Some key dates to consider when looking to plan European campaigns

1. Th
Day after New Year’s Day
RO, Scotland
2
2
mar
KEY
3
may
Labour Day
All apart from UK
1
jun
F
3
S
4
1
1
5
Polish Constitution Day
PL
Su
5
2
2
6
Latvia Independence Day
4
LV
6
3
3
7
UK Bank Holiday
UK
Tu
7
4
4
8
W
8
5
5
9
Th
9
6
6
10
F
10
7
7
11
9
S
11
Prešeren Day, the Slovenian
Cultural Holiday SI
8
12
10
Su
12
9
9
13
11
M
13
10
10
14
12
Whit Monday BE, DK, FR, IE,
NL, LU, GR, RO, SI, NO, DE
Tu
14
11
11
15
13
Portugal National Day
PT
W
15
12
12
16
Th
16
13
13
Maundy Thursday
AT, DK, ES, NO
17
F
17
14
14
Good Friday AT, DK, FR, DE, GR, PT,
ES, FI, SE, BG, CY, EE, MT, SK, NO, UK
S
18
Luxembourg Carnival Day,
Hungary National Day LU, HU
Su
19
Lithuania Day of
Restoration LT
M
20
Tu
21
W
22
Th
23
F
24
S
25
F
Spanish Constitution Day,
Finnish Independence Day ES, FI
5
2
8
6
3
7
4
9
Tu
8
5
10
W
1
7
Su
August Holiday
IE, Scotland
4
3
8
Croatia Victory Day
HR
5
9
7
4
9
6
10
10
7
11
9
6
11
Th
11
8
12
10
7
12
F
7
12
9
13
11
8
13
S
8
13
10
14
12
9
14
Su
11
Day of Blessed Virgin Mary,
patron saint of Slovakia SK
13
10
15
M
11
16
Tu
12
17
W
13
18
Th
8
St. Cyril and Methodius Day
SK
National Day of
Sweden SE
6
Malta Sette
Giugno Day MT
5
9
France National Day, Battle of
the Boyne FR, Northern Ireland
14
Croatia Independence
Day HR
Spanish National Day
ES
15
Armistice Day
BE, FR, PL
Feast of the Immaculate
Conception AT, IT, PT, ES, MT
6
7
Czeck and Slovakia Liberation Day,
France Victory Day CZ & SK, FR
Malta Victory Day
MT
4
7
3
6
Malta Republic Day
MT
8
15
12
16
14
14
11
16
13
17
15
15
18
10
12
17
14
18
16
13
18
19
17
14
19
F
14
19
16
20
18
15
20
S
15
20
17
Malta Independence
Day MT
21
19
16
21
Su
21
18
Bulgaria Independance
Day BG
22
20
22
M
23
21
23
Tu
24
22
19
Xmas Holidays LU, BG,
CY, CZ, EE, LT, SK
24
W
23
20
Xmas Holidays
All
25
Th
16
Ascension Thursday BE, DK, FR,
DE, GR, NK, FI, SE, PL, LU, NO
Assumption BE, FR, GR, IT,
PT,ES, PL, LU, HR, BG, RO, SI
15
S&M
FORUM
Feast of Saint Joseph
MT
S&M
FORUM
21
19
22
20
17
22
19
19
23
21
18
23
Estonia Day of Restoration,
St. Stephen’s Day EE, HU
20
24
22
19
24
21
25
25
22
26
24
21
26
23
27
25
22
27
26
23
28
Su
27
24
29
M
25
30
Tu
31
W
17
21
22
22
27
Tu
28
25
W
29
26
26
Th
30
27
27
F
31
28
28
M
5
18
21
Easter Monday
All apart from Scotland
Italy Liberation Day,
Portugueuse Freedom Day IT, PT
25
Dutch King Day, Slovenia Day of
Uprising Against Occupation NL, SI
23
24
24
28
25
29
30
Malta Freedom Day
MT
31
apr
S&M
FORUM
16
23
20
21
Belgium National Day
BE
25
30
26
Luxembourg National Day, Estonia Victory
Day, Latvia Midsummer LU, EE, LV
Lativa Midsummer Day
LV
28
UK Bank Holiday
UK
Croatia antiFascist Day
HR
27
27
29
Greece Independence
Day GR, CY
17
24
26
23
jan feb
All Saints’ Day
All apart from UK
Th
20
M
Su
4
19
26
S
Bulgaria Unification Day
BG
3
W
15
Su
Estonia Independence
Day EE
German Unity Day
DE
3
nov
2
5
2
6
1
4
1
5
Cyprus Independence
Day CY
3
Tu
6
EUROPEAN
ELECTIONS
20
4
2
18
St. Patrick’s Day
IE, Northern Ireland
18
19
3
1
16
15
16
17
2
aug
2
Czech Jan Hus Day, Lithuania
Statehoo Day HR, LT
1
Italy Republic Day
IT
1
Romania National Day RO
St. Andrew’s Day Scotland
1
2
5
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Lithuania Independence
Day LT
3
TMP
FOUNDATION
CHARITY
BALL
Feast of Saint Paul’s
Shipwreck in Malta MT
8
2
FRENCH OPEN
Epiphany AT, IT, ES, FI,
SE, PL, HR, GR, SK
SOCHI OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
M
4
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1
Croatia Statehood Day, Slovenia
Statehood Day HR, SI
22
24
29
26
30
27
31
28
Feast of Saint Peter
& Saint Paul MT
29
30
25
23
COMMONWEALTH GAMES
New Year’s Day
All
Cyprus National Day
CY
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W
AT Austria | BE Belgium | BG Bulgaria | HR Croatia | CY Cyprus
CZ Czech Republic | DK Denmark | EE Estonia | FI Finland
FR France | DE Germany | GR Greece | HU Hungary | IS Iceland
IE Ireland | IT Italy | LV Latvia | LT Lithuania | LU Luxembourg
MT Malta | NL Netherlands | NO Norway | PL Poland
PT Portugal | RO Romania | SK Slovakia | SI Slovenia | ES Spain
SE Sweden | CH Switzerland | UK United Kingdom
Luxembourg City Fête, Day of the
Constitution of the Slovak Republic LU, SK
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jul
20
24
28
25
29
29
26
30
27
31
28
sept
27
28
Bank Holiday
UK, not Scotland
Slovak National Uprising
Anniversary SK
29
30
31
30
Hungary National Day
HU
Austria National
Holiday AT
Greece National Day, Czech
Independence Day GR, CZ
Struggle for Freedom and
Democracy Day SK
Lativa Republic Day
LV
28
18
29
26
30
27
31
28
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St. Andrew’s Day
RO
17
30
Xmas Holidays AT, UK, DK, FR, DE,
GR, IT, NL, FI, SE, PL, LU, BG, HR,
CY, CZ, EE, HU, LV, RO, SK, SI, NO
New Year’s Eve
LV
dec
Th
F
26