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‘Rotterdam is our living lab’

Heat and drought, alternating with awesome downpours. This might sound frightening. Then again, you could also consider it to be an opportunity, which is what...

Open up to celebrate!

Building bridges and connecting peopleSoul singer Shirma Rouse – on her way to the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam – has written a song which...

Better prepared for calamities with the Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness Center

Erasmus MC, Delft University of Technology and Erasmus University Rotterdam are creating a Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness Center (PDPC). This innovation and knowledge center will...

STREET ART IS BOOMING in ROTTERDAM!

Street art is booming in Rotterdam. If you’ve visited Rotterdam, or if you live or work there, you must have seen a street art piece...

Blue City

BlueCity, a true forerunner in the circular economy

BlueCity puts Rotterdam on the international map as a sustainable city Whenever the name BlueCity comes up, the concept of sustainability tends to be mentioned...

Five things at IFFR 2026 you don’t want to miss

The International Film Festival Rotterdam starts again on 29 January! From 29 January to 8 February, Rotterdam is all about film in all its forms....

It’s enough to leave anyone speechless.

The founders of Spraakuhloos make simulated squash moves to each other on the stage of the Oude Luxor theater in Rotterdam. Why? Because squash is...

No limits on offshore ambitions

The port of Rotterdam provides plenty of opportunities for offshore companies. And those companies most assuredly find their way to Rotterdam. For instance, Allseas’ megaship...

Port of Rotterdam: wildlife.

It might be the last place you’d expect animals and humans to live in harmony: The Port of Rotterdam and Port of Moerdijk. This paradox...

Cascade – Coolsingel Rotterdam

Cascade – Coolsingel Rotterdam

In 2008 Sculpture International Rotterdam asked Atelier Van Lieshout to develop a work of art for the heart of the city. The eight meter high sculpture Cascade is the result. The statue is made of polyester; the material that can almost be seen as a signature of Atelier Van Lieshout. Eighteen oil barrels stacked on top of each other, which seem to fall from the sky like a waterfall, together form a monumental column. A viscous mass drips from the life-size vessels, in which the figures of twenty human figures can be discerned.