Public holidays in Luxembourg

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This is a list of public holidays in Luxembourg .

Public holidays

Holidays
DateEnglish name Luxembourgish name German name French nameNotes
1 January New Year's Day NeijoerschdagNeujahrJour de l'an
movable Easter Monday OuschterméindegOstermontagLundi de Pâques21 April 2025
6 April 2026
1 May Labour Day Dag vun der AarbechtTag der ArbeitFête du Travail
9 May Europe Day EuropadagEuropatagJournée de l'EuropeFirst enacted in 2019
movable Ascension Day Christi HimmelfaartChristi HimmelfahrtAscension29 May 2025
14 May 2026
movable Whit Monday PéngschtméindegPfingstmontagLundi de Pentecôte9 June 2025
25 May 2026
23 June National Day NationalfeierdagNationalfeiertagFête nationale
15 August Assumption Day Mariä HimmelfaartMaria HimmelfahrtAssomption
1 November All Saints' Day AllerhellgenAllerheiligenToussaint
25 December Christmas Day ChrëschtdagWeihnachtenNoël
26 December Saint Stephen's Day StiefesdagStefanstagSaint Etienne

The National Holiday celebrates the birthday of the Grand Duke and used to be movable to coincide with the actual birthday of monarch. To avoid cold weather on the 5 January birthday of Grand Duke Jean (reigned 1964-2000), the Grand Duke's Official Birthday celebration was pinned since 1962 to Jean's name day on 23 June, and was maintained under the reign of his successor Henri.

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Unofficial holidays

Good Friday (Friday before Easter Sunday) is a bank holiday, meaning that it is only a public holiday for bank employees.

Local complementary unofficial holidays may exist, like the Kermesse Day (known as Kiermes) that always fall on a Monday in the city of Luxembourg, or the Carnival Day also happening in the capital city.

Civil servants are also entitled to two additional half-day public holidays: Whit Tuesday and the afternoon of Christmas Eve. [1]

References

  1. "Jours fériés" (in French). Retrieved 20 May 2025.