Closure expectation
HighKing's Day is modeled as a public holiday in Netherlands; expect office, bank, school, and service-hour changes unless a local exception applies.
Holiday guide
King's Day.
Global holiday guide rooted in Netherlands's calendar, observed nationwide.
Next occurrence
April 27, 2027
Tuesday · Europe/Amsterdam
Next occurrence
April 27, 2027
Tuesday
Observed in
1 country
Current holiday dataset
Primary context
Netherlands
Public
Planning timezone
Europe/Amsterdam
UTC+02:00
Countdown
Next: April 27, 2027 (Tuesday)
King's Day
173 days away172Days
03Hours
54Min
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King's Day in the Netherlands is a monarch-centered civic holiday with a public atmosphere that feels more festive and street-level than most constitutional observances. In the current dataset this holiday is only listed for The Netherlands.
Dates draw from the curated holiday catalog (tracked window 2025-2027); cultural context comes from the source-cited curation library when an entry exists.
Holiday details
Local statutory mode, country coverage, date rule, timezone spread, and related planning context for King's Day.
Primary calendar
Netherlands · Public
Cultural family
monarch-centered civic day · Western Europe
Observed scope
Nationwide observance
Coverage reach
1 country in the current holiday dataset
Timezone context
Europe/Amsterdam (UTC+02:00)
Next date signal
April 27, 2027 · Tuesday
Forward window
2025: April 26, 2025 · 2026: April 27, 2026 · 2027: April 27, 2027
Related planning set
Good Friday · Christmas Day · New Year's Day
Regional spread
Europe 1
Reference posture
custom story profile plus catalog dates
Holiday data fingerprint
The rows below are built from this holiday's actual route, country, local-name, date, rule, timezone, observed-country, and adjacent-calendar records. They make King's Day in Netherlands distinct from holidays with similar names or the same season.
Route identity
king-s-day · King's Day · Netherlands · NL
Local name and scope
Koningsdag · Public · nationwide
Rule and family
monarch-centered civic day · Western Europe · country-specific
Country/date clusters
April 27, 2027 (1)
Observed type mix
Public: 1
Forward date window
2027: April 27, 2027 (Tuesday)
Timezone anchor
Europe/Amsterdam · Europe/Amsterdam (UTC+02:00)
Calendar neighbors
previous: Easter Monday (29 days before) · next: Liberation Day (8 days after)
Source depth
5 reference checkpoints · custom story profile plus catalog dates
Closure and planning risk register
The practical risk is not just the date. King's Day can affect closure expectations, bridge-day leave, country-specific substitutions, cross-border date drift, and timezone reminders differently in each jurisdiction.
Date confidence
TrackedKing's Day uses tracked catalog rows for the visible forward window. country-specific holidays stay inside the source window when extrapolation would be risky.
Bridge-day pressure
TuesdayKing's Day next falls on April 27, 2027 (Tuesday). High bridge-day pressure: Monday often becomes the unofficial leave day before a Tuesday holiday.
Cross-border drift
Local onlyKing's Day is effectively a Netherlands detail page in this dataset; local rules matter more than international comparison.
Timezone handling
Single zoneNetherlands has a single primary timezone in this country record, so date-boundary risk is lower than in multi-zone countries.
Source posture
ReferencedKing's Day has 5 visible reference checkpoints on the page. custom story profile plus catalog dates.
Source and verification checkpoints
This page keeps the date answer separate from statutory verification. The catalog supplies the tracked date rows; the checkpoints below show which authority, story profile, local specificity, and dossier layer should be reviewed when the holiday affects bookings, payroll, travel, or public-service hours.
Country authority checkpoint
Government of the Netherlands public-holiday reference; Dutch school and public-sector calendar notes
Story and rule checkpoint
custom holiday profile: King's Day in the Netherlands is a monarch-centered civic holiday with a public atmosphere that feels more festive and street-level than most constitutional observances.
Local specificity checkpoint
Local specificity comes from the selected country calendar row, local name, observance type, timezone record, nearby holidays, and observed cross-country date spread.
Dossier checkpoint
No full manual dossier is attached yet; the page keeps cultural claims bounded to the story profile, source checklist, and catalog-derived date facts.
Reference stack
- Government of the Netherlands public-holiday reference
- Dutch school and public-sector calendar notes
- Dutch royal-house public-calendar context
- Internal curated holiday catalog for tracked date rows
- countries.json and zones.json for country and timezone context
Reliability and cross-border spread
This block separates the local Netherlands holiday answer from two common sources of programmatic-calendar confusion: countries that use the same holiday name on different dates, and future rows that are projected from a rule rather than directly tracked.
Cross-border date spread
King's Day is currently anchored to Netherlands in the observed-country dataset, so cross-border date drift is not a major concern on this page.
Projection reliability
King's Day stays inside the tracked catalog window for forward dates because its country-specific rule is not safely extrapolated here. Source posture: no curated dossier attached.
Observed next-date clusters
April 27, 2027
1 country · The Netherlands
Observed type mix across countries
Public1
Local names and country context
Name in Netherlands
Koningsdag
The local catalog name for Netherlands is Koningsdag; the English display name is King's Day.
Country calendar role
King's Day is recorded in Netherlands as a public holiday with nationwide scope.
History and significance
The date follows the royal birthday tradition and has evolved into a widely recognized national celebration with markets, orange-themed public events, and large crowds.
Its combination of royal symbolism and citywide celebration gives it a distinctive cultural profile that is easy to separate from generic state holidays.
King's Day is marked as a nationwide observance in the current Netherlands holiday data.
Date behavior and next years
King's Day is tied to the monarch's birthday and can shift when the usual date would clash with Sunday observance rules. In the tracked data window, the dates land on 2025: April 26, 2026: April 27, 2027: April 27.
Because King's Day uses a country-specific placement rule, the date can be adjusted by weekend-substitution rules or institutional decisions, so always cross-check the year you care about.
The current static build keeps the tracked 2025-2027 date window online for curated holiday detail pages.
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | April 26, 2025 | Saturday |
| 2026 | April 27, 2026 | Monday |
| 2027 | April 27, 2027 | Tuesday |
Next 1 occurrences and weekday distribution
Rows below come straight from the tracked catalog window (2025-2027). The weekday distribution controls long-weekend math each year.
| Year | Date | Weekday | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | April 27, 2027 | Tuesday | Catalog |
Seasonal placement
King's Day next lands in the spring planning band for Netherlands. That matters for school terms, travel season, and whether the holiday sits near year-end, spring religious calendars, summer travel, or autumn civic cycles.
Weekday distribution in this window
Tuesday1
How King's Day is observed
King's Day ties the public calendar to the monarchy as an institution, so its date can move when the reigning monarch changes and its tone is ceremonial rather than purely ideological.
Searches for King's Day usually want the year's exact date — which can shift with succession or weekend rules — and the tone of public events in Netherlands.
Cultural family
monarch-centered civic day
Origin region: Western Europe
Statutory mode
King's Day is listed as a public holiday in Netherlands (nationwide), which usually means government offices, banks, and most schools close.
Planning notes for teams, travel, and operations
As a monarch-centered civic day sitting in the Netherlands calendar, King's Day matters for planning because office, bank, and school closures stack on the same day. The next tracked occurrence is April 27, 2027 (Tuesday), which controls long-weekend math for that year.
King's Day also appears in other country calendars such as The Netherlands. Recorded next dates include The Netherlands on April 27, 2027 — slight differences across borders are common because each country can apply weekend-substitution or regional-only rules to the same nominal holiday.
Netherlands plans this holiday primarily around Europe/Amsterdam. Because King's Day uses a country-specific placement rule, the date can be adjusted by weekend-substitution rules or institutional decisions, so always cross-check the year you care about. Teams often line King's Day up with Good Friday, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day when blocking off the broader holiday window.
Holiday planning depth
What the King's Day entry signals
A compact read of the holiday catalog row: rule kind, observance scope, country reach, and what curated context (if any) is attached. Useful before deciding whether the headline date alone answers a planning question.
Calendar fingerprint
King's Day is tracked as a public entry in Netherlands (nationwide). It reads as a monarch-centered civic day with origins in Western Europe; the date follows a country-specific rule.
Date and rhythm
Next tracked occurrence is April 27, 2027 (Tuesday). Forward dates: 2027: April 27, 2027 (Tuesday).
Cross-country reach
King's Day is currently a single-country entry in the dataset, anchored to Netherlands. Adjacent planning entries on the same calendar include Good Friday, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day.
Local planning anchor
Netherlands plans this holiday around Europe/Amsterdam. The page treats the country-level closure rule (public) as the headline operational signal, not a generic public-holiday template.
Curation depth
No curated dossier is attached. The page still surfaces the catalog metadata but skips the source-cited cultural depth panel.
Statutory and projection cautions
Weekend substitution is country-specific: Netherlands may observe the nominal date, grant a substitute weekday, or apply regional-only rules depending on the statute and year. King's Day is currently anchored to Netherlands in the observed-country dataset, so cross-border date drift is not a major concern on this page. King's Day stays inside the tracked catalog window for forward dates because its country-specific rule is not safely extrapolated here. Source posture: no curated dossier attached.
Local-name context
The local catalog name for Netherlands is Koningsdag; the English display name is King's Day.
Holiday calendars drift year over year as governments revise statutory observance rules; treat the tracked window as a reliable reference and verify the exact local rule before committing to long-range schedules.
Previous and next observed holidays
The closest observed holidays before and after King's Day in the Netherlandscalendar show the local scheduling neighborhood for 2027.
Previous holiday
Easter Monday
March 29, 2027 · Public
29 days before King's Day; local label: Tweede Paasdag.
Next holiday
Liberation Day
May 5, 2027 · School
8 days after King's Day; local label: Bevrijdingsdag.
Local calendar neighborhood
These are the closest holidays around King's Day in the Netherlandscalendar for 2027. They help separate this guide from holidays in the same season or religious/civic family.
Liberation Day
May 5, 2027 · School
8 days after King's Day. Local label: Bevrijdingsdag.
Ascension Day
May 6, 2027 · Public
9 days after King's Day. Local label: Hemelvaartsdag.
Pentecost
May 16, 2027 · Public
19 days after King's Day. Local label: Eerste Pinksterdag.
Whit Monday
May 17, 2027 · Public
20 days after King's Day. Local label: Tweede Pinksterdag.
Easter Monday
March 29, 2027 · Public
29 days before King's Day. Local label: Tweede Paasdag.
Easter Sunday
March 28, 2027 · Public
30 days before King's Day. Local label: Eerste Paasdag.
Observed countries and regions
King's Day is only listed for Netherlands in the current dataset.
Europe
1 country
Country-by-country timing snapshot
King's Day is currently a single-country entry, so the next-date row below is the operational anchor for Netherlands.
| Country | Next date | Type |
|---|---|---|
| The Netherlands | April 27, 2027 | Public |
Related holidays in Netherlands
Related links are selected from the same country calendar first, with family matches such as Easter-cycle or lunisolar festivals preferred before nearby-date filler.
Good Friday
April 3, 2026 · School
Curated country planning companion
Open curated guide
Christmas Day
December 25, 2026 · Public
Curated country planning companion
Open curated guide
New Year's Day
January 1, 2026 · Public
Curated country planning companion
See 2026 calendar
Easter Sunday
April 5, 2026 · Public
Nearby in the country calendar
See 2026 calendar
Easter Monday
April 6, 2026 · Public
Nearby in the country calendar
See 2026 calendar
FAQ
Is King's Day a public holiday in Netherlands?▾
Yes — King's Day is listed as a public holiday in Netherlands on a nationwide basis.
When is King's Day in Netherlands in 2027?▾
In 2027, King's Day in Netherlands falls on April 27, 2027 (Tuesday).
How is the date for King's Day determined?▾
King's Day is tied to the monarch's birthday and can shift when the usual date would clash with Sunday observance rules. In the tracked data window, the dates land on 2025: April 26, 2026: April 27, 2027: April 27. Because King's Day uses a country-specific placement rule, the date can be adjusted by weekend-substitution rules or institutional decisions, so always cross-check the year you care about.
What kind of holiday is King's Day?▾
King's Day is listed as a public holiday in Netherlands (nationwide), which usually means government offices, banks, and most schools close. It reads as a monarch-centered civic day with origins tied to Western Europe.
What is the local name for King's Day in Netherlands?▾
The local catalog name for Netherlands is Koningsdag; the English display name is King's Day.
Where is King's Day observed?▾
King's Day is only listed for Netherlands in the current dataset.
What timezone should I use for King's Day planning in Netherlands?▾
Netherlands uses Europe/Amsterdam (UTC+02:00) for local planning.
Which holidays are commonly planned alongside King's Day?▾
King's Day is often compared with Good Friday, Christmas Day, New Year's Day on the Netherlands calendar.