May 5th is the day when the Dutch liberation from the Nazis is celebrated. For this reason, hundreds of people go to the street and enjoy the vrijmarkt (it seems is the Dutch way of celebrating events) and some of the most famous festivals take place. One of these festivale is the Bevrijdings Pop, in Haarlem. Yesterday, I attended to it with some friends.
In this festival, some of the most well-known artists play, such as Ronnie Flex with its "drank en drugs". There were three stages and a lot of stands selling drinks and food. From pizza to kebap and vietnamese food.
Before go into the festival we visited the city. Haarlem is a very beautiful city, it looks like a mix between Leiden and The Hague.
If being around The Netherlands, Haarlem is a place that you should visit, for sure. It is very well located and it takes no more than 20 min from Amsterdam or Leiden, by train.
Going back to the festival, it is such a great event that people from all parts of The Netherlands go to it, and the TV as well. If you want to see the superstars, you have to take in count that they are the first who play so you have to be there at the starting hour (17:00). It was surprising for me because I am used to see the main bands playing the last.
The entrance to this event is free but you're not allowed to bring your own drinks or food. Food and drinks inside must be paid using coins, not real money, and besides you have to pay for using the toilettes. This is something strange because outside the area of the festival there are free toilettes, and regarding you can go out and return freely it doesn't make sense for me paying for using the toilettes.
The festival is set in a huge area just in the middle of the city, but other stands and parties are present all around the city.
My personal opinion is that Haarlem worth a visit and if you're in this country the 5th of may you should also go to this enormous festival.
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