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🇳🇱 Festivals in Netherlands

53 festivals celebrated in Netherlands, across 18 cities and towns.

Cities and towns

Amsterdam 5 Utrecht 4 Rotterdam 3 Groningen 2 Arcen 1 Assen 1 Biddinghuizen 1 Delft 1 Eindhoven 1 Haarlemmermeer 1 Haarzuilens 1 Landgraaf 1 Lichtenvoorde 1 Lisse 1 Mierlo 1 Nijmegen 1 The Hague 1 Wijk aan Zee 1

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February 2027 1

Cultural 4Feb Fat Thursday🇩🇪 Germany and 7 more countries

Usually in November, date not yet confirmed 1

Cultural Novvaries Sinterklaas🇧🇪 Belgium and 5 more countries

Usually in April, date not yet confirmed 1

Cultural Aprvaries Elfia (Elf Fantasy Fair)🇳🇱 Haarzuilens, Netherlands

Usually in August, date not yet confirmed 2

Cultural Augvaries Summer Carnival🇳🇱 Rotterdam, Netherlands

Cultural Augvaries Castlefest🇳🇱 Lisse, Netherlands

Shared with much of the world

Celebrated in Netherlands and in many other countries.

November 2026 1

Cultural 27Nov Black Friday🇦🇱 Albania and 29 more countriesIn 8 weeks

February 2027 1

Cultural 9Feb Carnival🇦🇷 Argentina and 29 more countries

April 2027 1

Cultural 22Apr Earth Day🇦🇱 Albania and 29 more countries

Usually in September, date not yet confirmed 1

Cultural Sepvaries Oktoberfest🇩🇪 Germany and 13 more countries

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Elfia (Elf Fantasy Fair): Juvarra, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Castlefest: Silver Spoon, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Sinterklaas: R.F. (Roel) Jorna, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Earth Day: John McConnell (flag designer) NASA (Earth photograph) SiBr4 (flag ima, Public domain, source
Fat Thursday: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Summer Carnival: FaceMePLS, CC BY 2.0, source
Carnival: Etienne Le Cocq, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Oktoberfest: Heribert Pohl, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Black Friday: Silar, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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