Summary
Public holidays in Croatia are regulated by the Holidays, Memorial Days and Non-Working Days Act (Croatian: Zakon o blagdanima, spomendanima i neradnim danima[1]).
| Public Holidays (non-working) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | English name | Croatian name | moveable
2024 date |
moveable
2025 date |
Remarks |
| 1 January | New Year's Day | Nova godina | |||
| 6 January | Epiphany | Sveta tri kralja | |||
| moveable | Easter | Uskrs | 31 March | 20 April | |
| moveable | Easter Monday | Uskrsni ponedjeljak | 1 April | 21 April | |
| 1 May | Labour Day | Praznik rada | |||
| 30 May | National Day | Dan državnosti | Holiday from 1991 until 2001 and since 2020* | ||
| moveable | Corpus Christi | Tijelovo | 30 May | 19 June | |
| 22 June | Anti-Fascist Struggle Day | Dan antifašističke borbe | |||
| 5 August | Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day | Dan pobjede i domovinske zahvalnosti | |||
| 15 August | Assumption of Mary | Velika Gospa | |||
| 1 November | All Saints' Day | Dan svih svetih | |||
| 18 November | Homeland War Victims Remembrance Day | Dan sjećanja na žrtve Domovinskog rata | Holiday since 2020* | ||
| 25 December | Christmas Day | Božić | |||
| 26 December | Saint Stephen's Day | Sveti Stjepan | |||
* In 2020 there was a change in holidays: June 25 (was Statehood Day until 2019, became Independence Day in 2020) and October 8 (was Independence Day until 2019, became Day of the Croatian Parliament in 2020) changed names and were demoted from public holidays to memorial days (working). May 30 (was Day of the Croatian Parliament until 2019, became National Day in 2020) was promoted from a memorial day to a public holiday, and November 18 (Homeland War Victims Remembrance Day) was added as a new public holiday.
Note: Citizens of the Republic of Croatia who celebrate different religious holidays have the right not to work on those dates. Christians who celebrate Christmas, Easter and Easter Monday per the Julian calendar, Muslims on the days of Ramadan Bayram and Kurban Bayram, and Jews on the days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
| Memorial Days (working) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | English name | Croatian Name | remark |
| 9 January | Day of Unification of Međimurje with its Parent Body Croatia | Dan sjedinjenja Međimurja s maticom zemljom Hrvatskom | |
| 15 January | Day of international recognition of the Republic of Croatia and
Day of peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danube Region |
Dan međunarodnoga priznanja Republike Hrvatske i
Dan mirne reintegracije hrvatskog Podunavlja |
|
| 15 March | Day of founding of the People's Protection | Dan osnivanja Narodne zaštite | |
| 30 April | Day of the Death of Zrinski and Frankopan | Dan pogibije Zrinskog i Frankopana | |
| 9 May | Europe Day and | Dan Europe i Dan pobjede nad fašizmom | |
| moveable | Day of Remembrance of Croatian Victims in the Fight for Freedom and Independence | Dan spomena na hrvatske žrtve u borbi za slobodu i nezavisnost | Saturday/Sunday nearest to 15 May |
| 25 June | Independence Day | Dan neovisnosti | was a Holiday until 2020 |
| 23 August | European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism | Europski dan sjećanja na žrtve totalitarnih i autoritarnih režima
– nacizma, fašizma i komunizma |
|
| 30 August | Day of Remembrance of Missing Persons in the War of Independence | Dan sjećanja na nestale osobe u Domovinskom ratu | |
| 25 September | Day of the Decision about the Unification of Istria, Rijeka,
Zadar and the Islands with the Parent Body Croatia |
Dan donošenja Odluke o sjedinjenju Istre, Rijeke,
Zadra i otoka s maticom zemljom Hrvatskom |
|
| 8 October | Day of the Croatian Parliament | Dan Hrvatskoga sabora | was a Holiday until 2020 |
Unofficial holidays edit
- Popular carnival celebrations are held in most cities and towns in the country on Shrove Tuesday (Pokladni utorak), when customarily businesses in public sector and hospitality industry cease work for the day earlier than usual, but the day is not officially designated a public holiday.
- Some cities also celebrate de facto public holidays on their patron saints' feast days. For example, in Split, the day of Saint Domnius (Sveti Duje) is celebrated on May 7, while Dubrovnik marks the day of Saint Blaise (Sveti Vlaho) on 3 February ; business usually cease work earlier than usual on these days. Most of rural village parishes in Slavonia celebrate their patron saints' with kirbaj / kirvaj festival (from German kirche weihe) when schools are usually closed for a day.
- Even though Christmas Eve (24 December ), New Year's Eve (31 December), and Good Friday are not public holidays, businesses customarily close earlier (as early as 12pm).
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Zakon o blagdanima, spomendanima i neradnim danima u Republici Hrvatskoj" (in Croatian). Narodne novine. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.