Public holidays
2021 public holidays in Nederland
De feestdagen van 2021 in Nederland beïnvloeden bezetting, payrolltiming, projecten en facturatie. Deze pagina koppelt de volledige feestdagentabel aan werkdagencontext zodat niet alleen de data, maar ook de impact op de zakelijke kalender zichtbaar wordt. Met 9 feestdagen en ongeveer 254 werkdagen is het jaarritme relevant voor verlof en afsluitingen.
Total holidays
9
Weekday holidays
7
Weekend days
104
Working days
254
Complete holiday table
Use the table for planning leave, payroll processing, staffing and invoicing around non-working dates.
| Date | Holiday | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 jan 2021 | Nieuwjaarsdag | national | National baseline |
| 02 apr 2021 | Goede Vrijdag | national | National baseline |
| 05 apr 2021 | Tweede paasdag | national | National baseline |
| 27 apr 2021 | Koningsdag | national | National baseline |
| 05 mei 2021 | Bevrijdingsdag | national | Public sector relevance varies outside jubilee years. |
| 13 mei 2021 | Hemelvaart | national | National baseline |
| 24 mei 2021 | Tweede pinksterdag | national | National baseline |
| 25 dec 2021 | Eerste kerstdag | national | National baseline |
| 26 dec 2021 | Tweede kerstdag | national | National baseline |
National baseline and regional checks
This page focuses on the nationwide holiday calendar. Regional observances should be reviewed separately when they affect staffing or payroll timing.
Use this page as the national starting point for Nederland. If your teams operate in North Holland, South Holland, Utrecht, North Brabant, review regional or state-level holiday rules before finalizing leave approvals, payroll cut-offs or staffing plans.
How it works
The holiday page combines the year-specific calendar with working-day counts and bridge-day opportunities. That matters because a holiday table on its own rarely tells the whole operational story.
Example use case
An HR manager can check whether a holiday lands on a weekday, identify a four-day bridge weekend, and then move into the working-day and salary routes to model payroll deadlines or leave approval risk.
Long weekend opportunities
These bridge-day ideas help make the holiday page useful for operational planning, not just for date lookup.
- 2021-01-01: direct long weekend opportunity
- 2021-04-02: direct long weekend opportunity
- 2021-04-05: direct long weekend opportunity
- 2021-04-27: take Monday off for a four-day break
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Veelgestelde vragen
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