Choose the green option!
When exploring eco-friendly travel options to Rotterdam, a city celebrated for its forward-thinking environmental efforts, various environmentally conscious alternatives come to the forefront. Rotterdam boasts a well-organized public transportation system that includes trams, buses, and trains, ensuring convenient and eco-conscious mobility throughout the metropolitan area. For extended journeys, trains stand out as a sustainable substitute for traditional cars and airplanes, significantly minimizing carbon emissions. Notably, Rotterdam offers a unique and extensive network of bike paths and lanes, making it exceptionally bike-friendly with a well-connected cycling infrastructure. Travelers can rent bicycles from numerous stations across the city, promoting emission-free transportation as they navigate the vibrant streets and landmarks of Rotterdam.
Travel
🚆 Train
Give priority to train travel when possible
Rotterdam is easily accessible and connected to a highly-efficient railway network of high-speed trains that makes travel from most European countries a sensible choice.
Travel time by train to Rotterdam Central Station
00:26 hrs – Schiphol Airport
00:30 hrs – Antwerp
01:11 hrs – Brussel
02:36 hrs – Paris
03:49 hrs – London
See below a number of websites that can help you with you train travel to Rotterdam.
Seat61.com – It gives a good introduction to the train travel options from your home country.
Trainline – This website enables you to buy train tickets from any city in Europe to any other city. Be mindful that they do not always give all night train options.
Rail Europe – This website also enables you to buy train tickets from any city in Europe to any other city. Be mindful that they do not always give all night train options.
✈️ By airplane
There are two airports in the vicinity of Rotterdam: Schiphol International Airport (Amsterdam) and Rotterdam The Hague Airport.
Rotterdam The Hague Airport
Rotterdam The Hague Airport is a comfortable and easy regional airport, situated at approximately six miles from the city centre. Travel times between the airport and the city are excellent: fifteen minutes by taxi and twenty minutes by public transport (airport shuttle & metro) to Rotterdam Central Station. At the Airport, flights are continually landing from major cities of neighbouring countries. Serving 40 destinations, Rotterdam The Hague Airport has regular flight connections to many major European cities with national and low-cost carriers.
Schiphol Airport
Schiphol International Airport is the most user friendly airport in the world and the 5th largest of Europe. It has already repeatedly earned the accolade of being the world’s favourite airport. Schiphol is a major international hub and the gateway to Europe. We’ve made an instruction video about the ease of travelling from Schiphol to Rotterdam Central Station
🚗 By car
There are several secure car parks in the direct vicinity of the venue including at Schouwburgplein 1 and 2.