Marrying at the town hall

Getting married at the town hall, by municipality

Choose your municipality for fees, the declaration and contact details. We clearly indicate any local information that has not been confirmed.

Province of Antwerp 76

East Flanders 55

West Flanders 62

Flemish Brabant 63

Limburg 38

Brussels 19

Type a municipality name or browse by region. Local sources are listed on each municipality’s page.

Published on 14 November 2026 Elian Van Cutsem, founder of Ringske

What to know before you start

Vlaanderen.be describes the general marriage declaration window as six calendar months to fourteen days before the wedding. Some municipalities describe a wider local declaration window; follow their instructions. A free ceremony does not mean that the file or wedding booklet is also free.

Everything else differs: on which days and at what times you can marry, when it is free, what a Saturday costs, whether you can marry outdoors or in a castle, and whether the city is stricter than the law. Ghent wants the declaration at least six weeks ahead, Hasselt three weeks. In most cities you can book a year ahead.

If one of you does not speak Dutch, in Flanders you bring an interpreter and pay them yourselves: see marrying as a foreigner.

The steps in order, from the window to the documents, are in the marriage declaration checklist. What a city itself asks for the deadline or the ceremony is on its page here, not in that checklist.

Questions

Where can you marry for free at the town hall?

In Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht and Knokke-Heist always. Besides that, among others in Antwerp on Mondays, in Ghent on Wednesdays, in Deinze on Wednesdays and Fridays, in Halle on Fridays, in Heist-op-den-Berg from Monday to Friday, in Mechelen on Wednesdays between 10.30 and 11.30 am, in Bruges on Tuesday mornings, in Aalst on Tuesdays between 2 and 4 pm, in Ostend on Tuesdays, in Roeselare on Friday mornings and in Hasselt from Monday to Thursday. Turnhout is free on the first Tuesday of the month, without a ceremony.

What does a Saturday wedding at the town hall cost?

It differs a lot by city: €51 in Hasselt, €70 in Leuven, €100 in Roeselare, €138 in Sint-Niklaas, €171.20 in Mechelen, €208 in Bruges (sources differ), €250 in Ostend, €269 in Aalst and €333 for a formal ceremony in Ghent.

Can you marry in another city than where you live?

No. You file the declaration and marry in the town where one of you is registered. Leuven says it in so many words: you can marry there if you or your partner officially lives in Leuven.

How far ahead do you book the date?

In most cities you can book the date up to a year ahead. The declaration itself is filed at the earliest six months and at the latest fourteen days before the wedding, but some cities are stricter: Ghent and Tongeren-Borgloon want it at least six weeks ahead, Lommel thirty days, Hasselt three weeks.

Does the marriage declaration cost anything?

No, the declaration itself is free. You pay for the ceremony, depending on the day and the place, and possibly a wedding booklet.

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