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You simply can't get closer to the port

Discover the port of the future

11 May 2021
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Discover Europe's smartest and largest port

Getting closer to Europe's most modern port is impossible. Experience what it's like when everything is big, bigger or biggest! In FutureLand you will experience the development of the newest port area of Rotterdam with your own eyes. Maasvlakte 2 will not only show you the most modern container terminals and largest seagoing vessels in the world, you will also see the latest offshore developments. Curious about other port developments? Be surprised by Rotterdam's role in digitization or development of promising forms of new energy.

Discover the fantastic view of Europe's smartest terminals from the Panorama deck. Take a unique bus tour or boat trip through Maasvlakte 2. Experience what it is like to be a crane operator in the game Drop the Box. Or take a look beyond the gates of port companies in the 360PortExplorer. It's all possible in FutureLand!

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FutureLand express

FutureLand Express

The FutureLand Express is ready for a tour of Maasvlakte 2. Hop on and see the new ports and the most modern terminals up close.

FutureLand Ferry

FutureLand Ferry

Experience Maasvlakte 2 aboard the FutureLand Ferry. Sail past new ports, ultramodern terminals and the world's largest container ships.

Photo contest

The photography season has started again! The port never grows old and is an endless source of inspiration for real photographers. What is your best port photo? Send it in for the photo contest and you might just become Photographer of the Month.

Photographers in the port

More in Futureland

Curious about Maasvlakte 2? Want to know more about the most modern port area in the world? Or the unloading and loading of the countless sea containers through the ultramodern terminals? Then visit FutureLand and experience for yourself what soon will be history.

Audiotour FutureLand
Audiotour
Visitors looking at the globe in FutureLand
FutureLand discounts
New Fork Lekkernijen
Restaurant Lunch Port

Your guide for port & city

With the free Rotterdam Tourist App you get to explore the city and the port. Let the app guide you during your voyage of discovery and get to know Rotterdam as a real port city. Before you know it, you'll pass by the unique skyline or the largest sea-going vessels will be in sight.

Mock up voor de app Rotterdam Tourist Information
Mock up voor de app Rotterdam Tourist Information

Experience the port at home

The Havenkrant is published four times a year to inform residents in the area about developments in the port. Read the Dutch articles online.

Havenkrant on tablet

Latest news

Ondertekening Emplacement Maasvlakte Zuid
An accessible port

Port of Rotterdam Authority and Swietelsky Rail Benelux B.V. sign contract for construction of first track bundle for the Maasvlakte-Zuid railway yard

Moveable shore power
Energy transition

Successful pilot with moveable shore power for sea-going vessels

 From left to right: Maarten Abbenhuis (COO TenneT), Boudewijn Siemons (CEO Port of Rotterdam Authority) and Frans Everts (president-director Shell Netherlands). Photo: Shell, Ernst Bode.
Energy transition

First large-scale hydrogen plant on the high-voltage grid

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