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)
Brood & Bruna Boardroom	40	22	—	—	—	—	28	54.4
Amsterdam 1 + 2	344	100	224	180	270	—	—	393
Jacob Maris zaal	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	93
Oudegracht 3-4-5	280	96	—	120	—	—	—	300
Hofstede	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	34.6
The Amsterdam Room	40	—	—	—	50	32	25	50
Meeting Room 2	80	30	50	50	—	34	25	91
Zaan 1+2	100	50	70	60	—	—	—	145
Millsroom	20	15	16	20	—	16	12	25
Salon 1	70	24	50	50	70	30	25	88
Glasenapp 2	50	32	—	32	—	26	24	67
12. Sophora	—	—	—	—	—	20	—	67
Chimes	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33
Franse salon	20	—	24	—	25	16	14	39
Hub 5	40	12	20	17	60	15	14	45
Zaal 4	80	—	34	60	90	28	22	105
Calla 3	170	96	110	92	200	—	38	176
Beatrixpark + Rembrandtpark	110	60	70	24	100	46	42	126
The Boardroom	—	—	—	—	—	16	—	27
The Oval Office	40	20	20	24	—	18	12	52
Ferdinand Bol 1 - 4	180	105	120	90	150	—	—	196
Sonneveld (boardroom)	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	null
Van Gogh 1 + 2 + 3	160	70	120	56	180	—	—	210
Sandwijck	40	30	48	36	40	20	20	68
Red	50	19	32	—	50	32	24	80
Regge	25	15	—	25	—	20	17	44
Vision	—	—	—	—	16	—	—	35
Zaal 2 + 3 (or Zaal 3 + 4)	60	32	40	44	60	32	22	77
Boterkelder	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20
Engine	32	14	—	—	—	16	14	63
Sumatra	70	54	—	45	—	28	32	99
Paleiszaal	100	50	50	60	110	40	34	104
Potter	—	—	10	—	—	10	—	27
Daadkracht	150	60	100	60	200	39	31	144
Amsterdam 1 + 2 + 3 + 4	300	120	200	150	350	108	54	302
Inspanning+Ontspanning	150	70	100	90	130	40	35	200
Spiegelzaal	32	18	—	32	—	24	18	null
Zaal 6	120	32	60	56	125	40	34	125
Copper Attic	20	—	24	—	20	16	—	null
Stellenbosch	40	24	—	30	—	14	20	52.5
Linge	80	32	40	48	54	34	28	106
Meeting Space 4	24	18	30	24	30	24	20	67
De Fabriek	—	—	40	—	75	—	—	100
nhow 2+3	200	60	36	100	200	45	39	—
Posbank 3+4	100	—	—	70	—	54	45	170
Zaal 1	40	18	32	36	50	20	18	58
Boardroom Soesterduinen	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	24
Nieuwenhuis I	—	—	6	—	—	6	—	19.8
Meeting Space 5	24	18	24	24	26	24	20	54
Mees Room I & II	252	120	180	170	350	82	52	288
Zaal 3	40	24	32	24	50	24	18	90
Salons A+B+C (combined)	280	189	240	120	300	—	66	278
Europa 2	100	50	96	95	—	40	34	136
Foyer	70	40	64	—	100	—	—	108
Hudson	40	16	40	24	—	22	18	52
De Phenix	75	28	56	46	—	—	26	90
Concerto Suite	—	—	8	—	15	8	—	95
Amsterdam 2 + 4	300	60	184	145	230	—	—	355
Amsterdam 2 + 3	100	60	85	80	175	52	40	153
Panorama 2	48	24	30	—	48	—	20	65
Bibliotheque	75	30	30	52	—	28	25	81
Zaal 25	100	40	50	50	100	30	27	100
Wintergarden	—	—	320	—	600	—	—	462
Salon 3	70	24	50	50	70	30	25	82
Speelman salon	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	29
Beatrixpark + Rembrandtpark + Vondelpark	160	80	120	33	180	60	56	184
Red I	32	16	24	—	30	18	14	55
Meeting Room 7+8+9	60	24	30	—	—	24	—	105
Princess	80	30	—	30	100	26	28	104
Oosterpark	50	24	—	32	—	28	24	64
Borneo	70	54	—	45	—	28	32	88
nhow 5+6+7	300	108	72	150	300	72	48	—
NY Basement	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Van Gogh 1 + 2	110	48	80	40	120	—	—	140
Plaza Suite 3	30	10	10	10	—	12	12	29
Singel 3	32	18	—	—	25	12	15	30
Singel 1 & 2	70	50	90	65	140	—	—	128
De Molenhoek 3	130	52	80	73	130	48	38	137
Copper Lounge	—	—	—	—	20	—	—	null
Meeting Room 11+12+14	165	44	—	75	—	44	26	177
Salon Rodenburg	—	—	8	—	—	8	—	22
Glasgow 1	60	32	40	35	58	28	32	67.5
Brussel 1+2	120	—	100	90	—	40	40	150
Magnolia	60	40	100	45	120	—	25	185
13. Ligustrum	—	—	—	—	—	—	20	67
Meeting Rooms 12 + 14, 15 + 16	50	39	50	40	70	24	27	72
Maxima I	60	24	40	32	50	20	22	72
Meeting room 5	120	54	70	75	—	36	24	128
Jan Coelenbier kamer	—	8	—	16	—	16	15	null
Hub 8	40	12	20	17	60	15	14	45
Salve	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	32
Jansen & Spyker Boardroom	40	22	—	—	—	—	28	54.4
Van Gogh	75	40	50	40	50	32	30	86.6
Gallery	60	30	50	32	100	30	—	110
Glass Enclosed Promenade	200	—	—	—	250	—	—	297
Rhijnwijk	35	20	—	30	—	20	18	65
Kunsthal (boardroom)	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	null
Witte Leeuw	80	36	70	60	100	30	27	—
Brussel 1+2	360	160	280	192	300	—	—	467
P2 + P3 (Vondelpark + Westerpark)	90	40	72	52	115	—	—	128