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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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)
Panorama Foyer	—	—	70	—	100	—	—	83
Sydney 2+3+4	365	—	—	150	—	—	—	425
Gallery	80	—	—	—	100	—	—	87
Balans	60	24	50	40	60	28	22	100
Zaal 2+3+4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	301
Meeting Spaces 3 + 4	40	24	38	32	50	32	28	105
Focus 5	45	19	20	31	50	24	19	60
Hub 6	50	16	20	25	75	20	18	50
Prince	150	72	80	75	150	54	46	155
Meeting Room 3	140	50	70	75	—	44	—	130
Meeting Room 26	100	60	100	80	70	36	37	160
Park Suite 4	50	24	40	24	—	20	20	81
The Fountain Room	—	—	—	—	—	8-10	—	25
Rotterdam Hall II	500	180	300	250	500	96	74	437
Foyer I/II	—	—	100	—	150	—	—	—
Club	—	—	—	—	—	16	—	41
Oudegracht 1-2-3	280	96	—	120	—	—	—	300
Theatre	432	132	208	180	300	60	40	336
Toekan	50	24	34	41	50	27	24	81
Amstel 3	200	60	100	100	—	—	40	195
Salon D	50	42	40	32	50	30	30	76
Harvard	25	16	—	24	—	12	16	37.1
Koningzaal II+III	175	70	104	115	220	60	64	195
Concept Store In-Huys	—	—	14	—	60	—	—	80
Het Binnenhof	65	30	—	40	—	28	24	75
Combination Rembrandt 4, 5 & corridor	178	90	125	—	250	—	—	229
Picasso	—	—	20	—	—	20	—	43
San Francisco 1+2	150	—	100	100	—	40	40	160
Vechtestein 2	130	56	100	70	130	44	42	144
Emma	75	40	50	40	70	24	20	105
Matterhorn II & III	250	126	140	133	—	—	36	253
nhow 3+4	300	114	72	140	300	84	71	—
Amsterdam 3	80	30	—	40	—	28	28	88
New York 3	260	112	220	136	250	—	54	295
Foyer 1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	205
Zaal 2-3 / Waalsprong 2-3	200	112	144	151	200	64	47	240
Hollandia A	60	30	40	24	50	24	23	60
Meeting Rooms 9, 10	80	48	50	48	95	24	27	96
Spark	—	—	—	—	16	—	—	35
Wiede	—	—	—	—	—	16	—	31
Combination Rembrandt 2 & 3	156	64	100	—	200	44	34	184
1e Kamer	20	16	20	16	30	12	10	36
Bibliotheek	40	—	32	—	40	18	18	—
Focus	150	60	100	60	200	39	31	144
Marbella	70	15	25	25	50	25	22	102
Zaal 5	120	32	60	56	125	40	34	125
4. Prunus	50	40	40	—	—	—	25	71
Zaal 8+9	100	64	—	80	—	44	36	141
Margriet + Irene Salon	80	40	90	60	110	40	40	190
Oude keuken	25	—	27	—	—	16	—	32
VD4 Jonge Catharina	75	30	65	40	70	—	25	92
Kolfschoten I	12	—	—	—	—	10	—	25
Meeting Room 1+2+3	150	48	—	68	110	56	50	133
Oxford	40	24	—	30	—	14	20	52.5
Combination Rembrandt 2 & 3	156	64	100	—	200	44	34	184
The Creators Box (2 rooms)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	17.6
Prince I	100	45	50	45	90	36	32	91
Dudok 1	45	24	32	—	50	—	18	57.5
Neude	50	30	32	36	50	28	24	60
Zaal 1 + 2 (or Zaal 4 + 5)	64	30	48	40	60	32	26	89
Balans+Inspanning	150	70	100	90	130	40	35	200
Ginger + Coriander + Lavender	145	54	—	84	185	—	—	247
Orange Room	—	—	8	—	—	8	—	16
The Lacock Abbey	40	18	—	24	—	18	12	48
Meeting Room 1	80	30	50	50	—	34	25	91
Oudegracht 2-3-4	280	96	—	120	—	—	—	300
Focus 3	31	15	10	22	30	18	15	41
Meeting room 6+7	282	116	180	145	—	—	—	294
Meeting Room 19+20+21+22	270	—	—	193	—	38	32	—
Glasenapp 1	50	32	—	32	—	26	24	67
Pelmolen	20	13	16	22	—	16	14	25
The Marquee Room	45	—	—	—	55	30	25	90
Zaal 4+5	80	50	50	60	100	34	30	100
Posbank 2+3+4	160	—	—	110	—	—	—	264
Great Room 1	50	28	40	—	50	20	20	55.2
Jules Deelder (boardroom)	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	null
Queen's Lounge + Theatre	650	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Beatrix	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	45
Londen	60	32	—	45	—	24	24	162
De Gouden Leeuw 2-3	220	88	120	125	200	58	—	197
Directievertrek Reuchlin	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	60
Emerson Room (I+II+III)	230	120	170	144	230	—	45	238
Machine Room 4	50	24	—	24	—	24	22	65
Flow Boardroom	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	null
Salon E	50	42	40	32	50	30	30	79
Studio 2	30	—	16	—	—	16	14	47
Zaan 1+2+3	150	75	120	90	—	—	—	215
Vermeer	30	20	20	—	—	16	14	49
Oever	30	—	—	28	—	28	18	60
Salon Jacques Garcia	—	—	18	—	—	16	—	41
Oostbroek	60	38	48	40	48	38	36	95
Kruiskade	—	—	—	—	—	20	—	36
Salon 5 + 6	100	24	80	80	100	46	40	120
Executive boardroom Parijs	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	72
Cymbals	54	28	24	—	—	—	20	62
Breeze	42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Ridderzaal	32	18	—	32	—	24	18	null
Singel 1	40	24	—	—	30	18	15	33
Calla 2	170	96	110	92	200	—	38	176
Chicago 1+2	150	—	100	100	—	40	40	160