Netherlands public holidays 2028

Netherlands 2028

The calendar above is already set to Netherlands holidays for 2028, ready to download as a PDF. Below is the full list, the weekday each holiday falls on, and the long weekends they create.

How holidays work in Netherlands

All 11 public holidays

DateDayHoliday
January 1SaturdayNew Year's Day
April 14FridayGood Friday
April 16SundayEaster Sunday
April 17MondayEaster Monday
April 27ThursdayKing's Day
May 5FridayLiberation Day
May 25ThursdayAscension Day
June 4SundayPentecost
June 5MondayWhit Monday
December 25MondayChristmas Day
December 26TuesdaySt. Stephen's Day

These are the dates as officially observed. Where a country moves a day off because the holiday itself falls at a weekend, the moved date is the one shown, which is why a date here can differ from the traditional one.

Long weekends in 2028

Stretches of three or more days off in a row, counting weekends and nationwide public holidays together. Holidays that apply only to some regions are left out, since they would not give most people the day off.

DatesDaysBecause of
April 14 – April 174Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday
May 5 – May 73Liberation Day
June 3 – June 53Pentecost, Whit Monday
December 23 – December 264Christmas Day, St. Stephen's Day

Holidays that fall at a weekend

3 holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2028, and Netherlands does not shift them to a weekday:

Print it

The generator at the top of this page marks every holiday listed here. The calendar language is a separate setting, so you can print Netherlands holidays with month names in any of 58 languages — or switch the holidays off and keep a plain calendar.

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