Municipality of Maastricht: registering a civil partnership

You must make a number of choices when planning and giving notice of a civil partnership. This includes choosing the type of ceremony and the venue. The costs depend on your wishes and the possibilities in the municipality of Maastricht.

Ceremony

The ceremony is the official part of forming a civil partnership. You have the following options:

• no ceremony (free of charge);
• eenvoudige ceremonie (standard ceremony);
• uitgebreide ceremonie (enhanced ceremony) Monday-Friday;
• uitgebreide ceremonie 24/7.

You can choose who performs your ceremony if you opt for an enhanced ceremony. The following options are available:

• a municipal trouwambtenaar (wedding officiant);
• a friend or family member.

If you choose one of the municipality's wedding officiants, the officiant will contact you a few weeks before the planned date to introduce themselves and find out more about you and your partner.

Would you like a friend or family member to be your temporary officiant? Please contact the municipality by sending an email to huwelijk@maastricht.nl or by dialling +31 (0)43 350 4040 if you live outside the Netherlands).

Venue for the ceremony

You can hold your civil partnership ceremony at various venues in the municipality of Maastricht. You have the following options:

• one of the municipality's wedding venues;
• a venue of your own choice.

Please contact the municipality if you prefer a venue of your own choice. You can send an email to huwelijk@maastricht.nl or call us on +31 (0)43 350 4040 if you live outside the Netherlands).