08 декабря 2023 — 12:30
The Association of International Automobile Carriers has published a festive calendar for 2024.
See what weekends and holidays are expected in European countries next year.
Austria
January 1, January 6, April 10, May 1, May 9, May 20, May 30, August 15, October 26, November 1, December 8, December 25, December 26
Great Britain
January 1, January 2 (Scotland), March 18 (Northern Ireland), March 29, April 1, May 6, May 27, July 12 (Northern Ireland), August 5 (Scotland), August 26, November 30 (Scotland), December 2 (Scotland), December 25-26
Hungary
January 1, March 15, March 29, April 1, May 1, May 20, August 20, October 23, November 1, December 25, December 26
Germany
January 1, March 29, April 1, May 1, May 9, May 20, May 30 – only in Baden-Wurtemberg, Bavaria, Hessen, North-Rhine Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saar, October 3, October 31 – only in Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, and Thuringia, November 1 – only in Baden-Wuertemberg, Bavaria, North-Rhine Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saar, December 25, December 26
There is no traffic ban on any other public holidays in Germany except those mentioned above.
Greece
January 1, January 6, March 18, March 25, May 1, May 3, May 5, May 6, June 24, August 15, October 28, December 25, December 26
Denmark
January 1, March 28, March 29, April 1, May 1*, May 9, May 19, May 20, June 5, December 24-26, December 31
Spain
January 1, January 2 Andalucía, Aragón, Asturias, Castile and Leon, Murcia, January 6, February 21 Extremadura, February 28 Andalusia, March 1 Balearic Islands, March 19 Valencia, March 20 Madrid, March 29, April 6 Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile La Mancha, Castile and Leon, Extremadura, Galicia, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre, Basque country, La Rioja, Valencia, Ceuta, Melilla, País Vasco, La Rioja, April 10 Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Valencia, Navarre, Basque country, País Vasco, La Rioja, April 21 Melilla, April 23 Aragon, Castile and Leon, April 24 Aragón, May 1, May 2 Madrid, 17th Galicia, May 29 Catalonia, May 30 Canary Islands, May 31 Castile La Mancha, June 8 Castile La Mancha, June 9 Murcia, La Rioja, June 24 Catalonia, Galicia, Valencia, June 29 Ceuta, Melilla, July 25 Castile and Leon, Galicia, Madrid, Navarre, Basque country, País Vasco, July 28 Cantabria, August 5 Ceuta, August 15, September 2 Ceuta, September 8 Asturias, Extremadura, September 11 Catalonia, September 15 Cantabria, October 12, November 1, December 4 Navarre, December 6, December 8, 25 December, 26 December Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile La Mancha, Castile and Leon, Catalonia, Extremadura, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre, La Rioja, Melilla
Italy
January 1, January 6, March 31, April 1, April 25, May 1, June 2, August 15, November 1, December 8, December 25, December 26
Luxembourg
January 1, April 1, May 1, May 9, May 20, June 23*, August 15, November 1, December 25, December 26*
* Despite the public holidays on June 23 and December 26, there are no restrictions on movement.
Poland
January 1, March 31, April 1, May 1, May 3, May 19, May 30, August 15, November 1, November 11, December 25, December 26
Portugal
January 1, February 13, March 29, March 31, April 25, May 1, May 10, May 30, June 13 - Lisbon, June 24 – Porto, June 29 - Évora, August 15, October 5, November 1, December 1, December 8, December 25
Romania
January 1, January 2, January 6, January 7, January 24, May 1, May 3, May 5, May 6, June 1, June 23, June 24, August 15, November 30, December 1, December 25, December 26
Slovakia
January 1, January 6, March 29, April 1, May 1, May 8, July 5, August 29, September 1, September 15, November 1, November 17, December 24-26
France
January 1, March 29 - Alsace and Moselle only, April 1, May 1, May 8, May 9, May 20, July 14, August 15, November 1, November 11, December 25, December 26 – Alsace and Moselle only
Czech
January 1, March 29, April 1, May 1, May 8, July 5, July 6, September 28, October 28, November 17, December 24, December 25, December 26
Switzerland
January 1, March 29, April 1, May 9, May 20, August 1, December 25, December 26
If any of the above dates is not a public holiday in one of the cantons or part of the canton, the ban does not apply in that canton. But cantons (e.g. Valais and Tessin) are allowed to impose restrictions. The bans in the cantons on public holidays do not apply to transit travel.
Information on public holidays will be updated as soon as updates from national associations are received by the IRU, reports bamap.org .