News Apr 16, 2025 Celebrating Good Friday and Easter in the Netherlands Good Friday and Easter are holidays in the Netherlands. This year, Good Friday falls on 18 April and Easter falls on 20 and 21 April 2025. On these days, most people in the Netherlands do not have to work and celebrate these holidays.
News Mar 28, 2025 Summer time goes into effect on 30 March 2025 On the night of Saturday, 29 March to Sunday, March 30, the clocks in the Netherlands go forward 1 hour. We call this summer time. This happens at 02:00. Read how it works here.
News Feb 27, 2025 Time for your tax return Have you received a letter from the Dutch tax authorities telling you to file an income tax return? If so, you must report to them how much money you earned or received over the past year.
News Feb 27, 2025 This is how long the asylum procedure takes in the Netherlands The Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) has 15 months to decide on each asylum request in 2025. Therefore, you have to wait a long time for the 1st interview and the 2nd interview with the IND. Read about the waiting times in the asylum procedure here.
Activity Jan 14, 2025 Find a new job during the free job fair A free job fair will offer job opportunities on Wednesday, 29 January 2025. The job fair will take place at the Johan Cruijff Arena in Amsterdam. Many companies looking for new employees will be there. You need to register to attend the job fair.
Experiences Jan 9, 2025 Dating in the Netherlands: "I struggled with the emotional detachment" For newcomers to the Netherlands, building intimate relationships can be challenging. Palestinian Dana Motlak (31) and Syrian Rami Drakzouni (26) share their experiences with relationships in their 1st few years in the Netherlands.