Rotterdam is a world-class city

• Rotterdam is a vibrant internationally oriented city
• Rotterdam is young and dynamic, and very much a forward-looking city
• The city offers an excellent quality of life
• Rotterdam is one of the World Climate Leaders with the Rotterdam Climate Initiative – a metropolitan environmental program with the most far-reaching climate objectives in the whole of the EU, combining the full use of economic opportunities with environmental action
• Rotterdam’s vibrant business culture is underpinned by a can-do mindset; first-class office space and industrial locations; an open economy; as well as stable political and financial conditions

Rotterdam is a gateway to Europe

• Water transport: Feeder and short-sea ships connect the port of Rotterdam, the spider in Europe’s web, with more than 200 other European ports
• Air transport: Thanks to the High-Speed Train (HST), Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is only 26 minutes away from downtown Rotterdam. From Schiphol, air cargo finds its ways to all corners of the globe
• Road transport: Road transportation is one of the major transport modes to and from the European hinterland
• Intermodal transport: It helps to reduce road congestion, cuts transport cost and benefits the environment
• Rail transport: The Port of Rotterdam offers excellent, round-the-clock rail connections to most of Europe’s important industrial areas

Rotterdam counts with world logistics 

• Rotterdam has implemented the successful Distripark concept which are advanced logistics parks with comprehensive facilities for distribution operations at a single location, ideal for global developments in international trade.

The Port of Rotterdam is world-class

• The port is a hub of international trade and shipping and also an industrial complex of global stature. Rotterdam is the gateway to a European market of more than 500 million consumers
• The port, including the adjoining industrial areas, stretches out over a length of 40 kilometers (25 miles) and covers 10,000 hectares (39 sq mi)

Rotterdam is a world location

• The Rotterdam region has a great number of excellent locations for many types of businesses:
  port-related activities; distribution; transport; forwarding; storage; trade oriented towards Europe and the rest of the world; manufacturing and assembly; agri-business; food; added-value economic activities; high-tech operations; wholesale trade; construction; and service providers
• There is a very diverse offer for Office locations, Business centers and Business parks

Rotterdam has Internationally acclaimed knowledge institutes

• Rotterdam boasts a leading university, the Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR).  Among others, the university’s Woudestein campus houses the Rotterdam School of Management, ranked 29th globally and 7th in Europe by the Financial Times in 2005
• The Hoboken campus is the venue for the Erasmus Medical Centre, consisting of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the Erasmus University Rotterdam and the Dijkzigt University Hospital, Sophia's Children's Hospital and the Daniel den Hoed oncology centre. This centre for knowledge development, training and care in the field of sickness and health – the largest of its kind in Europe – is renowned nationally and internationally

Design & Architecture

• Rotterdam is Center of cutting-edge architecture, urban development and innovative design.
• Equally worth mentioning is the long list of cultural events held in Rotterdam, among them the world-famous North Sea Jazz Festival.

Hands on

• Rotterdam is a city that gets the job done and embraces innovation
• What you see in Rotterdam is what you get. And that makes for great efficiency when you’re doing business
• Rotterdam is a city imbued with courage, ambition, local pride – balanced by a strong work ethic and hard-nosed reality