National Holidays

 In addition to the holidays, you get a generous number of paid days off. I ended up leaving three weeks early because I had 16 unused days.

Here are the holidays for 2024. The big supermarkets are closed on these days and a few others. 

Easter and Whit Sunday. 

1 Jan	Mon	New Year's Day
15 Mar	Fri	Revolution Day
29 Mar	Fri	Good Friday
1 Apr	Mon	Easter Monday
1 May	Wed	Labour Day
20 May	Mon	Whit Monday
20 Aug	Tue	Saint Stephen's Day
23 Oct	Wed	Republic Day
1 Nov	Fri	All Saints' Day