If you are on the road by car during National Remembrance Day, for example, find a parking space and do not stop along the road.
King's Day is now behind us and May 4 and 5 are just around the corner. Every year during the National Remembrance Day on May 4, we commemorate the victims of the Second World War and of war situations and peacekeeping operations afterwards. The National Remembrance Day takes place at the National Monument on Dam Square in Amsterdam. The king and queen lay a wreath on behalf of the entire Dutch population, and children and grandchildren lay wreaths on behalf of survivors for various groups of war victims.
Prior to the ceremony on Dam Square, there will be a memorial service in De Nieuwe Kerk. The NOS will broadcast the memorial meeting in De Nieuwe Kerk and the National Commemoration on NPO18.45 from 1 pm. At 20.00 p.m. we will hold a 2-minute silence and remember the war victims throughout the Netherlands. We then commemorate everyone who was killed or killed during the Second World War and everyone who died in war situations and during peacekeeping operations after the Second World War.
If you are on the road by car during National Remembrance Day, for example, find a parking space and do not stop along the road. If you travel by public transport this evening, you will be stopped for 20.00 minutes at 2 p.m. due to commemoration of the dead. The driver of your bus, train, tram, metro or ferry service stops his or her vehicle where safety allows it. If you are at the station, you will also be asked to be quiet for 2 minutes.
There are activities throughout the country on May 5 to celebrate the end of World War II. Liberation Day is the national holiday on which we celebrate the liberation of the Netherlands in 1945. On this day we also celebrate the liberation of the former Dutch East Indies. On 5 May, the Netherlands will also reflect on the value of freedom, democracy and human rights. The National Celebration of Liberation traditionally concludes in the presence of the King, Queen and Prime Minister with the May 5 concert on the Amstel. Not everyone is free on May 5, 1 time every 5 years it is a day off for everyone, the first is again in 2025.
This year the presentation is in the hands of Soy Kroon and Dieuwertje Blok. Together with artists such as Trijntje Oosterhuis, Jenny Arean, Wibi Soerjadi, Claude and the Royal Netherlands Air Force Orchestra, they will make it an unforgettable evening. Alain and Dane Clark, Tabitha and 14-year-old violinist Adinda van Delft also take the stage at the Amstel. Ahmad Joudeh, the ballet dancer and choreographer from Syria, gives a dance performance. Everywhere in the country there are festive activities such as freedom meals, liberation festivals and lectures. This year there are liberation festivals in Zwolle, Utrecht, Amsterdam, Wageningen, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Hague, Groningen and Leeuwarden. This year, three female ambassadors: singers Froukje, Tabitha and MEAU will fly by helicopter to festivals in twelve provinces. They perform to celebrate freedom.
To get from A to B, it is best to travel by public transport. Nice and easy, no parking problems or traffic jams and nobody has to be the BOB. The timetable is adjusted on a number of routes, always check before departure trip planner. For example, on Friday 5 May, the Breng buses will run in the Arnhem Nijmegen region as on working days during school holidays. Extra buses will run to Wageningen for visitors to the parade and the Liberation Festival. In addition to the regular bus services, Syntus Utrecht will deploy extra shuttle buses to and from the festival in Wageningen. Extra buses also run to the Liberation Festivals in Assen and Groningen. Qbuzz runs the small holiday timetable on Liberation Day. In Brabant, there are even free shuttle buses from Den Bosch station to the liberation festival in Den Bosch, according to carrier Bravo.
