Holiday Guide for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2025

Bosnia and Herzegovina information

Population: 3.28m
Capital: Sarajevo
Calling Code: (387)
Time Zone: 0 UTC
Currency: Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark
Language: Bosnian

List of National Holidays in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2025

	Wednesday January 1st New Year's Day Bosnia and Herzegovina: New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
	Thursday January 2nd New Year's Holiday Bosnia and Herzegovina: Some countries observe a second public holiday for New Year's celebration
	Monday January 6th Long Weekend! Orthodox Christmas Eve Srpska: Celebrated on the day before Orthodox Christmas
	Tuesday January 7th Orthodox Christmas Srpska: The Orthodox Church recognises January 7th as the day that Jesus was born
	Tuesday January 14th Orthodox New Year's Day Srpska: Known as Old New Year, New Year in the Julian calandar falls on 14 January in the Gregorian Calendar
	Saturday March 1st Independence Day Federation of B&H: Marks independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992.
	Monday March 31st Long Weekend! Ramadan Bajram Federation of B&H: The festival of Eid al-Fitr, the Festival of Fast breaking, marks the end of Ramadan
	Friday April 18th Long Weekend! Good Friday (Catholic) Federation of B&H: Good Friday occurs on the Friday before Easter. The day commemorates the Crucifixion of Jesus.
	Friday April 18th Long Weekend! Good Friday (Orthodox) Srpska: Easter is the principal festival of Greece and the Orthodox Church
	Sunday April 20th Easter (Catholic) Federation of B&H: 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.
	Sunday April 20th Orthodox Easter Day Srpska: Easter is the most significant religious holiday for the world's roughly 300 million Orthodox Christians. In the bible, it is the day when Mary Magdalene found that an empty tomb in the cave in which Jesus has been placed after his crucifixion.
	Monday April 21st Long Weekend! Easter Monday (Catholic) Federation of B&H: Easter is probably the most important holiday of the Christian year, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus
	Monday April 21st Long Weekend! Orthodox Easter Monday Srpska: The Orthodox church uses the Julian calendar for the calculation of Easter, which can often mean that Orthodox Easter falls later than Easter observed elsewhere
	Thursday May 1st Labour Day Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina: This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
	Friday May 9th Long Weekend! Victory Day Srpska: Celebrates the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany and the end of the Second World War
	Friday June 27th Long Weekend! Hijri New Year Federation of B&H: Marks Islamic New Year and the Prophet's journey from Mecca to Medina in 622AD.
	Saturday June 28th St. Vitus' Day Srpska: Remembrance of the Battle of Kosovo in 1389. St Vitus's feast day is 15 June in the Julian calendar
	Saturday November 1st All Saints' Day Federation of B&H: Pope Boniface IV dedicated the day as a holiday to honour the Blessed Virgin Mary and all martyrs
	Saturday November 22nd General Framework Agreement Day Srpska: Marks the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement of 1995 which brought the Bosnian War to an end.
	Tuesday November 25th Statehood Day Federation of B&H: In 1943, the Anti-Fascist Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina adopted a resolution declaring an equal community of Serbs, Muslims and Croats
	Thursday December 25th Christmas (Catholic) Federation of B&H: Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC