This facility is the newest health club to hit the downtown Rotterdam market. Located in the core of Rotterdam's retail district, the club's square-footage is somewhat limited, but what it lacks in space it makes up for in equipment quality.
We like that this Bikram studio is convenient to our recommended hotels (near the Erasmus Bridge) and that the space is calming and cool. Think modern and Zen. The changing room has dark wood cubbies for your personal belongings and a community shower with multiple shower heads.
As the largest health club in downtown Rotterdam, this gym is popular with local residents and office workers. Its largesse also affords ample space for a 3-lane x 20-meter lap pool with bottom stripes and floating lines (kickboards and pull-buoys supplied as well).
This is one of two locations within the Rotterdam downtown area - the other is located on the Meuse River, a few kilometers outside downtown. If y
We love uncovering peaceful and traffic-free venues jogging and walking. Fortunately, Rotterdam has a little gem of a park just outside of the city's heart. Our favorite place to run in Rotterdam, Het Park is southwest of the city's core.
Named the best public space in the Netherlands in 2007, this large public park boasts meandering woods and a lake making it worth the trip for a jog or walk. Still, you will have to commute here from downtown.
If you don't want to run in the nearby recommended park, the concrete sidewalk along the Maas River is a good second choice. While not as scenic as Het Park, pedestrian traffic is limited and it's an easy route to follow, just stay along the river.
Keep in mind that this is closest public lap pool to downtown Rotterdam so if you get a lane to yourself, consider yourself lucky, better chances for peaceful lapping are found at the
Affectionately known as "The Swan," this modern bridge stretches across the Maas River for at least a quarter-mile. A wide sidewalk runs adjacent to the street where bicyclists, walkers and joggers make their way across.
