Vuursche Lodge hosts corporate events of 75 to 1,000 guests in the forest of Lage Vuursche, between Utrecht and Hilversum. It has eleven linkable rooms indoors, two outdoor spaces, 2,900 square meters in total, its own kitchen and 400 parking spaces on site. The address is Hilversumsestraatweg 19 in Baarn. Groups of fewer than 75 people are sent to its sister venue, Fort de Gagel.
Seminars and company events
The site lists awards shows, company parties, trade shows, conferences, dinners, lunches, team building, meetings and year-end events. A meeting day usually alternates plenary moments with smaller sessions, and the layout is built for that: start in the plenary hall, split into parallel working groups, and use an informal room for a break. Everything is on walking distance, with no transfers between buildings.
The largest room, Timber, seats 400 in theater layout and takes 500 for a reception. It has a stage, a large LED screen and a door wide enough for a car. For a larger group, the plenary can run in Timber, the overflow in Crown, and the sessions in the Leaf rooms. A standing programme opens the whole building to 1,000 guests. Professional audiovisual equipment and fast wifi are in place.
Weddings and receptions
The official site presents the venue for business events only. It does not offer weddings.
Rooms and capacities
The building has three levels. The basement, Roots, has no daylight and holds Roots I (80 theater, 70 square meters), Roots II (85 theater, 63 square meters), an English pub (100 for a reception, 112 square meters) and the Playground, with six bowling lanes (75, 200 square meters). The ground floor has Timber (264 square meters), Lodge (150 for a reception, 119 square meters) and Wood (150, 150 square meters). The first floor, Leaf, has daylight, a bar and a large balcony over the treetops: Crown (200, 253 square meters) and the three Leaf rooms, I (90), II (65 to 80) and III (130 to 160).
Outside, the forest auditorium is an open-air theater for 200, and the stretch tent next to it is covered and takes 60 seated or 100 standing.
Accommodation
The official pages do not mention bedrooms.
Catering
Vuursche Lodge has its own kitchen and its own cooks, and a winter menu that follows the season. A food page and a food book describe the options. A meeting lunch can be added to a meeting day, and lunch can be served at large round tables or outdoors in the forest.
History and setting
The venue was built on one idea, that connection grows in the right environment. The names of the levels follow a tree: Roots in the basement, Timber on the ground floor and Leaf on the first floor, a reference to the wood wide web that links trees underground. It stands on an estate at the edge of the forest of Lage Vuursche, at the crossing of the A1 and A27.
Getting there
By car, take the A27 from Utrecht, exit Hilversum-Zuid (34) and follow the signs to Baarn: about five minutes. From Amsterdam or Amersfoort, take the A1 and exit at Hilversum. Travel times by car are 10 minutes from Hilversum, 15 from Amersfoort, 20 from Utrecht, 35 from Amsterdam, 60 from Rotterdam and 65 from The Hague. The 400 parking spaces are free and include charging points. By train, the nearest stations are Hilversum and Baarn, about 10 minutes by bus, with a stop a minute from the entrance.
