Public Holidays
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Holland has staggered holidays and therefore not everyone has holidays at the same time. There are a couple of weeks’ difference. The staggered holidays were introduced to reduce extremely busy situations and traffic jams.
Below is an overview of school holidays and public holidays in Holland in 2012.
2012 Public Holidays
| New Year’s Day | January 1 |
| Good Friday | April 6 |
| Easter | April 8, 9 |
| Queen’s Day | April 30 |
| Liberation Day | May 5 |
| Ascension Day | May 17 |
| Whitsun Weekend | May 27, 28 |
| Christmas | December 25, 26 |
2012 School Holidays
| May holidays: | 28 April - 6 May | |
| Christmas holidays: | 22 December 2012 - 6 January 2013 | |
| Spring holidays: | Northern provinces | 25 February - 4 March |
| Central Holland | 18 February - 26 February | |
| Southern provinces | 18 February - 26 February | |
| Summer holidays: | Northern provinces | 14 July - 2 September |
| Central Holland | 7 July - 26 August | |
| Southern provinces | 30 June - 19 August | |
| Autumn holidays: | Northern provinces | 20 - 28 October |
| Central Holland and southern provinces | 13 - 21 October |
2013 Public Holidays
| New Year’s Day | January 1 |
| Good Friday | March 29 |
| Easter | March 31, April 1 |
| Queen's Day | April 30 |
| Liberation Day | May 5 |
| Ascension Day | May 9 |
| Whitsun Weekend | May 19, 20 |
| Christmas | December 25, 26 |
2013 School Holidays
| May holidays: | 27 April - 5 May | |
| Christmas Holidays: | 21 December - 5 January 2014 | |
| Spring holidays: | Northern provinces and Central Holland | 16 February - 24 February |
| Southern provinces | 23 February - 3 March | |
| Summer holidays: | Southern provinces | 29 June - 11 August |
| Northern provinces | 6 July - 18 August | |
| Central Holland | 20 July - 1 September | |
| Autumn Holidays: | Southern provinces | 12 October - 20 October |
| Northern provinces and Central Holland | 19 October - 27 October |
