Austria Holidays 2024/2025
Expect that shops, except grocery stores in transit areas and tourist locations, will be closed on holidays.
It is recommended that you confirm the opening hours of museums, restaurants, and cafes. In addition, Austrian States may have additional State-specific holidays.
Note: Austrians celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve. So expect sights, stores, cafes and some restaurants to close by the late afternoon (~16:00/4pm).
It is recommended to make reservations at restaurants on holidays.
2025
January 1: New Year’s Day (Silvester)
January 6: Epiphany (Dreikönigstag)
April 21: Easter Monday
May 1: Labour Day –
May 29: Ascension (Christi Himmelfahrt)
June 9: Pentecost and Whit Monday
June 19: Corpus Christi
August 15: Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Maria Himmelfahrt)
October 26: Austrian National Day (Nationalfeiertag)
November 1: All Saints’ Day (Allerheiligen)
December 8: Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Mariä Empfängnis)
December 24: Christmas Eve (Der Heilige Abend) when Austrians celebrate Christmas
December 25: Christmas
December 26: St. Stephen’s Day (Stefanitag)
December 31: New Year’s Eve (Silvester)
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