Overview of school holiday dates 2022-2023
The Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap – OCW (Ministry of Education, Culture and Science) fixes the dates of the main school holidays and gives advisory dates for spring and autumn holidays. Your school may deviate from these. The school guide will tell you when your school's holidays are.
The following holiday dates in the 2022-2023 school year are for basisonderwijs (primary education), speciaal onderwijs (special education) and middelbaar onderwijs (secondary education). In middelbaar beroepsonderwijs – MBO (secondary vocational education) and tertiary education institutions are free to set their own holiday dates.
School holidays 2022-2023
For school holidays, the Netherlands is divided into 3 regions: Noord, Centraal and Zuid.
| Regio Noord | Regio Midden | Regio Zuid | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Herfstvakantie |
15 October – 23 October 2022 |
22 October – 30 October 2022 |
22 October – 30 October 2022 |
|
Kerstvakantie |
24 December 2022 – 8 January 2023 |
24 December 2022 – 8 January 2023 |
24 December 2022 – 8 January 2023 |
|
Voorjaarsvakantie |
25 February – 5 March 2023 |
25 February – 5 March 2023 |
18 February – 26 February 2023 |
|
Meivakantie |
29 April – 7 May 2023 |
29 April – 7 May 2023 |
29 April – 7 May 2023 |
|
Zomervakantie |
22 July – 3 September 2023 |
8 July – 20 August 2023 |
15 July – 27 August 2023 |