Holidays

Netherlands Public Holidays Calculator

The Netherlands' public holidays for any year, calculated live from the actual rules.

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King's Day's one weekend-shift rule

King's Day is fixed at April 27 — except in the specific case where the 27th falls on a Sunday, when it shifts to April 26 instead (this happened in 2014, and won't happen again until 2036 given the calendar cycle). It's a narrower, more specific rule than most countries' general weekend-substitution systems, applying to exactly one holiday and one weekend day.

Liberation Day: a holiday most people don't actually get off

May 5th (Liberation Day) is only a mandatory paid day off for public-sector employees every year; for most private-sector workers, it's a full public holiday only once every five years (on the "lustrum" years, most recently 2025), leaving it as a working day the other four years even though it's marked as a national holiday.

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Germany Public Holidays Calculator

Another Northern European calendar for comparison.

Current Time in Amsterdam

Check the current time alongside the holiday calendar.

Easter Date Calculator

Good Friday and Whit Monday both key off this calculation.

function computeEaster(year){ const a = year % 19; const b = Math.floor(year/100); const c = year % 100; const d = Math.floor(b/4); const e = b % 4; const f = Math.floor((b+8)/25); const g = Math.floor((b-f+1)/3); const h = (19*a + b - d - g + 15) % 30; const i = Math.floor(c/4); const k = c % 4; const l = (32 + 2*e + 2*i - h - k) % 7; const m = Math.floor((a + 11*h + 22*l)/451); const month = Math.floor((h + l - 7*m + 114)/31); const day = ((h + l - 7*m + 114) % 31) + 1; return new Date(Date.UTC(year, month-1, day)); } function netherlandsHolidays(year){ const easter = computeEaster(year); const easterMonday = new Date(easter); easterMonday.setUTCDate(easter.getUTCDate()+1); const ascension = new Date(easter); ascension.setUTCDate(easter.getUTCDate()+39); const whitMonday = new Date(easter); whitMonday.setUTCDate(easter.getUTCDate()+50); let kingsDay = new Date(Date.UTC(year,3,27)); if(kingsDay.getUTCDay() === 0) kingsDay = new Date(Date.UTC(year,3,26)); const raw = [ ['New Year\'s Day', new Date(Date.UTC(year,0,1))], ['Good Friday', new Date(easter.getTime()-2*86400000)], ['Easter Monday', easterMonday], ['King\'s Day', kingsDay], ['Liberation Day (full holiday every 5 years)', new Date(Date.UTC(year,4,5))], ['Ascension Day', ascension], ['Whit Monday', whitMonday], ['Christmas Day', new Date(Date.UTC(year,11,25))], ['Boxing Day (2e Kerstdag)', new Date(Date.UTC(year,11,26))], ]; return raw.map(([name,date]) => ({name, date})); } const now = new Date(); for(let y = now.getFullYear()-1; y <= now.getFullYear()+3; y++){ const opt = document.createElement('option'); opt.value = y; opt.textContent = y; if(y === now.getFullYear()) opt.selected = true; document.getElementById('hlYear').appendChild(opt); } const yearSelect = document.getElementById('hlYear'); const table = document.getElementById('hlTable'); function fmt(d){ return d.toLocaleDateString('en-US',{weekday:'short', month:'long', day:'numeric'}); } function render(){ const year = parseInt(yearSelect.value,10); const rows = netherlandsHolidays(year); table.innerHTML = rows.map(r => `

${r.name}${fmt(r.date)}

`).join(''); } yearSelect.addEventListener('change', render); render();