Rotterdam Cafe Crawl: Brown Rooms After the Rebuild

Melief Bender

In a city largely rebuilt after the 1940 bombing, such an old cafe is special. It is on the list of Echt Rotterdams Erfgoed (True Rotterdam Heritage).

Cafe Timmer

Cafe Timmer is another brown cafe with a long history. It is a place for a quiet beer on Oude Binnenweg.

Cafe Strano

Cafe Strano on Van Oldenbarneveltstraat is a small cafe that comes alive mainly in the evening and at night.

Eendrachtsplein

The Eendrachtsplein is a free break. Trams run along the edges, and it is busy under your feet too.

Witte de Withstraat

The Witte de Withstraat is a street full of bars, restaurants and art. At number 50 is an art institute which until 2021 was called the Witte de With Center fo…

De Witte Aap

De Witte Aap is in a house from 1888 that was a shop until the war. Now it is a well-known bar that stays open late, and the big street window is often open.