# The best sights in Rotterdam

Architecture, harbours and museums: Rotterdam's must-sees according to the city's tourist information, the ANWB and TripAdvisor.

- 8 votes · 17 items
- Jun 11, 2026 · S. Hendriks
- https://even.best/en/l/1031/the-best-sights-in-rotterdam

## Top 10

1. **Markthal** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Covered market under an arch with a huge ceiling mural.
2. **Cube Houses** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Piet Blom's tilted cube houses.
3. **Erasmus Bridge** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 'The Swan' over the Maas.
4. **Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Mirrored, publicly accessible art depot with a rooftop garden.
5. **Euromast** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Observation tower with a restaurant and abseiling.
6. **Historic Delfshaven** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Old harbour that survived the bombing.
7. **St Lawrence Church** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Late Gothic church, one of the few medieval buildings left.
8. **Spido harbour tour** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Boat tour of one of the world's largest ports.
9. **SS Rotterdam** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Former ocean liner, now a hotel and museum.
10. **Oude Haven** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Terraces among historic ships.
11. **Rotterdam Centraal** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Station with a striking pointed roof.
12. **Hotel New York** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Former headquarters of the Holland America Line on the Kop van Zuid, now a hotel and restaurant.
13. **The White House** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Art Nouveau office building from 1898 on the Oude Haven, one of the first high-rise buildings in Europe.
14. **The Park** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Nineteenth-century city park next to the Euromast, along the Maas.
15. **Kunsthal** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Exhibition building by Rem Koolhaas (1992) at the Museum Park, with changing exhibitions.
16. **Phoenix** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Museum about migration in an old harbor shed on Katendrecht, with the double spiral staircase Tornado; open since May 2025.
17. **Rotterdam Zoo (Blijdorp)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — One of the oldest zoos in the Netherlands.

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