het Park Foundation

het Park, on the Maas River and next to the Euromast, right in the center of Rotterdam, is with 21 hectares the largest green national monument of the city and a very popular space of all city residents. From 1852 het Park was designed by landscape architects father and son Zocher as a romantic walking place. het Park is a city park with urban nature and at the same time a vibrant meeting place.

With respect for the heritage in this dynamic city, we manage and maintain het Park with great care and do what it takes to touch you with the beauty of this place. Moreover, we offer a rich and varied program where art and nature meet and enhance each other. Be welcome to experience the splendor of this place!

National Monument

Maintaining this top-level artwork led to the creation of het Park Foundation in 2022. We have since built an organization, with a team of gardeners, programmers and a circle of experts, with everything involved. From mission to accounting and from pruning shears to targets.

het Park is the base, backdrop and outdoor venue of the program. From het Park Pavilion, soon to be renovated, we tell the story of het Park' s past and present and offer a wide range of cultural and educational activities; from exhibits and poetry to music and walks. Our goal is for all city residents and park visitors to enjoy this beautiful place and as the designers Zocher intended it to "touch you with beauty.

Top level maintenance

Our team of gardeners maintains het Park at the highest level. So that visitors can enjoy the forest, lawns, water features, shrubs, special plant borders, the Old Dutch garden, botanical garden, winding paths, bridges and the trees. Maintaining an intensively used city park at this level of quality requires dedication from a professional team that works with a passion for greenery and an eye for historical value.

The national monument, in the lee of the metropolitan clamor, is exactly as it was intended by the Zochers: "an ornament to the city. With love and attention, we continue to do what it takes to touch people with the beauty of this national monument, both in the city and far beyond.

For people with and without green fingers, we have a collaborative day in het Park every other Wednesday, be welcome!

06/07/2026

Werkzaamheden Parkpaviljoen

Achter de schermen wordt er momenteel hard gewerkt aan een bijzondere vernieuwing van ons Parkpaviljoen. Vanwege deze werkzaamheden is het Parkpaviljoen gesloten tot en met 18 juli. Vanaf 19 juli zijn we weer elke dag geopend van 10.00 tot 18.00 uur. Iedereen is dan van harte welkom om het eindresultaat met eigen ogen te komen bewonderen!
Renovatie
Parkpaviljoen
29/06/2026

Deelder springlevend in nieuwe Winterbundel

The Deelder BV knows how to celebrate and so it was Rotterdam fun on Sunday, December 21, at the presentation of the new Winter Collection in the Poetry in het Park series, dedicated to Jules Deelder, kindred spirits, contemporaries. Compiled by his wife and daughter, Amc Fok and Ari Deelder.
Parkpaviljoen
23/04/2026

Deelder springlevend in nieuwe Winterbundel

Great news! Our Park Pavilion has been nominated for the 2026 Rotterdam Architecture Prize. The public had until May 8 to vote for the People’s Choice Award; the winner(s) will be announced on June 12.
Parkpaviljoen
Jul
19
Verhalen uit het Park

Dudok in het Park, woensdag 24 april, 16:30 uur

Presentatie kijk- en zoekboek 'het Park'

Het Park heeft een kijk- en zoekboek gemaakt door Magnus Weightman!

Wethouder Said Kasmi, van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Evenementen, neemt het eerste exemplaar in ontvangst.

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Kunst
Flora & Fauna
Jul
19
Heerenhuys chamber concert

Sunday morning Aprl 26 11:30 a.m.

Otro Lado

Tango duo on piano and bandoneon with a refreshing approach to traditional and modern tango
Music
Heerenhuys chamber concerts
Jul
22
Wandelen in het Park

Zondagochtend 15 maart 10:00, Parkpaviljoen

Parkbaden #Bijna Lente

Op 15 maart verwelkomen we tijdens Parkbaden het vroege voorjaar in het Park. Net als tijdens de Winterspecial fungeren gedichten uit de seizoensbundels Poëzie in het Park - uit eerder verschenen Lentebundels, dit keer- als bijzondere gids.

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Parkpaviljoen
Wandelingen
Planten & Bomen
Poëzie