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You came to Croatia for vacation so every day you spend here might feel like a holiday, but if you want to plan and organise your stay better, you should be aware of bank holidays. Many public and religious holidays in Croatia are also a chance to celebrate, which is a very useful information for visitors looking for some fun.
Bank holidays in Croatia include public holidays and Roman Catholic festivities, and there are 14 in total.
Chronologically, bank holidays in Croatia are the following:
1 January New Year’s Day
6 January Epiphany
Easter – date is different every year
Easter Monday – date is different every year
1 May International Workers' Day
30 May Statehood Day
Corpus Christi – date is different every year
22 June Anti-Fascist Struggle Day
5 August Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and the Day of Croatian Defenders
15 August Assumption of Mary
1 November All Saints' Day
18 November Remembrance Day for the victims of the Homeland War and the victims of Vukovar and Škabrnja
25 December Christmas
26 December St. Stephen's Day
Numerous traditional, cultural or religious manifestations take place on certain public or religious holidays. Although you probably won’t see any changes in working hours of shops, restaurants, shopping centres etc. during summer in tourist destinations, if you visit in the off season or go to a town where tourism isn’t a primary source of income, working hours on bank holidays might be different, or same as on Sundays. This means that some shops won’t be open, or that they will close sooner, and that most services won’t be available.
Moreover, timetables for buses, trains and other forms of public transportation might be different. Usually, there are fewer departures or they visit fewer destinations than on regular days.