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Glarus, Switzerland 2025 Public Holidays

13 public holidays

Showing Glarus. Days marked in red are public holidays in this canton.

  • Public holiday — A day off across Glarus.
January 2 holidays
February
March
April 3 holidays
May 1 holidays
June 1 holidays
July
August 1 holidays
September
October
November 1 holidays
December 4 holidays

2025 Holiday List · Glarus

13 public holidays · regional, limited, and observance days included

Date Day Holiday Type Notes
Jan 1 Wednesday New Year's Day Public holiday 1 January. In many countries the day off moves to the following Monday when it falls on a weekend.
Jan 2 Thursday Berchtold's Day Public holiday
Apr 3 Thursday Näfelser Fahrt Public holiday
Apr 18 Friday Good Friday Public holiday The Friday before Easter Sunday.
Apr 21 Monday Easter Monday Public holiday The Monday after Easter Sunday.
May 29 Thursday Ascension Day Public holiday The Thursday 39 days after Easter Sunday.
Jun 9 Monday Whit Monday Public holiday The Monday 50 days after Easter Sunday.
Aug 1 Friday Swiss National Day Public holiday
Nov 1 Saturday All Saints' Day Public holiday 1 November.
Dec 24 Wednesday Christmas Eve Public holiday 24 December.
Dec 25 Thursday Christmas Day Public holiday 25 December. The day off moves to the following weekday when it falls on a weekend.
Dec 26 Friday St. Stephen's Day Public holiday 26 December.
Dec 31 Wednesday New Year's Eve Public holiday 31 December.

About these holidays

New Year's Day

1 January. In many countries the day off moves to the following Monday when it falls on a weekend.

The first day of the Gregorian calendar year, and the most widely observed public holiday in the world — a day off in almost every country that uses the Gregorian calendar, regardless of religion. Several countries extend the break to 2 January, and some in East Asia keep both the Gregorian and a separate lunar new year.

Good Friday

The Friday before Easter Sunday.

Commemorates the crucifixion, and is the most widely observed Christian public holiday after Christmas. Together with Easter Monday it produces a four-day weekend in much of Europe, the Commonwealth and Latin America. In several countries it also carries trading or entertainment restrictions beyond the day off itself.

Easter Monday

The Monday after Easter Sunday.

A public holiday across most of Europe, the Commonwealth and Latin America, extending the Easter weekend to four days. Notably not a holiday in the United States, Portugal or Spain outside Catalonia and the Balearics.

Ascension Day

The Thursday 39 days after Easter Sunday.

Marks the ascension of Christ, forty days after Easter. Always a Thursday, which makes it a popular bridge day — in France, Germany, the Nordics and the Benelux many people take the Friday off to reach a four-day weekend.

Whit Monday

The Monday 50 days after Easter Sunday.

The day after Pentecost, and a public holiday in much of continental Europe and francophone Africa. France treats it as a solidarity day on which the holiday status depends on the employer.

All Saints' Day

1 November.

Honours all saints, and in much of Catholic Europe and Latin America is the day families visit and tend graves. A public holiday in France, Spain, Italy, Poland, Portugal, the Philippines and many francophone African countries.

Christmas Eve

24 December.

The evening of 24 December is the main celebration in the Nordics, Germany, Poland and much of Central Europe, where gifts are exchanged that night rather than on Christmas morning. Often a half day or a de facto day off rather than a statutory holiday.

Christmas Day

25 December. The day off moves to the following weekday when it falls on a weekend.

The most widely observed public holiday after New Year's Day, a day off in the great majority of countries including many with no Christian majority, where it functions as a secular end-of-year holiday. Orthodox churches following the Julian calendar keep it on 7 January instead.

St. Stephen's Day

26 December.

Honours the first Christian martyr, and is the name used for 26 December in Ireland, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic and Finland.

New Year's Eve

31 December.

The last day of the year. A full public holiday in a minority of countries; far more often a half day, a de facto early finish, or simply a marked date on which people still work.

Official source: publicholidays.ch — Switzerland