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)
J.P. Coen I	35	20	18	20	30	20	—	43
White I	32	16	32	—	40	18	14	49
Zaal 1+2+3	225	120	—	146	—	90	70	286
Marie's Sundeck	—	—	16	—	35	—	—	50
Zambezi	60	26	60	38	75	28	24	73
Plaza Suite 1	30	18	20	20	—	16	14	36
Rotterdam Room I	40	20	32	—	50	—	18	58
Ferdinand Bol 3 & 4	90	50	70	42	100	44	38	98
Flow	56	20	—	—	—	20	24	79.8
Library	—	—	8	—	—	6	—	11.9
Vermeer 1	110	48	90	48	110	40	30	146
Birmingham 1	25	12	20	16	30	12	14	32.5
P1 + P2 (Amstelpark + Vondelpark)	100	48	80	56	120	—	—	134
Serre	80	—	70	50	100	40	30	140
Amsterdam 2 + 3	344	68	208	165	250	—	—	436
Singel 2	35	10	30	20	40	10	10	58
Koningzaal I+II+III	250	90	152	170	295	100	84	275
Amstelpark + Beatrixpark + Rembrandtpark	150	70	100	60	160	56	50	178
De Lelie (combi)	90	40	48	48	—	—	34	107
Sydney 3+4+5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	355
Oranje + Park	120	60	100	85	200	60	—	165
Copper Study	—	—	10	—	—	10	—	null
Zaal 29+30	160	64	80	80	160	52	37	161
Meeting Space 1	72	36	48	40	80	36	30	100
Matterhorn I & II & III	450	240	250	210	—	—	60	381
Foyer	—	—	56	—	150	—	—	195
Specht	40	24	35	35	40	27	20	72
Wetering + Steenenhoek	80	54	64	57	48	38	35	112
Regio 4 + 5	110	50	96	52	100	50	44	—
Hub 7	50	16	20	25	75	20	18	50
Otter/Esperance	155	114	110	72	170	84	67	—
Vechtestein 3	130	56	100	70	130	44	42	144
Brussel	25	12	24	18	20	16	16	50
Zaal 3	80	—	50	60	90	32	28	105
Java	—	—	12	—	—	12	—	47
Emerald – Triple	277	150	170	96	225	32	66	215
Rotterdam Hall I	500	180	300	250	500	96	74	437
Boardroom	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	15
Cosmopolitan / Grazia / Bazaar	30	12	—	21	—	20	15	44
Amsterdam 1+2+3	175	80	100	120	250	72	46	174
Eiland van Dordrecht 2-3-4	160	—	100	110	—	—	—	—
Europa 1	110	50	96	100	—	40	34	157
Colorado	30	16	30	22	30	20	16	52
De Molenhoek 2	120	52	80	73	130	48	38	139
Zaal Staal	350	130	250	150	400	100	70	420
Grand Ballroom	700	346	320	320	600	50	90	510
Zaal 24	100	40	50	50	100	30	27	100
Regio 5	78	28	72	36	100	34	26	100
Meeting Rooms 7, 8	80	36	50	40	91	24	27	84
Plastic Whale	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	42
Atlantic Promenade	—	—	—	—	300	—	—	276
Wilhelmina	40	18	—	16	50	16	16	70
Zurich I	136	90	63	63	—	—	34	144
Singel 2	40	24	—	—	30	18	15	33
Valk	40	18	30	30	40	20	17	72
Eiland van Dordrecht 1-2-3	180	—	130	120	—	—	—	—
Machine Room 1+2	36	18	—	20	—	20	18	52
Sydney 1+2	300	—	—	144	—	—	—	330
Prince II	50	27	30	30	60	24	16	64
Staten	85	40	70	48	100	35	—	108
Harlowe	40	24	28	—	40	17	18	46
Plaza Suite 2	45	32	30	26	—	20	20	46
Griffioen	150	88	—	48	—	64	47	—
Posbank 1+2 (or 2+3)	120	—	—	80	—	—	—	190
SALT restaurant	—	—	—	—	120	—	—	null
Singel 3	60	30	60	40	100	20	20	90
Rotterdam Room II	60	30	48	—	70	—	24	72
Study	—	—	8	—	—	6	—	11.9
Wine Vault (Wine Cellar)	—	—	24	—	40	10	10	37.1
2e Kamer	28	20	20	16	30	16	14	32
Rome	25	12	24	18	20	16	16	50
Zaal 5+6	—	—	45	—	90	—	—	90
Doornburg 1 + 2 + 3	120	80	100	90	110	—	—	192
Boardroom 4	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	30
Penthouse Suite	—	—	12	—	25	12	—	170
Meeting room 6	134	52	90	90	—	50	28	166
Meeting Room 1+2	220	—	122	81	200	44	40	210
Directievertrek Plate	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	45
M2 + M3 (Dappermarkt + Nieuwmarkt)	90	40	72	52	115	—	—	128
Foyer 2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	190
Zaal 1 / Waalsprong 1	100	57	64	71	100	44	37	120
Salons A+B / B+C (combined)	190	126	160	90	220	—	36	188
Passage	—	—	110	—	120	—	—	115
Zaal 4+5	212	64	—	100	—	56	52	268
VD2 Drie Gebroeders	—	—	—	—	—	—	24	92
Hoog Catharijne	60	30	32	36	75	30	26	58
Anna Pavlova Champagne Lounge	—	—	10	—	35	14	8	39
Private Bar	—	—	—	—	80	—	—	80
Marijnen I & II	30	—	—	20	—	16	12	50
Brussel 1+2+3	380	166	300	—	—	—	—	—
Chili	100	36	—	60	95	16	20	127
Londen 2	75	—	80	60	—	30	26	150
Studio 3	—	—	8	—	—	12	10	30
Glasgow 2	25	12	20	16	30	12	14	32.5
Huygens	60	—	—	50	—	—	24	107
Irene + Christina Salon	50	30	50	52	70	30	28	117
Zaal 5	80	40	40	48	75	32	24	114
Combination Rembrandt 1 & 2	156	64	—	—	—	44	34	174
Jordaan	50	28	—	32	—	28	24	88
Combination Rembrandt 1 & 2	156	64	—	—	—	44	34	174