Het Spoorhuis in Vinkeveen can be hired exclusively for meetings, away days, receptions, dinners and weddings for groups of 5 to 50 guests. It is a restored station building on the edge of the Vinkeveense Plassen, between Amsterdam and Utrecht, and a group booking has the whole building to itself.
Seminars and company events
The venue is built for small teams that want to work away from the office. Brainstorm sessions, board meetings, workshops and presentations all fit in the two ground floor rooms. A third room, the former stationmaster's office on the first floor, can be added as a breakout room on request. The site states that guests are together without other visitors, so a booking is private for the day.
The Spoorhuis also sends business meeting enquiries to a sister site, Station Vinkeveen, which handles the corporate and meeting side. Ask which of the two fits your format before you plan the day.
Breaks are easy to organize outdoors. A path along the old railway line leads through a bird reserve on the Bellopad, and the large outdoor area can host team building activities. Two hours on the Vinkeveense Plassen by boat is another option the venue mentions.
Weddings and receptions
The building is an official wedding location. Both the waiting room and the luggage depot are used for ceremonies and receptions, which keeps a wedding to a maximum of about 50 guests for a standing reception or a seated ceremony. A sit-down dinner is possible for 40 guests in the waiting room.
Rooms and capacities
The waiting room covers 48 square meters and keeps its classic look. It takes 50 guests for a reception, theatre seating or a buffet, 40 for a sit-down dinner, 30 around a boardroom table, 28 in cabaret layout and 18 at one large table. The luggage depot covers 30 square meters, with wooden benches and roof trusses in an industrial style. It takes 30 guests for a reception, 25 in theatre layout or for a buffet, 20 in cabaret, and 16 to 18 for tables and dinners. Presentations with a screen and an audience are usually held there. A tiled vestibule links the two rooms and opens onto the garden.
Catering
Meals use regional products from nearby producers, with dishes that also draw on French, Italian and Indonesian cooking. The venue works with outside caterers for larger formats and can build a menu with you. Formats include a coffee, tea and snack buffet during meetings, a dinner in the waiting room, high tea, a buffet, and lunch on the old platform next to the building. A drinks buffet can be set up in the vestibule. Rates and catering suggestions are in a price list on the site.
History and setting
The venue calls the station building a monument, and it was restored in its own style in 2015 and 2016. A foundation runs it, and it also houses a small museum and opens for public evenings such as lectures, film nights and a yearly game dinner. Heating and cooling come from electric heat pumps, and the electricity is wind and solar.
Getting there
By car, Amsterdam Zuid is about 12 minutes away, Utrecht 20 minutes and Schiphol 25 minutes, with parking on the venue's own lot. Without a car, a taxi service runs from Amsterdam RAI, Amsterdam Holendrecht and Breukelen station to the door in about 14 minutes for up to 4 guests. Direct buses run from Breukelen, Amsterdam Bijlmer and Mijdrecht.
