Embassy of the Netherlands in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Address

25 Torrington Avenue
Colombo 07
Sri Lanka

Front desk

Making an appointment

If you are in Sri Lanka and need a product or service from the Dutch government, find out how to make an appointment.

Opening hours

By appointment only.

Ask your question

• by phone: +941 12 51 02 00. If you are calling from the Netherlands, call +31 247 247 247.
• via WhatsApp. Click here to send us a WhatsApp message. Or add our number +31 6 82 38 80 55 to the contacts list on your smartphone and then send a message.
• via the contact form.

Closing days 

The embassy in Colombo is closed on the following days:

2025

1 January - New Year's Day
13 January - Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day
14 January - Tamil Thai Pongal Day
4 February - Independence Day
12 February - Nawam Full Moon Poya Day
26 February - Maha sivarathri Day
13 March - Medin Full Moon Day
14 March - Embassy closed
31 March - Eid al-Fitr
14 April - Sinhala and Tamil New Year
18 April - Good Friday
21 April - Easter Monday
1 May - International Workers' Day
5 May - Independence Day
12 May - Vesak Full Moon Poya
13 May - Embassy closed
29 May - Ascension Day
9 June - Whit Monday
10 June - Poson Full Moon Poya Day
10 July - Esala Full Moon Poya Day
8 August - Nikini Full Moon Poya Day
5 September - Holy Prophet’s Birthday
6 October - Vap Full Moon Poya Day
20 October - Deepawali
5 November - Full Moon Poya Day
4 December - Unduvap Full Moon Poya Day
25 and 26 December - Christmas

Contact details for other embassy departments and honorary consuls are listed at www.netherlandsandyou.nl.