The most beautiful cities in Austria

Welcome to one of Europe’s most beautiful countries. Austria’s landscapes, regions and townscapes provide almost the full range of European variety in the centre of the continent. Austria is often associated, rightly, with winter sports, but there is so much more on offer. Its alpine areas are rugged and picturesque, but that’s far from being the whole story.

Public holidays

Austria has 13 national public holidays and several regional public holidays. If the holiday falls on a weekend, no substitute day is observed as a holiday. Many of these are holidays of the Catholic calendar. 

Public holidays (Feiertage) can affect opening hours for businesses or museums, or public transport services. Check timetables carefully.

New Year's Day (Neujahr) – January 1
Epiphany (Heilige Drei Könige) – January 6
Good Friday (Karfreitag), is not an official public holiday, but is a bank holiday
Easter (Ostern) – (Easter Sunday will fall between March 22 and April 25)
Easter Monday (Ostermontag) – 
Labour Day (Tag der Arbeit) – May 1
Ascension Day (Christi Himmelfahrt) - A Thursday in May 39 days after Easter Sunday
Pentecost (Pfingst) – May or June (50 days or seventh Sunday after Easter)
Corpus Christi Day (Fronleichnam) – May or June (60 days after Easter Sunday)
Assumption Day (Mariä Himmelfahrt) – August 15
Austrian National Day (Nationalfeiertag) – October 26
All Saints Day (Allerheiligen) – November 1
Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Mariä Empfängnis) – December 8
Christmas Day (Weihnachten) – December 25
St Stephan's Day (Stephanitag) – December 26

Bank holidays are observed on December 24 and December 31.

Some states have additional public holidays: March 19 in Carinthia, Styria, Tyrol and Vorarlberg; May 4 in Upper Austria; October 10 in Carinthia; November 11 in Burgenland; November 15 in Lower Austria and Vienna. These are not necessarily days off work, but often schools and government offices are closed on these days.