Free audio walk in Rotterdam

The Museum Route

  • 67 min
  • 4.2 km
  • 8 stops
  • Free
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Starts at Museumpark 20

The Museum Route, Rotterdam

About this walk

This route takes you past all of Rotterdam’s most remarkable museums. If you truly want to dive deep into the city’s culture and history, this is the walk to take. It’s an inspiring journey for curious minds, but note, there is no audio included on this route. The walk starts and ends in the Museumpark.

The stops

Walk them in order; each story plays when you reach its pin.

Map of the 8 stops on The Museum Route
  1. 1
    Stop 1

    Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

    Behind this museum's walls lies one of the most quietly radical ideas in the art world: letting the public walk through a storage facility holding thousands of masterpieces.

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  2. 2
    Stop 2

    Nieuwe Instituut

    This is the place where the biggest challenges facing our world today get turned into something you can actually touch, debate, and build.

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  3. 3
    Stop 3

    Natural History Museum Rotterdam

    Inside this elegant villa, a school attic collection grew into one of the most beloved natural history museums in the Netherlands.

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  4. 4
    Stop 4

    Tax and Customs Museum

    When tax became fascinating (yes, really).

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  5. 5
    Stop 5

    Wereldmuseum

    This museum has seen the world – and it shows.

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  6. 6
    Stop 6

    Maritime Museum Rotterdam

    This museum floats between fact and legend.

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  7. 7
    Stop 7

    Sonneveld House

    A time capsule made of glass, light and modern dreams.

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  8. 8
    Stop 8

    Chabot Museum

    Stories of those who never quite fit in.

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Ready when you are

Walk The Museum Route with ROODS.

8 stops through Rotterdam, about 67 minutes. Open ROODS in your browser, walk to the first pin and the story plays.

  • Stories on a map, with narrated audio
  • Walk at your own pace, stop where you like
  • Runs in your browser. An app is optional.
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