Sites and Tours
After an interesting conference day it is time to explore the wonderful city of Rotterdam and discover the way geographic information is being used in this important harbor city. The Rotterdam Event Company has put together a diverse Sites and Tours Program. Overviews describing each excursion are listed below the table.
SITES AND TOURS SCHEDULE
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Event |
Time |
Min. number of participants at a time |
Max. number of participants at a time |
Price per person, excluding Tax |
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Sunday June 14th 2009 |
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Maeslantkering |
10.00 - 13.30 |
30 |
50 |
47.50 euros |
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Monday June 15th 2009 |
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Maeslantkering |
14.00 - 17.30 |
30 |
50 |
47.50 euros |
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Welcome Rotterdam, including Sky High and bbq and drinks |
18.00 - 22.00 |
50 |
... |
69.75 euros |
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Welcome Rotterdam, including Rotterdam by Bike and bbq and drinks |
18.00 - 22.00 |
50 |
... |
75.50 euros |
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Welcome Rotterdam, including TukTuk Tour and bbq and drinks |
18.00 - 22.00 |
50 |
... |
87.50 euros |
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Tuesday June 16th 2009 |
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Geo-excursion Safety Region Rotterdam Rijnmond (Veiligheidsregio Rotterdam Rijnmond), including public transport |
16.00 - 17.45 |
10 |
20 |
18.50 euros |
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Dinner cruise Rotterdam & Harbor, including  boat tour, buffet and transport by bus |
18.00 - 22.00 |
100 |
300 |
134.00 euros |
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Wednesday June 17th 2009 |
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Geo-excursion Harbour Traffic Control Center, including transport by bus |
16.00 - 18.00 |
30 |
50 |
21.00 euros |
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Rotterdam excursions: Sky High |
18.00 - 20.00 |
10 |
... |
30.50 euros |
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Rotterdam excursions: Rotterdam by Bike |
18.00 - 19.30 |
10 |
... |
33.50 euros |
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Rotterdam excursions: TukTuk Site seeing |
18.00 - 19.30 |
3 |
24 |
46.00 euros |
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Thursday June 18th 2009 |
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Geo-excursions: ECT (European Container Terminal) |
14.00 - 17.30 |
30 |
50 |
61.50 euros |
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Geo-excursions: Car Terminal |
14.00 - 17.00 |
20 |
30 |
92.50 euros |
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18.30 - 22.30 |
300 |
500 |
85.00 euros |
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Saturday June 20th 2009 |
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Maeslantkering |
10.00 - 13.30 |
30 |
50 |
47.50 euros |
Maeslantkering:
If you want to be sure that Rotterdam will not be flooded during your stay, be sure to pay the Maeslantkering a visit. While following a tour you will hear all there is to tell about this most recent addition to the Delta Works. This excursion will depart from the WTC per touring car. The Maeslantkering is a storm surge in the Nieuwe Waterweg at Hoek van Holland. This surge is part of the Europoort surge, the most recent part of the Deltaworks. The surge consists of the enormous doors, that are computer based, which is called Beslis en Ondersteunend Systeem. This system decides, with a base on continuous calculations of the expected water level. It calculates whether it is necessary to close the doors by high water.
Sky High (possibly including Welcome Rotterdam, barbecue and unlimited drinks from the Dutch Bar)
During Sky High you will discover the highlights of the famous and much-discussed Rotterdam architecture. This tour will lead you alongside the many architectural master pieces that determine the face of Rotterdam nowadays. The enthusiastic tour guide will tell you all about the architecture of this city that is always in motion and where in the course of years many extraordinary structures have arisen.
If you choose Welcome Rotterdam including Sky High, your guide will bring you by the end of the tour to the Strand aan de Maas (Beach at the Mase) for a delicious bqq on this city beach.
Rotterdam by Bike (possibly including Welcome Rotterdam, barbecue and unlimited drinks from the Dutch Bar)
Cycling past the highlights of Rotterdam. Our guide will guide you through the busy city centre, along picturesque old harbours, point out the tip of the southern shore, across the Erasmus Bridge, and past interesting sights such as the old town hall, the cubic houses, and the Euromast. Halfway, you will be offered a refreshment in one of Rotterdam’s comfortable pubs.
If you choose Welcome Rotterdam including Rotterdam by Bike, your guide will bring you by the end of the tour to the Strand aan de Maas (Beach at the Mase) for a delicious barbeque on this city beach.
TukTuk Tour (possibly including Welcome Rotterdam, barbecue and Unlimited drinks from the Dutch Bar)
A lovely tour in a TukTuk (3 persons per TukTuk) through the Mase City. This tour is guided by your driver who will tell you about the hotspots of the city. During this tour the participants will pass the Euromast, Erasmus bridge, Spido, Schielandshuis and historic Delfshaven.
If you choose Welcome Rotterdam including TukTuk Tour, your guide will bring you by the end of the tour to the Strand aan de Maas (Beach at the Mase) for a delicious bqq on this city beach.
Geo-excursion Safety Region Rotterdam Rijnmond (Veiligheidsregio Rotterdam Rijnmond)
As the first region in The Netherlands, Rotterdam-Rijnmond is in possession of a fully operational and organizationally complete Safety-region. Its aim is to provide the citizens more safety through means of better cooperation between emergency services. The common call room (GMK), in the World Port Center, near the Erasmusbridge, is technically sublime. The equipment is the latest from the latest. The GMK is the heart of the safety region Rotterdam-Rijnmond. All connections and messages are gathered in the common call room. This place, where people and competences are mixed, is the central place where an immediate response appears when 112 is being called. The call room makes sure there is immediate help from the closest ambulance, fire brigade or police. The centralist, who can see all the safety screens, can see where all units are. With one blink of an eye the closest can take off.
Our competent guide will take you from the WTC, after which public transportation will be used to get to the GMK.
Dinnercruise Rotterdam & Harbor
No information yet.
Geo-excursion Harbor Traffic Control Center, including transport by bus
One of the main goals of this organization is to increase an effective, safe and efficient completion of shipping traffic and to take care of the nautical en maritime order and safety as well as applying their harbour authority in the harbour area of Rotterdam. Het Gemeentelijk Havenbedrijf Rotterdam (GHR) wants to know precisely what is happening on the water. This is necessary for a quick completion of the traffic on the water, but also in case an emergency happens. This all is done by the Haven Coordinatie Centrum (HCC). Messages with regard to incoming and outgoing ships are delivered here. This involves electronic messages. Because of this possibility, information can be handled more quickly with less costs and more quality. To take care of the water traffic the Vessel Traffic System (VTS) is used. On the water, the HCC is supported by ships from the GHR and with the help of a radar system and the Informatie Verwerkend Systeem (IVS, Information Processing System). All data is collected in the IVS.
The Gemeentelijk Havenbedrijf will give a presentation about the harbour and provide a tour to the HCC.
Geo-excursions: ECT (European Container Terminal)
A visit to the Delta Terminal of the ECT is a visit to a fully automated Container Terminal in the harbour of Rotterdam. So called automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) are responsible for the loading and unloading of ships. Everything is made for an integrated software system, Process Control System, which knows exactly where each container has to be stored through navigation, tracking and tracing.
At the ECT area it is because of safety reasons you are not allowed to walk. The guide will explain everything from the bus.
Geo-excursions: Car Terminal
At the Rotterdam Car Terminal cars are brought in by ship, they are stocked so that they afterwards can by shipped by car, train or ship to the several showrooms. The terminal can host up to 30,000 cars that can be found again by a tracking and tracing system. We will bring you here by bus, straight from the WTC. Here you will get a tour by foot from a competent guide.
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Further Site and Tour Information
The websites of Rotterdam and The Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions can be a convenient stop in exploring tourist sights and tour opportunities. You might also want to explore websites such as those offered by the local tourist information center and yahoo.