Municipality of Midden-Groningen: 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.
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Make an appointment
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If neither you nor your partner live in the Netherlands, you must give notice of 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.
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:
- marriage free of charge;
- simple ceremony;
- elaborate ceremony.
If you opt for an elaborate 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.
- 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;
- a wedding venue of your own choice. Notify the municipality of your venue. To do so, call [telefoonnummer] or use the contact form. You may have to pay for a wedding venue of your own choice.
- Monday to Friday between 09:00 and 17:00 with ceremony: € 340.25
- On Monday to Friday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. with ceremony, if you are married by a marriage official from another municipality: € 233.60
- Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday between 09:00 and 12:00 without ceremony. Maximum 10 people including bridal couple (flash wedding): € 92.10
- Get married or register a partnership for free, without ceremony on Wednesday morning at 09:00 or 09:30 (Only for residents of the municipality of Midden-Groningen).
- A maximum of 6 people may be present during the ceremony. These are the bridal couple and a maximum of 4 witnesses. No other guests.
Questions about this topic?
Contact the Municipality of Midden-Groningen