Program 80 years of freedom in 2025
In 2025 all over the Netherlands commemorations and events will be organized around the theme '80 years of freedom'. In Zoetermeer, too, we are paying extra attention to this special anniversary. On this page you will find an overview of activities and commemorative events planned in our city.
Preliminary program
Date | Event | Time | Where |
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March 29 to April 11 | Exhibition War Memories in Color | daily from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. | Town Hall Square 22 |
Wednesday, April 9 | Freedom Concert: Bill Baker's BigBand | 2 p.m. | City Theatre |
Saturday, May 3 | Memorial concert at the Oosterkerk | 8:30 p.m. | Oosterkerk |
Sunday, May 4 | Youth performance: Theater after the Dam in Zoetermeer | 3:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. | City Theatre |
Sunday, May 4 | Silent march | 7:30 p.m. | Departure from entrance Nicolaaskerk |
Sunday, May 4 | Memorial Day | 8 p.m. | War memorial in Wilhelmina Park |
Monday, May 5 | Freedom meal | 12:00 p.m. | Various community centers |
Monday, May 5 | Liberation Festival | 1:30 p.m. | Follows |
Saturday, June 28 | Veterans Night | 6:30 p.m. | Market |
Aug. 16 through Aug. 23 | Art Project Memory in Pictures. Commemoration of the victims of the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies / Indonesia | Follows |
