{"id":5395,"date":"2018-06-23T09:18:43","date_gmt":"2018-06-23T07:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rotterdammakeithappen.bureaurotterdam.nl\/verhaal\/you-can-make-it-in-rotterdam\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T12:37:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T10:37:50","slug":"you-can-make-it-in-rotterdam","status":"publish","type":"verhaal","link":"https:\/\/rotterdammakeithappen.nl\/en\/stories\/you-can-make-it-in-rotterdam\/","title":{"rendered":"You can make it in Rotterdam!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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They have stolen the heart of many Rotterdam residents. Susan Bijl\u2019s sustainable design purses, Kaapse Brouwers\u2019 craft beers, Jordy\u2019s Bakery\u2019s loaves of bread. Products from Rotterdam are hip and happening. And we call it: urban manufacturing.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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These are pioneers with a passion for their city and a keen eye for entrepreneurship. Rotterdam is their home port. Operating from this central hub, they have the world at their feet. From 3D printing to books printed on paper made from tomato fibres, we have countless examples. Entrepreneurs who manufacture their products in their own city, close to the consumer and often at a small scale. And with huge success!<\/p>\n

\u2018In Rotterdam, you\u2019re allowed to take risks\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rotterdam facilitates and invests. \u201cThe empty factories and the vast available sites in the port. Rotterdam has space for production within the city limits, literally and figuratively,\u201d says Dr. Erwin van Tuijl, researcher and co-author of Manufacturing in the New Urban Economy. \u201cThe culture, atmosphere, and mentality are perfectly suited to urban manufacturing. In Rotterdam you are allowed to dare. In Rotterdam you are allowed to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Areas such as M4H and RDM Rotterdam provide pioneers with a physical space, the right conditions, and practical support to test, implement, and refine ideas, and to manufacture products. This is where bold ideas become valuable innovations.<\/p>\n