New Year's Day Good Friday Easter Sunday Easter Monday Queen's Birthday Remembrance day Liberation Day
Ascension Day
Whit Sunday
Whit Monday
Budget Day Sinterklaas
Christmas Day
Boxing Day/2nd Christmas Day
1 January 6 April (goede vrijdag) 8 April (eerste passdag) 9 April (tweede passdag) 30 April (koninginnedag) 4 May (2 minutes silence observed for WWII victims) 5 May (bevrijdingsdag); next holiday for this day 2010 17 May (hemelvaartsdag) 27 May (Pinksteren) 28 May (tweede pinksteren) 15 September (Prinsjesdag)
5 December 25 December (kerstmis) 26 December (tweede kerstmis)
School holidays - Zuid Holland, Central Region
The Netherlands is divided into three regions of which Rotterdam (Zuid Holland) is in the Central Region. For the purposes of school holidays, dates differ over each region. The Dutch junior school, Voorschool (VO) and senior or secondary school (BO) have different holiday schedules also. Below are the Dutch school holidays.
Both International schools - de Blijberg and AISR (American International School in Rotterdam), have different holiday schedules.
2007
Spring
BO & VO
de Blijberg
AISR
17 February - 25 February
19 February - 23 February
19 February - 23 February
Easter
de Blijberg
AISR
5 April - 10 April
6 April - 13 April
May
BO & VO
de Blijberg
AISR
28 April - 6 May
30 April - 4 May, 17 May - 1 June
End of school year
Summer
BO
VO
de Blijberg
AISR
21 July - 2 September
14 July - 2 September
20 July - 31 August
11 June - 6 August
New school year
Autumn
BO & VO
de Blijberg
AISR
15 October - 23 October
22 October - 26 October
8 October - 12 October
Christmas
BO & VO
de Blijberg
AISR
24 December - 8 January 2008
21 December - 7 January 2008
17 December - 7 January 2008
