2025 in the Netherlands

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Events from the year 2025 in the Netherlands.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Willem-Alexander
• Prime Minister: Dick Schoof

Events

• 22 January – The District Court of The Hague orders the government to meet its own goals for reducing overall nitrogen emissions by 2030 or pay a 10 million euro ($10.4 million) fine to Greenpeace. ^[1]
• 25 January – The Dacian-era Helmet of Coțofenești, on loan from the National History Museum of Romania, is stolen along with three other gold artifacts from the Drents Museum in Assen by thieves who break into the museum using explosives. ^[2]
• 19 February – The Netherlands agrees to repatriate 119 artefacts from the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, including some of the Benin Bronzes, to Nigeria. ^[3]
• 21 February – A medical student identified as Fouad Lakhlili is sentenced to life imprisonment for killing three people in the 2023 Rotterdam shootings. ^[4]

Predicted and scheduled events

• 31 March – The Caribbean guilder's planned introduction, replacing the Netherlands Antillean guilder as the currency for Curaçao and Sint Maarten. ^[5]
• 24–26 June – 2025 The Hague summit ^{[6] [7]}
• 27 November–14 December – 2025 World Women's Handball Championship in Germany and the Netherlands ^{[8] [9]}

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Netherlands

Source: ^[10]

• 1 January - New Year's Day
• 18 April - Good Friday
• 20 April - Easter Sunday
• 21 April - Easter Monday
• 27 April - King's Day
• 5 May - Liberation Day
• 29 May - Ascension Day
• 8–9 June - Pentecost
• 25 December - Christmas Day
• 26 December – Boxing Day

Arts and entertainment

• 54th International Film Festival Rotterdam

Television

Main article: 2025 in Dutch television

See also

• 2025 in the European Union
• 2025 in Europe

References

1. "Dutch court orders government to meet pollution reduction targets or face millions in fines". AP News . 22 January 2025.
2. "Theft in Netherlands of ancient golden helmet leaves Romania distraught". AP News . 28 January 2025.
3. "The Netherlands agrees to return more than 100 artifacts to Nigeria looted during colonial times". AP News . 20 February 2025.
4. "Dutch court gives life sentence to Rotterdam hospital shooter". France 24 . 21 February 2025.
5. "Frequently Asked Questions". Willemstad: Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten.
6. Brouwers, Arnout (11 July 2023). "Navo houdt Oekraïne voorlopig aan het lijntje, Zelensky reageert gefrustreerd" [NATO keeps Ukraine in suspense, Zelensky is frustrated]. de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 May 2024.
7. "The Netherlands to host 2025 NATO Summit in The Hague". NATO (Press release). 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
8. "IHF Council awards events up to 2027". IHF. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
9. ""Catch the dream" at the 2025 IHF Women's World Championship, as Final venue is announced". International Handball Federation. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
10. "Netherlands Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 23 June 2024.

External links

• Online calendar