Lamot Congres- en Erfgoedcentrum offers nine rooms for 5 to 300 people in a former brewery in the center of Mechelen, Belgium. It suits conferences, seminars, product launches, receptions and company dinners, with a 298-seat auditorium and a 750 square meter reception hall.
Seminars and company events
The auditorium is the main room for plenary sessions: 298 seats in theater layout on 375 square meters. For mid-size conferences, Alcazar seats 200 in theater style, 100 in classroom style and 160 at banquet tables. Scala takes 120 in theater or cabaret layout. Seven smaller rooms handle breakout sessions, workshops and board meetings, from a 30-seat boardroom to an 80-seat room.
The venue describes itself as a special meeting venue and works with congress managers who stay your single contact from quote to invoice. A technical team, a maintenance team and catering support the event. An online tool helps you pick the right room by answering a few questions about your event.
Rooms and capacities
Mechelen Centraal is the largest space at 750 square meters, with a banquet for 200 or a reception for 300. It suits trade fairs, product presentations and walking dinners. Alcazar and Scala both measure 324 square meters. Dijlezaal, at water level, measures 175 square meters and offers views of the Dijle river and the Vismarkt: theater 120, classroom 60, banquet 90, reception 100. Herten Aas measures 105 square meters and works as a breakout room: theater 80, classroom 48. Begijnenzolder offers a roof terrace and a panorama over Mechelen, with 40 in theater layout. Beethoven kelder, built in the former grain silos, takes 35. Verloren zoon takes 30 and works as a boardroom.
Catering
The official site lists catering as part of the in-house team. Ask the congress manager how coffee breaks, lunches and receptions are arranged for your date.
History and setting
Lamot occupies the former Lamot brewery, so your event takes place in industrial heritage. The building shows its past in several places, including the old grain silos now used as a meeting room. Some rooms look out over the water and the fish market, others over the historic inner city and its surroundings. A virtual tour is available on the website.
Getting there
Lamot is at Van Beethovenstraat 8-10, 2800 Mechelen, and remains easy to reach by car. The venue encourages public transport and publishes directions on its website. Drivers can use the public car parks Hoogstraat and Q-Park Lamot. The office is open Monday to Thursday and Friday afternoon, and the venue closed for the autumn break from November 2 to 6 this year, so check dates early when you plan around school holidays.
