Hostel Boat the Clipper
Rotterdam is the largest seaport in the world, and its history is closely related to the water. It is docked in one of the old harbours of the city centre, near all Rotterdam’s architectural highlights and museums. You will feel right at home on our boat with its young and helpful crew ...
Hostel Room Rotterdam
Hostel ROOM Rotterdam is Europe's first theme hostel right in the center of Rotterdam next to the park, the river Maas and the Erasmusbrug. Among the rooms you'll find the Port Room, the Sports Room, the Club Room and the Festival Room but there are also rooms that represent a pure Dutch theme and rooms that refer to the history of the building ...
Stayokay Rotterdam
Stayokay Rotterdam is located at the heart of the city. You’ll find everything you need there. A friendly Brasserie and a non-smoking lounge where you can take a breather from the bustling city centre. Meet visitors from all over the world in the bar or over a game of pool. The hostel has a private back yard, a great place to relax when the weather’s nice ...
Sleep In Mafkees
Our sleep-in is a basic accommodation which is clean and safe. It's situated in the center of Rotterdam only 200 meters from Central Station, It's a great place to meet other travellers and exchange experiences ...
Rotterdam is, in terms of population, the second largest municipality in the Netherlands after the capital, Amsterdam, and the largest city in the province of Zuid-Holland (South Holland). The city has the largest port of Europe. It became the world's busiest port in 1962, but lost this status to Shanghai in 2004. It is situated on the banks of the river Nieuwe Maas ("New Meuse"), one of the streams in the delta formed by the Rhine and Meuse rivers. The name "Rotterdam" derives from the city's origin at a dam in a small tributary river, the Rotte.
Rotterdam consists of 11 submunicipalities: Charlois (including Heijplaat), Delfshaven, Feijenoord, Hillegersberg-Schiebroek, Hoek van Holland, Hoogvliet, IJsselmonde, Kralingen-Crooswijk, Noord, Overschie, and Prins Alexander (with around 85,000 inhabitants the most populous submunicipality). Two other areas, Centrum (“Center”) and Pernis, do not have official submunicipality status.
The city center is located on the northern bank of the Nieuwe Maas, although recent urban development has extended the center to parts of southern Rotterdam known as De Kop van Zuid ("the Head of South", i.e. the northern part of southern Rotterdam). From its inland core, Rotterdam reaches the North Sea by a swath of predominantly harbor area. Well-known streets in Rotterdam are the shopping center the Lijnbaan (the first set of pedestrian streets of the country, opened in 1953), the Hoogstraat, the Coolsingel with the city hall, and the Weena, which runs from the Central Station to the Hofplein (square). A modern shopping venue is the Beurstraverse ("Stock Exchange Traverse"), better known by the informal name "Koopgoot" ("Buying/Shopping Gutter", after its low-lying position, crossing Rotterdam's main street Coolsingel below street level). The main shopping venue in the south of Rotterdam is Zuidplein, which lies close to Ahoy' Rotterdam, an accommodation center for shows, exhibitions, sporting events, concerts and congresses. Another prominent shopping center, called Alexandrium (sometimes still called by its former name "Oosterhof"), lies in the east of Rotterdam. It includes a large kitchen and furniture center.
During the summer of 2003 and 2005, there was an artificial beach at the Boompjeskade along the Nieuwe Maas, between the Erasmus Bridge and the Willems Bridge. Swimming was not possible, digging pits was limited to the height of the layer of sand, ca. 50 cm. Alternatively people go the beach of Hoek van Holland.
