Aike & Annika on their pre-wedding shoot!

Aike proposed to Annika last year and the couple, from Amsterdam, made three trips to Nottinghamshire to find a venue, various suppliers and a photographer!

Annika  said: “Since I was a child, I always wanted to visit Sherwood Forest, it never happened, so as I grew up I decided that my first visit would be with the person I was going to marry. So, it’s a perfect match really.”   Aike is a fan of the Errol Flynn incarnation of the outlaw, whereas Annika prefers the 1980s TV version starring Michael Praed.

Aike said: “We’re thrilled to have been able to set up our dream wedding in the Robin Hood county and we have received so much help from Newark Register Office and our suppliers”.

Aike & Annika

St Mary's Church, Edwinstowe

The couple didn’t dress up as Robin Hood  and Maid Marian on their big day, but they did pose in costume at a pre-wedding photoshoot in October in Sherwood Forest at the major oak with Julie Oswin, and spent time discussing their wedding plans and the wedding day over coffee.

The couple’s 36 guests, all very close family & friends travelled from Holland for the wedding on 8th May 2011 and even tried their hand at archery in the grounds of Norwood Park.

Norwood Park, Southwell

The wedding party enjoyed a medieval-style banquet featuring a minstrel dressed in period costume. The wedding cake was topped with a statue of Robin and Marian and was cut with a medieval sword.  Aike & Annika’s marriage was blessed at St Mary’s Church at Edwinstowe, as legend has it, where Robin Hood & Maid Marian were married.

Diane Webster, Superintendent Registrar for Newark & Sherwood District, who performed the ceremony, said: “We were happy to help Aike and Annika when we heard what great fans they were of the Nottinghamshire legend.    ”They were looking for an atmospheric location close to the Sherwood Forest which could accommodate all their wishes and themed touches.”

The register office has also helped the couple find out what they need to do to legalise their marriage in the Netherlands.

Annika

Annika

Aike & Annika

European Nationals are legally free to marry in the UK as long as they have spent seven consecutive nights in the district where they wish to get married before they give notice.

After their honeymoon Aike & Annika celebrated their wedding with a big party on 3rd July 2011 in their hometown of Amersfoort, Holland with friends and family.

We at Julie Oswin Photography wish them both every happiness in their future lives together.