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Nasjonaldag i januar
- Hobart 🇦🇺 AustraliaAustralia Day · 26. jan26 January is a national public holiday, and for many a day of protest, near the end of the summer school break: capital cities hold fireworks, concerts and citizenship ceremonies alongside Invasion Day rallies, some shops shorten hours, and roads are busy as families head home.96
- Melbourne 🇦🇺 AustraliaAustralia Day · 26. jan26 January is a national public holiday, and for many a day of protest, near the end of the summer school break: capital cities hold fireworks, concerts and citizenship ceremonies alongside Invasion Day rallies, some shops shorten hours, and roads are busy as families head home.86
- Adelaide 🇦🇺 AustraliaAustralia Day · 26. jan26 January is a national public holiday, and for many a day of protest, near the end of the summer school break: capital cities hold fireworks, concerts and citizenship ceremonies alongside Invasion Day rallies, some shops shorten hours, and roads are busy as families head home.85
- Canberra 🇦🇺 AustraliaAustralia Day · 26. jan26 January is a national public holiday, and for many a day of protest, near the end of the summer school break: capital cities hold fireworks, concerts and citizenship ceremonies alongside Invasion Day rallies, some shops shorten hours, and roads are busy as families head home.85
- Montevideo 🇺🇾 UruguayNew Year on the rambla · 31. des – 1. janCiudad Vieja offices shower the street with old paperwork before noon on 31 December, then the city eats at home and reappears on Pocitos beach around midnight.83
- Kodaikanal 🇮🇳 IndiaPongal · 14.–17. janTamil Nadu's harvest holiday runs four days and the plains empty upwards.83
- Sydney 🇦🇺 AustraliaAustralia Day · 26. jan26 January is a national public holiday, and for many a day of protest, near the end of the summer school break: capital cities hold fireworks, concerts and citizenship ceremonies alongside Invasion Day rallies, some shops shorten hours, and roads are busy as families head home.82
- Medellín 🇨🇴 ColombiaThe Monday puentes · 1. jan – 31. desColombia moves most of its public holidays onto a Monday, so the country takes a long weekend roughly every month.82
- Perth 🇦🇺 AustraliaAustralia Day · 26. jan26 January is a national public holiday, and for many a day of protest, near the end of the summer school break: capital cities hold fireworks, concerts and citizenship ceremonies alongside Invasion Day rallies, some shops shorten hours, and roads are busy as families head home.82
- Delhi 🇮🇳 IndiaRepublic Day parade · 20.–26. jan (vanligvis)Kartavya Path and much of central Delhi close for the rehearsals as well as the parade itself on 26 January, and security is heavy across the city for a fortnight.80
- Bissau 🇬🇼 Guinea-BissauNational Heroes' Day · 20. jan20 January marks the assassination of Amilcar Cabral, the independence leader who is still the country's central figure.80
- Mawlamyine 🇲🇲 MyanmarMon National Day · 15. jan – 25. feb (vanligvis)The Mon people mark the founding of their last kingdom the day after the Tabodwe full moon, and Mawlamyine, as the Mon State capital, hosts the central ceremony.80
- Punta Cana 🇩🇴 Dominican RepublicVirgen de la Altagracia · 20.–22. janThe country's patron day on 21 January, and the basilica at Higuey half an hour inland takes pilgrims through the night.79
- Port-au-Prince 🇭🇹 HaitiIndependence Day and soup joumou · 1.–2. janThe first of January is the anniversary of independence, and every household cooks and gives away the pumpkin soup the enslaved were forbidden.77
- Adamstown Pitcairn IslandsBounty Day · 23. janEvery 23 January the island burns a model of the Bounty in the bay, the way the mutineers burned the real one in 1790.77
- Cap-Haïtien 🇭🇹 HaitiIndependence Day and soup joumou · 1.–2. janEvery household cooks and gives away the pumpkin soup the enslaved were forbidden, on the anniversary of the day that ended.76
- Algiers 🇩🇿 AlgeriaYennayer · 11.–13. janThe Amazigh new year, a public holiday since 2018.75
- Mbabane 🇸🇿 EswatiniIncwala ceremony · 20. des – 10. jan (vanligvis)Eswatini's most sacred ritual, timed by the moon rather than the calendar, runs from the Little Incwala shortly before Christmas to the King's first-fruits ceremony in early January, a gazetted public holiday.75
- Manila 🇵🇭 PhilippinesNew Year's Eve firecrackers · 31. des – 1. janMidnight is deafening and the smoke over the city takes most of the next morning to thin out.73
- Cotonou 🇧🇯 BeninVodun Day · 8.–11. jan (vanligvis)10 January is a public holiday for traditional religions, and the state-run Vodun Days programme in Ouidah, an hour west, has grown around it.70
- Lomé 🇹🇬 TogoLiberation Day · 13. jan13 January is a public holiday and a politically loaded one; offices and banks close.69
- Brisbane 🇦🇺 AustraliaAustralia Day · 26. jan26 January is a national public holiday, and for many a day of protest, near the end of the summer school break: capital cities hold fireworks, concerts and citizenship ceremonies alongside Invasion Day rallies, some shops shorten hours, and roads are busy as families head home.68
- Yaren 🇳🇷 NauruIndependence Day · 31. jan – 1. feb31 January marks independence in 1968 and is the biggest day on the island: sport, feasting and a public holiday that shuts the government district at Yaren.64
- Atlanta 🇺🇸 United StatesKing Day · 15.–20. jan (vanligvis)Atlanta marks the King holiday where he was born, on Auburn Avenue, with a march and a week of events around Ebenezer Baptist.62
- Le Morne 🇲🇺 MauritiusAbolition of Slavery Day · 29. jan – 2. feb (vanligvis)February 1 marks the 1835 abolition of slavery, and the national ceremony is held at the International Slave Route Monument on the Le Morne peninsula, opened for the purpose in 2009.62
… og 18 til i januar.
Nasjonaldag i februar
- Kuwait City 🇰🇼 KuwaitNational and Liberation Days · 23.–27. febThe 25th and 26th of February shut the country and turn the Gulf Road into a rolling water fight — foam, hoses and traffic at walking pace for two days.91
- Querétaro 🇲🇽 MexicoConstitution Day · 1.–7. feb (vanligvis)The 1917 Constitution was signed at the Teatro de la República, so the national ceremony on 5 February is held here, usually with the President.91
- Paihia 🇳🇿 New ZealandWaitangi Day · 3.–7. febThe national day is commemorated at the treaty grounds up the road, with the dawn service, waka on the water and a few days of politics and speeches.87
- Jeddah 🇸🇦 Saudi ArabiaFounding Day · 22. febA public holiday on 22 February, newer than National Day and dressed in period costume rather than green.85
- Las Vegas 🇺🇸 United StatesSuper Bowl weekend · 5.–12. feb (vanligvis)The sportsbooks are standing room from Thursday and the city runs near full whether or not the game is played here.81
- Castries 🇱🇨 Saint LuciaIndependence Day · 22. febFlag raising and school parades on 22 February, with a week of concerts and church services around it.78
- Soufrière 🇱🇨 Saint LuciaIndependence Day · 22. febSaint Lucia marks independence from Britain on 22 February with a public holiday and a formal ceremony in Castries.76
- Medellín 🇨🇴 ColombiaThe Monday puentes · 1. jan – 31. desColombia moves most of its public holidays onto a Monday, so the country takes a long weekend roughly every month.75
- St. George's 🇬🇩 GrenadaIndependence Day · 7. febThe seventh of February is a public holiday with a parade at Queen's Park and the whole island in green, gold and red.75
- Yaoundé 🇨🇲 CameroonYouth Day · 11. febEvery school in the country marches on 11 February, and in the capital that means the Boulevard du 20 Mai closed for most of the morning.75
- Colombo 🇱🇰 Sri LankaIndependence Day · 4. febA military parade and closed roads in the capital on 4 February, and a public holiday across the island.72
- Tehran 🇮🇷 IranDahe Fajr (Ten Days of Fajr) · 1.–11. febThe ten days between the anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini's 1979 return and the fall of the Shah's government are marked nationwide with parades, exhibitions and street decorations, closing with a mass rally on 11 February.70
- Banjul 🇬🇲 GambiaIndependence Day · 18. febThe 18 February holiday is the one day the small island capital fills up: a stadium parade, schools marching, ministries and banks closed.69
- Mawlamyine 🇲🇲 MyanmarMon National Day · 15. jan – 25. feb (vanligvis)The Mon people mark the founding of their last kingdom the day after the Tabodwe full moon, and Mawlamyine, as the Mon State capital, hosts the central ceremony.69
- Yaren 🇳🇷 NauruIndependence Day · 31. jan – 1. feb31 January marks independence in 1968 and is the biggest day on the island: sport, feasting and a public holiday that shuts the government district at Yaren.68
- Bandar Seri Begawan 🇧🇳 BruneiNational Day · 23. febA mass parade on the padang in the middle of town, rehearsed on the same ground for weeks beforehand.64
- Pristina KosovoIndependence Day · 16.–18. feb17 February closes offices and banks and fills Mother Teresa Boulevard with flags and a concert.64
- Le Morne 🇲🇺 MauritiusAbolition of Slavery Day · 29. jan – 2. feb (vanligvis)February 1 marks the 1835 abolition of slavery, and the national ceremony is held at the International Slave Route Monument on the Le Morne peninsula, opened for the purpose in 2009.64
- Maputo 🇲🇿 MozambiqueMozambican Heroes' Day · 3. febThe 3 February holiday centres on the Heroes' Square monument on the airport road.63
- San Marino San MarinoFeast of Saint Agatha · 5. febThe republic's second patron and the anniversary of its recovery of independence in 1740, marked on 5 February with a procession to the basilica and a day off.62
- Pyongyang 🇰🇵 North KoreaDay of the Shining Star · 16. febKim Jong Il's birthday, and one of the two dates the city is dressed for.50
- Tallinn 🇪🇪 EstoniaIndependence Day · 24. febA military parade and flag-raising at dawn on 24 February in the coldest week of the year, and shops and museums shut for the day.39
Nasjonaldag i mars
- Yazd 🇮🇷 IranNowruz · 18. mar – 5. apr (vanligvis)The new year fortnight brings Iranian families to the old town in numbers and fills every restored caravanserai hotel.96
- Addis Ababa 🇪🇹 EthiopiaAdwa Victory Day · 2. marA national holiday for the 1896 defeat of Italy at Adwa.88
- Islamabad 🇵🇰 PakistanPakistan Day · 23. marA national holiday, and in the years the parade is staged it closes the avenues near Shakarparian and puts the airspace under restriction for the morning.88
- Heraklion 🇬🇷 GreeceIndependence Day · 25. mar25 March, also the feast of the Annunciation, is a national holiday.86
- Athens 🇬🇷 GreeceIndependence Day parade · 25. marA military parade closes Vasilissis Sofias and the streets around Syntagma for the morning of 25 March.85
- Rhodes 🇬🇷 GreeceIndependence Day · 25. mar25 March, also the feast of the Annunciation, is a national holiday.85
- Nafplio 🇬🇷 GreeceIndependence Day · 25. mar25 March, also the feast of the Annunciation, is a national holiday.85
- Naxos 🇬🇷 GreeceIndependence Day · 25. mar25 March, also the feast of the Annunciation, is a national holiday.85
- Qeshm 🇮🇷 IranNowruz · 19. mar – 3. apr (vanligvis)Iran stops for two weeks from the equinox and a good part of it comes to Qeshm for the duty-free shops and the beaches.85
- Isfahan 🇮🇷 IranNowruz · 18. mar – 5. apr (vanligvis)Iranians travel and Isfahan is where a large share of them go: the square, the bridges and the Armenian quarter are packed, hotels are booked out and some offices and museums close.83
- Kos 🇬🇷 GreeceIndependence Day · 25. mar25 March, also the feast of the Annunciation, is a national holiday.83
- Paros 🇬🇷 GreeceIndependence Day · 25. mar25 March, also the feast of the Annunciation, is a national holiday.83
- Kefalonia 🇬🇷 GreeceIndependence Day · 25. mar25 March, also the feast of the Annunciation, is a national holiday.83
- Kish Island 🇮🇷 IranNowruz · 18. mar – 5. apr (vanligvis)Kish is where mainland Iran flies for the new-year fortnight, and flights and hotels are booked out weeks ahead at several times the usual rate.83
- Bukhara 🇺🇿 UzbekistanNavruz · 21.–22. marThe equinox new year is the biggest holiday of the year: sumalak stirred overnight in copper pots, music around the Lyabi-Hauz pool, and two days when government offices and banks are shut.82
- Chania 🇬🇷 GreeceIndependence Day · 25. mar25 March, also the feast of the Annunciation, is a national holiday.82
- Windhoek 🇳🇦 NamibiaIndependence Day · 21. marThe 21 March holiday marks 1990 and fills the Independence Stadium and the memorial museum.81
- Shiraz 🇮🇷 IranNowruz · 18. mar – 5. apr (vanligvis)Shiraz is one of the two places Iranians go for the new year, and Hafez's tomb, the gardens and Persepolis are all at their fullest.81
- Ashgabat 🇹🇲 TurkmenistanNowruz · 21.–22. marTwo public days for the spring new year, with a state programme of concerts and yurts set up on the edge of the city.81
- Tehran 🇮🇷 IranNowruz · 18. mar – 5. apr (vanligvis)The Persian new year empties Tehran for a fortnight: offices, museums and half the restaurants shut, roads out of the city jam, and the air is the cleanest it gets all year.81
- Zakynthos 🇬🇷 GreeceIndependence Day · 25. mar25 March, also the feast of the Annunciation, is a national holiday.81
- Khiva 🇺🇿 UzbekistanNavruz · 21.–22. marThe spring new year lands just as the cold lets go, and the walled town holds its version inside the Ichon-Qala with sumalak, music and wrestling.81
- Norfolk Island Norfolk IslandFoundation Day · 6. mar6 March marks the first landing of the penal settlement in 1788, six weeks after Sydney.81
- Khujand 🇹🇯 TajikistanNavruz · 21.–24. marFour days off for the spring new year and the Ferghana end of the country takes it seriously: sumalak stirred overnight, wrestling and horse games, and the Panjshanbe bazaar at its fullest of the year beforehand.80
- Corfu 🇬🇷 GreeceIndependence Day · 25. mar25 March, also the feast of the Annunciation, is a national holiday.79
… og 45 til i mars.
Nasjonaldag i april
- Jerusalem 🇮🇱 IsraelIndependence Day · 14. apr – 15. mai (vanligvis)Memorial Day, when sirens stop traffic and entertainment venues close, runs straight into Independence Day: fireworks in the evening, then a public holiday of barbecues in packed parks, beaches and nature reserves.96
- Tel Aviv 🇮🇱 IsraelIndependence Day · 14. apr – 15. mai (vanligvis)Memorial Day, when sirens stop traffic and entertainment venues close, runs straight into Independence Day: fireworks in the evening, then a public holiday of barbecues in packed parks, beaches and nature reserves.94
- Haifa 🇮🇱 IsraelIndependence Day · 14. apr – 15. mai (vanligvis)Memorial Day, when sirens stop traffic and entertainment venues close, runs straight into Independence Day: fireworks in the evening, then a public holiday of barbecues in packed parks, beaches and nature reserves.94
- Isfahan 🇮🇷 IranNowruz · 18. mar – 5. apr (vanligvis)Iranians travel and Isfahan is where a large share of them go: the square, the bridges and the Armenian quarter are packed, hotels are booked out and some offices and museums close.93
- Ashgabat 🇹🇲 TurkmenistanTurkmen horse day · 24.–30. apr (vanligvis)The last Sunday in April belongs to the Akhal-Teke: racing at the hippodrome, a beauty contest for the horses and a mounted stunt team.93
- Tehran 🇮🇷 IranNowruz · 18. mar – 5. apr (vanligvis)The Persian new year empties Tehran for a fortnight: offices, museums and half the restaurants shut, roads out of the city jam, and the air is the cleanest it gets all year.93
- Syracuse 🇮🇹 ItalySpring bank-holiday bridges · 25. apr – 2. junLiberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte.92
- Shiraz 🇮🇷 IranNowruz · 18. mar – 5. apr (vanligvis)Shiraz is one of the two places Iranians go for the new year, and Hafez's tomb, the gardens and Persepolis are all at their fullest.91
- Harare 🇿🇼 ZimbabweIndependence Day · 18. aprThe 18 April holiday fills the National Sports Stadium for a state ceremony and closes everything official for the day.91
- Palermo 🇮🇹 ItalySpring bank-holiday bridges · 25. apr – 2. junLiberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte.90
- Yazd 🇮🇷 IranNowruz · 18. mar – 5. apr (vanligvis)The new year fortnight brings Iranian families to the old town in numbers and fills every restored caravanserai hotel.90
- Lecce 🇮🇹 ItalySpring bank-holiday bridges · 25. apr – 2. junLiberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte.89
- Sorrento 🇮🇹 ItalySpring bank-holiday bridges · 25. apr – 2. junLiberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte.89
- Rome 🇮🇹 ItalySpring bank-holiday bridges · 25. apr – 2. junLiberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte.88
- Florence 🇮🇹 ItalySpring bank-holiday bridges · 25. apr – 2. junLiberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte.88
- Dakar 🇸🇳 SenegalIndependence Day · 4. aprThe 4 April military parade closes the corniche and the centre for the morning.88
- Capri 🇮🇹 ItalySpring bank-holiday bridges · 25. apr – 2. junLiberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte.88
- Positano 🇮🇹 ItalySpring bank-holiday bridges · 25. apr – 2. junLiberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte.88
- Naples 🇮🇹 ItalySpring bank-holiday bridges · 25. apr – 2. junLiberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte.87
- Bologna 🇮🇹 ItalySpring bank-holiday bridges · 25. apr – 2. junLiberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte.87
- Ouro Preto 🇧🇷 BrazilTiradentes day · 19.–22. aprThe national holiday on 21 April commemorates the conspirator hanged for a plot hatched in these streets, and the town it belongs to is where Minas comes to mark it.87
- Matera 🇮🇹 ItalySpring bank-holiday bridges · 25. apr – 2. junLiberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte.87
- Genoa 🇮🇹 ItalySpring bank-holiday bridges · 25. apr – 2. junLiberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte.86
- Canberra 🇦🇺 AustraliaAnzac Day dawn service · 25. aprTens of thousands stand in the dark at the War Memorial before the march on 25 April.86
- Taormina 🇮🇹 ItalySpring bank-holiday bridges · 25. apr – 2. junLiberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte.86
… og 111 til i april.
Nasjonaldag i mai
- Lusaka 🇿🇲 ZambiaAfrica Freedom Day · 25. mai25 May marks the founding of the Organisation of African Unity and is a public holiday in Zambia; government offices and banks close.94
- Cannes 🇫🇷 FranceMay holidays and ponts · 1. mai – 10. jun (vanligvis)1 May, 8 May, Ascension Thursday and Whit Monday are public holidays, and the French bridge the gaps with a day off, the pont.94
- Iquique 🇨🇱 ChileGlorias Navales · 21. maiThe city where Arturo Prat's Esmeralda went down in 1879 marks the anniversary with a parade at Plaza 21 de Mayo, a flotilla out to the Esmeralda buoy and a 21-gun salute at 12:10, the hour she sank.94
- Saint-Tropez 🇫🇷 FranceMay holidays and ponts · 1. mai – 10. jun (vanligvis)1 May, 8 May, Ascension Thursday and Whit Monday are public holidays, and the French bridge the gaps with a day off, the pont.94
- Asmara 🇪🇷 EritreaIndependence Day · 22.–26. maiThe 24th is the biggest date in the Eritrean calendar and the capital is where it is staged: carnival floats, street stages and a week of nightly crowds on the avenue.93
- Belgrade 🇷🇸 SerbiaMay Day holidays · 1.–2. mai1 and 2 May are public holidays, and Serbs head out of town for barbecues by rivers, in parks and in the countryside.93
- Ajaccio 🇫🇷 FranceMay holidays and ponts · 1. mai – 10. jun (vanligvis)1 May, 8 May, Ascension Thursday and Whit Monday are public holidays, and the French bridge the gaps with a day off, the pont.93
- Niš 🇷🇸 SerbiaMay Day holidays · 1.–2. mai1 and 2 May are public holidays, and Serbs head out of town for barbecues by rivers, in parks and in the countryside.93
- Matera 🇮🇹 ItalySpring bank-holiday bridges · 25. apr – 2. junLiberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte.93
- Syracuse 🇮🇹 ItalySpring bank-holiday bridges · 25. apr – 2. junLiberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte.93
- Aix-en-Provence 🇫🇷 FranceMay holidays and ponts · 1. mai – 10. jun (vanligvis)1 May, 8 May, Ascension Thursday and Whit Monday are public holidays, and the French bridge the gaps with a day off, the pont.93
- Bonifacio 🇫🇷 FranceMay holidays and ponts · 1. mai – 10. jun (vanligvis)1 May, 8 May, Ascension Thursday and Whit Monday are public holidays, and the French bridge the gaps with a day off, the pont.93
- Laguna Beach 🇺🇸 United StatesMemorial Day weekend · 23.–31. mai (vanligvis)Memorial Day, the last Monday of May, opens the summer travel season: over the long weekend campsites and lodging book out, roads are slow, and parking at the most popular spots fills early in the day.93
- Rome 🇮🇹 ItalySpring bank-holiday bridges · 25. apr – 2. junLiberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte.92
- Marseille 🇫🇷 FranceMay holidays and ponts · 1. mai – 10. jun (vanligvis)1 May, 8 May, Ascension Thursday and Whit Monday are public holidays, and the French bridge the gaps with a day off, the pont.92
- Montpellier 🇫🇷 FranceMay holidays and ponts · 1. mai – 10. jun (vanligvis)1 May, 8 May, Ascension Thursday and Whit Monday are public holidays, and the French bridge the gaps with a day off, the pont.92
- Lecce 🇮🇹 ItalySpring bank-holiday bridges · 25. apr – 2. junLiberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte.92
- Mamaia 🇷🇴 RomaniaMay Day on the coast · 29. apr – 3. mai (vanligvis)1 May is a public holiday and the unofficial opening of the Black Sea season: young Romanians pour in for the long weekend, terraces and clubs open, and rooms book up at higher rates, even though the sea is still cold.92
- Ankara 🇹🇷 TurkeyYouth and Sports Day · 19. maiThe national holiday for the start of the War of Independence: wreath-laying at Anitkabir, school and stadium shows, flags on every balcony and road closures around the ceremonies.92
- Florence 🇮🇹 ItalySpring bank-holiday bridges · 25. apr – 2. junLiberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte.91
- Jerusalem 🇮🇱 IsraelIndependence Day · 14. apr – 15. mai (vanligvis)Memorial Day, when sirens stop traffic and entertainment venues close, runs straight into Independence Day: fireworks in the evening, then a public holiday of barbecues in packed parks, beaches and nature reserves.91
- Nice 🇫🇷 FranceMay holidays and ponts · 1. mai – 10. jun (vanligvis)1 May, 8 May, Ascension Thursday and Whit Monday are public holidays, and the French bridge the gaps with a day off, the pont.91
- Naples 🇮🇹 ItalySpring bank-holiday bridges · 25. apr – 2. junLiberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte.91
- Novi Sad 🇷🇸 SerbiaMay Day holidays · 1.–2. mai1 and 2 May are public holidays, and Serbs head out of town for barbecues by rivers, in parks and in the countryside.91
- Avignon 🇫🇷 FranceMay holidays and ponts · 1. mai – 10. jun (vanligvis)1 May, 8 May, Ascension Thursday and Whit Monday are public holidays, and the French bridge the gaps with a day off, the pont.91
… og 170 til i mai.
Nasjonaldag i juni
- Nairobi 🇰🇪 KenyaMadaraka Day · 1. junThe 1st of June, marking self-rule, with the national ceremony rotating between county stadiums.93
- Cologne 🇩🇪 GermanyAscension and Whitsun · 30. apr – 15. jun (vanligvis)Ascension Day, a Thursday 39 days after Easter, and Whit Monday 11 days later are public holidays nationwide.93
- Leipzig 🇩🇪 GermanyAscension and Whitsun · 30. apr – 15. jun (vanligvis)Ascension Day, a Thursday 39 days after Easter, and Whit Monday 11 days later are public holidays nationwide.93
- Nantes 🇫🇷 FranceMay holidays and ponts · 1. mai – 10. jun (vanligvis)1 May, 8 May, Ascension Thursday and Whit Monday are public holidays, and the French bridge the gaps with a day off, the pont.93
- Frankfurt 🇩🇪 GermanyAscension and Whitsun · 30. apr – 15. jun (vanligvis)Ascension Day, a Thursday 39 days after Easter, and Whit Monday 11 days later are public holidays nationwide.92
- Gothenburg 🇸🇪 SwedenMidsummer · 19.–26. jun (vanligvis)The Friday nearest 24 June shuts the country.92
- Düsseldorf 🇩🇪 GermanyAscension and Whitsun · 30. apr – 15. jun (vanligvis)Ascension Day, a Thursday 39 days after Easter, and Whit Monday 11 days later are public holidays nationwide.92
- Maputo 🇲🇿 MozambiqueIndependence Day · 25. junThe 25 June holiday closes everything official and fills the Praca da Independencia.91
- Dresden 🇩🇪 GermanyAscension and Whitsun · 30. apr – 15. jun (vanligvis)Ascension Day, a Thursday 39 days after Easter, and Whit Monday 11 days later are public holidays nationwide.91
- Nuremberg 🇩🇪 GermanyAscension and Whitsun · 30. apr – 15. jun (vanligvis)Ascension Day, a Thursday 39 days after Easter, and Whit Monday 11 days later are public holidays nationwide.91
- Cannes 🇫🇷 FranceMay holidays and ponts · 1. mai – 10. jun (vanligvis)1 May, 8 May, Ascension Thursday and Whit Monday are public holidays, and the French bridge the gaps with a day off, the pont.91
- Siena 🇮🇹 ItalySpring bank-holiday bridges · 25. apr – 2. junLiberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte.91
- Kaunas 🇱🇹 LithuaniaJoninės, Midsummer · 23.–24. junSt John's Day on 24 June is a public holiday, and the night before is Lithuanian Midsummer: bonfires, flower wreaths and singing by rivers, lakes and the sea until dawn.91
- Malmö 🇸🇪 SwedenMidsummer · 19.–26. jun (vanligvis)The Friday nearest 24 June closes shops, restaurants and museums, and the city leaves for the countryside and the coast.91
- Moscow 🇷🇺 RussiaRussia Day · 12. junA public holiday on 12 June with concerts in the centre and a fireworks finish, and the start of the summer pattern where the city empties towards the dachas for any long weekend.90
- Hamburg 🇩🇪 GermanyAscension and Whitsun · 30. apr – 15. jun (vanligvis)Ascension Day, a Thursday 39 days after Easter, and Whit Monday 11 days later are public holidays nationwide.90
- Luxembourg 🇱🇺 LuxembourgNational Day · 22.–23. junThe eve of 23 June is the event: a torchlit parade through the upper town and fireworks off the Pont Adolphe over the gorge.90
- Antananarivo 🇲🇬 MadagascarIndependence Day · 24.–27. jun (vanligvis)The 26th is the national day and the city stops for it: children's lantern processions the night before, a parade in the morning, and everything official shut either side.90
- Taormina 🇮🇹 ItalySpring bank-holiday bridges · 25. apr – 2. junLiberation Day (25 April), Labour Day (1 May) and Republic Day (2 June) are public holidays, and when one falls near a weekend Italians bridge it into a long break, the ponte.90
- Visby 🇸🇪 SwedenMidsummer · 19.–26. jun (vanligvis)Midsummer Eve, the Friday between 19 and 25 June, is the day Sweden stops: most shops, offices and many restaurants close, people dance round maypoles over herring and schnapps, and accommodation wherever Swedes go for the weekend books out.90
- Stuttgart 🇩🇪 GermanyAscension and Whitsun · 30. apr – 15. jun (vanligvis)Ascension Day, a Thursday 39 days after Easter, and Whit Monday 11 days later are public holidays nationwide.89
- Ajaccio 🇫🇷 FranceMay holidays and ponts · 1. mai – 10. jun (vanligvis)1 May, 8 May, Ascension Thursday and Whit Monday are public holidays, and the French bridge the gaps with a day off, the pont.89
- Colmar 🇫🇷 FranceMay holidays and ponts · 1. mai – 10. jun (vanligvis)1 May, 8 May, Ascension Thursday and Whit Monday are public holidays, and the French bridge the gaps with a day off, the pont.89
- Heidelberg 🇩🇪 GermanyAscension and Whitsun · 30. apr – 15. jun (vanligvis)Ascension Day, a Thursday 39 days after Easter, and Whit Monday 11 days later are public holidays nationwide.89
- Sylt 🇩🇪 GermanyAscension and Whitsun · 30. apr – 15. jun (vanligvis)Ascension Day, a Thursday 39 days after Easter, and Whit Monday 11 days later are public holidays nationwide.89
… og 74 til i juni.
Nasjonaldag i juli
- Vancouver 🇨🇦 CanadaCanada Day · 1.–2. jul (vanligvis)1 July is a statutory holiday across the country, moved to 2 July when it falls on a Sunday.97
- Seattle 🇺🇸 United StatesIndependence Day · 3.–5. jul (vanligvis)The Fourth of July is a federal holiday: banks and government offices close, fireworks draw large crowds to parks and waterfronts after dark, and roads and flights are busy over the long weekend.97
- Ica 🇵🇪 PeruFiestas Patrias · 25.–31. jul (vanligvis)Independence on 28 and 29 July is Peru's biggest domestic travel break, often widened into a long weekend.96
- Victoria, BC 🇨🇦 CanadaCanada Day · 1.–2. jul (vanligvis)1 July is a statutory holiday across the country, moved to 2 July when it falls on a Sunday.95
- Chicama 🇵🇪 PeruFiestas Patrias · 27.–30. julPeru's independence holidays at the end of July give the country its winter long weekend, and surfers from Lima and Trujillo drive up during the prime of the swell season.95
- Brussels 🇧🇪 BelgiumBelgian National Day · 20.–21. julThe military parade and the fair in the Parc de Bruxelles on 21 July, with the palace and several ministries open to anyone who queues.94
- Santa Barbara 🇺🇸 United StatesIndependence Day · 3.–5. jul (vanligvis)The Fourth of July is a federal holiday: banks and government offices close, fireworks draw large crowds to parks and waterfronts after dark, and roads and flights are busy over the long weekend.94
- Lille 🇫🇷 FranceBastille Day (14 juillet) · 13.–14. jul14 July is the national holiday: towns hold fireworks on the evening of the 13th or 14th, often with a firemen's ball, a parade or a concert, and banks, offices and many shops close for the day.94
- La Rochelle 🇫🇷 FranceBastille Day (14 juillet) · 13.–14. jul14 July is the national holiday: towns hold fireworks on the evening of the 13th or 14th, often with a firemen's ball, a parade or a concert, and banks, offices and many shops close for the day.94
- Whitehorse 🇨🇦 CanadaCanada Day · 1.–2. jul (vanligvis)1 July is a statutory holiday across the country, moved to 2 July when it falls on a Sunday.94
- San Francisco 🇺🇸 United StatesIndependence Day · 3.–5. jul (vanligvis)The Fourth of July is a federal holiday: banks and government offices close, fireworks draw large crowds to parks and waterfronts after dark, and roads and flights are busy over the long weekend.93
- Lima 🇵🇪 PeruFiestas Patrias · 28.–29. julTwo days of independence holidays with the military parade on Avenida Brasil.93
- Kigali 🇷🇼 RwandaLiberation Day · 4. julThe 4 July holiday marks the end of the genocide and closes offices and banks.93
- Lusaka 🇿🇲 ZambiaHeroes and Unity Days · 1.–8. jul (vanligvis)The first Monday and Tuesday of July are back-to-back public holidays, making a four-day weekend when offices shut and many residents leave the city; the Agricultural Show and Farmers' Day follow a few weeks later.93
- Lilongwe 🇲🇼 MalawiIndependence Day · 6. julMalawi marks its 1964 independence from Britain on 6 July with a public holiday: offices, banks and most shops close in the capital, and it lands in the cool, dry middle of the tourist season.93
- Yellowknife 🇨🇦 CanadaCanada Day · 1.–2. jul (vanligvis)1 July is a statutory holiday across the country, moved to 2 July when it falls on a Sunday.93
- Nkhata Bay 🇲🇼 MalawiIndependence Day · 6. jul6 July is a public holiday with official ceremonies and local celebrations; banks, government offices and many shops close, with a weekday off in lieu when it falls on a weekend.93
- San Diego 🇺🇸 United StatesIndependence Day · 3.–5. jul (vanligvis)The Fourth of July is a federal holiday: banks and government offices close, fireworks draw large crowds to parks and waterfronts after dark, and roads and flights are busy over the long weekend.92
- Portland 🇺🇸 United StatesIndependence Day · 3.–5. jul (vanligvis)The Fourth of July is a federal holiday: banks and government offices close, fireworks draw large crowds to parks and waterfronts after dark, and roads and flights are busy over the long weekend.92
- Halifax 🇨🇦 CanadaCanada Day · 1.–2. jul (vanligvis)1 July is a statutory holiday across the country, moved to 2 July when it falls on a Sunday.92
- Tofino 🇨🇦 CanadaCanada Day · 1.–2. jul (vanligvis)1 July is a statutory holiday across the country, moved to 2 July when it falls on a Sunday.92
- Arequipa 🇵🇪 PeruFiestas Patrias · 26. jul – 1. augThe national holidays on 28 and 29 July sit inside the school winter break, which fills the buses to Colca and Puno and the hotels in the centre.92
- Trujillo 🇵🇪 PeruFiestas Patrias · 27.–30. julPeru takes two days at the end of July and turns them into a week of travel.92
- Paracas 🇵🇪 PeruFiestas Patrias · 26. jul – 1. augThe national holidays put Lima on the Panamericana south and Paracas is one of the closest places to get to.92
- Calgary 🇨🇦 CanadaCanada Day · 1.–2. jul (vanligvis)1 July is a statutory holiday across the country, moved to 2 July when it falls on a Sunday.91
… og 192 til i juli.
Nasjonaldag i august
- Santa Cruz, California 🇺🇸 United StatesLabor Day weekend · 30. aug – 7. sep (vanligvis)Labor Day, the first Monday of September, is the last big getaway of summer: the long weekend books out campsites and lodging and fills parking early, and families thin out quickly once it has passed.95
- Lima 🇵🇪 PeruSanta Rosa de Lima · 30. augA national holiday on 30 August, with a queue down the block at the sanctuary near Congress to drop a letter into the saint's well.94
- Harare 🇿🇼 ZimbabweHeroes' and Defence Forces days · 8.–14. aug (vanligvis)A two-day public holiday in the second week of August.94
- Arequipa 🇵🇪 PeruFiestas Patrias · 26. jul – 1. augThe national holidays on 28 and 29 July sit inside the school winter break, which fills the buses to Colca and Puno and the hotels in the centre.94
- Kazan 🇷🇺 RussiaRepublic and City Day · 29.–31. augTatarstan's republic day and Kazan's city day both land on 30 August, so the embankments and the Kremlin get concerts and fireworks and everything official is shut.92
- Paracas 🇵🇪 PeruFiestas Patrias · 26. jul – 1. augThe national holidays put Lima on the Panamericana south and Paracas is one of the closest places to get to.92
- Laguna Beach 🇺🇸 United StatesLabor Day weekend · 30. aug – 7. sep (vanligvis)Labor Day, the first Monday of September, is the last big getaway of summer: the long weekend books out campsites and lodging and fills parking early, and families thin out quickly once it has passed.92
- Windhoek 🇳🇦 NamibiaHeroes' Day · 26. augThe 26 August holiday commemorates the start of the liberation war and is marked with a national ceremony that rotates between regions.91
- Cochabamba 🇧🇴 BoliviaIndependence Day · 5.–7. aug6 August is Bolivia's national day: schoolchildren, civic groups and the military parade around the main square, flags hang from every building, and banks, offices and many shops close.91
- Mackinac Island 🇺🇸 United StatesLabor Day weekend · 30. aug – 7. sep (vanligvis)Labor Day, the first Monday of September, is the last big getaway of summer: the long weekend books out campsites and lodging and fills parking early, and families thin out quickly once it has passed.91
- Geneva 🇨🇭 SwitzerlandSwiss National Day · 31. jul – 1. aug1 August is a public holiday nationwide.90
- Kyiv 🇺🇦 UkraineIndependence Day · 24. augThe national day on 24 August.90
- Mbabane 🇸🇿 EswatiniUmhlanga, the Reed Dance · 25. aug – 10. sep (vanligvis)Tens of thousands of young women bring reeds to the Queen Mother's royal village over about a week, ending in massed singing and dancing before the King that visitors may watch.90
- Sucre 🇧🇴 BoliviaBolivian independence day · 5.–7. augIndependence was declared in the Casa de la Libertad on this square in 1825, so the 6th of August is Sucre's date as much as the country's.89
- Osh 🇰🇬 KyrgyzstanIndependence Day · 31. augThe last day of August is a national holiday with concerts and displays on the central square, and it comes as the mountain season is closing.89
- Bern 🇨🇭 SwitzerlandSwiss National Day · 31. jul – 1. aug1 August is a public holiday nationwide.88
- Bar Harbor 🇺🇸 United StatesLabor Day weekend · 30. aug – 7. sep (vanligvis)Labor Day, the first Monday of September, is the last big getaway of summer: the long weekend books out campsites and lodging and fills parking early, and families thin out quickly once it has passed.88
- San Salvador de Jujuy 🇦🇷 ArgentinaÉxodo Jujeño · 22.–23. augThe province marks Belgrano's 1812 evacuation with an evocative march on the 22nd and a parade of some seventy-five gaucho centres on the 23rd.88
- South Lake Tahoe 🇺🇸 United StatesLabor Day weekend · 30. aug – 7. sep (vanligvis)Labor Day, the first Monday of September, is the last big getaway of summer: the long weekend books out campsites and lodging and fills parking early, and families thin out quickly once it has passed.87
- Lausanne 🇨🇭 SwitzerlandSwiss National Day · 31. jul – 1. aug1 August is a public holiday nationwide.87
- Montreux 🇨🇭 SwitzerlandSwiss National Day · 31. jul – 1. aug1 August is a public holiday nationwide.87
- Basel 🇨🇭 SwitzerlandSwiss National Day · 31. jul – 1. aug1 August is a public holiday nationwide.85
- Bishkek 🇰🇬 KyrgyzstanIndependence Day · 31. augA parade on Ala-Too Square and a day off in the middle of the walking season, so the marshrutkas to the mountains and the guesthouses on Issyk-Kul go with it.85
- Nantucket 🇺🇸 United StatesLabor Day weekend · 30. aug – 7. sep (vanligvis)Labor Day, the first Monday of September, is the last big getaway of summer: the long weekend books out campsites and lodging and fills parking early, and families thin out quickly once it has passed.85
- Zürich 🇨🇭 SwitzerlandSwiss National Day · 31. jul – 1. aug1 August is a public holiday nationwide.84
… og 134 til i august.
Nasjonaldag i september
- Iquique 🇨🇱 ChileFiestas Patrias · 16.–21. sepFondas go up behind the beach and the mining camps inland empty into town for two days of public holiday.96
- Sofia 🇧🇬 BulgariaSofia Day · 16.–18. sep17 September, the feast of Saints Faith, Hope, Love and their mother Sofia, is the city's day: concerts on the yellow cobbles, free museums, and the last outdoor weekend before autumn takes hold.95
- Asmara 🇪🇷 EritreaBahti Meskerem · 1. sepRevolution Day, marking the first shot of the independence war.94
- Plovdiv 🇧🇬 BulgariaUnification Day and City Day · 5.–7. sepThe 1885 unification of Bulgaria was proclaimed here, so 6 September is both the national holiday and Plovdiv's own: a re-enactment outside the old parliament building, concerts, and a long weekend for the whole country.94
- Chișinău 🇲🇩 MoldovaIndependence and Limba Noastră · 26. aug – 1. sepIndependence Day on 27 August and the language holiday on the 31st run back to back, with a fair and concerts on the Great National Assembly Square and government buildings shut through the middle.94
- Cochabamba 🇧🇴 BoliviaDía de Cochabamba · 13.–15. sep (vanligvis)The department's holiday marks the 1810 uprising, with a torchlit parade toward El Prado and ceremonies on Plaza 14 de Septiembre.93
- Antofagasta 🇨🇱 ChileFiestas Patrias · 16.–21. sepFondas go up in the coastal parks, the mines run skeleton shifts and shops and offices shut for two days.93
- Santa Cruz, California 🇺🇸 United StatesLabor Day weekend · 30. aug – 7. sep (vanligvis)Labor Day, the first Monday of September, is the last big getaway of summer: the long weekend books out campsites and lodging and fills parking early, and families thin out quickly once it has passed.93
- Laguna Beach 🇺🇸 United StatesLabor Day weekend · 30. aug – 7. sep (vanligvis)Labor Day, the first Monday of September, is the last big getaway of summer: the long weekend books out campsites and lodging and fills parking early, and families thin out quickly once it has passed.93
- Samarkand 🇺🇿 UzbekistanIndependence Day · 1. sepA staged national celebration with concerts and closed central roads, and a public day off across the country.92
- Tashkent 🇺🇿 UzbekistanIndependence Day · 1. sepA staged national celebration with concerts and closed central roads, and a public day off across the country.92
- Khiva 🇺🇿 UzbekistanIndependence Day · 1. sepThe first of September is a national holiday and it falls in the best fortnight of the year here, so the walled town takes a domestic crowd on top of the coach groups.92
- San Pedro de Atacama 🇨🇱 ChileFiestas Patrias · 16.–21. sepChile's national days are a four-day holiday and the desert is one of the places Santiago flies to for them.91
- Nouméa 🇳🇨 New CaledoniaNew Caledonia Day · 24. sep24 September marks the 1853 French annexation, since reframed as a citizenship day, and it is read very differently across the territory.91
- Mbabane 🇸🇿 EswatiniUmhlanga, the Reed Dance · 25. aug – 10. sep (vanligvis)Tens of thousands of young women bring reeds to the Queen Mother's royal village over about a week, ending in massed singing and dancing before the King that visitors may watch.91
- Hanga Roa 🇨🇱 ChileFiestas Patrias · 16.–21. sep (vanligvis)18 and 19 September are Chile's biggest holidays, often stretched into a long weekend.90
- La Serena 🇨🇱 ChileFiestas Patrias · 16.–21. sep (vanligvis)18 and 19 September are Chile's biggest holidays, often stretched into a long weekend.90
- Bukhara 🇺🇿 UzbekistanIndependence Day · 1. sep1 September is a national holiday with evening concerts on the squares.89
- Dushanbe 🇹🇯 TajikistanIndependence Day · 9. sepThe ninth of September brings a state parade and staged concerts on the central squares, with roads closed around them and a heavy police presence.88
- Gaborone 🇧🇼 BotswanaBotswana Day · 30. sep – 1. oktTwo days off for independence, with the stadium event and street stalls in the centre.88
- Newport 🇺🇸 United StatesLabor Day weekend · 30. aug – 7. sep (vanligvis)Labor Day, the first Monday of September, is the last big getaway of summer: the long weekend books out campsites and lodging and fills parking early, and families thin out quickly once it has passed.88
- Andijan 🇺🇿 UzbekistanIndependence Day · 1. sepThe first of September shuts offices and fills the central square with staged concerts and school parades.87
- Khujand 🇹🇯 TajikistanIndependence Day · 9. sepThe ninth of September is a national holiday with staged concerts and school displays on the central square, and offices closed either side of it if it falls near a weekend.87
- Guanajuato 🇲🇽 MexicoIndependence days · 13.–17. sepThe independence war effectively started here at the Alhóndiga, so the middle of September carries more weight in Guanajuato than almost anywhere: the grito on the night of the 15th, then a full military and student parade.87
- Durban 🇿🇦 South AfricaHeritage Day · 24. sepA public holiday that South Africa has quietly turned into a national braai; the beachfront and the parks fill from mid-morning and the shops keep Sunday hours.87
… og 125 til i september.
Nasjonaldag i oktober
- Athens 🇬🇷 GreeceOhi Day · 28. oktA military parade closes Vasilissis Sofias and Syntagma on the 28th and the country takes the day off; museums and most shops shut, and it usually pulls a long weekend with it.94
- Nafplio 🇬🇷 GreeceOhi Day · 28. okt28 October marks Greece's refusal of the 1940 Italian ultimatum.93
- Heraklion 🇬🇷 GreeceOhi Day · 28. okt28 October marks Greece's refusal of the 1940 Italian ultimatum.92
- Paros 🇬🇷 GreeceOhi Day · 28. okt28 October marks Greece's refusal of the 1940 Italian ultimatum.91
- Nairobi 🇰🇪 KenyaMashujaa Day · 20. oktHeroes' Day on 20 October, a public holiday landing in the busiest safari month of the year.90
- Ankara 🇹🇷 TurkeyRepublic Day · 27.–30. oktThe 29th of October is the capital's own holiday, with a parade, a flypast and a long weekend that empties the city towards the coast.90
- Naxos 🇬🇷 GreeceOhi Day · 28. okt28 October marks Greece's refusal of the 1940 Italian ultimatum.90
- Los Angeles 🇺🇸 United StatesDia de los Muertos · 25. okt – 3. nov (vanligvis)Altars and an all-night gathering in the Hollywood Forever cemetery on the Saturday nearest 2 November, plus nine days of processions on Olvera Street.89
- Rhodes 🇬🇷 GreeceOhi Day · 28. okt28 October marks Greece's refusal of the 1940 Italian ultimatum.89
- Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 GreeceOhi Day · 28. okt28 October marks Greece's refusal of the 1940 Italian ultimatum.89
- Bursa 🇹🇷 TurkeyRepublic Day · 27.–30. oktThe 29th of October gives Turkey a long weekend, and Bursa is close enough to Istanbul to absorb a lot of it.89
- Norfolk Island Norfolk IslandAgricultural Show Day · 8.–14. okt (vanligvis)The second Monday in October is a public holiday for the show: produce, livestock, baking and the year's arguments about whose lemons are better.89
- Istanbul 🇹🇷 TurkeyRepublic Day · 28.–29. oktThe holiday starts at one o'clock on 28 October.88
- Valencia 🇪🇸 SpainNou d'Octubre · 9. oktThe regional holiday: the Senyera comes down from the town hall balcony at noon and is walked to the cathedral, a mascleta goes off at two, and a Moors and Christians parade takes Calle de la Paz in the late afternoon.88
- Kos 🇬🇷 GreeceOhi Day · 28. okt28 October marks Greece's refusal of the 1940 Italian ultimatum.88
- Chania 🇬🇷 GreeceOhi Day · 28. okt28 October marks Greece's refusal of the 1940 Italian ultimatum.88
- Shanghai 🇨🇳 ChinaMid-Autumn Festival · 8. sep – 8. okt (vanligvis)Mooncakes from every bakery and a short national break that some years runs straight into the October holiday, making one very long one.84
- Corfu 🇬🇷 GreeceOhi Day · 28. okt28 October marks Greece's refusal of the 1940 Italian ultimatum.84
- Zakynthos 🇬🇷 GreeceOhi Day · 28. okt28 October marks Greece's refusal of the 1940 Italian ultimatum.84
- Incheon 🇰🇷 South KoreaChuseok · 5. sep – 10. okt (vanligvis)The airport is the pinch point of the whole country for about five days.84
- Cuenca 🇪🇨 EcuadorIndependencia de Cuenca · 31. okt – 5. novThe Day of the Dead on the second runs straight into the city's independence day on the third, which makes it the longest bridge in the Ecuadorian year and the week Cuenca is fullest.84
- Jeonju 🇰🇷 South KoreaChuseok · 5. sep – 10. okt (vanligvis)Chuseok, the autumn harvest festival, is a three-day public holiday when Koreans travel home.84
- Gyeongju 🇰🇷 South KoreaChuseok · 5. sep – 10. okt (vanligvis)The harvest holiday empties the cities and fills the old capital.83
- Lusaka 🇿🇲 ZambiaIndependence Day · 21.–27. okt (vanligvis)Zambia's national day falls on 24 October, with government offices, banks and many shops closed and stadium celebrations and parades filling Lusaka for the holiday.82
- Gaborone 🇧🇼 BotswanaBotswana Day · 30. sep – 1. oktTwo days off for independence, with the stadium event and street stalls in the centre.82
… og 46 til i oktober.
Nasjonaldag i november
- Phoenix 🇺🇸 United StatesThanksgiving · 21. nov – 2. des (vanligvis)Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close.92
- Los Angeles 🇺🇸 United StatesDia de los Muertos · 25. okt – 3. nov (vanligvis)Altars and an all-night gathering in the Hollywood Forever cemetery on the Saturday nearest 2 November, plus nine days of processions on Olvera Street.91
- Scottsdale 🇺🇸 United StatesThanksgiving · 21. nov – 2. des (vanligvis)Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close.91
- San Diego 🇺🇸 United StatesThanksgiving · 21. nov – 2. des (vanligvis)Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close.91
- Tucson 🇺🇸 United StatesThanksgiving · 21. nov – 2. des (vanligvis)Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close.91
- Cochabamba 🇧🇴 BoliviaTodos Santos · 1.–2. novHouseholds build a table of bread figures, fruit and the dead person's favourite food from midday on the first, then carry it to the cemetery on the second.90
- Jacksonville 🇺🇸 United StatesThanksgiving · 21. nov – 2. des (vanligvis)Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close.90
- Norfolk Island Norfolk IslandThanksgiving Day · 22.–28. nov (vanligvis)An American whaling-era import kept nowhere else in the Pacific, on the fourth Wednesday in November.90
- Palm Springs 🇺🇸 United StatesThanksgiving · 21. nov – 2. des (vanligvis)Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close.89
- Rabat 🇲🇦 MoroccoGreen March anniversary · 4.–8. novThe 6th of November closes public offices and fills the capital with flags.89
- Dakhla Western SaharaGreen March anniversary · 4.–8. novThe 6th of November is the date Morocco marks its claim on the Sahara, and nowhere marks it harder than here: flags, official events and closed public offices for the long weekend.89
- Sucre 🇧🇴 BoliviaTodos Santos · 1.–2. novFamilies build altars with photos, favourite foods and t'antawawa bread figures for their dead, then take them to the cemetery on 2 November.88
- Houston 🇺🇸 United StatesThanksgiving · 21. nov – 2. des (vanligvis)Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close.88
- Laayoune Western SaharaGreen March Day · 6.–7. nov6 November is the anniversary of the 1975 march into Western Sahara, and Laayoune is where Morocco stages the commemoration: flags on every pole, official speeches and a town that stops for the day.88
- Austin 🇺🇸 United StatesThanksgiving · 21. nov – 2. des (vanligvis)Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close.87
- San Antonio 🇺🇸 United StatesThanksgiving · 21. nov – 2. des (vanligvis)Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close.87
- Antigua Guatemala 🇬🇹 GuatemalaGiant kites for All Saints · 1. novOn 1 November the villages half an hour up the road, Sumpango and Santiago Sacatepequez, raise barriletes the height of a house over the cemetery while families eat fiambre among the graves.86
- Charleston 🇺🇸 United StatesThanksgiving · 21. nov – 2. des (vanligvis)Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close.86
- Montañita 🇪🇨 EcuadorDay of the Dead long weekend · 1.–4. nov (vanligvis)2 November, Day of the Dead, and 3 November, Cuenca's independence day, make a national long weekend.86
- St. Augustine 🇺🇸 United StatesThanksgiving · 21. nov – 2. des (vanligvis)Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close.86
- New Orleans 🇺🇸 United StatesHalloween and Krewe of Boo · 20. okt – 2. nov (vanligvis)The city takes Halloween not far short of how it takes Carnival: a night parade with floats through the Marigny and the Quarter, and Frenchmen Street in costume for the weekend either side.85
- Savannah 🇺🇸 United StatesThanksgiving · 21. nov – 2. des (vanligvis)Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close.84
- Nizwa 🇴🇲 OmanOman National Day · 18.–30. nov (vanligvis)National Day falls on 20 November and brings two days of public holiday, which the government has sometimes moved to later in the month to make a long weekend.83
- Potosí 🇧🇴 BoliviaPotosi anniversary, 10 November · 10. novThe department's civic holiday marks the 1810 uprising against Spanish rule with parades of schools, miners and the army around the main square.82
- Dallas 🇺🇸 United StatesThanksgiving · 21. nov – 2. des (vanligvis)Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close.82
… og 94 til i november.
Nasjonaldag i desember
- Montevideo 🇺🇾 UruguayNew Year on the rambla · 31. des – 1. janCiudad Vieja offices shower the street with old paperwork before noon on 31 December, then the city eats at home and reappears on Pocitos beach around midnight.88
- Manama 🇧🇭 BahrainBahrain National Day · 15.–18. desThe 16th and 17th of December give a long weekend at the best time of year to be outdoors, so the corniche and the beaches are busy and the hotels are full.87
- Tampa 🇺🇸 United StatesThanksgiving · 21. nov – 2. des (vanligvis)Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close.87
- Abu Dhabi 🇦🇪 United Arab EmiratesUAE National Day · 1.–3. desPublic holidays on 2 and 3 December with fireworks over the Corniche, air displays and flags on every car.86
- Doha 🇶🇦 QatarQatar National Day · 16.–20. desThe 18 December holiday, with a parade on the corniche, fireworks and flags on every car.86
- Dubai 🇦🇪 United Arab EmiratesUAE National Day · 1.–3. desTwo public holidays on 2 and 3 December, with fireworks, air displays and flags on every car.85
- Ras Al Khaimah 🇦🇪 United Arab EmiratesUAE National Day · 1.–3. desEid Al Etihad on 2 December brings a public holiday of two days or more.85
- Fujairah 🇦🇪 United Arab EmiratesUAE National Day · 30. nov – 3. desThe 2nd and 3rd of December give the country a long weekend and the east-coast hotels fill with it.85
- Palm Springs 🇺🇸 United StatesThanksgiving · 21. nov – 2. des (vanligvis)Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close.84
- Niamey 🇳🇪 NigerRepublic Day · 18. des18 December is the biggest civic date of the Nigerien year and the government has traditionally rotated the main ceremony around a different regional capital.84
- San Diego 🇺🇸 United StatesThanksgiving · 21. nov – 2. des (vanligvis)Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close.83
- St. Augustine 🇺🇸 United StatesThanksgiving · 21. nov – 2. des (vanligvis)Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close.83
- Miami 🇺🇸 United StatesThanksgiving · 21. nov – 2. des (vanligvis)Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close.81
- Phoenix 🇺🇸 United StatesThanksgiving · 21. nov – 2. des (vanligvis)Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close.81
- Scottsdale 🇺🇸 United StatesThanksgiving · 21. nov – 2. des (vanligvis)Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close.80
- San Antonio 🇺🇸 United StatesThanksgiving · 21. nov – 2. des (vanligvis)Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close.80
- Tucson 🇺🇸 United StatesThanksgiving · 21. nov – 2. des (vanligvis)Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close.80
- Jacksonville 🇺🇸 United StatesThanksgiving · 21. nov – 2. des (vanligvis)Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close.80
- Fort Lauderdale 🇺🇸 United StatesThanksgiving · 21. nov – 2. des (vanligvis)Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close.80
- The Bottom SabaSaba Day · 1.–7. des (vanligvis)The first Friday in December marks the 1985 adoption of Saba's flag and anthem, and the whole island stops: offices, schools and shops close for a day of parades and community events across all four villages, The Bottom included.80
- Honolulu 🇺🇸 United StatesThanksgiving · 21. nov – 2. des (vanligvis)Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close.78
- Medellín 🇨🇴 ColombiaThe Monday puentes · 1. jan – 31. desColombia moves most of its public holidays onto a Monday, so the country takes a long weekend roughly every month.78
- Arusha 🇹🇿 TanzaniaIndependence and Republic Day · 9. desTanzania's national holiday, marking 1961 independence and the 1964 union with Zanzibar.78
- Ouagadougou 🇧🇫 Burkina FasoProclamation of Independence · 11. desThe 11 December national day is celebrated in a different regional capital each year under the Faso Days programme, with roads and buildings put up for it.78
- Houston 🇺🇸 United StatesThanksgiving · 21. nov – 2. des (vanligvis)Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close.77
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