Practical info King's Day 2025

King's day

This year, King's Day (Saturday 26 April) will again be a busy day in Breda. On this page, we share practical information to ensure it is a festive and safe day for everyone.

Come by bike or public transport!

The expectation is that it will be pleasantly busy during King's Day. Especially since several streets in the city centre are closed due to construction work, the municipality of Breda advises to come on foot, by public transport, or by bike as much as possible.

Here you park your bike during King's Night and King's Day

In addition to the regular, supervised bike racks, there will be extra pop-up bike racks with mobile supervision from 25 to 27 April.

Grass field Adriaan van Bergenstraat (supervision on Fri 25 and Sat 26 April)
Grass field in front of the covered rack at Oude Vest (supervision on Fri 25 and Sat 26 April)
Park Valkenberg (supervision on Fri 26 April until 19.00)
Prinsenkade (supervision on Fri 25 and Sat 26 April)
Grass field Wilhelminasingel ((mobile) supervision on Sat 26 April)

Opening hours for regular supervised racks:

Oranje Zuid: Fri 25 and Sat 26 April: 07.00-00.00
Haven/Kraanstraat: Fri 25 and Sat 26 April: 11.00-03.00
Nieuwstraat: Fri 25 and Sat 26 April: 07.00-03.00
Oude Vest: Fri 25 and Sat 26 April: 07.00-03.00
Het Turfschip: Fri 25 and Sat 26 April: 07.00-01.00

To prevent the city centre from becoming congested with parked bikes, the municipality is enforcing strict measures against bikes that are not parked correctly. Please keep that in mind!

Extra night buses during King's Night and King's Day

Arriva is deploying extra buses so that you can also take the bus to Breda and back home on Kings' Night and Kings' Day.

Extra buses during Kings' Night:

Line 850 Breda Centre - Etten-Leur
Line 851 Breda Centre – Prinsenbeek – Etten-Leur-North
Line 852 Breda Centre – Made
Line 854 Breda Centre – Oosterhout
Line 855 Breda Centre – Zundert

Extra buses will also run on Kings' Day.

See all departure times in the travel planner.

Parking on King’s Day

Can you not come by any means other than by car?

Please note that the Chasséveld is not accessible due to the event 538 Koningsdag. Parking is not possible there from Wednesday, 16 April, 07:00 to Thursday, 1 May, 17:00.
The Turfschip garage is closed on Saturday, 26 April. Exiting is still possible until 03:00. On Sunday, 27 April, the garage is accessible again, but only via Nassaustraat/Kloosterlaan.
Chassé Parking garage is only accessible for people with a personal access pass.

Kiss & Ride zones

If you want to drop someone off in the city centre, you can do so at two pop-up kiss & ride zones:

Part of Claudius Prinsenlaan between Wilhelminasingel and Beverweg.
The parking spaces at Nieuwe Prinsenkades will be set up with spaces for Kiss & Ride and taxi calls.

Glass and can ban during King's Day

To keep the city centre safer, it is forbidden to have glass and cans with you during King's Night and King's Day. The map next to this shows which part of the city centre is affected.

The ban starts on Friday 25 April at 06:00 and lasts until Sunday 27 April at 06:00.

Also useful to know

During Kings' Night and Kings' Day, there will be a first aid post at the Castle Square.
At various locations in the city centre, there are urinals and portable toilets. Their use is free of charge.
Kings' Day is a celebration. Intimidation or inappropriate behaviour do not belong there. Do you feel unsafe or experience intimidation? Report it easily via intimideermijniet.nl