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Portugal : 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

  • Currency: Euro (EUR)
  • Internet domain: .pt - telephone code: +351 - International dialing code: 00 - GMT offset: 0 (DST: yes)
  • Weekend: Saturday & Sunday
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    Saturday April 1, 2023April Fools Daycards/flowers
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    Monday April 3, 2023Estoril Tennis OpenSports events
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    Thursday April 6, 2023Bank Holiday (from 13:00)Banks only
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    Friday April 7, 2023Good FridayCatholic or protestant
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    Sunday April 9, 2023EasterCatholic or protestant
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    Monday April 17, 2023Spring holiday (end)School holidays
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    Saturday April 22, 2023End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)cards/flowers
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    Tuesday April 25, 2023Liberation DaySecular holiday
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    Monday May 1, 2023Labor Day/May DaySecular holiday
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    Sunday May 7, 2023Mothers' Daycards/flowers
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    Thursday May 11, 2023Vodafone Rally de PortugalSports events
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    Thursday May 18, 2023Local Fair (Ponta Delgada)Tradeshows
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    Wednesday June 7, 2023Summer holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Thursday June 8, 2023Corpus ChristiCatholic
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    Friday June 9, 2023Summer holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Saturday June 10, 2023National DayNational Day
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    Tuesday June 13, 2023St Anthony (Lisbon only)Catholic
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    Wednesday June 14, 2023Summer holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Saturday June 24, 2023FIA LisboaTradeshows
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    Saturday June 24, 2023Regional holidayCatholic
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    Thursday June 29, 2023Regional holidayCatholic
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    Friday June 30, 2023Summer holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Tuesday August 1, 2023World Youth DayCatholic
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    Tuesday August 15, 2023AssumptionCatholic
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    Tuesday September 12, 2023Summer holiday (end)School holidays
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    Saturday September 16, 2023Rosh Hashanahcards/flowers
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    Monday September 18, 2023Day of MourningSpecial Events
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    Monday September 25, 2023Yom Kippurcards/flowers
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    April Fools Day

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    Saturday April 1, 2023
    cards/flowers : As the story goes, in 1564, France was one of the first nations to make January 1 officially New Year's Day, instead of the last week of March which was previously observed. In 1582, the Pope followed suit. Those who went on celebrating April 1st were mocked. As the zodiacal sign was the fish, The French placed dead fish on the backs of one another. Traditions vary from country to country.

    Estoril Tennis Open

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    Monday April 3, 2023
    Sports events : Www.atptennis.com 2023 edition confirmed

    Bank Holiday (from 13:00)

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    Thursday April 6, 2023
    Banks only : Commemorates the Last Supper when Jesus instituted the Holy Eucharist (Lord's Supper) celebrates and His washing of the disciples' feet Maundy Thursday is not an official public holiday. But since it is the day before long Friday, many people has their workday shortened, and banks are closed in the afternoon.

    Good Friday

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    Friday April 7, 2023
    Catholic or protestant : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.

    Easter

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    Sunday April 9, 2023
    Catholic or protestant : Paid holiday

    Spring holiday (end)

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    Monday April 17, 2023
    School holidays :

    End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)

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    Saturday April 22, 2023
    cards/flowers : The month of Ramadan is that in which was revealed the Quran; a guidance for mankind, and clear proofs of the guidance, and the criterion (of right and wrong). And whosoever of you is present, let him fast the month, and whosoever of you is sick or on a journey, a number of other days. Allah desires for you ease; He desires not hardship for you; and that you should complete the period, and that you should magnify Allah for having guided you, and that perhaps you may be thankful [Wikipedia]

    Liberation Day

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    Tuesday April 25, 2023
    Secular holiday : carnations military revolution in 1974 which overthrew the Salazar regime

    Labor Day/May Day

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    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 .

    Mothers' Day

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    Sunday May 7, 2023
    cards/flowers : Mother’s day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mother’s day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year. One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world. Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day. In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howe’s Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and women’s suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mother’s Day, with her Mother’s Day Proclamation.

    Vodafone Rally de Portugal

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    Thursday May 11, 2023
    Sports events : Lasts 3 days - www.rallydeportugal.pt/ arrival in Algarve region 2023 edition confirmed

    Local Fair (Ponta Delgada)

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    Thursday May 18, 2023
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    Summer holiday (beginning)

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    Wednesday June 7, 2023
    School holidays : 9th, 11th & 12 grades

    Corpus Christi

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    Thursday June 8, 2023
    Catholic : Commemorates the Last supper. Pope Urban IV ordered the observance of such a feast in 1264, and in the following century it became universal in the Western Church. For six hundred years that feast was observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, but in 1970 the new Roman Missal, while retaining that day for some countries, provided that in others the feast be observed on the Sunday after Trinity. the actual celebration is moved to the nearest weekend.

    Summer holiday (beginning)

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    Friday June 9, 2023
    School holidays : 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 cycles

    National Day

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    Saturday June 10, 2023
    Secular holiday : Commemorates Luis de Camoes, Portugal's greatest poet, who died in 1580. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

    St Anthony (Lisbon only)

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    Tuesday June 13, 2023
    Catholic : also in Aljustrel, de Cascais, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Vila Real.

    Summer holiday (beginning)

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    Wednesday June 14, 2023
    School holidays : 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 cycles

    FIA Lisboa

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    Saturday June 24, 2023
    Tradeshows : Http://fialisboa.fil.pt/ lasts 1 week - in Lisbon 2023 edition confirmed

    Regional holiday

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    Saturday June 24, 2023
    Catholic : St John Porto & Braga only

    Regional holiday

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    Thursday June 29, 2023
    Catholic : Póvoa de Varzim only

    Summer holiday (beginning)

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    Friday June 30, 2023
    School holidays : 1st cycle

    World Youth Day

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    Tuesday August 1, 2023
    Catholic : Https://www.lisboa2023.org lasts 5 days - in Lisbon

    Assumption

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    Tuesday August 15, 2023
    Catholic : Dogma defined by the Catholic Church on November 1, 1950, when Pope Pius XII declared that at the end of her life, Mary's body and soul were assumed into Heaven.

    Summer holiday (end)

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    Tuesday September 12, 2023
    School holidays :

    Rosh Hashanah

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    Saturday September 16, 2023
    cards/flowers : Jewish New Year

    Day of Mourning

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    Monday September 18, 2023
    Special Events : In tribute to the late Queen Elisabeth II

    Yom Kippur

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    Monday September 25, 2023
    cards/flowers :