Public holidays for leave that counts correctly
Prepared nationwide calendars for 24 countries, covering2026 and 2027. Pick a country, prefill the holidays in SquadBear, and leave day-counts skip the right days — even when your team spans CEE, DACH and the Nordics.
Source: Nager.Date— Nationwide public holidays from the Nager.Date open API (compiled from national calendars). Regional observances are left for admins to add.
Countries with prepared calendars
Each page lists the holidays by year, explains how SquadBear applies them to leave, and links into the product. Regional observances (German Länder, Swiss cantons, Spanish comunidades) are intentionally left for you to add — so you only exclude what your policy covers.
Central & Eastern Europe
Czechia
Czech national holidays for software houses with Prague or Brno teams — Easter Monday through Independent Czechoslovak State Day.
Hungary
Hungarian national holidays for CEE software houses with Budapest delivery centres.
Poland
National public holidays including Easter Monday, Corpus Christi and Independence Day — prefilled so leave day-counts match Polish labour practice.
Romania
Romanian public holidays for nearshore engineering teams — correct day-counts without a spreadsheet.
Slovakia
Slovak public holidays for multi-country CEE workforces sharing one leave system.
Ukraine
Ukrainian national public holidays for EU tech companies with Ukrainian colleagues and contractors.
DACH
Austria
National Feiertage including Epiphany, Ascension, Corpus Christi and Nationalfeiertag — ready for DACH multi-site leave.
Germany
Nationwide public holidays only (Neujahr, Karfreitag, Einheit…). Länder-specific days (Heilige Drei Könige, Reformationstag) can be added per calendar.
Switzerland
Federal public holidays (New Year, Ascension, National Day, Christmas). Cantonal days vary — add the ones your sites observe.
Western Europe
Belgium
Belgian national public holidays for bilingual and multi-site teams in Brussels, Flanders and Wallonia.
France
Jours fériés nationaux (1er mai, 8 mai, Ascension, 14 juillet…) so French and remote-FR headcount accrues leave correctly.
Ireland
Irish public holidays including St Patrick’s Day, June Bank Holiday and October Bank Holiday for correct leave day-counting.
Italy
Italian festività nazionali (Epifania, 25 aprile, Ferragosto…) for multi-country EU leave calendars.
Netherlands
Koningsdag, Ascension, Whit Monday and the Christmas pair — so PTO windows skip Dutch public holidays automatically.
Portugal
Portuguese national holidays for Lisbon/Porto hubs and remote-PT engineers on shared leave rules.
Spain
National Spanish holidays. Regional fiestas (Madrid, Catalonia, …) stay optional so you only exclude what your policy covers.
United Kingdom
England & Wales bank holidays (the usual default for UK tech teams). Scotland and Northern Ireland extras can be added per person or calendar.
Nordics
Denmark
Danish helligdage so Copenhagen and remote-DK employees see the same day-counts as local calendars.
Finland
Finnish public holidays including Midsummer and Independence Day for Nordic distributed teams.
Norway
Norwegian public holidays (Grunnlovsdag, Ascension, Christmas) for Nordic multi-country leave policies.
Sweden
Swedish röda dagar including Midsummer Eve and All Saints’ Eve patterns used by Nordic product teams.
Baltics
Estonia
Estonian public holidays for Tallinn and remote-EE product teams on one calendar model.
Latvia
Latvian public holidays (including Līgo/Jāņi) for Baltic distributed teams.
Lithuania
Lithuanian public holidays for Baltic and CEE multi-site leave administration.
Why this matters for leave software
A five-day holiday that spans a public holiday is not five leave days for everyone. SquadBear resolves each person’s country calendar and work schedule so quotas, coverage and timesheets stay aligned — without a connector between modules.
- One calendar per country — override per employee when someone works under another country’s holidays.
- Prefill, then edit — presets seed the year; admins add bridge days, company holidays or regional observances.
- Leave-aware timesheets — expected hours already drop on public holidays, no manual zeroing.
- Agent-ready — ask Claude or ChatGPT for coverage risks around a long weekend in any covered country.