Long weekends in 2026
Where public holidays meet the weekend — and where a day or two of leave goes furthest. Computed for 133 countries from official holiday dates and each country's actual weekend days.
How bridge days work
A bridge day is a working day boxed in by days off — take it as leave and two short breaks fuse into one long one. A Tuesday holiday costs one leave day (the Monday) for four days off; a holiday cluster near a weekend can return ten days off for three or four days of leave. Each country page lists every break, what it spans, and the exact leave dates that stretch it, using that country's real weekend — Friday–Saturday in much of the Middle East, Friday plus Sunday in Brunei.