About PublicHolidaysEU
PublicHolidaysEU is a free utility for people living and working in Europe who want fast, accurate answers about public holidays, bridge days, long weekends, and vacation planning — without digging through government PDFs or confusing calendar apps. Built with the same focus on accuracy and reliability users expect from official government services.
What we provide
- Public holidays for 25 European countries — 2025, 2026 and 2027
- Regional and state-level holiday variations (Bavaria, Berlin, England, Scotland and more)
- Bridge day calculator — find the best days to take off
- Long weekend finder for every country
- Holiday countdown — days until your next public holiday
- Calendar export (.ics) for Google Calendar, Apple Calendar and Outlook
- School holidays for Germany, France, United Kingdom, Netherlands and Austria
- Leave Optimizer — maximize your annual leave with bridge days
- Vacation Window Planner — find the best weeks to book holidays
- Working Days Calculator — exclude public holidays from any date range
- Country comparison — compare holidays between any two European countries
- Most holidays in Europe — full ranking of all 25 countries
- Easter holidays in Europe — country-by-country breakdown, including the Orthodox calendar split
- Available in English, German, French, Dutch, Spanish and Italian
Who built this
PublicHolidaysEU is built and maintained by Avinash Gupta, based in India. The idea started with a trip to Europe — losing hours cross-checking public holidays, bridge days, and long weekends across different countries and government websites, none of it in one place. This site exists so nobody else has to do that.
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Our data
All holiday data is sourced from official government publications and verified annually. We link to the official source on every country page so you can verify the data yourself. See our full data sources page. If you spot an error, please use the "Report an error" link on any page.
Our principles
- No account required — ever
- No misleading data — we only publish what we can verify
- No content blocking — your answer is always above the fold
- Answer in under 5 seconds on any device
- Mobile-first design — built for phones first
- Free to use for everyone, forever
Contact
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