The 4 lengthy bridges in 2026 and the remainder of the vacations on the work calendar | Economy | EUROtoday

We start 2026 and with it the planning of the 12 months. In order to arrange holidays and journeys, it’s essential to know the vacations that might be on this work calendar. There are 4 lengthy bridges that residents will take pleasure in. These 4 lengthy weekends happen by becoming a member of a vacation Monday or Friday to the weekend and are frequent all through Spain.

The first one we discover is Good Friday, which might be celebrated on April 3. All communities, besides Catalonia, Valencian Community, Castilla-La Mancha, Basque Country, Navarra and La Rioja, will be capable of be a part of on Thursday, April 2, thus including 4 free days. These different territories, nonetheless, may have Monday, April 6 as a vacation.

The subsequent one we discover on the calendar is May 1, Labor Day, which might be Friday. This is adopted on May 2 within the Community of Madrid, the place a bridge is shaped.

The third will happen till October 12, the day of the National Holiday, which falls on a Monday this 12 months.

For its half, Christmas, December 25, falls on a Friday, so all communities will be capable of take pleasure in an extended weekend for that vacation.

Also in December, the third of the final month of the 12 months might be a vacation in Navarra. On the opposite hand, the communities of Andalusia, Aragon, Castilla y León, Cantabria, Madrid, Murcia, Extremadura and La Rioja might have a fifth lengthy bridge. December 6, Constitution Day, will fall on a Sunday and these autonomous communities have determined to maneuver it to Monday and luxuriate in it. It is adopted by the Day of the Immaculate Conception, December 8, a vacation for all of Spain.

Other holidays of the 12 months

The 12 months 2026 may have, as established by legislation, 14 nationwide holidays, of which two are set by every metropolis council. Of the remaining 12, there are 9 nationwide holidays which might be necessary for all autonomous communities and can’t be substituted, except they coincide on a Sunday.

These 9 necessary nationwide holidays are: January 1; Good Friday (which subsequent 12 months might be April 3); May 1 (Labor Holiday); August 15 (Assumption of the Virgin); October 12 (National Holiday); November 1 (Feast of All Saints); December 6 (Constitution Day); December 8 (Immaculate Conception); and December 25 (Christmas).

In 2026, two of lately fall on Sundays: November 1 and December 6, so communities may have the choice of transferring them to Monday or altering them to a different day of their selection.

In addition to the 9 necessary and nationwide ones, there are three different remaining holidays (as much as a complete of 12) which might be non-compulsory, that’s, they are often adopted by the autonomous communities or changed by different days most well-liked by the regional governments. These days are January 6 (Three Kings’ Day); Holy Thursday (which in 2026 might be April 2); and, thirdly, communities are given the choice to decide on between March 19 (San José) or July 25 (Santiago Apóstol).