't Volkshoes is a café and event centre in Geleen, in the Dutch province of Limburg, that has been a meeting place for the Lindenheuvel district for more than 40 years. It combines a café with a terrace, a small hall, a large hall and four meeting rooms, and it hosts personal, business and public events from meetings to weddings.
Seminars and company events
The four meeting rooms are used for meetings, presentations, training sessions and workshops. The venue states that they suit gatherings from 5 up to 250 people. For a larger business event, such as a congress, a conference, a symposium or a staff party, organisers use one or both halls instead.
The venue arranges the catering of a meeting and offers several formulas, with tailor-made options as well. Light and sound, entertainment and the dressing of a hall can also be organized on request, which is useful when a company wants one contact for the room, the food and the technical side.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings can be fully organized by the venue, from the reception to the party. Depending on the size of the group, the small hall or the large hall is used, and the two can be combined for groups of up to 500 guests. The lunch café can be hired separately for a reception or an opening drink. The venue helps with decoration, music and catering, in the form of a buffet or a walking dinner.
Communion parties follow the same logic, with the small hall also usable for children's activities and entertainment. After a funeral, a coffee table with a tailor-made arrangement is also offered.
Rooms and capacities
The venue has a small hall and a large hall that can be merged to fit any group size. For hire of the halls, the site states events of up to 700 guests, while the pages about weddings and communions state up to 500 guests. The four meeting rooms cover groups of 5 to 250. Organisers should confirm the figure for their layout, because the pages do not describe the layouts behind each number.
The café with its terrace can also be rented for private events. Outside rental, it stays open to the public on certain days, with the halls open all week for associations and bingo evenings, so it is useful to agree the booking date early.
Catering
Catering is run by the venue. For weddings it comes as a buffet or a walking dinner, for meetings as coffee, lunch or a drink, and for events as arrangements or a tailor-made proposal. Contact the team to discuss your wishes and the number of guests.
History and setting
The venue describes itself as the living room of Lindenheuvel, a district of Geleen, and it has operated for more than 40 years. It also runs themed evenings and shows Formula 1 and major sports events on a large screen in the café.
Getting there
The address is Pastoor Schoenmaeckersstraat 8, 6163 BW Geleen. Geleen is in the municipality of Sittard-Geleen in South Limburg. The official pages do not describe parking or public transport, so ask the team when you contact them.
