diff --git a/api/app/Http/Controllers/MenuController.php b/api/app/Http/Controllers/MenuController.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59f5c28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/app/Http/Controllers/MenuController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Controllers;
+
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+
+class MenuController extends Controller
+{
+    /**
+     * Create a new controller instance.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        //
+    }
+
+    public function special()
+    {
+      $query = app('db')->select('SELECT id, title, link, is_special FROM site_menu WHERE ((visible_from IS NULL AND visible_to IS NULL) OR (visible_from <= NOW() AND visible_to >= NOW()))');
+      $items = [];
+      foreach($query as $item)
+      {
+        $items[$item->id] = ['title' => $item->title, 'link' => $item->link, 'special' => $item->is_special];
+      }
+
+      return $items;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/api/routes/web.php b/api/routes/web.php
index 849b337..8f66b30 100644
--- a/api/routes/web.php
+++ b/api/routes/web.php
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ $app->get('/', function () use ($app) {
     return redirect('docs');
 });
 
+$app->get( 'menu/special', 'MenuController@special' );
+
 $app->get('nieuws/overzicht', 'NewsController@newslist' );
 $app->get('nieuws/regio/{region:[a-z0-9-]+}', 'NewsController@regionlist' );
 $app->get('nieuws/thema/{theme:[a-z0-9-]+}', 'NewsController@themelist' );