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Walking in Rotterdam

Do you love to get off the beaten track and are you always looking for authentic and unique places that you can’t find anywhere else? Follow in the footsteps of Rotterdam’s locals and experience the city as it really is.

Flyer Discover Rotterdam

Our Discover Rotterdam brochure contains two walking routes. Strolling along the Maas (13 km) takes you along the banks of the river that divides the city in two. The Food, fashion & design tour (9 km) shows you the restaurants, breweries, boutiques and galleries of creative Rotterdam. This guide, which also contains two cycling routes, can be ordered / viewed online and available at the locations of Rotterdam Tourist Information, where you can also get the Beeldenroute Westersingel, for example.

Routes

From a real city walk to “hiking” in nature on the outskirts of the city. The options of routes is huge. That is why we have made a selection:

Around Heijplaat (3, 4, 6 or 6.2 km): Take the Waterbus and visit this working village, wedged between the harbors.
Back and forth: Between Hotel New York (Wilhelminapier) and the ss Rotterdam (Katendrecht).
Art route Maasvlakte 2 (19 km): The map is available free of charge at the FutureLand desk.

The Light Walk

From December to the end of February, Rotterdam Illuminated puts the splendor of the city in the spotlight. That is why these routes of the Rotterdam Marriott Hotel are literally full of 'highlights', and tasty take-away options have also been included!

Choose your route

Street Art Routes

Street art comes and goes. Rewriters keeps track of all this and offers tours in six Rotterdam neighborhoods where a lot of street art can be seen. You can also go out with their app yourself. The original route through the center can even be walked with an "old-school" map.

Download app or map

Rotterdam Routes app

This free app offers more than 20 walking routes. The routes have a theme, such as jazz, the Brandgrens and the harbor, or go through a specific district, such as Noord, Delfshaven and Hoek van Holland.

View all routes and download the app

Do it like...

Seek the unknown. Think local. Go green. Celebrate the night. Honour diversity. Create what hasn’t been created yet. Try everything. Go everywhere. Follow in the footsteps of Rotterdam’s locals To experience the city as it really is.

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