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Switzerland (Neuchâtel) : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months

  • Currency: Franc (CHF)
  • For local celebrations, please check the related canton entry.
    Internet domain: .ch - Telephone code: +41 - International dialing code: 00 - GMT offset: +1 (DST: yes)
    European Truck Ban: 22:00 to 05:00 week nights, 00:00 to 24:00 on Sundays, public holidays & vacations departures/returns
  • Weekend: Saturday & Sunday
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    Friday march 1, 2024Marche commémorative de la Révolution du 1er mars 1848Events, celebrations...
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    Friday march 1, 2024Republic's DaySecular holiday
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    Monday march 4, 2024Sports holiday (end)School holidays
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    Thursday march 28, 2024Spring holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Friday march 29, 2024Good FridayCatholic or protestant
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    Monday april 15, 2024Spring holiday (end)School holidays
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    Tuesday april 23, 2024Tour de RomancheSports events
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    Wednesday may 1, 2024Labor Day/May DaySecular holiday
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    Wednesday may 8, 2024Ascension holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Thursday may 9, 2024AscensionCatholic or protestant
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    Monday may 13, 2024Ascension holiday (end)School holidays
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    Friday may 17, 2024Pentecost holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Sunday may 19, 2024PentecostCatholic or protestant
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    Tuesday may 21, 2024Pentecost holiday (end)School holidays
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    Thursday may 30, 2024Corpus CristiCatholic
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    Friday july 5, 2024Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF)Events, celebrations...
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    Friday july 5, 2024Summer holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Thursday august 1, 2024Confederation DayNational Day
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    Monday august 19, 2024Summer holiday (end)School holidays
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    Thursday september 12, 2024Fête des Fontaines de MôtiersEvents, celebrations...
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    Monday september 16, 2024Federal Fasting MondaySecular holiday
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    Marche commémorative de la Révolution du 1er mars 1848

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    Friday march 1, 2024
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    Republic's Day

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    Friday march 1, 2024
    Secular holiday :

    Sports holiday (end)

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    Monday march 4, 2024
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    Spring holiday (beginning)

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    Thursday march 28, 2024
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    Good Friday

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    Friday march 29, 2024
    Catholic or protestant : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.

    Spring holiday (end)

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    Monday april 15, 2024
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    Tour de Romanche

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    Tuesday april 23, 2024
    Sports events : Https://www.tourderomandie.ch/
    Cycling race -- lasts 5 days in the Vaud, Fribourg and Neuchatel cantons 2024 edition confirmed

    Labor Day/May Day

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    Wednesday may 1, 2024
    Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .

    Ascension holiday (beginning)

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    Wednesday may 8, 2024
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    Ascension

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    Thursday may 9, 2024
    Catholic or protestant : Forty days after Easter, always on a Thursday. After his resurrection, Jesus appeared before his disciples and gathered them to tell them to baptize and spread the good word. He then ascended to heaven on a cloud.

    Ascension holiday (end)

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    Monday may 13, 2024
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    Pentecost holiday (beginning)

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    Friday may 17, 2024
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    Pentecost

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    Sunday may 19, 2024
    Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday

    Pentecost holiday (end)

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    Tuesday may 21, 2024
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    Corpus Cristi

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    Thursday may 30, 2024
    Catholic : Commemorates the Last supper. Pope Urban IV ordered the observance of such a feast in 1264, and in the following century it became universal in the Western Church. For six hundred years that feast was observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, but in 1970 the new Roman Missal, while retaining that day for some countries, provided that in others the feast be observed on the Sunday after Trinity.

    Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF)

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    Friday july 5, 2024
    Culture : Https://nifff.ch/ lasts 5 days 2024 edition confirmed

    Summer holiday (beginning)

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    Friday july 5, 2024
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    Confederation Day

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    Thursday august 1, 2024
    Secular holiday : Instaured at the end of the XIX century. The date refers to an agreement made at the beginning of August 1291 between Uri, Schwyz and Nidwalden. Traditional observance includes bonfires on the the mountains and celebrations in the communities, occasions for patriotic speeches. Modern observance, fostered by the Tourist offices, include fireworks.

    Summer holiday (end)

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    Monday august 19, 2024
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    Fête des Fontaines de Môtiers

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    Thursday september 12, 2024
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    Federal Fasting Monday

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    Monday september 16, 2024
    Secular holiday : A religious holiday with a ecumenical background instaured in the 19th century.