Public Holidays in Berlin 2024: Complete Overview of Dates and Special Days

When are public holidays in Berlin 2024? When is the next holiday? Here we give a complete overview of the dates.

What public holidays will Berlin have in 2024? Here we give an overview of the dates in the German capital when people are free and shops are closed.

Here you will also find information on other special dates such as Epiphany, Corpus Christi and All Saints Day. We provide detailed background information on the meaning and customs of all holidays. Simply click on the blue links for more information.

Which and how many public holidays are there in Berlin?

In Berlin there are ten public holidays on which most people don’t have to go to work or school. The capital also has a public holiday that other federal states cannot boast of: International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8th. There are also nine public holidays that apply in all federal states in Germany. Here is an overview:

For example, Epiphany on January 6th, Corpus Christi or All Saints Day on November 1st are not public holidays in Berlin. So people have neither time off work nor school on these dates. The shops are open. Of course, school is still free during the holidays in Berlin.

When is the next public holiday in Berlin?

The next public holiday in Berlin is New Year’s Day on January 1st, 2024.

Holidays in Berlin 2024

• New Year: January 1st, 2024 (Monday)
• International Women’s Day: March 8, 2024 (Friday)
• Good Friday: March 29, 2024 (Friday)
• Easter – Easter Monday: April 1st, 2024 (Monday)
• May 1st – Labor Day: May 1st, 2024 (Wednesday)
• Ascension Day: May 9, 2024 (Thursday)
• Whitsun – Whit Monday: May 20, 2024 (Monday)
• Day of German Unity: October 3rd, 2024 (Thursday)
• Christmas Day: December 25th, 2024 (Wednesday)
• Boxing Day: December 26, 2024 (Thursday)

Nine public holidays in Germany in 2023 and 2024 apply in all federal states.

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Other special dates

Here is an overview of other dates in Berlin that play a special role in the calendar:

• Three Kings: January 6th, 2023, January 6th, 2024
• Valentine’s Day: February 14, 2023, February 14, 2024
• Women’s Carnival: February 16, 2023, February 8, 2024
• Rose Monday: February 20, 2023, February 12, 2024
• Ash Wednesday: February 22, 2023, February 14, 2024
• Beginning of spring (meteorological): March 1st, 2023, March 1st, 2024
• St. Patrick’s Day: 17.03.2023, 17.03.2024
• St. Joseph’s Day: 19.03.2023, 19.03.2024
• Beginning of spring (calendar): March 20, 2023, March 20, 2024
• Time change to summer time: March 26, 2023, March 31, 2024
• Palm Sunday: April 2nd, 2023, March 24th, 2024
• Maundy Thursday: April 6th, 2023, March 28th, 2024
• Walpurgis Night: April 30, 2023, April 30, 2024
• Liberation Day: May 8, 2023, May 8, 2024
• Ice Saints: from May 11th, 2023, from May 11th, 2024
• Mother’s Day: May 14, 2023, May 12, 2024
• Father’s Day: May 18, 2023, May 9, 2024
• International Children’s Day: June 1st, 2023, June 1st, 2024
• Sommeranfang (meteorological): 01.06.2023, 01.06.2024
• Corpus Christi: June 8, 2023, May 30, 2024
• Beginning of summer (calendar) / summer solstice: June 21st, 2023, June 20th, 2024
• St. John’s Day: June 23rd, 2023, June 23rd, 2024
• Dormouse day: June 27th, 2023, June 27th, 2024
• Peter and Paul: June 29, 2023, June 29, 2024
• Assumption of Mary: August 15, 2023, August 15, 2024
• Beginning of autumn (meteorological): September 1st, 2023, September 1st, 2024
• World Children’s Day: September 20, 2023, September 20, 2024
• Beginning of autumn (calendar): September 23rd, 2023, September 22nd, 2024
• Thanksgiving: October 1st, 2023, October 6th, 2024
• Time change to winter time: October 29th, 2023, October 27th, 2024
• Halloween: 31.10.2023, 31.10.2024
• Reformation Day: October 31, 2023, October 31, 2024
• All Saints Day: November 1st, 2023, November 1st, 2024
• Very rare: 02.11.2023, 02.11.2024
• Carnival starts: November 11th, 2023, November 11th, 2024
• Martinstag: 11.11.2023, 11.11.2024
• Remembrance Day: November 19th, 2023, November 17th, 2024
• Day of Penance and Prayer: November 22nd, 2023, November 20th, 2024
• Sunday of the Dead: November 26th, 2023, November 24th, 2024
• Winteranfang (meteorological): 01.12.2023, 01.12.2024
• 1. Advent: 03.12.2023, 01.12.2024
• Deadline: 04.12.2023, 04.12.2024
• St. Nicholas Day: December 6th, 2023, December 6th, 2024
• 2. Advent: 10.12.2023, 08.12.2024
• 3. Advent: 17.12.2023, 15.12.2024
• Beginning of winter (calendar) – winter solstice: December 22nd, 2023, December 21st, 2024
• 4. Advent: 24.12.2023, 22.12.2024
• Christmas Eve: December 24th, 2023, December 24th, 2024
• Rough nights: from December 25th, 2023, from December 25th, 2024
• Silvester: 31.12.2023, 31.12.2024

Holidays in Berlin with International Women’s Day

Compared to other federal states, Berlin has few public holidays. In addition to the nine nationwide, there is only International Women’s Day on March 8th – which is only a public holiday in Berlin. Here people have the day off work and school.

International Women’s Day is a relatively new holiday: It has only existed since 2019. The day has its historical origins as early as 1911. At that time, there were demonstrations in Germany, Austria-Hungary, Denmark and Switzerland for women to vote and take office may. A lot has changed since then, but today March 8th is still about equality between women and men.

Past public holidays in Berlin

2023

• New Year: January 1st, 2023 (Sunday)
• International Women’s Day: March 8, 2023 (Wednesday)
• Good Friday: April 7th, 2023 (Friday)
• Easter – Easter Monday: April 10, 2023 (Monday)
• May 1st – Labor Day: May 1st, 2023 (Monday)
• Ascension Day: May 18, 2023 (Thursday)
• Whitsun – Whit Monday: May 29, 2023 (Monday)
• Day of German Unity: October 3rd, 2023 (Tuesday)
• Christmas Day: December 25, 2023 (Monday)
• Boxing Day: December 26, 2023 (Tuesday)

2022

• New Year: January 1st, 2022 (Saturday)
• International Women’s Day: March 8, 2022 (Tuesday)
• Good Friday: April 15, 2022 (Friday)
• Easter – Easter Monday: April 18, 2022 (Monday)
• May 1st – Labor Day: May 1st, 2022 (Sunday)
• Ascension Day: May 26, 2022 (Thursday)
• Whitsun – Whit Monday: June 6th, 2022 (Monday)
• Day of German Unity: October 3rd, 2022 (Monday)
• Christmas Day: December 25th, 2022 (Sunday)
• Boxing Day: December 26, 2022 (Monday)

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