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The Dam is slowly filling up with spectators.
Saturday May 4 at 6:18 PM
The police check bags of visitors to Dam Square prior to the National Commemoration.
Saturday May 4 at 6:08 PM
During Remembrance Day, many readers think of family members who fought during the Second World War or had to survive with little food. NOWyou’er Calm down writes:
“I think of my grandfathers, who fought with little equipment and were put to work in Germany after the surrender. I also think of my grandmothers. They had to travel across the country to Drenthe to get food. Fortunately, they all survived, but they never fully recovered from it.”
Read here who other readers commemorate.
Saturday May 4 at 5:58 PM
The first people who registered are now entering.
Saturday May 4 at 5:52 PM
May 4 lecture by writer Dido Michielsen
Writer Dido Michielsen will give the May 4 lecture this year, prior to Remembrance Day. She takes over from writer Marcel Möring who gave the lecture last year.
Recently it was published by 67-year-old Michielsen My father’s legacy, about her own father who was in a prisoner of war camp and fought for the Royal Dutch East Indies Army (KNIL). The writer will not directly mention Gaza in her lecture. But it was one of the situations she had to think about while writing.
“I have personally noticed that people who were traumatized by the situation in Indonesia have passed on their hatred and anger to their children,” she previously explained. “That will continue for generations. And I think it is a very sad thought that this will also apply to the wars that are currently raging in the world.”
Saturday May 4 at 4:42 PM
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Remembrance Day is also commemorated every year at the National Cemetery in Loenen. A child lays flowers on the memorial stones in the cemetery.
Saturday May 4 at 4:37 PM
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Due to possible protest actions, Dam Square will be cordoned off with fences.
Saturday May 4 at 4:34 PM
There is a good chance that it will rain tonight during the National Commemoration on Dam Square. Heavy showers are forecast in North Holland, Flevoland, Utrecht and Gelderland around 8 p.m.
During Remembrance Day, the temperature on Dam Square will be around 11 degrees and there will be little wind.
The weather around Remembrance Day is more positive for Overijssel, Drenthe, Friesland, Groningen and the Wadden Islands. In those provinces it will remain dry in most places and temperatures between 13 and 15 degrees are expected.
Saturday May 4 at 4:31 PM
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Speakers of the House lay wreath in the House of Representatives
Earlier today, the States General already held a commemoration. The presidents of the Senate and House of Representatives laid a wreath at the Roll of Honor of the Fallen. Outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte was also present. He will also be at the commemoration on Dam Square tonight.
Saturday May 4 at 4:29 PM
NS stops all trains for two minutes at 8 p.m. City transport companies stop trams, buses and metros and air traffic also takes the National Remembrance Day into account.
Road users are advised to look for a parking space and especially not to park on the hard shoulder next to the highway.
Saturday May 4 at 4:27 PM
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Due to the measures, Dam Square will not be as full as during previous editions.
Saturday May 4 at 4:26 PM
- This year there is room for ten thousand people. In other years it was often double.
- Visitors had to register via an online reservation system.
- Visitors had to select an entrance and time slot. Within one day, all ten thousand places for the National Remembrance were taken.
- The police will search at the three entrance points of Dam Square.
Read more about the measures here
Saturday May 4 at 4:24 PM
Out of fear of protests or disruptions due to the war in Gaza, Amsterdam is taking extra measures during National Remembrance. For example, fewer people are allowed on Dam Square, flags are not allowed and all attendees are searched. Amplifiers and boards are also not allowed.
The National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security (NCTV) and the police emphasize that they believe there is a chance of spontaneous protests or disruptions, but that the chance of an attack is no greater than in previous years.
Saturday May 4 at 4:16 PM
On May 4, the emphasis is on commemorating the Second World War and the wars in which the Netherlands has since become involved. But Remembrance Day cannot be separated from the war in Gaza this year, writes our reporter Afran Groenewoud.
Read more here
Saturday May 4 at 4:14 PM
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The National Remembrance Day is held on Dam Square in Amsterdam. Wreaths are laid here by, among others, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima, the Dutch armed forces and relatives of war victims.
Saturday May 4 at 4:12 PM
On May 4, the Netherlands officially commemorates “all – civilians and military personnel – who were killed or murdered in the Kingdom of the Netherlands or anywhere else in the world, both during the Second World War and the war of independence in Indonesia and in war situations and during subsequent peace operations.”
After the Second World War, Remembrance Day was the moment when people remembered those who had died in the war. Since 1961, the victims of war situations and peace operations in which the Netherlands was involved after the Second World War have also been commemorated.