Art Rotterdam — Local services in Rotterdam

Unpleasant experience at Art Rotterdam 2019.

Once arrived we left our coats at the cloakroom, paying 2 EUR per person, but no one told us that we had to leave our bags too.

Once at the entrance, we were blocked and sent back to the cloakroom. In the cloakroom we were told (in a rather rude way) that we had to pay 2 more EUR per bag, as bags were stored in a different place than the coats and hence had different labels. We were also told that "rules are the same for everybody and we hence had no right to complain".

We had no coins and it was not possible to pin. We had to go to the counter and pay a "fake bill" of 2 EUR to get the necessary coins.

Once finally inside, you can imagine our surprise when we saw plenty of people carrying (quite big!) backpacks!! I had to take pictures of it.

When we went to take our coats back, I showed the pics of people with backpacks inside, hoping for (at least) an apology. What I got was again a rude and unrelated reply, that included something in Dutch about foreigners coming to The Netherlands...

A bit and expensive entry ticket, because I went with the academy only paid 5€ nice that they had free hangers for the academy groups. Very nice show as always in the Prospects. Young artists that deserve visibility. It was also a nice opportunity to talk to...

Don’t park at the official parking of Ahoy (20 euros), try to find vouchers for the entrance (22,50 full price), but the event is a pleasant interesting place to wonder around. You can talk to gallerists and look if you find THE art piece that makes...