There isn’t a steady public transport connection to the festival. Please make use of the shuttle bus service to Rotterdam Rave Festival 2022.

• Departure station shuttle bus: Subway Station Slinge.*
• From Rotterdam Central station you take the subway to station Slinge, direction ‘D De Akkers’ or ‘E Slinge’.
• The busses will drive during the entire duration of the festival.
• A shuttle bus ticket costs €7,-. Only retour tickets are available. Get yours in our online ticketshop.
  
  

* The shuttle buses depart from subway Station Slinge. It’s the most convenient / fastest way as the traffic from Rotterdam Central Station to the festival site on a Saturday will be too busy.

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From Rotterdam Central Station it’s only a 30 min bike ride to the festival site: RDM-Rotterdam.

Next to the festival entrance, a bike stand is available. Please follow the signs and make use of the bicycle paths. Also keep the neighbours in mind when leaving the festival!

Please do NOT come by car. The whole Heijplaat area will NOT be accessible by car, so there are no parking spots available within walking distance of the festival.

When you truly don’t have another option then travelling by car, you can park at Parmentierplein, Rotterdam. From there you can jump on the shuttle bus to the festival site. You don’t have to buy a parking ticket, but you will need a ticket for the shuttle bus which costs €7, you can order your bus ticket in the ticketshop.

When you are being dropped off by car, you can go to subway station Slinge or Parmentierplein. From these two locations shuttle busses can bring you to the festival. The Heijplaat area will NOT be accessible by car. Get your shuttle bus ticket in the ticketshop, €7 (round trip).

Taxi’s can only stop at the designated taxi-area. When you’re dropped off by taxi use the address Scheepsbouwweg. If you want to take a taxi to head home: start following the ‘Taxi’s’ /Besteld Vervoer’ signs. 

Are you arriving by touringcar? Make sure to notify us through info@rotterdamrave.com. If you haven’t registered your touringcar, there will be no parking spots available in walking distance of the festival.

A unique way to reach the festival is by watertaxi. Three boats with a capacity of 400 people per hour will be ready to take you to the festival. The travel time is approximately 15 minutes and runs from 10:00 till 00:30. To reach the festival, the watertaxi leaves every quarter past and quarter to the hour from Marconiplein/M4H to RDM/Heijplaat (example 12:15 & 12:45). From there it’s about a 5 minute walk to the entrance of the festival. To leave the festival, the water taxi leaves every hour and half hour from the RDM/Heijplaat to Marconiplein/M4H (example 12:00 & 12:30). You can buy a retour ticket (€4) on site (PIN only).

A unique way to reach the festival is by watertaxi. Three boats with a capacity of 400 people per hour will be ready to take you to the festival. The travel time is approximately 15 minutes and runs from 10:00 till 00:30. To reach the festival, the watertaxi leaves every quarter past and quarter to the hour from Marconiplein/M4H to RDM/Heijplaat (example 12:15 & 12:45). From there it’s about a 5 minute walk to the entrance of the festival. To leave the festival, the water taxi leaves every hour and half hour from the RDM/Heijplaat to Marconiplein/M4H (example 12:00 & 12:30). A single crossing will cost you €2 on site (PIN only).

BELGIUM

• Brussels: There are trains arriving to Rotterdam Central within 1.10 hours.
• Antwerp: There are trains arriving to Rotterdam Central within 32 minutes.
• Ghent: There are trains arriving to Rotterdam Central within 1.30 hours.
• Charleroi: There are trains arriving to Rotterdam Central within 2.30 hours.
• Liège: There are trains arriving to Rotterdam Central within 2.30 hours.

FRANCE

• Paris: There are trains arriving to Rotterdam Central within 2.30/3 hours.
• Lille: There are trains arriving to Rotterdam Central within 2 hours.

GERMANY (WEST)

• Cologne: There are trains arriving to Rotterdam Central within 3 hours.
• Dusseldorf: There are trains arriving to Rotterdam Central within 3 hours.
• Dortmund: There are trains arriving to Rotterdam Central within 4 hours.
• Essen: There are trains arriving to Rotterdam Central within 3 hours.
• Duisburg: There are trains arriving to Rotterdam Central within 3 hours.

UNITED KINGDOM

• London: There are trains arriving to Rotterdam Central within 3.30 hours.

Rotterdam The Hague Airport

Bus stops are located right next to the arrival hall. Bus n°33 takes you to metro station “Meijersplein”. Take metro line E in the direction of Slinge to travel to city center.

Amsterdam Schiphol

There are several trains everyday which arrive at Rotterdam Centraal Station within 26 minutes. 

Eindhoven

There is a shuttle bus that leaves every 10 minutes from outside the terminal building at Eindhoven Airport. This takes you to Eindhoven Central Station. From here you can take the train to Rotterdam Centraal Station, this takes one hour. The first train departs at 5.30 and the last one at 23.30.

Brussels-National

The airport is connected directly to Rotterdam, the train takes one hour and 45 minutes to Rotterdam Centraal Station. The first train departs at 6.11 and the last one at 21.11.

Charleroi (Brussels South)

There are several trains everyday arriving to Rotterdam Centraal Station within 2 hours. The first train departs at 6.58 and the last one at 22.07.

You can find the connections between the airports and Rotterdam here:

HTTPS://WWW.TRAINLINE.EU
HTTPS://WWW.NS.NL/EN
HTTPS://WWW.GOEURO.COM

King Kong Hostel

• Address: WITTE DE WITHSTRAAT 74, 3012 BS ROTTERDAM.     
• Informations and bookings: HTTP://WWW.KINGKONGHOSTEL.COM
• Located in city center, 35-minutes walk from Maassilo and Lloyd Multiplein.

CityHub Rotterdam

• Address: WITTE DE WITHSTRAAT 87, 3012 BN ROTTERDAM.
• Informations and bookings:  HTTPS://CITYHUB.COM/ROTTERDAM/
• Located in city center, 35-minutes walk from Maassilo and Lloyd Multiplein.