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Events from the year 2026 in the Netherlands.
Events
January
- 1 January –
- During the night of New Year's Day, a fire razes the Vondelkerk church tower in Amsterdam.[1]
- New Year's celebrations lead to widespread disorder nationwide, with petrol bombs thrown at police in Breda and 14 people sustaining eye injuries in Rotterdam. Two men are killed in fireworks incidents in Nijmegen and Aalsmeer.[2]
- 2–9 January –
- Severe winter weather bring snow and ice across much of the country, prompting KNMI code orange warnings for dangerous travel conditions and causing widespread disruption to transport nationwide.[3][4]
- At Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, hundreds of flights are cancelled over several days due to snow-covered runways and deicing constraints, including around 450 cancellations on 5 January alone.[4][5]
- NS services are affected by weather conditions and temporarily shut down on 6 January after snow and frozen railroad switches make operations unsafe, with services gradually resuming later that day.[4]
- 8–9 January – Storm Goretti brings strong wind gusts across the country and causes heavy snow in the provinces of Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe and on the West Frisian Islands.[6]
Predicted and scheduled
- Netherlands at the 2026 Winter Olympics
- 5–8 March – 2025 World Allround Speed Skating Championships at Thialf in Heerenveen.[7]
- March – 2026 Dutch municipal elections
- 14–30 August – 2026 Mens and Women's FIH Hockey World Cup in Wavre, Belgium and Amstelveen, Netherlands.[8][9]
Holidays
Source:[10]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 3 April – Good Friday
- 5 April – Easter Sunday
- 6 April – Easter Monday
- 27 April – King's Day
- 5 May – Liberation Day
- 14 May – Ascension Day
- 24–25 June – Pentecost
- 25 December – Christmas Day
- 26 December – Boxing Day
Arts and entertainment
Television
Deaths
- 5 January –
- Ad van Kempen, 81, actor (1-900, 'n Beetje Verliefd, Winter in Wartime).[11]
- Elsje de Wijn, 82, actress (Frank en Eva, For a Lost Soldier, Baantjer).[12]
See also
References
- ^ "Fire at Vondel Church Amsterdam" (in Dutch). Safety Region Amsterdam-Amstelland. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
- ^ Leigh, Suzanne (1 January 2026). "Netherlands police face 'unprecedented' New Year's violence". BBC News. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
- ^ "KNMI - Liveblog code oranje gladheid januari 2026". KNMI. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
- ^ a b c "Teruglezen: Trucks met vloeistof voor ijsvrij maken vliegtuigen onderweg". NU. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
- ^ "Mass cancellations at Amsterdam airport as snow and ice wreaks travel chaos". The Independent. 6 January 2026. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
- ^ "KNMI - Liveblog code oranje gladheid januari 2026". KNMI. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
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- ^ Iveson, Ali (3 November 2022). "Netherlands and Belgium to hold combined Hockey World Cups in 2026". inside the games. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ Alice Devilez (3 November 2022). "La Belgique accueillera le Mondial de hockey 2026 avec les Pays-Bas". rtbf.be. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ "Netherlands Public Holidays 2026". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "Acteur Ad van Kempen overleden op 81-jarige leeftijd". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 January 2026.
- ^ "Karel-zangeres Elsje de Wijn overleden op 82-jarige leeftijd". NU. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
External links
- Online calendar
