Mother's Day (Moederdag) – Netherlands

The next Mother's Day (Moederdag) is on Sunday, May 9, 2027 – in 236 days.

In the Netherlands it's an observance, which means plenty of people mark it but nobody gets the day off work or school.

When is it? Mother's Day (Moederdag) falls on the 2nd Sunday of May. Because the rule points at a weekday rather than a fixed date, it moves every year, which is exactly why the table below is worth a bookmark. Next time round is Sunday, May 9, 2027, 236 days from now.

Which weekday does it land on? Always the same day: every one of the eleven years in the table puts Mother's Day (Moederdag) on a Sunday. None of those years put it next to a weekend, so it doesn't make a long weekend on its own. You can open the printable calendar for any year in the table and see the date in context.

What to expect on the day. Nothing closes. Shops, offices, schools and transport all run as normal, because this is a day people mark rather than a day they get off. That said, restaurants, florists and retailers often build around it, so booking ahead is sensible if you're planning to go out. In 2027 it falls in May, which also holds Remembrance Day (Dodenherdenking) on the 4th, Liberation Day (Bevrijdingsdag) on the 5th, Ascension Day (Hemelvaartsdag) on the 6th and Whit Sunday (Pentecost) on the 16th. Worth seeing them together before you commit to dates.

Putting it in your own calendar. You don't need to. Every calendar on this site already shows Mother's Day (Moederdag) for whichever country you've selected. What's worth adding is everything around it: the travel, the cover arrangements, who's visiting when. Open the month, click the days and type. Keep a free account and the notes stay with you between devices, and you can send someone a read-only link so you're both working from the same dates.

Mother's Day (Moederdag) is marked in United States, Canada, Ireland, Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Belgium as well. The date and the way it's observed aren't always the same from one country to the next, so use the links below to get the version that applies to you.

Mother's Day (Moederdag) dates 2026–2036