Top Rotterdam Historical Tours

The second largest port in the world, a resurrection from the ashes Second World War II, a roaring deer and a gallery of new architectural experiences - all this is the city of Rotterdam! We are surrounded by one of the most beautiful and beautiful bridges in Europe - a bridge - a swan, which is held on a pillar and proudly rises above the stormy waters of the river Maas. We walk with you after all the memories and scandals 2й Peace and I remember about the fact that in our country there was a huge tragedy in the past. The first contrast to us is the building of the town of Ratushi, which is one of the few buildings in the town left entirely after the bombings of 1940. We analyze the sculptural form of the facade, which is named after us. Tell us what unique living animals live in the Rotterdam Zoo, where you will find a ship - a hotel, about how the corpse lives today and what hobbies in the world of living, new education and new education.

See the best of Rotterdam, the Netherlands’ dynamic second city, on this private 2-hour walking tour. With your own personal guide, you’ll get a glimpse into the city’s past, present and future as you explore top sights and architectural highlights such as the Old Harbor, the cutting-edge Rotterdam Market Hall (Markthal) and Rotterdam Central Station. In addition to the services of a private guide, this tour includes admission to the city’s iconic cube houses.

Discover the different facets of Rotterdam with a customizable itinerary on this half-day private walking tour that ends with a relaxing cruise. With the help of your personalized guide, admire the city’s modern architecture as well as the buildings that survived WWII. Wander around Museumpark, the Rotterdam Centrum and the Old Harbor dating back to the 14th century. Make sure to visit Piet Blom’s Cubic Houses before kicking back on a boat cruise along Rotterdam Harbor.

Did you know the infamous manager of Elvis was born in Breda? That this city actually has something to do with the existence of New York? And have you ever heard of the Trojan trick the ‘Bredanaars’ pulled on the Spanish to win their city back? These are just a few stories about Breda which we will tell you during a seeBreda Highlight Tour. Get on a bike now and learn more about this incredible, historic town in the most local way!

This 2-hour private walking tour will show you many of the top attractions Rotterdam has to offer! A local guide will take you on a memorable journey through the city center. You will visit the must-see highlights such as the Market Hall, Cube Houses, St Laurens Church and many more! Strolling along the streets of Rotterdam, you will see that this city is a unique place; a fascinating combination of state-of-the-art architecture blended together with the older buildings which survived the Second World War. This tour can be fully customized to your wishes, even after you booked the tour. We can adjust the route and content as you please.

Discover the beautiful, modern architecture of Rotterdam during a 2.5-hour small-group walking tour through the city center. See key architectural landmarks such as the Rotterdam Central Station, the Lijnban, the Markthal, the Erasmus Bridge and much more. Learn more about the history of the buildings from your architect guide and snap photos of your favorite structures to admire later.

Make the most of your time in Rotterdam with a private half-day tour that covers the city’s top highlights, including the Old Harbor, Euromast, the Meent shopping district, and the Luchtsingel Bridge. For your convenience, the tour includes snacks, lunch, and all necessary admission tickets. Booking a private tour ensures a customized experience and your guide’s full attention.

During this relaxed bike tour we take you along all the sights that Rotterdam has to offer. Of course we also cycle past the hidden places of the city. You will be surprised about the skyscrapers, the nicknames of images and buildings, the art, the architecture and of course also the history and contemporary developments of this non-stop-renewing metropolis. During the tour you can ask us anything and we will tell you nice anecdotes. We also give you useful tips about good restaurants, trendy nightlife and trendy shopping streets for the remainder of your stay in Rotterdam or to come back again. After this tour you want nothing more than to go on a discovery tour yourself.

Book your Rotterdam Zoo admission ticket online to skip the entrance queues and start exploring—a popular rainy day activity for local and visiting families. At 160 years old, the zoo is one of Europe’s most oldest and most popular. Highlights include the butterfly house, tropical rainforest room, and aquarium.

During this bike tour you will visit all highlights and also the less well-known neighborhoods! During this extensive tour you really go local! In addition to the famous icons of the city, we will take you to a number of genuine Rotterdam neighborhoods with their authentic and robust characters. You will visit Rotterdam Noord, Crooswijk and Chinatown! In this way you will really discover Rotterdam in a very nice way !!!

See Rotterdam the fun way — aboard an amphibious land-and-water vehicle. A hit for all ages, this express tour showcases the must-see sights of Rotterdam from both the city streets and the Maas River in only an hour. You'll roll through the city, splash into the river, and learn about Rotterdam as you go.

With the Rotterdam Highlights Bike Tour you visit ALL the highlights of Rotterdam. Under the guidance of a passionate guide this bike tour will be memorable activity for all ages. It has the perfect mix: witnessing breathtaking skyline views, hearing funny stories and learn more about Rotterdam as a post-war reconstruction city. We cycle from the Market Hall to the Euromast and Hotel New York. Besides seeing all the top sights, this tour is ideal to orientate yourself in the city. After the Rotterdam Highlights Bike Tour you will definitely know the best places in Rotterdam.

This 2-hour guided walking tour takes you from the newly built Central Station, past architecturally iconic locations, and buildings such as The Timmerhuis, designed by the world-famous architects of OMA, and the Markthal, Europe's most unique and beautiful covered market. Your guide will expose you to the everyday life and history of the city. Meet your guide at Rotterdam's Central Station and learn about the Town Hall, St. Lawrence Church, and Europe's first high-rise building. Hear about what happened during the World War II bombing and why the wealth of modern architecture is so abundant in Rotterdam. Next, your guide will take you to see the city's modern structures. Admire the impressive new Markthal, the renowned Cube Houses, and the Erasmus Bridge. Keep walking through beautiful shopping streets and experience the modern Rotterdam lifestyle. As you go along, feel free to ask your guide any questions about the city you may have.

We will see examples of utopian architecture - cubic houses, autonomous buildings providing energy and water to sustain themselves, futuristic church, constructor-house, the most magnificent market in the world, majestic Maas, hooligan-gnome, Kind Ladybug, the biggest art object in the country and so much more. We'll talk about contemporary architecture, fantastic innovative, social and eco-projects. But we are not forgetting about the city's past. And we will also show you how it feels to live in Rotterdam today. We'll try to find local sights by their nicknames and discover the mystery of the town hall. We'll get to know why the great humanist still scares children. You can be sure that we'll also try the tastiest food Rotterdam has to offer - starting from fritters and ending with local sausages and herring. And of course, we will take some great pictures too! We will be happy to show you our favorite and most interesting spots in this amazing city. See you in Rotterdam!

Explore Rotterdam without the stress of planning on this private walking tour that highlights the city’s top landmarks and architectural gems. Going with a guide means you get a rare local perspective at stops along the way, from a bustling indoor market to the Erasmus Bridge. Leave with a feel for the city center’s atmosphere and recommendations for the rest of your stay.

In this tour you see everything that Rotterdam has to offer. You will visit all the hotspots, pass historically important places, see the most beautiful and largest buildings and you learn everything about the history. In addition, the tour is full of fun facts about everything we visit. You will get 15 minutes of free time in the Markethall to walk around and explore the Markethall for yourself. Your tour guide, Arvid, is a local from Rotterdam. I've always felt a really strong connection with Rotterdam because my whole family comes from this beautiful city. So you will see the city through the eyes of a local. I will share my own experiences with and thoughts about my city. In short, in this tour you see everything at once and you will not miss out on anything!

Start your Tour on the rooftop of Het Witte Huis (weekend) with a stunning view over Markthal, the Cube Houses, the Erasmus bridge, the Willems bridge and De Rotterdam. After this start you’ll walk right through Markthal designed by MVRDV. At the recently refurbished Grotekerkplein new city park including a public stage for music and dance. After passing Dudok’s ‘Dudok’ you’ll arrive at the Timmerhuis, a inner-city redevelopment project in which renowned Rotterdam-based architectural firm OMA merged a municipal office block from the 1950s with a pixellated steel-and-glass structure. Here you will visit a rooftop terrace (weekdays) with a view over Markthal, Coolsingel boulevard, City Hall and the city centre. In the Museumpark you will see Sonneveld House and Het Nieuwe Instituut, right before you arrive at the latest eye catcher Depot Boijmans van Beuningen, also by MVRDV, home to the world’s first public art depot.

The second largest port in the world, a resurrection from the ashes Second World War II, a roaring deer and a gallery of new architectural experiences - all this is the city of Rotterdam! We are surrounded by one of the most beautiful and beautiful bridges in Europe - a bridge - a swan, which is held on a pillar and proudly rises above the stormy waters of the river Maas. We walk with you after all the memories and scandals 2й Peace and I remember about the fact that in our country there was a huge tragedy in the past. The first contrast to us is the building of the town of Ratushi, which is one of the few buildings in the town left entirely after the bombings of 1940. We analyze the sculptural form of the facade, which is named after us. Tell us what unique living animals live in the Rotterdam Zoo, where you will find a ship - a hotel, about how the corpse lives today and what hobbies in the world of living, new education and new education.

Join this 3.5-hour walking tour of Rotterdam with a private guide. Your local guide will teach you all the in´s and out's Rotterdam has in store. Explore everything that this amazing city has to offer, learn all about the city's rich history and experience its culture first-hand. See this beautiful city through the eyes of a local. Visit its most modern and unique buildings, including the new and imposing Martkhal, the extraodinary cube houses, the famous Erasmus Bridge and Rotterdams Unique central station. See some of the sights and places that only locals know about. This tour will let you see Rotterdam in a whole different way and you will learn about everything you need to know about its past and present.

An exclusive tour for all the romantics of the world! Together with the professional local guide, you will visit the most romantic places in the city. Erasmusbrug is a combined cable-stayed and bascule bridge completed in 1996 in the centre of Rotterdam, connecting the north and south parts of this city, second largest in the Netherlands. You will feel spellbound in a charming atmosphere. What is considered as one of the best places to have a date in the city? Where can you make lovely photos? You will be surprised how many historical love stories are hidden in the streets, buildings, parks of the city. From heartbreaking and tragic, to the hilarious or spicy ones. What’s worth knowing about the love story of Henry and Katherine Hudsons? What Markthal and Euromast Tower is so special for? This tour is especially recommended in the Saint Valentine period!

Get acquainted with some of the Netherlands' most unique and modern architecture during a 2-hour group private walking tour of Rotterdam. Guided by architects your group will visit iconic areas like the postmodern shopping area Lijnbaan, the new OMA building the Timmerhuis, and the one-of-a-kind Markthal. Experience a sample of daily life and learn about the history of a city where every building has a story. Walk along the river Maas and see the new high-end architecture developments on the south bank before concluding the tour at the symbol of modern Rotterdam — Erasmus bridge. The tour is very appropriate experience for families, groups of friends, students and colleagues.

From Rotterdam's Port to The Hague in 40´. There a minitour will show you the embassy area and the Hague court or peace palace. After we will start our walking tour through the Hofweg center, we will explore the Binnehof or the Noordinde Palace among other places. At last, you will see the beautiful Big church (Grotekerk). You will enjoy some free time when you can taste a famous apple pie, haring or just simply delight youself with the views. In Rotterdam you will enjoy the modern architecture around the Charlois neighborhood, where you will encounter bridges, views of the Maas river and the war memorial. Discover the modern streets, the town hall or the cube houses, the library (a landmark of the city), the old port (Oudehaven), the Witte Huis and the guide will explain the interesting and important Lauren Church (Laurenskerk) history. We will finish our tour at the recently opened Markhal, a spectacular market with an incredible design and also all kind of food around the world.

This Experience is provided by a private local. Enjoy this enchanting and colourful city, full of coffee shops, with a local who will show you all of their favourite spots. Discover the best of the "Gateway of the World, be venturing to off-the-beaten path tracks to see Rotterdam and experience it with a local! You will feel as if you've stumbled into a city from another era and getting to know more about the local culture, the local spots where people like to go for a coffee or for having dinner! You will get introduced to the city as if you just met your best friend from overseas and he would be showing you his city!

Join a passionate guide on a tour of Rotterdam's ancient and modern monuments, where you'll discover almost everything there is to know about the city and why it is so special. You will see Rotterdam from a local's perspective by riding your bike around the bike-friendly streets. This tour will allow you to see and Rotterdam in all of its beauty. A knowledgeable local guide will share fascinating stories about the city with you. It is a one-of-a-kind city because of its architecture, harbor, public art, excellent museums, and numerous international influences.  You will get to see the highlights of Rotterdam on a bike while learning about the city's spectacular modern architecture and dramatic past. You'll also get the opportunity to explore and experience the city's architectural, historical, and cultural attractions, as well as its hidden gems.

Enjoy the delicious street food culture in Rotterdam like a local on this private tour. Our fun and entertaining guide will make this a memorable experience for you, you will try multiple street food that are not to be missed if you are in Rotterdam, this tour is more that just about food & drinks, this tour is designed to help you experience the local culture and thus you will also visit a local popular shopping market, few hidden hangout places of locals and popular sights. It is one of the best experiences to immerse yourself into the dutch culture and to fall in love with Rotterdam even more.