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For Europeans having 15 August as a public holiday, are you taking Friday as well? Any specific plans? (discuss.tchncs.de)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

What holiday is it?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Assumption of Mary

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

Assumption of ONE

Assumption of TWO

Assumption of Mary!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Puzzled myself.

Edit: did a search, and I'm guessing this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assumption_of_Mary

Probably a holiday only in Catholic countries, and very likely not in protestant ones.

Relevant map (no valid source, just took the first image from DDG):

Checks out, more or less: https://www.axa-schengen.com/en/blog/holidays-europe-country

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

Indeed, from Wikipedia

Assumption Day on 15 August is a nationwide public holiday in Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chile, Republic of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, East Timor, France, Gabon, Greece, Georgia, Republic of Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Republic of North Macedonia, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Republic of Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro (Albanian Catholics), Paraguay, Poland (coinciding with Polish Army Day), Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Tahiti, Togo, and Vanuatu;[56] and was also in Hungary until 1948.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

What fo you mean as a bank holiday? It is a religious holiday

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

It's a common term in the UK, meaning a holiday where banks are closed, including religious holidays. So what most people know as just a regular holiday.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Not a holiday in Baden-Württemberg (south Germany) 😭

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

In Bavaria it is.

We do ALL the religious holidays. And there will be mass somewhere all day tomorrow. I have 3 churchbells in hearing distance and they each ring like 20- 30min at the beginning AND end of each service. Probably starting between 6 and 7am tomorrow morning. There will be absolutely no quiet tomorrow and at the end I'll have bells ringing in my head.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

I know you have it in Bavaria. The calendar at work shows all the public holidays in Germany without saying in which Bundesland it applies.

Can you imagine my boss' disconcert last week when he was telling everyone the meeting next week is cancelled because of holidays in Germany and I break it to him it is not for us. It is for our colleagues in France and in Poland, but not us :(

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Lol, a bank holiday.¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Where are you from?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

From a place where it is called a state holiday. Or a religious holiday.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Ah, I see.

I usually use bank holidays because that's how they were always called in companies I worked for. Seems to be a English-speaking thing from another comment.

I guess calling them a religious holiday doesn't say if companies are closed or not.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

That's why we say state holiday. Actually it should be translated as "state-mandated holiday".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

I updated to public, hopefully it's clear to everyone now!