Aland 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
Date | Name | Kind | More |
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Sunday May 1, 2022 | Labor Day/May Day | Secular holiday | |
Wednesday May 25, 2022 | Ascension holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Thursday May 26, 2022 | Ascension | Catholic or protestant | |
Monday May 30, 2022 | Ascension holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Sunday June 5, 2022 | Pentecost | Catholic or protestant | |
Wednesday June 8, 2022 | Summer holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Thursday June 9, 2022 | Autonomy Day (Sjaelvstaendighetsdagen) | Secular holiday | |
Friday June 24, 2022 | Midsummer's Eve or Juhannus Aatto in Finland | Banks only | |
Saturday June 25, 2022 | Juhannuspäivä | Secular holiday | |
Tuesday August 16, 2022 | Summer holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Wednesday October 19, 2022 | Mid-term holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Monday October 24, 2022 | Mid-term holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Saturday October 29, 2022 | Marathon | Sports events | |
Friday November 4, 2022 | All Hallow's Eve (businesses & banks close earlier) | Banks only | |
Saturday November 5, 2022 | All Souls' Day | Catholic or protestant | |
Labor Day/May Day
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Sunday May 1, 2022
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 .
Ascension holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday May 25, 2022
School holidays :
Ascension
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Thursday May 26, 2022
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)
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Monday May 30, 2022
School holidays :
Pentecost
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Sunday June 5, 2022
Catholic or protestant : paid holiday
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday June 8, 2022
School holidays :
Autonomy Day (Sjaelvstaendighetsdagen)
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Thursday June 9, 2022
Secular holiday : First congregation of the regional government Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Midsummer's Eve or Juhannus Aatto in Finland
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Friday June 24, 2022
Banks only : Banks may remain open half day
Juhannuspäivä
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Saturday June 25, 2022
Secular holiday : Midsummer's Day Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Summer holiday (end)
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Tuesday August 16, 2022
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday October 19, 2022
School holidays : Http://www.mariehamn.aland.fi/
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday October 24, 2022
School holidays :
Marathon
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Saturday October 29, 2022
Sports events : Www.alandmarathon.ax 2022 edition confirmed
Contact
[email protected] to get the calendar for this event or one file containing confirmed calendars of most international sports events.
All Hallow's Eve (businesses & banks close earlier)
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Friday November 4, 2022
Banks only : Celebration combining prayers and merriment involving children and families. It is a prelude to All Saint's Day NOT an official public holiday
All Souls' Day
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Saturday November 5, 2022
Catholic or protestant : paid holiday