Vastenavend in 't Krabbegat (Bergen op Zoom)

Bergen op Zoom keeps its own name for carnival, Vastenavend, and the town becomes 't Krabbegat. On Saturday at 3.11 pm Prince Wannes d'n Derde makes his entry from the station to the Grote Markt, where he receives the key and the Eleven Commandments are read out. The town is known for its many dweilbands, street brass bands that compete on Sunday from 3 pm at the Dweilbendfestival, with a finale around 7.30 pm on the Grote Markt. On Monday at 2.22 pm the Grote Markt hosts the children's carnival. On Tuesday at 1 pm the Gròòte Optocht brings floats up to about twenty metres long and eleven metres high, built by local clubs, and late that evening the party ends with the Valle van de Kraai, when the crow falls from the stick of the witch Wana.