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Luxembourg public holidays 2026: plan your practice closures

7 public holidays your phone goes unanswered in 2026

Bridge days

  • Friday, 2 January 2026
  • Friday, 15 May 2026
  • Monday, 22 June 2026
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Public holidays that fall on a day you normally open, going by the days you open above.

Luxembourg 2026

Public holidays
DateDayPublic holidayFor you
1 January 2026Thu 1 January Thursday New Year’s Day unanswered possible bridge day on Friday, 2 January 2026
6 April 2026Mon 6 April Monday Easter Monday unanswered
1 May 2026Fri 1 May Friday Labour Day unanswered
9 May 2026Sat 9 May Saturday Europe Day falls on a weekend
14 May 2026Thu 14 May Thursday Ascension Day unanswered possible bridge day on Friday, 15 May 2026
25 May 2026Mon 25 May Monday Whit Monday unanswered
23 June 2026Tue 23 June Tuesday Grand Duke’s official birthday (National Day) unanswered possible bridge day on Monday, 22 June 2026
15 August 2026Sat 15 August Saturday Assumption Day falls on a weekend
1 November 2026Sun 1 November Sunday All Saints’ Day falls on a weekend
25 December 2026Fri 25 December Friday Christmas Day unanswered
26 December 2026Sat 26 December Saturday St Stephen’s Day falls on a weekend

Inspection du travail et des mines, Jours fériés légaux

In Luxembourg, a legal holiday that falls on a Sunday gives employees one compensatory day off, to be granted within three months.

Inspection du travail et des mines, droits du salarié qui ne travaille pas pendant un jour férié légal

School holidays

  • All Saints’ break 31 October 2026 to 8 November 2026
  • Christmas holidays 19 December 2026 to 3 January 2027

Ministère de l’Éducation nationale (Luxembourg), Vacances et congés scolaires 2026/2027 à 2028/2029

Luxembourg public holidays differ from those of its neighbours, in the year shown above as in any other. Europe Day and the Grand Duke’s official birthday are specific to Luxembourg. St Stephen’s Day is also a holiday there, unlike France outside Alsace-Moselle. A practice that sees cross-border patients, or employs staff who live across the border, plans its year around more than one calendar.

The planner brings together the public holidays of Luxembourg, France outside Alsace-Moselle, Alsace-Moselle, Belgium and Rhineland-Palatinate. For each holiday it gives the date, the weekday and a note when it falls on a weekend. It spots possible bridge days from your opening hours, counts the days your phone goes unanswered, and lists school holidays wherever an official source publishes them.

There is also a calendar to add to your diary. The rest of the page explains where the dates come from, how bridge days are identified and how to prepare the phone for closure days.

How this tool works

Each table names the official source it comes from. Luxembourg uses the Inspection du travail et des mines; France and Alsace-Moselle use Service-Public. Belgium uses its Royal Observatory, and Rhineland-Palatinate its interior ministry. The dates set by law and those that depend on Easter are checked whenever a year is added.

Luxembourg’s school holidays come from its Ministry of Education, and those of Rhineland-Palatinate from the Land’s education ministry. French school holidays are those of zone B, which covers the Nancy-Metz academy, from the calendar Service-Public publishes. For Belgium we have not yet settled on an official source, so the page shows none.

A bridge day appears when a holiday falls on a Tuesday or a Thursday: the Monday or Friday beside it may become a day off for patients and staff alike. The tool flags it only if your practice opens on both the holiday and the bridge day. A practice closed on Tuesdays loses nothing to a Tuesday holiday, and the tool sees no bridge there.

In Luxembourg, a legal public holiday that falls on a Sunday also gives employees a compensatory day off; the page notes this under the table, with its source. A practice near a border should compare its own region’s holidays with those its patients observe. A Luxembourg holiday can be a working day in Metz or Trier, which changes when cross-border patients call.

The count of unanswered days takes the public holidays that fall on a day you normally open, going by the hours given. It is the number of days on which, with nothing arranged, a calling patient reaches a closed line. From November the planner opens on the following year, so that next year’s leave can be planned.

Plan staff leave around the same list. When the team takes a bridge day off, the phone still needs a clear closure message or someone to answer. The count above shows how many public holidays fall on your usual opening days.

The downloadable calendar contains the public holidays of the region and year shown, ready to import into your own diary or the practice’s. The bridge days are worked out in your browser; all we receive is a signal that a calendar was downloaded.

A closure day needs preparing on the phone as well: a closure message that gives the reopening date saves patients from calling again and again. With ClinicAll, the receptionist answers on that day, gives the reopening date and takes a callback request for the team; how it works has the details. Our methodology page explains how we keep these dates current, while the security page explains how requests are handled. See integrations for the connected software, pricing for how the price is set, and the other tools for more help at the front desk.

Questions about this tool

Which public holidays are specific to Luxembourg?

Europe Day and the Grand Duke’s official birthday, the National Day. St Stephen’s Day is also a holiday in Luxembourg, as it is in Alsace-Moselle and Rhineland-Palatinate, but not in the rest of France.

How does the tool spot a bridge day?

It looks for public holidays on a Tuesday or a Thursday, then at the Monday or Friday beside them. It flags the bridge only if your practice opens on both days, going by your hours.

Are Belgian school holidays shown?

Not yet: school holidays appear only once an official source has been settled on. For Belgium, the page lists public holidays only.

What does the downloadable calendar contain?

The public holidays of the region and year shown, each as an all-day event. The file imports into most calendar applications.

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