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Fribourg, Switzerland 2026 Public Holidays

5 public holidays

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  • Public holiday — A day off across Fribourg.
  • Limited holiday — A day off for certain groups, sectors, localities, or by choice.
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2026 Holiday List · Fribourg

5 public holidays · regional, limited, and observance days included

Date Day Holiday Type Notes
Jan 1 Thursday New Year's Day Public holiday 1 January. In many countries the day off moves to the following Monday when it falls on a weekend.
Jan 2 Friday Berchtold's Day Limited holiday Applies only in municipalities with a predominantly Reformed population.
Apr 3 Friday Good Friday Public holiday The Friday before Easter Sunday.
Apr 6 Monday Easter Monday Limited holiday Applies only in municipalities with a predominantly Reformed population.
May 14 Thursday Ascension Day Public holiday The Thursday 39 days after Easter Sunday.
May 25 Monday Whit Monday Limited holiday Applies only in municipalities with a predominantly Reformed population.
Jun 4 Thursday Corpus Christi Limited holiday Applies only in municipalities with a predominantly Catholic population.
Aug 1 Saturday Swiss National Day Public holiday
Aug 15 Saturday Assumption of Mary Limited holiday Applies only in municipalities with a predominantly Catholic population.
Nov 1 Sunday All Saints' Day Limited holiday Applies only in municipalities with a predominantly Catholic population.
Dec 8 Tuesday Immaculate Conception Limited holiday Applies only in municipalities with a predominantly Catholic population.
Dec 25 Friday Christmas Day Public holiday 25 December. The day off moves to the following weekday when it falls on a weekend.
Dec 26 Saturday St. Stephen's Day Limited holiday Applies only in municipalities with a predominantly Reformed population.

About these holidays

New Year's Day

1 January. In many countries the day off moves to the following Monday when it falls on a weekend.

The first day of the Gregorian calendar year, and the most widely observed public holiday in the world — a day off in almost every country that uses the Gregorian calendar, regardless of religion. Several countries extend the break to 2 January, and some in East Asia keep both the Gregorian and a separate lunar new year.

Good Friday

The Friday before Easter Sunday.

Commemorates the crucifixion, and is the most widely observed Christian public holiday after Christmas. Together with Easter Monday it produces a four-day weekend in much of Europe, the Commonwealth and Latin America. In several countries it also carries trading or entertainment restrictions beyond the day off itself.

Easter Monday

The Monday after Easter Sunday.

A public holiday across most of Europe, the Commonwealth and Latin America, extending the Easter weekend to four days. Notably not a holiday in the United States, Portugal or Spain outside Catalonia and the Balearics.

Ascension Day

The Thursday 39 days after Easter Sunday.

Marks the ascension of Christ, forty days after Easter. Always a Thursday, which makes it a popular bridge day — in France, Germany, the Nordics and the Benelux many people take the Friday off to reach a four-day weekend.

Whit Monday

The Monday 50 days after Easter Sunday.

The day after Pentecost, and a public holiday in much of continental Europe and francophone Africa. France treats it as a solidarity day on which the holiday status depends on the employer.

Corpus Christi

The Thursday 60 days after Easter Sunday.

A Catholic feast honouring the Eucharist, marked by processions. A public holiday in Brazil, Poland, Portugal, Austria, much of Latin America and several German and Swiss regions — one of the clearest cases where a holiday is regional rather than national.

Assumption of Mary

15 August.

A Catholic and Orthodox feast marking the assumption of the Virgin Mary. A public holiday across southern and Central Europe, Latin America and francophone Africa, and the peak of the summer holiday season in France and Italy.

All Saints' Day

1 November.

Honours all saints, and in much of Catholic Europe and Latin America is the day families visit and tend graves. A public holiday in France, Spain, Italy, Poland, Portugal, the Philippines and many francophone African countries.

Immaculate Conception

8 December.

The Marian feast of 8 December, listed under a shorter name in some countries.

Christmas Day

25 December. The day off moves to the following weekday when it falls on a weekend.

The most widely observed public holiday after New Year's Day, a day off in the great majority of countries including many with no Christian majority, where it functions as a secular end-of-year holiday. Orthodox churches following the Julian calendar keep it on 7 January instead.

St. Stephen's Day

26 December.

Honours the first Christian martyr, and is the name used for 26 December in Ireland, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic and Finland.