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.

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Van der Valk

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Location:

Ridderkerk

Area:

Rotterdam

Van der Valk Hotel Ridderkerk – restaurant set for a banquet

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 – suite with lounge

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.

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Van der Valk Hotel Ridderkerk – meeting room in U-shape setup

Room / Space	Theatre	Classroom	Banquet (rounds)	Cabaret	Reception (standing)	Boardroom	U-shape	Area (m²)
Diana zaal	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40
Inspanning	60	30	50	40	60	28	25	100
Noordam	24	12	25	—	25	—	16	53
Boardrooms for up to 10 people	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	35
San Pietro	175	50	120	100	275	50	35	160
Vaalsbroekerhof	110	60	100	56	200	48	28	130
De kasteeltuinen	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Jan Toorop zaal	200	—	150	120	200	50	46	250
Blauwe Zaal	25	20	32	—	40	20	—	55
Ambassador Club	52	—	60	—	75	—	—	—
Great Room 2	100	60	72	—	140	60	25	137.3
Meeting Room 1+2	160	70	100	100	—	56	40	182
Calla 2+3	350	192	220	184	400	—	54	352
The Lobbybar	—	—	—	—	120	—	—	110
Combination Rembrandt 1, 2 & 3	220	100	150	—	300	—	—	276
Serre	60	—	40	—	60	—	—	—
Watermolen	30	17	—	30	—	20	18	60
CP Lounge	45	16	20	24	60	52	16	50
Watersnip	40	24	49	35	59	30	24	90
Saxenburg Galleries I	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	null
Meeting Space 2	72	36	48	40	80	40	34	110
The Cornelis-Kromhout Room	90	—	—	—	120	60	50	135
Zaal 3+4	100	60	72	64	100	44	38	181
Haven Boardroom	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	null
Odyssee Room	350	100	300	120	350	76	48	400
Kandinsky	—	—	14	—	—	14	—	27.3
Posbank 1+2+3+4	250	—	—	150	—	—	—	356
Focus 4	45	19	—	31	50	24	19	60
Prinsengracht 2	24	12	—	—	—	12	15	27
Zaal 1+2+3+4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	365
Amsterdam 1	100	48	—	50	—	32	30	145
Koningzaal I+II	95	70	72	65	120	52	42	135
The Conference Arena	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	22.6
Drawing Room	45	—	26	—	—	24	—	50
PC Hooftstraat	50	18	—	30	—	22	18	60
Salon C	95	63	60	48	100	36	36	90
Ginger + Coriander	130	54	—	84	155	—	—	200
Studio 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	55
Hub 1 t/m 4	110	34	70	70	160	38	36	115
Hollandia A & B	150	84	90	72	140	42	38	130
Zaal 4+5+6	—	—	70	—	140	—	—	140
Zaal 3-4 / Waalsprong 3-4	180	98	144	146	180	56	41	248
Machine Room 1+2+3	100	42	—	56	100	40	26	101
Vollenhoven	80	40	60	50	60	44	40	100
Sydney 1+2+3	400	—	—	216	—	—	—	435
Verwondering	150	60	100	60	200	39	31	144
Emerald – Single	81	27	50	32	60	18	24	71
Red Room	—	—	10	—	—	10	—	20
Victoria Lounge	—	—	—	—	50	—	—	119
Oranjerie	140	60	—	72	—	36	30	null
Nexus	—	—	80	—	120	—	—	60
Admiralty	110	—	100	56	150	—	—	144
Zaal 1 + 2 + 3 (or Zaal 3 + 4 + 5)	96	64	72	64	140	48	32	135
Rietveld 1-2	80	38	—	—	80	—	32	78.1
Zaal 5+6	240	64	120	112	250	80	68	225
Amstel 1	200	60	100	100	—	—	40	195
Meeting Room 1+2	90	32	—	44	80	40	28	95
Timor	36	24	—	24	—	12	20	51
Panorama 4-5	66	24	80	—	66	24	22	132
Maximum	90	—	80	80	200	—	—	156
Meeting room 8+9 + Foyer	342	108	230	140	—	—	—	439
Meeting Suites	—	—	—	—	8	—	—	null
Oudegracht 2-3-4-5	380	128	—	160	—	—	—	400
Rotterdam 2	60	36	50	48	80	40	28	110
6. Crispa	50	39	—	—	—	—	25	74
Brussel	125	50	150	80	—	32	32	250
New York 1	260	120	220	136	250	—	58	295
Residentie + Oranje	270	110	200	110	450	72	—	317
Library & Study	—	—	12	—	—	12	—	23.8
Amsterdam 2 t/m 5	540	108	336	265	400	—	—	637
Drum	54	—	24	—	—	—	20	62
Tuinzaal	20	—	16	—	30	12	—	35
P1 + P2 + P3 (Amstelpark + Vondelpark + Westerpark)	140	48	112	80	175	—	—	195
Salon 2 + 3	120	42	90	80	120	46	40	144
Rotterdam Hall I & II	1100	360	600	550	1000	148	100	—
Pearl 1&2 / Pearl 2&3	381	265	280	176	480	—	—	450
Christina Salon	30	14	40	30	60	15	18	80
Emerson I + II	160	80	112	96	150	36	38	159
Biesbosch 2	200	—	120	120	200	44	35	280
Foyer	—	—	—	—	100	—	—	109
The Prinsenkamer	—	—	20	—	60	—	—	85
Coolsingel Suite	110	63	70	49	120	61	36	155
Kolfschoten I & II	60	—	—	32	—	24	20	75
Achtervliet + Wetering + Steenenhoek	120	60	96	58	184	63	61	152
Arkelpoort	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	45
Binnentuin	450	88	200	135	450	—	—	286
De Grote Fabriek (combi)	—	—	88	—	150	—	—	147
Meeting Rooms 7 + 8	180	72	120	96	185	36	45	168
Combination Rembrandt 1, 2 & 3	220	100	150	—	300	—	—	276
Regio 2	250	112	198	114	350	60	48	238
Wintertuin	400	—	250	240	—	—	46	482
Matterhorn I & II	250	180	84	120	—	—	44	267
Stroom	30	—	—	28	—	28	18	63
Meeting Suite 11	15	8	—	12	—	—	—	29
Salon Paul Kruger	30	—	24	—	40	16	12	49
Ferdinand Bol 4	50	30	40	24	60	28	23	55
Amalia	68	40	40	30	60	20	18	113
Hojel	60	30	40	40	75	30	27	94
Van der Meij-hall	—	—	—	—	100	—	—	—
Foyer Amstel	—	—	80	—	180	—	—	—