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About Your Rotterdam

Your Rotterdam is an independent guide to a city that rarely sits still. Cranes on the skyline, new towers on old piers, a market hall with flats in its roof, and a river busy with barges from morning to night — Rotterdam rewards people who take the time to look around. We write for exactly those people: first-time visitors, friends of friends who are staying a weekend, and newcomers who have just signed a lease and want to feel at home.

What we cover

The guide is organised like the city itself. Architecture follows the buildings and bridges that made Rotterdam famous. Harbour & River covers the port, the ships and the neighbourhoods built on former docks. Shops & Markets looks at food halls and shopfronts, Day Trips heads out to windmills and canal towns, and Living Here and Work & Events deal with the practical side of life and business in the city. Our City Guides pull it all together for a first visit.

How we work

Almost everything here started as a walk, a bike ride or a conversation over coffee. We visit the places we write about, often several times, and we try to describe them as they are on an ordinary grey Tuesday rather than on the sunniest day of the year. We leave out what we cannot check, and we say clearly when something — opening hours, ticket rules, timetables — is likely to change.

Some articles mention companies, products or services, particularly in our pieces on business, events and shopping. A mention is never a guarantee: compare options and read the provider's own terms before deciding anything.

Who we are not

We are not the city's tourist office, a travel agency or a booking platform. We cannot reserve tickets, answer questions about a specific booking or speak for any venue. What we can do is help you plan a day that suits your pace and point you towards the places worth your time.

Get in touch

If a guide is out of date, if you found a corner of the city we should write about, or if something was simply unclear, we would like to hear from you. The contact page explains how to reach us.

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Who writes it

Three regular contributors

Each of us signs with a first name. None of us is an official tourist guide; we are residents who like explaining our city.

  • Wessel

    Bridges, buildings and bikes

    Rides the same three bridges most days and writes the architecture routes after testing them in the rain.

  • Annemiek

    Markets, food and the south bank

    Knows which stalls are worth the queue and keeps the food and neighbourhood guides honest.

  • Thijmen

    Day trips and practical matters

    Handles the paperwork pieces and the outings, usually with a timetable printout in his jacket pocket.

The guide in brief

A few plain facts about Your Rotterdam

No numbers to dress it up, just how the site works.

  • Every guide is free to read, with no account or paywall.

  • The site runs without advertising, analytics or tracking scripts.

  • A small group of writers shares the work under first names.

  • Topics run from architecture and the harbour to markets, day trips and everyday living.

  • Older guides are revisited when the city changes around them.

  • Email is the one channel we use to hear from readers.

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