
Liberation Day
May 5, 2023, All of Holland
Celebrate Freedom
Liberation Day is celebrated every year on 5 May. It’s a moment to realize how lucky you are to live in a country where people live in freedom, and to reflect on the fact that there are many places in the world where this is not the case.
Visit a Liberation Festival
Every year, you can celebrate freedom at Liberation Festivals in 14 cities throughout the Netherlands. Such as the Bevrijdingsfestival in Wageningen, where the Germans capitulated in 1945. There is a Liberation Festival in every province, from Haarlem and Groningen to Roermond. With over 200 artists performing, these festivals are the biggest freely accessible events in the Netherlands. And in this special anniversary year of the nation's liberation, the festivities will be even bigger!
All festivals
- Amsterdam, Cultuurpark Westergasfabriek
- Den Bosch, Pettelaarse Schans
- The Hague, Malieveld
- Assen, Festivalterrein Baggelhuizen
- Almere, throughout the city center
- Leeuwarden, throughout the city center
- Wageningen, throughout the city center
- Groningen, Stadspark Groningen
- Haarlem, Haarlemmerhout
- Roermond, throughout the city center
- Zwolle, Park de Wezenlanden
- Utrecht, Park Transwijk
- Vlissingen, throughout the city center
- Rotterdam, het Park (Euromast)