:: :: Country: Netherlands :: :: Language: Dutch :: :: Author: Guido van Rossum, CWI, Amsterdam :: Wilbert Berendsen :: Jeroen C. Kessels :: Updated: :: :: Source: :: :: Note: Goede Vrijdag and Bevrijdingsdag are not holidays for :: everybody, therefore I don't put them in the "public" category. :: Government employees usually have these days off, for other :: categories it varies. Check with your employer! :: :: Metadata country "NL" language "nl" :name "optional - defaults to country name" :description "(please add description in source language) National holiday file for Netherlands" :: Public Holidays "Nieuwjaar" public on january 1 "Pasen" public religious on easter length 2 days "Hemelvaart" public religious on easter plus 39 days "Pinksteren" public on easter plus 49 days length 2 days : Queen's Day - Queen Beatrix 1980 - 2013 - Moves to previous day if a Sunday "Koninginnedag" public on ((year >= 1980 && year <= 2013) ? ( ([april 30] == [sunday after ([april 30])]) ? [april 29] : [april 30] ) : noop) : King's Day - King Willem-Alexander from 2014 onwards - Moves to previous day if a Sunday "Koningsdag" public on ((year >= 2014) ? ( ([april 27] == [sunday after ([april 27])]) ? [april 26] : [april 27] ) : noop) "Kerstmis" public religious on december 25 length 2 days :: Religious Holidays "Driekoningen" religious on january 6 :"Septuagesima (zeventigste)" religious on easter minus 63 days :"Sexagesima (zestigste)" religious on easter minus 56 days :"Quinquagesima (vijftigste)" religious on easter minus 49 days "Vastenavond" religious on easter minus 47 days "Aswoensdag" religious on easter minus 46 days :"Invocabit (roept Hij mij aan, begin Veertigdagentijd)" religious on easter minus 42 days :"Reminiscere (gedenk)" religious on easter minus 35 days :"Oculi (ogen)" religious on easter minus 28 days :"Laetare (verheugt u)" religious on easter minus 21 days :"Judica (doe recht)" religious on easter minus 14 days "Palmzondag" religious on easter minus 7 days "Witte Donderdag" religious on easter minus 3 days "Goede Vrijdag" religious on easter minus 2 days :"Quasi modo geniti (als pasgeboren kinderen)" religious on easter plus 7 days :"Misericordias Domini (trouw van de Heer)" religious on easter plus 14 days :"Jubilate (juicht)" religious on easter plus 21 days :"Cantate (zingt)" religious on easter plus 28 days :"Rogate (bidt)" religious on easter plus 35 days :"Exaudi (hoor)" religious on easter plus 42 days :"Trinitatis (drie-eenheid)" religious on easter plus 56 days "Hervormingsdag" religious on october 31 "Allerheiligen" religious on november 1 "Allerzielen" religious on november 2 :"Laatste zondag kerkelijk jaar" religious on sunday before november 26 :"Eerste advent" religious on sunday before december 3 :"Tweede advent" religious on sunday before december 10 :"Derde advent (Gaudete)" religious on sunday before december 17 :"Vierde advent (Rorate)" religious on sunday before december 24 :: Financial :: Cultural "Moederdag" cultural on every second sunday in may "Vaderdag" cultural on every third sunday in june "Oudjaar" cultural on december 31 :: School :: Daylight Saving "Zomertijd" seasonal on last sunday in march "Wintertijd" seasonal on last sunday in october :: Seasons :: Name Days :: To be sorted "Dodenherdenking" civil on may 4 "Bevrijdingsdag" civil on may 5 "Dierendag" civil on october 4