Villa Jongerius in Utrecht hosts meetings, training sessions, conferences, company presentations, receptions and dinners for up to 300 people spread across all rooms. The theater-style plenary room seats 150. There are eleven rooms in two listed buildings, the villa and the former head office, set in a garden 12 minutes on foot from Utrecht Central station.
Seminars and company events
The venue works for business days of every size. A board meeting of six can use the chapel. A workshop of 12 to 25 fits one of the villa's family rooms. A conference of 150 uses the Lincoln Zephyr room in the former head office, with the Texaco and Groente rooms for breakouts of 10 to 50. The site states that the rooms have plenty of daylight, a quality climate system and free wifi.
Both buildings can also be hired exclusively. The whole former head office takes 40 to 150 people. The whole villa takes 25 to 50 people. Hiring the two together is possible for 50 to 150 people at a conference format. The venue takes bookings every day of the week.
Weddings and receptions
The site presents Villa Jongerius as a business venue and does not offer weddings. It does mention receptions, drinks and walking dinners, for example in the Grand Cafe, which holds up to 150 people for a walking dinner or a drinks reception.
Rooms and capacities
The rooms are grouped by building. In the former head office: the Lincoln Zephyr room (50 to 150 people), Texaco and Groente rooms (10 to 50), Fruit and Ford rooms (up to 16) and the Grand Cafe (50 to 150, drinks and walking dinner). In the villa: Heinnie room (up to 40), Jan room (up to 25), Hella and Frans rooms (up to 12 each) and the chapel (up to 6). The villa rooms open onto a terrace or balcony, and the Grand Cafe has its own terrace. A pergola in the large garden, with a pond, links the two buildings.
Accommodation
The official site does not mention bedrooms. Villa Jongerius is a day and evening venue.
Catering
Catering is home-made and prepared in the traditional way, using seasonal products and, as far as possible, products from the Utrecht region. The venue publishes a catering price list and offers a full service, so the organiser does not need to bring a caterer.
History and setting
Entrepreneur Jan Jongerius built the villa in the 1930s. The rooms of the villa carry the names of family members, and the portraits of the twelve members of the family hang in the entrance hall. The rooms in the former head office, which carries the Ford building name, refer to Jan Jongerius's working life: horticulture, cars and Texaco. Both buildings were restored with respect for their historic elements. The villa is a national monument, and the foundation that runs it invests its income in keeping the building.
Getting there
Utrecht Central station is 12 minutes on foot. The venue offers 50 free parking spaces, 6 of them with charging points for electric cars. The address is Dr. M.A. Tellegenlaan 1, in Utrecht.
