Tidö Castle near Västerås hosts conferences and board meetings for 6 to 150 guests in the historic rooms of a 17th-century castle, with lunch, dinner and activities arranged around the program. The castle's own motto for conferences is a conference in a castle setting, not a castle in a conference setting.
Seminars and company events
Tidö builds a conference day from historic rooms, a meal and an activity. Groups can meet in the castle, have lunch, dinner or both, and finish the day with a visit to the motorcycle museum or an activity such as clay pigeon shooting. The castle tailors the program to the group and sells conference packages. Contact the castle for details on what each package includes.
Several rooms are only available outside the castle's regular opening hours, which matters when you plan the date. Hunting is also listed among the activities of the estate.
Rooms and capacities
The Stora Salen is the largest room and holds up to 150 people, with the layout adapted to the request.
The Riddarsalen, the Knights' Hall, holds up to 70 people. It keeps its original character, with inlaid doors and full-length portraits of the Oxenstierna family. It is available only outside regular opening hours.
The Rustkammaren, the armory, also holds up to 70 people, with the layout adapted to the request.
The Domestikmatsalen has board-style seating for 12 people.
The Arkivet, the archive, is described as the most exclusive conference room and seats up to 6 people in a board layout, for small board meetings.
The conference room in the MC Museum has ceiling-mounted projectors and a large screen. Like the Knights' Hall, it is available only outside regular opening hours.
Catering
Lunch and dinner can be added to the conference. The estate also has an inn, Tidö Värdshuset, which opened in 1971 on a rise with a view over the park and the castle. A café with a simple menu operates in the Stenstallet, where the MC Collection and the bicycle museum are open to visitors. The site does not detail menus or in-house kitchen capacity.
History and setting
Axel Oxenstierna, chancellor to Gustav II Adolf, had the castle built between 1625 and 1641 in a restrained Dutch Renaissance style, with sandstone portals as its main feature. The architects Simon de la Vallée and Nicodemus Tessin the Elder joined the project toward the end. The von Schinkel family has owned and lived in the castle since 1890, and David von Schinkel runs it today. It remains a private residence, open to the public since 1971.
The grounds include old forest, meadows, apple orchards, a deer park and an oak of about seven meters in circumference.
Getting there
The address is Tidö Slott, 725 92 Västerås, Sweden.
