Europe’s largest seaport is a fluid, flavourful and architecturally inspired new world. The city’s ranking for Museums could move up from #54 as FENIX, a migration museum in Katendrecht, now rises like a stainless steel tornado from warehouses that welcomed immigrants, defying far-right sentiment. The notorious former Chinatown and red-light district is now Rotterdam’s culinary and cultural heart. Rotterdam’s massive port is the city’s industrial past and its sustainable future: the Shore Power Project at the cruise terminal is online and the Maasvlakte 2 expansion positions Rotterdam as a hydrogen ecosystem and offshore wind hub. The city’s #6 Airports and middling #124 Public Transit ranking could rise as approval was granted for Europe’s first full-size automated airport bus to operate on public roads, linking the city centre to The Hague Airport. Housing is diversifying: with the need for a million new homes in the Netherlands within the decade, Rotterdam is turning to water-based projects like the stunning Spoorweghaven, potentially Europe’s largest floating community. The 55-metre mass-timber SAWA, “the healthiest building in the Netherlands,” was opened by Her Majesty Queen Máxima in late 2025. And at Feyenoord City, plans have at last been made to upgrade rather than replace the stadium.