Bridging days 2021: How to use your vacation days optimally

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Bridging days 2021: How to use your vacation days optimally

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You should use bridging days 2021 to benefit from significantly more days off with just a few vacation days. We’ll show you when to take time off.

We'll show you how you can enjoy more days off in 2021.

We’ll show you how you can enjoy more days off in 2021. (Source: tommyandone /depositphotos.com)

  1. International Women’s Day

  2. Easter

  3. Ascension, Pentecost, Corpus Christi

  4. World Children’s Day

  5. All Saints Day, Day of Repentance and Prayer

Every employee in Germany gets a certain number of vacation days that he or she can use. However, these differ from company to company. The legal minimum requirement is currently a total of 20 days – four weeks per year.

But if you use your vacation in the weeks when public holidays you can benefit from far more days off and, for example, convert four vacation days into nine days off.

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We have taken a close look at the year 2021 for you and tell you how you can make the most of your holiday entitlement. On the one hand, there are national holidays, on the other hand, individual federal states also benefit from additional bridging days. We list the optimal vacation periods for you below.

International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day on March 8th is a public holiday in Berlin. If you include this in your vacation planning, you can take nine days off with four vacation days.

date Federal states holidays Free days
09.03.2021 – 12.03.2021 BE 4 9

International Women’s Day

Easter

Easter Sunday falls on April 4th in 2021. If you use your vacation days skilfully around Easter, you will get up to 16 days off using just eight vacation days.

date Federal states holidays Free days
29.03.2021 – 01.04.2021 All 4 10
29.03.2021 – 09.04.2021 All 8 16
06.04.2021 – 09.04.2021 All 4 10

Easter

Ascension, Pentecost, Corpus Christi

Ascension Day (Father’s Day) is on May 13th 2021. Whitsun Monday awaits us eleven days later on May 24th, followed by Corpus Christi on June 3rd. If you use your vacation days efficiently during this period, you will benefit from up to 17 days off when you use nine vacation days. In the following we show you the possible combinations.

date Federal states holidays Free days
10.05.2021 – 12.05.2021 All 3 6
10.05.2021 – 14.05.2021 All 4 9
14.05.2021 All 1 4
10.05.2021 – 21.05.2021 All 9 17
14.05.2021 – 21.05.2021 All 6 12
17.05.2021 – 21.05.2021 All 5 10
25.05.2021 – 28.05.2021 All 4 9
25.05.2021 – 02.06.2021 BW, BY, HE, NW, RP, SL 7 13
25.05.2021 – 04.06.2021 BW, BY, HE, NW, RP, SL 8 16
31.05.2021 – 02.06.2021 BW, BY, HE, NW, RP, SL 3 6
31.05.2021 – 04.06.2021 BW, BY, HE, NW, RP, SL 4 9
04.06.2021 BW, BY, HE, NW, RP, SL 1 4

Ascension, Pentecost, Corpus Christi

World Children’s Day

World Children’s Day on September 20 is a public holiday in Thuringia. Those who live in this state can look forward to nine days off with just four days of vacation.

date Federal states holidays Free days
21.09.2021 – 24.09.2021 TH 4 9

World Children’s Day

All Saints Day, Day of Repentance and Prayer

Nowadays the day of repentance and prayer only exists in Saxony. Here, employees can look forward to up to nine days off if they use four of their vacation days.

date Federal states holidays Free days
02.11.2021 – 05.11.2021 BW, BY, NW, RP, SL 4 9
15.11.2021 – 16.11.2021 SN 2 5
15.11.2021 – 19.11.2021 SN 4 9
18.11.2021 – 19.11.2021 SN 2 5

All Saints Day, Day of Repentance and Prayer

If you are planning your vacation trip, we also have some tips for you. In our separate guide we will tell you how to spend your vacation relaxing with smartphone, tablet and Co.. We also show you how to capture your best moments with the camera.

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BW Baden-Württemberg NI Lower Saxony
BY Bayern NW North Rhine-Westphalia
BE Berlin RP Rhineland-Palatinate
BB Brandenburg SL Saarland
HB Bremen SN Saxony
HH Hamburg ST Saxony-Anhalt
HE Hessen SH Schleswig-Holstein
MV Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania TH Thuringia

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