Yes, if you have a weekend wristband, you can exit and re-enter the premises at any time. All you need to do is show your weekend wristband at the entrance when you return to the premises.

If you have a day ticket and wish to leave the premises, you can ask volunteers at the entrance for a stamp before you depart. This stamp will grant you permission to re-enter the premises later in the day. Make sure to have the stamp visible when you return to the event.

The opening hours for Saturday are from 10 am to 10 pm.
The opening hours for Sunday are from 10 am to 7 pm.

If you have a VIE ticket or a weekend ticket, you’ll have early access to the terrain at 9.30 am.

Elfians with a VIE ticket will enter the Kingdom through a special VIE entrance, where they will first enter the special VIE area. The exclusive VIE breakfast will be served here.

We have decided not to apply time locks from April 2022.

Everyone visits Elfia as he or she wants. Dressed up or not dressed up, it doesn’t matter. But it obviously improves the atmosphere when visitors come in costume.

Airsoft, sharp stabbing weapons and Paintball weapons are legally NOT allowed on Elfia. More information about our gun policy can be found here.

The blue ribbons are a wonderful initiative from our (photographing) visitors! This concept originated because not every photographer feels comfortable asking to take photos, and not every costumed visitor feels confident approaching a photographer. Photographers who are open to taking photos wear a blue ribbon, often on their camera bags. This is a signal that they welcome being asked by visitors or are eager to take photos themselves. It lowers the barrier and creates beautiful interactions among the creative minds at our event. Important to note: wearing this ribbon is by no means mandatory, and not everyone is necessarily aware of this initiative. The ribbon is intended to reduce hesitation; however, not wearing one doesn’t mean you can’t ask for a photo. Asking is always encouraged!

Feel free to ask or offer a snapshot! 📸💙

We request that you accept and respect the House Rules and Visiting Conditions of the location. You enter the location at your own risk. Liability for damage that you incur during your stay at the location is excluded by the organization of the location.

There is an ATM on site.

However, we also recommend that you bring enough cash with you to avoid long queues.

At Elfia, the toilets have been free since 2023 and have also become gender-neutral. This means that there is no longer a distinction between ladies’ and men’s toilets. As a result, the toilets are accessible to everyone. Despite the visitor limit, the total number of toilets has been significantly increased to meet the demand.

Our toilets are regularly cleaned by a dedicated team responsible for this task.

Yes, it is possible to securely store your belongings during Elfia. We offer lockers that you can find near the entrance. These lockers come in three different sizes: small, medium, and large. The small and medium lockers are equipped with a convenient USB connection, allowing you to charge your mobile devices, for example.

Since the lockers are very popular, we recommend reserving a locker in advance. They tend to fill up quickly!

On the Friday before the event, at 18:00 hours, you will receive a code to open your locker. Please make sure not to leave any belongings in the locker, as the access code changes the next day, and you won’t be able to retrieve your items left behind.

Unfortunately, it is not legally permitted to fly a drone above Elfia as a private individual due to the presence of crowds and buildings.

For more information, visit Rijksoverheid.nl.

Dogs are not allowed on all parts of the site (this is indicated by signs), but they are allowed on the site, provided they are kept on a lead. Other large animals (such as horses) are only allowed in consultation with the organization that grants written permission for this. All other animals such as birds of prey and pets (ferrets, etc.) are not allowed. In particular, the municipalities of Utrecht and Venlo strictly enforce the taking of animals that cannot be regarded as pets.

It is not allowed to bring your own food and drinks onto the premises. We don’t mind a few sandwiches, a snack or two, and a water bottle. However, the Customs may reject large quantities of food. It is not intended for whole picnic baskets with multi-course dinners or second & third breakfasts to be brought along. (Sorry, hobbits!) You are also not allowed to bring alcohol onto the premises, but it can be ordered at the various bars.

Fortunately, there are many different caterers on the premises! For vegetarians, vegans, or those who want to eat gluten-free: check out our catering overview. There are also water points on the premises, marked on the map. You can also get drinking water from the tap at fixed toilet buildings.

The grounds of the Elfia are open to everyone, but there are restrictions for wheelchair users and the disabled because some parts are (more) difficult to access with a wheelchair. Disabled toilets are available on site.

The programming is not exactly the same. A number of program parts will only be shown on Saturday, some only on Sunday.

Yes, we have already scheduled several dates:

2024
April 20 & 21, 2024
September 21 & 22, 2024

2025
Haarzuilens: to be announced
September 20 & 21, 2025

2026
Haarzuilens: to be announced
September 19 & 20, 2026

The opening hours of Elfia are:

18 & 20 September 2020: 9 am – 8 pm

Unfortunately, the castles will be closed during Elfia. Both the castle Arcen during Elfia in September, and the castle De Haar during Elfia in April.

Ticket sales for Elfia Arcen in September always start the week after Elfia Haarzuilens. This means ticket sales occur from late April until the event in September.

Ticket sales for Elfia Haarzuilens always start the week after Elfia Arcen. This means ticket sales occur from late September until the event in April.

To avoid confusion, we never sell tickets for both events simultaneously.

In all cases that you have problems with your tickets that you bought through TicketMaster: https://help.ticketmaster.nl/hc/nl/articles/360020757697-Hoe-kan-je-contact-met-ons-opnemen

In all cases that you have problems with you tickets that you bought through YourTicketProvider: https://www.yourticketprovider.nl/support 

Please read our statement here.

Through your personal Eventbrite account, it is possible to upgrade your tickets for a small fee, this is called a “transfer”. You can upgrade a ticket for a single day to a Weekend ticket or upgrade your Sunday ticket to a Saturday ticket. You can change a parking ticket without the need to pay a fee.

Please note that for each ticket there are two price tiers, with and without a discount for kids. Unfortunately Eventbrite doesn’t make this clear in the transfer proces, be aware to select the highest price variety if your upgrading a ticket for adults.

NB: Two separate day tickets for Saturday and Sunday are not equal to a Weekend ticket and will not grant you a wristband and passport.

Purchased tickets cannot be taken back, this can be read in our terms and conditions.

Even if you cannot come at the last minute due to illness unfortunately we are not able to cancel your ticket.

However you are able to buy insure with your ticket through our ticket provider, than in some cases they can cancel you tickets. The terms and conditions can be read when buying a ticket.

Children up to and including 2 years old can visit Elfia for free.

A special discount rate applies to children from 3 to 11 years old.

The full rate applies to all other visitors.

Yes, it is possible to have the tickets scanned on your smartphone so that a paper version of the tickets is not necessarily necessary. However, make sure your phone is charged before going to the event! Your screen must also be intact and for a fast flow, we ask you to set the brightness of your screen to the maximum.

There are a number of parking spaces as close as possible to the entrance, especially for the disabled and less able.

However, you can only use this if you can show a valid ‘disabled parking card’. Without showing this card, the parking attendants cannot let you park there.

Please note: To use the disabled parking space, you also need a valid parking ticket.

Parking tickets are sold per day, the tickets are valid only once and also only valid for normal passenger cars or small vans up to 5 meters long; it is expressly not allowed to park with campers and caravans in the parking areas. No permit has been granted for this by the municipality, and the police closely monitor this.

If you leave the car park in the meantime, you must therefore hand over a new parking ticket when entering the car park.

The parking tickets can only be purchased online. It is not possible to purchase parking tickets at a later time!

We pay €3.50 per ticket to Natuurmonumenten for the preservation of Dutch nature reserves.

You can order the parking tickets for Elfia here: www.elfia.com

Elfia Haarzuilens

Kasteellaan 1
3455 RR Haarzuilens
Netherlands
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Elfia Arcen

Lingsforterweg 26
5944 BE Arcen
Netherlands
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