Overview of school holiday dates 2028-2029

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 2028-2029 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

School holidays 2028-2029

For school holidays, the Netherlands is divided into 3 regions: Noord, Centraal and Zuid.

	Regio Noord	Regio Midden	Regio Zuid
Herfstvakantie (autumn holidays)	14 October – 22 October 2028	21 October – 29 October 2028	21 October – 29 October 2028
Kerstvakantie (Christmas holidays)	23 December 2028 – 7 January 2029	23 December 2028 – 7 January 2029	23 December 2028 – 7 January 2029
Voorjaarsvakantie (spring holidays)	17 February – 25 February 2029	17 February – 25 February 2029	10 February – 18 February 2029
Meivakantie (May holidays)	28 April – 6 May 2029	28 April – 6 May 2029	28 April – 6 May 2029
Zomervakantie (summer holidays)	21 July – 2 September 2029	7 July – 19 August 2029	14 July – 26 August 2029