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 |
