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Plan your days off

Long weekends 2025

6 long weekends with no leave needed and 4 bridge opportunities in 2025.

Long weekends — no leave needed

Three or more consecutive days off thanks to a public holiday.

4 – 6 January 2025

Includes Epiphany

Long weekend

3

days off

No leave needed

1 – 3 March 2025

Includes Clean Monday

Long weekend

3

days off

No leave needed

19 – 21 April 2025

Includes Easter Monday

Long weekend

3

days off

No leave needed

7 – 9 June 2025

Includes Whit Monday

Long weekend

3

days off

No leave needed

15 – 17 August 2025

Includes Assumption

Long weekend

3

days off

No leave needed

25 – 28 December 2025

Includes Christmas Day, Boxing Day

Long weekend

4

days off

No leave needed

Based on the Statutory + Clean Monday and Whit Monday calendar.

Bridge days — one or two days of leave

Take a day or two between a holiday and the weekend for a longer break.

1 – 6 January 2025

Includes New Year's Day, Epiphany

Bridge

6

days off

Leave needed: 2Take 2 Jan and 3 Jan

22 – 25 March 2025

Includes Independence Day

Bridge

4

days off

Leave needed: 1Take 24 Mar

1 – 4 May 2025

Includes Labour Day

Bridge

4

days off

Leave needed: 1Take 2 May

25 – 28 October 2025

Includes Ohi Day

Bridge

4

days off

Leave needed: 1Take 27 Oct

Bridge days

Turn a long weekend into a week off

One or two days of leave next to a public holiday can give you a whole week away. The optimizer finds the best dates in 2025 for the days you have.

Frequently asked questions

2025 has 6 long weekends that need no leave in Greece (statutory and optional holidays next to a weekend), and 4 more breaks are possible with one or two days of leave.

The longest stretch is 1 January – 6 January 2025: 6 days off for 2 days of leave.