School holidays in the Netherlands 2023-2024-2025 (North, Center, South)

In this publication, ALYO.Info has collected information about school holidays in the Netherlands 2023-2024 and 2024-2025. We will tell you how rest periods depend on the location of your school. Here are the exact dates of summer, autumn, Christmas, spring and May holidays for schoolchildren in the Netherlands in 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 academic years.

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Dependence of school holidays dates by region

The Kingdom of the Netherlands is divided into three regions – North, Central and South. This division applies only to the dates of school holidays. They have Christmas and May holidays at the same time, and autumn, spring and summer breaks begin and end with a difference of 1-2 weeks.

The division into regions took place until 2002. At that time, their borders passed along the borders of municipalities. But in 2002, 2005 and 2011, some municipalities were abolished and divided among neighboring ones. Therefore, the structure of the school regions in the Netherlands has become more complex. Below are the lists of provinces, municipalities and localities by region.

Region North

The entire region of the North includes the provinces of:

Drenthe.
friesland.
Groningen.
Noord Holland.
Overijssel.

Partially in this school region are:

Flevoland (except for the municipality of Zeewolde).
Gelderland (city and municipality of Hattem).
Utrecht (Eemnes and the territory of the former municipality of Abcoude).

The northern region is indicated on the map in green.

Central region

The Central Region fully includes the following provinces, municipalities and territories:

Flevoland (municipality of Zeewolde).
Gelderland (municipalities of Aalten, Apeldoorn, Barneveld, Berkelland, Bronckhorst, Brummen, Buren, Culemborg, Doetinchem, Ede, Elburg, Epe, Ermelo, Harderwijk, Heerde, Lochem, Montferland (except for the territory of the former municipality of Didam), Neder-Betuwe (except for the territory former municipality of Dodewaard), Nijkerk, Nunspeet, Oldebroek, Oost-Gelre, Oude IJsselstreek, Putten, Scherpenzeel, Tiel, Voorst, Wageningen, West Betuwe, Winterswijk, Zutphen).
Noord-Brabant (except for the villages of Hank and Dussen).
Utrecht (all municipalities except Eemnes and the area of the former municipality of Abcoude).
Zuid Holland.

The central region is indicated on the map in green.

Region South

The South Region consists entirely of two provinces:

Limburg.
Zeeland.

It partially includes the following provinces, municipalities and territories:

Gelderland (Arnhem, Berg en Dal, Beuningen, Doesburg, Druten, Duiven, Heumen, Neder-Betuwe (entire municipality except the former territory of the municipality of Dodewaard), Lingewaard, Maasdriel, Montferland (former territory of the municipality of Didam), Nijmegen, Overbetuwe, Renkum, Rheden , Rozendaal, Rijnwaarden, Westervoort, West Maas en Waal, Wijchen,Zaltbommel, Zevenaar.
Noord-Brabant (all municipalities except Woudrichem, cities Sleeuwijk, Nieuwendijk, Werkendam in Altena municipality).

The southern region is indicated on the map in green.

Rest for the holidays

There are seven national holidays in the Netherlands on which virtually all schools are closed. But each educational institution has the right to conduct classes on such a day. The fact is that legally public holidays are not non-working or non-school days. Therefore, you should ask if your school has classes on the following days:

New Year.
Easter Monday.
King’s Day.
Liberation Day.
Ascension.
Trinity Monday.
Christmas.
Three Kings Day.

Schools have the right to impose release of students from classes on religious holidays. For example: Good Friday, Eid al-Adha, Yom Kippur. In this case, all students receive an additional free day, regardless of their religion. Be sure to check with your school if it exempts children from classes due to religious needs.