School holidays in Netherlands, 2027
Term breaks region by region, taken from the published education calendars. Schools add their own staff-training and free-choice days on top, so confirm the exact first and last day with your school.
School holiday dates 2027
The Netherlands splits into three holiday regions — Noord, Midden and Zuid — and staggers the summer break between them to spread holiday traffic. Christmas, May and summer dates are fixed by the ministry and binding on every school. Autumn and spring-half-term dates are advisory: schools may shift them, and southern schools often move the February week to line up with Carnival.
Noord (north, including Amsterdam and Groningen)
Christmas holidays
Starts: 19 Dec 2026
Ends: 3 Jan 2027
16 days
Spring half term
Advisory dates.
Starts: 20 Feb 2027
Ends: 28 Feb 2027
9 days
May holidays
Starts: 24 Apr 2027
Ends: 2 May 2027
9 days
Summer holidays
Starts: 10 Jul 2027
Ends: 22 Aug 2027
44 days
Autumn holidays
Advisory dates.
Starts: 16 Oct 2027
Ends: 24 Oct 2027
9 days
Christmas holidays
Starts: 25 Dec 2027
Ends: 9 Jan 2028
16 days
Midden (central, including Utrecht and The Hague)
Christmas holidays
Starts: 19 Dec 2026
Ends: 3 Jan 2027
16 days
Spring half term
Advisory dates.
Starts: 20 Feb 2027
Ends: 28 Feb 2027
9 days
May holidays
Starts: 24 Apr 2027
Ends: 2 May 2027
9 days
Summer holidays
Starts: 17 Jul 2027
Ends: 29 Aug 2027
44 days
Autumn holidays
Advisory dates.
Starts: 16 Oct 2027
Ends: 24 Oct 2027
9 days
Christmas holidays
Starts: 25 Dec 2027
Ends: 9 Jan 2028
16 days
Zuid (south, including Rotterdam, Eindhoven and Maastricht)
Christmas holidays
Starts: 19 Dec 2026
Ends: 3 Jan 2027
16 days
Spring half term
Carnival week in the south.
Starts: 13 Feb 2027
Ends: 21 Feb 2027
9 days
May holidays
Starts: 24 Apr 2027
Ends: 2 May 2027
9 days
Summer holidays
Starts: 24 Jul 2027
Ends: 5 Sep 2027
44 days
Autumn holidays
Advisory dates.
Starts: 23 Oct 2027
Ends: 31 Oct 2027
9 days
Christmas holidays
Starts: 25 Dec 2027
Ends: 9 Jan 2028
16 days
Dates published by: the Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap. Official source
Other school-calendar days in the official feed
Public holidays that close schools anyway
Nieuwjaarsdag
New Year's Day · Nationwide
Eerste Paasdag
Easter Sunday · Nationwide
Tweede Paasdag
Easter Monday · Nationwide
Koningsdag
King's Day · Nationwide
Hemelvaartsdag
Ascension Day · Nationwide
Eerste Pinksterdag
Pentecost · Nationwide
Tweede Pinksterdag
Whit Monday · Nationwide
Eerste Kerstdag
Christmas Day · Nationwide
Tweede Kerstdag
St. Stephen's Day · Nationwide