Design District is an event for interior designers, architects, designers, project designers, stylists, retailers and other interior professionals. At Design District you will find over 200 top brands that showcase their newest and best products. Varying from young designers and new labels to well-known brands. You will find furniture, lighting, sanitary, tiles, flooring, acoustic panels, fabrics and other materials. The stands are small, so only the newest products are shown. That makes Design District an uncluttered trade fair: Within only one day you will be up to date about what’s happening in interior design.
Wednesday 21st and Thursday 22nd May are exclusively accessible to interior professionals. Friday 23th May students and public are also permitted to attend.
Students
Design District is a small-scale and high-end event for trade professionals, where participants maintain relationships and establish new business contacts. The quality of visitors is more important than quantity, and this also applies to visiting students. As in previous years, students with their supervisors are welcome at Design District. To maintain the balance between professional visitors and students, the following conditions apply:|
– Maximum 50 students per educational program
– One supervisor per 10 students
– Preference for students who are at the end of their education/closest to entering the job market
– Students and supervisors can visit Design District on Friday, May 23rd from 13:00hrs
Please send an e-mail to Evelien de Leeuw e.deleeuw@designdistrict.nl for visiting with students.
| Opening hours | |
| Wednesday 21 May 2025 | 10.00 - 18.00 hrs |
| Thursday 22 May 2025 | 10.00 - 19.00 hrs |
| Friday 23 May 2025 | 10.00 - 17.00 hrs |
Wednesday 21st and Thursday 22nd May are exclusively accessible to interior professionals. Friday 23th May students and public are also permitted to attend.
Dogs are not allowed in the halls of the Van Nelle Factory.
| With invitation | Free |
| Discount ticket | € 15 |
| At the door | € 30 |
When you pre-register via this site, you will receive a 50% discount voucher. You will then pay € 15 at the entrance instead of € 30.
👉 Click here and sign up for a discount voucher for Design District. Pay close attention to whether you register as ‘professional’ or ‘consumers & students’.
Van Nelle Factory
Van Nelleweg 1
3044 BC Rotterdam
By car
Please note: Some route planners and navigation systems will take you to the wrong side of the railway tracks if you enter Van Nelleweg as your destination. Enter Schuttevaerweg 91 instead.
From The Hague/Utrecht via the A20 motorway
Follow signs for Hoek van Holland. Immediately after the Kleinpolderplein junction, take the Spaanse Polder exit. Turn right at the end of the slip road, then head straight under the viaduct. After 200 meters, turn left onto Schuttevaerweg. Turn right at the end of Schuttevaerweg. Go straight at the roundabout. After 500 meters, you will see the Van Nelle Factory on your left.
From Hoek van Holland/Benelux Tunnel via the A20 motorway
After 200 meters, turn left onto Schuttevaerweg. Turn right at the end of Schuttevaerweg. Go straight at the roundabout. After 500 meters, you will see the Van Nelle Factory on your left.
From Breda via the Van Brienenoord Bridge
Follow signs for Rotterdam/Den Haag. Then follow signs for Hoek van Holland. Take the Spaanse Polder exit. Turn right at the end of the slip road, then head straight under the viaduct. After 200 meters, turn left onto Schuttevaerweg. Turn right at the end of Schuttevaerweg. Go straight at the roundabout. After 500 meters, you will see the Van Nelle Factory on your left.
By public transport
Take the train to Rotterdam Central Station. Then take bus 38 towards Station Schiedam Centrum from the Conradstraat bus station (at the side of the station). Exit the bus at the Beukelsbrug stop on Horvathweg. Take the stairs down, turn left and walk under the rail overpass. Cross to the main entrance of the Van Nelle Factory. Alternatively, take the same bus 38 from Schiedam Centrum towards Rotterdam Central Station and exit the bus at the same stop.
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Parking (paid or free)
Paid parking is available on the Van Nelle Factory site (€ 13.50 per day). In the neighborhood you can park on the public road, for example on the Horvathweg (€ 2.08 per hour). Please note: Parking is prohibited on the Schuttevaerweg from the roundabout to the Van Nelle.
Free parking is also possible: Especially for Design District we have rented the parking lot on the other side of the railway track. You come here by following the football and P5 on the ANWB signs. The entrance to the parking lot is opposite the Sparta Stadium. After parking you walk under the railway in a few minutes to the entrance of Design District. The site is guarded until half an hour after the closing of the fair. Parking is always at your own risk.
When you pre-register via this site, you will receive a 50% discount voucher. You will then pay € 15 at the entrance instead of € 30.
👉 Click here and sign up for a discount voucher for Design District. Pay close attention to whether you register as ‘professional’ or ‘consumers & students’.