DATES DURING THE YEAR

Hollydays

January 1 - New Year’s Day
Easter - is a four-day holiday. Starting with Good Friday, businesses are closed until and including the following Monday (shops are open on Saturday). Many people take trips on that weekend (beware of the traffic!)
May 1 - Tag der Arbeit - All shops and businesses are closed on the German “labor day”.
Ascension Day - Christi Himmelfahrt (40 days after Easter Sunday, always a Thursday)
Whit Monday Pfingstmontag  - (11 days after Christi Himmelfahrt)
October 3 - Day of German Unity (Tag der Deutschen Einheit)
November 1 - All Saints (Allerheiligen)
Christmas - December 24 (Heiligabend): Shops and businesses are normally open until midday

December 25 and 26: All shops and businesses are closed
December 31 - New Year’s Eve (Silvester): Shops and businesses are normally open until midday