By taking just 6 bridge days, you can get 20 total days off this year.
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Take 1 day off → Get 5 days free
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Take off:Dec 23Free from Dec 23 to Dec 27
Take 1 day off → Get 5 days free
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Take off:Dec 28Free from Dec 24 to Dec 28
Take 1 day off → Get 4 days free
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Take off:Jun 5Free from Jun 4 to Jun 7
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Take 1 day off → Get 3 days free
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Take off:Aug 14Free from Aug 14 to Aug 16
Take 1 day off → Get 3 days free
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Take off:Aug 17Free from Aug 15 to Aug 17
Take 1 day off → Get 3 days free
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Take off:Oct 30Free from Oct 30 to Nov 1
Take 1 day off → Get 3 days free
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Take off:Nov 2Free from Oct 31 to Nov 2
Take 2 days off → Get 6 days free
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Take off:Dec 22Dec 23Free from Dec 22 to Dec 27
Take 2 days off → Get 6 days free
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Take off:Dec 28Dec 29Free from Dec 24 to Dec 29
Take 2 days off → Get 6 days free
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Take off:Dec 23Dec 28Free from Dec 23 to Dec 28
Take 3 days off → Get 9 days free
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Take off:Dec 21Dec 22Dec 23Free from Dec 19 to Dec 27
Take 2 days off → Get 5 days free
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Take off:Jun 3Jun 5Free from Jun 3 to Jun 7
Take 2 days off → Get 5 days free
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Take off:Nov 9Nov 10Free from Nov 7 to Nov 11
Take 2 days off → Get 5 days free
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Take off:Nov 12Nov 13Free from Nov 11 to Nov 15
Take 4 days off → Get 10 days free
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Take off:Dec 21Dec 22Dec 23Dec 28Free from Dec 19 to Dec 28

What are bridge days?

Bridge days ("Brückentage" in German) are regular working days that fall between a public holiday and a weekend. By taking just one or two vacation days on these "bridge" days, you can turn a scattered holiday into a long stretch of consecutive days off.

For example, if a public holiday falls on a Thursday, the Friday between it and the weekend is a bridge day. Take that single Friday off and you get a four-day weekend — from Thursday through Sunday — using only one vacation day. That's a 4x return on your time off.

The concept is especially popular in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, where strategic use of Brückentage is practically a national sport. Our calculator finds all bridge day opportunities for your country and ranks them by efficiency — the ratio of total days off to vacation days spent.