See the menu on the left for specific holidays and traditions of interest to you.

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Public holidays and commemorative days (2008 – 2010)

	2008	2009	2010
New Year’s Day	1 January	1 January	1 January
Good Friday	21 March	10 April	2 April
Easter	23 and 24 March	12 and 13 April	4 and 5 April
Queen’s Birthday	30 April	30 April	30 April
Remembrance Day	4 May	4 May	4 May
Liberation Day	5 May	5 May	5 May
Ascension	1 May	21 May	13 May
Whitsun	11 en 12 May	31 May and 1 June	23 and 24 May
Christmas	25 and 26 December	25 and 26 December	25 and 26 December

Days when the flag is flown on official buildings:

Gelegenheid	Datum
H.M. the Queen’s birthday	31 January
H.R.H. Prince Willem-Alexander’s birthday	27 April
H.R.H. Princess Máxima’s birthday	17 May
End of World War II in the Pacific	15 August
Opening of Parliament (in The Hague only)	3rd Tuesday in September
The Feast of Saint Nicholas	5 December
Day honouring the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands	15 December