Rotterdam & Gouda Daily Walking Tour

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Rotterdam & Gouda Daily Walking Tour — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

Rotterdam Central Station — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

About this activity

Explore two of the oldest Dutch cities in one day. Vibrant cities, nowadays with opposite architectural images but still tell stories about turbulent times.

Experience the clashing points of traditional and avant-garden, architectural styles (cube houses), the greenest city in the Netherlands and the biggest European port where potatoes “struggle each other”

You sip a coffee at the lowest Dutch point below sea level (-7,67 m), a completely different Red Light District, Enjoy an unforgettable Gouda Cheese Experience, taste one of the finest world cheeses, visit the oldest city hall building in the Lowlands and lastly, explore inner space system of functioning of a typical Dutch grain windmill.

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At a glance

Duration: 7 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Up to 4 people
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: Czech, Slovak, English, Croatian, Dutch, Serbian
Operated by: Alex

What is included

Included

Included: Entrance tickets to windmill "The Red Lion"
Included: Tea and coffee: Coffee and/or Tea

Not included

Not included: Admission fees: Saint-John Church
Not included: Admission fees: Gouda Cheese Experience
Not included: Public transportation (bus, subway, cable car, etc.): Public transportation - retour train ticket from Rotterdam to Gouda and back ca. 10 EURO. Credit card could be used in that purpose. EUR 15.00 per person

Itinerary

Rotterdam Centraal Station

10 min

Modern architecture pearl, the main railway station of Rotterdam city receiving an average of 170 000 passengers daily. One of the greatest city’s architectural highlights
Stop 2

10 min Admission not included

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

10 min Admission not included

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.
Stop 4

10 min

Monument honored to Desiderius Erasmus Roterdamus 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

15 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

20 min

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…
Stop 8

10 min

Once ( end of 19th century) the highest " skyscraper" in Europe and one of the rare building survived Rotterdam Nazi 14th May 1940.
Willemsbrug

10 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
Stop 11

10 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.
Stop 12

20 min

Maritime Museum - 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

20 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.
Gouda Cheese Experience

45 min Admission not included

3 in 1 at the most famous cheese museum and factory in Netherlands — Entertainment, degustation, education
Stadhuis Gouda (City Hall)

15 min Admission not included

The oldest existing city hall building in Netherlands from 1459
Stop 16

15 min

Custom house (mostly connected with cheese trade) from 1668
Stop 17

10 min

One of the buildings in Gouda with the richest history and multipurpose functions n the city history
Stop 18

10 min Admission not included

The longest one church in Netherlands famous as well due its 72 stained glass windows
Museum Gouda

15 min Admission not included

Museum Gouda (St. Catherine Gasthuis) - Two buildings fused in one national monument. Former mentally hospital, prison and torture chamber, art building, even horse stale
Stop 20

10 min

Medieval building situated at oldest city quarter, former workshop by some Flemish tapestry weavers, secret catholic children school, 19th century brewery and finally art studio and gallery
tuin van het Willem Vroesenhuis

10 min

Elderly house with picturesque backside yard founded by influenced and prominent citizen Willem Vroesen
Stop 22

5 min

Famous city’s landmark , gateway to former house that once hosted people suffering of leper
Rijksmonument De Visbanken

5 min

Former fish market established in the middle of 16th century
Stop 24

10 min

Evangelistic church dedicated to St. Joost, patron of bag carriers, namely of their guild
Stop 25

10 min

House from middle of 19th century served like ash warehouse! …at the times when potash was used for soap and glass production.
Red Lion Windmill (Molen De Roode Leeuw)

15 min Admission included

“De Roode Leeuw” one of the oldest and still existing flourmills in the Netherlands which still retains its original shape inside and out.
Remonstrantse kerk

10 min

Chapel that still belongs to Remonstrant Brotherhood Community , Protestant movement that had split from Dutch Reformed Church in the early 17th century
Stop 28

5 min Admission not included

Former Gouda orphanage from 1643, nowadays high rated and exclusive hotel

Meeting point and pickup

You can be picked up from your accommodation or go straight to the meeting point.

Meeting point

Since this tour could be customized, customer could be picked up at his hotel as well in Rotterdam or Gouda or even Amsterdam at Central Train Station, or Amsterdam Passenger Terminal (APT), Dam Square

End point

Since this tour could be customized, customer could be picked up at his hotel as well in Rotterdam or Gouda or even Amsterdam at Central Train Station, or Amsterdam Passenger Terminal (APT), Dam Square

Pickup points

Since this tour could be customized, customer could be picked up at his hotel as well in Rotterdam or Gouda or even Amsterdam at Central Train Station, or Amsterdam Passenger Terminal (APT), Dam Square