Austria Guide
Public holidays
On the national public holidays listed below, banks and shops will be closed all day. Museums and galleries will, somewhat confusingly, either be closed or open for free. Note, too, that all the country's museums are free on May 17 (International Museum Day) and October 26 (National Day).
January 1 (Neues Jahr)
January 6 (Epiphany/Dreikönigsfest)
Easter Monday (Ostermontag)
May 1 (Labour Day/Tag des Arbeit)
Ascension Day (6th Thurs after Easter/Christi Himmelfahrt)
Whit Monday (6th Mon after Easter/Pfingstmontag)
Corpus Christi (2nd Thurs after Whitsuntide/Fronleichnam)
August 15 (Assumption Day/Maria Himmelfahrt)
October 26 (National Day/Nationalfeiertag)
November 1 (All Saints' Day/Allerheiligen)
December 8 (Immaculate Conception/Maria Empfängnis)
December 25 (Weihnachtstag)
December 26 (Zweite Weihnachtsfeiertag)