Data

The aggregated raw data is available in the GitHub repository OpenHolidaysAPI.Data. The detailed Commit history can be viewed there. This change log serves as a summarised overview of the changes.

We largely adhere to the recommendations from the community project Keep a Changelog. However, the holiday data of the OpenHolidays API project is not subject to semantic versioning.

November 19, 2025¶

Added:

Two one-off public holidays for Bulgaria on 31 December 2025 and 2 January 2026 (changeover from the national currency to the euro)

November 17, 2025¶

Added:

Added school holidays 2026/2027 for France (mainland).

Changed:

School holidays for La Réunion (France) fully updated.

November 11, 2025¶

Added:

Added school holidays 2025/2026 for Italy and Whit Monday as an additional public holiday in South Tyrol.

November 07, 2025¶

Added:

Added school holidays 2025/2026 and 2026/2027 for Andorra.
Added school holidays 2025/2026 for Malta.
Added school holidays 2025/2026 for Mexico.
Added school holidays 2025/2026 for Moldova.
Added school holidays 2025/2026 for Serbia.
Added school holidays 2025/2026 for Slovenia.

November 06, 2025¶

Added:

Added school holidays 2025/2026 for Albania.
Added school holidays 2025/2026 for Belarus.
Added school holidays 2025/2026 for Croatia.
Added school holidays 2025/2026 for Hungary.
Added school holidays 2025/2026 for San Marino.

November 05, 2025¶

Added:

Added school holidays 2025/2026 for Bulgaria.
Added school holidays 2025/2026 and 2026/2027 for Lithuania.
Added school holidays 2025/2026 for Romania.
Added school holidays 2026/2027 and 2027/2028 for Slovakia.
Added school holidays 2026/2027 for Austria. Some information is marked with the tag Provisional.
Extended school holidays for Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) to include the Frisian islands of Sylt, Föhr, Amrum, Helgoland and the Halligen. The data for these islands has been marked with the tag Exception.

Changed:

Breaking change: School holidays for the Netherlands are now divided into groups (holiday regions) and administrative units (municipalities).
Breaking change: School holidays for Belgium are now divided into groups (language communities) and no longer into subdivisions.
Breaking change: School holidays for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Germany) are now divided into groups (school types) and no longer into subdivisions.

Fixed:

Error corrections for school holidays in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Germany).

June 11, 2025¶

Added:

Added holidays for South Africa

Fixed:

Many bug fixes for German holidays.

May 30, 2025¶

Changed:

Vatican holidays due to the appointment of Pope Leo XIV.

April 16, 2025¶

Added:

Added public holidays for Brazil

Fixed:

Slovakian Constitution Day will no longer be a non-working day from 2025.

April 7, 2025¶

Added:

Added holidays for Mexico

February 11, 2025¶

Added:

Added new school holidays for Belgium

Fixed:

Bug fix for school holidays for the Flemish Community in Belgium

February 05, 2025¶

Added:

Added school holidays 2025/2026 for Austria

February 04, 2025¶

Added:

Added public holidays for Sweden

January 12, 2025¶

Added:

New Polish public holiday added for 24 December (Christmas Eve) from 2025

January 05, 2025¶

Added:

One-off public holiday added for Berlin (Germany) on 8 May 2025 (80th anniversary of the liberation from National Socialism and the end of the Second World War)

Fixed:

Adjustments for Swiss public holidays
Bug fix for Romanian public holidays

December 12, 2024¶

Added:

More confirmed public holidays 2025 for Spain (regions Asturias, Murcia, La Rioja) added

Fixed:

Bug fix for Polish public holidays

November 05, 2024¶

Added:

Added public holidays 2025 for Spain
Added some more public holidays for Switzerland
Added new school holidays 2024/2025 for Spain
Added new school holidays until 2030/2031 for Swiss canton Solothurn
Added new school holidays until 2031/2032 for the Swiss canton Basler Landschaft
Added new school holidays until 2031/2032 for Swiss canton Basler Stadt

Changed:

All holidays have now an addtional column RegionalScope
Some holidays have now an addtional column TemporalScope
The optional column Quality was renamed to Status

October 14, 2024¶

Added:

Added holidays for Belarus
Added holidays for Moldova
Added holidays for Romania
Added holidays for Serbia
Added holidays for French Overseas Territories
Added school holidays 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 for Lithuania
Added school holidays 2024/2025 for Albania
Added school holidays 2024/2025 for Corse (France)
Added school holidays 2024/2025 for Croatia
Added school holidays 2024/2025 for Hungary
Added school holidays 2024/2025 for Italy
Added school holidays 2024/2025 for Malta
Added school holidays 2024/2025 for Poland
Added school holidays 2024/2025 for Slovenia
Added school holidays 2024/2025, 2025/2026, 2026/2027 and 2027/2028 for Portugal
Added school holidays until 2027/2028 for Swiss canton Jura.

Changed:

Public holidays for Switzerland refactored

May 02, 2024¶

Added:

Added holidays for Spain
Added school holidays for Corsica (France)
Added Augsburg Peace Festival for Bavaria (Germany)
Added more school holidays for Belgium
Added additional COVID-19 holidays in 2020/2021 for Bulgaria
New school holidays until 2026/2027 added for Latvia

Changed:

Refactoring of school holidays for Liechtenstein

March 31, 2024¶

Added:

Added holidays for Andorra
New school holidays until 2025/2026 added for Luxembourg
New school holidays until 2024/2025 added for San Marino
New school holidays until 2024/2025 added for Estonia
New school holidays until 2024/2025 added for Latvia

December 12, 2023¶

Added:

Added holidays for Portugal

Changed:

Added 3 new values to enumeration type HolidayType (National, Regional and `Local)
Added new enumeration type HolidayQuality (Mandatory or Optional)

October 24, 2023¶

Added:

Added holidays for Albania

September 08, 2023¶

Added:

Added holidays for Italy
Added holidays for Vatican City

August 29, 2023¶

Added:

Added holidays for Monaco
Added holidays for Malta
Added holidays for San Marino

August 04, 2023¶

Added:

Added holidays for Slovenia
New school holidays until 2023/2024 added for Belgium (German-speaking Community)
New school holidays until 2023/2024 added for Bulgaria
New school holidays until 2023/2024 added for Croatia
New school holidays until 2023/2024 added for Poland
New school holidays until 2023/2024 added for Hungary

June 15, 2023¶

Added:

New school holidays until 2025/2026 added for Slovakia
New school holidays until 2029/2030 added for Hesse (Germany)
Additional holiday days for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Germany) added

Changed:

Refactoring of school holidays for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Germany)

June 01, 2023¶

Added:

All Souls' Day and feast days of the national patron saints added as school holidays for Austria.

June 01, 2023¶

Added:

New one-off holiday for Latvia on 29.05.2023 (winning the bronze medal at the 2023 Ice Hockey World Championship)
New school holidays until 2023/2024 added for Latvia

May 06, 2023¶

Added:

Public holidays extended for all countries until 2030

Changed:

Refactoring the Dutch school holidays

January 30, 2023¶

Added:

New school holidays until 2029/2030 added for all German federal states (exception Hesse)
New school holidays until 2023/2024 added for Austria
Public holidays for Germany extended until 2030
Public holidays for Austria extended until 2030

Changed:

Refactoring of Austrian school holidays

January 21, 2023¶

Added:

Added holidays for Bulgaria
Added holidays for Croatia
Added holidays for Hungary
Added holidays for Ireland

Changed:

Large refactoring of the csv structure

January 05, 2023¶

Added:

Added holidays for Czechia
Added holidays for Slovakia

Changed:

Refactoring of countries, languages, administrative units (subdivisions) and organisational units

December 21, 2022¶

Added:

Added holidays for Latvia
Added holidays for Lithuania
Added holidays for Poland

Changed:

Refactoring around official country names and holiday types
Refactoring of French school holidays

December 18, 2022¶

Added:

Added holidays for Belgium
Added holidays for Estonia
Added school holidays 2023/2024, 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 for France

December 08, 2022¶

Added:

Added Italian language for Swiss holiday names
Added school holidays 2024/2025 for Luxembourg

September 16, 2022¶

First publication