Rotterdam News
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Ahoy Rotterdam promotes carpooling through RIDEHERE.NL 23 aug 2010 - The website RIDEHERE.NL was recently introduced; this is the first carpooling site in the Netherlands for events. Completely free of charge visitors can make a carpooling date for a concert or event on RIDEHERE.NL. Ahoy Rotterdam is the first event location who is committed to this new carpooling service. Carpooling is the future; it’s cosy, cost effective and less damaging to the environment. Read more |
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Hotels and congress centres in Rotterdam sign for sustainability 24 June 2010 - Today 29 hotels and congress locations signed the Rotterdam Sustainable Hotels and Congress Locations agreement. Other signatories to the agreement included the KHN, the KMVK, Rotterdam Marketing, and the City of Rotterdam. A sustainable hotel and congress sector in Rotterdam contributes to the realisation of the targets set in the Rotterdam Climate Initiative, which aim to reduce CO2 by 50% and achieve a 100% climate-proof city in 2025 .... Read more |
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Rotterdam introduces free mobile city guide app 23 June 2010 - Rotterdam is launching a free mobile city guide today. The Rotterdam app gives visitors and inhabitants constant access to convenient city info via their mobile phones. The mobile app provides access to a city guide with information on attractions, museums, hotels, restaurants and shops. It also includes a city map and a dynamic events calendar. To download the app, users need to open m.rotterdam.info/download with their mobile phone .... Read more |
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Dutch designers win big at 2010 Design Awards 01 June 2010 - The European Design Festival, held in Rotterdam for the first time, concluded on Sunday with the Design Awards ceremony. Where German graphic designers had raked in the awards in previous years, 2010 was a true celebration of Dutch design. Not only did Dutch designers win 10 golden awards, but Gert Dumbar (founder of Studio Dumbar) also won the Hall of Fame award, which goes to designers who are highly influential in the design world ... Read more |
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Rotown named Best Pop Music Venue of the Netherlands 27 May 2010 - Rotown has been named the Best Pop Music Venue of the Netherlands. The "IJzeren Podiumdier" was awarded to Rotown this Wednesday at the "Gala van de Popmuziek". Other nominees include Rotown owner Dick Pakkert, the North Sea Jazz Festival and Harry Hamelink (Motel Mozaique). Rotown is 'very happy' with the award: 'It is a sign that the potential of Rotterdam as a pop music city is nationally acknowledged." ... Read more (Dutch) |
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Rotterdam still 2nd most popular Dutch congress city 19 May 2010 - Rotterdam has retained its second-place spot on the ranking list of popular congress locations in the Netherlands, generated from the 2009 congress statistics compiled by the International Congress & Convention Association (ICCA). The ICCA tracks annual global statistics for the sector. Rotterdam ranked second again, staying ahead of both The Hague and Maastricht, which tied for third place ... Read more |
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European Design Festival puts design on the map in Rotterdam 27 April 2010 - During the European Design Festival from 27 to 30 May Rotterdam is the meeting point to be for 500 European designers. The festival is all about European design and in particular graphical design. Designers from all over the world come to Rotterdam for networking and to get inspired. The programme includes a conference, the Design Award ceremony, design tours and exhibitions and more ... Read more |
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Winners photography contest Rotterdam Image Bank 26 April 2010 - Willem de Kam and Zoë Khouw of the Willem de Kooning Academie Hogeschool Rotterdam (WdKA) have won the photography contest of the Rotterdam Image Bank. Both students will receive a photo assignment worth €1,250 for the campaign ‘Creativity Starts Here’ of the OBR. The images have been added to the Rotterdam Image Bank and can be used for the promotion of Rotterdam (royalty-free). The best images are also exhibited in ROTTERDAM.INFO ... Read More (Dutch) |
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RotDocFotoFest: 10 days, 10 hotel lobbies, 10 curators 19 April 2010 - On Thursday 13 May 2010 the opening of the Rotterdam Documentaire Foto Festival will take place in the Hilton hotel. During the 10 days of this new photography festival 10 renowned curators will select work from 10 photographers in 10 hotel lobbies. The theme is ‘Close to Home’, and the Arminius in Rotterdam will be the centre for lectures and debates on this subject ... Read more |
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Unique exhibition space in Rotterdam’s harbour 13 April 2010 - This summer the Port of Rotterdam and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen are transforming an abandoned Submarine Wharf into the largest exhibition space in the Netherlands. From May to September a renowned artist is being given the opportunity to create a high-profile exhibition in this location. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen has invited Atelier Van Lieshout to kick off the proceedings on 29 May 2010 ... Read more |
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Tour de France - Start the countdown 25 March 2010 - Start the countdown! It's exactly 100 days before the Grand Depart of the Tour de France in Rotterdam. Until that day, a special Thalys train will be decorated with logos of the Grand Départ Rotterdam 2010. Today a group of special guests will arrive with this special train from Paris for a press conference and the Diner Maillot Jaune in Rotterdam, including Jean-Etienne Amaury (president of the A.S.O.), Christian Prudhomme (CEO of the Tour) ... Read more (Dutch) |
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Rotterdam turns the lights off for Earth Hour 19 March 2010 - Rotterdam will, just like many other cities, turn off the lights for one hour on Saturday 27 March to to make their stand against climate change. The Erasmus bridge, the Euromast, the city hall and the "Witte Huis" will participate in this 'black-out', as part of the Earth Hour action of the WWF. Overall 200 cities worldwide had agreed to take part in this initiative ... Read more |
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Hear the Heart Beat of Rotterdam during the Fortis Marathon 17 March 2010 - Rotterdam is known as a 'melting pot'of cultures from all over the world. During the Fortis Marathon Rotterdam on Sunday 11 April bands will play alongside the course to represent and unite the cultures of the city in a musical way. The "Heartbeat of Rotterdam" will be formed when the heartbeat of the runners and the urban beat of the city come together ... Read more (Dutch) > Watch the video about 30 years of Fortis Marathon |
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The city turns yellow for the reopening of De Rotterdam 15 February 2010 - Starting today the legendary steamship De Rotterdam be open for the public. Famous Rotterdam citizens opened the ship with a special 'openingwalk'. In addition, the city also turned yellow, the color of the ridge of the ship. Hundreds of balloons with a diameter of 1.5 meter coloured the route from the city to the ship and thousands of bike seat covers were handed out with the text: 'On De Rotterdam you sit more comfortably' in Dutch ... Read more (Dutch) |
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Students of the WdKA shoot for Rotterdam Image Bank 9 February 2010 - Third-year students of the Willem de Kooning Academie are going to take pictures for the Rotterdam Image Bank of Rotterdam Marketing. The best photographer will win a photo assignement worth € 2,500 for the Creativity Starts Here campaign of Ontwikkelingsbedrijf Rotterdam. This photo contest will end in June with an exposition in the newly opened city promotion center ROTTERDAM.INFO ... Read more (Dutch) |
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The new RZine 2010 offers more convenience to visitors 8 February 2010 - Starting this week Rotterdam Marketing offers de visitor of Rotterdam even more convenience with the new edition of the RZine 2010 - Rotterdam in your pocket. In this new city guide the differents areas of Rotterdam, each with their own atmosphere, character and unique sights, is outlined. This makes the RZine a great resource for discovering the city of Rotterdam ... Read more (Dutch) > Take a look at the new RZine 2010 |
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Rotterdam Welcome Card now includes chip for public transportation 1 February 2010 - Rotterdam Marketing & RET join forces to offer more convenience to visitors of Rotterdam. On Friday 29 January the new Rotterdam Welcome Card was presented. In addition to discounts at 50 locations in Rotterdam, visitors can now use the same card for unlimited use of public transportation for 1, 2 or 3 days. Read more (Dutch) > More information about the Rotterdam Welcome Card |
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New promotion centre for Rotterdam: ROTTERDAM.INFO 27 January 2010 - On 10 March 2010 ROTTERDAM.INFO, the new city promotion centre of and about Rotterdam, will open its doors. Visitors and citizens can visit this central information point for information and tips about Rotterdam, varying from attractions and nightlife to architecture and living. ROTTERDAM.INFO will contribute to the promotion of Rotterdam and is a cooperation from Rotterdam Marketing and the local government of Rotterdam. Read more (Dutch) |
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Rotterdam congratulates New York with Wallpaper* Design Award 13 January 2010 - Rotterdam was nominated for the Wallpaper* Design Award for ‘Best City’. At the award ceremony in London New York was announced as the winner. "Offbeat and fiercely committed to the new, Rotterdam has long benefited from its relative anonymity, eschewing tradition and celebrating innovation. The city now boasts a thrusting skyline and is home to respected architects ... Read more > Watch the Wallpaper City Short video about Rotterdam |
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Jan Willem Luyken wins Rotterdam Marketing Award 13 January 2010 - At the annual Rotterdam New Years Reception, the 9th Rotterdam Marketing Award was handed out to Jan Willem Luyken, Chairman of the North Sea Jazz Festival. With pride he accepted the award - the remarkable "heart for the city" statuette - from the mayor. “Well-deserved!”, mayor Aboutaleb said. “Jan Willem is a person who together with his team has put Rotterdam in the picture, both nationally and internationally ... Read more (Dutch) |
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Diergaarde Blijdorp is the best visited zoo of the Netherlands 5 January 2010 - Diergaarde Blijdorp looks back at a successful 2009. Despite the recession, Blijdorp achieved the same high visitor numbers as in previous years. For the 8th time in history more than 1.5 million visitors passed the entrance gates: 1,561,891 to be precise. That makes Blijdorp the best visited zoo of the Netherlands for three years in a row ... Read more (Dutch) |
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Watch the 'Making of' video of STANDARD TIME 4 Januari 2010 - At Rotterdam Central Station a "digital" clock made of wood and was shown for 24 hours from 27 November to 28 November, which was meticulously kept by a total of 36 workers. Each minute was carefully adjusted. STANDARD TIME is an artwork by Mark Formanek. > Watch the Making of STANDARD TIME video |
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Smashing end of YOUR WORLD with New Years Eve 31 December 2009 - Rotterdam is the European Youth Capital, better known as YOUR WORLD. The National New Years Eve party marks the end of the YOUR WORLD year with fantastic fireworks and the title is handed over to Turino, the next European Youth Capital ... Read more (Dutch) |
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Tour de France News - Prologue will start at 16.30 29 December 2009 - The prologue of the Tour de France 2010 will start on Saturday July 3rd at 16.30 and will end around 20.00. Ninety minutes later the quarter-finals FIFA World Cup will begin in South Africa. If the Dutch national soccer team plays well against Japan, Camerone and Denmark in the group and wins in the Round of 16, then this will be a match with Dutch team ... Read more (Dutch) |
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Rotterdam nominated for the Wallpaper* Design Award ‘Best City’ 22 December 2009 - The internationally renowned Wallpaper * Magazine puts Rotterdam in the top 5 of world class cities. The city is nominated for the Wallpaper Design Award in the category 'Best City' of 2010. Other contenders are Berlin, Istanbul, New York and Seoul. The eventual winner will be announced on Thursday, January 14 during the presentation of the Wallpaper * Design Awards in London ... Read more |
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Mayor Aboutaleb will light the Norwegian Christmas Tree 18 December 2009 - Mayor Aboutaleb will the christmas tree in front of the city hall on December 18th. The christmas tree celebration on the Coolsingel has always been a Norwegian-Dutch event with the donation of the huge Norwegian Christmas tree, the presence of the mayor of Oslo and this year with an extra concert of Nick & Simon ... Read more (Dutch) |
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De Rotterdam will open in the last week of December 16 December 2009 - The legendary steamship 'De Rotterdam' will start with a trail in the last week of December and the ship will be used for various business events and parties. On 15 February 2010 the ship will officially open its gates for the public and then it will be possible to book tours, to shop, to sleep, to eat or to have a drink on board. With the opening of 'De Rotterdam' a long anticipated historical meeting place will be added to the city ... Read more (Dutch) |
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Opening of The World Arts Museum Rotterdam 10 December 2009 - On 10 December 2009 The World Arts Museum Rotterdam will re-open its doors to the public with a large theme exhibition about Oceania. The theme of the exhibition can be experienced in the whole museum. In addition to this exhibition the museum presents 2000 masterpieces in ‘The Collection’. Admission to the totally renewed permanent collection is free ... Read more (Dutch) |
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Tour de France 2010 will be a clean tour 04 December 2009 - Today at the press conference in the Golden Tulip Rotterdam Centre, mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb and General Director of the Tour de France Christian Prudhomme agreed most on the environmental aspect. Aboutaleb emphasizes that both Rotterdam and the Tour organisation see the Tour de France as the opportunity to position the city as a green and sustainable city that matches perfectly with the New Energy theme ... Read more (Dutch) |
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NAI launches SARA, the world's first Layar with 3D 01 December 2009 - The NAI is delighted to announce the launch of SARA: the world’s first mobile architecture application featuring augmented reality with 3D models. Starting today, with SARA you can see and experience the built environment of the past, present and future, via Layar Browser. The world’s first building to appear in three dimensions on the smartphone via augmented reality is Market Hall in Rotterdam ’s Blaak area ... Read more |
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New Michelin stars for restaurants Ivy en Fred in Rotterdam 24 November 2009 - Michelin strikes again … the famous restaurant guide just revealed the Michelin stars for the Netherlands. SpecialBite's favorites Ivy (with chef-cook François Geurds), Le Restaurant and Fred received a Michelin star ... Read more (Dutch) |
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Rotterdam is Culinary Capital of the Netherlands 2010 02 November 2009 - This week Rotterdam has been voted Culinary Capital of the Netherlands by restaurant guide SpecialBite. Ivy was listed number one in the guide. At the same time owner and chef François Geurds of Ivy has been voted trendsetter of the year. Herman den Blijker, a famous Dutch TV chef, received the title of Culinary Mayor of Rotterdam. SpecialBite: “It’s happening in Rotterdam, now and next year. It’s buzzing here” ... Read more (Dutch) |
win big at 2010 Design Awards
