[ Vacationmaxxing · Bridge-day guide ]

Bridge days in Finland 2027
32 vacation days → 69 days off.

🇫🇮 Every public holiday in Finland 2027, 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 2027, 32 vacation days placed on the bridges below return 69 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.

— The math

If you take every bridge below

32
vacation days invested
69
days off in total
×4
best exchange rate
16
longest single break
— The bridges

10 bridge plays, best exchange rate first

Book these daysDaysYou are offTotalRateAnchor
Fri 7 May 1 Thu 6 May – Sun 9 May 4 ×4.0 Ascension Day
Mon 4 Jan – Tue 5 Jan 2 Fri 1 Jan – Wed 6 Jan 6 ×3.0 New Year's Day
Thu 7 Jan – Fri 8 Jan 2 Wed 6 Jan – Sun 10 Jan 5 ×2.5 Epiphany
Mon 22 Mar – Thu 25 Mar 4 Sat 20 Mar – Mon 29 Mar 10 ×2.5 Good Friday
Tue 30 Mar – Fri 2 Apr 4 Fri 26 Mar – Sun 4 Apr 10 ×2.5 Good Friday
Mon 27 Dec – Thu 30 Dec 4 Fri 24 Dec – Sun 2 Jan 10 ×2.5 Christmas Day
Mon 21 Jun – Thu 24 Jun 4 Sat 19 Jun – Sun 27 Jun 9 ×2.3 Midsummer Eve
Tue 7 Dec – Fri 10 Dec 4 Sat 4 Dec – Sun 12 Dec 9 ×2.3 Independence Day
Mon 20 Dec – Thu 23 Dec 4 Sat 18 Dec – Sun 26 Dec 9 ×2.3 Christmas Day
Mon 3 May – Wed 5 May 3 Sat 1 May – Thu 6 May 6 ×2.0 Vappu (May Day)
— Worth knowing

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.

— The calendar

Every public holiday in Finland 2027

DateHolidayStatus
Fri 1 Jan New Year's Day day off
Wed 6 Jan Epiphany day off
Fri 26 Mar Good Friday day off
Sun 28 Mar Easter Sunday on a weekend
Mon 29 Mar Easter Monday day off
Sat 1 May Vappu (May Day) on a weekend
Thu 6 May Ascension Day day off
Sun 16 May Whit Sunday on a weekend
Fri 25 Jun Midsummer Eve day off
Sat 26 Jun Midsummer Day on a weekend
Sat 6 Nov All Saints' Day on a weekend
Mon 6 Dec Independence Day day off
Fri 24 Dec Christmas Eve eve (de facto)
Sat 25 Dec Christmas Day on a weekend
Sun 26 Dec Boxing Day on a weekend
Fri 31 Dec New Year's Eve eve (de facto)
— Do this in 30 seconds

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.

About Vacationmaxxing App coming soon