Which days are official public holidays in the Netherlands?
Here is a list of official public holidays in the Netherlands in 2025 and 2026.
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Public holidays 2025
- Nieuwjaarsdag (New Year’s Day): Wednesday 1 January 2025
- Goede vrijdag (Good Friday): Friday 18 April 2025
- Eerste en tweede paasdag (Easter Sunday and Easter Monday): Sunday 20 April and Monday 21 April 2025
- Koningsdag (King’s Day): Saturday 26 April 2025 (In 2025, King’s Day will be celebrated a day earlier on 26 April, because 27 April falls on a Sunday.)
- Bevrijdingsdag (Liberation Day): Monday 5 May 2025
- Hemelvaartsdag (Ascension Day): Thursday 29 May 2025
- Eerste en tweede pinksterdag (Whit Sunday and Whit Monday): Sunday 8 and Monday 9 June 2025
- Eerste en tweede kerstdag (Christmas Day and Boxing Day): Thursday 25 and Friday 26 December 2025
Public holidays 2026
- Nieuwjaarsdag (New Year’s Day): Thursday 1 January 2026
- Goede vrijdag (Good Friday): Friday 3 April 2026
- Eerste en tweede paasdag (Easter Sunday and Easter Monday): Sunday 5 April and Monday 6 April 2026
- Koningsdag (King’s Day): Monday 27 April 2026
- Bevrijdingsdag (Liberation Day): Tuesday 5 May 2026
- Hemelvaartsdag (Ascension Day): Thursday 14 May 2026
- Eerste en tweede pinksterdag (Whit Sunday and Whit Monday): Sunday 24 and Monday 25 May 2026
- Eerste en tweede kerstdag (Christmas Day and Boxing Day): Friday 25 and Saturday 26 December 2026
Public holidays: do I have the right to a day off?
There is no law that says employees must be given a day off work on certain public holidays. So no one has a legal right to a day off on a public holiday. Your Collectieve Arbeidsovereenkomst – CAO (collective labour agreement) or employment contract will tell you if you have the day off on public holidays.
Extension of periods ending on holidays or weekends
Public holidays may have an impact if you are required to make a payment or submit a response within a certain period (in Dutch). If such a period set by law ends on a Saturday, a Sunday or an official public holiday, the period will be extended until the next day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or an official public holiday.