Circa Amsterdam is a reused geodesic dome in Amsterdam that hosts congresses, company dinners, product launches and company parties. The central hall, the Black Box, covers about 1,000 m² and holds 900 people in plenary, eleven flexible sub-rooms and three foyers surround it, and the site states room for groups from 100 to 2,000, with company parties of up to 1,500 guests.
Seminars and company events
The official site presents Circa as a congress venue with one plenary hall and eleven breakout rooms, suited to programs from 200 participants to about 1,000 guests. The plenary hall serves keynotes and presentations, and the sub-rooms serve working groups and parallel sessions. The venue is described as plug and play: technology is a permanent part of the building rather than hired for each event. It includes a large stage, LED screens, professional sound systems and lighting, and an in-house team that runs it. Congress, company dinner, product launch and company party are the four event types the site develops.
Weddings and receptions
The official site does not offer weddings. Its events pages cover business formats only, so Circa is best considered for congresses, dinners, launches and parties for companies and organizations.
Rooms and capacities
The Black Box is about 1,000 m² and holds 900 people in plenary. Around it are eleven sub-rooms, numbered in pairs such as Sub 1 and 6, and three foyers that can serve as a catering square, exhibition area or networking space, spread over three floors. The Upperdeck is a sub-room directly under the roof of the dome. Each space can be arranged alone or combined, and the site offers floor plans and room factsheets. The stated range is a company party of up to 1,500 guests on 5,000 m² of floor, a dinner from 20 to several hundred guests, and a congress from 200 to 1,000 participants. The parking lot can also be arranged as a festival, terrace or lounge space on good days.
Accommodation
There are no bedrooms on site. The site notes that hotels are nearby and that the venue is close to Schiphol and to the A5 and A10 ring roads.
Catering
Catering is run by Circa's own sustainable catering label, which works with local entrepreneurs, seasonal products and low waste. It covers breakfast, lunch, drinks and dinner, from a light bite between sessions to a multi-course dinner or a walking dinner, always built to order after a discussion of the theme, program, audience and atmosphere.
History and setting
The dome follows a 1967 geodesic design by the architect Richard Buckminster Fuller, introduced at the World Expo in Montreal. Schiphol commissioned a Dutch version, and the Aviodome opened in 1971 as one of the first geodesic domes in Europe. It was taken down in 2003 and stored in shipping containers, and it reopened in 2023 as Circa. The building is presented as circular in its materials, with an A+++ energy label, LED lighting, demolition wood ceilings, recycled plasterboard walls and a heat and cold storage system, so it runs without gas.
Getting there
The address is Seineweg 2, 1043 BG Amsterdam, directly at the exit of the A5 and A10 and about 15 minutes by car from Schiphol. The lot has 230 parking spaces, including 10 electric charging points. Station Sloterdijk is about 1.5 kilometers away, with direct connections to Amsterdam Central and Utrecht, and Schiphol is about 10 minutes from there by train. From Sloterdijk, guests can walk, take a shared bicycle or a taxi.
