Sinterklaas arrival 2025 Zoetermeer: ​​read the program here

Sinterklaas, ozosnel and his helpers will travel to Zoetermeer on Saturday, November 15. They visit the Stadshart and the Dorpsstraat and provide a festive program for young and old. In this overview you will find the program of the Sinterklaas arrival 2025 in Zoetermeer.

The Sinterklaas arrival in Zoetermeer promises to be a big party. Saint Nicholas and the Piets go in a colorful procession through the old and new center of the city. The day is mainly dedicated to music and dance.

Program Sinterklaas arrival 2025 in Zoetermeer

• When: Saturday November 15, 2025
• Duration: 10am – 4pm
• 10am: Start of Sinterklaas’s arrival from the Burgemeester van Leeuwenpassage in the Stadshart, straight through the shopping street towards the Dorpsstraat.
• 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.: Support act on stage at Nicolaasplein.
• 12:00 – 13:00: Welcome show for Sinterklaas with the Pietenkidz, mayor Michel Bezuijen and children’s mayor Sarah van den Berg.
• 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM: Continued arrival and activities in the Dorpsstraat, including meetings with Sinterklaas, Ozosnel and the Piets.

Route Sinterklaas

Would you like to stand along the route with the children to wave to Sinterklaas, ozosnel and the Piets? This is the route of the 2025 Sinterklaas arrival in Zoetermeer:

• Mayor of Lion Passage
• Westward
• Promenade
• Town Hall Square
• London Street
• Oxforstraat
• Vlamingstraat
• Nicholas Square
• Dorpsstraat

Accessibility

There are several ways you can go to the Sinterklaas arrival in the center of Zoetermeer:

• Grab your bike and store it in a bicycle rack on the street or in one of the free guarded bicycle sheds.
• Take tram 3 or 4 and get off at the Centrum West or Stadhuis stop for the Stadshart, or at the Dorp or Delftsewallen stop for the Dorpsstraat.
• Park the car in one of the parking garages or areas. The car park on Nicolaasplein will be closed on Saturday, November 15.