Holiday Guide for Slovenia in 2025

Slovenia information

Capital: Ljubljana
Time Zone: 0 UTC

List of National Holidays in Slovenia in 2025

	Wednesday January 1st New Year's Day Slovenia: 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 Slovenia: This holiday was reinstated in 2017 after austerity measures ended.
	Saturday February 8th Prešeren Day Slovenia: Commemorates the death of France Prešeren (1800 - 1849), a Slovene poet who is regarded as the greatest Slovene classical author
	Sunday April 20th Easter Sunday Slovenia: 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.
	Monday April 21st Long Weekend! Easter Monday Slovenia: Easter is probably the most important holiday of the Christian year, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus
	Sunday April 27th Resistance Day Slovenia: This holiday commemorates the establishment of the Liberation Front, an organisation that spearheaded the resistance movement against the occupying forces during the second world war.
	Thursday May 1st May Day Slovenia: This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
	Friday May 2nd Long Weekend! May Day Holiday Slovenia: This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
	Sunday June 8th Whit Sunday Slovenia: Celebrates the gift of the Holy Spirit. It is celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter
	Wednesday June 25th Statehood Day Slovenia: Commemorates Slovenia's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia on 25 June 1991
	Friday August 15th Long Weekend! Assumption Day Slovenia: The Feast of the Assumption is the principal feast of the Blessed Virgin, the mother of Jesus Christ
	Friday October 31st Long Weekend! Reformation Day Slovenia: Commemorates the day in 1517 when Martin Luther nailed his 95 'these' to the door of the church in Wittenburg
	Saturday November 1st Day of Remembrance of the Dead Slovenia: Pope Boniface IV dedicated the day as a holiday to honour the Blessed Virgin Mary and all martyrs
	Thursday December 25th Christmas Day Slovenia: Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC
	Friday December 26th Long Weekend! Independence and Unity Day Slovenia: Commemorates the proclamation of the Slovenian independence referendum in 1990