Swiss Holidays

Swiss

Holidays

Date	English name	German name	Description
January 1st	New Year's Day	Neujahrstag
January 2nd	Berchtold's Day	Berchtoldstag
February 14th	Valentine's Day	Valentinstag
End of February	Morgenstraich	Morgenstraich	Traditional carneval in Basel
March/April	Palm Sunday	Palmsonntag	Sunday before easter
Varying	Good Friday	Karfreitag	Friday before Easter
Varying (depending on moon phase)	Easter	Ostern
Varying	Easter Monday	Ostermontag	Monday after Easter
April	Corpus Christi Day	Fronleichnam	Celebrated only in catholic cantons
3rd Monday in April	Sechseläuten	Sechseläuten	Traditional celebration to drive away winter time by buring a symbolic snow man dummy
May 1st	Labor Day	Tag der Arbeit
2nd Sunday in May	Mothers Day	Muttertag
Varying	Ascension Day	Auffahrt
Varying (depending on moon phase)	Whitsunday	Pfingsten
Varying	Whitmonday	Pfingstmontag
August 1st	National Day	Nationalfeiertag	August 1st, 1291: official Switzerland's birthday
2nd weekend in September	Knabenschiessen	Knabenschiessen	Traditional shooting contest for 13 to 17 years old boys in Zürich (since 1995 also for girls)
3rd Sunday in September	Federal Prayday	Eidg. Dank-, Buss- und Bettag
November 1st	All Saints Day	Allerheiligen	Celebrated only in catholic cantons
4th Monday in November	Onion Market	Zibelemärit	Traditional onion market in Bern
December 6th	Santa Claus	St. Nikolaus
December 24th	Christmas Eve	Heiliger Abend
December 25th	Christmas	Weihnachten
December 26th	Stephan's Day	Stephanstag
December 31st	New Year's Eve	Silvester