Landcommanderij Alden Biesen, in Bilzen-Hoeselt in Flemish Limburg, hosts meetings, seminars and congresses in a historic castle estate. The official site gives the range as a client meeting of 10 participants up to a congress of several hundred visitors, in more than 30 rooms and several outdoor locations. The estate also takes larger public events and film shoots.
Seminars and company events
Organisers can plan plenary sessions, breakout groups and hybrid set-ups. The rooms come with the standard equipment for working sessions: flipcharts, projectors, TV screens and other audiovisual material. A number of rooms also have an advanced hybrid meeting system, which helps when some participants join remotely. The team discusses the needs of each event with the organiser before the rooms are assigned.
The estate applies selection criteria to the events it accepts. Closed meetings and MICE events are tested, like public events, against the character of the site as a heritage location. Alden Biesen carries the Flanders Heritage Venue label and has been named best congress location on several occasions, according to its own site.
Weddings and receptions
The pages we read do not describe a wedding offer, so this page does not present the estate as a wedding venue. Receptions linked to a meeting or congress can be discussed with the team. Public events such as festivals, fairs, performances, exhibitions and family events are also hosted, after the team checks that the concept suits the estate.
Rooms and capacities
The site counts more than 30 rooms plus several outdoor squares and locations. It does not list room names or seat counts on the pages we read, so ask the team for the room that matches your layout and head count. A client meeting of 10 and a congress of several hundred are both within the range stated.
Accommodation
For multi-day congresses, 30 bedrooms on the estate are reserved for organisers planning an event at Alden Biesen. They are not sold separately to the public through this offer, so the congress organiser books them as part of the event.
Catering
Catering comes from the estate's own kitchen team, or from a list of approved external caterers. The organiser chooses between the two when planning the event.
History and setting
Alden Biesen was for more than 800 years a meeting place and, in the past, one of the most powerful headquarters of the Teutonic Order. The estate has a moated castle, historic buildings and large gardens. A museum called DOMUS, about the Teutonic Order, sits on the same site. Outside events, the grounds are open to walkers.
Getting there
The estate is at Kasteelstraat 6, 3740 Bilzen-Hoeselt, at the gateway to the Haspengouw region. The official site has an access page with details for car, public transport and cycling. Contact the team on +32 89 51 93 93 or at aldenbiesen@vlaanderen.be.
