ContentsPlan Your Trip 4Welcome to Rotterdam ......4

Top Sights ............................6

Eating .................................10

Drinking & Nightlife ..........12

Architecture ......................14

Art .......................................16

Museums ...........................18

Tours...................................19

Entertainment .................. 20

Festivals & Events.............21

Shopping ........................... 22

Activities ........................... 23

For Free ............................. 24

For Kids ............................. 25

Four Perfect Days ............ 26

Need to Know ................... 28

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SurvivalGuide 141Before You Go ................ 142

Arriving in Rotterdam ... 143

Getting Around .............. 143

Essential Information ... 144

Language ........................ 149

Index .................................152

ExploreRotterdam 31Centrum ............................ 33

Noord................................. 55

West ................................... 65

Zuid .................................... 83

Explore South Holland 97Delft ................................... 99

Den Haag.......................... 113

Worth a TripKinderdijk ....................... 136

Gouda .............................. 138

Special FeaturesAlong the Hofbogen ........ 56

Van Nelle Fabriek ............. 66

The Old Red Light District .................... 84

Vermeer Centrum Delft ................ 100

Mauritshuis ..................... 114

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Innovation is the mantra in the Netherlands’ second-biggest city and the locals embrace it with unbridled enthusiasm. It’s not just the cutting-edge architecture and urban design present in every neighbourhood that make the city special – although the design culture here really is extraordinary. Instead, it’s the general willingness to try anything once – be it different foods, outré artistic experiences, new-wave coffee or pretty well anything else.

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Van Nelle Fabriek Architecturally resplendent 1930s factory complex. p66

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