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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Poland

The list of Poland bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2010, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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10 Oct 2009 (Polskie Radio-Warsaw) Poland's lower house of Parliament (the Sejm) has passed a bill declaring a new, August 1st, national holiday, the National Day of Memory for the Warsaw Uprising (Narodowy Dzien Pamieci Powstania Warszawskiego). • 08 Sep 2009 (Polskie Radio-Warsaw) Poland's Law and Justice opposition party (PiS) has filed a resolution in the lower house of parliament, calling for September 17 to be made a national public holiday, in commemoration of the 1939 invasion of Poland by Russia. • 31 Jul 2009 (Polskie Radio-Warsaw) Following Poland's President, Lech Kaczynski's initiative, a draft bill proclaiming August 1st a national holiday has already been forwarded to the Sejm (Poland's lower house of parliament) to coincide with the 65th anniversary of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. • 19 Apr 2009 (Polish Radio-Warsaw) Polish Radio reports that the Mayor of Lódz, Jerzy Kropiwnicki, is expected to hand over a petition to the speaker of the Sejm, Poland's lower house, restoring the January 6, Epiphany, national public holiday. • 07 Apr 2009 (EFE-Warsaw) Poland's conservative party, the Law and Justice Party (PiS), led by the Kaczynski twins, has launched a campaign to have Poland's Parliament (the Sejm) make April 2, the date of Pope John-Paul II's death, a new annual public holiday. • 17 Oct 2008 (Polskie Radio) The Polish Parliament has rejected a draft bill purporting to restore the Christian public holiday of Epiphany (January 6). • 22 Sep 2008 (Polskie Radio) Poland's parliament is set to vote in early October on the possible restoration of the January 6 Epiphany public holiday. • 27 Jun 2008 (Catholic World News + KAI-Warsaw) The petition launched last March, to restore the, January 6, Epiphany public holiday (abolished in 1960), has now reached the half-million signatures mark. • 02 Nov 2007 (Cyberpresse) A new law, forbidding stores in Poland from opening on public holidays, came into effect on November 1, 2007. • 24 Jul 2007 (EuroNews) Poland's president is calling for the cancellation of all entertainment events during three days of national mourning for 26 pilgrims killed in a bus crash in the French Alps. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Poland public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Holidays in Poland are regulated by the Non-working Days Act of 18 January 1951 (Ustawa z dnia 18 stycznia 1951 o dniach wolnych od pracy); Journal of Laws, No. 4 of 1960, item No. 28. The Act, as amended in 1990 (texts 159 and 160, respectively: Act to abolish the 22nd of July as the celebration day of the rebirth of Poland and Act to declare the 3rd of May national holiday), currently defines twelve Public Holidays. As Whit Sunday (Pentecost) always falls on a Sunday it is not widely known . • Weekend Public Holidays: Public holidays that occur on a weekend remain on that date (ie. they are not moved to another date, such as the following Monday, for example). • First Week of May: Under communist rule the 1st of May was celebrated as Labour Day with government endorsed parades, concerts and similar events. Following the 1990 changes, the Sejm decided to keep this day a public holiday but to give it a neutral name for a state holiday. In addition, the 3rd of May was made Constitution Day, so that Poles now have two public holidays within one week. It is customary to bridge the gap by taking a day's leave on the 2nd (a date on which it is usually impossible to do any business, as most government offices, banks, shops, etc are closed), and if the weekend falls favourably most Poles can enjoy nine work-free days while using up only three days of leave . • In February 2004, 2 May was named Flag Day; it was not, however, made a public holiday . • Store Openings: A new law, forbidding stores in Poland from opening on public holidays, came into effect on November 1, 2007. • Poland International Codes PL and POL (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .pl (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Poland information and news: National Bank of Poland (Poland central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Poland maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Poland), and Wikipedia (includes Poland commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in Poland, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Poland, and therefore which is not included in the above list of public holidays or bank holidays. To be safe, you should also verify that no major religious holidays coincides with any planned business trip to Poland. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2010 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Poland, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Poland, before planning any trip to Poland. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.