News item | 17-04-2025 | 09:04
His Majesty de Koning, her Majesty Queen Máxima and Prime Minister Schoof are present on Sunday evening 4 May at the National Commemoration on Dam Square in Amsterdam. The Prime Minister will be present in Wageningen on Monday 5 May at the start of the national celebration of the liberation. He then ignites the liberation fire there. The Royal Pair and the Prime Minister at the 5 May concert attend the 5 May concert that evening, the closure of the national celebration of the liberation.
National Commemoration, Sunday 4 May
King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and Prime Minister Schoof are present during the memorial meeting in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam, where Philip Freriks pronounces the May 4. Subsequently, the royal couple lays a wreath at the National Monument on Dam Square. On behalf of the Rijksministerraad, a wreath is laid by the Prime Minister, Minister Brekelmans of Defense, State Secretary Karremans of Health, Welfare and Sport, the authorized Ministers Thijsen, Manuel and Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten respectively. Prime Minister Schoof gives a speech.
National celebration, Monday 5 May
Prime Minister Schoof, Minister Brekelmans and State Secretary Karremans are present in Wageningen at the start of the national celebration of the liberation in Wageningen. The 5 May lecture is held by the Polish Prime Minister Tusk. Subsequently, Prime Minister Disasted the liberation fire together with ambassador of Vrijheid Rondé at the Liberation Festival in Wageningen. This is the go -ahead of the fourteen liberation festivals that take place at different locations in the country.
The Royal Couple, Prime Minister Schoof, State Secretary Karremans and the authorized ministers of Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten live in the evening in Amsterdam the 5 May concert at the occasion of the closure of the national celebration of the liberation. The concert traditionally takes place on and around the Amstel for Royal Theater Carré.
The umbrella annual theme of all commemorations and celebrations is ’80 years of freedom ‘.