8 hour Walking and Boat Tour to Rotterdam and Kinderdijk

5.0 (6 reviews) 7 h 40 min Free cancellation

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Erasmus Bridge at New Meuse river, Rotterdam — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

Cube houses and The Pencil building, Rotterdam — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

About this activity

The clash point of traditional and avant-garde architecture styles (cube houses); the greenest city of Netherlands; drink a coffee at lowest Dutch point below sea level (-7. 67 m); one completely different Red Light District

Unique and the only in Netherlands authentic location with 19 windmills - the 19 guardians and story tellers of the old times. These still persisting and in service "water management stewards" gonna tell you the story about the cat who saved one young human life.

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At a glance

Duration: 7 h 40 min
Confirmation: Confirmed within 48 hours
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Up to 4 people
People per booking: 1–15
Operated by: Alex

What is included

Included

Included: Tour guide services
Included: Entrance fees to Kijk-Kubus buildings
Included: Tea and coffee: Coffee and/or Tea

Not included

Not included: Admission fees: Kinderdijk

Itinerary

Rotterdam Centraal Station

20 min

The main railway station of the city Rotterdam receiving an average of 170 000 passengers daily. One of the greatest city's architectural highlights.
Stop 2

30 min Admission included

The 17th century building former headquarter of Waterschap Schieland, institution responsable for water policy and management in this part of South Holland once temporary accommodation place of Napoleon Bonaparte
Grote of Sint-Laurenskerk

10 min

Late Gothic style building from 1525 and in the same time the oldest building in city of Rotterdam. One of the several rarely buildings survived nazi bombing on May 15th 1940.
Erasmus Sculpture

15 min

Monument honored to Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

alias Erasmus of Rotterdam, one of the biggest philosophers, theologians, scholars, priest from 16th century. Many public buildings , structures and education institutions are named against this famous Rotterdammer.
Markthal

20 min

Modern building situated on one of the biggest Rotterdam's Squares in the shape of horseshoe - closed market combined with living space and facilities, also nicknamed "The Sistine Chapel of Rotterdam"
Kijk-Kubus

20 min Admission included

Atypical tree-looking buildings with cube-shaped apartments on the top of the supporting columns.Because of its form only 3/4 of the inner space is suitable and usable for common living
Oude Haven

one hour Admission included

One of the oldest ( but not the oldest one!) ports of Medieval Rotterdam, former river mouth of river Rotte to New Meuse river. Nowadays favorite gathering place of Rotterdam citizens with plenty of coffee bars, restaurants, taverns, disco clubs...
Witte Huis

15 min

Once the highest building and the first skyscraper in Europe after had been erected at 1898. Similar to many buildings in Amsterdam this building is also set up on 1000 wooden pillars.
Willemsbrug

15 min

Also called "The Red Bridge" dedicated to Willem III is one of the three Rotterdam's bridges connecting central and Northern part of the city with Southern districts.
De Hef

10 min

Huge steel construction meaning "The Lift" once served like "rotating" and "lifting" train bridge across river New Meuse. The bridge was in service before the rail tunnel has been dogged through under the river
De Boeg

15 min

The war memorial placed at right embankment of the river New Meuse.It commemorates the 3500 persons on board of Dutch merchant ships who lost their lives in World War II.
Maritiem Museum Rotterdam

20 min

Leuvehaven - is an open air maritime museum. The great collection of steamships, docking cargo machines and equipment, ship engines and other objects related to or connected with the navy and shipping from the middle of the 19th century to 70's of the last century.
Erasmus Bridge

30 min

This hanging bridge is the youngest bridge in Rotterdam crossing New Meuse...and for sure the most popular and known bridge. One of the greatest symbols and images of this city also called "The Swan" or " The Harp" , 139m high with the biggest and heaviest "opening part" of the bridge in Europe, 80 m long.
Kinderdijk

3 hours

Picturesque areal with 19 unique and authentic polder windmills from the first half of 18th century distanced 25 km away from Rotterdam. The best example of efficient and well organized Dutch water management through the centuries

Meeting point and pickup

Everyone meets at the meeting point.

Meeting point

In front of the main entrance.

Address: Rotterdam Central Station, 3013 AJ Rotterdam

Meeting point could be additionally agreed at some other place up on customer request

End point

In front of the main entrance.

Address: Rotterdam Central Station, 3013 AJ Rotterdam

Meeting point could be additionally agreed at some other place up on customer request