Municipality of Bergen (L): applying to get married

You register your marriage with the municipality, providing all the details about yourself, your partner and your witnesses. This can be done up to 2 weeks before the wedding date. You can do it online or at the town hall, call (+31) 485 348383.

Arrange directly via plan online.

If neither you nor your partner live in the Netherlands, you must apply for your marriage in the municipality of Den Haag (The Hague). You can find more information on how to register a marriage for Dutch citizens living outside the Netherlands at the netherlandsworldwide.nl website.

More information

When you register your marriage, you make a number of choices, which you communicate to the municipality. These choices relate to the ceremony and the venue. The costs depend on your wishes and the possibilities of the municipality.

Ceremony

The ceremony is the official part of your marriage. You can choose from:

without ceremony (free of charge, only on Mondays);
with ceremony.

If you opt for a ceremony, you determine who leads the ceremony. You have the following choices:

A wedding registrar from the municipality. The wedding registrar will contact you a few weeks before the wedding date to introduce themselves and find out more about you and your future spouse. If you have a preference for a wedding registrar, inform the municipality of this. You can read more about our wedding registrars here.
A family member or acquaintance. If you would like a family member or an acquaintance to be your own wedding registrar, contact the municipality.

Wedding venue

You can get married in various places. You can choose from:

a wedding venue of the municipality, you can view these via locations;
a wedding venue of your own choice. Notify the municipality of your venue. To do so, call (+31)485-348383 or by email info@bergen.nl. You may have to pay for a wedding venue of your own choice.

You pay a fee for this service. Click here for the costs.