The future of Rotterdam is neither purely digital, purely physical, nor purely social, but a fluid interweaving of all three dimensions. The Citiverse is tomorrow's shared urban space: built on openness, trust, and the citizen at the centre.
The Citiverse is the rapidly evolving, digitally, socially and physically interwoven environment in which cities and communities live, express themselves and function, where physical, digital and social realities flow seamlessly into each other.
Rotterdam is developing a vision and strategy for tomorrow's city: a city that does not merely react to digital change, but actively shapes it, on the basis of public values, citizen participation, and open digital infrastructure.
"Citi" โ from citizen, not city. People first.
The Citiverse is developed along twelve thematic building blocks: the challenges Rotterdam faces, translated into opportunities for the digital city.
Labs are the Citiverse's experimentation environments: places where ideas are tested, knowledge is built, and prototypes are developed.
Every building block is examined from four angles that together provide an integrated view of the digital city.
Rotterdam Citiverse in (inter)national press, podcasts and research platforms.
The Citiverse is an ecosystem of partners: local, national and international.
Are you a business, knowledge institution, social organisation, or engaged Rotterdammer? Join the Citiverse: as a partner, researcher, or experiment participant.