European School Holidays
Official school holiday dates for 4 European countries — by region and state.
Why European school holiday dates vary
In Germany, school holidays are set by each of the 16 federal states individually — so summer holidays in Bavaria start weeks later than in Berlin. In France, the country is divided into three zones (A, B, C) to stagger holiday traffic. The Netherlands uses three geographic regions (Noord, Midden, Zuid) for the same reason. Austria staggers its nine states differently again — three groups for the semester break but only two for summer, and they do not line up: Burgenland shares Vienna’s summer holidays but not its semester break.
France and the Netherlands come directly from the responsible ministries. Germany and Austria are asserted row-by-row against the official state and ministry tables, and reach us via the OpenHolidays API — credited on each page. All of it is re-checked annually.
Why the United Kingdom is not listed
Because there is no national calendar to publish. In England, term dates are set by each local authority and academy trust; in Scotland, by each of the 32 councils. GOV.UK itself states that term and holiday dates vary across the UK and directs you to your own council. Rather than show approximate dates that would be wrong for most readers, we leave the UK out and point you at GOV.UK’s council finder.