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Beside a number of national public holidays, there are also religious and local holidays. The table below lists all national, some religious and a few local holidays of the largest towns.
Date | Name | Remark | |
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German | English | ||
January 1 | Neujahrstag | New Year's Day | - |
January 2 | Berchtoldstag | Berchtold's Day | - |
End of February | Morgenstraich | - | Basel: Traditional carneval |
Varying* | Karfreitag | Good Friday | Jesus' day of death |
Varying* | Ostern | Easter | Jesus' resurrection |
Varying* | Ostermontag | Easter Monday | - |
3rd Monday in April | Sechseläuten | - | Zürich: Very traditional celebration to drive away winter time by burning a symbolic snow man dummy |
May 1 | Tag der Arbeit | Labor Day | - |
Varying* | Auffahrt | Ascension Day | Jesus' ascension |
Varying* | Pfingstsonntag | Whitsunday | - |
Varying* | Pfingstmontag | Whitmonday | - |
April | Fronleichnam | Corpus Christi Day | Celebrated only in cantons with mainly catholic citizens |
August 1 | Nationalfeiertag | National Holiday | August 1, 1291 has been declared as Switzerland's birthday |
2nd weekend in September | Knabenschiessen | - | Zürich: Traditional shooting contest for 13 to 17 years old boys - and since 1995 also for girls |
November 1 | Allerheiligen | All Saints' Day | Celebrated only in cantons with mainly catholic citizens |
November | Zibelimärit | - | Bern: Traditional market fair |
December 25 | Weihnachten | Christmas | - |
December 26 | Stephanstag | Stephan's Day | - |
December 31 | Silvester | New Year's Eve | - |
Varying*: The dates for Easter and Whitsuntide depend on the phases of the moon. The council in 325 defined that Easter shall be the first Sunday after the first full moon after the beginning of spring. Carl Friedrich Gauss found a formula to calculate the date of Easter (Easter formula).
There is a quite comprehensive list of holidays at Holidays Europe.
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