Overall2.3/10Harder to reach than about 85% of cities
Good to know
Good to Know
- You need to purchase a rechargeable 'OV-chipkaart' in order to use public transport services
- Bicycles travel free of charge on the Waterbus
- Rotterdam is connected to 139 destinations with FlixBus, making coach travel widely accessible across Europe
- Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (70 km away) is the largest international airport with more flight options than Rotterdam
Bus Coach
- Operators
- FlixBus offers affordable bus tickets to Rotterdam starting from just 3,98 EUR, with connections to 139 destinations including Amsterdam, Brussels, and Antwerp
Nearby Routes
Approximately 1 Hour 5 Minutes
- Destination
- Amsterdam
- Price Range
- Starting from £4.49
About 1 Hour 30 Minutes
- Destination
- Antwerp
- Price Range
- Starting from £5.99
Ferry To UK
- Distance To Port
- The Rotterdam ferry terminal is located in the harbor's Europort section, some 40 km from Rotterdam Centrum
International
P&O Ferries
- Route
- Hull to Rotterdam via P&O Ferries, journey takes just over 11 hours
Stena Line
- Route
- Stena Line ferry from Harwich to Hoek van Holland (near Rotterdam)
Rail
- Main Station
- Rotterdam Centraal
- Regional Rail
- Rotterdam is a standard junction in Europe's road and rail networks with Thalys trains arriving daily from France and Belgium
Eurostar Connections
- London
- Direct Eurostar trains to London take 3 hours and 31 minutes from city centre to city centre
- Brussels
- Via Brussels-Midi connection available
- Amsterdam
- Direct trains depart from Rotterdam Centraal to Amsterdam Centraal, with services every 30 minutes, taking approximately 43 minutes
Airport
- Code
- RTM
- Name
- Rotterdam The Hague Airport, located about 5.7 km from the city center
- Airlines
- 11 airlines fly from Rotterdam to 85 airports worldwide, including Transavia, British Airways, Pegasus, SunExpress, Corendon Airlines, TUI Fly, Air Algerie, Air Arabia Maroc, AJet, Animawings, and TUIfly Netherlands
- Distance To Center
- 8 km (15 minutes by bus)
Ground Transport
- Bus
- Bus line 33 operates during the day with 10-minute intervals, taking approximately 15 minutes to reach the city center
- Taxi
- Taxis available 24/7
Day Trip Access
- Amsterdam
- Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Amsterdam Centraal takes 43 minutes with departures every 30 minutes
- Nearby Destinations
- Nearby destinations include Dordrecht and the Kinderdijk windmills (UNESCO heritage site) accessible via water transport or waterbus
Alternative Airports
The nearest airports to Rotterdam are Amsterdam (AMS) and Antwerp (ANR)
Water Transport Local
- Waterbus
- The Waterbus is the largest high-speed ferry service in the Rotterdam–Dordrecht region, departing from the Erasmus Bridge stop and serving destinations like Krimpen aan den IJssel, Ridderkerk, Alblasserdam, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, and Papendrecht
- Free Ferry
- The Rotterdam ferry service operated by RET provides free transport across the Maas River
AI-generated estimateData refreshed July 2026
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