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Tweede kerstdag in Netherlands

Tweede kerstdag falls on Saturday 26 December 2026 in Netherlands. It is a fixed date, so only the weekday changes from year to year. In 2026 and 2027 it lands on a weekend, which costs the day off.

Tweede kerstdag in Netherlands, year by year
Year Date Weekday What that means
2025 26 December Friday long weekend
2026 26 December Saturday on the weekend — no day off gained
2027 26 December Sunday on the weekend — no day off gained
2028 26 December Tuesday one bridge day makes it four days

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  • 26 12 Tweede kerstdag Friday
  • 26 12 Tweede kerstdag Saturday · falls on a weekend
  • 26 12 Tweede kerstdag Sunday · falls on a weekend
  • 26 12 Tweede kerstdag Tuesday

A fixed date walking through the week

Because Tweede kerstdag keeps the same date, the weekday advances one step most years and two after a leap year. That walk is the whole story of how good a holiday year feels: the same day off is a long weekend one year and a lost Saturday another, and the difference is nothing but arithmetic.

Sources and last check

Times, offsets and sun positions on this page are computed live from the IANA timezone database and the NOAA solar algorithm, so they do not depend on the review dates below.

Public holidays for 120 countries, 2025-2028
Source: date-holidays, generated by scripts/build-holidays.mjs. Last checked, reviewed every 12 months.
Not covered:Public holidays only; regional and observance days are excluded. 21 of our countries are not in the dataset and have no calendar.

FAQ

When is Tweede kerstdag in Netherlands in 2026?

Saturday, 26 December 2026.

Is Tweede kerstdag on the same date every year?

Yes — 26 December every year. What changes is the weekday, which decides whether it extends a weekend.

Which years does Tweede kerstdag make a long weekend?

2025 (Friday) — it touches the weekend directly. In 2028 one bridge day buys four days off.

All holidays in Netherlands: 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028