Entertainment in Rotterdam
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De Doelen
Home venue of the renowned Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, a sumptuous concert centre that dates from 1935 and seats 1300.
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De Unie
Truly cultural, this venue is a vision in white, which provides a blank slate for events from cabaret to forums about taxation and the middle class to acoustic folk. It’s safe to say that the high-brow debates here continue right out to the tables out the front.
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Worm
Off in a corner of Delftshaven is the ideal Dutch venue: parties are chaotic with a try-anything, do-anything vibe. Media mash-ups, performance art and experimental music are some of the more mundane events. The free magazine gives a peak inside.
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Willemsbrug
This old-time, maritime-themed pub attracts salty sea dogs from the island. However, it’s all bark and no bite. There’s an underlying genial charm that finds full throat when impromptu singing spreads like a fire on the poop deck.
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De Oude Sluis
The view up the canal from the tables outside goes right out to Delftshaven’s windmill at this ideal brown cafe. Inside you’ll find peanut shells littering the floor; the perfect accompaniment/inducement for beer.
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off_corso
This is where it’s at: bleeding-edge local and international DJs mashing up a high-fibre electronic diet of bleeps ’n’ beats. Art displays provide diversions at this prototypical Rotterdam club.
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Dizzy
Live concerts Monday and Tuesday nights and Sunday afternoons. The evening performances are scorching: everything from hot jazz to fast and funky Brazilian and salsa. There’s regular jazz jam sessions.
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Rotown
A smooth bar, a dependable live rock venue, an agreeable restaurant, a popular meeting place. The musical program features new local talent, established international acts and crossover experiments.
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Schouwburg
The main cultural centre, the Schouwburg has a changing calendar of dance, theatre and drama. Note the intriguing light fixtures with red necks out the front.
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Bootleg DJ Cafe
A fab place for electronic music, Bootleg is where DJs go on their rare nights off. Techno, electro, breaks and more. Not huge but oh-so-cool.
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Stalles
A highlight among the many good shops, cafes and bars here. Gets very busy after work and stays hopping through the evening.
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C’est La Vie
Swanky gay bar near a lot of gay nightlife. Think gold leaf, chandeliers and leather (on the chairs if not the patrons).
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Luxor Theater
A major performance venue (and architectural showpiece), the Luxor features musicals, theatre, classical music etc.
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Locus Publicus
With more than 200 beers on its menu (including 12 always on tap), this is an outstanding specialist beer cafe.
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Lantaren/Venster
Great central art-house alternative that spices up the screen with live jazz and house.
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Gay Palace
Here we have Rotterdam’s only weekly gay nightclub, with four floors of throbbing gay action – with different scenes on each floor – to work you into a lather and get you sweaty.
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