Fort Lent

Lent, Netherlands · Meetings · Weddings

A historic fort in Nijmegen for meetings of 10 to 300 people, company parties and weddings, with in-house catering

Meetings for 10 to 300 people, company parties, private receptions and civil weddings in a restored fort in Nijmegen. Rooms open onto a covered courtyard, with an in-house kitchen and overnight stays arranged for weddings.

Maximum capacity: 300
Event spaces: 2
Outdoor spaces: Yes

Event spaces

Covered courtyardlarge central space that all rooms connect to
Party and meeting roomsup to 300each with its own entrance, arranged around the courtyard and sand square

Getting there and practical details

Neighborhood: Lent, Nijmegen

Fort Lent is a restored defensive fort in Nijmegen where organisers can book meetings for 10 to 300 people, company parties, private receptions and weddings. It lies at Bemmelsedijk 4 and describes itself as the most versatile event location in the Nijmegen area. The rooms sit around a courtyard and can be linked to a large covered courtyard.

Seminars and company events

Fort Lent sells meeting packages for groups of 10 to 300 people. The pitch is a meeting room with atmosphere, design and fresh food rather than a windowless meeting room. It can host an effective meeting, a presentation or a team building day, and the staff shape the programme with the organiser.

Three packages are described. The four-hour package starts at 25 people and includes a reception with coffee, tea and homemade petit fours, a coffee break with carrot cake, a lunch chosen from suggestions with coffee, tea and water, or snacks for the drinks. The eight-hour package and the twelve-hour package start at 15 people. The twelve-hour option ends with a three-course menu or a live cooking dinner, with table water and coffee or tea. Other drinks are charged afterwards. Packages exclude venue costs, facilities and a technician, so those are quoted separately.

Fort Lent also has a reputation for company parties and original events, which it handles from start to finish.

Weddings and receptions

Fort Lent is an official wedding location of the municipality of Nijmegen. A couple can hold the ceremony, a reception, a high tea, a wedding dinner and the party in the same place. The venue offers a complete reception package, a dinner prepared by its own kitchen brigade with seasonal ingredients, and an all-inclusive party package, each extendable on request. It can also arrange the overnight stay for the couple and their guests and the transport to it.

Private and family parties are also hosted: a brunch, a reception, a dinner or a party with friends and family.

Rooms and capacities

All party and meeting rooms are arranged around the courtyard and the new sand square. Each room has its own entrance and atmosphere, and all of them link to the large covered courtyard, which allows combinations of spaces. The pages read do not name the rooms or give their individual capacities, so ask the venue for the floor plan, which the site mentions.

Catering

The fort's own brigade cooks. Lunch suggestions include a soup of the chef, sandwiches with Italian ham, mature Edam cheese or homemade tuna salad, and a sweet surprise. Drinks include beers on tap, soft drinks, juices and wines, with bites such as a mini Caesar salad, a flammkuchen, beef tenderloin skewers and bitterballen.

History and setting

The fort is an old defensive work. Over the last 20 years it has turned from resting cultural heritage into an event location. The site calls it a place that mixes history with parties.