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|name = Day of the Mussels
|native_name = Mosseldag
|native_name_lang = dut
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|date = {{start date|2023|08|19}}
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|location = [[Yerseke]], [[Zeeland]]
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|country = [[The Netherlands]]
|years_active = {{age|1972|08|19}}
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'''Mosseldag''' or '''Day of the Mussels'''  is an annual event in the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] town of [[Yerseke]]. The event takes place on the third Saturday of August.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://yersekepromotie.nl/mosseldag-2016|title=Mosseldag|last=|first=|date=|website=Yerseke|publisher=Yerseke promotie|access-date=}}</ref>
Annually, around 50,000 people<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pzc.nl/regio/bevelanden/drukste-mosseldag-ooit-in-yerseke-1.4492421|title=Drukste Mosseldag "ooit" in Yerseke|last=|first=|date=|website=PZC|publisher=PZC|access-date=}}</ref> visit the event. They come from the [[Zeeland|close region]], but also from [[Belgium]], [[Germany]] and [[France]]. Mosseldag is known for eating [[mussel]]s, a local delicacy, and other [[seafood]]. You can go freely on a trip over the [[Eastern Scheldt]] with a mussel fishing boat (or watch the fleet go by), walk along the [[fair]] and watch the [[Military tattoo|tattoo]] and [[fireworks]] in the evening.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://yersekepromotie.nl/mosseldag-2016|title=Mosseldag|last=|first=|date=|website=Mosseldag|publisher=Yerseke promotie|access-date=}}</ref>
[[File:mosseldag.jpg|thumb|none|alt=Mosseldag from the sky|The day of the mussels as viewed from the sky.]]
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[[Category:Annual events in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Summer events in the Netherlands]]
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