Waerboom is an event venue with a hotel in Groot-Bijgaarden, in the Dilbeek municipality west of Brussels. It sells seminars, conferences, product launches, banquets and wedding receptions, with room set-ups from 15 guests up to more than 1,000. The rooms are spread over more than 2,000 square meters of halls, so one organiser can run a plenary and several workshops on the same site.
Seminars and company events
The venue is run by a family business that has worked for about 30 years in banquets, meetings and conferences. For companies it offers congresses, product launches, forums, business lunches, exhibitions, kick-off meetings and corporate debates. More than 10 breakout rooms can be arranged next to the main halls, which suits programs with a plenary session followed by parallel groups.
Team building is also on the menu, and the site has a dedicated page for it. Organisers can request a business quote online or ask for a brochure, and floor plans and table arrangements for the main rooms are available as downloads on the official site.
Weddings and receptions
Private events are a large part of the activity. The official site lists wedding receptions, exclusive parties, communion parties, birthdays, retirement and anniversary celebrations, family parties and baby showers. Dedicated pages exist for parties of fewer than 30 guests, then for dinners of 40 to 70, 70 to 140, 140 to 260 and 160 to 280 guests. A separate wedding quote form is available.
Rooms and capacities
Eight named spaces are listed with a surface and three capacity figures for different set-ups. The site does not label the columns, and some rooms are modular, so ask which configuration applies to your format. The highest figure quoted for each room is given below.
The Van Eyck room measures 60 m² and takes up to 30 guests. Permeke measures 80 m² and takes up to 70. Breughel measures 122 m² and takes up to 70. Bosch measures 166 m² and takes up to 120. Memling measures 196 m² and takes up to 200. The Rechterschuur, a barn space, measures 500 m² and takes up to 400. Rubens measures 668 m² and takes up to 550. The Waerboomhof is the largest space, listed at 1,260 m² in the table and with capacity above 650 guests. Its own description gives about 1,000 m² of indoor space, so confirm the exact area when you plan a layout.
Accommodation
Waerboom operates a hotel on the site. The official site distinguishes weekday stays, Monday to Thursday, from overnight stays tied to parties on Friday and Saturday. The number of bedrooms is not stated on the pages we read, so ask for it when you plan a residential seminar or a wedding with guests staying over.
Catering
Cooking is done in house. The site describes gourmet in-house cuisine and offers a walking dinner, a buffet or a served banquet, plus a gastronomic buffet and a Sunday and public holiday brunch. A restaurant and bar serve hotel guests.
History and setting
The name Waerboomhof refers to the farm-style buildings on the estate, which sit beside the larger halls. The site presents the place as a rural setting close to the city, with its own parking area that includes charging stations for electric vehicles. The venue also publishes a page on its sustainability approach.
Getting there
Waerboom is at Jozef Mertensstraat 140, 1702 Groot-Bijgaarden. The location is a short drive from the Brussels ring road, and the venue has a parking page and a directions page on its site. Check public transport options with the venue if many guests arrive without a car. The phone number is +32 2 463 15 00.
