National Holidays in Switzerland in 2024

Upcoming Holidays in Switzerland

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: New Year's Day

: Berchtolds Day

: Three King's Day

  • A major Christian celebration, Epiphany is celebrated on January 6th and commemorates the presentation of the infant Jesus to the Magi, or three wise men. In some countries, it may be known as Three Kings Day.


: Republic Day

: St. Joseph's Day

: Good Friday

: Easter Sunday

  • Easter Sunday is the most important date in the Christian church. In the bible, it is the day when Mary Magdalene found that an empty tomb in the cave in which Jesus had been placed.


: Easter Monday

: Näfelser Fahrt

: Sechselauten

  • This regional festival originated in medieval times when guildhalls across Zurich celebrated the first day of summer working hours


: May Day

  • This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement


: Ascension Day

  • This day observes the departure of Jesus from earth after his resurrection. It is perhaps the earliest observed celebration in Christianity.


: Mother's Day

: Whit Monday

: Corpus Christi

: Father's Day

: Fête d'Indépendance

: Saint Peter and Saint Paul

: National Day

  • On August 1st 1291, the three forest cantons of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden signed the Federal Charter on the Rütli field, near to Lake Lucerne


: Assumption Day

: Assumption Day

: Jeûne genevois

: Knabenschiessen

: Swiss Federal Fast

: Bettagsmontag

: St Mauritius' Day

: Saint Nicholas of Flüe

: All Saints' Day

: All Saints' Day

: Immaculate Conception Day

: Christmas Eve

  • Christmas Eve marks the culmination of the Advent period before Christmas that started on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Eve.


: Christmas Day

: St. Stephen's Day

  • December 26th is the Feast of St. Stephen in Western Christianity. It is observed as a second day of Christmas holidays in several countries.


: Restoration Day

: New Year's Eve

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