The 2022 work calendar in the Basque Country includes 12 holidays, to which each municipality adds two local holidays.
The annual work calendar includes all the holidays that workers will have during a specific year. The publication of the work calendar for the following year is usually published on the month of April. In this way, workers have time to plan how to distribute their vacation days over the next year. In order to have good planning, in most companies they ask their workers to request the vacation days that they will want to enjoy during the year before the end of March. Thus, workers already have the working calendar to be able to request the days they want to take vacations throughout the year.
In the 2021 work calendar, September 6 was not a holiday, which is why it has surprised all Basques that in the 2022 calendar it is a holiday.
The citizens of Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa and Álava, will be able to enjoy a bridge almost at the end of their holidays.
In the Basque Autonomous Community they will also have a holiday on April 18, Easter Monday. Festivity only shared with the Balearic Islands, Catalonia, the Valencian Community, Navarra, La Rioja and the Valencian Community.
Why is September 6 a holiday in the Basque Country?
In the Euskadi 2022 work calendar, Tuesday, September 6, will be a holiday in Euskadi for the first time, to commemorate Juan Sebastián Elcano. Of the total crew that embarked to go around the world for the first time, only 18 crew members returned, including Elcano.
Who was Juan Sebastián Elcano?
Juan Sebastián Elcano was a Gipuzkoan born in the coastal town of Getaria. The specific date of his birth is not documented, but his death is. It has been concluded that Juan Sebastián Elcano was from Gipuzkoa because it appeared that way in his will. Fortuitously, he became the captain of the round-the-world expedition, upon the death of Fernando de Magallanes. Elcano died on August 4, 1526, somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.
How many public holidays will there be in 2022 in Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa and Álava?
There will be a total of 12 public holidays during the year 2022 in Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa and Álava:
* Saturday, January 1: New Years
* Thursday, January 6: Three Kings Day
* Thursday, April 14: Holy Thursday
* Friday, April 15: Good Friday
* Monday, April 18: Easter Monday
* Monday, July 25: Santiago Apóstol
* Monday, August 15: Assumption of the Virgin
* Tuesday, September 6: Elcano Day
* Wednesday, October 12: National Holiday of Spain
* Tuesday, November 1: All Saints’ Day
* Tuesday, December 6: Constitution Day
* Thursday, December 8: The Immaculate Conception
How many bridges will Basques be able to enjoy in 2022?
The Euskadi 2022 work calendar will allow Basques to take 3 bridges during the year 2022.
The first long weekend of the year will be in the month of September, because Tuesday, September 6 is a holiday: Elcano’s Day is celebrated. Those who can take Monday 5 as a day off will be able to enjoy the bridge.
The second bridge of 2022 that can be taken in Euskadi will be the All Saints bridge, which this year will fall on Tuesday, so by taking a holiday on Monday they will be able to enjoy 4 days of festivities.
The third bridge, that of the Constitution, becomes an aqueduct, since the two festivals fall on Tuesday and Thursday.
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