Holidays in Switzerland

Holidays in Switzerland - Switzerland is a landlocked Country in Europe that is surrounded by 5 other European Countries:

• Austria to the East
• France to the West
• Germany to the North -  Check out our Holidays in Germany page!
• Italy to the South
• Also borders the principality of Liechtenstein to the East

The Country is absolutely beautiful!

The Matterhorn - Photo Credit: MySwitzerland.com

Map of Switzerland

Holidays and Observances in Switzerland

All the Holidays in Switzerland information below, will give the 2023 Date, Holiday Name, and Holiday Type. Ultimately, we will have a Daily Holidays Page for each of the Days of the Year, and a devoted page for each of the Holidays and Observances.  Pages completed will be linked up below once they are done.

If a Holiday does not have 2023 after it below, that means that it is observed annually on the same day.  Those with 2023 listed after the date, are movable holidays that are observed on different days each year.

January Holidays in Switzerland

• New Year's Day - January 1 
• Berchtold Day - January 2 
• Epiphany - January 6

February Holidays in Switzerland

• Valentine's Day - February 14

March Holidays in Switzerland

• Republic Day - March 1
• Saint Joseph's Day - March 19
• March Equinox - March 20, 2023
• Daylight Saving Time Starts - March 26, 2023

April Holidays in Switzerland

• Good Friday - April 7, 2023
• Easter Sunday - April 9, 2023
• Easter Monday - April 10, 2023
• Sechselauten - April 17, 2023

May Holidays in Switzerland

• May Day - May 1
• Mother's Day - May 14, 2023
• Ascension Day - May 18, 2023
• Pentecost - May 28, 2023
• Pentecost Monday - May 29, 2023

June Holidays in Switzerland

• Father's Day - June 4, 2023
• Corpus Christi - June 8, 2023
• June Solstice - June 21, 2023
• St. Peter and St. Paul - June 29

July Holidays in Switzerland

None

August Holidays in Switzerland

• Swiss National Day - August 1 (National Holiday)
• Assumption of Mary - August 15

September Holidays in Switzerland

• Jeune Genevois - September 7, 2023
• Knabenschiessen - September 9-11, 2023
• Swiss Federal Fast - September 17, 2023
• September Equinox - September 23, 2023

October Holidays in Switzerland

• Daylight Savings Time Ends - October 29, 2023

November Holidays in Switerland

• All Saint's Day - November 1

December Holidays in Switzerland

• Feast of the Immaculate Conception - December 8
• December Solstice - December 22, 2023
• Christmas Eve - December 24
• Christmas Day - December 25
• St. Stephen's Day - December 26
• New Year's Eve - December 31
• Restoration Day - December 31

Overview of Switzerland

Below is a much longer video of Switzerland, but I thought it was very interesting information and had some beautiful aerial video!

Fun Facts About Switzerland

• Capital of Switzerland is Bern
• Largest City in Switzerland is Zurich
• The current population of Switzerland is 8,591,365 (as of mid year 2019 per the UN)
• There are more than 1,500 lakes in Switzerland
• Switzerland is famous for it's alpine meadows areas, private banking system, cheese, chocolate, production of luxury watches (makes approx. 50% of the words watches!)
• The Swiss people consume the most chocolate per capita in the world!
• Switzerland has been a neutral country during wartimes for over 190 years.

Travel Information

Many people travel during the longer holidays for vacations, or to spend time with family living in a different area.

To book hotels, I love to use Hotels Combined which is a world leading hotel comparison site.  You can enter the City in Switzerland that you are traveling to below in the Search box, and you can find availability, and the best hotel prices by comparing all the major travel sites with just the one search! Find the Hotel and Price that works best for your budget, and book your room!

Top 10 Things to Do in Switzerland

Music of Switzerland

"Swiss Girl" from the album Jodel-Time, by Oesch's die Dritten

2015 - Zurich International School, G3 Singing on Singing Christmas Tree!

Country Resources of Switzerland

• CIA - The World Fact Book about Switzerland - The Central Intelligence Agency of the United States has a great Country overview of Switzerland.

• MySwitzerland.com - Tourism site

• Switzerland Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland

Pinterest Board of Switzerland

Please Follow our Holidays and Observances Holidays in Switzerland Holiday Board on Pinterest - below you will see our 30 most recent pins to this photo board!

Click on the SEE ON PINTEREST bar right above, to see all the rest of our photo's on this board, and to Follow the board. New photos will be constantly added!