Our story
Since 2016, City in a Box has brought together the best of local makers. What began as an idea between two brothers has grown into a network of entrepreneurs across the Netherlands.
In every city, we fill our boxes with artisan products made locally. Rotterdam, naturally, is part of that.
Alongside local entrepreneurship, we support local employment. Our hampers are packed at social workshops, by people for whom a job is less of a given.
Whatever is left after the season, we donate to the local food bank.
proud of the city, proud of our work —
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We pay attention to the small details when putting each box together, so it suits what you have in mind.
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Behind every product is a local maker. You'll find their stories on the card inside the box.
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A carefully chosen selection of products from Rotterdam makers.
Our local partners
These are the eighteen makers in our current range, from Kaapse Brouwers and ROTT. Brewing Company to Calandborgh, De Weypoort, Maasstroompjes and Mixblik.
The Rotterdam company behind Rotterdammertjes, Stadsgenootjes and PUUR, among others. For our boxes it supplies Rotterdammertjes, Rotterdamse ballen, Erasmus liquorice, Rotterdamse Eurowinegums, Stadsgenootjes and the PUUR Rotterdam chocolate bar.
Reusable water bottles made from sugarcane, and refill points for tap water, for less single-use plastic. In our boxes: the Rotterdam City Bottle.
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A city gin made for and by Rotterdam, shaped by input from more than fifty residents. Its ingredients, colours, icons and stories give it a character of its own.
Distilled and bottled on the Maas at the Onder de Boompjes distillery: premium vodka, unfiltered, with a raw Rotterdam edge.
A Rotterdam city brewery in a former fire station in the Oude Noorden. Their Blondt features in our boxes.
An award-winning cheese shop from Barendrecht. For our boxes, De Weypoort supplies 010 cheese, nuts, jam, syrup, apple juice, wine, prosecco and R'damsche port.
Crisps made from the growers' own potatoes, fried fresh every day on the farm in the Hoeksche Waard, just outside Rotterdam. In our boxes: sea salt, paprika and truffle.
Organic sambal, started in Rotterdam in 2004, made with peppers grown in Dutch soil. In our boxes: Hottie Yellow Peppers.
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An independent Rotterdam craft brewery with roots on Katendrecht and a taproom at the Fenix Food Factory. In our boxes: Kaapse Dennie, Kaapse Maria and the alcohol-free Kaapse Nada.
In the heart of Kralingen, Leanne bakes artisan granola every day, in flavours such as Christmas Apple Pie and Speculaas.
Rotterdam's own biscuit since 1934: butter biscuits with a stripe of almond paste, baked daily in Rotterdam to the original recipe.
A social enterprise helping women who are new to Rotterdam get ahead by preparing tinned meals together. In our boxes: their lentil stew.
A social enterprise and B Corp making DIY gifts, produced in its own Productiehuis by people with a distance to the labour market. In our boxes: mulled wine, cherry liqueur, hot chocolate, pea soup and biscuits, among others.
Rotterdam syrups for lemonades, cocktails and mocktails, handmade by chefs with real fruit, fresh juice and herbs. We picked Dark Caramel Vanilla.
A Rotterdam craft brewer since 2017, with a taproom in Schiebroek. In our boxes: the milk stout ROTT.dusk and the IPA ROTT.droom.
Organic peanut butter, born on Katendrecht. Peanuts and sea salt, nothing else. In our boxes: the crunchy version.
Wooden skylines and city decorations, laser-cut in its own workshop in Hoogvliet. In our boxes: the chocolate bar featuring the Rotterdam skyline.
Our social partner in Rotterdam-Zuid: a shop, coffee bar and workshop where young people with a disability or a distance to the labour market gain work experience. They make their own Rotterdamsche Confituur, without artificial colours or flavourings, and this is where our boxes are packed.
Network of entrepreneurs
Since 2016 we have been creating local Christmas hampers and corporate gifts for companies. Today we work with entrepreneurs in cities across the Netherlands.
