Rotterdam Architecture Highlights Walking Tour

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Architecture Highlights Walking Tour in Rotterdam

2 hours
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Discover the beautiful, modern architecture of Rotterdam during a small-group walking tour through the city center led by a local architect. See key architectural landmarks such as the Rotterdam Central Station, the Lijnban, the Markthal, the iconic Cube Houses, 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.

Take a walking tour of Rotterdam’s modern architecture
Visit the Central Station, Timmerhuis, the Cube Houses, and more
Learn about the history of the structures from your architect guide
Enjoy a personalized experience on this small-group tour

What's Included

2-hour walking tour
Professional Architect as guide

Hotel pickup and drop-off
Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Rotterdam Centraal
Stationsplein 2, 3013 AJ Rotterdam, Netherlands

End point

Boompjeskade, 3011 XE Rotterdam, Netherlands
On the riverside

What To Expect

Rotterdam Centraal Station

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Schouwburgplein

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Lijnbaan (Pass By)

Timmerhuis - OMA

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Markthal

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Boompjeskade

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
May be operated by a multilingual guide
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed
Please dress according to the weather conditions
Near public transportation

Minimum age is 12 years
A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
Transportation is wheelchair accessible
Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

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Featured review

Catherine_R

Silvia was a fantastic tour guide and brought the history of modern architecture in Rotterdam to life. She's very knowledgeable, well-spoken, with a good sense of humor and excellent communication skills. She answered all our questions and made some excellent suggestions and offered many helpful insights. Ours was a small group of six and she went out of her way to address individual interests. Highly recommended and would be happy to take another tour with her in the future.

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Our guide had trained as...

Laura_P, Apr 2024

Our guide had trained as an architect and clearly knew her stuff. She provided good historic and contemporary context for what we were seeing. We did this as a day trip from Amsterdam and it was well worth it.

Absolutely amazing

clairebarker1982, Mar 2024

We where very lucky as we where the only 2 that booked this tour so had a private tour which we where able to ask as many questions as we wanted and had. Our tour guide was brilliant and could answer all our questions with her Architectural knowledge

New view on Rotterdam

Eddy_H, Mar 2024

It was a nice discovery of Rotterdam with beautiful hidden treasures. We saw the city in a different light.

Amazing evening tour with top guide!

Claudine_O, Feb 2024

Very nice and interesting walking tour, with the beautifull colours of the sunset! Tania, our guide, knew every detail about the buildings we admired in the city.

Well worth it

Jim_G, Oct 2023

Rotterdam’s modernist architecture and the history of how it came to be is fascinating. Silvia, our tour guide, was wonderful. Her perspective and knowledge as an architect was great, but her insights as someone who’s lived in and loves Rotterdam also added a personal and human touch. She answered every question, spent a half hour more with us than the set tour time and made for one of the best experiences we had in the Netherlands.

Great tour

Nicole_J, Oct 2023

brilliant tour!!! Really nice and very knowable guide. Would definitely go again. Our only problem was that the meeting point was not clear. the meeting point address was a bit different to the map provided and different to the actual meeting place.

Our guide Tania was very...

Deborah_N, Jun 2023

Our guide Tania was very good! We enjoyed her insights as to how the Rotterdam architecture was planned and developed.

Excellent tour

Catherine_R, May 2023

Architectural walking tour in Rotterdam

MichelleH_K, Apr 2023

Terrific overview of the city. We started at the central station and spent a lot of time there. Branched out from there. Only disappointment was that we didn’t cover any of the old area which was right around the corner. Our guide was on time and well organized. We were only a group of five, and that was very enjoyable. And our guy was primarily a Spanish speaker, but had very good English. I will admit it took me a bit of time to understand her sometimes. Unfortunately it was a very cold day. The breeze is icy that comes off of the nearby water. Would highly recommend the cruise on a warmer and sunnier day.

Rotterdam

Paulo_R, Aug 2020

Excellent city tour. Tania was particularly exhaustive and friendly! She elucidated everything in detail and always added astonishing stories and actualities. You can tell that Tania loves this city and its evolution. We recommend everybody to discover Rotterdam throughout this tour. Bedankt Tania

l'histoire de Rotterdam

ric_m, Jun 2023

Balade très intéressante. Notre guide a su rendre vivante l'histoire de la ville à travers sa démolition et sa reconstruction...

Sehr tolle Tour!

Katja_M, Apr 2022

Wir haben einen sehr schönen Eindruck über Rotterdam's Architektur gewinnen können. Danke an Silvia!

Tolle Tour

GineGu, Sep 2021

Es war toll mit einer ROtterdamer Architektin die Stadt zu besichtigen, die nicht nur mit ihrem Fachwissen überzeugte, sondern sich auch mit der Stadtpolitik auskannte

Architectuurwandeling

elza_D, Aug 2020

Een aangename, leerrijke en interessante wandeling in een kleine groep. Een aanrader! De Engelstalige, Spaanse architecte kon ons erg boeien

Charmante Architekturführerin

dirkbobrowski, Jan 2020

Wir waren begeistert von der charmanten Architekturführerin, die uns die architektonischen Highlights der pulsierenden Stadt aus geschichtlicher und aktueller Sicht näher brachte. Auf Fragen konnte sie kompetent antworten und machte die Tour selbst zu einem Highlight unseres Besuchs in Rotterdam.