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List of countries by number of public holidays. The following table is a list of countries by number of public holidays excluding non-regular special holidays. Nepal has the highest number of public holidays in the world with 35 annually. Also, Nepal has 6 day working schedule in a week. Country.
1 November 2024. All Saints' Day. 2 November 2024. All Souls' Day. 24 to 31 December 2024 inclusive. End-of-year days, including Christmas. This list includes all ten public holidays in Belgium, except for Armistice Day (11 November). For Luxembourg, Belgian National Day is replaced by the Luxembourgish National Day .
Public holidays in Andorra. Public holidays in Angola. Public holidays in Antigua and Barbuda. Public holidays in Argentina. Public holidays in Armenia. Public holidays in Australia. Public holidays in Christmas Island. Public holidays in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Public holidays in Norfolk Island.
Whit Monday. Lundi de Pentecôte. Monday after Pentecost (50 days after Easter), observed only in some businesses, see notes. 14 July. National Day. Fête Nationale Française. French National Day, commemorates the Feast of the Federation. 15 August. Assumption Day.
In addition to the 12 national holidays, each city or town celebrates a public holiday on the occasion of the festival of the local patron saint.For example, Rome on 29 June (Saints Peter and Paul), Milan on 7 December (Saint Ambrose), Naples on 19 September (Saint Januarius), Venice on 25 April (Saint Mark the Evangelist) and Florence on 24 June (Saint John the Baptist).
Bank holiday. A bank holiday is a national public holiday in the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies, and a colloquial term for a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland. In the United Kingdom, the term refers to all public holidays, be they set out in statute, declared by royal proclamation, or held by convention under common law.
General Prayer Day. Store Bededag. A collection of minor Christian holy days consolidated into one day. The name translates literally from Danish language, "Major Prayer Day". Formerly a public holiday, but abolished as such in 2024. [2] 1 May. International Workers' Day. Arbejdernes kampdag / 1. maj.
2 October. Lucerne City (only) L'Escalade. 12 December. GE (only) 1. The days around Carnival are (with the exception of very few individual municipalities) not public holidays. However, due to widely observed celebrations in the cantons mentioned, there are usually restrictions: for example, businesses might already close at noon or not open ...