A place travelers can visit Port of Rotterdam

Reviews: Port of Rotterdam

General description: Port of Rotterdam

The Rotterdam Port is one of the main ports in Europe. Annually 430 million tons of goods pass over these waters, on and off the cranes and on to the boats, trains and trucks to be transported around the world.
 
Visiting Rotterdam Port
The Port is also open to visitors. There are many attraction such as the World Port Days an annual maritime event, FutureLand an information and experience center about the construction of the new port, a whole range of museums and plenty of boats offering tours of the harbor.
 
World Port Days
Run by the Port of Rotterdam authority this event offers; Quay presentations where the public have access to working ships, excursions with nautical demonstrations and a program of breathtaking stunts and other shows which can be watched from the Erasmus Bridge of the Wilhelminakage Grandstand.
 
FutureLand
At the FutureLand Information Centre you can watch how the land rises out of the water to create the Rotterdam Port of the future. There is even a restaurant where you can watch all the work happening before your eyes while you relax and have a drink and a bite to eat.
 
Museums
Maritime Museum (Leuvehaven)
Port Museum (Leuvehaven)
National Museum of Dredging (Sliedrecht)
National Towage Museum (Maasluis)
Steam tug Furie (Maasluis)
Fisheries Museum (Vlaardingen)
Submarine Wharf

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• For all further details visit: http://www.portofrotterdam.com/en/Port/experience-the-port/Pages/home.aspx
  

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