List of all popular holidays in Germany

  Popular holidays in Germany in 2026

This page contains information about all popular holidays in Germany, both public nationwide and unofficial folk and religious holidays with the dates of their celebration for 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029 and brief information about the holiday itself.

List of holidays

Explanation of the table:

• German public holiday, which is an additional day off.
• A public holiday, which is an additional day off in some German lands (see the table of German public holidays).
• Religious holidays that are not particularly popular in Germany are highlighted in gray.

  Information about holidays in Germany

For many holidays, on the page, you can view a detailed description, including information about the origin, related customs, photos, greetings, etc. To view the German holiday calendar or schedule of vacations and public holidays for each land in Germany, as well as what holiday it is in Germany today, go to the relevant individual pages of our site.

Most holidays in Germany have rolling celebration dates, i.e. the date of the celebration changes every year, it may depend on the date of the celebrating the Easter, fall on a specific day of the week of any month, or depend on other factors. Therefore, see the dates of the holidays for each year individually.

• Holidays in winter in Germany
• Holidays in spring in Germany
• Holidays in summer in Germany
• Holidays in autumn in Germany

List of all holidays in Germany 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029