https://futurehubs.eu/cities/rotterdam/ Rotterdam is turning the Hofplein traffic junction into a green square with far fewer cars, filling in part of the Maashaven for the new Nelson Mandela Park and aiming to give homeless residents 850 homes a year from 2028, while it renovates Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and the Central Library. en https://futurehubs.eu/cities/rotterdam/news/fast-cyclists-road-trial/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/rotterdam/news/fast-cyclists-road-trial/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMTRotterdam has started a trial on the 1st and 2nd Middellandstraat in Delfshaven that lets cycle path users riding faster than 20 km/h choose the carriageway instead, running until the end of March 2027 on a street already limited to 30 km/h. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/rotterdam/news/charging-hub-electric-refuse-lorries/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/rotterdam/news/charging-hub-electric-refuse-lorries/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTRotterdam opened a charging square at Kleinpolderplein on 30 October where 24 electric refuse lorries can charge at once. The project went ahead because the city had requested a heavier grid connection years earlier, before grid congestion created waiting lists. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/rotterdam/news/free-transport-low-income-pensioners/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/rotterdam/news/free-transport-low-income-pensioners/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTRotterdam will end free public transport for all state pension recipients on 1 January 2027 and replace it, possibly from 1 March 2027, with free travel for about 20,000 pensioners earning up to 110% of the social minimum. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/rotterdam/news/museum-renovation-contract-awarded/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/rotterdam/news/museum-renovation-contract-awarded/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTRotterdam has awarded the renovation of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen to Dura Vermeer, J.P. van Eesteren and Koninklijke Kuijpers after three months of talks on higher costs; work starts at the end of October and reopening is expected at the end of 2030. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/rotterdam/news/winter-shelter-open-every-day/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/rotterdam/news/winter-shelter-open-every-day/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTRotterdam will keep its winter shelter for homeless people in Overschie open every day from 1 November to 1 April, with 220 places and longer hours from 16.00 to 11.00, instead of opening only near freezing. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/rotterdam/news/budget-2027-plans-3500-affordable-homes/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/rotterdam/news/budget-2027-plans-3500-affordable-homes/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTRotterdam's executive has presented its 2027 budget, the first of its term, planning 3,500 mostly affordable homes in 2027 towards at least 15,000 by 2030, with the city council due to decide on 10 and 12 November.