Public holidays in Slovenia

There are two kinds of holidays in Slovenia - national holidays and work-free days. National holidays are those celebrated by the state. These include official functions and flying the national flag. The latter are actually Catholic religious holidays (Christmas, Easter, and the Assumption), which are equivalent to any Sunday; companies and schools are closed, but there is no official celebration.

State holidays that are work-free are shown in pale green, while work-free days that are not state holidays (coinciding with Catholic religious holidays) are shown in dark green. Not work-free holidays are shown in white. Altogether, there are 15 work-free days in Slovenia. Since two of them always fall on Sunday, there are effectively 13 days of public holidays in Slovenia.

Date	English Name	Slovenian Name	Remarks
1 January	New Year	novo leto	State holiday, work-free.
2 January	New Year	novo leto	State holiday, work-free.
8 February	Prešeren Day, the Slovenian Cultural Holiday	Prešernov dan, slovenski kulturni praznik	State holiday, work-free. Anniversary of the death of Slovenian poet France Prešeren, established as the national cultural day in 1944, work-free since 1991.
-	Easter Sunday	velika noč	Work-free day, date varies.
-	Easter Monday	velikonočni ponedeljek	Work-free day, date varies.
27 April	Day of Uprising Against Occupation	dan upora proti okupatorju	State holiday, work-free. Formerly Liberation Front Day (dan Osvobodilne fronte), marks the establishment in 1941 of the Liberation Front to fight the German, Italian, and Hungarian occupation of Slovenia.
1 May	May Day Holiday	praznik dela	State holiday, work-free.
2 May	May Day Holiday	praznik dela	State holiday, work-free.
-	Whit Sunday	binkoštna nedelja	Work-free day, date varies.
8 June	Primož Trubar Day	dan Primoža Trubarja	State holiday, not work-free. Established in 2010.
25 June	Statehood Day	dan državnosti	State holiday, work-free. Commemorates the act of independence in 1991.
15 August	Assumption Day	Marijino vnebovzetje (veliki šmaren)	Work-free day.
17 August	Day of Slovenes in Prekmurje Incorporated into the Mother Nation	dan združitve prekmurskih Slovencev z matičnim narodom po prvi svetovni vojni	State holiday, not work-free.
15 September	Day of Restoration of the Primorska Region to the Motherland	dan vrnitve Primorske k matični domovini	State holiday, not work-free.
31 October	Reformation Day	dan reformacije	Work-free day.
1 November	All Saints Day	dan spomina na mrtve	State holiday, work-free. Formerly called dan mrtvih ('day of the dead').
23 November	Rudolf Maister Day	dan Rudolfa Maistra	State holiday, not work-free.
25 December	Christmas	božič	Work-free day.
26 December	Independence and Unity Day	dan samostojnosti in enotnosti	State holiday, work free. Commemorates the proclamation of the independence plebiscite results in 1990.

In addition to these, several other holidays are traditionally and popularly celebrated by the people of Slovenia, although not being work-free. The best known are:

Carnival (pust, date varies),
International Women's Day, 8 March
St. George's Day (jurjevanje, the welcoming of spring; 23 April),
St. Martin's day (martinovanje, changing of must into wine; 11 November) and
Saint Nicholas Day (miklavž, when children receive presents; 6 December).

External links

Holidays. Government of the Republic of Slovenia. Accessed on 7 February 2011.
(Slovene) A list of the acts about public holidays and days off in the Republic of Slovenia. Provides links and detailed information about all the acts. Accessed on 7 February 2011.

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