Public holidays in 2016

Public holidays and long weekends are always much awaited by everyone. It is a chance to go on a small vacation or just simply rest. Unfortunately, we won’t have too many long weekends this year (it is far from the record of 9 long weekends in 2012) because almost all of the Hungarian national holidays fall on weekends, but still, it is good to know the dates for when you can plan relaxation.

1^st of January, Friday – rest-day (long weekend)

5^th of March, Saturday – workday (instead of the 14^th of March)

14^th of March, Monday – rest-day

15^th of March, Tuesday – national holiday (long weekend)

27^th of March, Sunday – Easter Sunday (long weekend)

28^th of March, Monday – Easter Monday (long weekend)

1^st of May, Sunday – Labour Day

16^th of May, Monday – Pentecost Monday (long weekend)

20^th of August, Saturday – national holiday (Saint Stephen’s Day)

15^th of October, Saturday – workday (instead of the 31^st of October)

23^rd of October, Sunday – national holiday (Revolution of 1956)

31^st of October, Monday – rest-day

1^st of November, Tuesday – All Saints’ Day (long weekend)

24^th of December, Saturday – Christmas Eve, rest-day

25^th of December, Sunday – Christmas

26^th of December, Monday – Second Day of Christmas (long weekend)

Source: Daily News Hungary