Fort Voordorp, Utrecht, Netherlands

Fort Voordorp was built between 1867-1871 as a part of the Netherlands water defence line. Today it is used for events and conferences.

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Swatantra Kumar (5 years ago)
Wonderful place for a big team meeting, conference. Centrally located and very green.

Edmundo Marti (5 years ago)
excelent nice atmosphere

Lynn Claessen (6 years ago)
Filmed with MediaVisible the aftermovie of JDE Updates Oracle event. Beautiful location for business meetings.

Tony Thijs (6 years ago)
Great conference place where I attended the Dutch IT Channel Society Event, very good food, totally unreachable by public transport which I find a severe minus point

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