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| Date | Name | Kind | More |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday may 1, 2023 | Labor Day/May Day | Secular holiday |  |
| Tuesday may 2, 2023 | Spring holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Wednesday may 17, 2023 | Ascension holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Thursday may 18, 2023 | Ascension | Catholic or protestant | |
| Monday may 22, 2023 | Ascension holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Friday may 26, 2023 | Pentecost holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Sunday may 28, 2023 | Pentecost | Catholic or protestant | |
| Monday may 29, 2023 | Whit Monday | Catholic or protestant | |
| Tuesday may 30, 2023 | Pentecost holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Friday july 7, 2023 | Summer holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Monday july 31, 2023 | Rheinfallbeleuchtung und Feuerwerk | Events, celebrations... | |
| Tuesday august 1, 2023 | Confederation Day | National Day | |
| Monday august 14, 2023 | Summer holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Friday september 29, 2023 | Fall holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Monday october 23, 2023 | Fall holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Labor Day/May Day
-Monday may 1, 2023
Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .
Spring holiday (end)
-Tuesday may 2, 2023
School holidays :
Ascension holiday (beginning)
-Wednesday may 17, 2023
School holidays :
Ascension
-Thursday may 18, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Forty days after Easter, always on a Thursday. After his resurrection, Jesus appeared before his disciples and gathered them to tell them to baptize and spread the good word. He then ascended to heaven on a cloud.
Ascension holiday (end)
-Monday may 22, 2023
School holidays :
Pentecost holiday (beginning)
-Friday may 26, 2023
School holidays :
Pentecost
-Sunday may 28, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
Whit Monday
-Monday may 29, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Seven weeks after Easter Monday -Marking the day the Holy Spirit entered the disciples left behind and the beginning of their ministry.
Pentecost holiday (end)
-Tuesday may 30, 2023
School holidays :
Summer holiday (beginning)
-Friday july 7, 2023
School holidays :
Rheinfallbeleuchtung und Feuerwerk
-Monday july 31, 2023
Culture : Www.rheinfall.ch
Confederation Day
-Tuesday august 1, 2023
Secular holiday : Instaured at the end of the XIX century. The date refers to an agreement made at the beginning of August 1291 between Uri, Schwyz and Nidwalden. Traditional observance includes bonfires on the the mountains and celebrations in the communities, occasions for patriotic speeches. Modern observance, fostered by the Tourist offices, include fireworks.
Summer holiday (end)
-Monday august 14, 2023
School holidays :
Fall holiday (beginning)
-Friday september 29, 2023
School holidays :
Fall holiday (end)
-Monday october 23, 2023
School holidays :
