Public Holidays
Note: The table below lists only public holidays i.e. holidays which are legally considered to be non-working days.
| Date | English Name | Official Local Name (Informal Local Name) | Remarks |
| January 1 | New Year's Day | Nowy Rok (Nowy Rok) | |
| January 6 | Epiphany | Objawienie Pańskie (Trzech Króli) | in effect since 2011 |
| Sunday in Spring (movable) | Easter Sunday | pierwszy dzień Wielkiej Nocy (Niedziela Wielkanocna) | |
| Monday following Easter Sunday | Easter Monday | drugi dzień Wielkiej Nocy (Poniedziałek Wielkanocny) | |
| May 1 | Labour Day | Święto Państwowe (Święto Pracy) | This holiday is not officially called Labour Day (see below), but it is commonly called that and coincides with Labour Day as celebrated internationally on May 1. |
| May 3 | Constitution Day | Święto Narodowe Trzeciego Maja (Święto Konstytucji Trzeciego Maja) | Celebrating the May 3rd Constitution |
| 7th Sunday after Easter | Pentecost Sunday | Zesłanie Ducha Świętego (Zielone Świątki) | As this holiday always falls on a Sunday, it is not widely known that it is considered a non-working day, as all Sundays are already non-working days and holidays falling on Sunday don't give the right to another free day. |
| 9th Thursday after Easter | Corpus Christi | Ciała i Krwi Pańskiej (Boże Ciało) | This is a Catholic church Holiday |
| August 15 | Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary | Wniebowzięcie Najświętszej Maryi Panny | This is also the day of the Polish army (Dzień Wojska Polskiego), celebrating the battle of Warsaw in 1920 |
| November 1 | All Saints' Day | Wszystkich Świętych | |
| November 11 | Independence Day | Narodowe Święto Niepodległości (Dzień Niepodległości) | |
| December 25 | Christmas Day | pierwszy dzień Bożego Narodzenia | |
| December 26 | Second day of Christmas | drugi dzień Bożego Narodzenia |
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