Zoetermeer will change to Halloweenstad at the end of October. There are terrifying shows in the center, children walk past the shops Trick or Treat And the Zoetermeer street with the scariest decorations wins a prize. You discover the program for Halloween 2025 in Zoetermeer here (We are always updating this article).

Halloween 2025 Zoetermeer takes place during the weekend of Friday 31oktober. At the same time it falls in the week of the Dutch thriller festival that lasts from Sunday 26 October to Sunday 2 November. During Halloween in Zoetermeer, both children and adults can participate in exciting activities in the city. Have fun!

Trick or Treat

The Halloween Walk is a bit too exciting for children up to 12 years old. Especially for the little ones there is the Trick or Treat treasure hunt in the Stadshart. In their own creeping costumes they walk along the doors of stores to get delicacies and solve puzzles. In the passage, children can have their face painted.

When: Friday 31 October at 4.30 pm and Sunday 2 November at 12.00 pm
Where: City center
Entrance: free, but just to register (from October 5)
Advisory age: children from 6 to 11 years old

In the Dorpsstraat, children and their parents can come and killly come hreed on Friday evening 31 October. Participating retailers (with a Trick or Treat poster on the window) share sweets.

When: Friday 31 October between 6 pm and 8 pm
Where: Dorpsstraat
Entrance: free
Advisory age: children up to and including 12 years old

Trick or Treat in the Stadshart in 2019. Photo: Roy Poots

Halloween Walk

When: Friday 31 October from 7 pm to 9 pm
Where: City center
Entrance: free
Advisory age: from 12 years old

Mummies, ghost figures, ghost appearances and other scary creatures stroll through the city center on Friday evening. The shopping center is divided into several scare zones Where you look at scary shows and figures.

The program follows.

Halloween Zoetermeer
Halloweenwalk 2023 Zoetermeer. Photo: Indebuurt Zoetermeer / Tom de Rooij

Dracula

When: Thursday 23, Friday 24, Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 October 2025, different times
Where: Picasso Lyceum, Paletsingel 38c
Entrance: 10 euros; Order your ticket here

Dracula is a blood -curdling, exciting and humorous family performance of Greg & Baud Productions. The story is about Count Dracula who returns to his castle after years of absence. The residents of the castle want to organize a big party to celebrate his return, but are in turmoil when Dracula takes unexpected guests: a human mother and her daughter. Then two investigators beat at the door. They reopen an old, exciting matter and Dracula is their main suspect.

Abandoned Castle in Buytenwegh

When: Friday, October 31, 7 p.m.
Where: Neighborhood association De Hoveniers, Carry van Bruggenhove 27
Entrance: free
Advisory age: all ages

Neighborhood association De Hoveniers in the Buytenwegh district will open the doors of their abandoned castle on Friday evening 31 October. A place where it is haunted and scary figures. Walk through the castle but pay attention, because there can be something or someone in every corner. Afterwards something is ready for the children.

Halloweenhuis by Rick de Leeuw. Photo: Rick de Leeuw

Halloween fair

When: Saturday, October 18 to Sunday 26 October from 2 pm to 11 pm
Where: Van der Hagenstraat 20
Entrance: free, but attractions are paid

During the Halloween fair, the Silverdome event site is full of attractions and candy stalls. Enjoy oxygen and cotton candy, and then step into a bumper car.

Photo: Indebuurt

Halloween Street Awards

Do you love Halloween decorations? Then drum up your neighbors and participate in the Halloween Street Awards 2025. Make sure at least three houses in your street are immersed in spider webs and pumpkins, take a video or photos and send all this before October 27 via an email to [email protected]. The winning street receives a voucher of 250 euros for Solow.

The jury will announce the winner on Saturday 1 November. Want to know more? You read here The conditions.

Halloween Zoetermeer
Halloweenhuis. Photo: Indebuurt Zoetermeer

This is how you reach the Halloween city

Can’t you be celebrating Halloween 2025 in Zoetermeer? We understand! The organization of Halloweenstad Zoetermeer therefore expects a lot of people and therefore advises by bike, public transport Or to come the leg wagon. That saves a lot of traffic in the city.

Are you coming by car? You can park in various parking garages in the Stadshart, such as P1 Belgiumlaan and P2 on top/bottom. View all parking garages here.

Halloween in the Frankrijkbuurt (2024). Photo: Indebuurt Zoetermeer

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