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Fribourg, Switzerland public holidays 2027
- 5 dates counted
- 3 on weekdays
- 258 working days
- 2 long weekends
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2027 at a glance
- National Day falls on Sunday 1 August and is not moved; Christmas Day falls on Saturday 25 December and is not moved, because Switzerland has no statutory substitute days.
- In 2027, public holidays fall on 3 weekdays in Fribourg, one fewer than in 2026.
Switzerland has no statutory substitute days: a holiday on a Saturday or Sunday is not moved to a weekday. Fribourg has one list for mainly Catholic municipalities and another for mainly Reformed ones; only the five days on both, 1 August included, are counted, and the days of either list alone are shown but not counted.
Public holidays in 2027
5 dates are counted as non-working in Fribourg in 2027; 3 of them fall on a weekday.
| Date | Holiday | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Friday 1 January 2027 | New Year's Day | |
| Friday 26 March 2027 | Good Friday | |
| Thursday 6 May 2027 | Ascension Day | |
| Sunday 1 August 2027 | National Day | Falls on a weekend and is not moved. |
| Saturday 25 December 2027 | Christmas Day | Falls on a weekend and is not moved. |
- not counted some employers only
Also observed by some
8 more days are holidays only for some employers, sectors or areas in 2027. They are not counted as non-working days here.
| Date | Holiday | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday 2 January 2027 | Saint Berchtold's Day (Reformed municipalities only) | not counted |
| Monday 29 March 2027 | Easter Monday (Reformed municipalities only) | not counted |
| Monday 17 May 2027 | Whit Monday (Reformed municipalities only) | not counted |
| Thursday 27 May 2027 | Corpus Christi (Catholic municipalities only) | not counted |
| Sunday 15 August 2027 | Assumption Day (Catholic municipalities only) | not counted |
| Monday 1 November 2027 | All Saints' Day (Catholic municipalities only) | not counted |
| Wednesday 8 December 2027 | Immaculate Conception (Catholic municipalities only) | not counted |
| Sunday 26 December 2027 | Saint Stephen's Day (Reformed municipalities only) | not counted |
Working days and hours by month
Working days are Monday to Friday minus the counted holidays. Hours are shown for a 7.5-hour and an 8-hour working day.
- Jan 20 working days in January, 1 holiday
- Feb 20 working days in February
- Mar 22 working days in March, 1 holiday
- Apr 22 working days in April
- May 20 working days in May, 1 holiday
- Jun 22 working days in June
- Jul 22 working days in July
- Aug 22 working days in August, 1 holiday
- Sep 22 working days in September
- Oct 21 working days in October
- Nov 22 working days in November
- Dec 23 working days in December, 1 holiday
| Month | Working days | Hours at 7.5 h | Hours at 8 h | Holidays |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20 | 150 | 160 | 1 |
| February | 20 | 150 | 160 | 0 |
| March | 22 | 165 | 176 | 1 |
| April | 22 | 165 | 176 | 0 |
| May | 20 | 150 | 160 | 1 |
| June | 22 | 165 | 176 | 0 |
| July | 22 | 165 | 176 | 0 |
| August | 22 | 165 | 176 | 1 |
| September | 22 | 165 | 176 | 0 |
| October | 21 | 157.5 | 168 | 0 |
| November | 22 | 165 | 176 | 0 |
| December | 23 | 172.5 | 184 | 1 |
| 2027 | 258 | 1935 | 2064 | 5 |
Compare with the rest of Switzerland
| Jurisdiction | Working days in 2027 | Holidays on weekdays |
|---|---|---|
| Aargau | 258 | 3 |
| Appenzell Ausserrhoden | 256 | 5 |
| Appenzell Innerrhoden | 255 | 6 |
| Basel-Landschaft | 256 | 5 |
| Basel-Stadt | 256 | 5 |
| Bern | 256 | 5 |
| Fribourg | 258 | 3 |
| Geneva | 254 | 7 |
| Glarus | 254 | 7 |
| Grisons | 256 | 5 |
| Jura | 255 | 6 |
| Lucerne | 256 | 5 |
| Neuchâtel | 257 | 4 |
| Nidwalden | 255 | 6 |
| Obwalden | 255 | 6 |
| Schaffhausen | 256 | 5 |
| Schwyz | 255 | 6 |
| Solothurn | 258 | 3 |
| St. Gallen | 255 | 6 |
| Thurgau | 256 | 5 |
| Ticino | 256 | 5 |
| Uri | 255 | 6 |
| Valais | 255 | 6 |
| Vaud | 255 | 6 |
| Zug | 255 | 6 |
| Zurich | 256 | 5 |
Long weekends in 2027
Runs of three or more days off in a row without taking leave.
- 3 days Friday 1 January 2027 to Sunday 3 January 2027
- 3 days Friday 26 March 2027 to Sunday 28 March 2027
Best days to take leave in 2027
The longest single break for each number of leave days, built around a public holiday.
| Leave days | Break | Days off | Take leave on |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri 1 Jan to Mon 4 Jan 2027 | 4 | Mon 4 Jan |
| 2 | Fri 1 Jan to Tue 5 Jan 2027 | 5 | Mon 4 Jan, Tue 5 Jan |
| 3 | Fri 1 Jan to Wed 6 Jan 2027 | 6 | Mon 4 Jan, Tue 5 Jan, Wed 6 Jan |
| 4 | Sat 20 Mar to Sun 28 Mar 2027 | 9 | Mon 22 Mar, Tue 23 Mar, Wed 24 Mar, Thu 25 Mar |
| 5 | Fri 1 Jan to Sun 10 Jan 2027 | 10 | Mon 4 Jan, Tue 5 Jan, Wed 6 Jan, Thu 7 Jan, Fri 8 Jan |
Leave plans for the whole year
Non-overlapping breaks that give the most days off for a given number of leave days.
10 days of leave: 23 days off in 3 breaks (uses 10)
- Friday 1 January 2027 to Monday 4 January 2027: 4 days off for 1 day of leave
- Friday 19 March 2027 to Sunday 28 March 2027: 10 days off for 5 days of leave
- Saturday 1 May 2027 to Sunday 9 May 2027: 9 days off for 4 days of leave
15 days of leave: 30 days off in 3 breaks (uses 15)
- Friday 1 January 2027 to Monday 4 January 2027: 4 days off for 1 day of leave
- Friday 12 March 2027 to Sunday 28 March 2027: 17 days off for 10 days of leave
- Saturday 1 May 2027 to Sunday 9 May 2027: 9 days off for 4 days of leave
20 days of leave: 37 days off in 3 breaks (uses 20)
- Friday 1 January 2027 to Monday 4 January 2027: 4 days off for 1 day of leave
- Friday 12 March 2027 to Sunday 28 March 2027: 17 days off for 10 days of leave
- Saturday 24 April 2027 to Sunday 9 May 2027: 16 days off for 9 days of leave
25 days of leave: 44 days off in 3 breaks (uses 25)
- Friday 1 January 2027 to Sunday 10 January 2027: 10 days off for 5 days of leave
- Friday 12 March 2027 to Sunday 28 March 2027: 17 days off for 10 days of leave
- Friday 23 April 2027 to Sunday 9 May 2027: 17 days off for 10 days of leave
Countdown
The days to the next holiday appear here when JavaScript is on.
The working days left this month and this year appear here when JavaScript is on.
Calendar and data downloads
Every public holiday for Fribourg, 2026 to 2028, in your calendar app. A subscription updates by itself.
The subscription works in Google Calendar, Outlook and Apple Calendar. The CSV file also lists the days observed by some.
About public holidays in Fribourg
Fribourg is a bilingual canton on the language border, and its holiday law reflects a second border, the one between Catholic and Reformed communes. The canton publishes two lists. Which one applies to a worker depends on the commune in which the workplace is situated, not on the worker's own religion. The cantonal administration states that these holidays are assimilated to Sundays and cites Article 20a of the Federal Labour Act as the basis; the Sunday-work rules themselves sit in the cantonal employment law.
In communes with a Catholic majority, which covers most of the territory, the holidays are New Year's Day, Good Friday, Ascension Day, Corpus Christi, 1 August, the Assumption on 15 August, All Saints on 1 November, the Immaculate Conception on 8 December and Christmas Day. In the Reformed communes, the list is New Year's Day, 2 January, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Ascension Day, Whit Monday, 1 August, Christmas Day and St Stephen's Day. The cantonal website names the Reformed communes: Courgevaux, Fräschels, Greng, Kerzers, Meyriez, Muntelier, Murten, Ried bei Kerzers, Ulmiz and Mont-Vully, plus the localities of Flamatt and Sensebrügg in Wünnewil-Flamatt.
Easter Monday, Whit Monday, 2 January and 26 December need a careful reading. In the Catholic part they are not holidays. The canton calls them days that are customarily off, where the employer decides whether to give time off, and says expressly that they are not assimilated to Sundays.
A single page for a canton with two calendars has to choose, and the choice here is the overlap. Five days apply in both parts: New Year's Day, Good Friday, Ascension Day, 1 August and Christmas Day. Those are counted, which gives 257 working days from Monday to Friday in 2026 and 258 in 2027. The four Reformed-only dates (2 January, Easter Monday, Whit Monday and 26 December) appear in the list with a note that only the Reformed municipalities observe them, and they are not counted.
The four Catholic feasts, Corpus Christi, the Assumption, All Saints and the Immaculate Conception, appear in the list of days observed by some, marked as Catholic municipalities only. They are real holidays in the Catholic communes, but they are not part of any total here, so a worker in such a commune has more days off than the figure shown.
Compared with Bern, which has one list across the canton, Fribourg's dual calendar is unusual. A holiday that lands on a weekend is not replaced by a weekday, and communal festivals are not counted.
Source and last check
Dates are calculated with the python-holidays library 0.108 and checked against the official sources below. Last checked: .