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them more if they were uniform across the globe. Holidays and Festivals have a habit of
happening after you’ve worked out your travel schedule to the last nanosecond. Find
out how your trip figures with calendars around the world with JourneyMart’s
exhaustive list. |
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GERMANY
| Date 2008 |
Occasion |
| January 1 |
New Year's Day |
| January 6 |
Epiphany |
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March 21 |
Good Friday |
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March 23 |
Easter
Day |
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March 24 |
Easter Monday |
| May 1 |
May Day or Labour Day |
| May
11 |
Whit Sunday |
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May 12 |
Whit Monday |
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May 22 |
Corpus Christi |
| August
8 |
Peace Festival |
| August 15 |
Assumption of the Blessed
Virgin Mary |
| October 3 |
Day of German Unity |
| October 31 |
Reformation Day |
| November 1 |
All Saints Day |
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November 19 |
Day of Prayer &
Repentance |
| December 24 |
Christmas Eve -
Government closed, half day for shops |
| December 25 |
Christmas Day |
| December 26 |
Boxing Day |
| December 31 |
New Year's Eve -
Government closed, half day for shops |
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North Rhine-Westphalia, but also in other Catholic parts of Germany (Bavaria), during the
carnival season many businesses close down. The so-called 5th season begins with the
Thursday before Ash Wednesday with Weiberfastnacht (in Cologne and Dusseldorf) or Fasching
(Bavaria, Baden-Wurttemberg). This day is normally only a half-working day (people start
getting drunk after 12 noon!). Non-Holiday Observances
January 27 WWII Genocide Memorial Day
Weekend Saturday, Sunday |
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