 | Public Holidays in the Netherlands |
A calendar of the national vacation days when businesses, schools and banks holiday and people get the day off in Amsterdam and the Netherlands. With links to holidays in the UK and US.
The Dutch word for bank holiday/public holiday/legal holiday is
feestdag
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Banks and shops are closed on public holidays and public transport is limited
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Police stations and hospitals do not close
- Public holidays that fall on a weekend are not forwarded. However, certain companies may choose to take this holiday on the previous Friday or the following
Monday
National Public Holidays 2009
| 1 January |
New Year’s Day/Nieuwjaarsdag/oudejaarsavond
(Thursday) |
| 10 April |
Good Friday/Goede Vrijdag.
National holiday, government offices and schools close; many businesses
remain open |
| 12 April |
Easter Sunday/Paasdag |
| 13 April |
Easter Monday/Tweede Paasdag |
|
30 April |
Queen’s Birthday/Koninginnedag
(Thursday) |
| 21 May |
Ascension Day/Hemelvaartsdag
(Thursday) |
|
4 May |
Remembrance Day/Dodenherdenking
(Monday). Two minutes
silence observed at 20:00 |
| 5 May |
Liberation Day/Bevrijdingsdag
(Tuesday). Celebrated every
year but a public holiday only every five years: next 2010 |
| 1 June |
Whit Monday/Pentecost/Pinksterdag |
|
25 December |
Christmas Day/Eerste
Kerstdag/Kerstmis (Friday) |
|
26 December |
Second Day of Christmas/Tweede
Kerstdag (Saturday) |
Note: 5 December (Sinterklaas), although not a public holiday, is widely
observed as the day when Sinterklaas (a Santa Claus/Father Christmas-like
character) gives presents to children.
Public Holidays Worldwide
For information on public holidays around the world, see the following links:
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