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By Jermain - added at November 12, 2005

 

Anyone can find something to do in Rotterdam. From conservative to anything goes. Definitely check out the CoffeeShop De Lachende Paus on Nieuwe Binneweg. It was absolutely amazing. You walk in and definitely feel like your in a church or something.

Great place enjoy dutch delicasees.

Loved Club Vibes, hated De Oude Haven, feared the bridge and got drunk on a boat.

I hope to go back for a quickie soon.

 

 

By Darren - added at July 22, 2005

 

Hi,
We have just visited Rotterdam for the 8th time, and each time we visit the city, it gets bigger and bigger. If you want to experience Holland to the fullest then you need at least 3 whole days for this city alone. The community, food, bars are all great with excellent shopping opportunities. While there we visited "Cafe Zizo" a small but friendly gay bar/cafe (Schiedamse Vest 146) well worth a visit from the UK gay community. Also make sure you visit the restaurant at the "Vroom & Dreesman" department store, the rooftop terrace is amazing as is the food available. While talking about food make sure you try the "Chip Special" with mayo, curry sauce and fresh onion, you will be converted!! and if you like something spicy buy a jar of Sambal. Transportation cannot be faulted either, excellent tram system, both clean trains and trams that are always on time!! how do they do that?...... make sure you take comfortable shoes as there is so much to see you will be walking for miles. One problem, with the Euro currency everything has doubled in price, so, take loads of cash with you!! There is so much more to this city, but, I don't want to seem like I am going on and on.

Regards
Darren
United Kingdom

 

 

By Andi Krauser - added at May 14, 2005

 

Hello,

I was in Rotterdam last april for a brief visit. I'm a business student from Germany and was in Rotterdam because I have been to Amsterdam a couple of times before, but was a little bit fat up with the city. Touristic! Well, to summarize the rest of this story: Rotterdam was great!!
I slept at the youth hostel Stay OK, which was very shitty. It had an eastern-Europe kind of feeling.
So I went off into the city right away. First I walked the Nieuwe Binneweg. It's a very large street with a lot of record stores. I went to Demonfuzz, where I found some rare hiphop albums I was looking for. My visit to Rotterdam started perfectly. I walked on, visiting some shops, and sat down at a terrace of a café called Rotown and drank a beer. They serve Heineken everywhere, which is a pity. I don't really like Heineken, so when I ordered another one I tried one of the special beers like Westmalle trippel, a Belgian special! Great bear. A bit tipsy already I walked into the city center. The main shopping area is around the Lijnbaan and the Coolsingel and it is terrible. Really a typical Western world consuming area. But streets like the Van Oldebarneveltstraat where nice. Little shops with exclusive clothing, good food, drinks and atmosphere.
Well, at night I went eating at Rotown. It was a nice dish for 9 euro, but is was somewhat to salty. But for the price it was ok. Later that night on the terrace I met some guys who went playing soccer in a nearby park. They invited me and I went along. It was great and afterwards we smoked a joint that kicked my ass. We went to a café called Parket and I got really drunk and stoned. Ai ai ai.
These guys where great! I don't remember how I got back to the hotel.
The next day I had breakfast at Westerpaviljoen, around the corner of the hostel. Nice place. At twelve o'clock I had to catch the train back to Germany.
I'm sure I'll be back, Rotterdam!!!

 

Andi Krauser
Stuttgart