Municipality of Rhenen: 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.
Arrange directly online
Trouwen en geregistreerd partnerschap regelen | Gemeente Rhenen
Make an appointment
Een afspraak maken | Gemeente Rhenen (mijnafspraakmaken.nl)
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;
- 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 wedding registrar from an other municipality.
Wedding venue
You can get married in various places. You can choose from:
- a wedding venue of the municipality; Locatie ceremonie Huis van de gemeente of ergens anders | Gemeente Rhenen
- a wedding venue of your own choice. Notify the municipality of your venue. To do so, call +31 317 681 681 or use the contact form. You may have to pay for a wedding venue of your own choice.
- no ceremony: free of charge (One of the partners is a resident of the municipality of Rhenen.);
- elaborate ceremony (link to the page on our website Trouwen en geregistreerd partnerschap regelen | Gemeente Rhenen).
You pay a fee for this service. The costs are adjusted annually. Please check our website.
For more information, contact the municipality Rhenen, Nieuwe Veenendaalseweg 75, 3911 MG Rhenen. Tel +31 317 681 681 or or ask your question online.
Questions about this topic?
Contact the Municipality of Rhenen