Rotterdam and The Hague: Private Half-Day Tour with Transfer

I will tell you something about the building and its history. Among others, this museum has the most famous paintings of Johannes Vermeer inside.

Here I will tell you about the significance and history of this place. With some luck, we might see some of our ministers (or prime minister) walking by!

You will learn about the significance of this place and some funny histoy.

This statue has to do with our constitution! You will hear more about it.

Quite a classy street! We will walk a bit and pass multiple embassies, an art museum, a famous hotel, the temporary senate building, a statue gallery of the Dutch heads of states and some more interesting (royal) buildings.

Based on the flag, we can find out if he is currently in the country. Let's see!

What is that stork doing on top of it?

This is the only head of government of the Netherlands that has been eaten by an angry mob! That sounds a bit weird, but you'll find out what happened.

It opened in 2014 and has quite a spectacular design.

You will get out of the car here and start the tour of the city.

We will enter the impressive Market Hall (Markthal). The two sides of the building contain many apartments and inside you can enjoy different foods from around the world. We will at least try some Dutch cheese! And don't forget to look up and look at one of the biggest pieces of art on the planet.

Its tower miraculously survived the bombing of Rotterdam. Today, it is mostly used as an event location. You will learn of the church's history, as well as that of a famous man who was born here: Erasmus.

These funny apartments (by Piet Blom) are a product of the 70's, built in the 80's, and they represent a typical way of building a 'village inside a city'. We will view one of the apartments from the inside! The price is included in the tour price.

This is now a lively recreational area with multiple terraces. See some more Piet Blom architecture and enjoy the old ships that are anchored here for restauration. Nowadays, the real port of Rotterdam is located many kilometers to the west from here.

This is the oldest skyscraper of Europe, dating from 1898. You will learn about its significance to the city. And if you look carefully, you can see the remnants of German bullet holes! Your guide will tell you all about it.

From here you can truly see the skyline of Rotterdam.