collective.ruhr in Essen Rüttenscheid rents its Penthouse, the whole fifth floor of the coworking space, for workshops, client meetings, team days and parties of up to 60 people. The floor has three rooms, a kitchen and a roof terrace with a view over Rüttenscheid, and it can be booked without a coworking membership. The address is Rüttenscheider Straße 120, on the restaurant street of Essen.
Seminars and company events
The Penthouse can be rented as single rooms or as a whole. The venue page speaks of up to 40 people for the Penthouse and up to 60 when the whole floor is booked. The rooms have touchscreens, and the meeting rooms can be booked online. The company also lists smaller meeting rooms in Essen and rooms in its Duisburg Ruhrort site, including a harbor-view room for up to 50 people and two rooms for up to 10. For a company Christmas party, the Penthouse is offered exclusively from 6:30 p.m. to midnight to groups of 15 to 30. A daytime session from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. can be added, for example for a year review before the party.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are not offered. The Penthouse is positioned for corporate evenings, club dinners and client events, and the roof terrace with fire bowls is the main outdoor space.
Rooms and capacities
The Penthouse covers the full fifth floor: three rooms for working, a bathroom, a kitchen and the roof terrace. Capacity is up to 40 people according to the Penthouse listing and up to 60 for the whole floor according to the meeting rooms page. Individual room sizes are not given on the pages we reviewed. The building also has two roof terraces with grills and more than 1,000 square meters of coworking space, with the subway stop 100 meters away.
Catering
For the Christmas party the food comes from Gärtnerei Fleischerei, a Rüttenscheid restaurant. Two formats exist, a self-service buffet or a served four-course menu, with a drinks flat rate until midnight covering beer, wine, soft drinks, water, coffee and tea. Tables are set with festive decoration, and setup, takedown and cleaning are included. A retro gaming lounge in the Tetraeder and a mini table tennis table are available for the evening. For other events, ask the team what catering can be arranged.
History and setting
collective.ruhr began in Essen Rüttenscheid in 2018 and now runs three coworking sites: Rüttenscheid, Kettwig and Duisburg Ruhrort. Rüttenscheid is the largest, with more than 1,000 square meters of open space, single offices and meeting rooms. The Penthouse is the venue's flagship event space.
Getting there
The subway stop is about 100 meters from the entrance on Rüttenscheider Straße 120, 45131 Essen. The team can be reached at +49 201 890 934 00 or hello@collective.ruhr.
