Sinterklaas arrivals start Saturday in Drenthe and Utrecht province
Sinterklaas arrivals start on Saturday 14 November in Drenthe villages and in towns across the province of Utrecht, with more on the weekends that follow.
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Illustrative photo: Sander van der Wel / CC BY-SA 2.0Many Sinterklaas arrivals (intochten) in Drenthe villages take place on Saturday 14 November. More follow in Drenthe on Sunday 15 November, Saturday 21 November, Sunday 22 November and Saturday 28 November.
In the province of Utrecht, Sinterklaas arrives on Saturday 14 November in Amersfoort, Veenendaal, Bunnik, and in the Vijfheerenlanden villages of Hoef en Haag and Hei- en Boeicop.
The city of Utrecht holds its arrival on Sunday 15 November.
Times differ by place on Saturday 14 November. In Veenendaal the festivities start at 13:00 at the town hall and end with a musical party on the Markt. In Hoef en Haag the arrival runs from 14:00 to 15:00 at De Brink 4, and in Hei- en Boeicop from 15:00 to 17:00 at Pleinstraat 13A. In Bunnik, children can gather at the old Raadhuisbrug by the ice rink, where Sinterklaas arrives by boat around 14:00.
Later weekends cover the smaller places. Hagestein in Vijfheerenlanden welcomes him on Friday evening 20 November, and Vianen follows on Saturday 21 November. The same day, Werkhoven in Bunnik municipality holds its arrival. In Odijk, the other village in that municipality, the organisers say it will become clear on Sunday 22 November, at 15:00 on the square by the Lindenhof, how Sinterklaas arrives.
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