At Chocolate Nation, every meeting, team-building session, or corporate event becomes a unique experience.
Combine professional facilities with the world of Belgian chocolate, Restaurant Octave, and a customized program.
Meetings & Events
Chocolate Nation offers modern meeting and event facilities for meetings, seminars, training sessions, receptions, and corporate events of any size. Together, we’ll determine which space, layout, and technical support best suit your program. From the initial consultation to the last guest, we ensure a seamless organization so you can focus on the content and your guests. In combination with Octave’s culinary expertise, we’ll develop a comprehensive concept, fully tailored to your wishes, objectives, and budget.
Event
A successful team-building event brings people together, inspires them, and leaves a lasting impression.
At Chocolate Nation, we combine the world of Belgian chocolate with interactive workshops, museum tours, culinary experiences, and custom activities.
Whether you choose a short break or a full-day program, we’ll provide a unique experience that brings teams closer together.
Experience
You can only truly experience Belgian chocolate when you get hands-on. During our workshops, guided by an experienced chocolatier, you’ll discover the art of chocolate-making and create your own delicious treats. As the chocolate flows, the boundaries between departments and job titles naturally fade away. Everyone discovers, creates, and enjoys the same flavorful experience together.
Our workshops are the ideal complement to a meeting, seminar, or corporate event and pair perfectly with a museum visit, lunch, dinner, or reception at Restaurant Octave. Together, we’ll put together a program that fully aligns with your wishes, schedule, and budget.
Event
Thank your employees with a family day that brings young and old together. Chocolate Nation combines an interactive museum experience, chocolate tastings, workshops, and culinary options into a carefree day for the whole family. From a simple visit to a fully customized program: we’ll provide a warm welcome, seamless organization, and an experience that will be talked about for a long time to come.
Experience
The Chocolate Nation tram offers companies an exclusive and original way to discover Antwerp. Combine your meeting, seminar, reception, or dinner at Chocolate Nation with a 90- to 120-minute tour for up to 42 people.
During the Antwerp Chocolate City Tour, you’ll discover at five locations how Antwerp and chocolate are interconnected. From the arrival of cocoa at the Port of Antwerp and the ‘Antwerp Hands’ on the Grote Markt to the training of future chocolatiers at PIVA, modern-day chocolate production and the city’s rich chocolate heritage. Of course, you’ll get to taste chocolate along the way.
A surprising break, a stylish mode of transportation, or a fun way to wrap up your corporate event - adding that little extra something.
Our team would be happy to explore the possibilities of incorporating the Chocolate Nation tram into your event program.
Food & Beverage
A successful event deserves culinary offerings that make just as much of an impression as the venue itself. Octave’s kitchen team handles the catering for every event at Chocolate Nation, using fresh ingredients, high-quality preparations, and service that’s perfected down to the last detail.
From a refined coffee break or business lunch to a reception, buffet, standing reception, or sit-down dinner: every proposal is custom-tailored to your guests, objectives, and budget. Even within a single group, we’re happy to accommodate different preferences and dietary needs, including meat and vegetarian options, as well as dishes adapted for allergies.
This way, every guest can enjoy themselves without a care, and you have a single point of contact for a complete experience where gastronomy, flexibility, and hospitality come together perfectly.
Do you have any questions about our corporate offerings? Here you’ll find quick answers to the most frequently asked questions about meetings, events, catering, reservations, and practical arrangements.
Absolutely. Chocolate workshops are a popular activity for team-building events, client events, staff outings, and networking events.
Making chocolate together is accessible, interactive, and, above all, a lot of fun. The workshops encourage collaboration, creativity, and enjoyment, with no prior knowledge required.
Depending on the package you choose, workshops are often combined with a visit to Chocolate Nation, lunch or dinner at Restaurant Octave, a reception, or a fully customized corporate event.
Our team is happy to help you put together a package that perfectly aligns with your organization and objectives.
Absolutely. Chocolate Nation isn’t just the world’s largest Belgian chocolate museum - it’s also a unique event venue in the heart of Antwerp.
From meetings and team-building events to product launches, client events, receptions, walking dinners, and staff parties: our spaces can be flexibly adapted for events ranging from 10 to 350 guests.
A corporate event at Chocolate Nation can also be combined with a museum tour, a chocolate workshop, catering by Restaurant Octave, or a fully customized program.
Thanks to our location across from Antwerp Central Station and the ample parking options in the area, Chocolate Nation is easily accessible for both Belgian and international guests.
Our event team will be happy to help you develop a concept that perfectly aligns with your organization and objectives.
Chocolate Nation offers a variety of event spaces suitable for everything from small meetings to large corporate events, receptions, and dinners. Depending on the type of event and the number of guests, we’d be happy to help you choose the right space.
Restaurant Octave
Restaurant Octave can also be fully or partially reserved for private use. Depending on the number of guests, we can partition off sections of the restaurant for a private lunch, dinner, reception, or corporate event. For larger events, Octave can be rented out exclusively. This allows us to combine the atmosphere of a restaurant with the flexibility of a professional event venue.
In addition, parts of the museum or even an exclusive late-night opening can be incorporated as part of a custom event.
Chocolate Nation welcomes both small and large groups.
Our event spaces are suitable for gatherings of 10 or more people, while our largest venues can accommodate up to approximately 350 guests. Depending on the type of event, we’ll put together a combination of spaces that perfectly suits your needs.
Whether it’s an executive meeting, training session, product launch, cocktail reception, staff party, client event, or conference, we’d be happy to create a customized package for you.
Thanks to the combination of event spaces, the museum experience, workshops, and the Octave restaurant, we can organize both intimate gatherings and large-scale events all under one roof.
Yes. For events at Chocolate Nation, catering is always part of the event concept. We do not work with external catering partners.
Thanks to our in-house restaurant, Octave, we can offer a wide range of options, from coffee breaks, breakfast packages, and lunches to receptions, standing receptions, and full-course dinners. This allows us to guarantee consistent quality, smooth organization, and a single point of contact for your event.
We’d be happy to work with you to determine which catering option best suits your guests, budget, and program.
Absolutely. Chocolate Nation is a popular venue for team-building events because we combine experience, gastronomy, and interaction all in one location.
The most popular option is a chocolate workshop, where participants get hands-on under the guidance of a chocolatier. In addition, we can combine a team-building event with a visit to the museum, a food pairing, a chocolate tasting, lunch or dinner at Restaurant Octave, or a fully customized program.
Thanks to our central location across from Antwerp Central Station and our various event spaces, we can accommodate both small teams and larger groups.
We’d be happy to work with you to determine which option best suits your team’s objectives, schedule, and size.
Yes. We can organize exclusive evening openings or private nocturnes for companies, organizations, and groups.
During such an exclusive event, we’ll welcome your group to the museum outside of regular opening hours. Depending on your preferences, this can be combined with a reception, a walking dinner, a sit-down dinner, a chocolate workshop, food pairing, a guided tour, or a fully customized program.
A private evening event offers your guests the opportunity to experience Chocolate Nation at their own pace and provides a unique setting for client events, staff parties, product launches, or anniversary celebrations.
Our event team would be happy to develop a proposal that aligns with your objectives, timeline, and budget.
Absolutely. Thanks to the combination of unique event spaces, an iconic museum setting, and the catering options offered by Restaurant Octave, Chocolate Nation is a popular venue for product launches, receptions, walking dinners, networking events, and client events.
Depending on the number of guests and the desired atmosphere, we can utilize various spaces, including the restaurant, the Chocolate Nation Vault, or even parts of the museum. Exclusive evening openings are also possible.
Whether you want to introduce a new product, host clients, or bring colleagues together for a special evening, we’d be happy to help you develop a customized concept.
An event at Chocolate Nation is more than just a gathering, it’s an experience your guests will remember for a long time to come.
At Chocolate Nation and Octave, we’re happy to work with you to develop a fully customized program. Depending on your preferences, we can create a combination of a museum visit, chocolate workshop, reception, lunch, dinner, cocktail reception, meeting, or corporate event.
Whether you’re organizing a family celebration, client event, team-building activity, anniversary, or staff party, together we’ll put together a program that perfectly aligns with your objectives, schedule, and budget.
Thanks to the combination of our event spaces, the museum, and the Octave restaurant, you’ll only need to contact a single point of contact for the entire organization.
Combining a corporate event with a visit to Chocolate Nation is one of our most popular options. This way, you not only give your guests a professional welcome but also a unique experience that will leave a lasting impression.
Depending on your preferences, we can combine a museum visit with a meeting, reception, lunch, dinner, cocktail reception, chocolate workshop, food pairing, or a fully customized program.
Thanks to the combination of our event spaces, the Octave restaurant, and the museum, everything takes place in one location, and you’ll have a single point of contact for the entire organization.
We’d be happy to work with you to develop a program that perfectly aligns with your objectives, timeline, and budget.
