Christmas markets may be the main reason you're thinking about Germany during the holidays, but it's important to remember that packages aren't collected or developed on a public holiday. So if you're sending something around the days we've collected below, keep in mind that it may take a day or two longer to arrive.
Date | Day | Holiday |
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Jan 1 | Friday | New Year's Day |
Jan 6 | Wednesday | Epiphany |
Jan 22 | Friday | Franco-German Day |
Jan 27 | Wednesday | Remembrance Day for the Victims of National Socialism |
Jan 28 | Thursday | European Privacy Day |
Feb 10 | Wednesday | Children's Hospice Day |
Feb 14 | Sunday | Valentine's Day |
Feb 15 | Monday | Shrove Monday |
Feb 16 | Tuesday | Carnival / Shrove Tuesday |
Feb 17 | Wednesday | Carnival / Ash Wednesday |
Mar 8 | Monday | International Women's Day |
Mar 8 | Monday | International Women's Day |
Mar 8 | Monday | International Women's Day |
Mar 17 | Wednesday | St. Patrick's Day |
Mar 20 | Saturday | March Equinox |
Mar 28 | Sunday | Palm Sunday |
Mar 28 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time starts |
Apr 1 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday |
Apr 2 | Friday | Good Friday |
Apr 4 | Sunday | Easter Sunday |
Apr 4 | Sunday | Easter Sunday |
Apr 5 | Monday | Easter Monday |
Apr 22 | Thursday | Girls' Day - Career Information Day |
Apr 23 | Friday | German Beer Day |
Apr 30 | Friday | Walpurgis Night |
May 1 | Saturday | May Day |
May 5 | Wednesday | Europe Day (Council of Europe) |
May 8 | Saturday | Anniversary of the End of World War II |
May 9 | Sunday | Mother's Day |
May 9 | Sunday | Europe Day (European Union) |
May 13 | Thursday | Father's Day |
May 13 | Thursday | Ascension Day |
May 23 | Sunday | Whit Sunday |
May 23 | Sunday | Whit Sunday |
May 23 | Sunday | Constitution Day |
May 24 | Monday | Whit Monday |
Jun 1 | Tuesday | International Childrens' Day |
Jun 3 | Thursday | Corpus Christi |
Jun 3 | Thursday | European Bicycle Day |
Jun 6 | Sunday | Visually Impaired People Day |
Jun 20 | Sunday | Car-free Sunday |
Jun 21 | Monday | June Solstice |
Jun 26 | Saturday | Architecture Day |
Aug 8 | Sunday | Peace Festival in Augsburg |
Aug 15 | Sunday | Assumption of Mary |
Sep 1 | Wednesday | World Peace Day |
Sep 11 | Saturday | German Language Day |
Sep 12 | Sunday | European Heritage Days |
Sep 20 | Monday | German World Children's Day |
Sep 20 | Monday | German World Children's Day |
Sep 23 | Thursday | September Equinox |
Oct 3 | Sunday | Day of German Unity |
Oct 3 | Sunday | Harvest Festival |
Oct 10 | Sunday | Grandparents' Day |
Oct 24 | Sunday | Day of the Libraries |
Oct 29 | Friday | World Thrift Day |
Oct 31 | Sunday | Reformation Day |
Oct 31 | Sunday | Halloween |
Oct 31 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time ends |
Nov 1 | Monday | All Saints' Day |
Nov 9 | Tuesday | Night of Broken Glass Remembrance Day |
Nov 9 | Tuesday | Fall of the Berlin Wall |
Nov 11 | Thursday | St. Martin's Day |
Nov 14 | Sunday | National Day of Mourning |
Nov 17 | Wednesday | Repentance Day |
Nov 21 | Sunday | Sunday of the Dead |
Nov 28 | Sunday | First Advent Sunday |
Dec 5 | Sunday | Second Advent Sunday |
Dec 6 | Monday | Saint Nicholas Day |
Dec 12 | Sunday | Third Advent Sunday |
Dec 19 | Sunday | Fourth Advent Sunday |
Dec 19 | Sunday | Remembrance Day for Roma and Sinti killed by Genocide |
Dec 21 | Tuesday | December Solstice |
Dec 24 | Friday | Christmas Eve |
Dec 25 | Saturday | Christmas Day |
Dec 26 | Sunday | Boxing Day |
Dec 31 | Friday | New Year's Eve |