01 · Boat rental
Boat rental
Take the helm.
Hire an electric boat from Oude Haven and explore the inner harbours with your own group. Rentals start at 90 minutes and include boating instructions and a free digital Tourio route.
The Rotterdam Experience · boating · gathering · learning · discovering
See Rotterdam differently.
Take the helm or join a skipper. Cruise the Maas at night past the lit-up skyline. Come together, learn and discover on the pontoon of the Experience Hub at Wijnhaven. And soon take the city with you in your pocket with the free Experience Card. One brand, one place to choose.
Coming soonFree Rotterdam Experience Cardlocal tips, interesting places and partner offers on your phone →02 · Boat tours
Scheduled · private · evening
Every harbour has a story.
Three ways to see Rotterdam from the water, always with a skipper telling the stories: an hour through the historic inner harbours, a boat exclusively for your own group, or an hour and a half on the Maas in the evening past the lit-up skyline.
03 · Evening boat tour
Evening boat tour on the Maas
When the city lights up.
An hour and a half on the Maas at the best moment of the day: beneath the Erasmus Bridge as the skyline lights up around you. With a skipper at the helm, aboard the enclosed boat — warm and dry. Bookable from November; enquire about your evening now.
04 · Experience Hub
Pontoon 1 · Wijnhaven 63
Something special is growing.
At pontoon 1, Wijnhaven 63, maritime stories meet urban farming. Reserve the room for your gathering or join the microgreens workshop: look, taste and sow.
05 · Mini-museum
Free · Maritime District
The story of the harbours.
A free mini-museum about the past, present and future of the Maritime District is coming to the Experience Hub. From the historic ships in Oude Haven to the city that grew around them.
06 · Experience Card
Free · coming soon · your key to the city
Discover more of Rotterdam.
The free Rotterdam Experience Card will bring local places, tips and partner offers together on your phone. After your cruise, workshop or dinner, head into the city — with the Card as your guide. Coming soon.
07 · Groups
Groups & packages
What would you like to experience together?
Combine boating, a gathering, a workshop and catering in one programme. Select your preferences and request a personal proposal.
Everything we offer
Choose your experience
Bookable
Boat rental
Electric boat from Oude Haven, from 90 minutes. Price per boat, with a free Tourio route.
Hire a boat → Online booking coming soonScheduled boat tour
One hour through the inner harbours with a skipper who tells the stories. Up to twelve guests, April to October.
View departures → On requestPrivate boat tour
A boat with a skipper for your own group. Duration, route, drinks, sharing food or dinner on request.
Enquire about a private cruise → Online booking coming soonEvening boat tour
An hour and a half on the Maas aboard the enclosed boat, past the lit-up skyline and beneath the Erasmus Bridge. Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Explore the Evening boat tour → In developmentExperience Hub
The place at pontoon 1, Wijnhaven 63: gatherings, workshop and the forthcoming mini-museum.
Explore the Hub → On requestYour gathering
Your own space for up to twelve people per time block. Wi-Fi, screen and flip chart included.
Request a proposal → Online booking coming soonMicrogreens workshop
Ninety minutes of looking, tasting and sowing. Up to twelve participants.
Explore the workshop → Free · opening to followMaritime District mini-museum
The story of the harbours: past, present and future of the Maritime District, at the Experience Hub.
About the mini-museum → Coming soonExperience Card
Free digital card with local tips and partner offers. Launch to follow.
Discover the Card →On the water, on the pontoon and in the city
Why The Rotterdam Experience
On the waterTake the helm, join a skipper or cruise the Maas at night past the lit-up skyline — all from the prettiest corner of Rotterdam, Oude Haven.
On the pontoonThe Experience Hub at Wijnhaven: your gathering, the microgreens workshop and soon the mini-museum.
In the cityWith the free Experience Card you will soon discover local places, tips and partner offers — Rotterdam in your pocket.
Genuinely small-scaleA maximum of twelve guests on the boat tour and at the Hub. No crowds, real attention.
On the water today?
Rotterdam is waiting for you
Boating, gathering, learning or discovering the city — choose your experience and find yourself in the middle of Rotterdam.