Overview school holiday dates 2025-2026
The Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap – OCW (Ministry of Education, Culture and Science) fixes the dates of the main school holidays and gives advisory dates for spring and autumn holidays. Your school may deviate from these. The school guide will tell you when your school's holidays are.
The following holiday dates in the 2025-2026 school year are for basisonderwijs (primary education), speciaal onderwijs (special education) and middelbaar onderwijs (secondary education). In middelbaar beroepsonderwijs – MBO (secondary vocational education) and tertiary education institutions are free to set their own holiday dates.
School holidays 2025-2026
For school holidays, the Netherlands is divided into 3 regions: Noord, Centraal and Zuid.
| Regio Noord | Regio Midden | Regio Zuid | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Herfstvakantie |
18 October – 26 October 2025 |
18 October – 26 October 2025 |
11 October – 19 October 2025 |
|
Kerstvakantie |
20 December 2025 – 4 January 2026 |
20 December 2025 – 4 January 2026 |
20 December 2025 – 4 January 2026 |
|
Voorjaarsvakantie |
21 February – 1 March 2026 |
14 February – 22 February 2026 |
14 February – 22 February 2026 |
|
Meivakantie |
25 April – 3 May 2026 |
25 April – 3 May 2026 |
25 April – 3 May 2026 |
|
Zomervakantie |
4 July – 16 August 2026 |
18 July – 30 August 2026 |
11 July – 23 August 2026 |