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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Netherlands

The list of Netherlands bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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22 Nov 2006 General elections will be held on Sunday November 26, 2006. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Netherlands public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Official public holidays in the Netherlands are regulated by the Factories Act 1946 (LS 1946 - NZ 4 to 1949 - NZ 4) as amended by the Factories Amendment Act 1972. • Weekend Public Holidays: Public holidays that occur on a weekend remain on that date (ie. they are not moved to another date, such as the following Monday, for example). • Remembrance Day: Every year on the 4th of May at eight o'clock in the evening, the nation stops for two minutes of silence in remembrance of the victims of all wars since the beginning of the Second World War. Remembrance services are held around the country. Flags are flown at half-mast. • Liberation day: Though celebrated every year, Liberation Day is a public holiday only every 5 years, occurring in 2000, then 2005 and so on. • New Year's Eve: Although New Year's Eve is not a public holiday, some shops and businesses may be closed or will close early on this day. • The Queen's Birthday (Koninginnedag) used to be moved from April 30th to May 1st when April 30th was a Sunday, but this was changed in 1980 following protests from Labour Unions who did not want to have the Queen's Birthday on the same date as the May Day parades (and, most importantly, did not want to lose a public holiday if both were observed on the same date). • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Netherlands Bank (Netherlands central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Netherlands, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world. Aft=Afternoon, Arm=Armenian, Bah=Bahai, Bnk=Banks and most financial institutions, Bud=Buddhist, Cat=Catholic, Chr=Christian, Cop=Coptic, Eve=Evening, Gov=Government services and civil servants, Hin=Hindu, Jew=Jewish, Lin=Linguistic or ethnic groups, Mor=Morning, Mun=Municipal, Mus=Muslim, Orth=Orthodox, Othr=Miscellaneous partial observances (usually described in the Additional Information section of this page), Prt=Protestant, Reg=Regional, Rel=Other Religion, Sch=Schools and universities, Sik=Sikh.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Netherlands, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Netherlands, before planning any trip to Netherlands. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.