Crooswijk Rotterdam – All our local tips

At the border of Crooswijk and Kralingen you can find a statue of Bep van Klaveren. He was a very famous boxer, born in Rotterdam in 1907 and died in 1992. He earned the nickname The Dutch Windmill, because during boxing he used to move around a lot swinging his arms.

I’m not into boxing and that is not the reason this statue was noticed by me. It has to do with a story my grandfather told me. Van Klaveren used to live in the same street as my grandparents and he was always teasing young girls, so one day my grandfather punched his frigging little nose. I state right away, that I am absolutely not sure if this story is true. Not that I doubt my grandfather being capable of such a thing. Nor do a doubt mister van Klaveren being able of such a thing. (He did got prison time for hitting his wife). It is the fact that he was 15 to 20 years older than my grandparents. I can hardly imagine a grown man teasing little girls and a boy being the solution. Maybe it was his brother who indeed was 20 years younger and boxer too. Or the story is completely made up. My grandfather was some what of a storyteller.

But, Bep van Klaveren still is a famous boxing icon and he has a lot of Dutch fans almost 20 years after he died. On top of that the statue is quite nice with him standing on the Olympic symbol surrounded by a little park.

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Bep van Klaveren | Art & culture | Free
Boezemsingel/Goudse Rijweg | Crooswijk
24 hours daily

From the same owner as Stalles (check the Stalles article), Parket and The Vibes (check the Vibes article) there is Furore, located between the Centre and Crooswijk.

The food here is a delicious experience around the world in mini size. For about € 20.00 you get to choose 3 courses each and you get to do this 4 times in a row. Might not seem like much, but trust me at the end of round 3 you’ll be stuffed.

Besides dinner they just launched a lunch card, on which- next to a BTL and salads- you can opt for a ‘City trip’, ‘Weekend out of town’ or a ‘Trip around the world’. Nice for people with a travel bug but without money!

Since I live almost around the corner, I also like to come in just for a drink or two. When you’re having a drink you get some nuts, chips or olives on the side, nice! The place hasn’t jet developed to be a bar as well, but I think it’s only a matter of time and sun since their terrace is nice too.

Furore is not just for food and drinks, there have been salsa-nights, bands playing, comedy nights and film evenings. There is always lots to do.

In summer it was still up and coming. Now, it’s there!

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Furore | Bars, Restaurants (Worldly) | Dinner € 19.50
Jonker Fransstraat 237 | Crooswijk | +31102262883
Mon – Thu 11:00 – 01:00, Fri – Sat 11:00 – 02:00, Sun 12:00 – 01:00