National Heritage Day

Kaag en Braassem participates in the national Heritage Day with open monuments, a Molennacht (mills lluminated in the dark) and cycling the Elfdorpentocht.

It’s open Monuments Day

When are the monuments open?

>> Watch Kaag & Braassem on the national Open Monuments Day website for extensive information about the (opening hours of the) monuments >>

Theme

The theme of the national organization, “Heritage & Architecture: Built to Last,” gives us yet another reason to admire the heritage in the villages of Kaag and Braassem. You can do this during the Elfdorpentocht, which can be cycled on both Saturday and Sunday. Be sure to also visit the windmills in Kaag and Braassem and discover why it’s so important for them to remain part of the polder landscape. Especially during Molennacht: whether on foot, by bike, or by boat, you can explore the illuminated windmills of Kaag and Braassem.

Activities Monuments Day 2025

Windmills Highlighted

September 13, 8:00 PM – Midnight

Many windmills in Kaag and Braassem deserve to be in the spotlight. During Molennacht on Saturday, September 13, 2025, we’ll make sure that happens again. At several mills, additional activities will be organized. Want to know more? Visit our special Molennacht page.

Kaag by Light

September 13, 8:00 PM – Midnight

More information coming soon.

Jan de Bakker Event

September 14, 2:00 PM

On Sunday, September 14, 2025, a gathering will be held in the Dorpskerk in Woubrugge to commemorate Jan de Bakker, a priest from Woerden, who was executed by burning at the stake 500 years ago for his faith. In 1523, at the age of 24, he preached as a parish priest in the spirit of the Reformation in our now-disappeared village of Jacobswoude, in the small church near the hofstede Ter Woude. The program includes a film, a short intermezzo, organ music, and more. Want to know more? Visit the event page on the Open Monumentendag website.

Mill Painting Exhibition

September 13

At the Buurtermolen, there will be an exhibition featuring mill-themed art. At another location (still to be determined), there will be an exhibition of paintings created during Nationale Molendag at the mills in Kaag and Braassem.

More information coming soon.