What is a bridge day?

A working day squeezed between a public holiday and a weekend. Take it as leave and the holiday and the weekend become one long break: the Friday after Ascension Thursday gives you four days off for one day of leave.

Which holidays does the planner use?

The national public holidays of the country you pick, including substitute days where the country has them. Movable holidays such as Easter Monday and Ascension Day are recalculated for every year.

How do the bridge day suggestions work?

The planner goes through the year and finds every way a few days of leave join a holiday to a weekend, or two holidays to each other, into one unbroken break. Each suggestion shows its efficiency, the days off you get for each day of leave, and the best ones come first. The usual patterns: a holiday on Tuesday, take Monday (1 day for 4); a holiday on Thursday, take Friday (1 for 4); a holiday on Wednesday, take two days on either side (2 for 5); and Christmas with New Year. Only combinations of up to 5 leave days are shown, and past dates are left out.

Can I plan my own days?

Yes. Click working days in the calendar to mark them as leave and enter how many leave days you have. The planner adds up your days off and tells you when you go over. Inside a team, Kloki vacation management handles the requests, approvals and who is away when.

What if the business closes for a fixed period?

The planner cannot know about a shutdown, since that is your employer's decision. If you close for all of August, for example, take those days out of your leave budget before you start, then use what is left for bridges around the other holidays.

Why is a suggested day also marked as my leave?

A day can be a suggested bridge day and a day you picked at the same time. Your pick wins, because it is your actual plan. Once you click "Apply" on a suggestion, its days show as leave in the calendar while the suggestion stays in the list, so you can see which suggestions are already part of your plan.

Are regional or local holidays included?

No. Only national public holidays count. Regional holidays, a city's own holiday and religious days that are not public holidays are left out. If you get any of those days off, click them in the calendar and plan around them yourself.

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Bridge days 2026: plan your leave around public holidays

Turn public holidays and weekends into long breaks with as few days of leave as possible.

Country

National public holidays of the selected country. Regional holidays are not included.

How kind are the holidays in 2026?

Year:

Worst case: every holiday on a weekend

Left this year

holidays on a weekday: 1holidays lost to a weekend: 8chances to bridge to a weekend: 2

Bridge day suggestions

Best first: the most days off for each day of leave.

Take 4 days of leave → get 10 days off
25 Dec 2026 to 3 Jan 2027
2.5×
Leave dates: 28 Dec 2026, 29 Dec 2026, 30 Dec 2026, 31 Dec 2026Holidays in the range: Christmas Day, Second Day of Christmas, New Year's Day
Take 4 days of leave → get 9 days off
19 Dec 2026 to 27 Dec 2026
2.3×
Leave dates: 21 Dec 2026, 22 Dec 2026, 23 Dec 2026, 24 Dec 2026Holidays in the range: Christmas Day, Second Day of Christmas

Remaining public holidays

Christmas Day25 Dec 2026 (Friday)

Second Day of Christmas26 Dec 2026 (Saturday)

Leave planner for 2026

Click working days in the calendar below to mark them as leave, or use "Apply" on a suggestion above.

Leave days available:

Leave0 / 2020 left

Total days off1413 weekend + 1 holidays + 0 leave

Best case8 → 138 leave days → 13 days off

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