A Tuesday, a town hall, and forty people
17 / 02 / 2027
Our story
We had a long engagement and an even longer argument about what a wedding was for. Ivan wanted two hundred people. Jen wanted none. We settled on a Tuesday afternoon at the town hall, the forty people we'd actually phone with bad news, and a dinner that runs as long as it likes. The photographs are on the town hall steps because that is where it happened.
Ceremony
The Old Town Hall — Registry Office
14:00 · Marktplein 1
A civil ceremony in the council chamber. Twenty-five minutes, two witnesses, one very good marble staircase. Please be inside by ten to two — the doors are locked on the hour.
Map ↗Party
Restaurant Halvemaan
16:00 until they ask us to leave · Kloosterstraat 8
One room, one long table, five courses and no seating plan. Sit where you like and move when you're bored.
Map ↗The day
Us
Dress code
Dress like it's an occasion. Colour is encouraged, black is fine, and nobody is checking. Ivan is wearing red.
Practical
It's a Tuesday, so the square is quiet and parking is easy after two. The restaurant is a four-minute walk from the town hall steps.
Gifts
There is no list. If you want to give something, give it to the thing below — it matters more than anything we'd have chosen.
Good to know
Only forty people?
Forty. It isn't personal — it's the size of the room and the point of the day.
A Tuesday?
The registry office is cheaper, quieter and available. Take the day off; we did.
Is there a seating plan?
No. One table, sit anywhere, move whenever you like.
Contact
Ines — Witness — anything on the day · 06 2233 4455
Wedding party
Ines
Witness
Jen's oldest friend, and the one who suggested a Tuesday.
Dario
Witness
Ivan's brother. Also wearing red, against instruction.
Travel & stay
Everything is within four minutes' walk of the Marktplein. If you're travelling in, the last train back is 23:40 and we'd rather you stayed.
De Kleine Kamer
Six rooms, two streets away
Registry