Yes, Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) has designated smoking areas both before and after security. Landside, the marked outdoor area is directly outside the terminal entrance. Airside, there is an open-air panorama terrace reached through Restaurant de Horizon, plus a terrace after passport control for non-Schengen departures. The official airport guidance is clear: “There are no smoking areas in the departure hall. Smoking is allowed on the panorama terrace.”
Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) is a small city airport in the western Netherlands, primarily handling European leisure and business routes. The single-terminal airport is one of the most compact commercial airports in the country, making every smoking area exceptionally easy to access.
Outside Terminal
Departures Level: The designated smoking area is directly outside the terminal entrance — literally steps from the front doors. This is one of the shortest terminal-to-smoking-area distances you’ll find at any European airport.
Arrivals Level: An outdoor area near the arrivals exit, with the taxi rank and bus stop adjacent. Convenient for a quick smoke after your flight.
After Security
Panorama terrace (airside): There are no smoking areas in the departure hall, but the open-air panorama terrace is available airside, reached via Restaurant de Horizon. It is the main post-security option for smokers and looks out over the apron.
Passport-control terrace: Non-Schengen departures have a further open-air terrace after passport control, so smokers stay covered all the way to the gate.
Inside Terminal
No indoor smoking rooms exist at Rotterdam The Hague Airport. The departure hall and the rest of the terminal building are smoke-free; the airside smoking options are the open-air terraces described above.
Terminal Layout
RTM handles a small number of flights daily, mainly to European holiday destinations and London. The terminal has a single security checkpoint and a compact gate area. With fewer flights and passengers than Schiphol or Eindhoven, security takes rarely more than 5-10 minutes. The entire terminal can be walked end-to-end in under 3 minutes.
For Netherlands airport smoking rules, vaping rules, and other general info, see our Netherlands smoking guide.