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Outside the Lines — Emergence Festival Rotterdam 2026 Emergence Festival Rotterdam is a one-day festival where art, technology, and design come together in a “museum in a day” at the Katoenhuis in the Keile District. Under the theme Outside the Lines, we invite visitors to step beyond their comfort zone and explore new perspectives on the world around them. Throughout the day, you move freely through a series of interactive art installations developed by students from TU Delf

As part of Rotterdam Architecture Month 2026, the Keile District becomes the central location of this year’s festival, with the Materialenwerf in the Keile District acting as its beating heart. Opening on 3 June 2026, the Materialenwerf is a temporary materials yard where used building materials are collected, processed, and reused. Throughout the month, it operates as a live testing ground for circular construction—making visible how materials, people, and processes must com

At the end of March, Parfum de BoemBoem returned to M4H. An expedition through the area in full transformation: construction sites, raw edges, where port meets the city and where old quays are transforming into a vibrant ecosystem of living and working. Rotterdam, once the largest port in the world, now strives to be the most innovative. In the coming years, M4H will transform from a hardcore port area into a vibrant urban district featuring housing, hospitality, events, edu

On 28th of March, Roodkapje has opened a new location on Keileweg 10A. At the new location on Keileweg the spaces: café, performance space, lab, kitchen, and exhibition space merge. Roodkapje returns to its essence: an accessible, welcoming living room where music, visual arts, and food complement each other. With new neighbours like Brutus, de Keilewerf, Export, and Kunst en Complex, we're curious about the encounters that will arise! A café by day and a bar in the evening,

In this immersive performance opera, born from the urgency to learn to navigate a collapsing world, Club Gewalt asks itself the question: how can you retune your senses amidst the constant noise of information predicting the apocalypse? How do we give meaning to a future that is not overflowing with prosperity? We live in a time of polycrisis. We are confronted with advancing fascism, the arrival of the climate crisis, Western complicity in a genocide, fruits and vegetables f

Sensory performance about identity, trauma, and neurodiversity Dyane Donck Collective (NL) SAM (Stop Annoying Me) is a sensory performance in which film, live music, and performance come together in a powerful experience about identity, trauma, and neurodiversity. Memories, fears, and feelings of alienation come back to life when past and present flow into one another. What follows is an intense inner journey in which mental struggle, trauma, and recovery become palpable. Dur

Food • Vinyl • Art • Vintage • Games • workshops Spring is just around the corner and the sun is starting to make its special appearance again! We love our cosy space but we’re also itching to open our doors and get back outside To fulfill that wish, we’re introducing Markus, the newest addition to the Keile District! Starting on April 5th, every first and third Sunday of the month we’ll be hosting an outdoor* cultural market right on our doorstep, complete with food, vintage

Artificial intelligence (AI) is influencing how we live together, learn, and work. Headlines speculate about disappearing jobs, students wonder whether their studies still have a future, and employers are searching for ways to keep up in a rapidly changing labor market. At the same time, governments are considering how AI can be designed and implemented responsibly, with transparent decision-making, clear ownership, and well-structured governance as the foundation for trust.

Immersive Tech Week is moving to Katoenhuis. A leading international gathering for professionals working at the intersection of immersive technology, XR, spatial computing, performance, storytelling, and digital culture. The programme brings together artists, designers, developers, researchers, producers, and industry leaders to explore how immersive technologies are reshaping perception, communication, and public space. From VR and AR to AI-driven environments, spatial sound

Nous’klaer Festival Night is the nocturnal continuation of the festival, extending the program into a shared club experience across Cult=us and export in Keile District. Rather than an afterparty, the night is conceived as an integral part of the festival. Both venues operate as a single, connected space, allowing visitors to move freely between rooms and across different musical directions. Rooted in the DIY ethos of the M4H district, the program brings together local and in

Rotterdam - Voedselbank Rotterdam heeft de nieuwbouwplannen op industrieterrein Spaanse Polder stopgezet. Het is niet gelukt de benodigde 18 miljoen euro te vinden. Omdat de Voedselbank wél volgend jaar het huidige distributiecentrum aan de Keilestraat moet verlaten, wordt nu gezocht naar een geschikt pand om te huren. Na 23 jaar moet Voedselbank Rotterdam het pand in Merwe-Vierhavens (M4H) noodgedwongen verlaten. Op die plek heeft de gemeente Rotterdam andere plannen. Drie j

Within just a few streets in M4H, the Keile District hosted one of Rotterdam ArtWeek’s most concentrated programs this year. Visitors to the area moved between exhibitions, performances, open studios, and culinary experiences—all within walking distance. This year Rotterdam Art Week's theme was "Connections". The topic was close to our hearts, as Keile District operates as a collective. Independent spaces, makers, and entrepreneurs collaborate closely, something that becomes

From port area to vibrant live-work district: today, the Area Ambition Document for the Keile District is being published. What now lies before us is a cooperatively developed vision for the future, in which urban development is formally and explicitly connected to what has already emerged here and what has been learned. The Executive Board (Mayor and Aldermen) has now submitted this Area Ambition Document to the City Council, where it will be discussed in the BWB committee t

The circular and adaptive materials hub in Merwe-Vierhavens (M4H) has been awarded a grant by the Province of South Holland. The grant supports the ongoing development of a shared initiative by BLOC bv, GROUP A architects, Keilekwartier Gebiedscoöperatie, PlaceBased&co, Buurman Rotterdam, and the Municipality of Rotterdam, focused on advancing circular area development in M4H. With this support, the partners will further develop an adaptive and flexible materials and raw mate

Our country faces a structural shortage of places to live, work, and enjoy life. Despite many initiatives, a permanent solution has not...

Keile District is proud to announce a new project in collaboration with TU Delft, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and Hogeschool...

This summer, the Keile District Foundation was established and has now been officially recognized by the European Commission’s...

For the coming decades, M4H is undergoing a major transition to become an area where people can both live and work. Within this...