Public holidays in Netherlands 2026
9 national public holidays in Netherlands in 2026. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday. Next: Christmas Day on 25 December (Friday).
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January | Thursday | New Year's Day |
| 5 April | Sunday | Easter Sunday |
| 6 April | Monday | Easter Monday |
| 27 April | Monday | King's Day |
| 14 May | Thursday | Ascension Day |
| 24 May | Sunday | Pentecost |
| 25 May | Monday | Whit Monday |
| 25 December | Friday | Christmas Day |
| 26 December | Saturday | Boxing Day |
Other observances
Bank holidays, optional and observance days. Most are not days off for everyone.
- 4 May · Remembrance of the Dead (observance)
- 10 May · Mother's Day (observance)
- 21 June · Father's Day (observance)
- 15 September · Prince's Day (observance)
- 11 November · Saint Martin (observance)
- 5 December · St Nicholas' Eve (observance)
- 15 December · Kingdom Day (observance)
- 31 December · New Year's Eve (bank)
Regional holidays
Some holidays apply only in parts of Netherlands. The API returns them with the region parameter, e.g. region=GR for Groningen. Regions: Groningen, North Holland, South Holland.
Source: date-holidays rules v3.26.5 (ISC (data: CC BY-SA 3.0)). About our data
Get this data from the API
Get these dates as JSON, check whether a date is a working day in Netherlands, or add working days that skip weekends and holidays.
curl "https://apistack.online/api/data/public-holidays/v1?country=NL&year=2026" \
-H "x-api-key: $APISTACK_API_KEY"