After a succesful 2 years the Lock of Love will be enriched with a plaque. Come and join with your loved one(s) and celebrate with a free lock to seal your love, a glass of sparkling champagne, a pretty picture and more.

When do we take the time to really sit back and look at something? Does our perception of the truth change when we look at it thoroughly? Do we only see what we recognise or is there more than meets the eye? Tonight we will test our “visibility” with photo’s of Hans van der Meer, that are now on show at the exhibition ‘The Netherlands-off the shelf’ at the NAI.

Panel: Chris Aalberts (researcher political communication), Ron Boers (campaign coordinator Leefbaar Rotterdam elections 2006), René Quist (head of the news department AD Rotterdam) and Mark Harbers (member of the Dutch parliament for the VVD).

The French cuisine, the English garden, the Russian novel: there is more to Europe than just Brussels and Staatsburg, the European debt crisis and the Greek tragedy. What is the special ingredient that unites Europe as one? Which aspects of European culture make us proud to be a European citizen?

On the 28th of January Cafe Hemingway will be once again the stage for Poetry Slam Rotterdam ! From 17.00 the stage will be open to poets that bring their own poems in an exciting way.

Swan Market, the lifestyle Market of Rotterdam

An open training morning for ladies and gents who are interested in skating, kicking ass and getting fit. Would you like to rage around on skates and get fit while we improve your awesome skills? Then you are the girl we are looking for! Come to our Fresh Meat Day and play some roller derby with us!

Sunday the 15th we’ll go for an Instagram walk in Rotterdam!

BMX Winterfest’12 will be a day full of BMX at the skatepark of Skateland Rotterdam! Free BMX workshops, Power Hour (on invitation only), Best Trick and Highest Air. A DJ will bring you all kinds of music and a live band will end the day.

If you are a critical citizen and want to know how the media shapes your worldview, sign up for these masterclasses about Media and Politics!

‘Tow Bar Needed: A Theatrical Road Movie’ is an inspiring mixture of live music, storytelling and film by Tjerk Ridder.

“Speeddating” with interior architects. Lightning advice on colour, space and light in association with the Royal Institute of Dutch Interior Architects (BNI).

On december 10th, Parfum de BoemBoem organises a bycycle tour for die hard construction site-lovers. In a two-hour trip we’ll visit three spectacular sites. The highlight of the tour is an exploration of the Market Hall in Laurenskwartier, where we descend to 14 metres below street level.

Great prices to win from designers like: Carola zee, Pinwin, Angeliek Vermonden, Daan botlek, Kirsten Spuijbroek, Jelmer Noordeman, ZWARD and more! echo echo ~

The Rotterdam Death Row Honeys are looking for new girls to join their Roller Derby League. This day there is a open/introduction training where you can check out if kicking ass and being fierce on skates is the thing for you.

Our fixed community is growing and more than ready for some action. Rotje Rond is bringing you that action by organising (fixed) bike events in Rotterdam.

We’d like to invite you all to come and ride “Bridge to Bridge”, the first in a series of races which will take place between the Erasmus bridge & Willems bridge.

The International Open Data Hackathon! On December 3 we will need your expertism for the International Open Data Hackathon in Rotterdam; during this event we will create new applications and datavisualisations in the citylab (stadslab).