Politics · Netherlands · 9 hrs ago
Breda cancels 11 November pub crawl over crowd concerns
The organisers of Breda’s 11 November pub crawl have cancelled this year’s event after talks with the city.
The crawl was planned for Breda, in the Netherlands, as part of the celebrations marking the start of the carnival season.
The city said a planned pub crawl could make crowd control harder and increase pressure on the city centre.
It could not formally ban the event because no permit had been requested, so the organisers chose to cancel it.
The crawl has taken place since 2022, with dozens of cafes involved each year, and preparations for this edition were already under way.
The city is trying to spread visitors across Breda by using two stages at Grote Markt instead of one, along with measures such as closing streets and directing crowds along different routes.
The city expects large crowds because the 11 November celebrations have grown into a major event, and it urged people not to come to the centre last year.
Breda’s annual 11 November pub crawl has been cancelled because the municipality expects heavy crowds in the city centre.
After speaking with the municipality, the event’s organisers decided to cancel it themselves.
The municipality said an organised pub crawl could conflict with measures to manage and spread visitor flows.
The event had been planned for 6:11 p.m., and its programme was already prepared.
- Who
- The organisers of Breda’s Nachthoreca pub crawl cancelled it after speaking with the municipality.
- What
- The organised pub crawl on 11 November will not go ahead.
- When
- 11 November, the traditional start of the carnival season.
- Where
- Breda, in the Netherlands.
- Why
- The municipality expected heavy crowds and said the crawl could conflict with measures to manage and spread visitor flows.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Breda’s pub crawl has been held annually, with dozens of cafés taking part.
The municipality contacted the organisers.
After speaking with the municipality, the organisers cancelled the pub crawl.
- Event
- Breda’s Nachthoreca pub crawl
- Date
- 11 November 2026
- Planned start time
- 6:11 p.m.
- First held
- 2022
- Reason for cancellation
- Expected crowding and visitor-flow management concerns
What people are saying
An organised pub crawl is at odds with measures to manage and spread visitor flows.
In recent years we have seen that it has really become an event.
That makes it disappointing, because we have been organising this for years.