Welcome to Rotterdam!

ISOCARP2015 offers its participants an introduction to Rotterdam by organising three urban safaris on the 21st of October through the city.

The safaris will start at Rotterdam Central Station where a guide will take the participants on one of the three carefully selected routes to the venue of the congress, the Submarine Wharf.

The Urban safaris (35 euros each) consist of routes and stops and are linked to various Rotterdam themes:

Urban Safari #1: Entrepreneurs + Architecture

Urban Safari #2: Entrepreneurs + (Multi) cultural

Urban Safari #3: Cultural + Harbour City

During the safaris participants get in touch with several layers of the city, both urban hotspots as iconic ‘must sees’.

 

Urban Safari #1: Entrepreneurs + Architecture

Meeting point: Check-in booth, station square in front of
Rotterdam Central Station (city centre side)
Departure: 9.30 am
Duration: 2 hours
Distance: by foot = 1.2 km, by bike = 7 km, by boat = 25 min.
Arrival: 11.30 am – Submarine Wharf, Heijplaat
Guide: yes
Services: luggage drop off, lunch-box, map, bike
Bike experience required: yes

 

Urban Safari #2: Entrepreneurs + (Multi) cultural

Meeting point: Check-in booth, station square in front of
Rotterdam Central Station (city centre side)
Departure:  9.30 am
Duration:  2 hours
Distance:  by foot = 0.5 km, by bike = 7 km, by boat = 8 min.
Arrival:  11.30 am – Submarine Wharf, Heijplaat
Guide: yes
Services: luggage drop off, lunch-box, map, bike
Bike experience required: yes

 

Urban Safari #3: Cultural + Harbour City

Meeting point: Check-in booth, station square in front of Rotterdam Central Station
Departure: 9.30 am
Duration: 2 hours
Distance: by foot = 3.3 km, by boat = 25 min.
Arrival: 11.30 am – Submarine Wharf, Heijplaat
Guide:  yes
Services:  luggage drop off, lunch, map
Bike experience required:  no

 

Approximate travel times by train from the different workshop cities to Rotterdam:

 

From To Duration Price €
Amsterdam Rotterdam 1:15 14.80
Antwerp Rotterdam 1:00 20,-
Brussels Rotterdam 2:00 31,-
Delft Rotterdam 0:15 3.20
Deventer Rotterdam 1:40 20.10
Dortmund Rotterdam 3:50 24-45
Eindhoven Rotterdam 1:10 17.50
Groningen Rotterdam 2:40 25.70
Maastricht Rotterdam 2:15 24.70
Schiphol Rotterdam 0:45 11.90
Wageningen Rotterdam 1:15 16.20