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The kerstvakantie,\nmeivakantie and zomervakantie dates below are fixed; the herfstvakantie and voorjaarsvakantie\ndates are advisory, and your school may use different ones.",[129,130,132],"h2",{"id":131},"which-region-you-are-in","Which region you are in",[125,134,135],{},"Noord covers Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe, Overijssel, most of Noord-Holland and Flevoland, and\nparts of Gelderland and Utrecht. Midden covers most of Gelderland, all of Zuid-Holland, most of\nUtrecht, and part of Noord-Brabant. Zuid covers Limburg, most of Noord-Brabant, Zeeland, and\nparts of Gelderland. A handful of municipalities sit close to a regional boundary, so if you are\nnot sure which region your host family's town belongs to, check the region list on\nrijksoverheid.nl rather than guessing from a map.",[129,137,139],{"id":138},"the-2026-to-2027-dates","The 2026 to 2027 dates",[125,141,142],{},"Herfstvakantie (autumn): Noord 10 to 18 October 2026, Midden and Zuid 17 to 25 October 2026.",[125,144,145],{},"Kerstvakantie (Christmas): the same everywhere, 19 December 2026 to 3 January 2027.",[125,147,148],{},"Voorjaarsvakantie (spring): Noord and Midden 20 to 28 February 2027, Zuid 13 to 21 February 2027.",[125,150,151],{},"Meivakantie (May): the same everywhere, 24 April to 2 May 2027. Some schools add an optional\nsecond week; advisory dates for that extra week were published for 1 to 9 May 2027, but check\nyour own school's calendar for whether it applies to you.",[125,153,154],{},"Zomervakantie (summer): Noord 10 July to 22 August 2027, Midden 17 July to 29 August 2027, Zuid\n24 July to 5 September 2027.",[129,156,158],{"id":157},"fixed-dates-versus-advisory-dates","Fixed dates versus advisory dates",[125,160,161],{},"Of the five holidays above, three are published as fixed dates: the kerstvakantie, the\nmeivakantie and the zomervakantie. Schools are expected to follow those. The herfstvakantie and\nthe voorjaarsvakantie are published only as advisory dates: OCW, the education ministry, sets\nthem as a recommendation, and an individual school may use different dates without asking OCW\nfor permission. So if your host family's school takes a different week in October or February\nthan the table above, that is normal, not a mistake. Ask the school for its own calendar\n(schoolgids) to be sure.",[125,163,164],{},"Schools also close for individual studiedagen, teacher training days scattered through the year\noutside the holiday weeks above. These are set entirely by the individual school and are not\npublished in any national list, so they only ever appear on the school's own calendar.",[129,166,168],{"id":167},"your-hours-do-not-change-during-a-holiday","Your hours do not change during a holiday",[125,170,171,172,176,177,180,181,184,185,190],{},"None of this changes your legal limits. ",[173,174],"binding",{"value":175},"fact:hours-per-day-max",". ",[173,178],{"value":179},"fact:hours-per-week-max",".\n",[173,182],{"value":183},"fact:free-days-per-week-min",". All three apply during a school holiday exactly as they do on\nany other week. 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