Cruise Port Rotterdam has become a year round destination. On 2 January, the first vessel of 2024, MSC Euribia, was welcomed – the first of eight vessels that month. It was followed by MS Ambition, Ambience and AIDAnova, and MSC Euribia visiting several times, sometimes every week. In the first

  Erik van Essen, new general manager Rotterdam Partners Rotterdam Partners, is a great and important partner organisation of Rotterdam, manages and executes the city marketing. As a result, the city welcomes 50 new businesses, 30 business conferences and 1 million daily visitors on average every year. In this way, Rotterdam Partners contributes

…the port of Rotterdam covers a surface area of more than 12,600 hectares? Rotterdam is Europe’s largest port city and reaches across a long distance towards the sea. The cruise terminal, however, is in proximity of the city centre. From the terminal, the city centre – with its large pedestrian

Restaurant Bertmans Restaurant Bertmans is located in Karel Doormanstraat, a shopping street near Lijnbaan, with a view to the Schouwburgplein and De Doelen (concert hall). Basically a vegetarian restaurant with an excellent kitchen    “Because we love to cook to everybody’s taste pallet, we have many options for vegans or people

Porthos will start the installation of the first major CO₂ transport/storage system in the Netherlands in 2024. The system will be located in Rotterdam and requires €1.3 billion in investments. This Porthos system is expected to be operational by 2026.

Head of Logistics & Facility Management Eric Bell commenced employment with Cruise Port Rotterdam in 2014 and later became the head of Logistics & Facility Management.  Eric is a healthy, active man who loves his job. Tell us about your job. ‘The logistics I work in is comprehensive and begins

The Beurstraverse, popularly dubbed Koopgoot (‘buy ditch’), runs from department store De Bijenkorf at Coolsingel to Beursplein. The Koopgoot has existed for 27 years. In 1996, the two prominent shopping streets, Hoogstraat and Lijnbaan, were linked by this Koopgoot. The official name of this sunken shopping street is Beurstraverse, currently

‘We are a strong brand that’s travelling the globe’ The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra stands out with the intense energy of its concerts, its acclaimed recordings and its innovative approach to audiences. The orchestra, founded in 1918, earned itself a place among Europe’s leading symphony orchestras. Its ties with the city

The Port of Rotterdam Authority and the municipality of Rotterdam have given the go-ahead for the start of building a shore power installation at Cruise Port Rotterdam quay. On 2 June, Robert Simons (alderman for the municipality of Rotterdam having the port in his portfolio) and Boudewijn Siemons (COO and