Was ist los in Rotterdam, Niederlande – übers Jahr

Hochbetrieb – IFFR, Christmas and New Year

• Festival

  IFFR

  22. Jan. – 8. Feb. · meistFilmfestivalVollFrüh buchen

  Eleven days of first and second features from everywhere, which is the one thing that reliably fills this city in deep winter. Screenings sell out early; the day passes are the way in. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Christmas and New Year (24. Dez. – 1. Jan.)

Hochbetrieb – IFFR, Voorjaarsvakantie (February) holidays in Niederlande

Im Februar beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: IFFR (22. Jan. – 8. Feb. (meist))

Viel los – Museumnacht010, Schulferien in 4 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Festival

  Museumnacht010

  7. MärzKunstfestivalVollFrüh buchen

  On one Saturday night in early March dozens of museums, galleries and venues stay open until one in the morning on a single ticket, with performances and DJ sets between the exhibitions. Tickets often sell out ahead. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Rotterdam Marathon, King's Day

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  Rotterdam Marathon

  5.–20. Apr. · meistSporteventVollSchließungen

  A flat, fast course through the centre and over the Erasmus bridge on a Sunday in April, with most of the city out on the pavement. Bridges and the main axes close from early morning. Quelle ↗

• Feiertag

  King's Day

  27. Apr.NationalfeiertagVoll

  King's Day turns Dutch towns orange: street markets where anyone may sell, outdoor parties and live music fill the centres, and trains and bars are packed. It falls on 27 April, or the 26th when the 27th is a Sunday. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – O. Festival, Meivakantie (May) holidays in Niederlande

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  O. Festival

  22.–31. MaiMusikfestivalVoll

  The former Operadagen: ten days of opera, music theatre and performance in late May, staged in theatres, the harbour and the Kralingse Bos. Tickets start cheap and many shows are in unusual spaces with small capacities. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Rotterdam Rooftop Days

  30. Mai – 7. JuniGroßes FestivalFrüh buchen

  For two weekends around the turn of May and June, dozens of normally closed rooftops open for walks, tours, talks and performances, some linked by temporary bridges. Book passes early; the popular roofs have limited places. Quelle ↗

Viel los – Poetry International Festival, Schulferien in 4 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

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  Poetry International Festival

  1.–10. Juni · meistKunstfestivalVoll

  One of the oldest poetry festivals in the world, running since 1970: four days in early June of readings by poets from around the world, mostly at LantarenVenster, with translations on screen. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: O. Festival (22.–31. Mai), Rotterdam Rooftop Days (30. Mai – 7. Juni)

Hochbetrieb – Zomercarnaval, Summer holidays in Niederlande

• Festival

  North Sea Jazz

  8.–16. Juli · meistMusikfestivalFrüh buchen

  Three days and a dozen stages inside the Ahoy hall, jazz taken broadly enough to cover soul, hip-hop and Afrobeat. Indoors, so the weather is irrelevant, and rooms go months ahead. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Zomercarnaval

  24.–25. JuliKarnevalVoll

  The Caribbean street parade the city's Antillean and Cape Verdean communities built, held on a Saturday in late July. Battle of Drums the night before is the better ticket. Quelle ↗

Viel los – Summer holidays in Niederlande, Schulferien in 6 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Festival

  Wereldhavendagen

  4.–6. Sep.Großes FestivalVoll

  The port opens itself for a weekend at the start of September: tugs, navy ships, terminal tours and a lot of it free. The only time you can get inside the working docks. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Zomercarnaval (24.–25. Juli)

Viel los – Wereldhavendagen, Schulferien in 3 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

Im September beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Wereldhavendagen (4.–6. Sep.)

Viel los – Herfstvakantie (autumn) holidays in Niederlande, Schulferien in 3 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

Im Oktober beginnt nichts Neues.

Ruhig – Schulferien in 2 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen, einer der Monate mit dem schlechtesten Wetter

Im November beginnt nichts Neues.

Hochbetrieb – Christmas and New Year, Christmas holidays in Niederlande

• Feiertag

  Christmas and New Year

  24. Dez. – 1. Jan.Weihnachten & NeujahrSchließungen

  Christmas Day and the Second Christmas Day are public holidays, with many shops, museums and restaurants closed or on short hours, and 1 January is one of the few days nearly everything shuts. Consumer fireworks are now banned nationally, so midnight is quieter than it was. Quelle ↗