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Holiday calendar in the Netherlands
Holland has the second (after Mexico) lowest number of public holidays in the world. However, that doesn’t stop the Dutch from being one of the five happiest nations (according to the 2019 Happiness Report). Quality over quantity, as they say! Here is everything you want to know about the Dutch holidays. 
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October 2026
November 2026
Wednesday 11 November - Opening of carnival ("Karneval"/"Fasching", on 11-11, at 11:11. Germany, the Netherlands, and other countries); Sint Maarten's Day (St. Martin's Day: Sint Maarten, Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Monday 16 November - Statia Day, Sint Eustatius (Caribbean Netherlands)
December 2026
Saturday 5 December - Sinterklaas in the Netherlands (It is celebrated on the evening before Sinterklaas’ birthday on December 5, especially in families with little children)
Sunday 6 December - St Nicholas Day (International. The St. Nicholas/Santa Claus leaves little presents in children's shoesl)
Tuesday 15 December - Koninkrijksdag or Kingdom Day (Aruba, Netherlands)
Saturday 26 December - Second day of Christmas (Western Christianity. Public holiday in the Netherlands, Poland, Norway)
January 2027
Saturday 16 January - National Tulip Day in Netherlands (The third Saturday of January)
February 2027
Tuesday 9 February - National Pancake Day in Netherlands (Nationale Pannenkoekdag - Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
March 2027
Monday 1 March - World Compliment Day (appeared after many successful editions of “National Compliment Day” in the Netherlands)
Wednesday 17 March - Engineer's Day in Netherlands (Third Wednesday of March)
Monday 29 March - Easter Monday (Påskedag in Norway)
April 2027
Thursday 1 April - Limestone night in the municipality of Briel, Netherlands (the Kalknacht commemorates the victory over the Spaniards of the Duke of Alba in 1572)
Monday 19 April - Dutch-American Friendship Day (United States)
Tuesday 27 April - King's Day (Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten. Celebrated on April 26 if April 27 falls on a Sunday)
May 2027
Tuesday 4 May - Remembrance Day in the Netherlands (it was observed for the first time on May 4, 1946. Every year, people dedicate two minutes of silence at 8pm [local time] on May 4 to pay their respects to soldiers and civilians who died during World War II, as well as other military conflicts and peace-keeping missions)
Wednesday 5 May - Liberation Day in the Netherlands (Soon after the Second World War, it was decided that Liberation Day should be held on 5 May, the date of the German army’s defeat)
Sunday 9 May - Mother’s Day (Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bonaire, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Dem. Rep., Congo, Rep., Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Gabon, Gambia, Greenland, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Vietnam, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
Monday 17 May - Whit Monday (celebrated on the day after Pentecost)
June 2027
Friday 4 June - Grandparents and Great-Grandparents Day in Netherlands (Opa en Oma Dag has been celebrated since 2004)
Sunday 6 June - World Naturist Day (Starts on the first Sunday of June in the northern hemisphere and on the first Sunday of December in the southern hemisphere)
Saturday 19 June - Herring Day in the Netherlands (Celebrated on the third Saturday in June)
Sunday 20 June - Father's Day (Сelebrated on the third Sunday of June шт Argentina, Aruba, Canada, Costa Rica, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Kenya, Japan, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Pakistan, Peru, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Venezuela, United Kingdom)
July 2027
Friday 2 July - Curaçao Flag Day; Comic Sans Day (Comic Sans MS is a sans-serif casual script typeface designed by Vincent Connare and released in 1994 by Microsoft Corporation)
August 2027
Saturday 7 August - Clown Day in Netherlands (In Netherlands, they call it Internationale clown dag)
Monday 16 August - Day of Hearts or Hertjesdag in Haarlem and Amsterdam (is celebrated on the third Monday in August)
September 2027
Monday 6 September - Bonaire Flag Day (The flag of Bonaire was adopted in 1984)
Sunday 12 September - Open Monumentendag in Netherlands (second weekend of September); World Headache Day (A Day of Awareness and Support)
Wednesday 15 September - Prinsjesdag in Netherlands or Budget Day (celebrated on the third Tuesday in September)
October 2027
Sunday 3 October - Festival in Leiden, Netherlands (Leidens Ontzet - tradition since 1886 in honor of the end of the siege in 1574)
Notes:
There has been some debate over whether the Islamic holiday of Eid ul-Fitr (Suikerfeest in Dutch) should be a national holiday. This was met by opposition from right-wing political parties such as the PVV and SGP. For now, Eid ul-Fitr is not an official national holiday, but it usually justifies a day off for Islamic employees. Those opposed to this proposition say that there are enough national holidays as it is. Schools are allowed to give additional days off anyway.
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