Public holidays in Netherlands 2028

There are 10 public holidays in 2028. 7 of them fall on a working day.

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All 10 public holidays in Netherlands 2028

Date	Weekday	Holiday	Local name
1 Jan 2028	Saturday	New Year's Day	Nieuwjaarsdag
14 Apr 2028	Friday	Good Friday	Goede vrijdag
16 Apr 2028	Sunday	Easter Sunday	Eerste paasdag
17 Apr 2028	Monday	Easter Monday	Tweede paasdag
27 Apr 2028	Thursday	King's Day	Koningsdag
25 May 2028	Thursday	Ascension Day	Hemelvaartsdag
4 Jun 2028	Sunday	Pentecost	Eerste pinksterdag
5 Jun 2028	Monday	Pentecost Monday	Tweede pinksterdag
25 Dec 2028	Monday	Christmas Day	Eerste kerstdag
26 Dec 2028	Tuesday	Second Day of Christmas	Tweede kerstdag

Days marked "observed" are substitute days off when a holiday falls on a weekend. Holidays based on a lunar calendar can shift by a day once the official announcement is made.

Long weekends 2028

8 times a public holiday lies close to a weekend – with a little leave it becomes a long weekend:

Take leave	Off	Days of leave	Days off	Ratio	Occasion
Mon 10 Apr, Tue 11 Apr, Wed 12 Apr, Thu 13 Apr	8 Apr – 17 Apr 2028	4	10	2.5	Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday
Tue 18 Apr, Wed 19 Apr, Thu 20 Apr, Fri 21 Apr	14 Apr – 23 Apr 2028	4	10	2.5	Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday
Mon 24 Apr, Tue 25 Apr, Wed 26 Apr	22 Apr – 27 Apr 2028	3	6	2	King's Day
Fri 28 Apr	27 Apr – 30 Apr 2028	1	4	4	King's Day
Mon 22 May, Tue 23 May, Wed 24 May	20 May – 25 May 2028	3	6	2	Ascension Day
Fri 26 May	25 May – 28 May 2028	1	4	4	Ascension Day
Tue 6 Jun, Wed 7 Jun, Thu 8 Jun, Fri 9 Jun	3 Jun – 11 Jun 2028	4	9	2.3	Pentecost, Pentecost Monday
Wed 27 Dec, Thu 28 Dec, Fri 29 Dec	23 Dec – 1 Jan 2029	3	10	3.3	Christmas Day, Second Day of Christmas, New Year's Day

Counted are gaps of up to four working days between a public holiday and the weekend or another public holiday. "Ratio" = days off per day of leave. Weekends follow the local working week.

Dates are generated from the open-source library python-holidays and automatically cross-checked against Nager.Date and the public Google Calendar holiday calendars; every holiday on a working day must be confirmed by a second source. Official announcements take precedence, especially for holidays that depend on the moon or are declared at short notice.

Frequently asked questions

How many public holidays does Netherlands have in 2028?

10 public holidays. 3 of them fall on a weekend in 2028.

Which public holiday gives the best long weekend in 2028?

King's Day: take 1 day of leave (28 Apr) and you get 4 days off in a row, 27 Apr – 30 Apr 2028.

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Sources

Data: python-holidays 0.105 (MIT licence), country code NL (retrieved Sep 28, 2026)
Cross-check: Nager.Date public holiday API (MIT licence) (retrieved Sep 28, 2026)
Cross-check: Google Calendar public holiday calendar (en.dutch) (retrieved Sep 28, 2026)

Last updated: Sep 26, 2026