Best Place to Exchange Money in Rotterdam

01Exchange

Where to change money in Rotterdam

Over-the-counter exchange in Rotterdam means GWK Travelex, which lists six counters in the city. Its branch pages promote 0% commission, so the margin sits in the rate: ask what your pounds come to in euros before you commit.

• GWK Travelex Rotterdam Centraal ↗Stationsplein 19C (3013 AJ), at the main railway station. GWK's page for the branch gives weekday hours of 09:00-20:00, plus 10:00-17:00 on Saturday and Sunday, so it is the one to aim for at a weekend.
• GWK Travelex Rotterdam Zuid ↗Beijerlandselaan 7 (3074 EA), south of the Maas. Open 10:00-17:00 Monday to Saturday; closed on Sundays.
• GWK Travelex Conradstraat 6 ↗Near the bus terminal at Rotterdam Centraal. GWK publishes no opening times for it, so check before you walk over.

02On arrival

Changing money at the airport

At Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM), the GWK Travelex office (Airportplein 60) is in the hall before the security check. The airport gives its hours as 10:00-17:00, closed on Sundays; it still opens on public holidays such as King's Day, but not on Easter Sunday. A cash machine at the same office works 24 hours a day. Bus 33 runs straight to Rotterdam Centraal, or you can change at Meijersplein/Airport onto metro line E, timed to meet the bus; RET puts the city under 20 minutes away. The terminal sells RET tickets from machines, and the taxis outside belong to Rotterdam Airport Taxi, the airport's exclusive partner.

Flying into Schiphol instead? The quickest NS train to Rotterdam Centraal, the Intercity direct, needs a supplement on top of the normal fare.

03Cash machines and cards

ATMs and cards in Rotterdam

Plan to pay by card. In a 2025 survey for De Nederlandsche Bank of more than 5,000 retailers, 4% nationally showed a 'PIN only' sign, but in cities with over 175,000 residents, Rotterdam among them, about one outlet in eleven (9%) refused cash. Car parks, cinemas and pharmacies were the likeliest to insist on a card. Markets go the other way: only 15 of 1,000 stalls checked took cards alone, so they are the place to spend leftover coins.

04Getting around

Paying for transport in Rotterdam

RET's metro, trams and buses accept OVpay, with nothing to register first. Hold a contactless card or phone against the reader when you get on and again when you get off, using the same one both times. Foreign Maestro, V PAY, Mastercard and Visa contactless cards are on RET's accepted list, and a day's travel is collected in a single payment the next day, under a reference beginning NLOV. For a fixed price, Rotterdam's tourist board lists 2026 fares of €12.00 for an RET 1 Day ticket and €5.50 for a 2-hour ticket. Bus drivers sell the 2-hour ticket for card payment only; on trams you can pay by card or cash.

05Local know-how

Good to know

• Parking at a P+R site? RET says free parking there still works only with an OV-chipkaart, not with a tapped bank card.
• At NS train gates most foreign contactless cards work, but NS turns away Revolut's digital debit card and cards from Vivid and Paysafe, so carry a physical card from another bank as a fallback.