Vacation 2025 in Schleswig-Holstein: How to enjoy long weekends!

Vacation 2025 in Schleswig-Holstein: How to enjoy long weekends!

In 2025, the citizens of Schleswig-Holstein will be able to use numerous public holidays and bridge days to optimize their free time. Various public holidays are favorable this year and allow for relaxed vacation planning.

What is particularly pleasing is that the holidays in Schleswig-Holstein in 2025 are significantly more advantageous than in the following year, 2026. In 2025, May 1st, Labor Day, falls on a Thursday, which could prompt many residents to plan a long weekend. In addition, Christmas Day and New Year's Eve are also scheduled for a Thursday and Wednesday, respectively NDR reported.

Overview of the 2025 holidays

The public holidays in Schleswig-Holstein 2025 are as follows:

• Neujahr: Mittwoch, 01.01.2025
• Karfreitag: Freitag, 18.04.2025
• Ostermontag: Montag, 21.04.2025
• Tag der Arbeit: Donnerstag, 01.05.2025
• Christi Himmelfahrt: Donnerstag, 29.05.2025
• Pfingstmontag: Montag, 09.06.2025
• Tag der deutschen Einheit: Freitag, 03.10.2025
• Reformationstag: Freitag, 31.10.2025
• Heiliger Abend: Mittwoch, 24.12.2025
• 1. Weihnachtsfeiertag: Donnerstag, 25.12.2025
• 2. Weihnachtsfeiertag: Freitag, 26.12.2025
• Silvester: Mittwoch, 31.12.2025

Strategic vacation days are also available in 2025 and can be used to maximize the number of days off. With 31 days of vacation you can achieve an impressive total of 58 days off.

Vacation planning and bridging days

Vacation planning can particularly benefit from combining different holidays. Eight days of vacation around Easter, from March 30th to April 2nd and then from April 7th to 10th, allow a total of 16 days off. Alternatively, four days of vacation can be taken in the second week of April in order to take a full ten days away from everyday work.

For the period around Ascension Day and Pentecost, nine days of vacation are required to enjoy 17 days off. Anyone who claims additional holiday pay can even work out up to 25 additional days in the period from May 4th to 8th. The Christmas holidays offer a total of 16 days off with eight days of vacation from December 21st to 24th and 28th to 31st.

What is particularly noteworthy is that Schleswig-Holstein only has a few public holidays compared to other federal states. Holidays such as the Epiphany or the Day of Penance and Prayer are not public holidays and fall on regular working days, which additionally influences vacation planning. Only Reformation Day, which has been a public holiday since 2018, is celebrated on October 31st to commemorate the Reformation schulferien.eu points out.

For school-age children in Schleswig-Holstein, the summer holidays on the islands of Sylt, Föhr, Amrum and Helgoland even end a week earlier, and the autumn holidays there are three weeks long. Danish schools in Schleswig-Holstein are shortening the Easter and Christmas holidays by three days each. These regulations illustrate the differences in the education system and holiday periods in the state.

Overall, leisure activities in Schleswig-Holstein in 2025 will provide numerous opportunities to use a selected time window beforehand for relaxation or activity with family and friends. The balanced distribution of public holidays and bridge days offers valuable help here.