{"id":9219,"date":"2025-07-30T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.publicholidaycalendar.com\/en\/?p=9219"},"modified":"2025-07-30T08:00:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:00:32","slug":"how-many-bank-holidays-are-there-your-complete-guide-to-2024-public-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.publicholidaycalendar.com\/de\/how-many-bank-holidays-are-there-your-complete-guide-to-2024-public-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Wie viele Feiertage gibt es? Ihr vollst\u00e4ndiger Leitfaden zu den Feiertagen 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"How<\/p>\n

Hey there, holiday lovers! It’s your go-to Holiday Little Assistant here. Lately, I’ve been getting tons of questions like *”Yo, how many bank holidays do we actually get?”* and *”When\u2019s my next long weekend?”* So let\u2019s break it all down in plain English\u2014no confusing legal jargon, just straight-up useful info!<\/p>\n

So, How Many Bank Holidays Are There in the UK?<\/h2>\n

Drumroll, please\u2026 England and Wales get **8 bank holidays** a year! Scotland rocks **9**, and Northern Ireland tops the chart with **10**. Yep, it\u2019s not the same across the UK\u2014blame history (or thank it, if you\u2019re in NI). Here\u2019s the 2024 lineup:<\/p>\n

England & Wales (8 Tage)<\/h3>\n

\u2705 New Year\u2019s Day (Jan 1)
\n\u2705 Good Friday (Mar 29)
\n\u2705 Easter Monday (Apr 1)
\n\u2705 Bankfeiertag Anfang Mai (6. Mai)
\n\u2705 Fr\u00fchlingsfeiertag (27. Mai)
\n\u2705 Summer Bank Holiday (Aug 26)
\n\u2705 Weihnachtstag (25. Dezember)
\n\u2705 Zweiter Weihnachtsfeiertag (26. Dezember)<\/p>\n

Schottland (9 Tage)<\/h3>\n

Scotland swaps Easter Monday for St Andrew\u2019s Day (Nov 30) and adds an extra day off on Jan 2. Smart, right?<\/p>\n

Nordirland (10 Tage)<\/h3>\n

They get St Patrick\u2019s Day (Mar 17) and Battle of the Boyne (Jul 12) for epic parades + the rest of England\u2019s list. Lucky ducks!<\/p>\n

Warum gibt es \u00fcberhaupt Feiertage?<\/h2>\n

Back in 1871, some genius banker named Sir John Lubbock decided everyone needed \u201cstress-free cricket-watching days.\u201d True story! Today, they\u2019re mostly about shopping sales, BBQs, and pretending you\u2019ll clean the garage (we know you won\u2019t).<\/p>\n

Pro Tips for 2024<\/h2>\n

\ud83d\udd38 **Book leave smartly:** Pair May 6th (Monday) with 4 vacation days for a 9-day break using just 4 days off!
\n\ud83d\udd38 **Scotland perk:** Jan 2 is a sneaky bonus day\u2014plan a cozy getaway.
\n\ud83d\udd38 **Watch for swaps:** If Christmas falls on a weekend, you get \u201csubstitute days\u201d (like Dec 27 in 2024).<\/p>\n

Phew! That\u2019s the lowdown on UK bank holidays. Whether you\u2019re planning a staycation or just counting down to Netflix marathons, mark those calendars. Got Qs? Hit me up\u2014I live for this stuff! \ud83c\udf89<\/p>\n

FAQpro tip: Thanks for reading! Now go enjoy that next well-earned day off. *winks*<\/p>\n

*(Wortanzahl: ~1.250 Zeichen)*<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hallo, liebe Urlaubsfreunde! Hier ist euer kleiner Urlaubsassistent. In letzter Zeit bekomme ich haufenweise Fragen wie: \u201eHey, wie viele Feiertage haben wir eigentlich?\u201c und \u201eWann ist mein n\u00e4chstes langes Wochenende?\u201c Also lasst uns das Ganze in einfachem Englisch erkl\u00e4ren \u2013 ohne juristischen Fachjargon, nur n\u00fctzliche Infos! Also, wie viele Feiertage\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9218,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"How Many Bank Holidays Are There? Your Complete Guide to 2024 Public Holidays - Public Holiday Calendar","description":"Hey there, holiday lovers! It's your go-to Holiday Little Assistant here. Lately, I've been getting tons of questions like *\"Yo, how many bank holidays do we ac"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[278],"tags":[2740,2832,1317,2116,2423],"class_list":["post-9219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-bank-holiday-dates","tag-bank-holidays-2024","tag-england-bank-holidays","tag-how-many-bank-holidays-in-a-year","tag-uk-public-holidays"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publicholidaycalendar.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publicholidaycalendar.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publicholidaycalendar.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.publicholidaycalendar.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.publicholidaycalendar.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9219"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.publicholidaycalendar.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9220,"href":"https:\/\/www.publicholidaycalendar.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9219\/revisions\/9220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.publicholidaycalendar.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publicholidaycalendar.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.publicholidaycalendar.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.publicholidaycalendar.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}