Romanians will have a first mini-holiday of six days at the beginning of May, when May 1st will also be a day off, but also the Orthodox Easter (on May 5-6).
Because Easter will be in the same week as May 1, a day off by law, the Government has decided that budget workers will also be free on May 2, so as to make up for Easter, on May 5.
Therefore, the first mini-holiday this year will be at the beginning of May: May 2 falls on a Thursday, between two public holidays: May 1 – Labor Day (Wednesday) and May 3 – Good Friday (Friday). Sunday, May 5, is Orthodox Easter, and Monday, May 6 is the second day of Easter. The result is a 6-day mini-vacation, he writes Hotnews.ro.
In total, in 2024, Romanians have 17 legal days off, of which only 10 fall during the week. In addition to these, the Government often decides - depending on how the public holidays fall - to grant days off for budget officials, sometimes making "bridges" with the weekend and offering many Romanians so-called mini-vacations. In 2024, the first mini-holiday is the one that follows now, on May 1 – Easter.
The second mini-holiday will be in August: August 16 falls on a Friday, immediately after the Feast of the Assumption (Saint Mary) which is Thursday. Together with the weekend, a 4-day mini-vacation results.
The third mini-holiday will be for Christmas: Given that Christmas (December 25) and the day after Christmas (December 26) fall on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively, the Government will decide that Friday, December 27 will also be free for budget workers, resulting in another 5 day mini vacation.
After the Easter mini-vacation, Romanians will have 8 more legal holidays in 2024, of which only 4 will drop during the week.
What are the statutory holidays and how do they fall in 2024:
- January 1 – New Year (Monday)
- January 2 – Day after New Year (Tuesday)
- January 6 – Epiphany (Saturday)
- January 7 – Saint John (Sunday)
- January 24 – Day of the Romanian Principalities (Little Union) (Wednesday)
- May 1 – Labor Day (Wednesday)
- May 3 – Good Friday (Friday)
- May 5 – Orthodox Easter (Sunday)
- May 6 – Second day of Orthodox Easter (Monday)
- June 1 – Children's Day (Saturday)
- June 23 – Pentecost (Sunday)
- June 24 – Second day of Pentecost (Monday)
- August 15 – Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Saint Mary) (Thursday)
- November 30 – Saint Andrew (Saturday)
- December 1 – Great Union Day (Sunday)
- December 25 – Christmas (Wednesday)
- December 26 – Boxing Day (Thursday)