Sources and image credits — Autumn school holidays in Europe: why 26 October means different things
Sources
- https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/themas/onderwijs/schoolvakanties/herfstvakantie/herfstvakantie-2026
- https://www.education.gouv.fr/calendrier-scolaire-toutes-les-dates-des-cours-et-des-vacances-100148?annee=308
- https://www.kmk.org/service/ferienregelung/ferienkalender.html
- https://www.vlaanderen.be/onderwijs-en-vorming/wat-mag-en-moet-op-school/schoolvakanties-vrije-dagen-en-afwezigheden/schoolvakanties
- https://www.gov.uk/school-term-holiday-dates
- https://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/services/schools-and-education/at-school/school-term-dates/school-term-dates.aspx
Image credits
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An autumn path in Berlin’s Großer Tiergarten.
Photo: Nicolas Vigier / Wikimedia Commons · CC0 1.0 · Image source
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The Seine in Paris, photographed from the Pont de Sully on 30 November 2023.
Photo: Gerda Arendt / Wikimedia Commons · CC0 1.0 · Image source
Euro Magazine · 26 October 2026
Facts and sources
There is no single European autumn holiday week at the end of October 2026. School holidays are set by country, region and sometimes individ…
In the Netherlands, the government advises an autumn holiday from 10 through 18 October 2026 for the northern region. For the central and so…
For metropolitan France, the Ministry of Education lists the same All Saints’ holiday for school zones A, B and C in 2026. Classes end on Sa…
Germany shows why the federal state matters. The Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education collects dates set by the Länder themselv…
Belgium likewise has no single holiday schedule for all its communities. Flanders lists Monday 2 through Sunday 8 November as the autumn bre…
Hertfordshire County Council gives a 2026 half-term from Monday 26 through Friday 30 October. The county also notes that academies and some…
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