Best Time to Travel to Netherlands

If you are a sports nut, then around the month of August, when spring is in full bloom, is the best time to visit the Netherlands. Spring is a pleasant time to vacation for not only the colorful flowers and but the scenery is astonishing. Easter is the busiest time of year to visit in Amsterdam, nevertheless if you can visit during Koninginnedag, April 30th every year (an official holiday recognizing the Queens birthday); it is worth dealing with the crowds. The beginning of October with its Indian summer can be an exceptional time to come. In winter, the museums are quiet and less crowded at this time, and if everything freezes over, there is great ice-skating on the canals and flood plains.

HOLIDAYS

January - New Year's Day

March - Good Friday*

March - Easter Sunday

March - Easter Monday

April - Queen's Day (Koninginnedag)

May - Ascension

May - Labour Day

May - Liberation Day1

May - Whit Monday

December - Christmas Day

December - Boxing Day

1Liberation day, though celebrated every year, is a public holiday only every 5 years, occurring in 2000, then 2005 and so on.

*Shops remain open on Good Friday.

Weekend: Saturday, Sunday