The City of Burlington is celebrating its friendship with the Netherlands with a special ceremony at city hall this weekend.

Canada-Netherlands Friendship Day will take place at noon on Saturday, May 3 at Civic Square, 426 Brant St., to recognize the 69th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands by the Canadian Armed Forces in 1945.

This month also marks the ninth anniversary of the twinning relationship established between the cities of Burlington and Apeldoorn, Netherlands.

Special guests include Anne van Leeuwen, Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Mayor Rick Goldring, Burlington Ward 6 Councillor Blair Lancaster and Honourary member of the Canada-Netherlands Friendship Association, Elizabeth Witmer.