Are you a student attending school in Switzerland? If so, you might be interested in learning more about the school holidays in Switzerland!
In Switzerland, the school year starts between the second half of August and the first half of September. Students have approximately 13 weeks of holiday each school year. The cantons and communes set the dates for these holidays, and they differ from region to region.
Here are the main school holidays in Switzerland for 2019:
– Christmas holidays: Between 22-12-2018 to 6-1-2019. The duration of the holiday varies depending on the region and school type. Typically, every region has 1.5 to 2.5 weeks of holiday between December and January.
– Sport holidays: Between 26-01-2019 to 17-03-2019. The duration of the holiday varies depending on the region and school type. Typically, every region has 1 to 2 weeks of holiday between January and March.
Spring holidays: Between 6-4-2019 and 5-5-2019. The duration of the holiday varies depending on the region and school type. Typically, every region has two weeks of holiday between April and May.
Summer holidays: Between 29-06-2019 and 28-08-2019. The duration of the holiday varies depending on the region and school type. Typically, every region has eight weeks of holiday between June and August.
Please remember that holiday dates vary depending on the region and school type.
If you’re interested in learning more about bank holidays in Switzerland, check out the calendar below.
Here are the holidays in Switzerland for 2019:
– 1 Jan: New Year’s Day (all)
– 2 Jan: Berchtold Day (14 cantons)
– 6 Jan: Epiphany (GR*, SZ, TI, UR)
– 19 Mar: Saint Joseph’s Day (GR*, LU*, NW, SO*, SZ, TI, UR, VS)
– 19 Apr: Good Friday (all except TI, VS)
– 22 Apr: Easter Monday (all except VS)
– 1 May: May Day (BL, BS, FR*, JU, LU*, SH, SO*, TG, TI, ZH)
– 30 May: Ascension Day (all)
– 10 Jun: Pentecost Monday (all except VS)
– 20 Jun: Corpus Christi (14 cantons)
– 29 Jun: St. Peter and St. Paul (Graubünden, Ticino)
– 1 Aug: Swiss National Day
– 15 Aug: Assumption of Mary (14 cantons)
– 5 Sep: Jeune Genevois (Geneva)
– 1 Nov: All Saints’ Day (16 cantons)
– 8 Dec: Immaculate Conception (13 cantons)
– 25 Dec: Christmas Day (all)
– 26 Dec: St. Stephen’s Day (all except JU, VD, VS)