Dutch Holidays 2024

Everyone loves the holidays, but what holidays are celebrated in the Netherlands and which one of the national Dutch Holidays will give you a ‘free’ day off? Here’s the list of all Dutch Holidays in 2024. Useful also if you are moving to the Netherlands.

Dutch Holidays 2024: the complete list

There are some Dutch national holidays that you’ll love. Kingsday for an example: a day full of Beer, people that are dressed in orange and a festive garage sale. Some Dutch public holidays aren’t a free day off. You are obliged to work through some important days like Remembrance Day (May 4^th). Here are all the Dutch bank holidays you want to mark in your phone.

Day	Date	Holiday name	Dutch name	Type of holiday
Monday	Jan 01	New Year’s Day	Nieuwjaarsdag	National Holiday (everyone has a day off)
Saturday	Jan 06	Driekoningen	Driekoningen	A national Holiday, but you don’t get a day off
Wednesday	Feb 14	Valentine’s day	Valentijnsdag	A international day (nobody gets a day off)
Sunday-Tuesday	Feb 11 till Feb 13	Carnaval	Carnaval	A Dutch celebration in the Regions Noord Brabant and Limburg
Friday	March 29	Good Friday	Goede Vrijdag	A religious holiday, only schools are closed
Sunday – Monday	March 31 & April 1	Easter	Pasen	A national day off
Saturday	April 27	Kingsday	Koningsdag	A national day off
Saturday	May 04	National Remembrance Day	Dodenherdenking	A Dutch national holiday, but you don’t get a day off
Sunday	May 05	Liberation Day	Bevrijdingsdag	A national holiday, every 5 years you get a day off
Sunday	May 12	Mother’s Day	Moederdag	You already have a day off
Thursday	May 9	Ascension Day	Hemelvaartsdag	A national day off
Sunday	May 19	Pentecoast Sunday	1e Pinksterdag	You already have a day off
Monday	May 20	Whit Monday	2e Pinksterdag	A national day off
Sunday	Jun 16	Father’s Day	Vaderdag	You already have a day off
Tuesday	Sept 19	Prinsjesdag	Prinsjesdag	An important day for the Dutch government, but you don’t get the day off
Monday	Nov 11	Sint Maarten	Sint Maarten	A typical Dutch holiday, but you don’t get the day off
Sunday	Dec 05	Sinterklaas	Sinterklaas	A typical Dutch, but you don’t get the day off
Wednesday & Thursday	Dec 25 – Dec 26	Christmas	Kerstmis	A national holiday, and you get boh days off
Sunday	Dec 31	New Year’s Eve	Oudjaarsdag	A national day off

A lot of national Dutch holidays, not a lot of days off

As you can see there are a lot of typical Dutch holidays to mark in your calendar. Especially Sinterklaas and Kingsday are days worth celebrating. Dive in the Dutch culture with the Dutch Christmas holidays to make ‘suprises’ and bake ‘pepernoten’ as a lovely treat. Eat traditional oliebollen at New Year’s Eve and dress in an orange outfit during the celebration of the King Willem Alexander.

Unfortunately, there aren’t a lot of national days off for the whole country. There are a lot of national Dutch holidays where you must work or take a day off. And there is sadly nothing you can do about it. Only schools or government institutions have most Dutch holidays off.