1960 Floriade. It is a concrete building with an internal diameter of 9 meters (30 ft) and a wall thickness of 30 centimetres (1 ft). For stability it is built on a concrete block of 1, 900, 000 kilograms (4, 190, 000 lb) so that the centre of gravity is below ground. It has a " crow's nest" observation platform 96 meters (315 ft) above-ground and a restaurant. Original…
3. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
The Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is the main art museum in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The museum began in 1847 with the collection of Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans (1767 - 1847). In 1958 the collection of businessman Daniël George van Beuningen (1877 - 1955) was added to the museum. At this point the museum acquired its current name.
4. Van Nelle Factory
The former Van Nelle Factory (Dutch: Van Nellefabriek) on the Schie river in in Rotterdam, is one of the most important historic industrial buildings in the Netherlands. It is a former factory currently used as an office complex for design and media firms.
5. Arboretum Trompenburg
Arboretum Trompenburg is a botanical garden in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, which hosts a large collection of woody as well as herbaceous plants.
6. Wereldmuseum
The Wereldmuseum Rotterdam (formerly known as the Museum voor Land- en Volkenkunde) is an ethnographic museum, situated Willemskade in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
7. Oceanium
The Oceanium is a public aquarium that opened in 2001 in Diergaarde Blijdorp, a zoo in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
8. Erasmusbrug
The Erasmusbrug (" Erasmus Bridge" ) is a cable stayed bridge across the Nieuwe Maas (English: New Meuse) river, linking the northern and southern halves of the city of Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Have you seen everything in Rotterdam already? Let's have a look on the surroundings. Are you fancy to travel around a bit? Here is our list:
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