Bridge days in Finland 2026
31 vacation days → 70 days off.
🇫🇮 Every public holiday in Finland 2026, every bridge day worth taking, and exactly what each one buys you — computed, not guessed.
Finland is the only Nordic country where Midsummer Eve is a genuine day off for nearly everyone — and it is always a Friday, so Midsummer is a guaranteed long weekend. In 2026, 31 vacation days placed on the bridges below return 70 days off, best single play ×4.
Epiphany (January 6) and Independence Day (December 6) both float across weekdays and quietly create some of the cheapest bridges in the calendar when they land right.
Assumption: Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve are treated as days off, as at most Finnish workplaces.
If you take every bridge below
11 bridge plays, best exchange rate first
| Book these days | Days | You are off | Total | Rate | Anchor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Jan | 1 | Thu 1 Jan – Sun 4 Jan | 4 | ×4.0 | New Year's Day |
| Mon 5 Jan | 1 | Sat 3 Jan – Tue 6 Jan | 4 | ×4.0 | Epiphany |
| Fri 15 May | 1 | Thu 14 May – Sun 17 May | 4 | ×4.0 | Ascension Day |
| Mon 28 Dec – Wed 30 Dec | 3 | Thu 24 Dec – Sun 3 Jan | 11 | ×3.7 | Christmas Day |
| Mon 21 Dec – Wed 23 Dec | 3 | Sat 19 Dec – Sun 27 Dec | 9 | ×3.0 | Christmas Day |
| Mon 30 Mar – Thu 2 Apr | 4 | Sat 28 Mar – Mon 6 Apr | 10 | ×2.5 | Good Friday |
| Tue 7 Apr – Fri 10 Apr | 4 | Fri 3 Apr – Sun 12 Apr | 10 | ×2.5 | Good Friday |
| Mon 27 Apr – Thu 30 Apr | 4 | Sat 25 Apr – Sun 3 May | 9 | ×2.3 | Vappu (May Day) |
| Mon 15 Jun – Thu 18 Jun | 4 | Sat 13 Jun – Sun 21 Jun | 9 | ×2.3 | Midsummer Eve |
| Wed 7 Jan – Fri 9 Jan | 3 | Tue 6 Jan – Sun 11 Jan | 6 | ×2.0 | Epiphany |
| Mon 11 May – Wed 13 May | 3 | Sat 9 May – Thu 14 May | 6 | ×2.0 | Ascension Day |
Finland-specific fine print
Midsummer Eve is real here
Unlike Sweden where it is customary, Finnish juhannusaatto is a de facto full holiday under nearly all collective agreements — and always falls on a Friday.
Two floating single holidays
January 6 and December 6 are fixed dates that wander across the week. A Tuesday or Thursday landing means a one-day bridge at ×4; a weekend landing means nothing — Finland has no substitute rule.
Every public holiday in Finland 2026
| Date | Holiday | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Jan | New Year's Day | day off |
| Tue 6 Jan | Epiphany | day off |
| Fri 3 Apr | Good Friday | day off |
| Sun 5 Apr | Easter Sunday | on a weekend |
| Mon 6 Apr | Easter Monday | day off |
| Fri 1 May | Vappu (May Day) | day off |
| Thu 14 May | Ascension Day | day off |
| Sun 24 May | Whit Sunday | on a weekend |
| Fri 19 Jun | Midsummer Eve | day off |
| Sat 20 Jun | Midsummer Day | on a weekend |
| Sat 31 Oct | All Saints' Day | on a weekend |
| Sun 6 Dec | Independence Day | on a weekend |
| Thu 24 Dec | Christmas Eve | eve (de facto) |
| Fri 25 Dec | Christmas Day | day off |
| Sat 26 Dec | Boxing Day | on a weekend |
| Thu 31 Dec | New Year's Eve | eve (de facto) |
The app does this for any year
These numbers come straight from Vacationmaxxing's optimizer — the app computes public holidays for any year (no hardcoded tables), finds every bridge, and lets you tap them into a plan. Finland and six more countries. No ads, no accounts, no data collection.