Van der Valk Hotel Ridderkerk
Van der Valk Hotel Ridderkerk – modern, sustainable 4-star hotel just outside Rotterdam, with river-named meeting rooms, suites and a restaurant.

Key charistaristics:
Affiliation:
Van der Valk
Star rating:
4
Number of hotel rooms:
Number of twin rooms:
Distance to Schiphol Airport:
60
km
Location:
Ridderkerk
Area:
Rotterdam
Van der Valk Hotel Ridderkerk is a modern, sustainably built hotel a short distance south-east of Rotterdam, close enough to the city for a full urban programme while sitting in its own quieter setting beside the motorway network of the Drechtsteden.
The bedrooms are among the better-photographed in the Van der Valk portfolio and run from comfort categories through Executive rooms to suites with a separate lounge and a feature mural, several with baths. There is a restaurant, a lounge, and wellness arrangements available through a nearby thermal spa.
Rotterdam's centre, the Kinderdijk windmills and the Drechtsteden waterfront are all within a short transfer, which makes this a practical base for a programme that wants to combine the modern city with the classic Dutch river landscape.
Van der Valk Hotel Ridderkerk carries a full floor of flexible meeting rooms, named for the world's rivers, among them Hudson, Amazone and Zambezi, and set up for everything from a board session to a plenary presentation.
The rooms take classroom, U-shape, school and theatre layouts, and the photography shows each configuration, which is unusually helpful when matching a room to a programme. The building is recent and sustainably built, so the audio-visual fit-out and the natural light are good throughout.
Bedrooms on site mean a residential conference or a multi-day incentive stays in one place, and the restaurant handles group dining including full banquet setups.
The position works for events that need Rotterdam without city-centre logistics, with easy motorway access from across the southern Randstad. Room counts and per-setup capacities are being confirmed with the hotel and have deliberately been left out rather than estimated.
Number of meeting rooms:
Room / Space | Theatre | Classroom | Banquet (rounds) | Cabaret | Reception (standing) | Boardroom | U-shape | Area (m²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zaal 7 | 120 | 32 | 60 | 56 | 125 | 40 | 34 | 125 |
Focus+Daadkracht | — | — | 160 | — | 400 | — | — | 288 |
Zaal 1+2 | 162 | 48 | — | 90 | — | 46 | 28 | 208 |
The Lounge | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | 50 |
Doornburg 2 + 3 | 100 | 56 | 80 | 70 | 100 | 44 | 42 | 142 |
Marijnen I | 12 | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | 25 |
VD3 Jonge Jacob | — | — |


















