Kromhouthal

Kromhouthal hosts congresses, trade fairs, dinners, product launches and company parties in a former engine factory on the IJ in Amsterdam Noord. The venue covers about 5,000 m². The official site lists 150 to 1,300 guests for a congress, and gives the central hall a capacity of 2,300. The team has more than ten years of experience organizing events here.

Seminars and company events For business events the site offers congress, trade fair, dinner, product launch and company party formats. A congress can run from 150 to 1,300 guests. The central hall can be divided with a large curtain, for example into a plenary room and a catering room. The six break-out rooms, with capacities between 150 and 500 according to the congress page, are available only together with the central hall.

Rooms and capacities The central hall measures 3,588 m² and lists a capacity of 2,300. Studio T02 (516 m², 250 guests) is on the ground floor next to the hall. Break-out Noord (177 m², 150 guests) and Break-out Zuid (203 m², 150 guests) complete the indoor offer. Outdoors, the harbor and inner square (500 m², 800 guests) has its own jetty on the IJ, and the terrace (140 m², 250 guests) looks over the water. A catering area of 260 m² has cold and freezer rooms, extraction and heavy-duty power. Seven overhead cranes run the length of the hall for rigging, electric blinds darken the roof on the IJ side, and company banners can be mounted on the facades.

Catering The venue's own catering label can cover day programs, drinks and a seated dinner. The site says at least half of the offer is vegetarian, with seasonal and local products. You may bring your own caterer. For catering by an external partner the venue charges a fee of 10% of the total cost.

History and setting The hall was built by Kromhout, a maker of large ship engines, with the IJ side finished in 1925. Stork took over the engine division in 1966. A housing association bought the site in 2009 and renamed the area the Overkant, and the hall became an event venue in 2012. It stands in Amsterdam Noord, on the water.

Getting there The address is Gedempt Hamerkanaal 231, 1021 KP Amsterdam. By car, take exit S116 on the A10. The venue has 74 private parking spaces at the front, and a private lot of 600 spaces about 100 meters away can be rented. By public transport, take metro line 52 to Noorderpark station and walk, or take the free ferry to IJplein. A private boat can be chartered from Amsterdam Centraal, about five minutes by water to the jetty. The main hall is at ground level, a lift serves the first-floor break-out rooms and there is an accessible toilet.