Municipality of Nijmegen: applying to get married

• a valid identity document for you and your future spouse;
• a copy of the identity documents of your witnesses. You may have a total of 2 - 4 witnesses.

If one of you comes from a country other than the Netherlands, the municipality will need additional information. You can call the municipality about this on +31 24 329 90 00.

Please call +31 24 329 90 00 to arrange for your wedding or partnership.

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.

Marriage free of charge

A marriage or partnership registration free of charge takes a maximum of 10 minutes. There is a waiting list of at least 10 months. The municipality chooses the wedding registrar and you will not get an interview or a speech.

Simple ceremony

This is possible in the Stadswinkel in the morning from Monday to Wednesday. The ceremony lasts a maximum of 15 minutes. For a simple ceremony, the municipality chooses your wedding registrar. You do not have a personal interview with the wedding registrar, but you will receive a short speech during the ceremony.

Elaborate ceremony

This can be arranged in the town hall (in Dutch: stadhuis) or at a location of your choice. You choose your wedding registrar and receive a personal interview and a speech at the ceremony. An elaborate ceremony takes a maximum of 30-45 minutes. In addition, there is time for taking pictures and receiving congratulations.

You also 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 and register your partnership anywhere in Nijmegen. There are a few rules though:

• You may only get married in an existing building.
• The building must be a public place where anyone can enter.
• The building must be a designated wedding venue. Has the place where you want to get married not yet been designated? Call us on +31 24 329 90 00.

Book a wedding venue:

• Do you want to get married in the town hall or the Stadswinkel? Then you can choose a day and time in the online application. Please note: your choice is not yet certain. We will contact you to let you know if your choice is possible.
• Do you want to get married in a different place? Then first reserve the date and time yourself with the company/organization of the place where you want to get married. You can then enter this information in the online application.

• no ceremony: free of charge;
• simple ceremony from € 281,65;
• elaborate ceremony from € 419,40.

All costs are available on the webpage 'Trouwen' of the municipality of Nijmegen. Costs are listed beneath the header 'Kosten'.