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Dutch national holidays and school holidays

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By Joop on 1 August 2022 Culture

These are the most important national holidays in the Netherlands and an overview of Dutch school holidays. It can be interesting to connect your trip with feast days or events. Cities like Utrecht can be very quiet during school holidays as there are living 35.000 students in Utrecht that leave on vacation in the summertime. Their departure has a great impact on the city’s social life.

In the Netherlands, school holidays are organized by region and by type of school.  There are three regions: north, central, and south. Scroll down to overview the details.

Planning your trip to Holland

When you plan your trip to Holland during the Dutch holiday period on the one side you will enjoy more activities than off to the holiday season and on the other side, certain cities are very quiet as most people left on a vacation. Amsterdam, the beach resorts, and the Dutch Isles will be crowded in summer while cities inland can be nicely quiet. Take a look at my  Events Calendar as well. I selected a broad range of events for you. In the summertime all over the country concerts and parties are going on. Make your choice and have a good time.

 DUTCH AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYSDATE
New Year’s Day1 January
White ThursdayThursday before Easter
Good FridayFryday before Easter
Easter Easter, 1st Sunday after the first full moon in spring.
Kings Day27 April – never on a Sunday
Commemoration of the dead4 May
Liberation Day5 May
AscensionThursday, Ascension Day is the 40th Easter day
PentecostSunday, the 10th day after Ascension
Christmas Day25 December
Boxing Day26 December
New Years Eve31 December
  
OTHER HOLIDAYSDATES
Epiphany6 January
CarnivalFebruary or March
Valentine’s Day14 February
Summertime
The clock goes one hour forward in time
Saturday, last weekend of March
Mothers Day2nd Sunday in May
Fathers Day3e Sunday in June
Ramadan9th month in the Islamic calendar
Eid al-FitrLast day of Ramadan
Prinsjesdag Openingday of Dutch parliament3rd Tuesday in September
Animals Day4 October
Wintertime
The clock goes one hour back in time
Saturday, the last weekend in October
Halloween31 October
Saint Martin11 November
St. Nicolas5 December
Dutch and National Holidays

School holidays in the Netherlands and school holidays in Europe

School holidays in the Netherlands are divided into 3 regions: north, center, and south. The regions rotate every year so that every 3 years a region has an early holiday period, a middle holiday period, and a late holiday period. When planning a tour of Europe, it can be useful to know the school holidays of each European country.
School holidays Europe


Regio Noord
Regio North Region MiddleRegion South
Herfstvakantie15 oktober t/m 23 oktober 202222 oktober t/m 30 oktober 202222 oktober t/m 30 oktober 2022
Kerstvakantie24 december 2022 t/m 8 januari 202324 december 2022 t/m 8 januari 202324 december 2022 t/m 8 januari 2023
Voorjaarsvakantie25 februari t/m 5 maart 202325 februari t/m 5 maart 202318 februari t/m 26 februari 2023
Meivakantie29 april t/m 7 mei 202329 april t/m 7 mei 202329 april t/m 7 mei 2023
Zomervakantie22 juli t/m 3 september 20238 juli t/m 20 augustus 202315 juli t/m 27 augustus 2023
School holidays – source Rijksoverheid

Distribution of holidays per region in the Netherlands

Provinces region North Netherlands: Groningen / Overijssel / Drenthe, Flevoland, Noord-Holland / a part of Utrecht
Provinces region Central Netherlands: Utrecht / a part of Noord Brabant / Zuid Holland / a part of Gelderland
Provinces region South Netherland: Limburg / Zeeland / a part of Noord Brabant / a part of Gelderland

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