Falkland Islands : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months
Internet domain: .fk - Telephone code: +500 - International dialing code: 00 - GMT offset: -4 (DST: yes)
Weekend: Saturday & Sunday
Date | Name | Kind | More |
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Monday June 6, 2022 | Mid-term holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Tuesday June 14, 2022 | Liberation Day | National Day | |
Thursday July 21, 2022 | Winter holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Monday August 29, 2022 | Winter holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Sunday September 11, 2022 | Daylight Saving Time | Special Events | |
Monday October 3, 2022 | Peat Cutting Day | Secular holiday | |
Friday October 28, 2022 | Mid-term holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Monday November 7, 2022 | Mid-term holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Thursday December 8, 2022 | Battle Day | Secular holiday | |
Friday December 9, 2022 | Summer holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Sunday December 25, 2022 | Christmas Day | Catholic or protestant | |
Monday December 26, 2022 | Boxing Day | Secular holiday | |
Tuesday December 27, 2022 | 1st day Stanley Races | Secular holiday | |
Wednesday December 28, 2022 | 2nd day Stanley Races | Secular holiday | |
Thursday December 29, 2022 | Civil Servants holiday | Secular holiday | |
Friday December 30, 2022 | Civil Servants holiday | Secular holiday | |
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday June 6, 2022
School holidays :
Liberation Day
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Tuesday June 14, 2022
Secular holiday : Anniversary of the British re-capture of the Falkland Islands from Argentinian control. The islands, located some 300 miles from the Argentinian coastline, are known as 'Las Malvinas' in Spanish. Argentina has never officially relinquished its claim to the territories
Winter holiday (beginning)
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Thursday July 21, 2022
School holidays :
Winter holiday (end)
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Monday August 29, 2022
School holidays :
Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday September 11, 2022
Special Events :
Peat Cutting Day
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Monday October 3, 2022
Secular holiday :
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Friday October 28, 2022
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday November 7, 2022
School holidays :
Battle Day
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Thursday December 8, 2022
Secular holiday : On 8th December 1914, in the second major naval engagement of the First World War, close to the shores of the Falkland Islands, a small British fleet destroyed the German South Atlantic Squadron led by the renowned Admiral Graf von Spee. Following the war, 8th December or Battle Day became the Falkland Islands' own national holiday
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday December 9, 2022
School holidays : www.falklands.gov.fk
Christmas Day
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Sunday December 25, 2022
Catholic or protestant : Since pre-historic times in Europe, festivities (bonfires, offrerings) were marking the beginning of longer hours of daylight with fires and ritual. The Roman festival of Saturnalia lasted several days in December (gambling and offerings). Germanic tribes also celebrated mid-winter (drinking and rituals). The Bulgarian (with Koleduvane) and the Polish (with Gwiazdka) perpetuate this tradition. Jesus of Nazareth was probably born in springtime (Reformists favour autumn). But in the 4th century, December 25th was chosen for the celebration of his birth by Pope Julius I (Bishop Liberus is also mentioned in 354 A.D.). Thus, a Christian element was introduced in the long-established mid-winter festivals. Before 1582, the Papal States and other Italian city states celebrated New Years Day on Christmas Day.
Boxing Day
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Monday December 26, 2022
Secular holiday :
1st day Stanley Races
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Tuesday December 27, 2022
Secular holiday : http://www.falklands.info/factfile/holidays.html
2nd day Stanley Races
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Wednesday December 28, 2022
Secular holiday :
Civil Servants holiday
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Thursday December 29, 2022
Secular holiday :
Civil Servants holiday
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Friday December 30, 2022
Secular holiday :