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Start planning your cruise and book your excursions to the surroundings of Rotterdam
Your MSC cruise will lay anchor in the largest port in the world, Rotterdam, is a no-nonsense working-class city lying at the heart of a maze of rivers and artificial waterways that together form the outlet of the rivers Rijn (Rhine) and Maas (Meuse). After devastating damage during World War II, Rotterdam has grown into a vibrant, forceful city dotted with first division cultural attractions.
Your MSC cruise of Northern Europe & cruises from UK will give you the opportunity to see that the immense land reclamation work hasn't obliterated its earthy character though: its tough grittiness is part of its appeal, as are its boisterous bars and clubs.
Amongst the most interesting attractions to enjoy during your vacation in Holland, is Rotterdam's Kunsthal, the museum of contemporary art, and the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, which has an outstanding art collection including representative works from almost all the most important Dutch painters: both are in the city's designated culture zone, the Museumpark.
Other interesting sites to visit on an MSC excursion are the Oude Haven, the city's oldest
harbour, ravaged during World War II but sympathetically redeveloped, and Delfs haven, an antique harbour that managed to survive the bombs pretty much intact. Rotterdam also boasts a string of first-rate festivals, including the much-lauded North Sea Jazz Festival and the colourful Summer Carnival.
The postwar period saw the rapid reconstruction of the docks and, when huge container ships and oil tankers made the existing port facilities obsolete, Rotterdammers promptly built an entirely new deep-sea port, the Europoort, jutting out into the North Sea some 25 km to the west of the old town. Completed in 1968, the Europoort is able to welcome the largest ships in the world, amongst which also the MSC cruise ships.
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Travel to the Rotterdam (Amsterdam) cruise terminal
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Cruise Port Rotterdam
Address: Wilhelminakade 699 - 3072 - AP Rotterdam
As a Cruise passenger you can easily be dropped off in front of the Cruise Terminal. If you come with your own transport, you can park for a long time at the parking lot of the ss Rotterdam, you will then be taken by shuttle to the terminal on the Wilhelmina Kade.
A free shuttle service is available to the Cruise Terminal Rotterdam as well as vice versa. The parking costs are € 13 euros per 24 hours, to be paid on return to the s.s. Rotterdam, at the hotel reception (Main Deck). Payments can be made by cash, credit and debit card.
By Train
For cruise passengers traveling by public transportation, the location is convenient. From the train station you can easily take the metro to Metro Station Willemsplein. The metro station is 250 meters from the cruise terminal.
By Plane
Schiphol Airport
- You can take public transport to the cruise terminal, it is best to take the train to Rotterdam Central Station and from there the metro to Metro Station Willemsplein.
- The other option is to take a taxi to the Cruise Terminal Rotterdam.
Rotterdam The Hague Airport
- You can reach the cruise terminal by public transport. It is best to take the bus from the airport and then the metro to the Willemsplein metro station.
- The other option is to take a taxi to the Cruise Port Rotterdam.
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