Villa Aske in Bro, just outside Stockholm, hosts conferences, kickoffs and company meetings for up to 150 participants, as well as weddings and private parties with up to 100 seated guests. The house has nine meeting spaces, 88 hotel rooms, a restaurant and a program of team activities, all on one site.
Seminars and company events
Villa Aske works as a conference venue near Stockholm. The largest layout takes 150 people in theatre style, and smaller groups can split into breakout rooms inside the same house. The team looks after rooms, meals, accommodation and logistics, and the organiser brings the participants and the agenda.
Activities can fill the time between sessions. The site lists a pasta course with the chefs, wine and drink tastings, a team game themed on The Godfather, a cooking contest called Campione and music activities. For free time there are a sauna, bicycles to ride toward Lake Mälaren, a fitness trail, boule, kubb and billiards.
Weddings and receptions
The house also takes weddings, anniversaries, birthdays and larger company parties. Ceremony, dinner and party can all happen on site. Three wedding packages, called Piccolo, Mezzo and Grande, combine a toast, a two-, three- or four-course dinner with a drink package, cake and a room for dancing with a bar. Options include round tables, a brunch the next morning, late-night snacks and a salute with four cannons.
The largest dining room seats up to 100 guests, and two smaller dining rooms seat 45 each. If it rains, an indoor alternative is planned together with the couple.
Rooms and capacities
Nine meeting spaces are listed on the official site. Capacities below are for theatre, classroom and U-shape layouts.
Caesar (40 m²) takes 30, 20 and 16. Castello (80 m²) takes 60 in classroom layout, 46 in U-shape and 60 in island layout. Milano (98 m²) takes 60, 40 and 30. Palermo (75 m²) takes 50, 40 and 26. Roma (88 m²) takes 50, 30 and 20. Roma and Milano can be combined into a 175 m² room for 150 in theatre layout, 100 in classroom layout or 90 in island layout.
Firenze takes 30, 20 and 16, and comes with a salon, a glassed-in veranda and a garden with apple trees. Delizia (22 m²) and Uno Spettro (14 m²) are small boardroom spaces for 10 people each.
Accommodation
Villa Aske has 88 hotel rooms: 26 single rooms and 62 double rooms, with suites available. The meeting pages mention 16 rooms in the house next to Firenze. Guests who stay are a short walk from the meeting rooms and the restaurant.
Catering
Meals follow an Italian approach, with shared dishes and long dinners. Trattoria dinners are served on selected weekends, and a three-course dinner is served in four seatings. Meetings can include coffee, lunch and dinner, and an aperitivo can close the day. Evening drinks can be ordered from the bar.
History and setting
The villa was built a little over 200 years ago with a Florentine Renaissance villa as its model. It stands among fields and forest in Bro, west of Stockholm, and the venue calls itself the closest palazzo to the capital. The grounds, the orchard garden and the walking and cycling routes are part of what organisers use between sessions.
